Amazing photographers - outstanding photos A must-have for…read moreanyone wanting to capture the love and joy of a wedding or event. Chris and Elizabeth are beyond fantastic!

I am a worrier and I worry about everything. As someone who watches the local news before bed, I've…read moreseen probably 500 different segments of "Problem Solvers" (or some variation) about a couple who paid a photographer thousands of dollars only to have them bail last minute, take crappy photos, or disappear forever after taking said photos. So naturally, since wedding photos were my #1 priority, I was basically a lunatic when it came to finding our photographer. A friend of ours is a former wedding planner and she recommend us to Christopher as someone who had helped her out in a pinch. We loved his website, but it all seemed to good to be true. It wasn't! After talking with him I couldn't have felt more at ease. I can't say we didn't put him through the ringer while "interviewing" with him, but I can say how absolutely THRILLED we are with our wedding photos. I jokingly tell everyone that I love my wedding photos more than I could ever love my husband (so far its not true, but only time will tell how that pans out..;) KIDDING). Christopher was awesome to work with. We are inherently awkward and unruly people, but Christoper did a great job of coaching us and capturing "real" photos. There isn't a photo in our collection that looks overly posed or unnatural (we worked out those kinks during our engagement shoot). In the end we received about 1400 edited, digital photos (I can't imagine how many he actually took!), and the count does not even include our engagement session. We had him all day from 9am to 10pm, and our package included a 2nd photographer. I also can't emphasis enough how easy it was to have Christopher around us all day, even in the limo as we cruised before the reception. Our friends were probably even too comfortable around him which explains some unusual groomsmen photos.. My best advice (obviously stolen from Christopher): 1. DO the engagement session. We wanted to bail on it, but I can't stress enough how much it helped to practice being in front of camera. I think it made our wedding photos a million times less awkward having been used to the camera being on us. 2. Hold your bouquet low as you walk down the aisle. I see so many photos (not done by Chris) where the bride is holding her bouquet by her chest and covering up that dress you just paid hundreds of dollars for. Also smile!! Maybe you are crying, or about to barf, but just smile.. that goofy look is what people call 'true love'. 3. Try to think about the photos that you actually WANT. I've been in so many weddings where I have to sit through 4 hours of photos while EVERYONE gets portraits done. Why do you want a picture of just you and your great aunt? Do you need a solo portrait of each bridesmaid? Who frames a solitary photo of themselves? Christopher was more than willing to take whatever photos we asked, but our family photos took 20 minutes tops. The group photos are the ones you are going to frame anyway. Cut the excess and get to your reception.. you should be partying right now! (Also make sure to sneak away for 15 minutes towards the end of your reception.. I mean have you SEEN his website? The man knows his way around a flash at night).

HANDS DOWN one of the best Rockford photographers ever. If you don't have a appointment to shoot…read morewith Chris--GET ONE. You can even check his IG/Facebook page to see how awesome there are. One of the most down to earth and easily to work with photographer out there!

Chris is AMAZING! He puts you in the moment and makes you feel comfortable to make real candid…read morephotos. I explained my style and ideas to Chris and he was able to pick out two locations for our engagement photos- both of which I could not have loved more. The engagement and wedding photos were beautiful and really captured who we are as a couple. Highly highly recommend!!

What a great team! They photographed our wedding in March and we couldn't be happier. David and…read moreAdrienne are so easy to work with and their work is incredible. They are very professional but make you feel comfortable with their great sense of humor. Thank you so much for making our special day even better!

Best photographers around! :) We love that they are so good…read morewith children getting them to laugh & smile for photos. They were super patient doing our family photos with a wiggly toddler and cluster feeding newborn. The quality of their work is amazing. Thank you so much David & Adrienne - The Clark Family

Great venue for a special event! My job had our holiday party at The Bricks and it was so nice. You…read morecould have any medium size event here. The food was amazing these people know how to feed you. There are many packages they offer but we had a buffet with a carving station. Salad, green beans, stuffed chicken, mashed potatoes, veggie lasagna, and the most amazing beef London broil. I honestly needed a nap after eating. I should've taken some to go for later, it was that good. Highly recommend this cute venue if you're looking to have a party or wedding.

Beautiful Venue to attend Events, but caution if you're the "Renter"…read more Numerous "add-on's" that were not discussed when signing contract. 1 week prior to Wedding, told the "Dance Floor", which was in building when signing, cost $250 to dance on! A Mat, not needed, put pressure on the Bride to just agree! The Bricks had a Monitor Woman cruising our Wedding all nite, included herself in our reception. Felt businesslike instead of OUR PARTY. Honestly, we picked up inside & outside, cigarette butts, papers, anything to prevent not getting our deposit back. It was as nice as when we arrived. The monitor helped pick up, so we did NOT Receive our $1500 deposit. Ms. Monitor made sure! Beautiful Venue, but signer beware! The $1500 was our Wedding gift to our Bride & Groom for their Honeymoon. Very very Disappointing. Nothing we could do.

