A little over 8 months ago, we hired Kimberly Toney Needles of Kimberly Needles Photography to…read morephotograph our wedding. Long story short, 8 months later, and we still don't have our wedding pictures. The trail of excuses and outright unprofessional behavior has been a long and distinguished one from Ms Needles. A couple of weeks after the wedding, she posted "Preview" pictures of the wedding on her Facebook page. Afterwards, we heard nothing for a few more weeks. When we finally called, she said her hard drive had crashed and that she was working to get it fixed. According to my text log, on 9/11 she said she had an appointment with the computer company and would find out what was going on. She also offered a refund at the time, which I said I would accept, and said she had "many more pictures" to give us, inferring she had at least a few pictures from the wedding. We have never seen them nor have we been given the ones she posted on the preview on Facebook. On 10/3, I asked for any pictures she had. No reply. On 10/21 I texted again, and she said, "The entire drive came back to me completely disorganized. I am currently going thru everything now. Not sure why this happened but cleaning it up now" Funny thing is, we skip ahead a few more weeks and she has sent this drive to a company in NC. I called the company to confirm this and the guy said he had had the drive since the 20th. I wonder how Ms Needles was "cleaning it (The hard drive) up now" on the 21st when it had been in NC since the 20th? In the middle of November, I called Ms Needles and insisted on a refund check. It came, in the form of a check written on another family members account. IT BOUNCED. I called her and told her it had bonced and she said she would pay any bank fees and would bring a good check to us the day before the Thanksgiving break started. Never saw her. We texted Ms Needles about the pictures on JAN 5th, and the reply came on JAN 8th as follows; "Since Monday I have left Marlon 3 messages and 1 email. I haven't heard anything back as of yet. He could be on vacation or sick bc he usually contacts me back. THE LAST THING I HEARD FROM HIM IS THAT HE WAS GOING TO TRY ONE MORE THING BEFORE SENDING IT BACK TO ME. AS SOON AS I HEAR ANYTHING I PROMISE I WILL CONTACT YOU". Then, later that day (after I had spoken to the computer guy, unbeknownst to Ms Needles) we got this; "I JUST GOT A PHONE CALL FROM HIM AND HE SAID THE DRIVE IS UNRECOVERABLE. I DO HAVE ONE OTHER DRIVE FOR HIM TO TEST AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SHIPPED TO HIM. HE WAS OUT A COUPLE OF DAYS". However, I was in touch with the man at the computer company that was trying to recover the hard drive. This was the timeline of events he emailed me on 10 Jan. Jay, We do not have an additional hard drive from Kim. We only had the one that was unrecoverable. It was received originally in our office on: 10-20-15 We emailed her that is was unrecoverable on: 12-18-15 We are mailing the original defective drive back to her. Thanks. Note that he contacted her on DECEMBER 18th and told her the drive was unrecoverable, and yet she messaged us on JAN 8th and acted like she had never heard this before. So here we are in Jan and I'm done. I've been more than fair and patient. We have come to the conclusion that we will never see our pictures unless legal action can force Ms Needles to give them up. To that end, I have had her served by the Frederick County Sheriffs Office with papers from Small Claims Court to get our $500 back, plus interest and any pictures she has in her possession. It is also obvious that we have been scammed. After some research, we found out we are not the only ones. As a friend of mine said, "If she's doing this with you, she's doing it with others" Of that I'm sure. I know of at least one other organization that is experiencing the same thing. BTW, in Virginia, the amount of the bounce check is a felony amount. A professional would have obviously handled this much differently. I hope this keeps our friends or anyone else from having to experience the frustration, disappointment and heartache we have dealt with over the last 7 months. Please feel free to share this far and wide.

Kim did an unbelievable job photographing my family. We purchased a package and gave it to my Mom…read morefor Mother's Day. Kim's laid back nature made for an easy 2 hours of photo taking. She's very responsive to questions and comments and her pictures come out amazing. We highly recommend Kim to anyone in need of and excellent, professional photographer.

As an aspiring model, David is the perfect collaborator :)…read more He's very creative, open to ideas, and makes me feel extremely comfortable. He also knows his stuff - an artist through and through. We have been working together for a while now, and I have nothing but good things to say: he is always learning, experimenting, and personalizing his work. Whether he is covering an event or shooting a one-on-one creative photoshoot (like with me!), he is always aiming to understand your vision and showcasing what is important to you. I'm thankful for his collaboration and plan to work with him in the future.

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Bill and his wife are an amazing photography duo. Our wedding pictures were better than we could…read morehave imagined! Thank you so much!

From the owner: We Specialize in affordable photography for Weddings, Family Pictures, and Special events. We have…read morebeen capturing moments that last a life time for over 19 years. Our job is not to take pictures out job is to create memories and put a smile on your face everytime you look at your pictures. Your wedding day photography cannot be photographed the day after, it has to be done right the first time which is why you want to trust your day to the professionals at Flair Photography.

Professional easy-going and excellent at making me feel comfortable for that perfect shot!…read moreAffordable and super quick turnaround time. Very military friendly!

Our family of 13 had a wonderful time having a variety of photos done by Jessica. She is a…read morepersonable, funny, talented person who made us not only feel comfortable but that we looked great. We had planned to shoot outside but the day was VERY rainy so Jessie was able to improvise in the sunroom, still capturing some of the outdoors as part of the pictures. We had lots of different groupings that we wanted, and she not only accommodated them all, with great results, but gave us pointers on how to pose to be most photogenic and natural-looking. I can't say enough good things about this professional and her wonderful attitude about her sessions. Recommend her highly!!

We couldn't have stumbled across a better photographer in the area! After searching and weighing…read moreour options for our newborn photos, we chose Sandy based off all of the overwhelmingly positive reviews on Google and we were not disappointed. As soon as we walked in she immediately made us feel right at home and was so gentle with our newborn. She already had everything on hand in her studio to create the cutest outfits and was incredibly sweet to take the time to fulfill our wishes down to the very last detail. Her ideas were wonderful and everything went so smoothly the time we spent seemed to fly by. Sandy isn't just a photographer though, she's an artist that created memories that will last a lifetime. We will definitely be back in the future! Thanks again!

Got a chance to check out the studio today... O-M-G! She has a ton of props and dresses and…read morebackdrops. You don't need to bring anything for the newborn or kids or maternity photos. She says she's gonna do glamour shots in February. Hmm... I may have to give it a shot.