My husband and I cannot say enough wonderful things about Michael and his fantastic work. From the…read morevery first meeting, it was clear we were working with a true professional. Michael put us completely at ease and was easily able to help us identify what we wanted - even though walking in, we had no clue! On our wedding day, he was able to deftly navigate the chaos and got so many unexpected, beautiful, silly, candid, memorable shots. Aside from the amazing photos, we felt we had made a true friend in the process and are wishing him the very best down in Texas!

It is almost 11 years after my wedding and I STILL think of Michael as a good family friend even…read morethough I haven't seen him since then - he played such a critical part of our whole wedding experience. From the moment we met him, we felt so comfortable, which is hard when you are not used to being in front of a camera so much. He got to know us which allows him to beautifully capture our family in photos that we now share with our children and friends. I would recommend Michael J. Charles to anyone and everyone that is getting married!!

If you want a contagious personality who is going to make you look flawless in your photos while…read morehaving tons of fun, Jessica is your girl. I work side by side with so many great photographers and Jessica is not only seriously talented, she is great to be around. My fiancé and I are not good at photos, we feel awkward, and she made us look like models. A family member wasn't smiling big enough and she does this silly little shoulder shrug and says "I will dance for smiles". That photo turned out amazing! She makes you feel so confident in front of the camera and really got us to open up and show off our true selves for the best photos I have ever seen. Do not skimp on your photographer. These are moments you will cherish forever. She caught moments that I didn't even know that happened and they make my heart melt.

This review is long overdue. Jessica was our wedding photographer (2013) she is sweet, energetic &…read moreoverall professional. We enjoyed every single step from our engagement photo shoot to the day of our wedding. Everyone who sees our wedding pictures asks us about who took our pictures they stay amazed how amazing they are. We don't regret choosing Jessica Frey every penny was worth it and now the precious memories of our wedding will remain forever captured. Thank you Jessica for being professional and fun to work with we received our pictures promptly no waiting around.

Sharla took family portraits for us this past year and they are BY FAR my favorite portraits we've…read moreever had. She was picked the perfect location and has us all at ease and laughing through the process. She captured all of our personalities and us a family so well. She is a real talent, highly recommend!

Photos with Santa - absolutely phenomenal. Wonderful experience. Sharla knocked it outta the park…read more She captured the emotion of a first Christmas.

Let me just start by saying that we LOVE Carrie Biggar! She is the BEST baby and family…read morephotographer in the greater Austin area. Carrie takes such great care in working with babies. She has such a gentle nature and truly captures such precious moments. She is such a beautiful person! We love seeing her and working with her just as much as we love the amazing pictures that she takes! We have worked with Carrie for both of our son's baby step pictures and also now our oldest son's 2 year pictures. They are AMAZING. Most of the time we purchase the entire session of pictures because we can't narrow down our favorites. Carrie is so very talented! I highly recommend Carrie Biggar for your family pictures!

Working with Gretchen was so easy. She was on time and helped direct us during the whole photo…read moreshoot. She was great with my 2yo and helped get her to pose, smile, and stay calm during a long session. I highly recommend her services!

Gretchen was the perfect photographer for our wedding! We wanted someone who would really catch the…read morespecial moments. Who could take a beautiful staged photo, but also capture the "real" wedding moments (the secret smiles and killer dance moves!) She was the only photographer at our wedding and didn't miss a beat. She even let us add extra hours to our wedding package so that she would get the late night reception shenanigans. Her wedding package fit easily within our budget and we have recommended her too many of our friends and family! Our photos were released to us in a timely manner, and they were all GORGEOUS! We couldn't be happier with her work! I will without a doubt ask her to do my pregnancy and family photos in the future! I am so glad she was able to be a part of our special day.

Christopher is a very talented photographer and truly knows good art. He's had years of experience…read moreand knows exactly how to make you feel comfortable in any situation. He's funny and easy going; highly recommend for artistic, or modeling photographs.

