Denise does beautiful work and is a true artist! We love the tulip field photos that she took of…read moreour family. It was awful weather at the time of our session, but nonetheless she worked fast and made the best out of a difficult situation. Thank you so much, Denise! We are really looking forward to using your services for branding photos for our small business.

From start to finish, working with Denise was great. She met with us before our session to help us…read moreget a comfort level with her work, approach, and shooting style. She helped us figure out what we were looking for in pictures and scouted a great location for fall pictures. When it came to the shoot, she was extremely flexible in setting a rain date (which we ended up needing!). On the day of the shoot, Denise encouraged us to act as we normally do and captured so many great photos. She helped us to feel comfortable in front of the camera and found lots of sweet moments with our 7 month old son. After the session, we were able to see some sneak peaks within a couple of days, and received the full photo gallery within a week. We love so many of the pictures and were able to use them for the family Christmas card, grandparent gifts, and even photos to hang up at home. We will treasure the photos she took of our young family and are so grateful for her talent!

We booked Thomas for our wedding and he was fantastic. He was punctual and professional. He did a…read moregreat job managing our requests for both posed and action shots, and he suggested a number of shots for us that turned out great. We're very happy with our 1000+ pictures from the event. Working with Roman was also a pleasure. He promptly answered all of our questions and worked with us to quickly resolve the issue when we had trouble accessing the pictures at the end. We are definitely glad we went with Roman Grinev and we would recommend them to other couples.

My husband and I got married on 7/22/18. We chose Roman Grinev Photography based on the positive…read morereviews they received on Weddingwire and other sites. However, our wedding day experience with Dawn, the photographer that we chose since Roman wasn't available, led to multiple concerns with her poor communication style, inflexibility in working with us, and mostly with her failure to deliver 2 out of the 8.5 contracted service hours. On our wedding day, we wanted pictures of our wedding party taken at the Lincoln Memorial and DC War Memorial. Initially we emailed Roman about our intent and invited him to ride with us in our limo so our trip there would be captured and also because we knew that parking in downtown DC is difficult. We'd have the limo driver drop us off at our locations and pick us up when we were done with pictures. When he reminded us that Dawn was our photographer, we extended the same invite to her during our initial phone conversation. On our wedding day, we repeated our offer, however she declined, saying she would drive separately. Once we got there Dawn told us that she couldn't find parking, didn't want to double park and get a ticket, and therefore wouldn't take pictures of us. This was incredibly frustrating since it could've been easily avoided if she had simply accepted our offer to ride in the limo. We were very disappointed but tried to patiently resolve this directly with Roman over the past 2 months. After we shared our concerns with him, he offered us a free hour session with Dawn. We respectfully declined because of the extra money we'd have to pay for another National Mall photo permit, my makeup and hair, and tuxedo rental for my husband. More importantly, we wouldn't have our entire wedding party there; one of my bridesmaid is from Belgium and my mother is traveling abroad. We then requested a refund of $652 for the missing 2 hours and the photography permit that was never used. Roman gave a counteroffer for an album which he said was valued at $600. Again, we respectfully declined because we already received multiple albums from friends as wedding gifts. At this point, Roman refused to give us a refund and furthermore rescinded his offer for the album and the photo session. He also falsely accused us of not having room in the limo (it was a 14-person limo; specifically the passenger seat was available for Dawn), that I told Dawn to take her own car (completely untrue), and that I said it "wasn't a big deal" that there were no professional pictures taken. We are extremely disappointed that we weren't able to resolve this situation with Roman directly. We are further disheartened that the conversation devolved into a she said/ she said argument with false information. We spent an entire year thoughtfully planning the details for our wedding day and wouldn't just throw it away with such a cavalier statement as it's not "a big deal." This was our wedding day so of course we wanted to capture our moment with all our cherished family and friends together with a professional photographer. Many of the professional pictures taken did turn out well, so we are saddened that not only will we not have professional pictures of our wedding party at the National Mall but that Roman refused to refund us for the lost time. The fact of the matter is that Roman Grinev Photography didn't provide their contractual services and therefore should have given us a refund per their "failure to perform clause" in the contract we signed.

Jessica is an amazing photographer and I cannot recommend her enough. We've used her several times…read moreand will continue to. Her pictures are absolutely beautiful. She works hard to capture candid photos of each family member and has a way of bringing out everyone's unique personality. She is on top of everything, to include recommending or reviewing outfit selections. I highly recommend Jessica for any occasion!

Jessica has taken our photos several times over the years and we couldn't have been happier each…read moretime. It's truly a joy to work with her. She has a natural ability to make kids smile and feel at ease. I also really appreciate her careful attention in helping you plan what to wear to the photo shoot. She is very detailed in her editing and she creates a generous portfolio of final pictures. Highly recommend hiring Jessica for your next family photos!

We hired Gabriele to photograph our family in DC and she did a great job!…read more She arrived early, caught candid moments as well as posed shots, and got our online gallery sent to us within 24 hours. I would recommend her to anyone looking for a great photographer, with reasonable prices, that doesn't do the typical up-sell of making you buy images from her... the gallery is ours to download and print as we wish. Big bonus.

Gabriele did an absolutely amazing job on our wedding. I think hiring her was one of the best…read moredecisions I made. She is a gifted artist, and captured the emotions we were feeling, in all of the pictures. I am SO happy to have such a treasure chest of memories from our day. The day goes by so fast, so to be able to look back on all of these photos now, makes me feel like I'm right back there feeling all of that joy all over again. I really can't recommend her enough.

