As a photographer, I HATE having my photograph taken and I am super picky about who I choose when I…read moredo. Kate is amazing. She'll have you feeling immediately at ease in front of the camera. Whether you need a wedding photographer or someone to take portraits of you and your family, run, do not walk, to book her. I guarantee she will win a special place in your heart for her amazing spirit and the beautiful images she creates.

My husband and I hired Kate for our engagement photos and wedding photos. Kate did a fantastic job…read morewith both!! She was so flexible; she even drove to Minneapolis (from Eau Claire, WI) to do our engagement session because that is where we live. She also did a great job on the actual wedding day of getting shots not just of myself and the groom, but all of our guests. Being a photographer myself, I also really appreciate that Kate understands, and works well with multiple kinds of light, which is a necessity in capturing great photos. I would definitely use Kate Bentley Photography in the future, and would recommend her to family and friends.

We utilized Wild Vines while visiting for a family vacation, so we were going in blind on the…read morephotographer and area.  We were so lucky to find Kieran.  She was highly communicative pre/post session and very accommodating on the location and our different photo requests. She was excellent with the kids while helping keep everyone on track.  We never felt rushed or forced into poses that didn't fit us. She utilizes a fantastic platform to share the pictures that's more organized and user friendly than any I've seen from other photographers and got the pictures back to us in record time.  Wild Vines was affordable and an incredible value for the output. We've joked about driving the 5.5 hours to get our next family pictures with Wild Vines again, only half-kidding. Thank you, Kieran!

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First off, I can't list an address, as she moved the weekend of my wedding, which means her address…read morechanged as well, a phone number, again, never had. I hired this young lady based on a few people's opinions and what I had seen as far as pictures on her website. I will say she is very upbeat & positive - unfortunately for my wedding day she had completely over booked herself and put way too much on her plate/to do list. I signed a contract in January 2014, paid 1/2 of the $1,300 fee - in the end, I contacted her to make sure she would be at our wedding and arrange the times & organization of it all. On the day of wedding, my photographer showed up, appearing to be EXTREMELY tired and not dressed appropriately for a formal wedding event - yes, I considered my wedding formal - I was also told the day of the wedding, in front of my entire bridal party, that wedding photos (by now PAID IN FULL) would be received 1 month from wedding. I also was told 1 week for thank you photos - the thank you photo's came 3 weeks later and my actual wedding photos arrived 2 MONTHS later - which contained 130 edited photos, some of which are less than what I wanted, and the sd card containing all 4,500 images. I can honestly say about once or twice a week I think about these photo's and realize there are moments that were not captured, groups of people I had wanted done, but honestly, she just didn't seem interested, I have photos of the coasters that I ordered, plenty of food photos - not one good photo of my husband and his 2 sons - or individual photos of myself & bridesmaids - the whole experience just didn't go well and the end result and the fact I had to hound my photographer to get my own photos just BAD! This young lady also needs to learn about centering a group or a couple in a shot, arrangement of bouquets in the photo's - just so much that can only be obtained with age & experience. She is a master with filters - but so is my 7 year old niece! I have waited 4 months since my wedding to write a review, to see if how I felt would change and NOPE, it irritates me more when I think about what I trusted this young lady to do - lesson learned and shame on me!