We cannot say how thankful we were to have Justin as our reception photographer! He made the whole photo process at our reception go by seamlessly as he was so easy going and great to work with. The photos we received from Justin are gorgeous to say the least - he is extremely talented with lighting and framing! If we wanted a picture with a specific group of people at our reception, Justin did not hesitate to capture the moment. He was very easy to communicate via email before our reception and made sure to get all the details he needed before our big day. Justin was able to capture the complete vibe of our reception and we are so grateful! Cannot recommend him enough! read more

Max Photography - Event Photography Near Me - Austin, Texas

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This review is long overdue. We have used Max Photography/Justin and his assistant for our wedding, engagement and for a graduation shoot. Justin is a great photographer, has a super laid back and welcoming demeanor and his prices are affordable. He's also great at communication and was flexible with us as we had to change our wedding date 3 times (with an original March 2020 wedding - ugh COVID) I've referred him to a few other friends as well. And everyone at our wedding loved working with him! read more

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I couldn't be happier with deciding to hire Justin for my proposal photography. He was quick and professional in setting up the details, and kept clear communication with me in the planning stages. I think one of the most undervalued aspects of his proposal service is his advice/suggestions on how, when, and where a great proposal in Austin can happen. He even scouted out different places for me to check the conditions! After comparing his services and prices against other proposal photographers in Austin, he definitely had the best bang for your buck. The photoshoot itself was great. Justin was waiting for us and captured the special moment, and the mini photo-shoot after the proposal turned out really well! What blew me away was that he offered to drive to a completely different location, 15 minutes away, to continue our "mini-photoshoot" at another scenic spot! He was so flexible and willing to go the extra mile for us...all without increasing the price! Plus, Justin is just a friendly person, so it was great getting to know him and work with him. I would highly recommend Max Photography to anyone looking for proposal, engagement or wedding photographers! Thanks again, Justin! read more

Justin did an amazing job with our wedding photos! We were really pleased with how they turned out. He is very talented at capturing great candid shots. It was really nice to be able to share excellent candid photos of our guests. We definitely recommend working with Justin! read more

Justin is an absolute joy to work with. We communicated via email before the wedding and he responded quickly. The day of the wedding he made everyone feel so comfortable and came with a second photographer who was just as amazing. They were always at the right place at the right time. We received so many amazing photos and it is going to be difficult to choose which ones to print. If you are looking for a photographer he is your guy! We also rented his photo booth which was a HUGE hit and 100% worth it. read more

We absolutely enjoyed working with you, Justin! Your energy and incredible attention to detail has made for a joyful and fun engagement session. You have managed to capture our little intimate moments and show the essence of our love! :) So happy to see the final results and cannot wait to share with our family! read more

Our wedding was on September 22nd(So a few days ago).. We haven't even gotten the professional pics yet(going to take about 4 weeks), but I already know for a fact that we will love them. Justin and his crew were amazing. The photo booth was a BIG hit at the wedding. The book we got afterwards with everyone's notes and photo booth pics was adorable. The energy that they give off is amazing. We could crack jokes with them and they would crack some back. My husband and I couldn't be more pleased with their service. Also, my niece loved them. She's only 5 and she wanted to help or just have them take her picture. Lol. So I definitely recommend them! If I could give more than 5 stars, I totally would! :) UPDATE: We got our pics while on our honeymoon cruise! As soon as I got home, I opened the email to view them and my husband and I are so pleased! Justin and his crew got every funny and serious moment. We cant wait to get some hung around the house! Thank you guys once again! We will definitely be using you in our future and will definitely recommend you to anyone who asks!!!! :) read more

You never know what to expect when moving across the country to a new city about to propose and you find the photographer on a google search. I can tell you that I lucked out. Justin was fantastic from the first email. I gave him my initial ideas and he ran with them giving me information about the area and even a phone number for who to contact to reserve the spot. Our families loved him and the photos came out incredible. We would definitely book Max Photography again. read more

When we decided on having our wedding in Austin, (we live in NY), we were apprehensive of how we were going to find a good photographer in the short amount of time we had, especially with planning so many other things - Justin was so nice enough to come meet us conveniently at our hotel and within our time frame, and was so nice and honest. He gave us so many different options and flexibility, that we knew we had to go with him and his crew. We were so excited when we got the photos! Very reliable, personable and we liked him so much we asked him to join the festivities at the end! Thank you!! read more

