When looking for a photographer for our wedding, my criteria were that the photographer takes…read morebeautiful shots and that they are reliable. After looking through Brian's impressive portfolio and sitting down with him to talk, we decided to hire him for our wedding and engagement shoot. Brian completely exceeded my expectations in every way possible. Brian is not only very reliable, but he is also extremely dedicated to his work. Brian drove over 90 miles to get to our engagement photo shoot and on the way he stopped at a gas station on the south side of Chicago where he stepped on two nails, which punctured his foot. Although we insisted that we reschedule so he could take care of himself, he still arrived (early, as his style) ready to shoot our session. He carried his equipment on his back on his injured foot for miles around Chicago, and took some of the most breathtaking photos I have ever seen. Brian helped us to feel completely comfortable the entire time. I remember being impressed with how he can walk backwards, get to know us better by carrying on a conversation, assess the lighting of the area around him, all while shooting pictures that made our families cry and that we will treasure forever. We are happier than ever that we chose Brian and his assistant Greg to shoot our wedding on July 13, 2013. On the day of my wedding, I didn't have time to notice all of the details that I previously spent so much time planning. Brian perfectly captured all of these details in his photographs. There were many shots that I would have never thought to ask him to take, but because of his professionalism and experience he provided these pictures for us. Most importantly, Brian captured the moments that happen so quickly.. but that I will remember forever. Because of his talent, I have photos of my mom trying not to cry as I step into my dress, my grandmother giggling with the woman who was doing her make up, my groom's first teary look at me, and so much more. You are a lucky couple if you get to book Brian for your wedding!

Brian did a marvelous job on our wedding and engagement photos. He is very patient and easy to work…read morewith. He had many great ideas for both sessions. We love the way our photos turned out!

HANDS DOWN one of the best Rockford photographers ever. If you don't have a appointment to shoot…read morewith Chris--GET ONE. You can even check his IG/Facebook page to see how awesome there are. One of the most down to earth and easily to work with photographer out there!

Chris is AMAZING! He puts you in the moment and makes you feel comfortable to make real candid…read morephotos. I explained my style and ideas to Chris and he was able to pick out two locations for our engagement photos- both of which I could not have loved more. The engagement and wedding photos were beautiful and really captured who we are as a couple. Highly highly recommend!!

We unfortunately have had such a terrible experience with Vanessa Yoss Photography. Starting with…read moreour engagement photos, she was very unresponsive and took forever to get our photos to us. She wouldn't answer emails back, then would make something up and say she would get them to us tomorrow, then the next day, the next day, the next week, and so on. We had to beg and feel like we had to start relaying our anger in our emails to her in order to get a response, which made me feel very anxious and added a lot of stress to an already rather stressful time in our lives. We also felt awkward in our photos, she is not a photographer that loosens you up or felt down to earth working with/ helped us feel natural in our poses or photos. There was a lack of creativity or effort to look around for good spots to pose us in, basically she will take a photo where you are standing and not do much else than that. We also were not a fan of her photo editing, feeling the lighting and filters she uses made us look extremely washed out and pale. However, we know that is just our taste and opinion and maybe other people might like that or disagree. Then for our wedding, we paid for 2 photographers and only had one show up. Nothing was said to us on our wedding day about it - (because she just wanted to focus on keeping things positive, which is understandable!) - but after that she still continued to never to bring it up or address it with us. Hm, seems fishy. Finally, THREE weeks after our wedding I sent her an email asking about it, and it wasn't until I brought it up then did she respond. I now wonder if I never asked would she have ever brought it up, or was she hoping we forgot and she could just overcharge us for her services. She said something popped up and the 2nd photographer cancelled. We said we understand emergencies happen, and kindly asked if we could just refund the cost of the 2nd photographer since we didn't receive that service, and we felt like there was a ton of shots missed from our wedding day after we got them. She replied back trying to instead offer another photoshoot or wall prints. We said we were not interested in those things and asked just to work out a refund. She then fell unresponsive again and wouldn't get back to us. After bothering her with a few more emails she responded saying "I don't think I have room to adjust the pricing", and again tried offering more prints. We again said we just fairness and want to work out a refund - finally she decided she will only refund us $200. At this time she had Silver, Gold, and Platinum packages. We paid $2800 for the gold package: Gold: 10 hours of coverage + 2 photographers = $2,800 Silver: 8 hours of coverage + 1 photographer= $1,900 $200 to refund 10 hours of coverage for the entire 2nd photographer, although the difference between these two packages is $900. We are so disappointed in Vanessa's practices and treatment to us, we wish we had any insight into her tactics before we booked her, and we feel so bummed and scammed by her. We see she has now removed reviews from her Facebook page, and altogether removed wedding services from her website, which leads me to believe this can't be the first negative situation she's created with her clients. What are you hiding or trying to avoid coming to light by hiding reviews? We are calm, realistic and understanding average people, we are not trying to be dramatic or exaggerate this story. We share this out of hope it can protect anyone else out there looking for a fair or positive experience in photographing a big or momentous occasion in their life.

