Phil Shillitoe is a documentary wedding photographer. The studio is Yorkshire Portraits. He is Doncaster born and bred, and based near Sherwood Forest in Ollerton. He photographs Leeds, York, Sheffield, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and the UK.
I'm Phil, a documentary wedding photographer with over 20 years of experience capturing natural, unposed moments without the awkward staging.
And:
No forced smiles. No interruptions. And absolutely no making your nan stand in a cold field for twenty minutes. Just real memories of your wedding day.
And:
Documentary wedding photography, sometimes called reportage or photojournalism, means photographing most of your day as it unfolds rather than directing everything for the camera.
On his site, published cover is:
- Essential, £1,200 (around 5 hours)
- Signature, £1,850 (around 10 hours; most popular)
- Legacy, £2,500 (Signature plus a pre-wedding shoot, album and second photographer)
Those figures are his, as published in September 2026. Read them on his site before you plan around them.
Polajoy is a guest camera for the night a photographer cannot be everywhere. This page is about his pictures. He has not endorsed Polajoy.