I recently hired Justin to capture pictures at my big birthday party, and I am obsessed with all of the photos! He did a phenomenal job capturing the spirit of such a special night. Everyone commented how lovely Justin was and are equally thrilled with the pictures. He knocked it out of the park! Highly recommend and will hire him for any events in the future! read more

I reached out to Justin to take engagement photos of my fiancee and me. He did a wonderful job capturing the moments (and recommending places to use for our shoot). We both were very pleased with our services and would highly recommend Justin. It is obvious that he takes his work very seriously and has his clients best interest at heart. Plus, is pricing is very affordable! Thank you, Justin! read more

Awesome - I looked long and hard for the perfect photo booth to document the craziness of my birthday party and I could not be happier with the outcome. I even went to the Austin Wedding Extravaganza - I am NOT even engaged to test out different photo booth companies and get a feel for the quality of pictures. So when I say it was a long and hard search for the right company, I mean it! I tend to be a passionate person. The quality of the pictures is amazing, the photo booth was a complete hit at the party and the pictures were up online in less than 12 hours. It is so true that a picture is worth a thousand words. Some of the shots were just priceless beyond belief. And Justin who was there to help us all night was such a fun, cool guy! Easy going and super helpful. If you are considering a photo booth for any event - these are your guys! For more elaborate details, see my full review here: http://365thingsaustin.com/2010/10/06/more-morning-thoughts/. read more

I posted this review on Weddingchannel.com, but I use Yelp A LOT more, and I wanted to share my review on here in case a bride or groom browsed Yelp. No matter how low key you try to keep a wedding, it's gonna be REALLY busy the day of. Max Photography did a great job setting up and running the booth the day of the wedding - I barely remember them asking me anything! In addition it was a total hit at the wedding. EVERYBODY wanted to get in there multiple times to take pictures. They even print out two strips - and in our case - we asked our guests to leave a strip for us in a guestbook with a sweet message... and the next day we had a wonderful guestbook to look through. PERFECT! I completely recommend using them for any event, especially a wedding. Smooth operators. Plus, every guest looks amazing with the lighting that they have set up in the photo booth. The booth is sturdy, the print quality is exceptional, and they props they bring really add some action to the photos. read more

Every two years my organization holds a convening outside of our home state. We contracted Justin about 8 months in advance and throughout the eight months he always replied quickly to emails and was able to accommodate all our changes, preferences and requests. Justin also fit right in with our team! He is exceptionally talented -- his professionalism, great sense of humor, artistic eye, and ability to capture unique moments with a photojournalistic touch -- all go way beyond the usual event photography. All our staff members raved about working with him and we received great quality pictures for our website and all future promotions. Highly recommended for any professional event! Thank you for making our conference such a success, Justin! read more

My husband and I couldn't be more pleased with Max Photography. Justin and his colleagues are personable, professional, and very, VERY good at what they do. Our wedding photos are beautiful and true to the spirit of the day. In addition to doing an excellent job on the standard wedding pics, the Max Photography team has an eye for what is important to the bride and groom. They know how to capture moments that, in less capable hands, would have been lost. Communication with MP was always prompt and thorough. Folks, I didn't realize how important this was until after all was said and done, so let me elaborate. Outside of your wedding planner (if you have one), your photographer is going to be up in your business more than any of your other vendors. Before the wedding you should have a consultation with them and (if you choose) work with them for your engagement photos; during the wedding, they have to wrangle your whole family, be there for all your more personal moments, and figure out who else is important to you so that they take enough photos of them; after the wedding, you have to communicate with them about your photos/albums, etc. Max Photography was so good about all of this... my husband and I lucked out. We are so grateful to Justin and Sloane for their hard work. Thank you both for helping to make our day special, and for preserving memories that we'll cherish for the rest of our lives. A final note: I highly recommend getting the package with the photo booth. We got tons of great photos from that, too, and MP uses quality props. read more

These are just a few of the many gushing comments and compliments I have received in the last 12 hours from posting our wedding album on Facebook: "Your wedding photos are AMAZING." "Your wedding photos are great!! Good job picking your photographer!" "Their photog team was great, truly." THANK YOU, Justin and Max Photography!!!! read more

Dear Justin: Thanks for your part in making our daughter's wedding so memorable! We had experienced this fun at a friend's wedding, and still had our photo booth strips on our refrigerator when our son-in-law called to ask for our daughter's hand. We knew immediately we wanted your booth to be part of the wedding fun, and that is was! Each guest took home a strip of their pictures as a take home favor, and pasted one in a keepsake book for the bride and groom. The props even made their way out on the dance floor! Thanks for adding some interactive, creative silliness to our perfect reception! Most Sincerely, James and Janeil McCrury read more

