Looking through the pictures Suzanne shot was like being able to re-live our wedding day! I'm…read moreamazed at how she was able to perfectly capture all of the moments that made the day so special. As the bride and groom, we were constantly running around trying to spend time with everyone, so we felt like we missed out on a lot, but Suzanne captured so many wonderful candid moments with our guests, that after looking at the pictures we felt like we didn't miss a thing! Suzanne is incredibly easy to work with, she listened to what my husband and I were looking for and executed it flawlessly. We immediately felt at ease with Suzanne, the entire process felt like we were working with an old friend. Our wedding was at the Austin Central Library and the photos Suzanne took were stunning. She had so many great ideas on where to shoot and she goes to great lengths to make sure she gets the perfect shots, which she did! If you're awkward in front of a camera, like me, don't worry, Suzzane will make you feel totally at ease and before you know it you'll feel completely comfortable getting your photo taken! Suzanne is an all-around wonderful person and an amazing photographer! I'm thrilled that she was able to be a part of our wedding day! Do yourself a favor and book her to photograph your special event or moment.

We are beyond thrilled with our experience with Pressman Photography! Suzanne and her secondary…read morephotographer Justin did an absolutely incredible job capturing our wedding. Every special moment we hoped for--and so many more--were beautifully documented. From the perfectly posed family photos to the candid shots of us and our guests, their attention to detail and ability to capture genuine emotion truly blew us away. Looking back through our gallery feels like reliving the day all over again. The photos are not only stunning but also tell the story of our celebration in such an authentic way. Suzanne and Justin were professional, kind, and made us feel completely comfortable in front of the camera, which made the whole experience even more enjoyable. We couldn't have asked for better photographers, and we're so grateful to have these memories preserved so perfectly. Pressman Photography gave us a gift we'll cherish forever, and we can't recommend them highly enough!

Last year one of my closest, dearest friends Katie A (now Katie D) got married and I was in the…read morewedding. Katie and I were both elite yelpers at one time... in fact, we met at an elite yelp event and we were immediately fast friends. Fast forward to last year and her wedding... during the pre-wedding photo session, the photographer and I hit it off (not like that, perv... I was there with my girlfriend and the photographer is happily married). She was just really awesome... confident and decisive but playful and unobtrusive... she made the photographs fun. And I don't usually like wedding photographers because they usually remind me of former Russian military or crazy hoarder cat-lady... expressing their pent-up need to control others though their 2 hours of power... But I digress... Kristi is amazing, she actually made the wedding MORE fun and the times we were out in the heat (yes, my friend opted for a summer wedding in Austin) enjoyable. In the end, Katie ended-up with amazing photographs (turns out people look better and take better photos when they are happy and having fun) and I ended-up with another friend. I've been best man in two weddings, a groomsman in at least 15, and an user in probably 10 over the years... including Katie's wedding last year. It's no contest, Kristi is the best wedding photographer I've ever seen. So if you're interviewing photographers, put Kristi in the mix. And if you need references, I'll gladly put you in touch with Katie.

I never gave much value to photos. Sure, I love memories, but in my experience most photos end up…read morein a shoe box, never to be seen again. I took a 10 day trip to Europe 10 years ago and I still have yet to put those prints in an album, much less look at them again. No offense to my inner amateur photographer, but there is a reason why I don't care about old photos. It's because I'm terrible at taking photos... In stark contrast to myself, there is the brilliance that is Kristi Wright. We hired Kristi to photograph our Austin wedding at the Driskill. She has a way to magically capture moments and feelings, which is why we have gone back to these photos time and time again to relive our wedding. I can feel my wife's hand when I slid the ring on her slender finger. I can taste my first bite into that wedding cupcake. My heart still strikes a stronger beat when I see our first dance over and over again. It is my laptop's wallpaper after all. Kristi's capturing of our wedding has given me a true appreciation for what real, honest to goodness, quality photographs can do for life. Every penny I spent to hire Kristi was worth it. That said, she wasn't expensive at all! As far as comparable options in the Austin area, Kristi definitely keeps a competitive rate. Overall the entire photography portion of our wedding went flawlessly. Kristi keeps things casual, she is down to earth and easy to talk to, but also professional, she knows what shes doing and how to give instruction set up the best shots. During the wedding / reception Kristi called very little attention to herself and yet was still able to capture all the fun and love we were sharing. The after-wedding shots exceeded our expectations as well. She has a great eye and set up some really creative and insightful shots. We have a treasure trove of photos that we will value for our entire lives. As a stranger to you, the reader, I don't expect my opinion to be the only that you are going to read, but go ahead and take a look around. There are nothing but 5 star reviews for Kristi from anyone who has worked with her. Do yourself a favor: wedding planning is hard work, but choosing a photographer doesn't have to be.

