From the stunning photos to the wonderful photographers, we are so happy that we chose Claudia…read moreDalton Photography for our wedding! Wedding planning is stressful enough, but finding a reasonably priced photographer with a nice portfolio proved to be a challenge. As with many things with our wedding, everything just fell into place. After seeing Claudia's photos of a mutual friend, I reviewed her blog and reached out to her with a few questions. A couple weeks later, Claudia and her husband Peter met with me and my fiance' to discuss our vision for engagement and wedding photos. They were very supportive of our ideas. Besides incorporating what we wanted, they went above and beyond to ensure that we had great pictures. Prior to our engagement session, I shared pictures of locations in Old Town Alexandria and talked with Claudia a few times by phone and email. They even recommended some places. The photos came out great, and we loved so many of the shots. A couple weeks before the wedding, Claudia and Peter were nice enough to meet with us to find good shooting locations in our venue and in the nearby area. The shots from the wedding were incredible! We get tons of compliments on our photos, and we often hear that Claudia has such a great eye! Plus, the presentation of our photos in their custom packaging was very beautiful. I highly recommend Claudia Dalton Photography! Claudia and Peter are just wonderful people. They truly captured all the love and joy during this special time in our lives. Thank you for everything!

Our family had a very negative experience with Claudia Dalton Photography (CDP), so I am using this…read moreforum as a means of expressing my feelings on the matter to share my feedback with other folks looking to acquire professional photography services. This is not meant to be a personal diatribe against Claudia as I feel that she really is a nice person, however this is the only means that we I have to voice our displeasure and share information that may aid another person or couple. We contracted CDP to provide two photography sessions, one for a pregnancy shoot, and another for after the baby was born. It seemed to be explained to me that we were receiving a bundled discount for services, and from my perspective, that other perks such as a hair dresser / makeup artist were included as part of the deal. Our family has hired photographers in the past, and the typical arrangement is that we pay the agreed upon fee for the photographer's time and a quantity of included digital picture files and / or prints. CDP does not operate in this fashion however as all of the digital files or prints resulting from your photo shoot are purchased separately on a strictly ala carte basis. The long story short of it is that we signed a contract with CDP for $300.00 for our two photo shoots, and then realized after the fact that we could not afford the ala carte pricing for any of their products. This was extremely distressing to us as we are a young family, and a luxury item such as this is something that we have to carefully budget and plan for. To invest $300.00 and come away with no real product is very upsetting. We expressed our concern to CDP, saying that we could not afford their products, and asked for half of our money back (we had just completed the first photography session and would not be seeking to schedule the second). CDP refused to meet us half way however, the tact taken from their party was more of a, "Well that's too bad, I am sorry that this didn't work out better for you." That response added insult to injury. From our perspective, CDP failed in the following respects: 1.       Clear Communication: CDP did not send their company policies, business practices, pricing list, etc. in one clear concise email. Some of these details (such as a pricing list) are not made available for reference on their website or are even in their contract. If I piece together the 5 or so emails that we exchanged with CDP, I can understand more fully how her business works... however the reality is that life (and my life) has many demands on it and if something isn't spelled out clearly and succinctly, I may interpret it or fail to comprehend it clearly. I should have looked into that string of emails that we exchanged more closely, and in retrospect asked more questions... but I also feel that CDP can do a better job of explaining their business practices to folks who have no familiarity with them.   2.       Value: CDP's prices are much higher than ANY other photographer that I have ever worked with. For example, the cheapest print offered was $75.00 and 20 digital files ... were $2,100.00. That is almost as much as I spent for the entirety of our wedding pictures. If CDP were a celebrity photographer, or had the portfolio to command such a high fee, I suppose that would be one thing, however there is nothing about CDP's work to suggest that her fee should be head and shoulders higher than other photographers in the area.   3.       Customer Service: As a client, I will own my share of the guilt in our negative experience, that I failed to properly understand CDP's business practices and prices before signing our contract. I should have read more carefully through our correspondence and asked more questions. However, when our family voiced our concerns, that we could not afford her work, and that we had backed ourselves into an unfortunate corner, we were met with absolutely no empathy. CDP was polite but refused to do anything for us that might improve our otherwise unfortunate position. The reality is if CDP had even tried to work with us a little... perhaps refund part of our $150? Offer some untouched digitals? A Print? Something? Had their response been anything other than "Well that's too bad", we could have walked away from this transaction feeling somewhat whole. Instead, we feel like we spent $300.00 and received next to nothing to show for it. Claudia is not a bad person, if anything, she is inexperienced with the business aspect of her part time photography venture. Maybe she'll take some of the lessons learned from our encounter and use them to better her practice. Either way, our family will not be using her services in the future and cannot recommend them to anyone else.

