Since photography is my hobby, I knew that by far the most important investment for my wedding was…read morea great photographer that could catch all those moments. I met Sara at her studio for a "quick" interview to go over all the questions I had and to see if she was the right fit for our wedding....2 hours later I left feeling soooo comfortable, as if I just met a friend for coffee. She answered all my questions, and we even talked shop for awhile. She flew out to our island destination wedding and covered our 3 day event. She and her husband (her assistant) quickly immersed themselves, and several people that she was my friend and invited to the wedding. Usually behind the camera, she made me feel very comfortable taking pictures. Needless to say, she took some stunning pictures and captured the moments every bride, groom and family would want. We find ourselves looking at the pictures all the time. We have sooo many amazing pictures, that I seriously don't know which ones to print. Sara, was by far the best investment we had and without her, we wouldn't be able to go back and remember those precious moments of our wedding. Thank you!!! :)

I've worked with Marcus and April - wedding photographers. Their creativeness and attention to…read moredetail is truly remarkable. Not just behind the camera, but with the post production editing, color correction and overall final product - wedding album was something incredible. I highly recommend their services. They are the best of the best! They were very accommodating on our budget and very flexible with available options. Five stars!!!!

I have worked with John many times for my fitness photo shoots and I can honestly say he is the…read morebest of the best. Some photographers go way overboard with the photo shop, leaving their subjects look almost like a cartoon. John makes you look like the best version of yourself. The photos that he created for me attracted a lot of business to my personal training practice. I owe much of my success to him. He is also very good at making his subjects feel at ease. He is very funny, down to earth, and genuine. He is great at communication and had my photos finished for me in a very timely fashion. I've included one of my favorite shots from him in the photo section. I cannot recommend him highly enough. Thanks John!

John Gress is a talented photographer. He knows how to get the shots needed for acting headshots…read more I'm excited to have work with him and I will most definitely be working with him again.

Mark photographed our wedding in October, and I was waiting to receive our prints before reviewing…read more He absolutely earned our five star rating--Mark was wonderful! He has a very impressive yet unimposing style, and while he happily took any formal photographs that we wanted, he excelled at "capturing the moment" shots. He took our suggestions and improved upon them and was able to direct us to the shots that he recognized we would want. And during the wedding and reception I barely even noticed he was there yet he got so many great shots. We received the photos within the time he estimated and just loved them. I am so happy that we went with Mark--he has a great eye and I would highly recommend for everyone--and he is very flexible and works with your budget. Couldn't ask for better!

I want to start this review by saying I did not actually hire Modern Image Studios because my…read morefiancé and I decided to go with a friend's studio for our wedding. I am reviewing my interaction with the studio in the initial phases. I worked with Kelly R. and asked multiple questions about the photographers and the packages. They were really quick to answer all of my concerns. They had some really awesome photographers available for our day. It was a pleasure dealing with this company over email and in person at their office in Schaumburg. They had some good packages and good prices available and the albums looked really cool. I wanted to write a review and give them a good rating because I would have hired them. Sorry it didn't work out.

The 5 stars are well deserved for our photographer that we chose from Modern Image: John Strauss…read more He was so pleasant to have around ! John made the best of his time with us. From the minute he arrived, his great energy was appreciated - since we were running around like mad people. He was thorough the days leading up to the wedding and attempted greatly to keep us on track, with what we had previously discussed. He made great suggestions and really was efficient with decision making, pulling us out for alone time pics, respected our wishes and captured the greatest moments!! John Strauss was an amazing asset to our wedding. No one else would have done the perfect job as he did. Pay the extra fee to be able to choose your photographer from this place and pick John!! Dealing with the company itself was overall not so bad.

Charlie was the videographer for our wedding this past September. We loooooove our wedding film!!…read more From the beginning, Charlie was professional and had a very easygoing and friendly personality. Charlie offers different packages to fit your overall budget. Him and his team work hard to guarantee that all of the special moments are captured from the day, including the small details that brides work so hard on! He is truly skilled at putting together the best moments from your big day! He made sure to meet with us and ask if there were any specific requests we had for the wedding day. And I have to mention his drone! This ensures that you also get footage of what the day looked like outside as well as an aerial view of your venue. Charlie is very flexible and remained available to us even after we received our wedding film and additional footage. Charlie worked so well with our other vendors and remained professional at all times. Also, our wedding film was delivered in a fun gift box filled with goodies! Overall, Charlie has an amazing talent and provided us with a wedding video that we are proud of and will be able to cherish forever. The film tells a story for anyone who was unable to make it to our wedding and reception. We received numerous compliments from friends and family on the quality of our film. Charlie is the best and we are so grateful that we hired him to be our videographer. We will always recommend him and if you hire him, you will not be disappointed!!

