Working with Hilary and her team has been an absolutely fantastic experience and I can't recommend…read moreher enough. Hilary first met Arash, my husband, and I in 2016 at my friends wedding in BI and we both knew right then that she would be our wedding photographer one day! We love her style. She's professional and approachable, and really works to understand what's important to the bride and groom. For our wedding we wanted a lot of candid photos and she did just that. We received our photos a few weeks ago and we are obsessed! They are beautiful and she did an excellent job capturing all the special moments of our wedding day. What makes Hilary really amazing is her attention to detail and willingness to go above and beyond. We didn't want to do engagement photos but she still took the time to meet with us in August and see the place where we were getting married. She even did a fun, impromptu photo shoot so we had a few photos to remember the special day. Arash is Persian, so on the day of our wedding Hilary made sure to capture all the Persian decorations and the special moments during our ceremony that were really important to my in-laws. After the wedding, Hilary checked in with us frequently, keeping us updated on when the photos would be ready and sharing a few 'sneak peeks' every week as small surprises of what was to come. When the actual photos were ready, she sent us a handwritten card and sparkling wine to celebrate as we looked through them. She's thoughtful and puts a personal touch on everything she does. It makes a huge difference and truly sets her apart. Hilary and the work she and her team did for our wedding will always hold such a special place in our heart! We will continue to stay in touch and work with her, and I can't recommend her enough. She is a talent!

Hilary (and her super cute pup) met us at the beach for some family photography with my parents…read more She was able to capture some really gorgeous photos of kids, grandparents, siblings, boyfriends, etc. The lighting is so beautiful and she made us all look great! I'm so happy I splurged to get these beautiful memories recorded of my family. Would definitely recommend getting in touch with her.

Meagan was everything we wanted in a wedding day photographer. I reached out and spoke to countless…read morephotographers before landing on booking Meagan. She offered everything I was looking for, at a fair price and her editing skills were amazing. We had multiple calls leading up to our wedding day and she was extremely helpful and answered all my questions. We had a tight timeline and she spent a while helping work it out down to the minute. We worked and re-worked the timeline and she was happy to update and offer input. The day would not have run so smoothly without all her help. On the day of the wedding we had Meagan and her second shooter, Alex. Both were fantastic. They joked and made us feel relaxed and in our element. She had a shot list and remembered all of the tiny details we requested. She moved fast but didn't rush it. She knew how important it was that we got to be present during our day. After the wedding, we received around 70 (!!) sneak peak photos a few days after our wedding, it was a great surprise email to receive during our honeymoon. Each picture was phenomenal- I honestly would have been happy if those were all the photos we received. A few months later we received all the final products and she even made us a little slideshow of the pictures! She captured the true emotion of the day, all the details, and all the fun. I've looked at the pictures and slideshow countless times. I cannot decide on what pictures I like best, they are all so great and special. My family and friends can't get over them either. Please book Meagan for your special occasions, she is a great person, super helpful and produces gorgeous work that will blow you away. I hope we cross paths again!

Meagan is nothing less than amazing. It was privilege to have her photograph my engagement. I…read morehighly recommend her for any event.

Peter is the absolute best photographer in the Newport area. He is an absolute professional who is…read morevery meticulous with every detail. I definitely recommend.

If I could give 6 stars for Stefy I would. My wife and I first heard the name "Stefy" while…read moresearching for the perfect wedding venue in upstate NY. We just happened to look through the venue's wedding book filled with pictures of various photographers. Every single picture my wife and I liked the most were ones she photographed. We knew we had to have her for our wedding. We contacted her as quickly as we could to ensure she wasn't booked. We then started the process to book the NY venue and shortly thereafter had a change of heart with it. We then went full steam ahead to another local NY place with plans to marry there, but something didn't feel right with it. In the end, we found a wonderful place near our home in PA where Stefy didn't hesitate to travel to. She literally captured some of the best "Dam!" wedding pictures you'll see. I say all of this because no matter how many locations (and states) we thought about getting married, no matter the fact our wedding venue changed the night before due to unforeseen weather safety concerns, Stefy was with us the entire step of the way. We could not have asked for not only the best photographer, but a person who became part of the family. Along with Jeff Tisman who assisted her but by no means is an assistant, he, like Stefy, is an artist. This winning photography team made us feel even more important than the Royal Wedding who was married on the same day (5.19.18). We can't thank Stefy enough for being her, for being a personable person, for being a creative soul, and for making us feel special. We cannot wait to see the finished wedding photos because the teaser photos were awesome! Check her out on the new website: http://www.stefyhilmerphotography.com/

