I rented the Brindamourstudio for my son and daughter-in-law's baby shower. The venue was perfect,…read morebut even more impressive was the care and help that was offered by Rima, the owner. I am a professional event planner, and when renting space (that is not a catering venue), I expect to do some heavy lifting when personalizing the space. It is a perfect space for a cocktail party with hand-held foods. Rima had many of the items I needed for food service, and an easy-to-use customer portal that let me ask detailed questions to avoid transporting more party elements than I needed from my Pennsylvania home. The space itself is delightful! It would be perfect for micro weddings, showers, personalized gatherings, or event after-parties. It serves as a photo studio in its original configuration, so it is bright, imaginative and immaculate. I think, when more folks discover its second use as an event spot, it will become wildly popular and tighly booked!

Rima was our wedding photographer for my elopement at the Valley of Fire National Park in Nevada…read morerecently. She was a pleasure to work with and made the photo session light hearted and fun. She was great with providing us direction since we were absolutely clueless as to how to pose, where to look or what to do. Somehow she managed to direct us and made us look amazing in our wedding pictures. We absolutely love the final photos and highly recommend working with Rima for your day of pictures!

It was a wonderful experience to work with Angela. We liked Angela's work to begin with, but the…read morelevel of professionalism and warmth Angela brought into the work was simply beyond our expectations. Angela is highly communicative and collaborative, and captured the true essence of the event and personalities involved. Very happy to have worked with Angela! We already hired Angela again and looking forward to it! Alison and Arghya

We are a small company who used Angela for corporate headshots and team photos. She was a pleasure…read moreto work with and the photos were outstanding! Angela is always quick to respond and makes everything so easy. Highly recommend!

My husband and I used Knot by the Seas Most Popular package for our elopement April 2016. I…read morebelieve I came across the company by searching on Wedding Wire. Leading up to the date I was slightly concerned about using services from people I never met. We arrived in NY on a Thursday picked up our marriage certificate on Friday and ended our weekend away with our wedding on Sunday. I can honestly say working with Alex and Joan made our weekend that much better. From the moment they arrived they took care of everything. My bouquet was everything I wanted. Since it was just the two of us Alex understood our desire to keep the ceremony short and sweet. Joan then took us on a tour of Central Park capturing the best pictures I could have imagined. He also regaled us with stories about the park and which movies/tv shows were filmed in different sections. Only our immediate family knew that we got married so I wanted to create an announcement right away. By the end of the day of our ceremony Joan had provided me with 15 sneak peek images to use for the announcement. About 2 weeks later we had the full gallery of images to choose from and create our Video slideshow. I took my time to select the right images for the video and song. I received the slideshow today and I am in awe of how perfect it is. I will cherish this video for years to come as watching it brought me back to the exact emotions I was feeling during the ceremony. Many thanks to Alex and Joan for everything you did to make our day fantastic.

Alexandra and Joan were truly amazing for the price they were asking. I cannot express how they…read morehave made the process that much more stress-free. Alexandra was very helpful during the rushed 3 week process. She was responsive and never let me hanging with any questions I had. She also let my husband and I put together our owe vows and was 100% supportive of all changes made. Joan was no different. He was definitely the best photographer we could ask for. He spotted us before we spotted him! Alas! He was shooting photographs of us the moment we entered our ceremony site! Very upbeat, professional, warm-hearted and just overall a great experience. What really struck us as amazing service was the way Joan worked around my husband's injury and still produced excellent photos. Even though my husband was in pain and not in a great mood which forced us to cut our session short, he did an awesome job working with us to make things right. Would not ask for anything more! Thanks again for everything, we have already shared our wonderful experience with everyone we know and would only want others to experience the amazing service we witnessed.

Michelle and her team are AMAZING! We originally worked with Wandermore when my husband proposed in…read moreDecember 2020. Our pictures turned out beautifully and so did our Engagement and Wedding photos! Michelle is so friendly and professional. She was super helpful the entire day of our wedding. The pictures are GORGEOUS that we will cherish forever!!

Highly recommend Michelle and Towfiq! Michelle did such a fantastic job on our engagement photos…read morethat we had to use her for our wedding (even though we had moved cross-country by that time). Super easy to work with and friendly, and perfectly professional. We appreciated that she was mostly hands off so you didn't feel like the photographer was interrupting the event. The photos came out amazing. Michelle has an excellent eye and knows what she is doing. It's too bad she doesn't do more types of photo sessions or we would go to her for everything!

