Jeremy did a fantastic job capturing our wedding! We're soooo happy with how the final videos…read moreturned out, and he was a pleasure to work with. He was super nice, very organized, and knew what he was doing so the wedding day was a perfect. Highly recommend!

Leo was incredible! I was considering not doing a video for our wedding and SO happy we did! He…read moreis reasonably priced, compared to other videographers out there. The day of, Leo was very professional and knew exactly what shots to capture. You could tell he had done this countless times before. I didn't have to worry about a thing when it came to capturing all those special moments of the day. He gave direction, knew exactly what shots he needed and the finished product was beautiful! Highly recommend Leo!!

OUTSTANDING. Ben came prepared with lots of soft lighting options. He took outstanding portraits of…read moreour teenage daughter on her special occasion, and also portraits of our whole family. I've ordered a bunch of framed prints to hang on our walls and to send to relatives. Ben was extremely easy to work with. He was especially great at getting our wiggly 7 year old son to smile nicely for the camera.

Ben not only shot the most amazing wedding photos and videos, but he and his team did everything in…read moretheir power to make our day run smoothly, especially when our bus didn't show up. I could not speak more highly of Ben, the quality of the product and person. When our usb was later corrupted, Ben saved the day by providing a whole new set of photos and videos. Our family still talks about how great Ben and his team were and how amazingly he corralled both families seamlessly so it did not take forever to take group photos. Do not look further, he and his team will be the perfect addition to your wedding.

Essence was incredible to work with for our wedding. We used the photography, videography, Photo…read moreBooth services as well as the groomsmen formal wear. This is such a well run and professional vendor who anticipate all your questions and have great communication. We liked that there was a backup photographer or videographer available just in case. Filling out the wedding worksheet made it great to have a plan together for the day off. Then our meeting the week of our wedding with our photographer Kari confirmed and reviewed these details. Kari, Joe, and Kenneth were an awesome team for our ceremony and reception and even braved the elements while it rained during our planned photo time. Absolute pros!

Formal Wear Rental Review!…read more My husband and I worked with Gerry from Essence Formal Wear to rent his wedding tux (jacket, pants, vest). Gerry was kind to let my husband come into the store a couple of times to try on the rented pieces with other items he purchased to wear. We were both impressed by the styles they offered, quality of pieces, and pricing. They allowed us to pick up the tux a couple days before the wedding and return it 3 days after. I highly recommend looking to Essence for men's formal wear rentals!

Emil was easily the best vendor we had. From our engagement photos that people were in awe of, to…read morethe ceremony photos, to the reception a year later, to the video he made, to the photo booth. This man is an absolute pro. Responsive, an expert at his craft, his wife Agnes was awesome as well. Cannot recommend Emil and his team enough. The best price point we had and the best vendor we had! We are still loving our engagement and wedding photos from last year. He met us downtown for engagement photos and was incredibly flexible. The photos from the wedding were insanely beautiful. And he capped it off last night with our reception a year later. So grateful for Agnes and him. The photo booth he ran was such a hit as well! My friends already have selected him as their photographer/videographer when they eventually get married too. Video was insanely nice and something we will cherish forever. And the photo book was beyond anything we could've expected. Our best vendor by far!! He also was incredibly accommodating with covid splitting our wedding into two years without any issues or hassle.

I left a longer review on the knot but had to share my amazing experience with Emil two weekends…read moreago in Chicago when he captured the most stunning, blissful photos of my surprise engagement. My now fiancé hired Emil to photograph the proposal and booked him for an hour afterward so we could do an engagement shoot around my favorite city. He shared Emil was fairly priced in comparison to other quotes he'd received and was extremely communicative leading up to and after the surprise. It was executed flawlessly and I had absolutely no idea Emil was there for us!! Emil got our photos back to us within a day and they. Are. Gorgeous. I cannot thank and recommend Emil enough for capturing our special moment for us so beautifully.

I used 1st. Wedding Video for my wedding June 2017 and enjoyed very much using this vendor. They…read morewere so pleasant to work with and their quality is A+. I had many snafu's with other vendors which brought many frown faces on my special day, but they caught just at the right moment all my happy faces. :-) I highly recommend using 1st Wedding Video!

