Gathering Light Photography traveled to Aruba to shoot our destination wedding and we could not be happier that they made the trip! Our resort wedding package included a photographer but we were both concerned that we would end up with the same canned beach weddings photos that the resort photographer takes daily and frankly, was not our style. Neither of us are naturally photogenic and knew it would take someone special to help us relax and shake our natural deer in headlights reactions to a camera. When Meghan learned that we were having a private civil ceremony in advance of our beach wedding she graciously offered to join us so we would have memories of that as well. We'd never thought about photography for the civil ceremony and now we can't imagine not having those memories captured. On the ceremony day, they were a warm and calming presence from the time they joined us while getting ready, our first looks, throughout the ceremony and deep into the reception turned dance party. The team worked well with other vendors, coordinating with the resort wedding planner as well as helping to tame an aggressive videographer. While our Aruban venue was beautiful, it also required working around sand, sun, wind (lots and lots of wind), a rapidly setting sun and bathing suit clad onlookers and our photos did not reflect any of the challenges. We were thrilled to get a sneak peek of our photos while still on our honeymoon and had all the photos within just a few weeks. They are incredible! We have so many amazing pictures that we are in danger of becoming those people who uncomfortably plaster the walls of their home with photos of themselves. We could not recommend Meghan and Gathering Light Photography more. read more

Our company had a party and since photobooth was such a hit the first time, our HR person got a Living Social deal to do photobooth again during our next party. I can't speak to how the setup was, since I wasn't the one doing the arrangement, so I'm purely just speaking about the experience during the party. Also, my HR person told me it's not Meghan that came, let's call her booth lady from here on out. This is the detail of the deal: Gathering Light Photography: A. Photo Booth Rental with Props, Attendant, and DVD. 1. When I first arrived, I was surprised to see the setup. It was in the back to Cap City Tavern in the patio area and the setup was in the back corner. It consists of the camera and booth lady on one side and a black cloth backdrop set up on the opposite side. Problem with this setup is that whomever is taking the picture has no privacy. Sounds silly but it matters when you're trying to get ready to get shot you want. Plus with only two sides, it's not really a booth now, is it? 2. Apparently during set up, the cord/tatter was broken so the booth lady ended up taking pictures manually with her camera. And here's where we run into more issues. 3. A normal DSLR does not allow many rapid fire with the flash, it takes time to "refresh". What that means is when we're trying to take pictures, one or two pictures would be taken, and then we'll have to wait, because the camera isn't ready. And then ok, back to our spot, smile, another picture, another wait. This actually is our smaller party. This "booth" definitely would not have been able to accommodate our normal bigger party. My bf, who's a photographer, mentioned that the camera she had was not a very robust camera for the job, but hey, I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, maybe her skills made up for it. Until I got the pictures.... oh wait for it... 4. The Living Social deal we got was for 3 hours, she was not quite done setting up at 5:30, but at 8:20, we were told she's supposed to be done at 8:30. Which I'm STILL ok with, but between 6:30-8:00, our group was a little preoccupied with drinking/eating. The whole time she's just waiting for someone to come up to take pictures, while she's texting on her phone. Didn't really try to engage anyone who might've been sitting there/walking by. We didn't have a huge group, nor were we having important meetings during the party, some engagement to help the empty booth probably would've been good. I get it though, might've been outside the job description. 5. The prop box. Ooooh poor prop box. It's sad really, I can pretty much list all the dollar store items she brought with her. 1 small white board that has a huge half erased question mark (partly erased, partly can't be cleaned?), one plastic fireman's hat, one purple boa, two or three eye mask, one turkey hat thingy, one black hat with feathers in them, two small tutu (that we used as bibs in pictures), two cardboard cutout with Popsicle sticks that says something "witty" on it, a plastic sword, one tiara, plastic glasses. Pretty much it, I'm sure whatever I missed isn't that memorable. I've been to other photobooth, please improve your prop box to more than dollar store items, it might help inspire people to actually go take different pictures. 6. Oh the pictures, don't even get me started. As mentioned, my bf is a photographer so I'm particular picky, but some things should be pretty obvious. I didn't even go through all of the pictures yet. Some are blurry. Some with hands cut off. HOW? the person is standing RIGHT IN FRONT of you? Pet peeve of mine, but don't chop people's parts off in pictures! Why would you leave two inches of blank space on top but not include the person's hands in the picture? This one group photo has blank space on the right and the person on the left is half cut off. If I wanted to get pictures that looks as if they're taken with a camera phone by a drunk person, I would've taken them myself cuz I can definitely do both AND saved the company a couple hundred bucks. 7. And guess what? You pay for your pictures. It's not included in the deal/booth cost. Comparatively, this is not any cheaper than the last photo booth we had in our last party. All they did was sent us this online thing to look at the pictures, what happened to the DVD that was included int he deal? I can't speak to the wedding photography part, but purely from this photo booth experience, do yourself a favor and hire a real photo booth company. This is not worth your money/ruined experience. P.S. HR person said communication wasn't the best either, had a hard time getting ahold of them. read more

Meghan photographed my wedding this past year and she was incredible. Super easy to work with and the pictures were just amazing! We got the pictures within two weeks of the wedding and sat there for hours with happy tears in our eyes remembering how special the wedding was. I would highly recommend hiring them for your wedding! read more

Meghan Did our wedding photography for our outdoor wedding in Hygiene, CO. We felt that she was a Tremendous bargin and did a fantastic job at our wedding. Our photos turned out perfect, and she was friendly to work with. She brought an assistant with her, and made sure to be flexible and gave us the whole day to be sure to capture every moment. The package that we got included engagement photos, which were really fun and a great way to meet and get to know Meghan. A real bonus was the photo-booth she set up at our reception. The photos from here are hilarious, and we are going to make a coffee table photo book from these images. For the quality of work and service she gave us, we felt Meghan and Gathering Light Photography was a great bargin, and were super glad we chose her for our wedding photos. read more

When I first was looking for wedding photographers, Meghan was one I came across. She was not only the first photograhper to respond but responded with warmth, she knows exactly what brides are looking for. She is down to earth, very personable, and super friendly, further to that she is an AWESOME photographer. People still comment on my wedding pictures and still ask about her! Meghan was part of our big day and I feel so lucky we found her. Meghan also took our maternity and newborn session this year, we cannot wait to call her again for our next maternity session (hopefuly not THAT soon:)) You cannot go wrong with Meghan and Gathering Light!! read more

Gathering Light Photography is awesome! I've used Meghan for my family pictures for the last two years and they have been amazing, best pictures we've ever had taken, I will continue to use her and recommend her to everyone I see! She is easy to work with, very quick getting pictures back to me and captures such great moments! My kids never stop moving and aren't always cooperative during photo shoots, but somehow Meghan always captures their personalities and fabulous photos every time! She has the eye and is really quite an amazing photographer!!! I've also taken a few mini in person and internet courses from Meghan and she's awesome! She's a great teacher and I've learned so much from her! If I could, I'd give her 10 stars, highly recommend to anyone! read more

We recently hired Meghan to take our family photos. Not only is she an absolute pleasure to work with, her photos are beautiful!! We will definitely work with her again in the future!! I highly recommend her! read more

Meghan is great. She is an awesome photographer and really easy to work with. She made me feel comfortable in front of the camera and made me look great in the pictures! Thanks! read more