The Honest Love was so great for our wedding 9.8.18. Jessica and Heather were wonderful to work…read morewith leading up to the wedding, including shooting our engagement photos at our venue that we are very happy with. We chose them because of their composition, lighting, and artistic viewpoint. Their photos aren't the average over-exposed obvious composition work I kept seeing when searching for a photographer. They were really responsive and fun to work with, and they work great together. The day of the wedding they went above and beyond to get the best shots they could, while being calm, upbeat, and professional. It rained on our wedding day and they did their best to quickly adapt. My camera-shy groomsmen all commented about how great the ladies were and really loosened up with their encouragement. They were patient and kind when photographing my bow-tie wearing dog and my not-so-happy niece and nephew. We can't WAIT to see our wedding photos, and I'll be sure to update my review then. I would highly recommend contacting them if you'd like professional, relaxed photographers on your big day that really deliver some creative, artistic shots!

From the owner: The Honest Love tells the story of your wedding day in a pure and authentic light. While…read moredocumenting your day as it unfolds, we aim to capture the beautiful details you've been planning for months. Most importantly, our focus is to capture the genuine emotion and love surrounding your wedding day.

Julie and her team are fabulous. I highly recommend her as a wedding photographer. After my first…read morephone consultation with Julie, I trusted that we were in good hands! She was helpful with advising me about creating a reasonable and efficient timeline for our wedding day. She arrived early to our wedding and was extremely organized, efficient, and just lovely to work with! My husband and I are both photo shy, but we had a great time being photographed by Julie. She is creative and clearly knows exactly what she is doing. We continue to get a ton of compliments on how beautiful our photos turned out!

We called Julie to do the basic black drape senior photo for our daughter. She was so easy to work…read morewith and so nice. We did the photos on a Sunday and by Monday had the proofs. Her work is fantastic!!!! I can only imagine how wonderful her wedding photos and family photos are!!! I will be using her again!!!!

Chelsea is wonderfully talented and a joy to work with. She is able to help even the most camera…read moreshy people feel comfortable. She was able to capture genuine smiles from my boyfriend who NEVER smiles in photos! She plays with light in unique and creative ways and always finds the most flattering angles. She is hands down, the best photographer I have ever worked with.

Chelsea is a magician. Plain and simple! Everything in my session seemed to go wrong with the kids…read more(blowouts, both kids upset, etc.) but she still managed to get incredible photos in between all the chaos that I will cherish for years to come. You won't regret hiring her! Worth.every.penny.

