I've known for years that I have wanted to hire Sarah to do the photography for my wedding--when I…read morefirst saw her work, I instantly fell in love with her style. By her own admission, Sarah works much more in a photojournalistic style; she focuses on telling a story through her photos, capturing moments and images that are both evocative and beautiful. I also appreciated that her portfolio was more muted and subtle with light and color. I personally find that many photographers are much too bright, even over-exposed, and I didn't want to have to worry about that. Going into the wedding planning, I knew that photography was going to be the largest single thing my wife and I were going to spend money on, so our expectations were high. Despite those high expectations, Sarah still absolutely blew us away! She was professional, communicative, and extremely easy to work with. Going in, Sarah was clear to ask us questions and get clarification for what we wanted from her. Even though she was travelling from doing a wedding the day before in another state, she was punctual, timely, and ready to go. She was perfectly unobtrusive during all the key moments of the day, yet managed to capture them beautifully. She took requests with grace, and even prompted us for photos during the reception that we were exceedingly grateful to have. She took to heart the requests we had made prior to the wedding and followed through with them with precision and care. More than anything else, I was extremely impressed with her vision and direction. Her experience spoke volumes--she was able to guide my wife and I with clarity and directness, while never pushing us or making us feel rushed. Consequently, we have an absolute abundance of really unique photos in a variety of backdrops and settings, all displaying us in our day of bliss. And with the whirlwind that is the wedding day, it has given us so much joy to look through them all again and relive all those moments. I cannot recommend Sarah highly enough!

Sarah photographed our rehearsal and wedding in Chestertown, MD. She was so sweet and helpful…read morethroughout the planning process, amazing on the day-of, and turned around the photos in reasonable timing. I absolutely loved our wedding pictures, and I cannot believe how much coverage we got from the day without a second shooter...she did us right! I highly, highly recommend Sarah - would not have changed a thing. xox- Courtney & Drew

Christine did a family photo shoot of my wife, my 2 yr old son, and I, at a nearby playground…read more Christine was great with our son, and he warmed up to her almost immediately, which is pretty unusual for him. She was professional, friendly, and her photos were the best pictures of us I've ever seen. Christine clearly has technical know-how and a creative eye. The pictures were composed really well, and she was able to get amazing shots from lots of angles. We honestly could not be more pleased by the experience or the results. Thank you Christine!

I must start saying that this is the first negative review that I've ever wrote in my entire life…read morebecause I'm not the kind of person that likes to risk other's people job and business but since the photographer Christine Eckstein did everything in her hands to make my life miserable during the time she provided her services, I'm writing about my awful experience so that other brides won't suffer and be dissapoited the way I am. Sadly, you will never truly know how painful, stressful, consuming and frustrating has been working  with her but I'm going to try to summarize the reasons why I'm so unhappy with her work and how dreadful my experience has been: 1. She always had a "no" or a "but" to my requests, arguing with me all the time and saying that she has her own way of doing things. It was very clear for me from the beginning that her ego wasn't going to let me get to her and make her listen to what I wanted and expected from her services.   2. I bought so many props that don't even appear on the pictures because of the angles in which she took them and because she never told us that we where blocking them most of the time. 3. In most of the pictures she took pictures from my back or of my face covered by my hair while my husband's face is the main focus, making me look like some random woman.   4. She didn't edit most of the pictures and the ones that she did was obvious that she doesn't know anything at all about editing.   5. She doesn't have imagination and creativity. She took all the pictures from the same angles, she is not willing to walk around and look for different perspectives. All of my pictures from the ceremony were taken from the back and showing our backs. 6. She takes hundreds of pictures and sends you just a few because according to her she didn't like them. A wedding is a once in a lifetime event and now I would never ever have all the pictures I wanted to have from that day. 7. I gave her a list with all the objects that I wanted her to photograph and she didn't follow it. 8. There are pictures where our eyes are nearly closed. Making us look drunk or in drugs. I really doubt that that was the only or the best take that she shoot at those particular moments, but she chose to send them anyway instead of sending her best shots. Understand that I'm not happy or feel any kind of pleasure writing this review but she was wasting my money from the beginning for not being respectful, profesional or faithful to my requests. Like I said before, a wedding is a once in a lifetime event and no bride should be stressed, disapointed or sad on her wedding day due to a mediocre photographer.  Christine Eckstein it's just a little girl playing with a fancy camera.

