Lauren is just great. She is encouraging, focused, and as another reviewer mentioned, has the…read moreability to bring out your inner talent. She can work with your ideas, consult on new ideas, and/or do a combo of both. I recently did professional head shots with her, and am really happy with the results. I wanted to strike a balance between professional and approachable. I didn't know how to accomplish that, but Lauren provided the guidance and skills to make it happen. The studio is very welcoming and is a great setting for a shoot. You feel comfortable, but also energized to get going!

Lauren is great! We needed some photos taken with a quick turnaround for our wedding announcement,…read moreand Lauren delivered. She was able to set up a session in less than a week, get us digital prints in two days, and then edit the one we liked in just one more day. And her prices were very reasonable. She's also a genuinely nice person, and a pleasure to work with! If you need a photographer, go with Lauren!

I had two photographers from the emilie inc. team and they did a FANTASTIC job at our wedding! I…read morewas confident based on the portfolios I had seen, and they delivered. I love the style and how well they blended the natural environment and elements of our venue into the shots. There's a great balance between the details and the documentary style shots, and candid portraits of the wedding party and guests. Leading up to the wedding, we had no problem getting our questions answered and paying through their online invoicing system. We were able to visit the office and meet our photographers ahead of time and the whole experience was wonderful. We were welcomed with warmth and cupcakes! They pay attention to the details of the whole experience. This is a top-notch company. I had two disappointments (which is the reason why I didn't give a 5-star review. It would be 4.5 if I could!). The first is that photog team did not set up any fill lights for the formal portraits. I should have asked about this ahead of time, but I thought it was standard for professional portraits. At least at every wedding I have been to, there were a few diffusers or flashes set up even if the shooters were photojournalism/documentary style wedding photographers. The faces and eye sockets are more shadowed than I would have hoped. Also, in retrospect, we weren't getting any fun alternate angles for the group portraits, like looking over our shoulders, holding out our bouquets, holding hands, or moving to have a different background such as the lake in addition to having trees as the background. Alas! The second disappointment is that despite two photogs being there for over an hour while there was live music at our reception, we didn't receive a single image of the amazing seven-piece band in action. I would definitely recommend emilie inc. - just make sure you communicate about exactly what your expectations are ahead of time. Once the wedding schedule gets rolling, it is hard to remember your photography wish list. There are more important things to focus on, like being present for your loved ones and celebration! :)

We absolutely LOVED working with Emilie! Not only is her work amazing, she herself is an awesome…read moreperson! Finding the right photographer you can rely on to capture the essence and beauty of a wedding can be a stressful task for any bride. That is why I set out to select a photographer as one of my first tasks after getting engaged. I am very fortunate to know a lot of wonderful wedding photographers but felt the best connection to Emilie. I knew from the beginning that we were in good hands. Emilie even called to talk to me about my vision for the wedding on her family vacation to Disney! She works masterfully with angles and lighting to capture moments in the most creative and elegant ways possible. We loved the way she interacted with us and our guests to make us all feel comfortable and at ease throughout the ceremony and reception. Emilie captures emotion at its purest and most candid moments, so that when you look back, you can easily relive those precious memories. Emilie definitely helped make our day feel even more special, and we're so incredibly happy with our choice of selecting her as our photographer to capture one of the most important days of our lives. We supremely recommend her!

Alona is incredible! She is super sweet, friendly, easy to work with and can really rally a crowd…read morefor group photos when needed! We loved working with Alona for our wedding as she really was a calming presence with an amazing eye for photography. On our wedding day we unfortunately started the day 30 minutes late due to family member delays but Alona still managed to get all the photos we were looking for, without sacrificing anything or any detail! Alona also did our engagement session for us which was incredibly helpful as we are two people who can be pretty awkward behind a camera. Alona really helped us be more natural with our photos and gave us some tips and tricks along the way. I loved the way our engagement photos turned out and love our wedding photos even more!! I really can't stop sharing them with family and friends, and smile every time I go through them. Alona sent us TONS of incredible photos that it really make it tough when choosing which to print for our home and for our wedding album, but that is a great problem to have. I would highly recommend Alona to anyone looking for an amazing, down to earth photographer, who is very easy to work with both before, during and after your special day. I especially love the color in her photos as they look so natural, and truly appreciate her ability to capture some candid ones during our wedding too. Thank you so much, Alona! Hope to hire you again one day for some family photos :)

Alona is amazing! This was our second year booking a mini session with her. Our daughter (3.5) is…read morevery active and not too cooperative with pictures, but somehow Alona is able to capture many photos where she looks great! We also love how she captures the soft light and makes the environment look so rustic and beautiful. Alona was very quick to get our photos back to us two weeks after we shot them. The photos were very easy to access and download online. Overall, Alona is so talented, personable, and professional. We highly recommend her!

