Tony was amazing! We are older and decided to elope to Key West for a private ceremony on a sailing…read moreyacht. Tony made sure that we got all of the perfect Sunset Photos on the boat, and we were so surprised at how great he made us look! I am never happy with myself in photos, and my husband always looks great, so I did not have very high expectations for my photos. WOW, I actually felt like I looked pretty on our special day and will be proud to show off our wedding pictures to our friends and family. Tony paid attention to our speical needs and how he could capture the moment and the beauty of the location! Thank you, Thank you!

Wow! We just received our wedding pictures from Tony, our entire family and friends were blown away…read moreby the amazing pictures he took for our special day in Key West (Sunset Key). I cant say enough about his professionalism and the care he took to be able to produce the best pictures possible of us and our children. What an amazing day! Now we have the great pictures from Tony to remember our wedding day the rest of our lives. We cant thank him enough!

This review is for Mary Veal Photography from our wedding on May 2, 2015 at Hawks Caye Resort in…read moreFlorida. I will preface this review by saying that Mary herself was very nice and was as sweet as could be leading up to and during the wedding. However, we were utterly disappointed in the end result of our wedding pictures. We communicated our general disappointment to Mary who offered to retake photos of us for free. However we do not live in Florida as this was a destination wedding, we would have to pay for a flight down, and get a hotel room. We would also not be re-capturing the magic of our wedding. Upon sending another more detailed email to Mary with more specifics on our frustrations, she responded in an extremely defensive and accusatory manner, and actually blamed the quality of the pictures on many things associated with our wedding, including our guests. She took no ownership for our disappointment and instead decided to make excuses for everything that we brought to her attention concerning our disappointment. After a few emails back and forth, Mary did eventually offer us $500 back. We declined this offer, as it could not bring back the day and the moment. After careful consideration we asked for $1500 as a consolation for the poor service. Mary declined to agree to these terms and stated that she believed that no amount of money back to us could make us happy. For $5000 price tag that we paid for her service, my wife and I felt the result of the photography did not match the price. A few examples of our disappointment include: There were very few pictures of my wife and myself that we were happy with. We have some pictures together, but almost none of which we would care to post on our thank you cards, album, or mantle. Mary responded to this by asking how many photos we were planning on posting on our mantle or sending in thank you cards? Because in her experience it is one or two. Although I agree, we should have options to select that one or two, and we simply did not. Almost every picture we received that was taken during our entrance to the reception had a blast of light or halo surrounding the images in the pictures. There is a bright lamp or light in the background that dwarfs the images in the picture making it look like a total mistake. We had no usable picture of our reception entrance. In some of the pictures, there are frames where peoples heads are cut off, the centering is off, the feet are cut off, etc... She responded to this by telling us the artistic focus may not be the centerpiece of the photo. However, this is not what I was referring to at all. In one particular picture of our family, our cousin's (a Marine) arm is cut off by the frame in a family photo. There was a general lack of detail in many of the photos. Clothes on the floor, items on a table, store stickers in pictures of shoes, people not facing the same direction, ect... There were key parts to the wedding itself that were completely omitted. Our friends were able to capture some of these moments with their cell phones but not our paid photographer. Overall the photos received back were bizarre. There was little or no creativity, the photos lacked attention to detail, and there were many photos that were off center, cluttered, and messy. Of the 586 photos we received there were only about 6 that we considered usable for some type of display, however, none of those 6 we were extremely happy about. We did not have many options to select from. When we brought all these items to her attention she responded with excuses and said "I did nothing wrong". Although we were not looking to point fingers at who was wrong or right, we were looking for empathy and a solution. Unfortunately the reaction of our photographer was to take a defensive position to justify each area of disappointment by making excuses and blaming others for the result we received, rather than provide empathy and understanding for a disappointed client. This is unfortunate and this is not expected from an entrepreneur in any business. The examples I provided you were not in any way to challenge her talent as a photographer., but rather illustrate our frustration as a customer. She seemed offended about our comments, rather than making a satisfactory offer to make it better, and more concerned in absolving herself from any responsibility. Her response should never be projected as fault of the customer. Unfortunately we were not happy with our pictures and we feel like we did not get what we paid for. I realize the quality of service is different for everyone, but in our opinion, our expectations were not met and the price of the service greatly outweighed the talent. We would not recommend.

Mary was hands down fantastic. We got married last weekend and had quite a large group for a Key…read moreWest wedding. She managed to be extremely polite, while simultaneously gathering everyone when the shots were needed...even our dog! She is so dedicated that she even stayed later than scheduled for our wedding shoot and did so happily. She is very talented at what she does and produces great work. We absolutely can't wait to see our photos in a few weeks!

She was so sweet. Pictures turned out amazing. She knew the area, best times for pictures. Was…read moretimely and patient.

I was fortunate enough to find Living Water Images and Olesya through our wedding coordinators, Say…read moreYes In Key West. ONE MONTH to plan all the ins and outs of a wedding and the photography was what made me most nervous. Pictures are precious moments captured for all of time. Olesya was ever the professional during the planning process with her quick responses. On the day of, she met me as soon as I walked in the door. Her light and loving attitude helped me relax and let me enjoy our special wedding day. She was a "ninja" during the ceremony taking photos of the moments I will keep forever. Laughing during the ceremony, tears of joy during our vows to each other, placing the rings on each others fingers, our guests...She is pure magic. After the ceremony there were gracious resort guests who invited Oleysa to their 2nd floor room that over looked the Sunset Terrace, so she could get a unique angle of our wedding party and all our family. With the sun quickly setting behind us she again worked her magic and the pictures are divine. In one word she is PERFECTION.