I recently planned a proposal to my girlfriend in Newport, RI and reached out to Stefy to book a…read morephotographer based on other positive reviews. I never imagined how much of an impact having a professional & experienced photographer there to capture the moment, but boy am I glad I thought to book Stefy. My now fiance had no idea, and the exact moment and pure joy on both our parts that followed was perfectly captured. We then spent about an hour making the most of the sunlight provided with Stefy walking us through dozens of different shots that would serve as the perfect engagement photos. Throughout the planning process Stefy was always very responsive and willing to offer suggestions about when and where to pop the question. After the whirlwind of a shoot, Stefy was even then willing to meet us at her studio the very next morning to review the edited photos and walk us through the process of building an album that she would create & order for us. This album will stay in our home forever and we're so grateful we had Stefy to capture this moment forever as a beautiful love story.

Adam Himber knows how to capture the true essence of someones personality making them look…read moreeffortlessly gorgeous. I had more than a few photo sessions with Adam and he made me feel at ease in front of a camera. The whole experience was fun, professional and exceeded my expectations. Most importantly, I have gorgeous photos to look back on.

Adam is super fun and easy to work with. He made me feel relaxed and I came away with some amazing…read moreshots for myself and my personal brand. Highly recommend!

While on a family vacation in RI, my daughter wanted professional family photos taken…read more First, let me say that we are very pleased with the photos Sara took of our family of 15 on a private beach in July. Ages ranging from 22 months to 80, we were NOT an easy group to work with I assure you. Yet, with Sara's skillful direction, artistic eye, professional expertise, positive attitude, and calm manner, over 100 shots were taken in an hour. Sara created a natural and as stress-free as possible experience for our family. She directed us quickly on posing with her expert eye and overcame the short attention spans of the children. She made us feel comfortable with her good direction and patience to get the best results. Thank you, Sara! We highly recommend Sara Zarrella Photography, an award-winning, nationally published studio. I am grateful that my daughter did the research to find her.

If you are considering working with Sara, I truly cannot recommend her enough. From our very first…read moreexperience with her, we knew immediately that we had made the right choice. We met Sara for our engagement photos at our favorite restaurant and then out on a boat, and what could have felt awkward or staged was somehow completely natural and SO much fun. She made us feel comfortable almost instantly, understood us as a couple, and captured photos that actually felt like us. We left that day even more excited knowing she would be the person capturing our wedding. That feeling only grew throughout the entire wedding process. Sara truly listened to what was important to us. More than anything, we wanted our wedding photos to feel intentional and real. We wanted the little moments between the two of us, the interactions with all of our favorite people, and the pieces of the weekend that we knew would go by far too quickly. Somehow, she captured all of it. Looking through our photos feels like getting to experience the weekend all over again, including so many tiny moments we didn't even realize she was there to catch. Our wedding weekend also came with a nor'easter and more than a few changes to the original plan, and Sara handled every single pivot effortlessly. Nothing ever felt like a problem. Sara and her team adjusted, kept everything moving, and always brought the focus back to what actually mattered to us. She managed to completely run the show when we needed her to while still making everything feel easy, natural, and fun. At one point she was literally running through the wet grass with us in the storm to get the shot because we so badly wanted to get outside, and it will forever be one of my favorite memories from the weekend! I also really appreciated the way Sara listened to the specific images and ideas I had hoped for without ever making them feel copied or overly posed. I had shown her a photo of hers which I loved, and instead of simply recreating it, she understood what I loved about it and made it completely our own. That was true throughout the entire weekend. She took the things that mattered to us and found a way to capture them in a way that felt authentic to our wedding. And then there are the actual photos. I genuinely do not have the words. They are everything I could have hoped for and more. They are beautiful, emotional, joyful, romantic, and so completely us. Sara captured not only what our wedding looked like, but what it felt like. That is such an incredible gift, and something we will treasure for the rest of our lives. Her team, Stephanie and Katherine, were also absolutely wonderful and brought the same kindness, professionalism, and calm energy throughout the weekend. We felt incredibly lucky to have all three of them there with us. And somehow, after all of that, we received our photos in SO SO QUICKLY, which absolutely blew me away! I could go on forever, but the beautiful images are honestly only part of what makes Sara so special. It is the experience of working with her, how much she listens, how comfortable she makes you feel, how calmly she handles the unexpected, and how genuinely invested she is in capturing the people and moments that matter to you. Choosing Sara was one of the absolute best decisions we made for our wedding. We could not feel more grateful that we had the opportunity to work with her, and I would choose her again a million times over.