Justin's work is AMAZING. You have a vision of what the pics will look like, but often, they are disappointing. Not with Max Photography. His demeanor, professionalism and eye far exceeded our expectations for our wedding pics. Do yourself a favor and reach out to Justin. You will not regret it. read more

We recently used Max Photography for our small intimate wedding. Justin and his assistant were prompt, a pleasure to work with and they captured wonderful photos for our special moment. We had no other photos so we relied totally on the photographers and we were not disappointed with the final edited results, which were also available within weeks of our event. I highly recommend them and they were quite reasonable! read more

Justin is great! He did a wonderful job with our wedding photos and the photo booth was a hit as expected. You can tell Justin just really enjoys his job and is extremely friendly, flexible, and communicative. On top of all that, he's very reasonably priced, especially if you get the wedding package with both the booth and wedding formals etc! We were extremely pleased with his work and are still getting compliments on his photos. :D read more

We had a great photography experience with Justin and could not have been more pleased with our engagement photos! He was very easy to work with and made us feel comfortable during the photo shoot. We had photos taken at the 360 bridge and then South Congress and he was familiar with the area so we got some great shots. I was also very pleased with the cost--very reasonable for Austin. I highly recommend Justin and Max Photography! read more

Justin has never gotten less than a 5 star rating, and there's a reason for that. We booked him very last minute for our wedding, and he was so helpful and made sure to keep in contact with us every step of the way in the weeks before. He captured our day perfectly, and was SO pleasant to work with. Could NOT recommend him enough! read more

We used Max Photography for their photo booth for our wedding after they were running a special on Groupon. It was one of the few things my husband insisted on, so I was so happy to make it happen. Max Photography was at the venue and set up before the bridal party arrived. They brought a box of fun props for people to use and there was almost always a line to get in. We also opted for them to bring a memory book for people to leave a strip of their photos and write in some notes for us. I've looked at it and the pictures they've posted on Facebook and I am so glad we did the photo booth. It was a huge hit! read more

What can I say about Justin and all of the folks at Max photography....So many wonderful things, really! My husband and I just got married on March 5th and had our reception the following day on the 6th. We came across a fantastic deal through Groupon for the Max Photography photo booth rental and had that at our reception at the Parish. This was by far, the best money spent on anything at the reception. Almost all night, there was a line of people waiting to get in to take pictures. The machine prints out 2 pictures: one for your guest to keep and one for them to leave with you. We made it so people wrote a brief note on a library card and stuck that and the picture in a pocket for us to keep. We did that in lieu of a guest book, which was way cooler! Also, the quality of the pictures is so much better than any photo booth pictures I've ever taken, and they give you a box of free props to use! Many weeks after we had booked the booth for the reception, we also ended up asking Justin to be the photographer at our wedding at the French Legation Museum. It is next to impossible to find a reasonably priced wedding photographer and we had tried and tried. In fact, the moment you attach the word "wedding" to anything, the price shoots through the roof! Justin and his team were so friendly and professional and we hardly knew they were there. He even met us a few weeks prior to the wedding at the venue to talk about various details. Without mentioning exactly what we spent, I'll say it was WAY under what other photographers would charge for doing a wedding. If you're having a simple, relatively small wedding and you want to be able to afford to have someone photograph it for you, Justin is your man for sure! Or, if you're having a huge, extravagant wedding, he's your man for that, too! I can't recommend this company enough! You will not be disappointed if you decide to use Justin and Max Photography! read more

Justin is such a talented photographer. He took his time and made sure everything was perfect for our special day. If you pick him as your photographer you are guaranteed to have amazing pictures! read more

We had a very pleasant experience dealing with Justin, owner of Max Photography, when we hired him to provided a photo booth for our son's wedding reception. He followed up on every detail and was prompt, courteous, and friendly. I can highly recommend his professional services. read more

Being an owner of a real estate brokerage in Austin, I rely on photographs to capture and communicate the best qualities of any given home. Great pictures get buyers to the property and getting buyers to the property sells the property. In steps Justin Elledge of Max Photography! Justin's talent, creativity, and stick-with-it-ness approach to his work, continuously produces the best architectural photographs I've seen. With that said, what impresses me the most (and has from the start) is how much he sincerely cares about his clients and producing images that will ultimately help his client's business be successful - and look great! If your business needs product shots for marketing and sales, I highly recommend Justin over at Max Photography - his photos are remarkable and mostly - he just gets it! read more

