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.

Sophie was fantastic to work with. I contacted her for a professional portraits' package for social…read moremedia pages and work intranet. The photos came out beautiful! She truly understands how to take natural light into your advantage so that the photos come out crisp and much nicer than from a studio session. After hundreds of pictures we sat together and chose the best ones. Then she retouched and cropped them to make sure that there were no imperfections and that the image would fit nicely into the pages I needed. Overall, Sophie exceeded my expectations both in quality and price. I have recommended her to professional associations, and will definitely use her services again.

Fantastic experience across the board! As a perennially shy person, I felt so comfortable due to…read moreher wonderful personality and sense of humor! Worth every penny - the consummate professional for any occasion! I could not recommend more!

Highly, highly recommended!! Gayana did such a beautiful job photographing my daughter Zoe. Zoe…read morewould not stop moving throughout the session, and I thought we would never get good images from the shoot, but I was mistaken! Gayana captured the pure joy from each moment and outfit and I couldn't be happier with the results. She has a great way of working with children that captures their attention with genuine and authentic care. Also the pricing was more than fair - I would definitely book with Gayana again. Thank you so much!!

My wife and I had Gayana provide her services for our engagement shoot. From the beginning, we had…read moreNO IDEA what to do. We felt so comfortable after we started, and her creativity resulted in some AMAZING photos. She was open to suggestion and we felt the collaborative effort to get some beautiful shots. Some professionals just tell you where to stand, go through the motions, and drive off. We never felt that. She is so passionate about her craft and takes pride in what she presents to her clients. We're lucky we were able to influence the shoot and recreate some pictures. I don't know if we would have had that experience elsewhere. Good thing we never have to find out. I wouldn't hesitate to call her again when the next opportunity comes up!

She did our engagement photos and we loved the work! The photos came out great, she was easy to…read morework with, and got our photos back in a timely manner. Would definitely recommend to anyone in need of professional photography!

Natalie is amazing! We hired her in September for our engagement shoot. She has a great eye and…read moreloves an adventure :) She was very open to any type of landscape/vision we had and made our woodsy engagement shoot a dream. Our friends and family went crazy over her photos. I am so thankful to have those pictures to look back on.

Zero stars. Truly one of the most unprofessional and frustrating experiences I've ever had…read more I booked a spring photo shoot with my dog for Saturday morning and planned everything in advance -- grooming, hair, makeup, timing -- the whole thing. Sehee completely forgot about the shoot. I waited, called, and texted with no response, only for her to eventually call me back and casually say she had just woken up. When I asked what I should do, instead of taking accountability or trying to fix the situation, she asked to reschedule for the next day -- when it was supposed to rain, which is exactly why I carefully planned for today. At that point, I was already out time, money, and effort -- standing there fully ready with my freshly groomed dog -- for absolutely nothing. To make things worse, about an hour later she posted on Instagram that she was late to another photoshoot because she had partied too hard watching Coachella, but said it was "worth it." That is beyond disrespectful and completely unacceptable behavior for someone running a business. This was not just an inconvenience -- it was careless, unprofessional, and honestly insulting as a paying client. I expect a full refund immediately. I would strongly discourage anyone from booking here if reliability and basic professionalism matter to you.

I recently booked a photoshoot with Sehee in Brooklyn. I was very nervous in the beginning because…read moreit was my first time doing a professional photoshoot. However, she was so funny and easygoing, and it felt more like taking photos with my best friend than doing a professional shoot. We were laughing and chatting the whole time, but she was also incredibly fast and efficient, so I ended up getting way more photos than she had promised. Her professionalism and friendly energy created such a relaxed atmosphere, and even though I usually feel awkward in front of the camera, this time I felt completely at ease thanks to her natural gift.

Working with Katherine was wonderful! We had really admired her work through Instagram and she was…read moreextremely friendly and proactive from the beginning. We wanted a photographer who was very familiar with civil ceremonies at City Hall and was able to capture the day in a classic and genuine way to capture the joy of the big day. Katherine sent frequent emails with updates and tips on how to prep for the day and we had a preliminary call where we were able to make a schedule and plan out the day since we also had a wedding photoshoot afterwards in Golden Gate Park afterwards. During the day of, Katherine was on-time, flexible with when the other people in our group arrived, and guided us through the whole morning with when to check in, where to take photos, etc. She gave us some prompts of how to pose but overall she let us be natural and encouraged to be comfortable in front of the camera. The ceremony was captured beautifully by her and she took great group photos. We then went to Golden Gate Park, and she helped us take some cute coffeeshop and park photos, even with some bonus tennis court and piano pics (two of our favorite hobbies!). After the day, we received a sneak peek very promptly with an awesome of photos (~100 of them!) and a huge full gallery in about a month with lots of gorgeous film photos. There was a huge heat wave that weekend in San Francisco, and Katherine made the whole experience so pleasant and working with her felt like working with an old friend. She is so personable and I have been highly recommending her to my friends and family already! I would definitely recommend working with Katherine :)

Katherine was amazing to work with! She shot both our engagement and city hall photos and we could…read morenot have asked for a better partner. She was super patient with us and gave us great direction since we were both a little awkward in front of the camera. She always came prepared and made sure at City Hall she was able to get great shots from all the key places we had discussed. Bonus points, our parents loved the experience and the pictures!