Ryan was our photographer for our September 2024 wedding. He was amazing! Easy to work with,…read moredown-to-earth, flexible, gave great suggestions and was open to ideas to help make the photos reflect our personality and our wedding. We are so thankful that we found the right photographer to work with us and capture our day. Plus he got our photos back to us quickly (~10 days!!!!) so that we had them available when we returned from our honeymoon. Plus the price was great - at no time did I think we were being overcharged or questioning what we would/wouldn't receive. The photos speak for themselves and I'm so proud of the photos that we will be able to display and share with others.

Ryan captured our outdoor wedding day perfectly from beginning to end. He was a joy to work with,…read morehad amazing rates for the stellar work that he does and we are so glad we selected him as our photographer because we have the most beautiful photos to keep forever. He gets it. Super talented, professional, kind, 10/10, highly recommend.

Simply AMAZING to work with! From start to finish Christine was fabulous. The kids were laughing so…read moremuch, jokes about poop work everytime!

Working with Christine and Justin was so much fun! Our whole family enjoyed their time with them!…read moreWe hired them for an extended family session, and just could not wait to share a raving review! Especially after reading the review on here! Our experience was nothing but seamless. Christine answered all our questions, helped with our outfits, and they both made the kids laugh! Which isn't easy some times (you know kids!) Would would HIGHLY recommend this fabulous team for any photos you may need! They are professional, fun & always there to help with anything you may have a question on. Hire them! They are fabulous, I repeat you will NOT regret it!

My band used Ryan for some photographs at a big show we had. Their photos came out so great and…read morenailed the vibe we were going for. We're shooting some promo pics with them tomorrow and I am so excited because I know they'll kill it.

If you are looking for photos, you NEED Ryan! One of the best in the business and definitely in the…read morecity. So kind, so supportive, very communicative, and the quality of photos is TOP NOTCH. Ryan photographed my band (tenmonthsummer) at our first show ever and to this day one of those photos is my computer background. Their pricing is extremely reasonable given how good the photos are. We didn't make any special requests for coloring or B&W because we trust Ryan's vision, but I'm sure they would be able to accommodate anything reasonable. With how good Ryan's photos turn out, we HAD to use them again for one of our biggest shows ever opening for national touring act from Australia, Trophy Eyes. In this review you can see some of their photos from that show. They speak for themselves. Mind you, Ryan is also a student and is balancing that life with their photography career, so for this show Ryan gave us a heads up that the full shot list would be a little longer, but still gave us a handful of amazing selects THE NEXT DAY so we had something for socials. Once again, I cannot speak higher of how professional and excellent Ryan's work and partnership are. We WILL be using Ryan again and I strongly recommend you take the leap if you haven't!

Romulo did such an amazing job with our family's photo shoot! He loves what he does and it shows in…read morethe quality of his photos. He was very responsive when listening to what we were hoping to achieve and found an option that fit our budget. We had a few travel and medical schedules that caused a reschedule, but he was very considerate and understanding when we spoke a few weeks ahead of time. He wore a mask for our session and appropriately socially distanced (much appreciated during COVID times with family members of all ages). He travels light, which really speaks to his ability and talent to get incredible shots, both formal and candid. Will heartily and happily recommend him to friends and family.

We used Ueda photography for our wedding, and are so happy we did. Romulo was extremely wonderful…read moreto work with, and made photos a breeze. Romulo spent the day with us and did an incredible job capturing not only the memories of the day but also the emotions. He was with us for all of the important moments of the day, yet never in the way; he captured moments we didn't even realize he was there for. We're so thrilled we have his photos to look back at to remember our day by. We were extremely impressed with how our photos turned out, and could not recommend Romulo more!

Think twice before you book this company. They photographed my daughter's wedding and There isn't…read moreONE photo of my daughter and I - which is a super important and valued shot. Mother and daughter. WHAT? The photos they took are so average in scope and quality. SO disappointed. We had "the wife" as our photographer and she was all about the groom's family - taking many pictures of that family. When it came to MY family - and I was paying for the service she was stingy and did not take the "money shots". There was very little creativity in the pictures, either. Very stagnant posing.... It's a moment that has come and gone and can never be replicated. Thank GOD I had friends and family that took very artistic photos of the day. Surprised this company is still in business...and the photography on their website is deceiving.

I was the best man in a wedding and our original photographer Ruben Ramos was a no show. We called…read moreup Solko among many others and they got a photographer out to us in less then a half hour. On top of that the Photographer Dan did an A+ job, I can't give them enough praise!