When we saw Julie's photos we knew that she was the right photographer for our wedding. Every one…read moreof her shots glowed with an honest beauty that completely transfixed us. And boy did we make a great decision! We couldn't have been happier working with her and how beautiful our wedding photographs turned out. As a queer couple, it was very important for me and my wife to feel comfortable with the photographer we worked with. Julie flew out to California and from the minute she arrived she was all smiles. Julie brings a genuine joy to her work as well as a calm confidence that let us know we were in good hands. We were able to truly be in the moment in front of the camera and Julie was able to capture our joy and love so beautifully. She was also able to capture whole wedding itself and navigate our families (no small task). Everyone felt at ease in front of the camera. Aesthetically our pictures were even better than we could have hoped for. Julie brings a real artistry to her work and her level of professionalism is phenomenal. If you're wondering whether you should hire Julie, stop wondering. The answer is YES YES YES!

Julie was my favorite vendor of my wedding, hands down! She is so professional and her photographs…read moreare just gorgeous. I found Julie in a Wedding magazine and reached out to her. She got back to me immediately and sent me her 'wedding package' services. Sadly, I realized I could not afford her, so I replied back with that message. She kindly got back to me asking what my budget was and the date of my wedding. She was happy to work with me. Surely, having a wedding on a Friday instead of a Saturday may have helped. None the less, Julie agreed to photograph my wedding for set hours. I received timely emails regarding payments, questionnaires regarding the wedding, and timelines. I loved her organization. She showed up on the date of the wedding right on time and got to work quickly. She was good at directing people, but also patient with more difficult family/people. She made everyone feel at ease. One week after the wedding, I received the most beautiful preview slideshow! https://juliewilhitephotography.smartslides.com/tammy-jacks-wedding It's amazing she was able to produce this so quickly, especially since Thanksgiving fell between my wedding and when she sent it! My husband and I love watching the video and reliving the evening, and it brought my family to tears. I haven't even received my photos yet, but I cannot rave enough about Julie! I have full confidence this was the best investment I made and I cannot wait to get the rest of my images! Thank you Julie!!!

Time for my update!!…read more Not only did Sarah take photos for our engagement and wedding, but I did a boudoir shoot with her as a present to my darling husband on our wedding day. I spent many hours researching what to wear and how to look sexy for this shoot. Needless to say I was very nervous and worried about my body. I knew I was in good hands with Sarah, but still, taking revealing photos in a hotel bedroom would leave any non-model a bit shaky. All my fears were for nothing. Sarah was FANTASTIC! I felt completely at ease with her. She would put me in the best poses and made me feel like a sex kitten. It was incredible to feel so sexually liberated during a photo shoot. I did get to see a few pictures from her camera and I was blown-away. I didn't even recognize myself. It was like staring at a wanton sex goddess. Sarah got the photos back to me within 3 days. Seriously...to get a set of any professional pictures in 3 days is a miracle. Fast forward to the wedding day as we are exchanging gifts. Matt opens the photo album with my pictures and the first look on his face makes everything worthwhile. I am almost at a loss for words to describe the feeling that came over me when I saw my wedding photos from Sarah for the first time. Our guests actually got a sneak peak at the reception. Sarah set up her Mac as a slide show presentation that included pictures taken from our engagement session, earlier in the day and ceremony. It was awesome to see everyone crowded around her computer, pointing, smiling and laughing. I had so many people that night tell me how excited they were to see the completed photos. My wedding package did come with photo viewing cards that gave out the gallery location, password and date they would be available for viewing. What a great idea! Throughout the big day I rarely noticed Sarah and her second photographer at all. They were never intrusive or made anyone stop and smile for the camera. We had a great time hamming it up with the wedding party photos. We ended up in a back alley, at a bar and jumping up in the air. Those unusual places created the best moments captured on film. The day we came back from our honeymoon, Sarah surprised me with an email saying the pictures were ready. She had them up in her gallery 1 week earlier than quoted on the viewing cards. She had blogged them on her website and created a web page for us that included a slide show from the wedding, with music set to our first dance and recessional song from the ceremony. I was in shock when I saw the slide show. I was laughing, crying and screaming with delight. It was like getting married all over again. All of the special highlights from that day were included! Then, I have another gift waiting... all the photos to view! Looking through all the photos, seeing all our guests in action left me with this feeling of pure delight. I have never seen real life captured so beautifully. If this long-winded review hasn't made my point clear, let me spell it out. SARAH Q IS THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE WORLD! This review deserves 100 stars.

