I used Justin's photographs for my website, a fundraising consulting practice focused on urban…read morenonprofits. He has a way of capturing a moment before it disappears, and showing people at their best, which appealed to the way I wanted my clients to see my practice. I have also seen his work related to events, and I think he gets great candid shots in party crowds.

I've had the opportunity to see Justin in action. A very gifted photographer, coupled with a…read moredemeanor and personality that can work with anyone. You will be amazed at his ability to transform an image.

My wife and I were looking for a photographer to take photos at our son's baptism ceremony so we…read morechecked on Yelp and we were able to get a few quotes. Nathan from AlphaScape responded pretty quickly and was available on the requested date and time, he was also able to provide a quote which ended up being the final price. Nathan was easy to communicate with and answered all my questions promptly. After we agreed on the terms I received the contract and requested some changes which were accommodated, I paid the deposit and had it confirmed. On the day of the event Nathan showed up on time and was able to photograph the most important things to us which we had asked for in advance, he took many photos and they were of great quality, he stayed longer to make sure we had all the shots, he was professional and courteous. The photos were delivered as promised within a few business days. I would no doubt hire AlphaScape when needed.

Nate was AMAZING! Highly recommend him for your next event. He recently worked with us for our baby…read moreshower and my husband and I couldn't have asked for anyone better! He was incredibly professional, attentive, and captured moments we would have otherwise missed. We are definitely going to hire him for our future family pictures. You will not go wrong with choosing him!

I bought a Groupon ticket with Bret after reviewing other photography deals and knowing that I…read morewould like a current set of pretty and current pictures of myself. I have done it before with boudoir photographers, but didn't really like any of the resulting pictures because I probably am overly critical of myself, like a lot of women. I modelled when I was much younger, but only parade and never photographic work, except for catalogue, so AWKWARD is the only way I could describe my feelings leading up to the event. I am a bit shy and not a poser, so it wasn't natural for me. Bret is a gentleman and kind of works with what look you are after - even if you do not know how to do it! We met at a very upscale midtown location of my choosing, and he prefers morning light. I have seen other photos he has taken and hoped for the best. During the session, he asks if you like certain shots and shows them to you - if you have no idea how you look, this is good and you are involved in the outcome. But what I can say to you.....always trust your photographer. How you see yourself is not always how others see you and the shot Bret liked the most I was on the fence with. Needless to say, I went with him. Male photographers see a lot of beautiful women and they probably know better than us. You think? I am 100% happy with my ultimate picture and every woman needs to know she looks like that in the end. What an awesome feeling. I will definitely use Bret again.

I had a shoot with Bret this week. Updating my portfolio. I was very comfortable. He's a…read morerespectful, fun and VERSATILE photographer!

Kaleidoscope Pictures gets 5 stars! I purchased a voucher on Groupon for a headshot. Just got it…read moredone today and Christopher made it easy. It's not every day I am in front of a camera, and those flashbacks of the Olan Mills elementary school pictures still haunt me. Before the shoot, Christopher talked to me to understand my creative endeavors and how I planned to use the photo, which was critical to capturing the emotion I wanted to convey. We then reviewed shots, making adjustments along the way. Within two hours, we were able to talk about objectives, do the photo shoot, retouch the final image and then Christopher sent me a link to my photo. Easy breezy! I highly recommend Kaleidoscope Pictures for your next head shot, portrait or whatever you'd like to capture. ~Kym

Stunning visuals and video have become a necessity for businesses to stay relevant and that is…read moreexactly what Kaleidoscope Pictures produces. Representing a small business with a limited budget, my efforts of finding the right fit for my client was challenging. I was not willing to sacrifice the quality of the end product, I wanted fair and realistic prices and did not want to work with people that were unwilling to hear our vision. Kaleidoscope Pictures delivered. My client and I were thrilled with not only the high quality videos but the entire process. Christopher and his team were helpful, flexible, responsive in all communications and a joy to work with. I would definitely work with them again and would not hesitate to recommend them.

Prompt, professional, friendly, great staff and wonderful work. We have used Ken for headshots and…read morecorporate events for years. His work is always flawless and he makes great lighting recommendations. He has a studio downtown NYC where you can use that space if you don't have your own. Great editing work too!

I've had photo shoots done with him off and on for over a decade. I hate having my picture taken…read moreand have no interest in the "selfie" craze. I'm going to include my favorite portrait to give you an idea of what he can do. The picture is of me, my husband and our two boys at the south street seaport area. My make up artist was nice and she asked for my opinion (I don't really wear make up) and did my hair. Ken was always respectful and made me laugh to get "that smile" I don't share unless it's with my close family. As you can tell I am not a model and don't have those expectations. I am a realist. Some people want to spend as little money as possible and yet want the WORLD. I've seen THOSE people in all walks of life. Especially when they get coupons. OMG! Get over yourselves!

