We hired Adam / Houseman Studios for our wedding photography and videography for a wedding over 3 days (5 events total) in July 2025. While Adam was engaging during the wedding itself, the biggest issues were poor communication, significant delays met with a passive aggressive attitude, and the quality of the final work. Half of our deliverables arrived over a month later than what the final contract stated, and during that time it was very difficult to get clear or consistent updates. Messages often went unanswered for 15-20 days, and when we did hear back, timelines were vague and kept changing. When pressed for updates on overdue deliverables, the response we received had a noticeably sarcastic and defensive tone, which felt inappropriate and unprofessional given he was the one breaching the contract. He framed our concerns as an inconvenience, saying "a few months of waiting for a lifelong keepsake shouldn't be too uncomfortable for you", alongside comments such as "no other couple has been that inspirational". Unfortunately, when the final materials did arrive, the quality did not meet our expectations. Many photos had washed-out backgrounds, distracting elements like umbrellas taking over a third of the image and overall the images felt rushed and thrown together. For reference, there is not a single, clean photo of the bride and groom alone during the wedding ceremony - his excuse; it rained (how much rain you can imagine, given the ceremony went on with no issues from the venue). On top of that, Adam wasn't willing to edit any of them. We had to sink in more money to get them edited from an outside vendor. Disheartening part is, he never bothered to reach out to us before the wedding to understand what to expect at our wedding; he was so confident he could do an amazing job and we regrettably so, fell for his hollow confidence. Weddings are once-in-a-lifetime events, and couples are trusting vendors with moments they can't capture. Based on our experience, steer clear. read more

Adam and Imthiaz have beautiful photos on their website. However, after speaking at length with Adam and booking them for my wedding, I ended up with a different photographer. On the day of my wedding, Adam called and pulled the old switcheroo on me. The photographer who showed up was professional and took fine photos, but they weren't the same style as on their website, the change of plans was quite unfortunate. This might have freaked out a touchier bride, but I played it cool since I figured Adam would have great follow through that would make up for it. But this was not the case. The great communication and responsiveness I had gotten from Adam when booking him for my wedding completely disappeared after the event. It took a very long time for me to see any photos--digital or otherwise. Many months and missed deadlines. He said he would send a disc with images to me and my mom, but never did. Ultimately my mom had to go and pick them up at his office. He left them out front and didn't bother to speak with her. After I complained about my dissatisfaction with the experience, Adam refused a refund but offered to give me a complimentary wedding album. That was over 6 months ago. I haven't seen the album, and honestly don't expect I ever will. He has not responded to my email inquiring about it. I guess once Adam and Imthiaz have your deposit, that's all they need! read more

Adam and Z were one of the best things about our wedding. First, the logistics: we booked both of them, with an engagement shoot with Adam. Adam was our main point of contact, and he was easy to get in touch with, and quickly responsive. He was flexible, and easy to work with. They didn't book a certain number of hours, they booked our entire event, so all in all, they each spent about 10 hours with us on wedding day. We received a hefty (30+ photos) sneak peak around a week after the wedding. We received our full gallery (700-800 photos) around 5-6 weeks after the wedding. Their work takes time, but I would wait triple that for these photos. Truly the most stunning, authentic wedding photography I've seen. Adam and Z captured so many more moments of the day than we could have dreamed. They were kind, personable, fun people to have around. I'm pretty sure Adam learned the names of everyone at the wedding - so many of our guests have told us that Adam and Z were such a positive addition to the day, and we couldn't agree more. read more