Brandon was a total pleasure to work with! Fast, efficient, and a lot of fun. I am a master student…read moregetting a degree in Nonprofit Management and he filmed me advertising for a community choir I intern for. Brandon knows his craft so well and was a huge asset to me in this filming process. I normally am super picky about my image on camera or film. (aka, if my friends take a selfie I usually am the one not content with it) And when I am being recorded I feel awkward and like I suddenly talk funny. However, when Brandon recorded me in this ad, I felt totally relaxed and we just had a great time. I LOVED the footage and felt so so good after it was all over with! 10/10! Highly recommend him for any occasion!

Kaylee was amazing. We are from Massachusetts and my son was doing a surprise proposal in Key…read moreLargo. Kaylee drove up from Key West and took the most amazing photos of the proposal. I cannot thank her enough for capturing this special moment. She went above and beyond, and we had great communication both prior and after the shoot. Kaylee has a sweet uniqueness to her and her passion for what she does shines through in her photography. Thank you Kaylee for capturing a special moment for all of us.

I do not recommend Kaylie. I was at first impressed with her work but as time went on she became…read moreincreasingly difficult to work with. I had to keep touching bases with her to make sure products I paid her for and needed would get done. If I didn't, I wouldn't hear from her at times. Her personal life clearly interferes with her professional life. I know this as I got text messages about her plans intended for her friends on more than one occasion. Her mistakes and disregard for instruction also were becoming as frequent as her changing agreed upon prices. Will not be working with her again After the 75% of the deposit was Paid she "ghosted" me several days even after we were to go over my printing options. All of work she done and ordered and paid for by me was completely done wrong and some of the orders was delivered to the wrong address ( she gave a completely wrong delivery address) and prior to to all this she demanded that ( after all payments were made and paid in full ) $10 was shorted on payment made to her and went as far as insulted my daughter ( book keeper) that she "had no idea on do conduct business " when in fact was paid over $120 over what was agreed and owned ! UPDATE: 9/20 I contact printing company that Kaylee used to order 75% of the printing find what the delay was their respones was that was already delivered last week ! She gave them completely wrong address now I had to repay delivery which now will never make my event schedule for this week contacted and left several message to Kaylee again no response ! I have no lables for my products to sell this weekend whereas now I have to handwrite 600 lables by this Friday!

Amazing service and job videotaping our wedding! They were very thorough and sweet. On time and did…read morea great job! The video turned out wonderful and they were soooo kind. Somehow our photographer got left behind and they offered to drive them to our reception! We really appreciated all they did.

Our wedding venue was with Danger Charters and Vidal is the photographer they use in their wedding…read morepackages. We aren't Key West locals so planning a wedding from across the country was...stressful. Danger's coordinator put me in touch with Vidal a few weeks prior to the wedding date, and we immediately hit it off like old friends. The day of the wedding, we showed up late due to me having a last minute breakdown over not being able to tie a bow, (lol) and just having wedding day jitters. We find Vidal, and JESUS LUPITA NYONG'O CHRIST, I could not be more thankful this man was our photographer. His personality immediately calmed my nerves. He took control over directing my neurotic ass by explaining what to expect, where I needed to be...he even paid attention to when the boat might hit rough water and directed my husband to make sure I didn't fall over. Vidal took pictures of everyone prior to boarding quickly but clearly knew what he was doing. I appreciate so much that he was so focused and thorough, working with the time we had while maintaining a lighthearted vibe. So many people commented later how much they "loooved the photographer." Vidal definitely made a positive impression. We had a small reception for a couple hours after the ceremony at Grand Vin and booked Vidal for an additional hour. His prices were reasonable and honestly, you could charge so much more, Vidal! Your energy was so perfect, I'm so glad our paths crossed and the photos are AMAZING!! Next time we're down there I'm calling your ass for a night out! Oh, Vidal also does wedding planning, I have no doubt he's amazing at that as well. If he told me tomorrow he's a dentist now, I'd make an appointment!

Vidal grew up in Cayo Hueso and keeps long standing connections with his clients. He has a…read morewelcoming personality and is aimed at having a blast while being super professional about his photography sessions with you. He is super fast about sending you the picture gallery, ordering and delivering beautiful pictures. His ability to get the emotion of the moment is fabulous! Highly recommend a fun and professional session with VIDAL!!

Megan is one of the nicest person you will meet. Her and I planned a photo shoot through email and…read moretext messages. I contacted her while I was in VA before vacationing in Key West. She was kind enough to offer suggestions on restaurants, picture locations, and other attractions in the area. She was helpful at letting me choose what I want. An absolute A+ in service and friendliness. Her work speaks for itself. I'm very happy with my pictures and my whole experience with her.

We had a great time with Megan, traveling around to some of the beautiful locations in Key West for…read moreour wedding photos. She was very organized and thoughtful, but the whole afternoon felt very relaxed and fun. And love the photos that resulted. Would highly recommend Megan to anyone who needs a photographer in the Florida Keys.