My latest shoot with Megan was a body positivity boudoir session. I've done 6 shoots in total with…read moreher and every time she has been nothing but passionate to capture my story, look, feeling, and made me and my family feel and look fabulous. I have had her for spring sessions, regular boudoir sessions, Christmas mini's, maternity shoot, and this body positivity session. She is so patient and sweet with my boys, made me feel like a goddess when I wasn't feeling it, and all of this love for a very reasonable price. Megan comes up with new sessions, promos, ideas, and add ons all the time so she DEFINITELY worth checking out if you're not into what she is offering right now. This woman has photography in her blood and soul and she puts 110% in every session. She's all around amazing and will make you look like a million dollars every time.

Used Megan for a maternity photoshoot and it was such a great experience! She made us feel so…read morecomfortable and relaxed immediately. she was very profMessi I always and came prepared with ideas and what she wanted to do but it was also like working with A close friend. The pictures turned out wonderfully! We'll definitely contact her again in the future!

Nina is an extremely professional and compassionate photographer. She is absolutely amazing with…read morechildren and is able to put everyone involved in the picture at ease to get great shots with natural expressions which I truly appreciate having a 7 year-old who is constantly posing in what she thinks is "fashion". She is very flexible setting up the studio wherever is easiest for you. The turn around time for your images is timely and the quality is top notch. I have had family portraits and a newborn shoot done and have been extremely satisfied and would highly recommend this wonderful photographer to everyone!

At first, I thought it was a little strange to do it out of her small apartment, but everyone has…read moreto start somewhere. She has evolved since, still home based for indoor sessions, but she does outdoors sessions as well. I bought a year package for my baby which included maternity, newborn and mini sessions at 3, 6 and 9 months. (end 2017-2018) She was good to her package, gave me everything that was listed in the package and in good time. Her son has health problems, so sometimes there was a little bit of a delay, but you have to empathetic and put yourself in her situation. I had no issues working with Erika, she is very patient with the little ones, has lots of props and good ideas. She even has maternity dresses so you don't have to rack your brain to find something nice to wear (or buy something for a one time use). She touches up the pictures if you want, photoshop. She has a good positive energy and is always excited to see how the babies grow up.

If I could give Erika 0 stars I would. "Working" with her was an absolute nightmare, and she should…read morenot be running a photography business. She took my payment for a maternity photoshoot, then effectively ignored all of my requests to book a date for the shoot due to personal issues she was having in her life, all I got were excuses from her. I was not advised of these issues, or the holidays she was taking before my payment was made. I gave her benefit of the doubt time and time again until I was so fed up with being ignored that I had to ask for a refund multiple times, before opening up a dispute with Visa for the payment. She has no business sense, she believes that her personal issues trump a business relationship that she decided to enter into (she should have put her business on a temporary hiatus if the personal issues she regaled me with were true, it's irresponsible otherwise). She takes advantage of the situation by not booking you in (rendering you unable to book time off work, arrange for other services on the same day, etc.) I wasted over a month of my third trimester trying to book in with this woman, time that could have been spent looking for another photographer if she had just been open and honest about her personal limitations. I had so much trouble trying to find someone else to book a shoot with due to time constraints once I filed the suit with Visa and received my money back, causing me to need to shoot in the winter, MUCH later in my pregnancy than I wanted to. Also, during the time in which all this was happening, Erika has been rallying others to flood her Google reviews with glowing recommendations to push the bad reviews down, and running sponsored Instagram posts looking for business. HOW ABOUT YOU TREAT PAYING CUSTOMERS WITH THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE, ERIKA? I hope anyone looking to book with her looks at those bad reviews because I believe EVERY word these other women have said - because she pulled some of the same stuff with me. Erika is awful to work with, do not waste your money on her because she is cheap, do yourself a favour and get a reputable photographer. And maybe these good reviews are true, but not knowing if you are getting the good photographer or the awful one is a chance I would not recommend taking.

Motherhood can be challenging at times, you want to achieve a lot yet you do not have much time. I…read morewas able to enjoy my baby's photoshoot with the talented Elena. My baby was born 2 months ahead and so she spent some time in the NICU, I was robbed of time and of having an actual newborn photoshoot. Elena walked me through the process of booking and choosing which session I wanted, I was never pushed to make a booking or to go with a bigger package. She was cordial, patient and understanding. When my baby was finally released from the hospital and able to be around other people, Elena booked me in on a day that worked for us. A week before the appointment she encouraged me to find poses that I wanted her to try with my baby (I wanted the baby on top of my wedding dress but on the day of the photoshoot I realized that it was sealed). She also coached me on what to do and what to bring on the day of the photoshoot. When the day came, we were greeted in her beautiful studio, she had brought snacks for my husband and I (I was so thankful as I was nervous and hadn't eaten anything). She encourages us to feed Ariana and make her as comfortable as possible. Elena took her, dressed her (she asked for Ariana's approximate weight to ensure she had the change of clothes for her). I wanted to be involved in the photoshoot but then I realized that Elena had everything under control and that I was making my baby fussy so I decided to step away from the set and let Elena do her magic, while I sipped on my coffee and snacked Elena was hard at work taking pictures, changing and calming Ariana. It was such a relaxed and chill ambiance, she had some heat, low light and ocean sound to relax Ariana. My baby did not help, she was awake and did not stay still. I highly recommend Elena Helali (Ottawa Newborn Photographer), she's professional, she's creative, she's an artist. She captured my little bundle of joy's cuteness. She made such fabulous work that you cannot tell that Ariana is too big. Book with her, you will not be disappointed of her work!

