Awesome experience! I booked services through a deal site initally wanting to capture a moment in…read moretime. I was impressed with his prompt email response and appointment set up. I arrived a bit late because of traffic and he was very accommodating. I felt at easy when he explained his photography process and walked me thorough posing. I liked the various backgrounds that he had in his studio. Pricing was reasonable and my photos arrived in the time he quoted when I took pictures. His skill with creating beautiful pictures is amazing. I felt beautiful when I saw my pictures both retouched up and untouched. I saw some of his engagement and wedding photo portfolio. The photos were able to tell a story without any words. I plan to go back for family photos.

When my fiance was booking his ticket to come to Michigan from London, I was in a panic to book…read moreappointments. We wanted to take engagement photos but weren't sure about which photographer to choose. On a whim, we called Michael Sackett after finding him on The Knot. He was very easy to talk to, explained things very well, and had an opening. I visited him in his Troy studio to confirm I made the right decision in choosing him to shoot our engagement portraits and I was not disappointed. Michael's studio in Troy is comfortable, quirky, and fun. Located in an old church, he has a beautiful display of his work for his clients to peruse. Being an Indian bride whose family really wanted a photographer with experience with our culture, I practically drooled over the huge print of the Indian couple right outside his studio door. We discussed locations and decided on a few. He was relaxed with the payment process and was always available for me to call and email (maybe more than he would have liked, what can I say? I'm a nervous bride). We arrived yesterday to take our portraits not sure what to expect. For some reason, I thought I would be extremely comfortable with the process. Instead of being some starlet in front of the camera, I froze. I was very stiff and so was my fiance in several photographs but Michael eased us into it and asked us to just behave together as we normally would. I was nervous about how I looked but he reassured me that everything would turn out great. By the time we got to our second location, we were much more relaxed and calm and when I saw the sneak preview of our photographs today, we looked naturally blissful. The whole experience was amazing and easy. I am a control freak but I was happy to let go of control with Michael because from the beginning of our appointment to the end of our session, there was trust there between the three of us. I can't wait to see our engagement portraits and hope to use him as our wedding photographer (fingers crossed).

The good: Holly is excellent on the day of wedding. She is…read morecalm, cheery, creative, directive, and an excellent communicator. One thing that I appreciated hearing from her is that anytime I needed a break, I could let her know. That gave me a lot of ease and I felt comfortable telling her when I needed a break or when things were too much. She's very intuitive in that way. She let the bridal party take breaks and she checked in with me when needed about what was next. She worked well with other vendors. Her close up photography is outstanding with details...ties, jewelry, vows, you name it. Outstanding and incredible. Overall, communication was decent leading up to the wedding. She reliably responded to emails within 24 hrs business day which I appreciated because many of my vendors weren't that way. The not so good: Holly uses a clunky program to communicate via email with her clients. Even though she reliably responded within 24 hours, searching our emails with her and viewing things like our invoice and our contract was a pain. You have to create usernames and passwords, and reading previous emails with her were a mess to search and read. Her program isn't user/client friendly. I am totally 100% for businesses to document things in writing so I get why she uses the program, but it's just a poor program. The best case in point about this is that the program automatically generated an email to my fiance and I about a due final payment to be paid online. At first we thought this was helpful so we faithfully paid the remaining balance online. But then we got a panicked email from Holly saying our contract says we needed to pay cash or check and that there are huge service fees for paying credit card. It ended up being a huge pain for both us and Holly to figure out...we were irritated (as was she!) About the fact that we were asked to pay online by credit card. When I pay...I don't generally look back at the contract and read the fine print about whether to pay cash or check...not when I'm juggling multiple vendors and multiple contracts and payment due dates. The contract in it of itself is not easily accessible without having to dig In a myriad of emails to find the login for the website and then actually login. Finally, Holly's pricing covers up to 8 hours of photography. At the end of the day I kind of wish I went with a photographer that covered whole day photography instead. We had to pay an extra hefty sum to get Holly to stay and take pictures of our reception and our sparkler exit. The reception pictures we had to pay extra for were golden and so treasured because there were things that went on during our reception that we didn't even know but she captured wonderfully. The sparkler photos were kind of a disappointment and didn't look great (people were too spaced out, the framing of the photos were poor). The extra money we had to pay for Holly to stay a couple extra hours were worth it mostly for the dancing photos and group photos she took, but definitely not the sparkler photos...which kind of made me wonder if it would have been better for us to pay for a photographer that included whole day services. Overall we do recommend Holly as she is a great day of photographer. There are a couple things we wished were different but nothing absolutely groundbreaking. We received our photos about 1-2 months after our date and there were about 1,000 photos! Some of them were duds as expected but some will end up on the wall!

Choosing our photographer was probably the most difficult decision after choosing our venue -- and…read moreI am so glad that we were able to have Holly capture our day! I was drawn to the elegance of her portfolio and her attention to light and emotion, and the photos she took of our day reflect that same artistry. Holly made us feel comfortable and calm, and she captured the story of the day gracefully even under a tightened timeline. She enriched our day with her presence. We are so glad to have these special and gorgeous memories preserved through Holly's thoughtful lens! If you are trying to decide between vendors, hire Holly!

Christopher was awesome from the start of the whole process! He was kind and understanding of…read moreeverything that we were asking and looking for! We were nervous about our Detroit-Novi wedding because we are from Dallas. But when the big day came Christopher was spot on in everything. Plus he was very sensitive to everything we had asked for. He was amazing and I would reccomend him to anyone needing a photographer!

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We had a newborn photoshoot with Cher and it was a good experience. Once you see the final photos…read moreyou will be surprised if the great quality. Photograph a newborn can be challenge but Cher is amazing working with babies. The studio is in a great location in Detroit metro area, it has a lot of baby stuff and back drops. I'd like to recommend Cher as your photographer for any occasion. Alberto M Garcia

Thoughtful, artistic, and fantastic at working with the hectic schedule of parents with kids in…read moreschool and at home. Cher had a wonderful way of connecting with our kids, who were a little grumpy at the time of the photography session. She connected with them and brought out the best in them and we couldn't be more happy with the results and the life long memories she creates with her skill and professionalism. Nick M.

Buyer beware. 7/22/16 took a chance on a young inspiring photographer and made a big mistake…read more Over 2000 photos taken by two photographers. Received a flash drive several weeks later with edited photos the bride and groom did not choose. When we inquired about what happened to the rest of the photos we were suppose to receive, it fell on deaf ears. Tried to make amends for almost a year and still received no satisfaction or compensation. You can only capture that special day one time. It is now obvious this photographer was not able to capture the special moments. No photos of grooms family. Bride and step mother photos not received. Specifically asked to capture ending of choreographed wedding dance and completely missed it. Staged local park photo shoot, all photos are sun spotted and bleached out. Not useable in any forum. No portrait photo of Bride and Groom worth framing. Get everything in writing because the word means nothing. Contract is vague. Beware beware beware!!

Mark and his wife provided excellent photography, excellent service at very reasonable prices. They…read morereally came through, covering our event with fairly short notice and everyone present appreciated their professionalism. Thank you!

From the owner: We are a full service portrait studio specializing in Family, Senior, Business and School…read moreportraits. See me for Products and Events too! (sorry, no weddings)