Sarah was our wedding photographer. Overall we were quite pleased with her work…read more Her usual wedding photography packages are very pricey now, and were somewhat pricey at the time, but when we discussed with her that we only wanted coverage of one location (our reception) for 3 hours, she agreed to a price that was less than half of her wedding rate at the time (it was around 1/4 of what she charges for weddings now, if that gives you any idea). So she might be willing to work with you in terms of price range ... that's cool. For what we paid we got the 3 hours of shooting, online gallery for 6 months, and disc of images that we could print out, email, etc. Of course we would've gotten more "frills" if we had gone with an actual wedding package, but hey, we got what we really needed. I chose Sarah because of the incredible work that is displayed on her website/blog, and I have to say that compared to that stuff, we did not get her best work. Still much better than most of the wedding photography I see out there. But since we paid so much less than these other people did, well, I understand. My photo disc and image gallery took a bit longer than expected (gallery was up a month and a week after the wedding, disc came in the mail shortly thereafter), and I was kinda sad that there was only one picture of our reception flowers (which was a close-up of a few individual flowers so didn't actually show the beautiful arrangement from Central Market), and no pictures of our garland exchange (traditional Indian thing where the bride and groom exchange lei-like garlands, one of the few actual "ceremony" elements of our reception), but literally a whole old-school roll of film (25+ images) of 4 of my cousin's kids twirling around and blowing bubbles. I did fill out an online form pre-wedding in which one specified what one wanted documented, and I did not mention the flowers or the garland exchange though I did mention other things such as our dance and some specific portraits with different relatives, so that's why I'm not really downgrading this review (pics of my cousin's kids were not requested ... I guess I expected a few, but not that many). I guess I just figured a picture of the flower arrangements was sort of a common-sense thing (the garland exchange was probably not all that great to look at anyway and was over in a few seconds, so is not that big of a deal). It's been a little over half a year since the wedding, and I can't really remember what the beautiful flowers looked like, and nothing can really be done about it. On the other hand, I get new pictures of my little cousins all the time (from their parents) ... they aren't gone forever like the flowers are. I also wanted to mention that though no plus-size/more-to-love/overweight/fat people are depicted on her website/blog as far as I can tell, Sarah does do a good job of taking pictures of those of us who fit that description. As I said, that might be hard to figure out from looking at her stuff online, and well, half of the population is overweight, and (in my opinion) we're harder to photograph eye-pleasingly than the other half, so it's an important point. (Edit: it's now mid-April, months after I wrote this review, and Sarah has just put some pictures of a "more-to-love" couple up on her blog, so ignore this paragraph, I guess) I really do still think that we got an extremely good deal for what we paid, and we do love our wedding pictures. I would recommend Sarah as a photographer and would just caution potential customers to be sure to be very clear about what they want pictures of, which I guess is common sense anyway.

We had to cancel our son's wedding multiple times due to COVID and are unable to have Lisa shoot…read morethe upcoming wedding. So she shot some pre-wedding photos and they are mesmerizing. She captured the personalities of our family members and wedded them artistically to our beautiful backyard setting. They are truly breathtaking.