I have had photos done in the past. Never have I had someone give their time, offer such beautiful…read moresettings and pull out the most incredible sides of my daughter for her senior pictures. I don't think any 2 pictures had the same expression. She is a joy to work with and is hands-down the best photographer I have ever met!

From the owner: Senior Portrait Photographer with indoor studio and private Portrait Park located in Round Hill,…read moreVA. Also offering family photos, business branding photos and children's photos.

If you are in the market for a family or newborn photographer, you have found the best. Laura Rene…read morehas done all of my family photos for years now. Her eye for seeing beauty where the rest of us would look right past is astounding, and her patience allows her to get just the right photo. She specializes in outdoor photography, and besides her rustic farm location, she knows ALL the best locations in western Loudoun County. Newborn photography is her joy, however, and she shines. Posed or lifestyle, she captures the little squishes with style. Call her for an appointment. She doesn't disappoint.

Laura Had done a shoot with me and my boyfriend. The whole experience was relaxed and fun. I…read moreenjoyed the whole experience and even the edits turned out better than I dreamed. She made getting in front of the camera less scary and more comfortable.

If you're looking for a photographer- stop looking anywhere else- Mark is the one! Our photos…read moreturned out even better than imagined. He was able to catch so much emotion in each photo and tell a story with a single picture. I really wanted someone with a more artistic eye and we definitely got it. He was a pleasure to work with, responsive (most of the time kept me on track with planning!), flexible and easy to talk to. We love our photos and will definitely work with Mark in the future!

We found Mark through friend referral. We are not very good at posing pictures lol, but Mark is…read morevery good at guiding us how to pose. I love how organized he is and he sent us the questionnaire and the tricks and tips on the wedding days are so helpful! So he knew exactly what we were looking for. The most important thing is the pictures came out so beautiful! He captured all the emotional/happy moments during our big day! I highly recommend to hire Mark for your next photo shoot, he's so awesome to work with and you will be amazed!

My 7 year old son has ADHD and it's always challenging to get good pictures of him because he's so…read morebusy and always on the move. I really wanted some pictures of him to capture the true spirit of him- he's such a great little guy. I reached out to Sandrine for some help and she was gracious enough to take some pictures of him. During our pre shoot discussions she asked me to tell her about him and I mentioned that he played soccer- she had me bring his uniform and ball. We went out to her studio and she handed him a soccer ball and captured him running through the field kicking his ball. I got the most adorable photos of him. Nothing was staged or frigid- the pictures really told the story of who he is. (without us forcing him to sit still and yelling at him to smile) This was a fun experience for both of us. Sandrine specializes in professional headshots- I'm excited to set up my own appointment soon. She was such a great lady and made us feel super comfortable. I'm so thankful to have met her!

ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHY and such a wonderful and caring person to be around your…read morenewborn. I wanted to memorialize the sweetness of my newborn so I looked into infant photography and randomly came across Courtney's website and I'm so glad it did! She had already planned a family trip but generously squeezed me in the morning of her travel. Unbelievably considerate for someone I've never met. The morning of our shoot, she came prepared with all the props we could ever need to make my little baby as cute as possible! Courtney was prompt, patient and soooo professional! She was so gentle wit my baby and knew tricks to keep her calm that I didn't know. She promised to have a certain number of shots and stayed over her time until she kept her promise. I truly appreciate her dedication. Any other photographer would have said that they time is up and that that had to leave. I recommend Courtney 1000 times over! She will take the most amazing and memorable pics of your little ones!

Courtney did an amazing job photographing my newborn! As a frazzled mom of a newborn, I hadn't put…read moretoo much thought into the photoshoot. Luckily, Courtney arrived with all of the props and suggestions of how to pose. She set everything up in my home and made the process really simple. She's a pro working with newborns and was able to quickly sooth my son if he started to fuss during the photoshoot. The results were some beautiful images of my little one. She even managed to get some photos of all of my bigger kids smiling and looking at the camera. That's no small achievement! I would absolutely recommend Courtney for your next family or newborn photo session.

I can't say enough about how happy I am with Sydney. She came with to my house with a car full of…read moreawesome props and a heater and most importantly, her positive attitude and patience. My newborn was not cooperative for the first 2 hours of the session, and Sydney made me feel at ease, which eventually helped the baby to calm down and allowed her to capture beautiful photos. I could tell that she really wanted to be here and that she genuinely cared. Also, I unfortunately had to reschedule to a different day at the last minute, and she was extremely accomodating, which helped me so much. I highly recommend Impulsive Joy Photography and already have told my friends.