Our wedding venue was with Danger Charters and Vidal is the photographer they use in their wedding…read morepackages. We aren't Key West locals so planning a wedding from across the country was...stressful. Danger's coordinator put me in touch with Vidal a few weeks prior to the wedding date, and we immediately hit it off like old friends. The day of the wedding, we showed up late due to me having a last minute breakdown over not being able to tie a bow, (lol) and just having wedding day jitters. We find Vidal, and JESUS LUPITA NYONG'O CHRIST, I could not be more thankful this man was our photographer. His personality immediately calmed my nerves. He took control over directing my neurotic ass by explaining what to expect, where I needed to be...he even paid attention to when the boat might hit rough water and directed my husband to make sure I didn't fall over. Vidal took pictures of everyone prior to boarding quickly but clearly knew what he was doing. I appreciate so much that he was so focused and thorough, working with the time we had while maintaining a lighthearted vibe. So many people commented later how much they "loooved the photographer." Vidal definitely made a positive impression. We had a small reception for a couple hours after the ceremony at Grand Vin and booked Vidal for an additional hour. His prices were reasonable and honestly, you could charge so much more, Vidal! Your energy was so perfect, I'm so glad our paths crossed and the photos are AMAZING!! Next time we're down there I'm calling your ass for a night out! Oh, Vidal also does wedding planning, I have no doubt he's amazing at that as well. If he told me tomorrow he's a dentist now, I'd make an appointment!

Vidal grew up in Cayo Hueso and keeps long standing connections with his clients. He has a…read morewelcoming personality and is aimed at having a blast while being super professional about his photography sessions with you. He is super fast about sending you the picture gallery, ordering and delivering beautiful pictures. His ability to get the emotion of the moment is fabulous! Highly recommend a fun and professional session with VIDAL!!

Amazing service and job videotaping our wedding! They were very thorough and sweet. On time and did…read morea great job! The video turned out wonderful and they were soooo kind. Somehow our photographer got left behind and they offered to drive them to our reception! We really appreciated all they did.

They made the day so easy and perfect. The photos are incredible. We are absolutely thrilled with…read moreeverything, and we very highly recommend them!

Our wedding was beautiful. It was as close to perfect as it could be! We went with the Key West…read moreHavana Package which includes transportation for guests and a reception at El Siboney after the ceremony. Renata was amazing. She was very communicative throughout the entire process, answering all my many questions involving planning over email since I work nights. She handled transportation for all my guests (spread out all over the island!) like a pro. Even when last minute changes were made and people weren't where they should've been for pickup, everyone was taken care of. She's very personable and easy to talk to. She made me feel at ease from the planning, to the rehearsal, and through the ceremony. I felt a sense of calm through interaction with her. She's a bride whisperer! She has a gift for what she does and she does it all! She thinks of all the little details and is very organized. She was also very patient with my large wedding party. Everyone loved the food buffet at El Siboney and they were very attentive and quick with all the drink orders. The reception area was spacious and private, perfect for our 40+ guests. Would recommend this company and the Havana package. It felt like it was worth so much more than we paid, especially when you compare it with resort venue prices! It was a once in a lifetime experience that me, my spouse, and our family/friends will never forget.

Nick and Kiss Me entertainment provided all of our AV needs for our wedding. He provided the music…read morefor our ceremony, cocktail hour and reception (including emcee!). He also provided some yard games like corn hole to our venue as well as provided up lighting and a photo booth! As an out of town bride, we didn't get to meet face to face prior to the wedding, but we had phone calls when We booked and the week of our event to touch base. Due to his professionalism and experience we were confident he'd do a great job. Nick hit it out of the park! Our event was so seamless and flowed so nicely!

Excellent DJ for our wedding! We let them choose the playlist and they delivered in spades. We…read morecouldn't be happier with their service. They were on time, had perfect sound throughout the night, delivered well timed mic on/off adjustments and played a killer playlist. Our guests were dancing well into the evening!

This review is for Mary Veal Photography from our wedding on May 2, 2015 at Hawks Caye Resort in…read moreFlorida. I will preface this review by saying that Mary herself was very nice and was as sweet as could be leading up to and during the wedding. However, we were utterly disappointed in the end result of our wedding pictures. We communicated our general disappointment to Mary who offered to retake photos of us for free. However we do not live in Florida as this was a destination wedding, we would have to pay for a flight down, and get a hotel room. We would also not be re-capturing the magic of our wedding. Upon sending another more detailed email to Mary with more specifics on our frustrations, she responded in an extremely defensive and accusatory manner, and actually blamed the quality of the pictures on many things associated with our wedding, including our guests. She took no ownership for our disappointment and instead decided to make excuses for everything that we brought to her attention concerning our disappointment. After a few emails back and forth, Mary did eventually offer us $500 back. We declined this offer, as it could not bring back the day and the moment. After careful consideration we asked for $1500 as a consolation for the poor service. Mary declined to agree to these terms and stated that she believed that no amount of money back to us could make us happy. For $5000 price tag that we paid for her service, my wife and I felt the result of the photography did not match the price. A few examples of our disappointment include: There were very few pictures of my wife and myself that we were happy with. We have some pictures together, but almost none of which we would care to post on our thank you cards, album, or mantle. Mary responded to this by asking how many photos we were planning on posting on our mantle or sending in thank you cards? Because in her experience it is one or two. Although I agree, we should have options to select that one or two, and we simply did not. Almost every picture we received that was taken during our entrance to the reception had a blast of light or halo surrounding the images in the pictures. There is a bright lamp or light in the background that dwarfs the images in the picture making it look like a total mistake. We had no usable picture of our reception entrance. In some of the pictures, there are frames where peoples heads are cut off, the centering is off, the feet are cut off, etc... She responded to this by telling us the artistic focus may not be the centerpiece of the photo. However, this is not what I was referring to at all. In one particular picture of our family, our cousin's (a Marine) arm is cut off by the frame in a family photo. There was a general lack of detail in many of the photos. Clothes on the floor, items on a table, store stickers in pictures of shoes, people not facing the same direction, ect... There were key parts to the wedding itself that were completely omitted. Our friends were able to capture some of these moments with their cell phones but not our paid photographer. Overall the photos received back were bizarre. There was little or no creativity, the photos lacked attention to detail, and there were many photos that were off center, cluttered, and messy. Of the 586 photos we received there were only about 6 that we considered usable for some type of display, however, none of those 6 we were extremely happy about. We did not have many options to select from. When we brought all these items to her attention she responded with excuses and said "I did nothing wrong". Although we were not looking to point fingers at who was wrong or right, we were looking for empathy and a solution. Unfortunately the reaction of our photographer was to take a defensive position to justify each area of disappointment by making excuses and blaming others for the result we received, rather than provide empathy and understanding for a disappointed client. This is unfortunate and this is not expected from an entrepreneur in any business. The examples I provided you were not in any way to challenge her talent as a photographer., but rather illustrate our frustration as a customer. She seemed offended about our comments, rather than making a satisfactory offer to make it better, and more concerned in absolving herself from any responsibility. Her response should never be projected as fault of the customer. Unfortunately we were not happy with our pictures and we feel like we did not get what we paid for. I realize the quality of service is different for everyone, but in our opinion, our expectations were not met and the price of the service greatly outweighed the talent. We would not recommend.