Did a beautiful job on the wedding photos. Couldn't ask for a nice or more courteous photographer…read more Would definitely hire again.

I was not too thrilled with my wedding photos. Since I'm 26 I've been to sooooo many wedding…read morerecently and can't help compare my subpar photos to all my friends. One plus is that they did send me a lot of photos. I just wish I had paid the extra $1000 and really had my special day photographed with more professional looking photos. I posted some below. If you compare them to true professional photos then you'll see the difference. I'm sad this is all I have for such a special day. I did talk to a customer service rep. She said she thought the colors looked fine, but she would print them on their own printers and send them to me to see if it was just my printers....never heard from them again. The one plus was That they did have a photo booth. I was happy with that. Also John is an absolute sweetheart!

AVOID at all costs. Stole our deposit and never emailed back or got back to us. We have been in…read morecontact with this company for over a year now with no resolution. Every time we hear back it is "i will let you know soon" or "we are sending a refund check." Absolutely disgusted this business can get away with this.

Amidst the stressful wedding planning process & uncertain times, I was very fortunate to stumble…read moreupon Shan Photography, and ecstatic to know that they were available to work with us. My husband and I are incredibly grateful and pleased with the lovely work conducted by Shan and his staff before, during, and after our wedding weekend last November in Miami. We really appreciate the patience, hard work, and talent exhibited by all 3 of them. Even when we thought we possibly couldn't muster the energy and smile to take any more pictures, Mike was sweet and persuasive in his own way and we are just loving all the final work we are witnessing right now in our hands. Thank you!!!

Shan Photography is the best in the business! Choosing them as our photographer for our engagement…read moreand wedding photos was the best decision we made. They made the whole process enjoyable, natural, and FUN!! They are a joy to work with. In addition to their spunky and witty personalities, their work exceeded our expectations. They have a true natural talent for photography and were able to capture every special moment that meant the world to us. communication was consistent, effective, and efficient. Their precision to detail is amazing. If you want the most authentic, artistic and fun photos in town, these are your people.

Julian was the videographer on our wedding day and he was so accommodating, lovely to interact…read morewith, calming and professional. Worked seamlessly with our photographer team. Thank you!

A videographer arrived and recorded the contracted portion of our wedding ceremony and reception…read more Not the most professional appearance but got the job done. That was where the positives stopped. The contract allows 90 days after the wedding for the video to be completed. We are now well over 100 days with no response to multiple emails and calls. Unfortunately we may end up with no wedding video and a trip to small claims court in an attempt to get our money back. Avoid at all costs.

Ric does a great job with sports videos. He just did a baseball recruiting skills video of my son…read moreand everything went great. He was flexible with our schedule and collaborative with the content. The entire experience was very relaxed yet professional. He did not lose sight of the objective - to make an excellent quality recruiting video. Highly recommended!

From the owner: Chicago sports videographer specializing in sport videos, Chicago sports videography, sports…read morehighlight videos, sports recruitment videos , sports recruiting videos, and sports video editing, for the youth, high school, college, semi-pro and professional athletes. In addition to the above, I'm also a HD video producer for television documentaries, special events, TV shows and corporate videos.

Gigi is the most exhuberant, hard working, professional videographer I have ever had the pleasure…read moreof hiring. She did an amazing job of filming my daughter's wedding. She was the first person there in the morning and the last one to leave. I couldn't get over how hard she worked. The finished copy was over the top perfection. She captured every moment and more. If you are lucky enough to book her you will not be disappointed! You don't get service like this anymore!!!!

From the owner: Spirit of Play Productions, your perfect partner for every aspect of Your video production needs…read more Spirit of Play is an Emmy award winning, affordable, full service Schaumburg based digital film production company, specializing in affordable wedding videos and love stories as well as a wide range of production areas i.e. documentaries, personal and corporate events, Web and TV Commercials, music videos, family video albums and musc more It might seem simplistic, but we just genuinely love weddings and it shows in our work. We strive to create the most stirring, authentic, and artistic wedding videos possible. It's the biggest day of your life and it will only come once, so trust your wedding memories to the highly specialized experience of Spirit of Play Productions. When you hire Gigi Faraci Harris and Spirit of Play to facilitate your wedding, you are hiring more than just someone to record your wedding day. You are hiring a company to set the mood and emotion of this most important