Monika was utterly, completely fabulous, both as a wedding photographer and as a guide while I planned my own wedding! As I was considering different photographers for our wedding, I just felt that there was something special about Monika and her work. As someone with an arts background, I'm very picky about visual images. Monika is a true artist, and her images sang to me. The quality of light which makes her subjects look like they're glowing from within. The gorgeous compositions which seem to make the surrounding world envelop couples with joy. The naked truth in the faces of her subjects, totally open and vulnerable. After our first skype conversation, I knew I had found our photographer. She has a creative artist's soul but is also supremely reliable and organized, so I knew I could trust her completely. When we discussed our wedding timeline, she actually helped me craft most of it--and came up with the brilliant idea to do sunset photos in my cultural costume as opposed to my ceremony dress. I would never have thought of this on my own, and I'm so grateful for her advice-- those portraits in my cultural dress were my favorite from the entire day. Throughout our wedding, even when I slightly panicked over a small crisis, Monika kept me calm and kept things moving. She was an expert at wrangling our crazy wedding party to behave for the group photos (no small task!) We all loved her and were so impressed by her. The day after the wedding, she shared incredible sneak peek images, then a few weeks later shared a beautiful slideshow of highlight photos. My family and I have probably watched that slideshow a hundred times, it was magical! We received our full collection of photos this week and I couldn't be happier (or more impressed that she finished them so quickly!) I also think that for the quality of her work, her fees are very reasonable. Her work is at least the match of other photographers who charge far more. I can't recommend Monika's work enough. She goes above and beyond to capture an event in the most thoughtful and beautiful way--somehow finding the perfect balance between raw, real, and polished. read more