About, Photographer
Andreas Yiasimi
Cromer Norfolk
PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREAS YIASIMI
Wedding photographer Norfolk, working with a quiet, observational approach.
I have lived on the stunning North Norfolk coast of the UK
for over four decades, and I wouldn’t change it for the world
I Can't Imagine a Day Without Making Pictures
About Andreas Yiasimi – Wedding Photographer Norfolk
I feel truly blessed to live in such a stunning place, where I have have worked with my family for over four decades in East Runton. My beautiful surroundings and the amazing people here are my inspiration. I recently became a grandpa and it’s the best feeling ever. I wouldn’t change North Norfolk for the world.
As a wedding photographer in Norfolk, this sense of place and people naturally shapes the way I see and document each day.
I also know what a wedding involves from a family’s point of view, my adorable daughter wed a couple of years ago and soon after, my son also. So I can honestly say I can relate to the preparations you’re experiencing, there is so much to cover. My approach is to observe rather than direct, allowing moments to unfold naturally without interruption. I’m here to listen and guide the best I can concerning the photography. I work in a very relaxed way and there’s no pressure to book me on our initial introduction.
We’ll run through things and then give you a cooling off period to establish if my style is what you are looking for. There’s never any expectation, only a chance to see if it feels right. I have always loved photography and can’t imagine a day without making pictures. For me, it has always been about noticing what others might miss, and preserving it without disturbing it. The same goes for family shoots and other special occasions. I have always maintained that there needs to be a rapport between subject and photographer in order to achieve something special.
It’s the same approach I bring to both photography and film – letting things unfold as they are, rather than shaping them into something they’re not.
I remember the first time I held a camera. It was during a school trip. I photographed the Cutty Sark with my Kodak Instamatic, and it landed in the Whitechapel Gallery. I knew from that moment I’d found something I love doing. My passion for photography hasn’t wavered ever since.
Photography is an infinite creative canvas
Moments
In the beginning
Photographer Andreas Yiasimi
I had the most magical childhood, born to Cypriot parents at the beginning of a progressive era. Mama and Papa met in London’s vibrant East End in 1955 and I was born at the London Hospital a few years later. We lived just above the famous market in Wentworth Street, filled with street musicians, barrow boys and bygone wonder. I still recall the waft of roasting chestnuts, song and sounds of the times. Above all, when Mama saved enough money we’d visit a local photography studio.
I was fascinated by the photographic equipment and wished I had a camera. When Mama asked me what I wanted to be, I always answered, a photographer. Of course, life’s unpredictably ran it’s course and paved an extraordinary journey for us all, sometimes against the odds. We were happy children and love reigned supreme in our humble domain. Eventually I was blessed with a camera and the rest is history. I wrote a personal memoir about those early East End years and the music that shaped them.
Storytelling has always been involved in my artistic life. With photography, writing, and songwriting I’m able to capture a moment in time that could be lost. If you’re interested in that side of things, you can find my songwriting and lyrics at AndreasLyrics.com.
That early curiosity still shapes the way I work today, quietly observing, noticing, and letting moments reveal themselves in their own time.
I wrote a short reflection about how I see wedding photography and the quiet moments that appear just before a photograph is taken. You can read it here: Inside the Mind of a Wedding Photographer.