Pictures are very important and anyone can snap a few...but only someone who LOVES with such…read morePASSION and sees BEAUTY the way Julie does...can produce the best memories! She captures the personalities of her subjects, and it shows in every picture she takes....she is very relaxed, composed and very easy going. It's all about you when you work with her. She makes all of your dreams come true. I certainly got my dream come true...I am one of Julie C Butler's BRIDES. I am forever grateful to have had her be the most important detail of my wedding day. I can't stop looking at our wedding day photo's with tear filled eyes. I think her work speaks for itself...have a look you be the judge you wont be disappointed...she still amazes me with every picture is posts.

Looking for my wedding photographer was one of the first things I did when planning my wedding…read more Julie's photography style really captured my attention. Her images are just stunning and she always manages to capture the personalities of her subjects, as well as all the little details that make a wedding. From our first meeting with Julie I knew that she not only understood my vision for the wedding, but was also SO excited about working with me to create it. Having Julie be so excited about my wedding made me feel so confident that she was going to create beautiful memories in the photos she took. She made me feel so relaxed on my wedding day, and it was a pleasure to have her with us. The thing that really makes Julie stand out is the passion she has for her work. She truly loves what she does and that shines through with every click of the shutter!

My wife and I met Van for to take some photos for our Christmas cards. We also had him take photos…read moreof us and our dog. We were happy with the photos, and he accommodated our requests wonderfully. He's really friendly with dogs, so he was able to get our pup to pose/act great for shots.

This girl is amazing! To me and my family, memories are so…read moreImportant to capture. I can't say enough about Amanda and her talent. She's able to capture the perfect shots, to know what's working in a shoot and what's not. She's warm, patient and gentle. She makes your shoot fun and comfortable. Amanda even makes casts of your little ones hands and feet! Her prices are super reasonable, she gives you tons of edited photos electronically. They are yours to do what you want with! She has done maternity, Christmas, newborn, mom and me, fall shoots and just did ones of my daughter (9 months)- she's the one on her tummy in the pink dress with the pearls. We are booked for family pictures and our upcoming wedding! For me, Purdy impressions is a perfect way to capture all those special Memories in what life brings.

I have been thinking a lot over the past 9 months about what I wanted to say about the service that…read morewe received. I will start by saying that Amanda is very friendly and outgoing, and that we had no problems in studio except that we did not have a choice about colours or backgrounds for the Newborn Package 2. Also, we were told that our package did not cover certain sets, so I just went along with what she said because she's the "professional". When we left, I forgot to ask about the turn around time so I sent her a FB message 5 days later (that was our means of communication previously) because my mom asked me to check; my mom was very excited to see photos of her first grandchild. I was sure to say that I did not expect the photos right away, I just wanted to know the timeline. I did not receive a response so 10 days after the last message (15 days after the shoot) I sent another message just asking about the timeline...still not expecting to receive the photos. She did not respond to us, instead 2 days later I received the photos and she did not touch up anything that she said she would. My poor beautiful baby had peeling skin and redness. I do not like to give bad reviews and looking back at the photos, it makes me so sad that Amanda did not try to provide a finished product. I thought that I was choosing a good package based on the number of photos and time in studio, I did not think that it would affect the quality of the work that I would receive. I waited for awhile before commenting, thinking that I was being too picky, but even now, almost nine months later, I am so sad that we weren't able to capture our newborn properly. I thought that if I booked a follow up session, then I could discuss my concerns in person and maybe she would fix her work. We booked on the 26 Sept for a 19 Nov session. On the 27 Oct, she advised me that she doesn't do follow up session on those days. Suffice to say, I would highly recommend going elsewhere. UPDATE: Since posting the above review, I reached out to discuss my displeasure because I hate giving negative reviews. She threatened legal action if I do not remove my review and insulted the looks of my baby. STAY AWAY she is very unstable. I could not believe the comments made. I should not have reached out to try and resolve the situation as you cannot rationalize with an irrational person.

We had Melissa do our engagement photos and she was fantastic! Everyone seems to have their…read morepictures done in the market (which we did as well) but when we mentioned we'd like something different she brought us to this amazing place in Ottawa South. There were beautiful walls with gorgeous art on them which we used as a background. She was patient and made the entire experience a fun and laid back day. We are so excited to have her photograph our wedding!