If we could give Charlie 10 stars we would!! He was recommended to us by our photographer, Victoria…read moreSprung, and once we saw his work, no one else we were interested in even came close! The two of them worked together flawlessly and professionally! He is so talented, his videos are true works of art that will give you goosebumps!! He is also the nicest, most hard working person. We truly felt he cared about us and making our wedding special, and he totally delivered on that! He even came to our house the week of the wedding to shoot some extra shots without taking time away on the day of the wedding. Kristi, his wife and second shooter for our wedding, was just as amazing and pleasant to be around. Charlie was really able to bring the emotion of our day to life in our film. If you are considering working with him, don't think twice, just do it!! Thank you Charlie and Kristi!!

Christopher photographed my wedding at the end of July. From our initial consult, to our…read morecommunication leading up to the event, to our experience on the day and the price we paid, I couldn't be happier with our choice of photographer. Chris did a great job of getting to know my wife and I before our ceremony date. He met with us to discuss what we wanted and to get a feel for our personality as a couple. We were a bit apprehensive before meeting him because neither my wife or I are very comfortable in front of a camera, but he really put us at ease, making us feel confident that we wouldn't feel overly pressured or "directed" working with him. Chris was very accommodating to work with, agreeing to a few different last-minute schedule changes when we decided we needed more time for pre-ceremony pictures. With only 90 minutes before our ceremony, he worked very fast to take a bunch of creative photos in different locations we'd chosen around town, getting us to the "church" with plenty of time to spare. He was also great at finding unique angles from which to photograph the ceremony (stealthily creeping around so we never even noticed him), dealing with our disorganized families to get group shots of everyone before the reception started, and capturing all the guests and big moments during the reception itself. The biggest thing I can say is that Chris listened to what my wife and I wanted and delivered! This is a strong contrast to our engagement session with a different (more expensive) photographer, which was overly staged and harried and resulted in "nice" pictures that nevertheless don't feel like "us." We are a laid back couple and had a very low-key wedding (no wedding party, few traditional elements), and Chris did an excellent job adapting to our personalities. In reference to the very negative review posted earlier, I can only say that we experienced no communication issues with Chris or his wife. Our photos were delivered to us more or less in the timeframe promised, and I appreciate that he gives you an entire disc of pictures rather than just a selected few.

I bought a living social deal last December thinking it would be awesome to have shots done with my…read morechildren and I in the Chicago winter and then life got in the way. My kids were sick most of the winter, it did not snow until it was February and WAY to cold to be outside for pictures so I did not even try to make an appointment until spring. When I did I had to work around my kids' sports schedules, their time with their dad and of course the photographer's schedule as well. We settled on a date that was outside the window but he graciously extended it. Fast forward 4 weeks, it was raining and has been raining for several days. We had to reschedule, again given our busy schedules we finally set a date about 5 weeks out. The morning of the photo shoot, it was overcast and looked like it was going to rain even though the forecast said nothing about rain but I waited and waited and just as it was time for the shoot the skies cleared up and the sun came out. Our photo shoot was at 6, so I was tired from a long day of work and the kids school but Christopher was great. He was able to get a ton of amazing shots. The photos took a little longer than expected to be received but after reviewing them they were well worth the wait. THEY ARE FANTASTIC!!

Jimmy and shot time productions was really as good as it gets. I had them shoot our wedding event…read morevideo in 2015 and the highlight film and hour long video came out amazing. The music with the video matched perfectly. My wife and I were very pleased. She is a tough critic too. My sister was the wedding planner and Jimmy had great communication with her. I did a lot of research before choosing my videographer and happy i ended up with Shot Time. Jimmy's pricing was reasonable and he is very professional The only thing is i wish i used Jimmy for my other event as well. Being a Indian/Pakistani wedding we have multiple events. I ended up using another company for my second event. Though the end product was good as well, getting to that was little more difficult than working with Jimmy

I was fortunate enough to have Shot Time Produce a video for an event this past winter (polar…read morevortex/ice age). The first thing myself and others noticed was that Jimmy put a great amount of time into planning for our event, even though the video was going to be quite short. It was great to communicate with the Shot Time team frequently during the planning phase- it was apparent that they strive to create exactly what a customer is hoping for. Arriving early (in sub-zero temperature), the crew was clearly a group of professionals- making last minute adjustments, advising about camera angles/room lighting, and other aspects that we did not realize could affect the video. Everyone was impressed by the professionalism of the team and the quality of the video equipment. The event was a great success, and the final cut of the video that Shot Time created was fantastic. Working with these professionals was a great experience and I would recommend them to anyone.