I found Adam Houseman through The Knot. After exchanging some emails - I found Adam to be personable and affordable and booked them seven months in advance for our Wedding. However, three weeks before the Wedding date Adam informed me that his wife Imthiaz would be shooting the wedding - I had seen zero of her photos, had never spoken with her, and this was the first time I was hearing that Adam would not be our Photographer. At this late date, so near to our wedding, I felt as if it was too late to go another direction and had already paid the photographer in full and felt like my only option was to use their services. On the day of my wedding, Imthiaz arrived late to the site where we were getting ready and immediately had a bad attitude. She and I began walking around and when I indicated that I had gathered some "detail items" like our invitation, the rings, etc. and asked if she wanted to take some detail shots and her response was: "I would prefer not to". My bridesmaids could already sense her attitude and were asking how to help - she proceeded to yell at the bridesmaids saying she would tell them when she wanted them to do something so stop asking. While these were somewhat minor issues - when we attempted to take family shots she took only two to three shots and mere seconds per group. She was extremely rude, curt, and shockingly uncooperative. The icing on the cake came later in the night when Imthiaz attempted to cut my elderly aunts in line for the restroom. When they indicated that their use of the restroom was urgent, Imthiaz said that "it wasn't the first time she had been discriminated against". My Aunt was very offended and replied that she has never discriminated against anyone in her life and Imthiaz told her "well, there is always a first time". All in all I was disappointed with the way the photographer treated me, my family, and my guests, but I was also disappointed with the lack of shots of the bridal details, family shots, and complete dearth of photos of our guests. When my Wedding Coordinator informed Adam of the overall dissatisfaction we felt - Adam took it upon himself to apologize stating that he: "hopes that I was able to adequately express my apologies for any uncomfortable moments you and your families may have experienced. Its certainly not how we like to do business and are all terribly embarrassed." He then offered up a photo book of our top wedding photos free of cost (at what he assured us was $1,000 dollar value) and assured that it would arrive by Christmas. I appreciated that he took the responsibility and promised to make it right. However, after numerous emails and phone calls I still did not have any information regarding the status of the photo album. Only after threatening legal action did I receive a photo album three months after Christmas and the quality of the photo album is basically the equivalent of a photo book of shutter fly. My advice to anyone considering Houseman Studios for their wedding would be to only use them if you want to be disappointed, belittled in front of your guests, called a racist, and not get what you paid for. read more

A couple days after writing this review Adam emailed me saying that I and a few other brides have complained about not getting our photo CD's. He sent me all of the photos over DropBox right away. I'm not sure why we never got the CD, if it is sent through the use of a company or from their house or what, but I do appreciate that I finally got my photos. Adam also offered us a wedding album at cost rather then the usual price. We were not planning on getting an album, but we did appreciate the offer. read more

How sad that there are only 2 reviews on this site for A.H.P and they both seem quite dramatic! I am going to offer you an equally dramatic and totally honest review of Adam and Imthiaz. Amazing, perfection, candid, beautiful, timeless... need I say more, oh ok, I do. We got married on March 26th, 2011. We found Adam and Imthiaz online, and were immediately taken with their photographs. My father requested that we meet with 3 of each vendor. So we did, and after all three, Adam and Imthiaz were BY FAR our favorite. When choosing vendors I took the time to choose the right one so that I could cross it off my list and have faith in their skills. I told them what photos I wanted and they got every one. The thing is, every photograph I fell madly in love with I didn't ask for. They captured my wedding in a way that is hard to describe. I don't even remember seeing them, they are ninjas! They photographed tender stolen moments, fist pumping circles on the dance floor, artsy shots of guitars (my husbands fav instrument), phenomenal shots of the food and details... really, I don't have enough space here to list every photo. I was beyond happy with them from start to finish. The book they put together for us is unique in a totally timeless way. It is creative and thoughtful. It is such a bummer to see that people were unhappy with these two. They are true artists. I would and do recommend them to friends as often as I have the chance. read more

The initial process was great. We lived out of state so Adam was awesome to work with. He was awesome at the wedding too. The pictures (what I remember of them) were great when he showed them to us. After this is when it went all wrong... we got busy with life and didn't contact him for approximately a year. Then when we did to have him complete our wedding book, he took our money and never delievered on his promises. $2000 gone... essentially stolen from us. We're still waiting... he ignores my emails, calls, BBB compliants, etc. How long as this been you ask? Over 6 years. We were married on June 14, 2008. I would stay away from this man/business if I were you. Learn from our mistakes... stay away from this business. read more

Highlight of Our Wedding My wife and I met with about 10 different photographers before choosing to work with Adam. We chose to work with Adam because he was extremely responsive and honest with us. And, we felt like we could hang out with him on the most important day of our lives and not feel awkward around him. I can't speak highly enough about Adam. Literally, I feel like Adam is our family photographer for the rest of our lives. My wife did a boudoir session with him before our wedding and we have since referred 3 or 4 of our friends to use Adam. On top of it all, our pictures were AMAZING! Words can't really explain how good they were. To give you an idea of the caliber of pictures - we were featured in a 4 page spread in Rocky Mountain Bride Magazine. 'Nough said. Listen, I know he's gotten some bad reviews, and I did my due diligence too before hiring him. I asked him about them and he was able to explain each one and made me feel comfortable enough to give the guy several grand up front for our photos (cause of the discount he offered us). I wouldn't have changed anything and would use Adam again. Feel free to ask Adam for my number and I'll tell you personally how smooth it was. Good luck! read more