Veronica is amazing. We interviewed a lot of wedding package providers and things just clicked with…read moreVeronica. We changed venues (Central Park to Bryant park grill rooftop) and Veronica was up for it. Every vendor she brought us (photographer, videographer, cellist, hair, make up, flowers) was amazing. We felt like we gained a friend working with Veronica and our guests loved her too! Thank you Veronica!!!!

We just want to thank Veronica's team for giving us a hassle-free and a smooth wedding planning…read more Veronica was patient to answer my questions and concerns in a prompt, friendly and professional manner. I had a lot of concerns but she was able to assure me that she had everything under control when it comes to the park permit and the wedding spots. Andrea, our officiant has been easy to work with as well! She was able to accommodate our requests without any hesitations. We are so happy that we were connected via Wedding Packages NYC. She was friendly and prompt in answering our emails. She was great during the wedding ceremony and we couldn't ask for more! We have no regrets at all and we'd recommend her to everyone!! Thanks so much, Andrea! Although Yuri wasn't able to physically play for us, he recommended a very reputable and reliable experienced cellist for our wedding ceremony. He made sure to communicate any changes and I couldn't be more thankful that he gave us Paul to play for our wedding ceremony! A big THANK YOU to everyone!

Michelle and her team are great to work with. Coordinating with Michelle was an easygoing…read moreexperience and she was extremely attentive and professional. They were right on schedule the day of the wedding and everything went through as planned! Couldn't be happier! Thank you for such a memorable evening.

Hiring Michelle and her team was by far the best thing I could have done! Our wedding was a…read morefairytale and it is all due to the extremely hard work, organization and friendly demeanor Michelle had delivered from day 1 when meeting with her. I had no idea how much work and how difficult planning a wedding could be but Michelle sent me checklist after checklist to keep me organized and as stress free as a bride could possibly be (there's still stress no matter what...you're getting married let's be real). We had a 200 person wedding out in Montauk and Michelle introduced herself well in advance to all vendors previously even though she did not technically start working for us until the last 6 weeks. She was on top of every detail to make sure that this wedding would be exactly as I had envisioned and it was beyond that in the end. She and her team were completely behind the scenes but if you ever needed anything they would magically appear and help you with any little need. It was incredible. As the bride, I did not need to stress about lost guests, wedding party members, photographers, the band...nothing! She did it all with her team and it made my wedding the dream I am still falling asleep to. Thank you Michelle for everything and I plan on referring you to all my future bride-to-be friends!!

I have nothing but good things to say about Vennissa. I interviewed about three event planners for…read moremy event, but something about her stood out. From the day I started working with her I knew I was in good hands. I had very demanding clients to please, but Vennissa handled everything with grace, even the last minute back and forth and changes. Scarlett expressions has an eye for detail and an eye for class, she also has relationships with different vendors for different budgets. Vennissa took charge at the event and made sure everything was executed perfectly. She was always available and always willing to give her opinion and thoughts on things I was unsure of. There is absolutely no way my client could have executed an event of this magnitude without her expertise. I can't wait to have another event so I can hire her again!

If you are looking for an event planner with an eye for decor and extreme patience look no further…read more Vennissa of Scarlett expressions brought all my ideas for my baby shower to life in a short amount of time. Scarlett expressions made one of the happiest days of my life possible. You won't be disappointed!!!