Adena at Studio A Images was the absolute best. Period. End of sentence. She is a professional in…read moreevery sense of the word and our wedding went so smoothly in no small part due to the experience she brought to the table. Leading up to the wedding, she was incredibly responsive over email and did a really great job of not only helping us to structure the timeline for our day to minimize stress and scrambling, but also rolling with the punches if we had any questions or last minute changes in our plans. The day of the wedding, Adena and her second photographer Laura did a fantastic job of keeping everything running smoothly and on schedule. From the getting ready pictures to the couple and wedding party pictures to the family portraits, Adena did a great job of corralling so many people to efficiently get the shot. I just felt like I was in really good hands the entire time, especially given that the weather forecast introduced some unpredictability to the day. Despite that, Adena always had a plan and had an amazing eye for getting some incredible shots - sometimes planned and sometimes impromptu. Her candid shots were also everything; they really captured the energy of the party and so many of them bring a smile to my face that I know I'm going to have a bear of a time picking which ones to put in a photo album - it might just be all of them. To make a very long story short, Adena's communication, professionalism, and flexibility made it easy for me to trust her with photographing our wedding and that took so much potential stress out of the equation. I really hope to work with Adena again in the future because I really think she is the full package.

My wife and I used Adena for our weekend long wedding. She came recommended by one of our venues…read more She did such a beautiful job over both days - my wife and I (for the second time in 2 days) spent hours looking though them. And we couldn't be more pleased. Especially the candid shots! But everything came out beautifully and we are forever grateful.

I have to update this, unfortunately not for the better. Let…read moreme get this out of the way, Erica takes AMAZING photographs. Seriously amazing. Mind blowingly amazing. Unfortunately, this is not all that a business professional is rated on. I kind of thought from the beginning that Erica was a bit unprofessional. I tried to put that out of my mind because she was very cost effective and her photos were stunning. Every contact I had with her, it just seemed like she didn't have her stuff together. Our engagement session was pretty good. Not many complaints about that. The real problems started at the wedding. While me and my bridesmaids were getting ready, she asked my maid of honor when she was due. My MOH is not pregnant. Everyone (women especially!!) should know that you NEVER EVER EVER ask a woman if she is pregnant. She almost made my MOH cry. the last thing I needed on this stressful day was to comfort my MOH. I wish it had ended there. I tried to defend Erica sayin "Maybe you misheard her" but later in the day another friend who was there reiterated what was said, and there was no misunderstanding. We went outside to take pictures in the vineyards and it was extremely hot (for late october) and uncomfortable. We wanted to get these pictures over ASAP. We were also being swarmed by bees and two of our wedding party attendants are extremely allergic. We kept telling Erica that we wanted to move and she kept insisting we stay where we are because the pics were coming out great. We appreciate the great pictures but a bridesmaid in the hospital would've made for a bad day. After about 30-40 minutes of pictures my feet (i hate heels so much that I actually walked down the aisle barefoot) were absolutely screaming and I was getting very cranky. My makeup was running and my dress weighed 50 million pounds and I just wanted to take a break before the ceremony. Erica literally whined saying that she wanted to go take pictures in the wine caves. When I said "no, i really need to take a break" she practically stomped her feet and pouted saying "Oh come onnnnn, lets go take pictures in the wine caves!!" My husbands groomsman stepped in and said "no, when the bride says we're done, we're done." She backed off on the wine caves point, but continued to try to get more pictures. Later in the evening she came up to me whining because the Wedding coordinator said that vendors (photorapher, dj, etc.) usually ate after the wedding guests finished and she wanted to eat "NOW" and I needed to go tell the wedding coordinator that. It isn't so much her complaint that bothers me (it was a valid complaint), but I was the WRONG person to come to. There were 3 bridesmaids and a mother of the groom she could have discussed it with instead. The rest of the issues of the night didn't become apparent to me until months later. My boss told me that he was standing next to Erica while she was taking pictures of the grandmas and Erica turned to him and said "Gotta get the pictures of the grandmas! Who knows when they'll kick off" ...Seriously. My boss is one of the most honest people I've ever known in my life and he wouldn't lie about that. In the weeks leading up to me getting my photos erica e-mailed me to say that they were almost done and I can mail my final check to her address. I had paid her in full on the day of the wedding per her demands! If I had known I could've waited till I got my pictures I would've done that. Then she sent another mass e-mail to me and a bunch of other brides called "THE LAST CHECK" saying "I hope you liked your photos. Please send your next check to X" To which I responded AGAIN, I already paid you! Once I finally received my pictures, I asked her how she would handle my book. If she was going to choose the photos, if I was going to choose them, etc. And she said "Please choose 60 photos, put them on a disc, mail them back along with your final check" I PAID MY EFFING BILL ALREADY!! And no, I'm not gonna make another damn CD and mail it back to you and wait another 3 months for an apple iphoto book. I'll do it myself. I also realized while searching through my photos that no pictures were captured of my husband when he first saw me coming down the aisle. Very depressing. Technically I paid for a Trash the dress session (which she does fabulously) and the apple iphoto book but I am just done. I have 3 friends getting married in the near future and they all asked me for a recommendation of a good photographer. I have told them all that I really wish I could have recommended mine, but the unprofessionalism just isn't worth the hassle. It's such a shame because her photos are absolutely out of this world (that is what the 2 stars are for) Erica really needs to work on her professionalism. You can be friendly and cool and professional at the same time.

