Anita Jeanine was my wedding photographer at Fairmont Banff Springs 12/21/19. All our family and…read moregroup photos turned out blurry and completely unusable- This is a cautionary tale. I booked her in July after shopping around for a few months. We had a relatively expensive destination wedding and I wanted to make sure we picked early as there aren't many photographers willing to go to Banff. She had great reviews so we went ahead and put down a deposit. She was fine about communicating before the wedding and up until the event. Day before due to weather we couldn't shoot outside (it was a blizzard) so we decided to do a longer indoor family/bridal party shoot and then photos around Fairmont of myself and my husband. We made sure she had dinner and a place to sit, and let her go for the night whenever she had enough photos of the dancing. She moved family photographers out of the way to get her shots and we trusted her, since we were paying over $3000 for a day of photos. She said we would have photos as soon as 2 weeks after the wedding as "proofs" when we spoke on the phone before I put down a deposit. That never happened. I don't use social media, but about a month after the wedding I found she posted photos of the wedding without my consent on her pages, before she sent me those photos. Not a big deal, but if she had the photos uploaded and on social media, I would have appreciated her asking permission first and sending me the photos. I waited almost 2 months to get the photos in a downloadable folder. Communication plummeted after the wedding and response times were regularly 1 week+. I asked for the unedited photos as well. The folder of family and group photos was full of completely unusable, blurry images. I'm not talking slightly out of focus, sure, put it in a nice frame and it'll look fine type of blurry- these are so blurry that they are in worse quality than my grandmother's wedding photos from the 50's in a 3rd world village! My best guess is that she only has a fixed prime lens that she used the whole night so she couldn't focus the camera from a distance or add light to photos and the overexposure/lens settings blurred all the images. I emailed her back asking her to remove the edits and send me proofs. To this day, I have not received ANY unedited photos. I also asked for a partial refund, as the entire family portrait session is unusable- per her deliverables in the contract they must be reasonable enough quality to be on a 5x7" print and this is not the case. She offered prints and said that sending me 11x14 4x was a $460 value but putting a blurry picture on fancy paper and a high DPI printer can't solve the underlying problem. I get it, she's a nice lady, she's trying, but she cannot and should not be hired for weddings. I'm heartbroken to have paid a TON of money for this wedding and have no photos from it. Thank god for my uncles and aunts who brought their own DSLRs and iPhones!

Anita photographed our engagement session and wedding this past summer. Anita is someone who always…read moremakes you feel comfortable and special in any situation. When we were taking photos it was like we were hanging out with a friend we have known for years. She always went above and beyond to help us with anything we needed. Her personality is contagious and her photography is stunning. During the engagement session she worked with us to create some beautiful images that captured who we are. Anita took on a documentary style of photography for our wedding. She was always watching and was able to capture some breath taking images that were full of emotion. When we received our wedding photos there were some photos that brought me to tears because the moments were captured so perfectly. She is not only a great photographer, or an extremely kind person, but she is also a storyteller. She will tell your story without missing a beat. Life is all about moments and having someone like Anita there to capture them is a rich experience.

We loved working with Yana and her husband at our wedding! Despite the stress of the event (and the…read moreexhaustion that comes with it) we get great working with Lacie Lou from start to finish. So far we have seen a few sneak peaks and we can't believe how beautiful they are! Thank you so much for all your hard work- we can't wait to recommend you to others!