I have to update this, unfortunately not for the better. Let…read moreme get this out of the way, Erica takes AMAZING photographs. Seriously amazing. Mind blowingly amazing. Unfortunately, this is not all that a business professional is rated on. I kind of thought from the beginning that Erica was a bit unprofessional. I tried to put that out of my mind because she was very cost effective and her photos were stunning. Every contact I had with her, it just seemed like she didn't have her stuff together. Our engagement session was pretty good. Not many complaints about that. The real problems started at the wedding. While me and my bridesmaids were getting ready, she asked my maid of honor when she was due. My MOH is not pregnant. Everyone (women especially!!) should know that you NEVER EVER EVER ask a woman if she is pregnant. She almost made my MOH cry. the last thing I needed on this stressful day was to comfort my MOH. I wish it had ended there. I tried to defend Erica sayin "Maybe you misheard her" but later in the day another friend who was there reiterated what was said, and there was no misunderstanding. We went outside to take pictures in the vineyards and it was extremely hot (for late october) and uncomfortable. We wanted to get these pictures over ASAP. We were also being swarmed by bees and two of our wedding party attendants are extremely allergic. We kept telling Erica that we wanted to move and she kept insisting we stay where we are because the pics were coming out great. We appreciate the great pictures but a bridesmaid in the hospital would've made for a bad day. After about 30-40 minutes of pictures my feet (i hate heels so much that I actually walked down the aisle barefoot) were absolutely screaming and I was getting very cranky. My makeup was running and my dress weighed 50 million pounds and I just wanted to take a break before the ceremony. Erica literally whined saying that she wanted to go take pictures in the wine caves. When I said "no, i really need to take a break" she practically stomped her feet and pouted saying "Oh come onnnnn, lets go take pictures in the wine caves!!" My husbands groomsman stepped in and said "no, when the bride says we're done, we're done." She backed off on the wine caves point, but continued to try to get more pictures. Later in the evening she came up to me whining because the Wedding coordinator said that vendors (photorapher, dj, etc.) usually ate after the wedding guests finished and she wanted to eat "NOW" and I needed to go tell the wedding coordinator that. It isn't so much her complaint that bothers me (it was a valid complaint), but I was the WRONG person to come to. There were 3 bridesmaids and a mother of the groom she could have discussed it with instead. The rest of the issues of the night didn't become apparent to me until months later. My boss told me that he was standing next to Erica while she was taking pictures of the grandmas and Erica turned to him and said "Gotta get the pictures of the grandmas! Who knows when they'll kick off" ...Seriously. My boss is one of the most honest people I've ever known in my life and he wouldn't lie about that. In the weeks leading up to me getting my photos erica e-mailed me to say that they were almost done and I can mail my final check to her address. I had paid her in full on the day of the wedding per her demands! If I had known I could've waited till I got my pictures I would've done that. Then she sent another mass e-mail to me and a bunch of other brides called "THE LAST CHECK" saying "I hope you liked your photos. Please send your next check to X" To which I responded AGAIN, I already paid you! Once I finally received my pictures, I asked her how she would handle my book. If she was going to choose the photos, if I was going to choose them, etc. And she said "Please choose 60 photos, put them on a disc, mail them back along with your final check" I PAID MY EFFING BILL ALREADY!! And no, I'm not gonna make another damn CD and mail it back to you and wait another 3 months for an apple iphoto book. I'll do it myself. I also realized while searching through my photos that no pictures were captured of my husband when he first saw me coming down the aisle. Very depressing. Technically I paid for a Trash the dress session (which she does fabulously) and the apple iphoto book but I am just done. I have 3 friends getting married in the near future and they all asked me for a recommendation of a good photographer. I have told them all that I really wish I could have recommended mine, but the unprofessionalism just isn't worth the hassle. It's such a shame because her photos are absolutely out of this world (that is what the 2 stars are for) Erica really needs to work on her professionalism. You can be friendly and cool and professional at the same time.

Erica Berger's work is absolutely eye catching and stunning. Being engaged to a photographer…read moremyself, I can truly appreciate her artistic approach to her work. One thing I will not appreciate is her lack of professionalism. I heard about Erica from a client who had really amazing shots from her wedding. My client told me what she had paid for her to shoot her wedding which made my mouth drop because it was perfect for someone who is on a tight budget. I contacted her through email sometime in August 2007 in regards to her services. I also had found a craiglist ad that she had posted to shoot weddings at a starting price of $600. GREAT PRICE... When I emailed her in regards to it and let her know my date she told me it was booked already and that the price posted in her ad was for 2007 prices and that it would double for 2008. FINE $1200 for a photographer I would willingly pay at least $3000 for her work. NOT A PROBLEM. A week or two later I got a message on my voice mail stating that she wasn't booked until she was paid. "HMMMM....*red flag* kinda weird." I called her or emailed her back and ask her about a deposit half up front to book the date and half after the date or a week prior. Which is the usual contractual agreements with all photographers. I thought it was fair enough. Well 2008 rolls around and here I am starting to really plan for my wedding this June. I contacted her right before the end of the year and she had mentioned that the date wasn't booked yet and that we could set up a consult. We set up a consultation date and a week prior to the date she's booked on my day of the wedding. I was truly disappointed because I would've loved her to shoot at the wedding. She seems like a cool chick and I love being able to help out people who are starting in their industry and career of choice. At the same time, I felt really shitted on. When you schedule a consult with a new client at least mention that you have a possibility that the date may be potentially booked prior. I understand its first come first serve, but let someone know that you might be booked already and don't even bother to set up a consult with a client for the same date.