Erica Berger's work is absolutely eye catching and stunning. Being engaged to a photographer…read moremyself, I can truly appreciate her artistic approach to her work. One thing I will not appreciate is her lack of professionalism. I heard about Erica from a client who had really amazing shots from her wedding. My client told me what she had paid for her to shoot her wedding which made my mouth drop because it was perfect for someone who is on a tight budget. I contacted her through email sometime in August 2007 in regards to her services. I also had found a craiglist ad that she had posted to shoot weddings at a starting price of $600. GREAT PRICE... When I emailed her in regards to it and let her know my date she told me it was booked already and that the price posted in her ad was for 2007 prices and that it would double for 2008. FINE $1200 for a photographer I would willingly pay at least $3000 for her work. NOT A PROBLEM. A week or two later I got a message on my voice mail stating that she wasn't booked until she was paid. "HMMMM....*red flag* kinda weird." I called her or emailed her back and ask her about a deposit half up front to book the date and half after the date or a week prior. Which is the usual contractual agreements with all photographers. I thought it was fair enough. Well 2008 rolls around and here I am starting to really plan for my wedding this June. I contacted her right before the end of the year and she had mentioned that the date wasn't booked yet and that we could set up a consult. We set up a consultation date and a week prior to the date she's booked on my day of the wedding. I was truly disappointed because I would've loved her to shoot at the wedding. She seems like a cool chick and I love being able to help out people who are starting in their industry and career of choice. At the same time, I felt really shitted on. When you schedule a consult with a new client at least mention that you have a possibility that the date may be potentially booked prior. I understand its first come first serve, but let someone know that you might be booked already and don't even bother to set up a consult with a client for the same date.

This fall will be the third consecutive year Katrin will be taking our holiday family portrait. She…read moreis prompt, honest, responsive, friendly, and extraordinarily talented. She knows the New York City area like the back of her hand and her clients benefit from her familiarity. The environment is critical to a beautiful image - lighting, setting, prospective volume of onlookers, and optimal seasonal attributes - and her experience results in a gorgeous outcome that aligns beautifully with the requests of her clients.

**UPDATE** So confused by Katrin's response to my earlier…read morereview. So here's what I have to say: First, I wish I had a personal assistant. I wish I had a job that could afford me the luxury of having someone leave my yelp reviews for me. I wish I earned enough that I wouldn't have to buy an engagement photographer off Groupon for $60. If I can afford a personal assistant than I definitely would've sprung for a photographer for a with better communication. But for right now I'm just a secretary with a very limited wedding budget. I put my faith in you to produce engagement photos I would love, but it's because of you that I don't have any photos to remember that part of my love story. Let me be clear, it wasn't an act of God or the weather I blame. You bailed. You didn't call or text to let me know you couldn't make it nor did you answer my calls when I reached out from Central Park. You didn't even try to make up for the situation by waiving the rush fee. So that's all on you. Second, I'm not sure who you're confusing me for, but we don't have 20 email exchanges. I have your initial email, the one's where we scheduled our first two appointments and then the one's where everything went wrong. If you care to see those than I'll post those too. My name (and my fiance's) are all over my screenshots, if you have any confusion as to who I am than that means you've disappointed a lot more people. Last, I was really rooting for you to respond well to this review. Instead of coming back with a mature response, you just pointed the finger right back at me and tried to intimidate me. I notice you did the same exact thing with the other negative review from January 2018. You attack anyone that doesn't like your method of customer service. It's actually very sad. And believe me I will tell my wedding photographer about this update, I'm sure she'll get a kick out of it.