I wrote a really great, in depth review for Max Photography last year after we had them set up a photoboth for our wedding. All I can say is Justin is amazing at what he does. Thank you. Also, Yelp gets a one star review for erasing my old reviews. read more

We can't say enough about Max Photography. Justin Elledge was our photographer for our engagement photos and our wedding. He is extremely down to earth, a very good guy and an even better photographer. His prices are very reasonable and the pictures came out great. We gave Justin a few photo shoot ideas, but let him use his artistic eye and photography skills for all shots. We couldn't be happier with how everything came out and would recommend Max Photography for any wedding or event. The photo booth was a huge hit at the wedding and we received a thumb drive that night with all the photo booth pictures, which were a blast to look at. From organizing friends and family for photos to capturing all the highlights of the night, Justin is a top-notch photographer that I'd recommend to anyone. read more

We planned a last minute elopement in Austin and were so lucky to find Justin literally a week before the big day. Justin was very responsive throughout the process and reasonably priced. Best of all, he's extremely talented! We were running late and didn't have a lot of time at the venue and as we were running around trying to get everything set up, he helped my friends and patiently waited on us. He really made good use of the limited time we had and captured all of our special moments. We love how our photos came out!!! Thank you Justin! We'll definitely keep you in mind for any future events. read more

I used Max Photography for our wedding in July and honestly couldn't be more happy with the job they did. A photo booth was a GREAT idea. There was a long line the entire night. Max Photography's booth is much better than the average too, they are very good quality pictures as well as a very good quality clean photo booth. I have to say Justin was just incredible to work with. His follow up was great. I even had our own logo made and he had it put on the photo strips. Our guests had many good things to say about how nice he was. It was a hit! Also, he does bring his own props that are very fun. We had a few extra mustaches and lips that we ordered off of Etsy and did a scrapbook that people would glue their strips to and then write a message. Justin did a great job making sure everyone did it. Would absolutely refer to anyone! -Marci read more

Justin did a wonderful job and gave us EXACTLY what we wanted. He really listened to us and got it. I'm not sure how he does it, but the feel of the photos is warm and happy. Something about how he develops the colors ~ they have a saturated feel that is lush and inviting. He is fantastic at capturing those candid moments that tell the story, which is why we hired him - and he did not disappoint! He and his partner were very good at staying in the background yet capturing the event. Our photos were up as soon as we got back from the honeymoon! The link to the photos is great - very easy to use and to post to social media to share with everyone. Also extremely easy for everyone to order prints as they want. We are thrilled. Thank you so much Justin for being a part of making our wedding wonderful! read more

Justin was great to work with! The booth was a hit. We had our own logo on it, which turned out well. He gave us a USB at the end of the night before we left of all the photos, which where then uploaded to facebook the next day! The photos were high quality. Thank you, Justin. read more

We had the Max Photography photo booth for my son's wedding in July. They were there when they said they'd be there.........and were very helpful throughtout the entire session. We loved the photo album itself, but also the DVD w/ all of the pics on it as well. Thanks--great job! I'd recommend them to anyone. read more

I got the idea of a photo booth from a friends wedding. It was so much fun and I knew I wanted one at our wedding! I searched long and hard for a photo booth that had good quality pictures, lots of fun props, and was a decent price. It was much harder than I expected it to be!! Finally I found Max Photography. They did an amazing job!! I think there was a line most of the night to take pictures. And I think we even ran over time a little bit due to the line. Overall they were amazing and great to work with! read more

Max recently did the photography and photo booth at my son's wedding. If you need a wedding photographer look no further. These folks are incredible. Within 24 hours, my son was able to post the link to the photobooth pics on Facebook. Their photography can be what I would call formal, but also fun and artsy. They came to the wedding prepared. That may sound silly, but I have delt with other photographers in the past (bar mitzah, bat mitvah, yada yada), and I can tell you these guys (and woman) are tops. read more

Justin was fantastic! We had a very non-traditional wedding and wanted a mix of traditional photos with non-traditional. Justin was completely down with it and did whatever we wanted. He was so much fun to work with. He got all the important photos and tons of other amazing shots. I cannot recommend Justin enough. read more

I hired Justin and his assistant to take pictures of my outdoor wedding out in Marble Falls on March 7, 2015. Justin was very friendly and made sure to accommodate most of our photo ideas that we sent him beforehand. He was also able to take a lot of great candid photos without being intrusive. He captured many excellent shots and took his time retouching the photos to really get that professional feel. Justin truly loves taking pictures and it shows. I would highly recommended Justin at Max Photography. read more