I found Sandra through a Google search when searching for a photographer for my maternity…read moreportraits. Of all the photographers that I spoke to over the phone Sandra was the most personable. She answered all of my questions and asked all the right questions. I told her that I would be including both my husband son in the shoot and she asked for information about them as well. When we met in person it was a very pleasant, comfortable and fun experience for all of us. She had many ideas and she was very flexible and open to anything that I wanted to tweek. She's also really good with kids. She let my 5 year old son "help her" with the lighting and he was thrilled! After he was done with his job she gave him a Lightening McQueen toy as his "payment" and he was estatic... because he couldn't figure out how she could possibly know that he loved Ligthening McQueen??? She knew because during our interview she asked me what type of things my son liked. I would reccomend Sandra in a heartbeat. Trust me you will not be dissappointed. Jasmine

I found Sandra through Craigslist and I noticed immediately that is very responsive to emails and…read morewe didn't waste too much time in finding a time where all of us -Sandra, my man and I are all free to get to the great outdoors for some nice lighting for photoshoot! Upon meeting her, Sandra is super-nice and extremely sweet when we worked with her in Legion of Honors and Golden Gate park. She is very professional, knowledgeable and comes with ideas but is also very open to what we want out of the photo shoot. I like that Sandra is very down to earth and it comes off as that she sees us as people who she is trying to capture, you know sometimes when you get the feeling that you are objects to someone who is just going through the motion? Sandra comes off as very attentive, a listener and she really tries hard to find out what we are looking for and make sure we get what we need. She kept good communication throughout the session, and worked with us to come up with unique ideas that reflects what we had in mind as far as how we want the photo session to reflect who we are. We are both creative spirits so it's important that the photos reflect the fun, light-hearted and playful aspect of our relationship, Sandra was perceptive of our personalities and she made recommendations that incorporate what we requested and what she knows will work well to photograph. My sweety really wanted some waterfall shots so Sandra worked with us to come up with pictures with waterfall in the background. she did some great photoshop afterward as well to further enhance the artistic effect of the photos. She captured some really sweet and playful moments for my man and I, the two of us had tons of fun looking over the photos when the CD came, I feel so blessed to be with an amazing man and I am ecstatic that Sandra is able to capture our energy and interaction in photography, to be preserved, for a long long time. (I mean a Long LONG time!!!) It brings lots of wuuus and ahhhs when I look at these photos, and remind myself what great fortune brought me to my man, someone who is beautiful inside and out, and wow, this guy really likes me and we look so cute together! I emailed my friend some of the photos. One person commented that that the photos are "fun, sexy and romantic." which is what I was looking for, and another said "they are soo good. my favorite is the one with you in the air, best 4364...that is so fun and good capture of energy. 4378--way to hold him down! 4439-4 with the parasol is so cool b/c it reflects the light in the sky with a prism...and 4177 is like you two are on a honeymoon and made me happy for you! " of course she is then a little sad that she is fighting with her man, but they made up again and I joke that they need to have some photograph taken so they feel all mushy and good inside as well. If you are looking for a photographer to capture that tender feeling between your sweety and yourself - I hope you take a look at Sandra's work and give her a call!

Nadia is an artistic genius who is also so much fun to be around and a total pro. Nadia, with a…read morewonderful assist from Emily, captured our wedding on 11/2/24 at The Sanctuary on Roosevelt Island. We just got our preview photos back and we are over the moon. Getting to relive the day through Nadia's skillful lens is such a blessing. We will cherish these photos forever. Not only did she capture our best selves (which is hard to do, neither of us are terribly photogenic) she also captured our family and friends beautifully.

Working with Nadia was such a treat. She is so deeply talented and intuitive with her work. I felt…read moreso comfortable working with her. She took charge of the photo shoot which was such a relief. She found the best positions for me to be in, where to look, how to work with the sun in my eyes, and she used all of our surroundings in ways that I didn't even think of. She is so creative and just got my vision and as corny as it sounds brought it to life. She got my essence, my brand, and I am constantly receiving compliments on my photos. She is a 5 star photographer, worth every penny. If you are thinking of hiring her, just do it. You will be so satisfied. Xo, Elizabeth