I proposed to my fiancée this August at the castle hill lighthouse and had Jackie capture our…read morephotos. I was planning on shopping around but from the moment I spoke to her I went no further. She was personable and detail oriented. Given I am not from Rhode Island she made me feel super comfortable with getting to the location by sending step by step videos of the path to the lighthouse. We are so happy with her work and highly recommend Jackie!

We had Jackie take photos of our "spirited" 2-year-old. Not an easy task. Our daughter fell &…read morescraped her forehead about 30 seconds after Jackie got there. It wasn't a problem. She photographed our daugher & managed to get the images to appear as if nothing had ever happened. All the photos came out beautiful & we were so happy w/ how they looked. Jackie was easy to contact & quick to respond to all our questions. She was very friendly too. We give her an A+!

My husband and I got married in September 2013. We chose Penny to be our photographer and she does…read moreamazing work. Here are some of the highlights about hiring Penny Souza Photography: * Penny is so easy to work with. Some people grow nervous being on camera, but Penny is professional and can assist in helping you and your loved ones pose naturally. She makes any photography session comfortable and fun. * Penny has 10 years of experience! So you can count on receiving the highest quality photos and a memorable experience. * We loved our wedding package that included "Thank You" cards, a beautiful photo album, a complimentary engagement session, and more! Contact Penny to learn more about her fabulous packages. * Penny responds promptly to emails/phone calls, so you can rely on her to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for reading and know that you will not be disappointed having Penny capture your special moments!

Penny is a dedicated and hard working individual. She has years and years of experience doing what…read moreshe does and she is very straight forward and makes sure she gets the job done. You never have to feel lost or confused on your busy, sometimes stressful day. She will make sure you get the results you want. We met with her twice before our June 2018 wedding and she met us halfway between her home in RI and our home in CT, armed with plenty of her work to show us ad help us customize the perfect package for our wants, needs and budget. Her packages are really good deals as far as what they include and what they cost. I was amazed by the price compared to many other highly priced photographers. Her work is quality and she gets it done quick. We had previews the next morning, and the full album in less than 2 weeks. You get full access to all the photos online, a flashdrive with all the pictures, and the ability for your family and friends to logon and get download pictures too, among any other idea you may come up with that you want to include in your package. I had taken ideas from other photographers packages that were more expensive, and Penny was able to include those ideas in ours for the better price. You can't go wrong with using Penny for your photography needs.