I have never met a more unprofessional wedding photographer, and I have years of experience of…read morebeing an assistant to a wedding photographer. This woman showed up in a t-shirt style jumper and sneakers to start. Comfort and mobility are important working, but so is blending in with a formal environment of a wedding. She was frazzled and didn't provide any direction and didn't have a plan, even though she was supposedly familiar with the venue and should know what photos she planned on taking. While, we, the bridal party was getting hair and makeup done for the wedding, she was snapping stills of the brides accessories for close to an hour. Where did she take these photos of the accessories? On the floor in the bathroom. This caused her to break my 1890s diamond and pearl pendant that I was loaning the bride into multiple pieces. I have no idea if she stepped on it or knelt on it moving crap around, but when confronted she insisted it was in pieces when she was taking photos already. It wasn't, I had check it that morning before she touched it and the chain was found on the floor in the bathroom. The rare, baroque nature pearl was never found. I had no recourse because she deleted any photos that would have shown the whole necklace. She didn't even try to find the missing pieces or apologize. When she did finally get around to taking photos of the bridal party, well behind schedule, there were zero instructions. No one knew what photos were being taken, no one knew where to go for the photos. The bride had a surprise for the groom that she knew about, but was no where to be found when it showed up. She kept directing us to walk through the grass in heels and then would change her mind once we got there so we had to keep going back and forth in muddy grass getting our dresses and shoes dirty. She didn't do any photography basics of staging and posing the bridal party, flooding the dress or giving any direction on how to stand, turn and face her for good photos. There is some actual skill in taking a good photo, not just relying on photoshop to do it all for you. It is also not the bridal parties responsibility to set up the photo. I have never had to do so much work being the subject of the photo. The other wedding aids who have worked with her in the past confirmed that she is always behind schedule and less than professional. During the reception she was in the way of everyone dancing trying to get photos. Wedding guests were having to constantly move around her. Even without her destroying an heirloom necklace, she is not someone I would ever hire. I will say the bride and groom turned out beautiful, they are beautiful people and it's not hard to capture that. Following this review, they were contacted and begging to have it removed, so I did edited it. Once again they failed to take accountability for their mistakes and use a negative review to do better. Everyone deserves a chance to improve, but if they aren't willing to listen to criticism they never will. I wait to give reviews until I am no longer livid with the experience and can give a fair and accurate review. You don't have to be a paying customer to have a horrible experience with a business. Do better.

If you haven't yet found a photographer for your event, you MUST look into Bakerture Photo & Video…read more Rita and team were a delight to deal with and honestly added to the joy of our wedding day. The photographers were punctual, professional, easy to work with, encouraging, and fun! They've definitely got their wedding day photography down to a science. We never felt rushed, and Rita listened to everything we asked for, and her expertise definitely came in handy when directing us. We also asked for pictures with our hockey teams, and I was personally getting frustrated at trying to get 20 men to look at the camera, Rita stayed calm, never lost her patience, and was able to get off the shots we wanted. When we received or pictures back, we were happy to see that her editing was consistent with pictures in her portfolio, and perfectly captured moments and feeling of our day. Would highly recommend to anyone!

When I asked my husband if he wanted to write my review for Lisa, he said, "sure." This is what he…read morewrote: HOLY CRAP. HOLY CRAP. HOLY CRAP. Given that his eloquence didn't quite match the expression on his face, I thought I'd take over. Lisa did a boudoir photo shoot with me (the photos were a surprise for my husband's birthday). I wanted to write a review because I asked her not to put the photos up on her blog--though I loved them, I wanted to let the pictures remain private to us. However, my experience was absolutely phenomenal. Lisa worked with me for pricing; not only was she one of the only photographers I looked at who included all the photos taken as part of the deliverables included in the original fee (i.e. I don't have to buy photos from her because I will have digital copies of all of them with reprinting rights), but she also was just fine with doing the shoot at a friend of mine's apartment and having another friend do my make-up. Before the shoot, I expressed my concerns about my own body image and fear of not looking "good enough," and Lisa reassured me that it would truly be a fun experience--and it was! When you look at the photos she took, it's hard to believe that Lisa is so young, that she came to the apartment with only a backpack of supplies, and that she somehow managed to make me look like a model! The shots are so diverse--in some, she captured my actual genuine laugh or smile, while in others she found my inner seductress--but every single one is both classy and sexy. My husband is in awe and wants to "shout from the rooftops how hot my wife is"--and I have even been proudly showing them to close friends (which I never thought I'd do!). I cannot recommend Lisa enough--if you're worried about how you might look or feel during a boudoir shoot, have no fears! As my husband said, "see, this is how I see you every day--finally, someone captured that in a photo as proof."

Lisa was the first vendor I contacted once we had our wedding date. I had seen her work over the…read morepast few years and was captivated by the artistry of her photography. I was so excited she was available for our Sept 2013 wedding and could not wait to meet her. At our initial meeting, we had a lot of fun getting to know it each other and both my husband and I felt comfortable with her right away. This comfort continued into our engagement photo session, which we did in Old Town Alexandria. Lisa had fantastic suggestions on where to go and made ordinary scenery and streets come to life and compliment us. On our wedding day, I had no worries or stress related to the photography, I knew with Lisa's talent and eye in combination with her dedication and passion our photos would be beautiful. When I saw the pictures I was stunned, they are absolutely amazing. She was able to capture the entire day perfectly, the photographs were better then I imagined. We have received so many compliments on our wedding photos and about how much fun our guests had with Lisa throughout the day. Lisa was an absolute pleasure to work with, she is an incredible artist and amazing person. I feel very blessed that we were able to work with her and get to know her. I would not hesitate to recommend her, she is the best!

