Bald One and I were remiss in setting up newborn shots and as every day passed, Baby D was growing…read morebigger and bigger and less newborn-like. The time was nigh for us to hire a professional baby photographer to capture her small-ish state before she turned gargantuan or graduated from high school. Enter Colleen White Photography! After picking out a few photographers in the Jersey City/Hoboken area that had great work displayed on their websites, I sent the short list to Bald One. He immediately began using his superior Excel spreadsheet skills [[smirk]] to map out pricing of prints and albums and digital photos...after much crunching (for him) and munching (for me, mama gets hungry!!!) we both agreed that Colleen offered the best packages and a la carte options for the best value and as an added bonus, she had been my first choice anyway. :) Colleen showed up at our house promptly with all her props and equipment, and at first, we had a rough time getting 3-month-old Baby D to cooperate. She was sleepy. She was fussy. She was cranky. She was a grump. We fed her, changed her, and rocked her. Took a few pics. Then she was sleepy, fussy, and grumpy again. Repeat. We ended up taking a bunch of photos in our apartment in different locations, including on our deck. Colleen had creative ideas for various shots and she came prepared with plenty of headbands and wraps to complete Baby D's look! :) She probably spent about 2-2.5 hours with us in our apartment. I had said earlier that I wanted to go to Hamilton Park to take outdoor family pictures, but Baby D was threatening to sleep again after all the activity. Colleen suggested that we let her sleep and then text her to meet us in the park when she was up. I was floored by her flexibility and kindness. It was a Friday night, after all. We met Colleen in the park and finished up our shoot. Soon afterwards, we received a teaser and the digital proofs to review. When it came time to choose photos, she brought prints of the digital proofs to our house and together, we put them in piles and rank-ordered the ones to use in the album and prints. It was such a personalized process and as a result, we have images that we will cherish forever!!!! Thank you, Colleen! Baby D's grandparents stare at her canvas wrap photo every day! And we love showing off her album. :)

She is awesome!!! Really takes her time to work to get the perfect shot!! And my 1 year old son…read moreloves her too!!!

Megan was the Photographer for our wedding in Key West earlier this year and she did an amazing…read morejob. We were looking for a photographer that didn't really take posed shots but would just work our event and take pictures in the moment ( candid photos ). Her photos are unique and tell a story and she was so nice that people thought we had been friends for years. It was actually really funny that we had to explain to our guests that we met the day before, again and again, all night long. Megan used to be a resident of Key West and will do events in Key West and Fairfield, CT where she currently lives. FYI - Steve Torrence was our officiant and can be found in Key West as well. Megan and Steve have been doing wedding together for years and this really helps because they work great together.

Meghan is a very experienced and talented photographer for weddings and beyond. Her professional…read moretraining quickly became apparent to us following our engagement photo shoot. Meghan offered to doctor some of the photos and wowed us with her ability to make parked cars and signs disappear. Meghan quickly put us at ease during the engagement shoot. Her friendly nature served to eliminate much of the potential awkwardness associated with holding long kiss poses in front of a stranger. The engagement shoot served as a great way to build rapport with her before the wedding day. On the wedding day Meghan was punctual, efficient, and effective. She did a great job managing the family and wedding party portraits following the ceremony and even gained us some time on our schedule. During the ceremony and reception, she was autonomous and captured great photos of us, our families, and friends. Meghan delivered a whopping 1400+ photos eight weeks after the wedding. She provided a link to the photo gallery for us to share with loved ones along with a downloadable directory of the uncompressed files. For beautiful journalistic shots and a pleasant, professional and fun end to end experience, choose MEC Images for your wedding!

She came into our home to take portraits of my husband and I, along with our three fur babies. Her…read morework made us relaxed and comfortable. She even got the most amazing expressions from our pups! The pictures were so fresh and beautiful! We highly recommend!!

Jolie was excellent--very professional and easy to work with. And her photos are amazing! She also…read moreknows the Charleston area very well, so she's been to the wedding venues and knows where to get the best shots. Hire her! She did our wedding and we were very impressed.

Madi is incredible!! She cooked the most amazing meal for one of the nights at my best friend's…read morebachelorette. We had a couple of food allergies but Madi was able to accommodate all of them. She even baked a delicious GF matcha cake because the bride loves matcha! Madi also helped decorate the table beautifully and made sure every detail was taken care of. It truly was the highlight of the weekend!

