Press Play

There honestly aren't enough words in the English language to explain how brilliant Debbie and Derek are! From the very second I answered the phone to Debbie on her introductory call, I knew this company would be the perfect fit for our wedding. Debbie's incredible energy shone through the phone from that very first moment of conversation, and her passion and attention to detail was instantly apparent through her having done her homework before calling and found out my fiancé's name so she could refer to him, and took such a genuine and excited interest in our story and our relationship. I adored Debbie from the word go and just knew I wanted her and Derek to be with us throughout our special day. Oh my god I cannot begin to explain how perfect a decision that was - our best decision of the entire wedding by far! Our pre-wedding shoot was an absolute dream, we hit it off with Debbie and Derek instantly and became the best of friends from the first moment, they put us completely at our ease and we had so much fun. And the photos were fantastic! On the wedding day they were an absolute dream - I just can't express how amazing they were. From the moment I saw Debbie and we ran excitedly into each other's arms, they were an integral part of our day, finding the perfect balance at all times between being a joyful addition to the event, to managing to be completely unobtrusive, capturing shots from all sorts of angles, whether you realised it or not. Everyone absolutely loved having them around and they were so lovely to all our guests! Also very helpful, helping out with bits and pieces throughout the getting ready process and the whole day. We have had about 1/3 of the photos through, and a highlights video, while we wait for the main lot to come through - we got 47 sneak peek photos through as we left for honeymoon less than 48 hours after the wedding, and 314 photos arrived the exact moment we left the airport arriving back from our honeymoon - attention to detail like that is priceless. The photos and video are stunning, and exactly what I wanted, which is bright, colourful, vibrant, natural and full of life. They have captured the atmosphere of the day to perfection, you can actually 'hear' some of the photos! They are so vibrant, the colours are amazing, and they both have a fantastic eye for a perfect moment, the perfect backdrop, the natural and the unposed. Our whole family absolutely adores them, and for me, someone who was terrified that I might hate my wedding photos as I am horribly self-critical in photos, I am so relieved because I adore them. I sent this message to Debbie the morning after the wedding, and I think it sums it all up rather well. We could never recommend Press Play enough. "Debbie and Derek, where do we start?? We have just left to head off on our honeymoon, after the three most indescribable, magical days we could possibly imagine. Our wedding was beyond our wildest dreams, and to have the chance to share that with you was a privilege beyond explanation, and a memory we will cherish forever. I know we haven’t seen all the photos yet but we just cannot get over how incredibly wonderful you both were on the day. From the second I laid eyes on you in the morning you brought such incredible joy and radiance to our day, and we genuinely absolutely adore both of you. I can’t believe I was lucky enough to stumble on such a beautiful, magical couple, who just happen to take magnificent photos!! Thank you so much for absolutely everything, you were a total and utter dream and we can never thank you enough. I’m not sure we’ll ever get over how perfect and magical it all was."

Debbie & Derek captured our wedding and we couldn’t have asked for more. Their attention to detail is incredible, and you can see how passionate they are with what they do! Our pictures and video turned out better than we could’ve hoped for. We also got a highlight video back within a week of the wedding, and a couple of weeks on we received our usb with the full length video and gallery of pictures. We would highly recommend Press Play they truly are the dream team thanks a million xxxx

OHHHH MYYYY WORDDDDD! This is the most incredible video. We can’t thank you guys enough. We are sobbing haha! We are on our final day of our honeymoon in Canada and that has just made our day! Thank you so much. I can't tell you how many times we have watched the highlights video - It is better than I could have ever hoped for. You and Derek were absolutely fabulous on the day! Do you have a link somewhere I can leave you a review? We would love to help other couples have the same experience!