We paid Adam & Imthiaz Photography (then AHP Photography) up front, in February of 2009 and finally received all services included in our contract in February of 2011 (after we threatened to sue them). He wouldn't respond to emails or phone calls, so we had to threaten to sue, which got him to respond, but still it took several months to deliver. Excuse after excuse for why they didn't get us our pictures... here are just a few of them... 1. We emailed him to get our engagement pictures, but he responded late and then made an excuse that the neighborhood kids were stealing mail from their mailbox. (So we didn't receive our photos in time to print for our wedding programs.) 2. There was a flood of some sort at their studio so our album was ruined and he needed to create another one, which we received finally in February 2011. A big disappointment all in all. A big disappointment on our big, special day. read more

It pains me to write this review, as I loved our wedding pictures from Adam and Imthiaz. However, he essentially pocketed $650 for an album I never received. After multiple, naive "benefit of the doubt" excuses I made up in my own mind and after giving Adam ample time to make it right, I'm still without an album or a refund. Steer clear, even if you love their work like we did. read more

If you choose to do business with this photographer, please get absolutely everything in writing and make sure ALL products are delivered prior to final payment!!! This was our wedding photographer. We did get our photographs, which were fine- nothing spectacular, but fine. Our problem came when he promised us a wedding album in exchange for money that he owed us. Six months following the agreement, we had not heard anything so we inquired about the album. He made excuses and said he was still working on it, and that he would not let us down. Three months later we still hadn't heard anything, and after several attempts to communicate with him, he finally acknowledged that he would have it completed and send us a tracking number in 3-5 weeks. That never happened. Long story short, we still have no wedding album and less than half the money that he owes us. Please learn from our mistakes and be careful doing business with this photographer! read more

We had a Adam as our photographer for our wedding this May. He and his partner captured the heart and soul of wedding beautifully. We were thrilled with the outcome of our photographs and absolutely recommend him for any event. read more

We cannot say enough good things about this photographer! Adam blew us away with his photos of our wedding. He's extremely good at capturing all the unscripted, beautiful moments throughout the day - laughing, crying, dancing. His photos are truly a work of art and he has such a unique perspective. We loved that he didn't spend all night making us take pose-y pictures, but still got many wonderful "picture frame" photos that we loved. He's just an overall good guy. We would recommend Houseman Studios to anyone looking for memorable photos. read more

First off Adam and Imthiaz are both very talented photographers and we LOVE our photos. They were perfect! We paid for everything up front that included an album. We got married in June 2010 and we still haven't received our $1000 dollar album (as they claimed it is). I tried to call, email, Facebook and I wouldn't get returns. I offered a repayment plan and other options and the only response I got was that they were filing bankruptcy. Though my pictures were gorgeous, they are horrible to work with. Just beware before choosing them, they may or may not provide everything in the contract. read more

I booked Adam for my wedding in Boulder summer 09; Imthiaz came with an assistant and took beautiful pictures. Then it all fell apart! After many months of excuses, he finally materialized photos for us to choose for the album. After choosing the photos, style, book, etc- we made the mistake of paying him advance for our book and 2 parent books. Then things got even worse- more excuses from Adam, missed appointments, missed deadlines that we had to impose, etc. Finally, after many months of frustration, we get our books.... There are many pics crammed on each page (as we had discussed he wouldn't do), the actual book looked like it was made in art class, the ribbon and fabric used were not the ones we picked out, an extra page was put into one of the parent books, and one page was missing in the other parent book. Communicated our issues with Adam via email, after insulting my husband and I in his response, he agreed to either fixing the ribbon color and the 2 parent books or would refund our $1000 and we would return books. We chose the refund which he promised to honor. After months of him telling us he would make good on his word when this next check came in, then the next, etc.. Told us multiple times him and his family were living on Ramen noodles and only had $20 in his account. After threats of lawsuit he continued to promise and stall; I fell for it each time. We ended up moving to San Francisco very quickly and were unable to file in small claims court. He still owes us the $1000 which I doubt we will ever see. IF you do end up using them, good luck! read more