Southampton Photographer

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Southampton Photographer

Pallavi Richardson

Creative Family Photographer covering Hampshire and surrounding areas. My passion is telling the story of your family with my camera. I specialise in family, maternity and newborn photography. 

Creative Photography

Welcome

professional, dedicated & warm

HI! I'm Pallavi Richardson

I am obsessed with capturing that special bond and connection between family members. I believe you will treasure our photographs of those special and unique moments between you and your loved ones for generations to come. Your family life is fun, complex and unique, so why not have the photographs to that reflect that?

I try make my photoshoots as fun and enjoyable as possible. I am not going to make you do stiff and awkward poses. I want you to be in your comfort zone as much as possible. My aim to document the true personality of you and your family.

What I’m good at:

  • Bringing out the genuine personality of anyone I talk to.
  • Having endless patience.
  • Making people feel relaxed and comfortable.

What I’m know for:

  • Capturing that special family bond.
  • Letting my clients uniqueness shine through.
  • Creating a safe space that’s not intimidating.
I like to take a limited amount of clients per month, so that I can focus on delivering my best work. So make sure you book in advance to avoid disappointment.

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About us and our natural Documentary Style of Photography

We are a husband and wife team who are professional photographers who shoot weddings, families and newborns.

We like to use a style called documentary wedding photography. It’s also know as wedding photojournalism. We love to capture those natural organic moments during a wedding, rather than the more traditional style of photography. We believe that capturing these more authentic moments during a wedding is more memorable and ultimately more rewarding. This candid style of photography is in our opinion more likely to be cherished by couples in the future.

Our experience ranges from small low-key weddings to large grand and more traditional weddings. We have covered Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu weddings. We also cover same sex LGTB+ weddings.

We have covered weddings in UK, Mauritius, India, UAE and the Netherlands.

Wedding Photography

Caturing Your moments

Telling the story of your wedding is important to us. Our passion is to create photography that tells a story and captures that special moment. We want the couples on the other side of the lens to feel as comfortable and most importantly special on their wedding day. We also provide services for honeymoons, elopement weddings, family shoots and also photography for businesses.

Testimonials

Kind words

We booked George from Le Petit Chat for our wedding in September 2022. It’s always a bit scary booking something like this that is so important, but we are so glad we chose Le Petit Chat! We’re extremely happy with the photos. There’s some of our family we will cherish forever, and of course very special ones of the groom and I.”

Steph, Bournemouth 2022

Where we feature

Frequently asked questions

Below are question we are often asked. Please email us with any other questions you may want to ask.

The best style of wedding photography is candid which captures the natural reaction of people. Sometimes the best moments are those captured when you least expected it. These pictures are often the ones you will treasure the most. While there is definitely still a place for traditional wedding photography, candid is the more rewarding.

Depends how many hours you’ve booked for, but as a rule 60-100 per hour. For an 8 hour wedding, you can normally expect around 400-800 photographs. This is generally the rule, but some photographer may do more or less.

Yes we provide wedding albums, they come with unique covers, designed by us. Please contact us to see samples.

Whole immediate family from each side. This should include parents, siblings and grandparents from each side. When you are making your list, use everyone’s first names. So the photographer is not shouting ‘mum’ or ‘dad’.

We cover most areas of Hampshire.

For weddings we cover these Areas: Bournemouth, Brighton, Chichester, London, New Forest, Poole, Portsmouth, Salisbury, Southampton, Winchester, Worthing.

We cover all areas and surroundings areas of Southampton.

We use full-frame digital cameras ideally in natural light, with a little help from our studio lights if needed. We believe in using highest quality equipment that gives your photographs that extra edge and quality. All our photographs can be sized up to over A1 size (59.4 x 84.1cm, 23.39 x 33.11 inches) which is useful if you would like to print and frame a large picture from your wedding. With our higher megapixels cameras your photo album will look sharper and more professional.

We accept: bank transfer, Paypal and cash.

For family, newborn, portraits and pregnancy we offer either a photoshoot at home or at our studio in Southampton. We also cover different locations throughout Hampshire.

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Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Winchester, Salisbury, Basingstoke, London, Brighton, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst, Poole, Gosport, Havant, Chichester, New Forest.