Debbie and Derek videoed our wedding in June 2022. Finally, we were able to celebrate our big day COVID restriction free! This was our third date after having to move it. They did everything they could to move dates with us and were quick in replying, which was reassuring as there was a lot to rearrange. On the day, Debbie and Derek were relaxed and friendly helping put us at ease on a nerve-racking day! They demonstrated true professionalism as they knew the order of events and had researched the area so did not need much from us. They kept it candid and natural, which is exactly what we had hoped for. After the ceremony, we all went on a boat down the river Thames. It was a beautiful day and they used every opportunity to get amazing shots. We knew that they were going to be using drones, but I did not appreciate how spectacular these shots would make the video. Because there were two of them, they were able to shoot on the boat and from the bank, not missing anything. I was sceptical about having videographers at the wedding as I can feel self-conscious when being filmed. I am so pleased we did it as it was totally inobtrusive and is such an amazing record of the day. The turnaround on the edited videos was very quick so that we were able to share the event with those that couldn’t attend. The short videos were brilliant for social media and the longer ones great to sit down and watch on the big TV with a group. The quality of the editing and choice of music was superb and very professional. I am so chuffed that we had Debbie and Derek capturing our wedding day. They did an awesome job. We high recommend them to anyone else looking to get a top quality video of their special day.

We cannot recommend Debbie and Derek highly enough for wedding photography and videography. Their communication was really prompt and they were such a pleasure to deal with. They accommodated our endless changes of plans (thanks Covid) without any problem which took one major stress away! Nothing was ever too much trouble. On the day they were brilliant and felt part of the wedding party - we wanted them to stay and enjoy the evening! We look back on the photos and videos so fondly and they captured our day perfectly. We received a sneak peek of our photos the next day and the full edits of the photos and videos were available really quickly. Their service was fantastic from start to finish and we can’t recommend them enough!

We had the pleasure of having the most amazing couple Derek and Debbie at Pressplay film our wedding. They are so professional, but at the same time so friendly and amazing to work with. They truly have an eye for detail and are amazing at what they do. We honestly cannot recommend them enough.

We were so thrilled not only with the service we received on the day from debbie and derek but the finished video aswell! They went above and beyond to get involved with us all and be as helpful as they possibly could whilst capturing the best moments on camera for us to keep for a life time. The attention to detail was amazing and we keep watching it over and over again, it brings us so much joy! We are so happy we had them for our very special day as our videographers :) highly recommend!!!! thank you claire and jake wakelin x

Derek and Debbie were amazing on our day. They are both very friendly, experienced and helped our day run smoothly, it helped keep us relexed and enjoying ourselves. Both the photos and video were excellent quality. I would 100% recommend them to anyone planning a wedding or any other kind of event.

What can I say about Debbie and Derek at press play? Simply that they are best at what they do. Our wedding wouldn’t have been the day it was without them. Due to covid we had to rearrange our date several times and they were so accommodating to us. We even changed our final date because they couldn’t do the one we’d chose originally and we wanted them to photograph our special day. They had excellent communication from the minute we contacted them to the receiving of our beautiful photos promptly after the wedding day. They arrived at our venue in plenty of time and then they got to work. Ourselves and our guests felt at ease with them all day. Didn’t feel like we were posing for photos, it came very natural. It felt like having old friends at our wedding, we even invited them both to sit down and eat with us. We honestly couldn’t fault them or recommend them enough. Our beautiful photos are the memories we will cherish forever from our special day so having the best photographers was a must, and we found them ❤️

We chose Press Play as our wedding videographer s after seeing many recommendations on a popular Facebook site. We can understand now exactly why they had so many recommendations after using them ourselves! Debbie and Derek were so lovely, and we loved having them as part of our special day. They actually went above and beyond the package we booked as Debbie came too for the bridal preparation which was so lovely of her. They used their awesome drone to capture some of our most favourite memories of the day- it was such an exciting experience and felt very special! They are such genuinely lovely people and we were just delighted with our choice. They made sure to capture all the parts of the day in a very professional and sleek way, we didn’t notice they were there and the quality of the video/sound was excellent. Post wedding they sent us previews and teasers of our video very quickly and our final video came beautifully packaged for us to cherish forever. We have recommended them several times since to various other friends and family. Thank you Debbie and Derek!