The bottom line: Friendly photographer with great shots…read more A bit more than a year ago my wife and I hired Sharyn to photograph our wedding. We like her not-to-posed style and we've got some great shots from our wedding. From the get-go Sharyn was extremely friendly and helpful (even helped my wife with her wedding dress). Her prices are reasonable and the framed photos she's prepared for us are lovely. (We're still waiting on our album, due to our procrastination in choosing). If you're getting married in or around Portland, ME. I'd recommend Sharyn Peavey photography.

We picked Sharyn from the beginning because, from her site, she seemed to always be in the right…read moreplace at the right time. No staged shots with fake smiles. Just honest, candid shots of a special day. But you never know until the day... We got married outdoors. In Maine. In February. With 24 hours to go they began predicting the worst blizzard of the year (36 inches with 60mph winds). At the last minute we moved the entire wedding forward a day. In the chaos, I only had time to leave a rather incoherent message about the change. To be honest, I half expect her not to make it. I would have understood. But the morning of the wedding, we got a text: "on my way if you still need me." She showed up and immediate got what we were going for. She was easy going and unobtrusive, but more than we ever expected, she still somehow managed to always be in the right place at the right time. She captured those beautiful fleeting moments we felt, but without the photos would never have been able to remember. We can't recommend her highly enough.

Kasey is awesome! His photos speak for themselves. We couldn't be happier with how they turned out…read more But equally importantly, the experience of working with Kasey was fantastic! My wife and I were busy professionals planning our own wedding; we value organized partners who communicate clear and Kasey is just that. We had a few prep calls to discuss what we wanted and get to know one another and exchanged a bunch of emails beforehand. On our big day, Kasey was well prepared, tireless and super calm with all of the moving parts. He was relaxed and welcoming to our guests, but also direct and clear, to make the best use of everyone's time and attention span. We adore Kasey and could not more highly recommend him

My only reason for giving 4 stars and not 5 is because nothing is perfect. Kasey comes close…read morethough. Super talented with a great artistic eye. Plus, he does a very good job of keeping things light and fun, which is hard when it's freezing out(like it was during our shoot). All in all, the results speak loudest, and I couldn't be happier. I'd recommend Kasey to anyone.

If you are looking for an adventurous, outgoing, reliable, and skillful photographer for your next…read moresession, look no further. Carrie is a local to Tahoe who knows all of the best secret spots AND the best poses and angles that create pure art. My fiancé and I took our engagement photos with Carrie this winter and were a little nervous to see how it would go, as we had not ever taken professional photos together before. As soon as we got in touch with her, she was very nice and easy to communicate with. She always responded quickly to my messages and I could tell she was on the ball throughout the entire process. On the day we met at Donner Lake, Carrie made it feel so natural and effortless as soon as we started, and it really set such a great tone for the entire shoot. She was super easy-going, friendly, and rolled with the ideas we had for what we wanted some things to look like or include. The best part was that she was always very collaborative with all of her instruction on poses and always made sure we were comfortable. She even stopped to show us pictures along the way that really made us feel confident and amazing! We had also brought champagne... with no glasses. But lucky for us, Carrie had even thought to come prepared with some for us to use! At the end she asked if there were any other pictures we wanted to take that we hadn't yet, which we really appreciated because it showed she took her time to make sure we had gotten everything we wanted. It was such an awesome and fun experience already that when the pictures came just a week later, I was shocked at how beautiful they were. Everything came together so perfectly for us and the pictures were better than we had even envisioned. We can't thank Carrie enough for the time, dedication, and thoughtfulness she put into our shoot together. We absolutely love our engagement pictures and we know we will treasure them for years to come!

Carrie Tompkins is THE BEST Reno/Tahoe area photographer! Hands down. She is not only incredibly…read moretalented in her photography work, she is passionate, hardworking, and thoughtful. We hired Carrie to photograph our elopement and couldn't have been happier. Carrie went above and beyond her photography duties and basically (and ever so graciously) stepped into the role of wedding planner. She helped us decide on our ceremony location, gave me a list of hair and makeup artists for day of styling, hooked me up with a gorgeous bouquet of flowers (and even gifted me a lovely vase for the flowers after the ceremony!), and was just incredibly communicative with any questions or concerns we had and was always offering to help with any other details of our big day. Just an overall dream to work with! During the wedding shoot, Carrie was a master at directing us into various poses. I applaud her patience with us and our awkward/goofiness as we had to attempt, sometimes several times, at getting that perfect look. Carrie was quick to remind us to take water breaks and at one point played some music on her phone for us so we could have our "first" dance. As two people who have never been photographed professionally beyond Sears Portraits, she made us feel comfortable and we had a lot of fun! Carrie created a customized photography package for our elopement, and went way above and beyond what we had discussed. She not only shot and gave us many, many more photos than we expected they are STUNNING. Like, unbelievably good. She also took a few Instax photos and gave them to us after the wedding shoot. Having a few tangible pictures right then and there was really special. She also surprised us with a video/slide-show she created that brought me and some of my other family members to tears. We were blown away with how quickly Carrie worked to get us our photos. In less than 24 hours, she sent us a link to a gallery website with around 25 sneak peak photos so that we could share them in our marriage announcement to friends and family (we kept it a surprise!). And in less than two weeks she had sent us the entire gallery of photos! Her gallery website, via Pic-Time, is aesthetically just lovely and easy to navigate to view, download, and purchase photos all right through her website. Beyond producing absolutely incredible photographs for us to cherish for years to come, the thoughtful extras she provided for our ceremony and beyond truly made our big day perfect.