Incredibly grateful for Anna's work! We had reached out for her to be our wedding photographer…read moreafter a recommendation and she encouraged us to consider doing engagement photos as well. We hadn't really given them much though but she blew us away with the shoot. Our wedding isn't till September but the engagement photos were so ridiculously epic and beautiful that our families and friends are positively gaga for more pics and are incredibly excited for our wedding. That's because Anna and her crew aren't just top-notch photographers with all the right equipment, education, and years of experience. I think one of the keys is that Anna has an immediately contagious passion for the art and is great at encouraging you to just have fun while she captures the unplanned moments that are the ones that resonate the most. Highly recommended!

There is no doubt in our minds that Anna is the best in the business…read more First of all, you cannot beat the price for value you get. She puts her heart and soul into the work she does for you on your engagement photo shoot and the big day. There is constant communication leading up to the big day and never are you worried that she won't get the "perfect shot". Anna's photos are above all else, she has an eye for it. One that you cannot find around here - I dare you to try. She has done our first photo shoot when my wife and I 'came out', she shot the moment that I proposed to my wife, she did our engagement shoot and of course our recent wedding. She always has a TON of photos for you to pick from, perfectly edited, and a 'sneak peak' ready within 12hours of the shoot! Final wedding photos were delivered via email 4days after the wedding!! Name a photographer who does that?! (My cousins all waited a YEAR for their final photos with another photographer). Anna and her work is priceless. You would be lucky to be able to book Anna for you wedding and you would be a fool not to try. Anna, thank you for catching all of our beautiful memories so perfectly, we cannot thank you enough and we can't wait for our next life adventure for you to catch! Love, Mrs. & Mrs. Mason

Erin Scott was fantastic. Not only were the photographs she took wonderful but she was so…read morefriendly/fun to work with! First, we were late (I still haven't figured out how to account for DC traffic) - Erin was very nice/gracious about it. Then, each of my siblings and I had specific ideas in mind and were fairly demanding about what we wanted (4 adults who all have their own taste/thoughts = a lot of discussion about what to do or not do). Erin stayed up-beat and had great recommendations when people got stuck for poses or couldn't agree on what to do. Finally, she did a great job touching up the photographs for small errors such a bra strap showing or puffy under-eyes in the close-up photographs. I would recommend her to anyone looking to get a family photo-shoot. She has the perfect attitude for handling demanding people and she gets great shots.

Erin was so great to work with for our engagement shoot! The area we planned to take our photos was…read moreblocked off last minute, so Erin contacted us and suggested a few alternate locations. She was also really flexible about timing and she made us feel so comfortable during the shoot. Most importantly, the pictures were stunning! Thanks Erin!

I came across Nicole's photography page and decided to follow her. A few times, she posted on…read moreInstagram asking for models, and I volunteered to participate - about three times, to be exact. This could be a great opportunity to see if she'd be a good fit for us. Eventually, she responded, asking if I'd be available for a Wednesday morning sunrise session. I agreed without hesitation. The next day, she contacted me again, asking if we could do the session that evening instead. I said yes, but I needed to know the time. She replied with something vague like, "Ooo, I don't know... maybe 5 p.m.?" Her response felt wishy-washy, but I confirmed that 5 p.m. worked for me. By 3:00 p.m., I still hadn't heard back, so I followed up to check if we were still meeting at 5:00 p.m. and where the shoot would be. I began getting ready, as it took me a while to prepare myself and my family. Keep in mind that I'd also canceled my prior engagements and evening plans - it was a big commitment on our end. When 5:00 p.m. came and went without a word from her, I decided to give it another hour, hoping I'd hear from her while there was still daylight. But nothing. Regardless of being a model, I felt frustrated that she lacked the communication to tell me that she ended up choosing someone else for the session and gave the excuse that her "phone had died." After such a disappointing experience, I realized I wouldn't want to actually book with her, nor would I recommend her to anyone.

Our family has been working with Nicole for photos for many years now and always just have the best…read moretime and best photos! We will continue to work with her and always recommend her for any type of photos or events. I have kids of multiple ages and she has worked with us from maternity to newborn to now bigger kids. She is so talented and great with kids too. You will not be disappointed!

Chris and I truly enjoyed shooting our engagement and wedding pictures with Amy. We had never taken…read moreany sort of professional pictures before and we can both be pretty awkward in front of the camera, so we were pretty nervous going into it at first. Amy's kind and bubbly personality made us feel comfortable and forget about the camera. She gave us good direction without giving us too much direction at the same time. We didn't really have any idea of how to pose, but she walked us through and gave us different ideas. She let us be natural with each other and she caught such great moments of us together. Amy is very talented and we will always recommend her to anyone who is looking for someone to capture some great shots. Thank you Amy for working with us and giving us everlasting memories to cherish forever :)