A little over 8 months ago, we hired Kimberly Toney Needles of Kimberly Needles Photography to…read morephotograph our wedding. Long story short, 8 months later, and we still don't have our wedding pictures. The trail of excuses and outright unprofessional behavior has been a long and distinguished one from Ms Needles. A couple of weeks after the wedding, she posted "Preview" pictures of the wedding on her Facebook page. Afterwards, we heard nothing for a few more weeks. When we finally called, she said her hard drive had crashed and that she was working to get it fixed. According to my text log, on 9/11 she said she had an appointment with the computer company and would find out what was going on. She also offered a refund at the time, which I said I would accept, and said she had "many more pictures" to give us, inferring she had at least a few pictures from the wedding. We have never seen them nor have we been given the ones she posted on the preview on Facebook. On 10/3, I asked for any pictures she had. No reply. On 10/21 I texted again, and she said, "The entire drive came back to me completely disorganized. I am currently going thru everything now. Not sure why this happened but cleaning it up now" Funny thing is, we skip ahead a few more weeks and she has sent this drive to a company in NC. I called the company to confirm this and the guy said he had had the drive since the 20th. I wonder how Ms Needles was "cleaning it (The hard drive) up now" on the 21st when it had been in NC since the 20th? In the middle of November, I called Ms Needles and insisted on a refund check. It came, in the form of a check written on another family members account. IT BOUNCED. I called her and told her it had bonced and she said she would pay any bank fees and would bring a good check to us the day before the Thanksgiving break started. Never saw her. We texted Ms Needles about the pictures on JAN 5th, and the reply came on JAN 8th as follows; "Since Monday I have left Marlon 3 messages and 1 email. I haven't heard anything back as of yet. He could be on vacation or sick bc he usually contacts me back. THE LAST THING I HEARD FROM HIM IS THAT HE WAS GOING TO TRY ONE MORE THING BEFORE SENDING IT BACK TO ME. AS SOON AS I HEAR ANYTHING I PROMISE I WILL CONTACT YOU". Then, later that day (after I had spoken to the computer guy, unbeknownst to Ms Needles) we got this; "I JUST GOT A PHONE CALL FROM HIM AND HE SAID THE DRIVE IS UNRECOVERABLE. I DO HAVE ONE OTHER DRIVE FOR HIM TO TEST AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SHIPPED TO HIM. HE WAS OUT A COUPLE OF DAYS". However, I was in touch with the man at the computer company that was trying to recover the hard drive. This was the timeline of events he emailed me on 10 Jan. Jay, We do not have an additional hard drive from Kim. We only had the one that was unrecoverable. It was received originally in our office on: 10-20-15 We emailed her that is was unrecoverable on: 12-18-15 We are mailing the original defective drive back to her. Thanks. Note that he contacted her on DECEMBER 18th and told her the drive was unrecoverable, and yet she messaged us on JAN 8th and acted like she had never heard this before. So here we are in Jan and I'm done. I've been more than fair and patient. We have come to the conclusion that we will never see our pictures unless legal action can force Ms Needles to give them up. To that end, I have had her served by the Frederick County Sheriffs Office with papers from Small Claims Court to get our $500 back, plus interest and any pictures she has in her possession. It is also obvious that we have been scammed. After some research, we found out we are not the only ones. As a friend of mine said, "If she's doing this with you, she's doing it with others" Of that I'm sure. I know of at least one other organization that is experiencing the same thing. BTW, in Virginia, the amount of the bounce check is a felony amount. A professional would have obviously handled this much differently. I hope this keeps our friends or anyone else from having to experience the frustration, disappointment and heartache we have dealt with over the last 7 months. Please feel free to share this far and wide.

Kim did an unbelievable job photographing my family. We purchased a package and gave it to my Mom…read morefor Mother's Day. Kim's laid back nature made for an easy 2 hours of photo taking. She's very responsive to questions and comments and her pictures come out amazing. We highly recommend Kim to anyone in need of and excellent, professional photographer.

Carly was our wedding photographer and we are so thankful we chose her. After multiple reschedules…read moredue to Covid, Carly still managed to accommodate our engagement photos and wedding photos. She worked with us to craft a custom photo package that fit our needs and budget. My partner is shy in front of the camera, but Carly made us both feel at ease. She provides just the right amount of direction while making the poses feel natural. We appreciated the excitement and good energy she brought on both the engagement shoot and wedding day. One of the reasons Carly's work stood out to me in the first place was how the colors in her photos were vibrant and true to life. We were extremely happy with how the photos turned out. As a perfectionist that has worked with dozens of photographers in various jobs (music events, real estate and modeling), I know how rare it is to find such consistency. After the wedding we received a digital album and she had a convenient system for us to order high-quality prints. Carly is a talented photographer with an obvious passion for her work - we highly recommend that you get on her schedule!

I've had the opportunity to watch Carly take photos of multiple people, family's, and children…read more Carly has a way to make these family's, especially kids relax and enjoy the photo shoot! I have recommended her to multiple people, and no one has had a single complaint! She's easy going, and very open to your needs for the entire photo shoot! I will continue to recommend her to family and friends, knowing they won't be disappointed!!!!!

We hired J & B Wedding to do casual family pictures for our 50th Wedding Anniversary. We were not…read morevery organized but Joe worked with us and got a lot of great pictures. He was very patient and had some great suggestions.His rates are very reasonable also. I would definitely recommend J & B Wedding and Boudoir Photography for any occasion.

I have been working with Joe for years to create content for my website, which he built for me, run…read moremy social media, create listings etc. I couldn't run my online business without his help. His pictures and style of communication help me compete with businesses that spend way more money on marketing and advertising than I could everafford to. There are so many scam artists out there that picked up a camera during covid, but he actually went to school for this and it shows in his professionalism and results. This isn't somebody that bought an expensive bokeh lens and watched a youtube video, any question, its practical application, and everyday problem solving is on a whole other level.