Jessie is awesome! Her photos are beautiful and I truly treasure them. Jessie is very easy to work…read morewith, she listens to clients and brings ideas of her own. I've worked with her for two events already!

Jessie was so wonderful! Jessie was not only super responsive and so easy to work with, she also…read morehad great value with her pricing and was so professional the day of. We were dealing with torrential rain, a wet and muddy tent, and she still made magic happen! And she went far beyond the extra mile when she offered to take some more pictures with my fiance and me a couple of days later. The rain cut down on our photography time, but this was unexpected and so appreciated. She drove out of her way to make even more magic happen and we'll be forever grateful for her dedication to her craft. Thank you thank you!

We have had the absolute worst experience ever with Noelle Fochler's Photography. My husband and I…read morehad decided to have her be our wedding photographer because we had seen her work and her pictures came out beautiful. I suppose I should of known better after our experience with her doing our Engagement Pictures. She had to cancel/reschedule our appointment we made with her a good four to five times. She would always texted us last minute with some lame excuse about how she was unable to meet us the day of. It took us two different sessions to finally complete our pictures. Once the pictures were completed she took 4 months to finally give us our burned cd of pictures. Again she would come up with excuse after excuse why it took her four months to burn our pictures on to a cd. She showed up the day of our wedding and took our pictures as she was suppose to. Our wedding was September 10th 2011 and by November 1st after still not hearing any response from her I started to try to get in contact with her in regards to our wedding pictures. She will not answer her phone, return voice messages, text messages, facebook messages, emails, etc. until you hound her five or six times. She finally responded telling me how her external hard drive crash and she had NOT backed up our wedding pictures to another drive and already deleted them off her camera. She promised us she would be sending the hard drive away to get fixed but always came up with an excuse, yet again, why she hadn't. She actually lied straight to us three different times telling us that she had indeed sent the hard drive away to the company and was just waiting to hear back from them. We found out that she was lying to us by actually calling up the company ourselves and asking them if she had sent in her hard drive and all three times they told us no. Long long long story short, August 2012(ALMOST A WHOLE YEAR LATER) she tells us the company is unable to save any data from her hard drive and that all our pictures are gone. She claims she will refund our money but of course we would rather have our wedding pictures than our refund. She also told us we would have to be patient with her since she doesn't have the money right now. We have been more than patient with her at this point. She has not once returned a single phone call of ours and takes forever to respond to any of our other ways of communication. She is the most unprofessional, irresponsible photographer ever. She single handed ruined our wedding and I am begging you not to waste your precious time with her. We have since heard horrible reviews about her from every single other wedding couple that we have spoken with. Karma WILL come back to haunt her!

Justine did a great job! She did an amazing job capturing pictures of my fiancé and I. She made us…read moreboth feel super comfortable, and we were able to be ourselves during the shoot without it feeling awkward and forced. I would definitely recommend her if you are needing pictures taken:)

Justine is absolutely wonderful to work with. I booked my first-ever boudoir session with her and…read morecame into it a bit nervous, but she brings an incredible energy to the shoot that put me completely at ease. It felt like hanging out and playing dress-up with a best friend! She sent me samples of some poses we might want to try ahead of time which was incredibly helpful. She kept me laughing throughout the shoot which made for some unexpectedly wonderful photos, answered all of my questions, and was generally a joy to work with. On top of that, I'm SO blown away by the photos. I love them! I cannot wait to work with her in the future and would recommend her to anyone for either a wedding, professional, family, or boudoir shoot ANY day!

