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!

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 brother used Mindy Joy Photography for his engagement and wedding photography. Mindy was very…read morenice and professional. She had a list of photographs that the bride and groom wanted to take and she was very efficient and got through them all very quickly. She went with the bridal party to a local park to take pictures before the wedding. Mindy and the other photographer were very nice and easy to get along with. The most amazing part was that she was done processing the photos and were available on her website within a week!!! The pictures turned out great and everyone was very happy with them. I highly recommend Mindy Joy Photography!

Mindy is an incredible photographer. She always makes me feel at home and not like my picture is…read morebeing taken. Her humor and kindness is one of a kind. She always captures the perfect photo the one you felt and relive that feeling when you look at the image. She knows all of the best spots for any time of day or weather condition. From rockford to Iowa, Chicago, or wisconsin. She's done it all! 10/10 always would 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.

We hired Kaia for our engagement and wedding photos. She was wonderful! She is so professional and…read morerelaxed at the same time, I really never worried about a thing with her behind the camera capturing our day. I was especially impressed by how many moments she was able to capture. She got them all. The finished set of photos are so wonderful and beautifully captured. Kaia works fast and always got photos to us in the timeframe she originally told us to expect.

Super fun personality!!! Cares about each individual like they're her own, and finds the beautiful…read morecandid moments! She's a gem, I would recommend her 10-fold!

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!!