Coming from Florida for a bachelorette weekend, a cooking class sounded like a fun activity to…read morebond. Madi, our teacher, made it an experience we'll never forget. Not only was she knowledgeable and entertaining but she was so patient handling all eight of us in her kitchen. Beautiful attention to detail everything was set up with intention. Thank you Madi!

We had a celebration of life at The Rutledge room 8/30/2026. From start to finish everything was…read moresmooth and flawless. Becca was our sales rep, and she was helpful, sympathetic, and had options for us to choose from. On the day of the event, Jenn was the venue coordinator. Jenn had all the tables set and ready to go and was helpful when we had more to add. The Hamby team that worked our event was kind, compassionate, and ready to jump in anywhere we needed. From the video to AV to music, we had no issues throughout the entire event. The Hamby food was just as amazing as the staff. We couldn't have picked a better location to celebrate my father. Thank You to all that made this day a success.

My daughter signed up for a week long summer camp and that began yesterday at Flip! The location…read morewas a little tricky to find, only because it was tucked away at the end of a dead end road, but other than that, this place is huge and has lots of stuff for the kids to train on. The summer camp has about 25 kids with 3 instructors and 3 assistants, so there are plenty of people watching the children learn and train. My daughter attends another Flip! on ARR during the school year, but this location seems to be bigger. Overall, very happy with the camp and this location. Camp lasts from 9am - 4pm, and she was all talkative about her day and all the fun things that she did with her instructors.

Incredible staff that genuinely care about teaching the kiddos the fundamentals to gymnastics. We…read moreare so glad we have found this gem and have been taking our daughter for almost a year now

Maryann came in to help plan the late stages of my daughters Mother's Day wedding. To give you a…read morelittle background my daughter and son-in-law were the ones making the majority of the arrangements and my husband and I contributed the finances. Unfortunately my daughter had to have emergency brain surgery in March and my son-in-laws Mother had some preexisting health issues that landed her in the ICU off and on for the 6 weeks leading up to the wedding. Needless to say I started to feel overwhelmed with all of these unexpected health issues and a wedding in 6 weeks. I contacted a wedding planner that a friend suggested and over a period of a week tried to get in touch with her. When I wasn't able to make a connection with her I panicked and started searching through Charleston Magazine for event/wedding planners and found The Event Cooperative. I called Maryann and from the moment I started sharing my story I knew everything was going to be fine. Maryann made herself available to meet with us right away, immediately contacted the vendors we had already secured and started making arrangements to fill in the holes we had left. She quickly picked up on what was important to the bride and groom and what they had envisioned for their big day. She communicated flawlessly with everyone involved and set the tone for a beautiful day. To top it all off we had a tropical storm headed to Charleston in the days leading up to the wedding, the grooms grandfather passed away within days of the wedding and the grooms mother was readmitted to ICU 5 days before the wedding. It's still hard for me to believe but I was never concerned about the wedding from the moment Maryann came in to the picture. The couple ended up having two ceremonies that weekend...one on Saturday in the ICU at Roper Hospital with just immediate family and one as originally planned on Mother's Day with all their guests. Maryann was amazing and her assistance allowed the bride and groom and the entire extended family to enjoy spending time together and celebrating their marriage even in the midst of some very difficult days. Thanks Maryann! We truly can't thank you enough!

As the Executive Director for a nonprofit organization I would highly recommend The Event…read moreCooperative. I could not have picked a better planner to help us with our fundraising events. Maryann exceeds my expectations with everything she does for my organization. She meets with me as often as I feel is needed and is always prompt when answering e-mails or phone calls. Through the process of working together she has found amazingly supportive vendors that come back and offer their support year after year. Maryann has helped me more than words can express! Her eye is always on the bottom line and has pulled beautiful events together for us under budget. She plans our events and implements things I would never have thought of, from lighting, to linens, to set-up, even down to the smallest of details! She has planned high-end themed events for us, which included a 14 piece band and needless to say her set-up was breathtaking. Maryann is extremely friendly, professional, and SO creative! She is amazing at her job and I unreservedly recommend Maryann Hoyt of The Event Cooperative for any special event planning needs you may have!!