I had a poor experience with Deanna. Our engagement session went below ok. On the day of our engagement she seemed less proactive which caused to miss major moments. Very less guidance on how to pose. When I choose her I read the reviews here in Yelp and I wanted someone to capture all the candids from the event and her services were not cheap ($350/hr)...and it was very clear why - So many of pics were ruined bc she didn't make sure everyone was looking at the camera (Note* this is from the directed shoot with my fiancé) when I asked her why the part of the picture is blurred? She responded it's the weather and the lighting!! During the event a lot of back of the head pictures were taken and when I asked her why is this? She responded it tells a story, everyone I shared the album has said they were embarrassed to see bald heads!!
Some Pros (along with cons):
- She is very calm, which is good and bad! Good for still photography, but at an event I would expect a photographer to go around and capture the best moments. Most of the time she stayed away from the crowd hence the strange photos.
- The good news is she took a montage video which came out good, not great, but okay...so our video did catch a lot of the highlights of our evening.
- She is very professional, due to the weather conditions on my engagement event guests arrived a little late and I requested her to take an extra time shift and her calendar was open hence she agreed to it.
- I have given my honest feedback on how the photos turned out, she tried to recrop, reedit the album which was nice of her to accept feedback and work to make the customer happy but honestly the moments are missed so there is nothing much to be done in my situation.
Total amount spent for one evening - $1400 for that amount it's definitely not worth it.
(*Note attached photo samples covers my frustration of the 60% album the rest of the 40% came out decent)
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