My experience was amazing! Chelle made my daughter's 16th birthday so special. She was professional…read morefrom start to finish. Her communication is superb and she is detail oriented. I will be booking with her again!

The owner is very professional, prices are reasonable and I love the work environmen.read more

Went to Jeena Studios for my Greek passport pictures as i did not want to travel to the north side…read morewhere most people go. I was very satisfied with the service and my photographer. She was very pleasant and professional. The pictures were accepted with no issue and my passport is complete! SouthSide Greeks - go here!!!

It is a pleasure doing business with Jeena Studios. I appreciate the flexibility taking my…read moreappointment around my busy schedule. Tahany is super nice and does beautiful work. The passport photos were professionally done and were ready within minutes. Thank you for an amazing experience. I highly recommend Jeena Studios for your photography needs!

Char did our Christmas family photos. I was completely blown away at how she interacted with us,…read moreshe was great with our kids and helped us have the best photos. She totally won us over and we just adore her. She was so diligent and every single photo was perfection. We loved her so much we are doing a Mother's Day shoot with her too. She is definitely our go to photographer! I highly recommend Char!

Charlie and Docha Photography did a fantastic job at my business coaching retreat. She was patient,…read morecreative and professional. I imagine Charlie felt like she was herding cats. There we 12 of us who all arrived around the same time and needed several different shots. Then we moved indoors and got very serious and professional. Charlie was there to capture it all. Thank you for the great shots!

Our family has found our photographer, James did a beautiful job capturing our family photos!…read more James is everything you look and hope for in a photographer...arrived to the shoot early, was very engaging with our entire family, was adaptive to the conditions while remaining very productive, completed the processing early, and shared our photos in an easy to download way. I can't recommend James enough, he's a class act photographer, and we can't wait to work with him in the future.

James is amazing! He is very patient during the shoot if you have kids. He takes time to make the…read morepose just right, but not too long that you lose interest. He has the technology of different types of lenses and he is a great value. You won't be disappointed! Capture those moments now so you don't look back and regret it! -Abby J-

People call themselves "photographers" every day, all over the world. Hell, I even used to think I…read morewas a good photographer at one point in my life and then I saw Ed Corral's work. I originally learned about Ed through an old friend I went to college with who served with Ed in the U.S. Military. I actually had signed a contract with another photographer before I met with Ed. Luckily, I had 7 days to get my full deposit back from that other photographer and was able to get out of our contract. THANK GOD!!! My sister a.k.a. wedding coordinator, fiancé and I met with Ed and in no time at all, I knew he was going to be our photographer for our wedding. He showed us some of his beautiful work and I quickly envisioned him being a part of our big day and, in turn, I could see him envisioning what we desired. My husband's family isn't that large as ours, but I have a large Italian/Mexican family on my side, divorced and remarried parents, siblings coming out of our ears and our bridal party consisted of 7 bridesmaids, 7 groomsmen, 3 flower girls, 1 ring bearer and partridge in a pear tree. I knew that coordinating this large of a group was going to be a challenge, and we thought we had enough time for all the pictures we wanted, but sadly, that was not the case. I only have a few photos with my mother and sister and I and none of them were as perfect as I would have wanted. I got very few photos with my father and step-father, who has now passed away. Had I not danced with both of my fathers individually, we would have had zero photos together just the two of us. I, at no point, got a photo with just my brother, and the list goes on. Let's me clarify that none of this was Ed's fault!! We ran out of time, the day literally flew by (just like everyone had warned me) and coordinating a group our size was a challenge. Ed handled it beautifully. He was a pro from the word go! Ed's and his team captured things that I never got to see. I never even took a moment to look at the bows at the end of the pews at church in person but Ed captured that detail that was so important to me during the wedding planning but I didn't even know it was there on the day of our wedding. I didn't see the programs laid out in the basket I borrowed from my cousin that meant so much to me. I don't think I ever saw the ring pillow on our actual wedding day. I even missed some guests that didn't walk through the receiving line and I barely got to talk to at the reception, but we have photos to show they were there thanks to Ed! Being the bride, I never had to get my own drink at the reception so I only walked over to the bar at the reception one time to do a shot with the boys (if you know me, you'll know that's how I roll) but I had printed and framed a Bride's special cocktail and a Groom's special cocktail and these frames sat on the bar counter. This minute detail, again, was such a big deal for me during the wedding planning, but I didn't even get to see this on my wedding day. The centerpieces were probably one of the largest projects and expenses that went into the reception and at no point, did I have a chance to walk the whole hall before the guests arrived (again due to timing), so I didn't get to see the finished centerpieces...Ed captured them exquisitely. I think he caught almost every single one. He even shot the dessert table that I literally NEVER even saw. So many people warned me that my wedding day was going to fly by so do what you can to soak it in. I did just that. There were several moments at our ceremony that I looked around the church to see the faces of everyone in the congregation and my heart melted. My husband and I stood at the top of the stairs in our reception hall and looked at the room full of our family and friends and just took the moment in, without interruption and I remember chills running down my spine. I glanced around the hall when I was sitting at the head table and looked at all the people that took time out of their lives to be with us on our special day. These moments I will carry with me always. Ed and his team captured them in photos I will treasure for the rest of my life. If you need a photographer for your special event or for a photo shoot with just your spouse or children, you could not ask for a more professional, creative, brilliant, proficient and first-rate artist.