To sum it up, Marirosa does it all at your wedding (need a drink, Marirosa is on it. Need some…read morefood, Marirosa is on it. She even had my dress bustled in less than a minute post ceremony). We hit it off right away during our engagement session (included in our wedding package). Leading up to the wedding, she checked in with us and made sure she knew the pictures we wanted and had amazing ideas and visions for our pictures. Throughout the day, she helped us stay on track with our timeline and ensured we were where we needed to be. She was energetic and amazing with our young flower girl and ring bearer, and she even got our dog's attention long enough for a few pictures. We absolutely loved that we even got some wedding pictures in less than 24 hours post wedding!!

I've used Photography by Marirosa for 3 years. She has taken pictures of our daughter from the…read moretime she was a newborn, every 3 months until present. We can not stop using her. We have currently moved to Texas and I will fly her out just to be able to have her talent to capture our family moments. Every Christmas card with a picture has been created for us by Photography by Marirosa. Amazing quality, unbelievable value and you can't trust your most precious moments to just anyone...this goes without saying, but once you try Marirosa, you'll NEVER go anywhere else!

Doug has done a few photo sessions for art reproduction photos which are used in prints of my art…read moreon my website. The quality has allowed me to do prints with a long dimension of 20-22 inch's at 300 dpi and the color matched very well up to the originals color and vibrancy on test prints for my website. My wife has been able to use them on her out fit prints as well.

I'd give him 10 stars if I could!! I needed headshots and was feeling anxious...but Doug…read moreimmediately put me at ease. We talked about what I was going for and he made the whole photo shoot a fantastic and fun experience. Then, today, I got the images....wow, wow, wow! He captured the exact vibe that I wanted to convey for my new Business Operations Coaching/Advising practice and made the essence of who I am shine through. Bonus...he gave me plenty of images so I have a variety of options for social media posts. He is amazing!! If you need photos of yourself or an event, call him!!

Anika Steffen did my engagement shoot last year. I remember that there was a threat of storms that…read moreday, and she was extremely flexible, agreeing to move the shoot up to avoid the rain (which started shortly after we were done). I originally wasn't sure if we should do an engagement shoot because my guy wasn't too excited about it (i.e. he is a guy). But Anika put him at ease immediately and a lot of the photos captured genuine laughter, with all of them capturing the general happiness of the day. Everyone who sees the pictures says we look great and asks who our photographer was. She has an eye for picking out the best places to take pictures, and the pictures are edited in a way that really enhances the colors in every shot. At one point she suggested that we sit in a little fountain area that I remember thinking looked kind of weird. This is why I am not a photographer - those are some of my favorite shots of the day (I uploaded one here). I couldn't be happier with our engagement pictures...they will be going up alongside our wedding photos on our walls forever.

Hard to believe, but almost a year ago I turned in my Single Girl Membership Card and got married…read more Getting married was not something I was looking for. Something in my female DNA might be defective or something because I've never dreamed of my wedding day and how wonderful and romantic it would be. I never thought of it at all. Until my heart was captured by my now husband. My hubs is the romantic one in our relationship. I'm the practical one. I've attended many lovely weddings over the years and completely respect that choices about weddings are intensely personal. To me the money spent on a big lavish wedding could be put to better use elsewhere, such as a new car or down payment on a home. So I was all like "hey, we'll go down to the courthouse and do this thing! I can get on your health insurance! And we can both go back to work afterwards." Hubs, who possesses good sense, said "no way". This was his 2nd marriage and it was important that his young son be a part of the ceremony. He was absolutely right on that point, the kid stays in the picture. But I still didn't want a whole wedding hoo-ha experience. I wasn't going to get sucked into the Wedding Industrial Complex, with its ice sculptures, junior bridesmaids, rehearsal dinners, and custom printed cocktail napkins with our names and the wedding date "Find someone to marry us," I ordered. The hubs found our wonderful wedding officiant, Jodi Arbor Johnson of Waterfront Wedding Services. Jodi was immediately responsive, letting us know her available dates, sample vows and the required procedures in Virginia to get married. Because we were doing this on a budget of nil, we asked Jodi for suggestions or free parks or other areas where we could do the ceremony. She suggested some excellent options, we checked them all out, and fell in love with a small, quirky sculpture garden in Tide Lock Park on the waterfront in Old Town. Mother Nature granted us the most exquisite weather possible on our wedding day. Jodi was there on time and ready to go! I really thought I might faint or something because I was so Totally Freaked Out About Getting Married, but Jodi's high energy and warm likeability immediately eased my nerves. Instead of being nervous I laughed my way through the ceremony. It was fun - and having fun took nothing away from the solemnity or seriousness with which I took my vows. Our ceremony was non-religious and informal, but Jodi does larger weddings and can officiate weddings in VA, DC, & MD. Waterfront Wedding Services also provides photography services and can help with other logistical challenges in planning a wedding. I'm so happy that my hubs found Jodi and Waterfront Wedding Services!

Jodi officiated our wedding at The Carlyle House in Old Town Alexandria. From the moment we met…read moreher, we knew she was who we wanted to have preside over our special day. In addition to being extremely professional, Jodi is warm, kind, and caring. She truly puts her heart and soul into making your wedding day special. Our friends and family also loved Jodi and we received so many compliments about her from our guests. We could not have asked for a better officiant! Cheers!