Yana Skakun
Yana Skakun
About Me
An honest answer to the most important question you'll ask when planning your wedding or portrait session.
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There are thousands of photographers in the UK. Choosing one is one of the most important decisions of your wedding or portrait planning — and one of the hardest, because it is very difficult to distinguish between photographers on the basis of images alone. Most published portfolio images look beautiful. The real difference is in the experience, the reliability, the working relationship, and the quality of the photographs that don't make the portfolio.
I'm going to try to answer the question honestly. I'm not the right photographer for everyone — but for the couples and families I do work with, the experience is consistently described as relaxed, personal, and genuinely enjoyable. And the photographs reflect that: they look like real people having a real experience, not like subjects of a photoshoot.
Here are the things that the clients who choose to work with me almost always mention as the reasons they chose me — and the things they mention when they describe why they'd recommend me.
Before I suggest anything, I want to understand your vision, your anxiety points, and what the experience actually means to you. I build the session around your story, not my portfolio.
I've never missed a booking, been late to a wedding, or failed to deliver a gallery. Professional reliability is a baseline, not a selling point — but it matters more than most couples realise.
Clients consistently comment on how relaxed and unobtrusive my presence is across a long wedding day. I know how to be present without being intrusive — the art of documentary photography.
The photographs in my portfolio are representative of my work — not my best 20 images from 300 sessions. I'm happy to share complete, unedited wedding galleries with enquiring couples.
I remember my clients' names, their stories, their dogs' names. I send a genuine message when I see an Instagram post from a client's wedding. The relationship matters to me beyond the booking.
Over 100 weddings, hundreds of portrait sessions. I've photographed every weather condition, venue type, family dynamic and lighting challenge imaginable. Experience means calm under pressure.
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No commitment, no sales pitch. Just a friendly conversation about your photography.