Are you in love or loved by a special someone? Engaged? Pregnant? Celebrating a milestone in your…read morelife? Feeling proud about recent weight loss or athletic training? Yeah, me neither. Even so, my session with Koren Reyes was meaningful, and I was made to feel that I might even deserve the treat that this experience proved to be. This is how it all came about. A friend spotted a Groupon for a boudoir photo shoot, and lassoed me into the deal. Being uncultured, I had no idea what a boudoir photo was, and had to learn that it comes from the French word for bedroom, and is a collection of seductive and classy (as opposed to smutty and raunchy, in case there was any confusion) photos that women traditionally present as romantic mementos to their lovers. I agreed to give it a whirl, then forgot about it until the week before, when Koren herself started sending thoughtful reminders and illuminating contract information. The night before, I wigged out a bit, wondering what the HELL I was going to do to force myself to look good since I still had a patchwork of tan lines on my skin and a winter hibernation gut. Oh, and I didn't really have lingerie sets as far as garters and all that was concerned... The next morning, I showed up at Koren's house a bit before ten. There was a professional studio setup right in her high rise Midtown West apartment. "You look very West Coast," she said in her down to Earth manner, eyeing my duffel bag full of piecemeal negligee and my Marmot rain jacket. "Are you from Seattle?" I liked her already. We chatted a bit about what I wanted. I was a bit wired from a rough evening of partying the sleepless night that followed, but she put me at ease and managed to get the essentials out of me. I was welcome to her pine candle scented bathroom to change into my things, and we got to work right away. She was a meticulous master of poses; telling me exactly how to create curves I definitely don't have, and reminding me to stick my chin out so my jowls don't show. If I shyly mumbled about something I wanted to try, she picked up on it and made me work. I had walked in thinking that my face was my only asset if anything, but was shocked that I ended up choosing prints that were more abstract and dependent on the structure of the pose and the lighting. Koren was patient and enthusiastic as I finally chose my two 5x7 prints, and even added an extra one because I just couldn't let it go. She took my credit card info, printed me a receipt, and handed me a picture CD of all the thumbnails (only lightly watermarked). I had some time left over before my friend arrived, so she let me sit around, play with her adorable dog, and just ask her questions aplenty about the gigantic prints and framed photos all around the studio. One thing that caught me off guard was her maternity photography. I swore to her that her photos were one of the first things that made me see the beauty of pregnancy. I have no idea if she believed that, but I wasn't shitting around. "I wish someone loved me like this," I sighed, looking at a nude couple with the man spooning his round bellied wife and kissing her neck. "Oh, I MADE them do that," Koren said. She shared a few more fascinating secrets realities of the people and situations of each photo. She also shared the intensity of shoots with women prior to mastectomies, after surgery, or facing terminal illness. I was stunned and entertained by her memory and attention to the lives behind her photos. What I valued most from my two hours of art and introspection (and a bit of physical strain in holding poses - haha) with Koren was that any self-consciousness or tendency for anxious exhibitionist melted away in her presence. I became a medium for her art, and ended up with pieces that were not even me, but a moment of visual aesthetic made possible by a true professional with a good heart. These days, it seems like anyone can just shoot a photo and make it pop with Photoshop. Koren restored my faith in the fact that there is still a level of photography that not just anyone can reach with a digital device and the power of editing programs. I can see how boudoir posing could be addictive despite the high-end price (still reasonable considering all that she puts into it). However, I purposely want to wait until I do reach a milestone or a special occasion. Who knows what it will be, but I will definitely revisit Koren at that time, knowing it will be worth every penny, even without a special discount. Whether you are facing a special time in your life or want to put your stamp on someone's heart or just want to explore parts of you that you never knew, Koren Reyes's studio is the place to go.

I bought this Groupon during a sleepless-college-finals-week when I had a moment of feeling daring…read more I then waited until the last possible minute to use it because I was feeling nervous (a more natural feeling for me). The shoot was a lot of fun. Koren made me feel incredibly comfortable and was great about directing my poses which I was happy to not have to think of myself. She complimented me, making me feel good about myself in the moment. As someone who is not thrilled with their body, I hoped the shoot would help me learn to love it. Looking at my photos, I don't feel this as much as I hoped to. Most of them are hidden on the CD I got and I refuse to let my boyfriend of three years see them. Nonetheless, I was able to find 2 that I liked to order and he absolutely LOVES them. When choosing photos, Koren was very patient and very kind. I thoroughly enjoyed talking to her and recommend the experience for anyone (just remember she can't actually change what your body looks like!).