When we first began planning our wedding, photography was one of our top priorities. We knew that…read morethough many cherished memories would be made on our wedding day, photographs were what would capture those memories and moments and hold them for many years to come. It was with that in mind that we began our search. I stumbled across Bethany and Dan pretty early on. From the second I skimmed through their website I was wowed and felt I didn't need to search any further. I reached out to them and we promptly set up a teleconference. Their work had already sold me, but getting to chat with them and get a feel for their personalities sealed the deal. From the initial planning stages through our wedding day Bethany and Dan stayed in contact, whether through email or by mail. It's very apparent that they value their clients and that thought goes into every little thing that they do. They were always available to answer any questions we had or address any issue that came up. By the time our wedding day arrived we couldn't wait to meet them! Bethany and Dan arrived on sight on our wedding day, and my husband and I both felt like it was meeting an old friend. They were both warm and inviting and had the type of personality that put even the most nervous of people (both of us that day!) at ease. They were an absolute joy to work with. You can tell they adore their clients, their craft, and one another. We had so much fun with them! Not only did we enjoy their presence, but our families did as well. I could hardly wait for the photos to arrive and was that bride that checked her email daily even though I knew it would weeks before anything came through. When they did, I was floored. These photographs that captured on our wedding day were beyond anything I could have ever imagined or hoped for. I cried with joy as I relived those special moments, looking through he gallery. THEY. ARE. STUNNING. I cannot begin to guess how many times I've looked through them. With our gallery, were able to go through and select favorites, but I couldn't. Each and every photo is my favorite for one reason or another. Not only are we extremely happy with the photographs we received, we've also received countless compliments on our wedding photos from friends and family. I simply cannot say enough about these two. They're absolutely fantastic!

Bethany and Dan were so awesome! They were an absolute pleasure to work with. We found them online…read moreand really liked their work. After meeting with them over the phone, we knew they were a good fit for us. Though they had to travel for our wedding, they were incredibly punctual (in fact, a bit early). They jumped right in once they arrived and made us feel comfortable while also ensuring that we were going to get pictures of our wedding day that captured everything we wanted. Bethany and Dan worked incredibly well together, with each throwing out different ideas, splitting us up for individual pictures, and both making sure our time was used efficiently. Dan made us feel extra special in finding and scouting out ahead of time a new place where we were able to take photos just outside of Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor. We were very happy with our "sneak peek" photos and are so excited to see the rest of them!

Siobhan is absolutely amazing. We hired her to photograph our daughter's wedding and could not…read morehave been more pleased. She is so talented in capturing not only the formal posed pictures, but also the candid, fun pictures that tell the story of the event. My relatives all commented to me how impressed they were with how she organized the large group pictures quickly and efficiently, and then slipped into the background capturing emotional moments without any of us realizing it. She is an incredible professional and I HIGHLY recommend her!

My wife chose Sioban of The Maine Tinker Studio because she was a friend from years ago. I have to…read moreadmit I was worried that this was a favor and not an educated decision. I was wrong. We were more than surprised by the results of Sioban and her Photo Booth camper, which is awesome. She made a believer in me and showed me images that I never thought we'd own. She first met with us for our engagement photos. We moved around the city to key locations to get those images we wanted. Not only did Sioban capture those images, but she also grabbed shots that I thought only existed in magazines. When it started to snow, she moved us quickly to grab and amazing moment captured for a lifetime. Those moments are well documented on our wedding day. From her arrival, she came through the door snapping images of artifacts I would never have thought about. She spent the better part of the morning with my wife and then met with me. She was beside us for the better part of the day. I could go on and on. She captured every moment and then some. Let me take a moment to explain that her photos are not your traditional stand in a line and smile.She will do some for keepsakes, but she has a better eye than a line. She finds the moments that reflect the day and convey real emotion. She is creative, thoughtful and most of all professional. She has a radar for a great image. People are still asking us how we get our wedding photos. We also took her up on using a Photo Camper; yes really! It's not what you think. She has taken a vintage camper and repurposed it into a way cool and hip photo camper. My guest all loved the camper and we had trouble getting many guest out of it to come in for dinner. They wanted to stay and continue using the props. They even wanted photos outside of the camper because it's as cool as the inside. Here cost was more than competitive. You might be considering a few photographers. Yes, you can find cheap photographers, but you can't put a price on the moment or more importantly a moment missed. Her cost is far below her value. I've seen the work of photographers in the $5,000-$10,000 range and her work competes with them all day long. If I were looking for a photographer today, I'be be driving to her to give that deposit before my date is gone. Thank You Sioban and your crew for an outstanding and memorable wedding day that I'll get to share with my family and friends for a lifetime!

Amazing sports photographer! Whenever I need pictures or videos for basketball games I always go to…read moreQuinn Hurley Photography. Awesome pricing too. Totally recommend

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