Brigette did an absolutely fantastic job photographing my wedding this summer! My husband picked her, and I was slightly skeptical since her prices were a bit higher than others I'd seen. That is until I saw her gallery...at which point I was FLOORED! Each photo is truly a gorgeous work of art. Brigette works hard long after your event to make all the colors and composition perfect. She will make you, all your guests, and your setting look totally amazing. Her specialty is really capturing the spirit of an offbeat wedding, from group shots to small inanimate details. And she's especially good at food porn! I added a couple of my favorite shots she did for us here. (Pics 17, 18) Furthermore, she is an all-around awesome wedding guest herself, and all of our friends loved her. She and my Mom almost adopted each other. Pick Brigette for your wedding too! Outer Focus is worth every penny! read more

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My fiancee and I hired Outer Focus (Brigette Sullivan) to shoot our engagement session in October 2010. The session was fun - although I remember thinking at the time that it was I who was coming up with the creative shots (heart-shadow, our dogs in the background/us in the foreground), I mean isn't the photographer the creative one? Anyway... It was an hour later that we realized we were being duped. Let me explain. We completed the session, I handed over my (comparatively speaking) high payment in cash, and as I asked when I could expect a disc with the digital images, Brigette declared that we don't get any photos. We were floored. I'll say it again: We didn't get ANY photos. You would think for the amount we paid, we would get the digital images, but no. What we "got" was an option to BUY prints, complete with the Outer Focus watermark! So for $300, we came away with nothing. No photos, no digital images, nothing. Sure, Brigette's time and equipment has value and it's not a question of paying for it, it's the fact that we received nothing in return. We immediately regretted our experience with Outer Focus. We also immediately thought it was shrewd of Brigette to inform us of her "policy" only AFTER we paid. Had we known that we would not get any digital images we never would have worked with Brigette. To make things worse, attempts to work things out with Brigette and discuss our concerns have been ignored. In the months that followed, we spoke with nearly a dozen professional photographers and not a single one withholds the digital images from their customer. If you are looking for a photographer with sub-par creativity, high rates, inept customer service, and deceptive policies, than Brigette is your girl. I wouldn't recommend Outer Focus and Brigette Sullivan to anyone. read more

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.Yes. This is what you should say when you ask yourself if you should book Brigette for your next event that involves photography. We used Brigette for our wedding and engagement photos and we were BLOWN AWAY. She is a true expert in her art. My husband ( fiance at the time) are not big picture people. We are NOT the couple that has a bazillion photos of ourselves in our home (neither of us on our Facebook, so no need to post pictures either) but we did want to capture the memories of our engagement on film. We were familiar with Brigett's work through a coworker of mine who had used her for his wedding , as well as other personal events. Even before I was engaged, I knew I wanted Brigette to be our photographer. Her work speaks for itself. So when it was time for our engagement shoot, we were both a little nervous. ( A beer or 2 before helped). Brigette made us feel at ease, as if we were not taking photos, but just hanging out and talking. We met and were engaged at the California Clipper, so this is where our shoot took place. We has SO much fun, the time just flew by. Brigette came up with great ideas for poses and looks for different shots. Her eye for detail is amazing. She just gets it. When we received our photos we were blown away. She captured "us". Through photos, she captured our personalities, who we are as a couple and how much we are in love. Let me tell you, that is not something just anyone can do. But Brigette does it well, very well. As for our wedding, we really wanted to limit the number of posed shots of family members. We were more interested in capturing the moments that we would most likely not see. We wanted to remember the little details and the guests, not shots of our families that we will see for the rest of our lives. While we have only seen a few photos from our wedding, we look forward to seeing the rest. We KNOW that Brigette did a brilliant job. I will be sure to update once we receive the final photographs. Brigette listens and understands what you want. She is not pushy or arrogant. She is simply the best at what she does. read more

My first experience with Brigette was through a roller derby photo shoot. As soon as I was in front of the camera she had me immediately at ease and ready to rock & roll. When I saw the results and delved into her previous work I was completely hooked and began following all of her concert shoots (seriously, have you seen how well she captures color and light? It's unreal). Fast forward to an engagement and she was the first and only choice for us as a photographer. Seriously. We chose our wedding date based on her availability and let the venue/caterer/etc fall into place after. We cannot be the easiest clients to work with- we are super laid back and really have issues scheduling and organizing things. We are also fairly private and often joke about being socially awkward penguins but she was able to effortlessly capture our love for each other and how we are when we are together... truly happy. She was completely open to all of our random ideas and went above and beyond to get on board with a (in retrospect) very logistically nuts wedding day without blinking an eye. Our wedding/engagement are almost 2 years in the past and even now looking through the photos makes us completely take pause and reflect on all of the little details that you try so hard to remember but invariably slip through the cracks. That's not just talent, that is a gift. read more

Brigette shot our engagement and civil union pics and we couldn't be happier. She does a great job of catching the moment and, if posed, giving you tips on how to show your best side. Our engagement pics turned out fantastic and we even have a 'brag book' to share. We can't wait to have one for our wedding too. It's too soon after our ceremony to have ALL of the pics back, but she was really fast in getting us 8 pics that we could send off to family and friends right away. read more

Bridget is an AMAZING talent, professional, and very friendly. I would not hesitate to use her talents for any event or pics I needed, and gladly recommend her to my friends who need a wedding photographer with a sense of creativity and mad skills. read more

I am convinced if it wasn't for Brigette's expertise my daughter would not have gotten accepted into a respected talent agency. She is extremely friendly and my daughter who is very timid, warmed up to her right away. Brigette makes the subject comfortable during the session and the way she jazzes up the final product is amazing. We have hired Outer Focus twice and the first time my daughter had a bruise that Brigette magically removed. The layout for the composite card was impressive. We had no idea what we were doing but trusted her, her experience & we were not disappointed! We will use her again & again. read more

So now that our babies are almost 8 months old, it's time to hire Outer Focus again. Brigette took the most breathtaking photos of the girls when they were two weeks old - we used them in our announcement and every family member has framed copies of many of the shots. Brigette will be hnadling the formal portraits for the holiday cards, as well as some shots of me that will be a gift to my husband for Christmas. I just cannot say enough about her professionalism, talent and eye. I will probably never have anyone else shoot photos of my family... Now for the dogs!!! read more

As a writer and publisher of ChicagoStageReview, I always love it when a presskit comes in full of images by Outer Focus Photos. When is comes to live-action photos, especially music candids, there is not a better photographer working today than Brigette Supernova -- not Charles Peterson, not Jenny Lens. If you have a band and you want to look like a world class act, use this world class photographer. If you are hosting any sort of event that requires the services of a photographer and you want everybody to look like total rockstars, hire Outer Focus Photos. Brigette Supernova, able to switch aesthetics to suit any occasion, takes wedding shots that are every bit as elegant as her rock candids are energetic. Her catalog and menu shots make eyes dilate and mouths water. I cannot fathom why anyone would bother with some unknown-quantity-with-a-camera when they can hire an established, well respected artist like Brigette Supernova of Outer Focus Photos. read more