This rating is for beer only, because that's all we had. And the beer was really 5 out of 5, just…read moredoesn't seem like I can give a full 5 stars if I didn't eat. ‍ At any rate, beautiful building. Bar tenders were attentive despite busy Friday evening. Appreciate that we could grab beverages at the bar and then sit on the porch to appreciate the incoming storm. Wish I lived closer so we could visit again soon.

This place has become a Rockford staple. I've been here for everything from a relaxing summer…read moredinner on the docks with live music, to wintertime weddings. They've done an amazing job giving new life to this historic building and renovating everything to still preserve the original charm but adding the modern touches too. They have a great spot to eat right on the Rock river in the warm months. Would highly recommend grabbing a house brewed beer and dinner and enjoy the sunset. I will say their prices are a little high but they do have good food and a fun atmosphere. They also have a large indoor bar and dinner space as well, if you're here in the colder months or want some A/C. Attending weddings and large events, we've also had great experiences here. We bring friends from out of town here to experience a taste of Rockford. Glad it's here!

My sister was married in October and chose Fotoenvy to be her photographer. As of the end of…read moreJanuary, we had not seen any pictures despite numerous requests. My sister, my mother, and I all tried in vain to get the pictures and we were all met with varying stall tactics, excuses, and unreturned phone calls. To top it off, Chris W. had my first review removed and sent me this threat: "Take down your fake comment or we will send lawyers notes. You've never been a client of ours so our lies can stop." So no, I wouldn't recommend this guy to take a picture of cold cow dung for you; much less tell you to trust him with your special memories.

Our pictures were beautiful and the guys were fun to work with on the day of our wedding, but that…read moreis where the positive review stops. There was an extreme lack of communication after our wedding in regards to when the pictures would be ready. We were married the first week of October and I was told there would a turnaround of about 6-8 weeks. Fine, no problem, we'll have them before Christmas so we can use them in presents. As Christmas drew near, I began emailing Chris to make sure that we would have them. He said, yes, of course, they were almost done. Still didn't have them a week before Christmas so I made plans with Chris to meet up him a couple days before Christmas and pick them up. He stood me up not once, but twice. No phone call, no email, nothing both times and when my husband and I tried to contact him there was no response. I received an email the next day with some excuse about being "kidnapped" by his family for the holiday and unable to answer phone calls or send emails. Right, that's plausible. Wouldn't your family understand that you run a business and customer service is a huge part of that business? He promised to deliver them to our door on Christmas Eve, but unsurprisingly never showed up or answered his phone. Again, the "family kidnapping" excuse was used. On December 26th, we began calling and emailing again. Nothing. Finally, on the 27th or 28th, my husband and I drove down to their studio to speak to Chris in person. My husband went in and caught him completely off guard full of excuses like "We just got back in the office an hour ago, you were calling the work phone and no one was checking the messages during Christmas, blah blah blah", even though we had been communicating through email during the previous week around the holiday. My husband stood there while Chris copied the photos on to a flash drive and promptly left. So clearly our pictures had been ready the entire time, but Chris for some reason could not get them to us even after setting up two appointments to do so. They obviously need an office manager or something to keep them on track. The pictures turned out wonderful, but their customer service and follow-up is some of the worse I've ever experienced. I would never use them again or recommend them to anyone else.

The experience was fantastic! All phases of the event…read morecould not have better! Thanks to the whole team!

We had a wonderful 60th wedding anniversary event and stay at Kilbuck Creek! We highly recommend…read more The staff was easy to work with and kind. The house and event hall were perfect. What a beautiful setting!

I really love Terri!…read more She DJ'd our wedding and was SO easy to work with. She is super organized, and we felt really confident being in her hands. We got many compliments about the music at our reception. She has good instincts about what to play to get the crowd going. Everyone danced and had a blast! I have zero complaints and definitely recommend her for any event.

Oh my gosh! I don't even know where to begin. Terri and Greg were absolutely phenomenal to work…read morewith! They were extremely professional, helpful and organized. I had numerous friends come up to me and say they could not get over how great our DJ was. Terri helped us plan out the ENTIRE wedding, coordinated our bridal party for entry into the ceremony and reception, did an amazing job with our music and kept our guests entertained and informed. I have not heard of ANY DJ service that puts in the time with you like Terri and her staff. She is incredible and made me feel at ease about our big day. Music is VERY important to us and it was imperative that things went perfectly on our wedding day, and guess what? They did thanks to Jitterbug. I would recommend them over and over again! Multiple people came up to my husband and I and said, "best wedding ever!" and that Jitterbug played a HUGE part in achieving that. Thanks Terri and Greg!!! You guys are THE BEST!