This woman made my 15 pictures a nightmare I cried countless times, from using behind the scene…read morepictures of me without permission to being late, hurrying my makeup and hair (they also arrived late with the photographer) and cutting my time short on the property the pictures were set to be taken by over an hour (which we paid extra for), this photographer doesn't care about you or how you look in your pictures, she is rude, disrespectful and quite frankly cruel. I wish I had never come across her page, now my memories of my sweet 15 pictures which my father paid over $5,000 for will always be of this horrible woman. If I could give 0 stars I would.
Update: she replied to me privately so no one could see as she tried to belittle me. Think again.
This woman doesn't even have the decency to apologize for turning an experience that was supposed to be fun and once in a lifetime into something that I will always remember bitterly, my parents did reach out to her and express that I was upset, they were given a reply basically stating that they signed away their rights to any picture she took of me. But let me elaborate even more. I loved your work in the beginning, because I ideally wanted unique design studios but they were too pricey for my budget unfortunately (which in retrospect I would've paid probably less then I ended up paying with alina) when I commented to my makeup artist that that's how I found alina, the makeup artist told Alina something which her childish self somehow interpreted as "bad mouthing her" when in fact I was comparing her work to a studio I loved and she had absolutely no reason to be upset at that but whatever. If I hated her from the moment I met her, I would never have let my parents hire her. I actually really liked her in the beginning but unfortunately I was just given a facade. I was not an angry child no matter how much she wants to justify her actions in saying that, but even if I was, wouldn't it make sense that, as the adult and "professional" in this situation, she should have had a little more decorum, patience and empathy? Not that that was the case because like I said, I did literally everything she asked. Let's move on to the timing issue. We booked I believe 2-3 hours at a studio to take the pictures. This photographer and her team arrived about an hour late. We were paying for this time and this photographer couldn't be bothered to show up on time. Which resulted in my makeup and hair being hurried because we had to leave since the next appointment was there to use the studio. Then we went to a naaaaasty part of the beach. You know the dog beach? The muddy part at the end? Yeah, there. My session ended abruptly and with loads of attitude and hostility from the photographer to a point where my mother looked at me and was like ?? what just happened, all because she told me (more like pressured me, but whatever I had the option to decline I guess) to step into this muddy water, and when I did, my foot immediately sank about a foot into the sand at which point I immediately jumped out. This apparently offended the photographer and she decided that was it. Anyway, moving on, you can see here how she immediately results to insulting me and the mental state she assumes (incorrectly) that I am in, "anger management" "I hope you heal emotionally" spoken like a true gaslighter, and I don't like that term, I don't use it loosely, but it's exactly what she is. Furthermore, like a true narcissist, compliments her work again and again despite the fact that she's known for a long time we weren't happy with the results, she never made any effort to even consider that not everyone sees things the same as she does or thinks the same as her and unfortunately her work with MY pictures came out in a way that I did not like . This photographer never cared about how I felt, how I wanted my pictures, or how I looked. This photographer only cared about her "art". She never consulted me for what kind of set I wanted, she just told me to buy clothes to match her "vision" or whatever. This woman seems to think that my review was to target her, but fortunately for her I don't care about her that much. I left this review to warn other parents of little girls wanting a fun, understanding and overall professional photographer for their little girls pictures. Don't make the same mistake my poor parents made. You and your child will regret it. And ps. Alina, fortunately I have gotten older since then and have learned that some people just suck and you can't be angry at that, so I forgive you. Be well girlfriend
