Gavin was the engagement and wedding photographer for my husband and I, and I cannot be happier to leave their first review on yelp!
Firstly - while this yelp page is new, there is nothing short of high praises on Gavin on all assortment of websites. If you are looking for more reviews, here is their weddingwire page:
https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/gavin-wade-photographers-irvine/d6e3db898663807c.html
We found Gavin through our vendor, La Venta Inn. Wedding Photography was the first vendor we looked into at the time. We contacted a few vendors and looked up reviews for every person. While I can say that there are many artists out there, my now husband and I agreed after looking at their portfolios that Gavin's photos were the most vibrant and expressive of them all.
We met Gavin for a meeting at the Seal Beach starbucks (half way point between us). He had an ipad with him that showed more pictures than available on the website. We were thrilled with his honesty and willingness to work with us, even building us a custom plan from the ones he normally offer due to the hours imposed by the venue. Gavin is also working on a tool for all photographers called cloudspot, and we geeked out over coding and software development for a bit.
Fast forward a few months, we had our engagement session with Gavin. Scheduling was easy as Gavin always replies to his emails in a timely manner, and even carved out a weekend day for us. He answered all of our questions (even silly ones like "what should we wear") patiently and offered great suggestions for venues. He sent us a personalized link on his website that showcased the different venues available on the OC.
The day of our first scheduled session, as I was leaving the house to have my make up done, it started to rain heavily. I immediately panicked and called Gavin even though it was only 8am in the morning. He was more than willing to reschedule the shoot at no expense (!) without any problems. You don't often get vendors who are willing to do that, in fact, I ended up losing a hefty deposit to the make up artist for that day and she sounded all too unpleasant on the phone. No problems with Gavin, though!
Our engagement shot was perfect. Even though it was over 100 degrees in Irvine, the pictures turned out absolutely gorgeous and it was all delivered to us in 2 days! I did not believe my eyes when I saw over 100 pictures all perfectly adjusted and ready for download. We knew we were in great hands for the wedding! Gavin also has a wealth of information for vendor recommendations (both the make-up artist and videographer recommended by him were great!).
On our wedding day, he was already there before I arrived, all set up and ready to go. He had the shot list printed and organized so we got through everything in no time! I hardly noticed him all night other than the dedicated photography sessions, which is a great thing because he got some very great candid photos. All 600 photos were delivered about 10 days after the event, which is almost unheard of! (If you look through yelp you'll see horror stories of pictures taking half a year to a year). To that end, I cannot say more great things about Erin, Gavin's wife and partner in the business. Erin edits and adjusts all the pictures, and they are all perfect.
I cannot say enough good things about Gavin and this review is now fairly long at this point. If you are reading this while deciding on a photographer (for any reason), please reach out and have a chat with Gavin. I know if we ever need a photographer for any reason (holiday cards!), we have our guy. read more