I met Mikal when he took pictures for my friend's wedding 3 years ago. Since then, he has photographed 3 more of my friends' weddings and when I got engaged, I immediately contacted Mikal for a quote. I am from northern California but I was getting married in Las Vegas. Mikal sent me his wedding photography packages but since I didn't need all of the package features, he created a custom package for me with travel fees that was extremely reasonable (even cheaper than some photography quotes that I received from companies based in Las Vegas). After we signed our contract with Mikal, we had a phone consultation regarding our day-of wedding timeline. We expressed what was important to us and Mikal gave us really good insight how much time we might need for each of the events that we had planned for our wedding and how to maximize the time that we had with him.
I was a little worried because we had only visited our wedding venue once and we weren't very familiar with the area and Mikal had never filmed there either but Mikal reassured us that we would find some good locations. The day of our wedding, Mikal & Kai (Mikal's day-of assistant) arrived early to our hotel to scout out a place for our first-look photo and for some of our bridal party photos. They met our videographer Richard and they were all able to work seamlessly together even though they had just met for the first time. Throughout the day, Mikal kept us on track with our timeline, captured all the important moments, and patiently maneuvered through a crowd of loud and energetic (some intoxicated) wedding guests.
Looking back now, one thing that my husband and I really appreciated was being directed and told where to stand, look, and smile. We were both overwhelmed by everything going on that day and we really appreciated having a professional who kept us on track with our timeline, didn't ask us any questions, and just told us where to be and what to do.
We received our final wedding edits less than 1 month after our wedding (I know, crazy turnaround time right?!?!). All of our photos were beautiful and they turned out better than we could've imagined. Now the hard part...going through all of the photos and choosing which ones we want to upload and have printed (the anxiety is real). If you are looking for photography services, book with LOKITM Photography, you won't regret it =)
Price: Extremely reasonable for the photography packages with hours of services & final products. Ask for any package customizations!
Communication: Mikal was very responsive through email. He would respond back to my emails within 1-2 business days.
Professionalism: Mikal was very professional and answered any questions that we had. He gave us great recommendations in regards to our day-of wedding timeline and kept us on track throughout our wedding. He got along very well with our videographer and all the staff at our wedding venue. He also captured all of the important moments throughout our wedding day.
Photo style & quality: Bright, light, and very romantic and dreamy. Photo quality was very clear and printed photo enlargements (16X20) turned out great!
Turnaround time: We received all of our edited digital photos a little over 3 weeks after our wedding. This was extremely fast and many of our friends were surprised at how quick the turnaround time was! read more