Shame on me! I should have written this review almost a year ago. The good news is that I have had…read moretime to reflect on all of our amazing interactions with Ed and his team. I'd call this a blessing for all of you reading this review. You can bet your booty that I've given it some good, long thought. So we first met Ed almost two years ago. My sister was planning her wedding and we knew the importance of excellent photography, so we started the search. Ed is a military man and I believe he was originally referred by another soldier that my sister was friends with back in the day. I was a pain in the rear. I know I was. The whole time. I had been coordinating most aspects of the wedding as the 'first line of defense' so my sissy didn't have to deal with unnecessary aggravation. With Ed it was different, sure I was around, but he mainly worked directly with her. He was professional and responsive, so I didn't need to insert myself since everything stayed on track. This was a huge plus! Originally, under a lot of sales pressure, my sister signed a contract with a completely different photographer. In less than twenty four hours, we knew it was a mistake and quickly got out of it. But since that had left such a bad taste in our mouths, I think we were a little harder on Ed than we needed to be in the beginning. My goal was to make sure that she had the perfect day for her and her then fiancé. Ed works with his wife, Michelle. She handles the administrative side of things and kept everything well organized. We had no issues on that end, so we had yet another detail in which to be grateful! One of my favorite things was the day of the engagement photos. We all took a trip into Chicago and met up. We went from spot to spot to take the greatest pictures! Ed had a second photographer with him that day. It was perfect! One picture turned out better than the next. My sister had a difficult time choosing which photos to use for what purpose. She wanted to keep using them all! Ed takes his craft very seriously. He has an amazing eye for angles and details and catching reactions at just the right time. He is also extremely meticulous when it comes to setting up the shot. My sister had a large wedding party and family that she wanted to capture. Seven bridesmaids. Seven groomsmen. Three flower girls. One ring bearer. Six parents. One grandma. Numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and close family friends. And this was just at the ceremony site! My suggestion to any bride planning a wedding: give yourself enough time. For everything. The hours literally get away from you on your wedding day. We had checklists and we thought we were organized, but there's only so much time to shuffle people around. And to those sisters/wedding coordinators/matrons of honor...take time to breathe, have fun and get in the pictures. I wish I had worked with Ed to make sure that I took a family photo with my husband and my son. We didn't take one of just of the three of us. That's my fault. I never mentioned it to Ed beforehand and I never stopped long enough to do it. Working with Ed was a pleasure. An absolute joy. He was generous with his time, his talent and even with how he handled the end result! It is with 100% certainty that I strongly urge you to consider Ed for your next special event or family photo session. I'm so glad that my sister and brother-in-law had the luxury of working with him!

I am beyond thrilled that I picked Jessica for my maternity photo shoot- they turned out absolutely…read morebeautiful, even better than I imagined. She is so down to earth and nice and on top of that very accommodating. So easy to work with, you won't regret going with her! Thanks again Jessica, cannot praise your work enough!

Jess was amazing to work with. She responded quickly to all my questions and concerns and also…read moreprovided me with more examples of her work when asked. I had some scheduling issues where I needed to change the date of our newborn in house session twice, and she was extremely accommodating and understanding. I was highly impressed with her work and her ability to capture our lifestyle pictures. She is so patient with newborns and took all my pictures requests and then some! We ended up buying almost double the amount of pictures that were included because we loved her work so much! I would highly recommend Jess Elaine Photography to anyone searching for a photographer!

John has been our preferred family photographer since he shot our wedding in 2012. Not only does…read morehe has a very unique eye for capturing a special moment, he is an amazing photographer, and a really personable guy. We love John, and we hope he continues shooting pictures because we would like to keep working with him for many more years.

A mom-and-pop photo studio on the 1st floor of a 2-flat in Bridgeport. My family has been getting…read moreportraits done here for years. They've done Daley, Jordan and a slew of other Chicago celebs...and for good reason: their portraits are fantastic, B/W or color. Their kid/baby pics are amazing. They really know how to get the "ham" out of a tot that has absolutely NO clue what's going on. Smith and Wright are a down-to-earth, unassuming older couple that, for reasons I can't pinpoint, have an ability to make anyone look really good. Put an already-cute baby in front of them and LOOK OUT! ( I'm not a stage-mom and don't wanna be, but this photoshoot seriously made me consider getting my kid into modeling. We will always go here for our periodic family portraits.

The small private school my daughter attended hires this studio to shoot the yearly school photos,…read moreand they always deliver great portraits. We liked their work so much, my wife and I had them take our family portrait one year. They quickly establish a good rapport with their subject, and end up capturing a nice variety of expressions. I highly recommend taking a few minutes to view their work. http://www.smithwrightphoto.com