Aimage was one of the best things about my wedding…read more I interviewed 3 different photographers before I met and hired Lisa. I was so incredibly impressed with her portfolio and personality. Her pricing was also completely fair and less than a lot of the big companies I looked at. Usually, I cannot stand pictures of myself. With Lisa, I have beautiful pictures that I love. My bridal portraits were AMAZING. Did I mention, I've never liked pictures of myself, EVER, until Lisa? The wedding photos came out gorgeous, my entire family was so happy. She captured such candid pictures of family and friends and she is wonderful at getting people together quickly and in flattering positions. In the moments right after the ceremony, you have literally 30 minutes to get pictures of the wedding party. We had an enormous wedding party, and Lisa was fast and friendly getting everyone to organize and pose. It's not easy, but she was a rockstar. More than anything, know that you're not getting a junior photographer at a big company. You're getting Lisa, and she's such a talent. Post-wedding, Lisa sent me all of my pictures on discs, copyright-released. She even touched up a lot of them, which she wasn't contracted to do. She's just that cool. (Sidenote: I'm a designer by trade, and she did great work on touch-ups - nothing was done incorrectly.) The discs were sent to me very quickly - they were waiting for me when I got back from the honeymoon. My family had such a wonderful experience, we will use Lisa again for future photography needs.

I don't even know where to start with Jessica. She is AMAZING! She is a wonderful photographer,…read moretalented, patient and kind. Aside from all that she is a great person too. I booked Jessica without even meeting her. We had a phone convo and it was pretty much a sealed deal from there. Her photos spoke for themselves. She did our engagement photos, my boudoir session and was there all day for our wedding. Her services are wonderfully prices for the quality of photos you receive. She is fast at getting out previews of the photos as well which is awesome because no one likes to wait forever for pics. I couldn't have asked for a better photographer! Jessica and her assistant made the day. Wedding photography is important to me and she understood that to the fullest. You can tell that she loves what she does. She was always on time and always professional. I loved her service and hope to work with her again in the future! ~K&W Married 7/28/2011 She is just an amazing person! and does wonderful work! :) Not to mention that I planned my Austin wedding at lakeway resort from DALLAS so it took a ton of trust and it was great!

Amazing amazing amazing photographer! Unique, unusual, and wonderful shots! I am soooo glad we…read morechose her to do our wedding!!

My wife and I selected Chelsey Schrader as the photographer for our wedding and were super pleased…read morewith our choice. Chelsey was very friendly and easy to work with, as was her assistant. The pictures are excellent - she truly captured the all aspects of the event and the quality of the photos is top notch. Her is website is well-designed and easy to use - it's nice having a link that we can send to friends and family so that they can browse the pictures online. Her price was very good compared to other vendors we considered. The turnaround time for getting the pictures back to us was pretty much standard (approximately the same as what other vendors promised). I have no complaints and would definitely recommend her. Thanks Chelsey!

Quality pictures were the main thing I was concerned about for the wedding, so photographers is…read morewhat I research and stressed over the most. After looking at lots of online portfolios, I found Chelsey's to be one of the best. Then looking at her pricing, she also happened to be one of the most affordable. Even her basic package included an assistant (a second camera) while other photographers charged extra for an assistant. Our wedding was on a Friday and she gave us a discount for it being a non-Saturday event. My husband (then, fiance) and I met with her at a local Starbucks to discuss wedding details. Chelsey was super sweet and friendly throughout the entire meeting and wedding planning process. I was able to easily contact her and ask her questions. She works well with the uniqueness of your wedding/event and asks up front for specific shots you "must have". During the wedding, she was calm and friendly to everyone, and I hardly noticed her to be honest (she was not up in your space). Then when we got the pictures I MELTED!!!! The pictures are absolutely incredible!!! They are all very natural shots, not many posed pictures (which is something my husband and I were specifically trying to avoid) and all very natural colorings and edits. Honestly, I could frame all 760 of the photos and hang them on our walls! Chelsey is wonderful!!!

Elizabeth and James did a family session for my little family last fall to get photos for our…read moreChristmas cards. We went out to the park at Mueller and proceeded to just play and have fun and Elizabeth snapped candid shots. I still can't believe how great the photos turned out. After the photos were shot and edited, Elizabeth designed our Christmas cards for us and had them printed, all for a very reasonable price. We had tons of people commenting on how great our cards looked! Elizabeth and James are both great to work with - easy going but very professional. Highly recommended!

Truly talented and professional!…read more Elizabeth was cordial and helpful from the start. At our first e-mail, she sent me a sample contract that met the specifications I had asked for the wedding. The price for her and James to travel to Alpine and take pictures for the wedding at a ranch in the middle of no where was super reasonable! She and her husband are truly kind and clearly expert at taking fine pictures that will last a lifetime. Thanks so much Elizabeth and James for capturing our wedding day!