Mary was hands down fantastic. We got married last weekend and had quite a large group for a Key…read moreWest wedding. She managed to be extremely polite, while simultaneously gathering everyone when the shots were needed...even our dog! She is so dedicated that she even stayed later than scheduled for our wedding shoot and did so happily. She is very talented at what she does and produces great work. We absolutely can't wait to see our photos in a few weeks!

I was lucky enough to find Eric for our 110 person wedding in North Georgia. I am so, so happy that…read moreI did because Eric was THE most important person at the wedding (other than my groom of course!) Eric came to the wedding with his working shoes on - he was incredibly engaged and ahead of schedule the entire day. Instead of coming to me with questions as I was getting ready, he came to me with solutions and updated me on the process of his work. Not only did he act as our day-of-coordinator, he also acted as our florist last minute! I had put my mother in charge of arranging our DIY florals from Costco, and Eric immediately saw that the situation required a professional hand. He arranged everything in the most beautiful way, and we received compliments on the flowers and greenery all night. My only regret with working with Eric, as I told him, is that I didn't hire him for the entire wedding weekend! I can't recommend him enough - THANK YOU Eric!!

Working with Eric was by far the worst and most stressful part of our wedding experience. Far from…read morealleviating our troubles and making our lives easier, it became apparent the more we worked with him that he didn't have a high level of attention to detail, dropped the ball on a number of things, and simply wasn't executing at close to a high level to help us "plan" our wedding. Eric only had a few key responsibilities: (a) day of coordination and (b) sourcing a handful of vendors (hair/ makeup, videographer, DJ, and florals) -- we planned everything else ourselves.  Despite this slim list of responsibilities, Eric was unreliable, not proactive, and unapologetic: 1. After taking our full deposit for the hair and make up stylist, Eric failed to follow through on the contract and never booked the stylist. We found this out two months later, right before our supposed trial appointment (for which we had to fly in out of state) when we reached out to the stylist directly and learned that Eric had never followed through on the booking. There was no apology and we were left scrambling to book the stylist ourselves. Thankfully, she was still available on our wedding day but we couldn't believe that Eric failed to book her after taking our deposit. 2. Eric failed to properly coordinate audio during the day of our wedding. First, he failed to tell the DJ to set up a speaker outside for our ceremony and, even worse, he failed to inform our videographer that a string quartet was to perform at our ceremony. Accordingly, our videographer did not bring any mics for the quartet and we have learned after the fact that none of the audio of their beautiful performance was captured.  Eric's response to this was to have us ask the quartet to re-record their entire performance -- which we found to be unhelpful and completely unacceptable. 3. Eric's idea of preparing vendors was to circulate a "day of" itinerary -- and little else. This left our photographers and string quartet emailing us for details in the lead up to the wedding. He also failed to provide us and our hotel with the names / contacts of the shuttle bus drivers for the wedding day, leaving us and all our guests in the dark about when transportation would arrive. Hiring Eric as our wedding planner is the largest and only regret we have during our entire wedding process. We hope other couples look elsewhere for their wedding planning and coordinating needs (or just plan it on your own).

We had Solaris do our wedding last weekend in Key West and he did a great job!…read more Solaris was a very cool guy to deal with and definitely adapted to our atmosphere to take some great shots that we will cherish for a lifetime. If youre looking for a great photographer in the Keys, Solaris is your man.

I can't say enough great things about Solaris! They were amazing from the first phone call l had…read morewith them. I had a late request for wedding pictures due to a covid canceled wedding. I felt like l was working with them for years. So friendly and professional. I got the pictures back in less than two weeks and they did not disappoint! I have so many favorites! I will definitely be using them again when l am back in key west. I highly recommend you use them!

We were vacationing in Sarasota, Florida when we decided to extend the vacation and get married in…read moreKey West! We contacted Aaron of Aaron's Key West Weddings about two weeks prior to the big day and Aaron was able to help us set this up and he delivered this wonderful event on such short notice . His experience made all the difference!!!

Aaron is awesome!! We're SO GLAD that we chose him wed us…read more He made the entire process very easy while still making it feel incredibly special. 10/10 would recommend to EVERYONE