Selecting Holly (Lady and the Lens) as our photographer was one of the best decisions we made for…read moreour wedding. Holly is energetic, hilarious, personable and most importantly- spontaneous! All our photos show amazing emotion, variety of poses, and capture our day beautifully. Holly listened to all our requests and concerns leading up to our day. She made all our guests and family members feel comfortable and excited. Holly and Rich made sure to check in throughout the day/night to ensure that we captured all the people and moments that we wanted to. The turnaround time for our photos was inside of a week! My husband and I were so excited to relive our special day thru our photos. I cannot recommend and praise Holly and her team enough.

AMAZING!!!! Holly is incredible to work with, and her work is breathtaking. Her energy is…read morecontagious. She did our engagement photos, our wedding, and will definitely be our first choice for anything we need in the future. Holly got my husband, who is painfully uncomfortable in front of a camera, laughing and having fun. I am so impressed! I recommend her 6/5 stars for anyone who needs photos for ANYTHING in Northwest Indiana.

Our family has found our photographer, James did a beautiful job capturing our family photos!…read more James is everything you look and hope for in a photographer...arrived to the shoot early, was very engaging with our entire family, was adaptive to the conditions while remaining very productive, completed the processing early, and shared our photos in an easy to download way. I can't recommend James enough, he's a class act photographer, and we can't wait to work with him in the future.

James is amazing! He is very patient during the shoot if you have kids. He takes time to make the…read morepose just right, but not too long that you lose interest. He has the technology of different types of lenses and he is a great value. You won't be disappointed! Capture those moments now so you don't look back and regret it! -Abby J-

Oh I am SO HAPPY to have found Ray! He is an amazing person who is very attentive to who you are…read moreand what you like. He keeps the party going and gets laughs along the way too. The sound was perfect for outside and inside for our wedding. Next event we have, were calling Ray ! 10 out of 10!

Ray WAS the Party! From the early discussions almost a year out from the actual wedding, Ray made…read moreus feel secure and worry-free about our DJ and lighting needs. As the event got closer we kept in touch and never felt rushed. Ray took care of our ceremony and reception, and set the tone for the night from the moment he introduced us. It couldn't have been a more perfect night, and we've received nothing but compliments from our guests.

I was very surprised at my son's wedding reception; there was not one picture of my husband and me…read morewith our son. It could have been a wonderful family picture to frame and pass down to future generations. He only has one sibling and there wasn't a picture of her, either. Is this how things are done now? I found it to be rather odd. Maybe they lacked direction as to who to photograph. Perhaps they were told to take a limited number of photos because of the cost. I assume the bride's family paid for the photos. I know I'd never hire them.

We cannot say enough good things about Shane and Apple Tree Studios. Shane was the nicest, most…read morerespectful, and most caring photographer imaginable. If we were to start the process over again today, Shane would be the first call we made to make sure he was available. Shane, and his team, went above and beyond on our wedding day to help make sure we had the perfect day. Both the photos and video are of impeccable quality and we will be able to cherish these captured memories for many years to come.

We contracted Angela Santoro as our "day-of" wedding coordinator for our wedding at the Allerton…read moreHotel (Chicago, Illinois) in August 2012. We were very pleased with her service and felt that she was very professional, experienced, organized, and knowledgeable. We provided her with our day-of itinerary and she ensured that the wedding stuck with the timeline. Additionally, she offered helpful hints based on her industry experience and willing to attend our rehearsal. She was easy to work with and we would recommend her to anyone looking for a "day-of" wedding planner

I just wanted to take a moment and thank Lance and his staff for making my girls night out a…read morememorable one. I have been calling around to a few locations around the northwest suburbs and I swear I never thought that renting a party bus would be so hard. I had other companies tell me that it was one price and when I asked to send over a quote they would add Fuel Charge, Toll Fee, Mileage, Tax - Restocking fee (I'm kidding on the last one but I wouldn't be surprised with the garbage quotes that I have been getting) So going back to my experience I called the office and spoke to Lance he knew I was frustrated and I explained my situation with the bait and switch, additional fees and not being stuck with a big bill at the end of the night. He took his time and explained the packages to me and sent me over a through quote. I called back to confirm that was it and placed my deposit. ( I was told by other companies that I didn't require a deposit in the past to only have a no show limo - I was not taking any chances.) I received a confirmation email and everything was set. The day of my event the office called to confirm and provided me with a thorough confirmation to assure me that my Party Bus will be there at my pick up time of 8pm The driver arrived at 7:45pm professionally dressed and courteous. We were allowed to bring aboard our own liquor, music - you name it we had it. It was a great night my sister in law requested the Hookah service which I added to our night out and it was awesome she loved it! We arrived to our dinner on time, but we did go a little over during dinner and Marcus was courteous enough to wait for us and even was outside holding an umbrella for us ladies because it was raining. Each time we left the Party Bus we had everything spread out all over and when we got back on the bus Marcus had everything cleaned and organized. Something that someone who has OCD like me appreciates! We all had an amazing time and I HIGHLY recommend this company to anyone. By reading the reviews at first I was hesitant but I came from a referral and I am glad that I ended up choosing them. I will definitely be back!

Access Granted Chicago made my 21st birthday unforgettable. They picked up my party right on time…read more The party bus was very clean and had ice and waters. The A/C was working great and that mattered because it was 90 degrees last night. The sound system was great and I got to play my music through Bluetooth. The lights were really nice! Overall the party bus was perfect! Now, let me tell you about the driver, Jon. Jon is a great funny guy and I'm glad he was my driver last night. I wouldn't want anyone else to drive my party around the city. That's how great he was! He followed my schedule and everything was right on time. Once he arrived he helped us connect my phone to the Bluetooth and explained how everything worked. I gave him my phone to take pictures of my party. He took great pictures of us. He made sure everything was okay through out the night. Jon really took care of us. My 21st birthday was great because of Jon. I would definitely book Access Granted again. I highly recommend Jon as your driver!

Not only does Rob provide you with AMAZING results but both him ans his wife, Elise, treat you…read morelike family. When you walk in to view the beatiful samples of their work you will immediatly feel like you've known them your whole life. I HIGHLY reccomend this company.

I purchased a Groupon for this studio in the hopes that I could get a nice family photo. Elise…read moreprovides amazing service long before we even took our first photo. They get to know YOU first so that can capture what makes you and for family special. The day of the session both of my kids were in rare form (not in a good way) and I was super anxious. I was convinces all of the shots would be bad considering most of them I am restraining my preschooler and the baby refused to look at the camera. Rob is a miracle worker and took what seemed to me as a hopeless situation and captured some one of a kind shots. They were all so good my husband and I had the hardest time narrowing them down. We have definitely found our family photographer.

Samantha and Harry did our wedding photos and did a wonderful job! Sam was easy to communicate…read morewith, and kept in contact with us throughout the entire process! She was always prompt, and very thorough with her work! I loved our photo album and the cute wooden box that we received our flash drive in!