Mollie is such a sweet person and I am so glad I hired her to take my bridal portraits and…read morephotograph our wedding. We cannot thank Mollie enough for how beautifully she captured our day. Rain threatened our outdoor ceremony all week, but we were lucky enough that it held off for our outdoor ceremony. Even through the clouds, Mollie managed to capture the sunlight and make our ceremony pictures glow. She asked me to send her a list of portraits I wanted to make sure we got on the wedding day and she made sure to take care of all of them. The portraits went so smoothly because Mollie was so patient with our huge, crazy family. We hardly noticed Mollie and her second photographer (also conveniently named Mollie) during the day. They made sure to give everyone their space while catching some of the best moments of the day. Mollie posted our sneak peek blog post while we were on our honeymoon and had our entire gallery of pictures to us within 2 weeks! I was definitely going through wedding withdrawals and kept looking at the same grainy iPhone pictures from our friends trying to re-live the day when Mollie's e-mail popped up in my inbox saying our photos were ready. Happy day! The photos made me laugh & tear up remembering all the crazy fun we had and seeing some funny moments we missed. Mollie is the best there is! She's not only talented, but she's one of the nicest people in the wedding biz! If you want stunning photos you can't wait to show to the world, hire Bloom Photography :)

Mollie was amazing! And her photos were even better, if you can imagine. Our outdoor wedding was…read moreforced inside because of rain, and I really thought that the pictures weren't going to have any warmth because of it, but Mollie was able to capture every bit of light possible. Somehow she managed to get pictures in the heart of everything without actually being in the middle of everything. I can't say enough about Mollie and Bloom Photography. Hire her!

3/20/19 UPDATED REVIEW for 11/18/18 Wedding at Mercury Hall in Austin, TX: James was over 1.5 hours…read morelate to our event (missing all of our first look photos at the Van Zandt) and showed up seeming to be under the influence of drugs/alcohol. He was ultimately asked to leave after our wedding ceremony, because he was such a mess and his "assistant" was no help either. To this day, James has not provided an executed contract after multiple requests for one. Probably because he does not want to be held accountable. We should have seen James' lack of communication as a red flag, and honestly regret moving forward with him as our photographer. James has an endless amount of excuses for every single one of his mess ups when working with him. James can try to give excuses and claim he was not stumbling around during our wedding ceremony, but unfortunately we have 94 wedding guests as firsthand witnesses to his sloppy unprofessionalism. During our wedding ceremony, James was stumbling around and tripping over bushes. Not because there were uneven stones, but because he was trampling around in the landscaping. It was even distracting for me, the bride. James could not walk without stumbling, so during our ring exchange he planted himself crisscross applesauce in the middle of the aisle with his elbows on his knees in an attempt to stabilize himself. After my groom and I shared our kiss, we began to turn to walk down the aisle and there's James still planted in the aisle. We had to awkwardly stand there smiling waiting for him to register what was going on and get off the ground. He then proceeded to hobble along in front of us with his back to us (not taking any photos) as we exited down the aisle. We tried to give him the benefit of the doubt to shoot our ceremony even after he was arguing with us 10min before our ceremony was to begin, because he wanted us to push back our wedding ceremony 30min so he could try to capture sunset photos on an overcast day at dusk. My eldest brother had to ask James to step out of our suite because James had me in tears minutes before I was supposed to walk down the aisle. James was asked to leave our wedding because it was upsetting for us just to be around him/interact with him. He could barely carry a conversation. The reason there was one wedding guest with a DSLR taking photos during our ceremony is because I had to call one of my best friends to ask her to bring her camera to the ceremony when James informed us 30min before he was supposed to arrive that he would be would be an hour and a half late. I was in full hair and make-up in tears, because I was having to worry about whether or not our wedding photographer was going to show up. The 194 photos James finally sent us aren't like the photos in his portfolio. His photos were unedited, burst shots, out of focus. Incredibly sloppy work that he took over two weeks to give to us. We were able to salvage a total of FIVE photos. James missed the entire procession. James may have had some good moments as a photographer, but our unfortunate experience is also what he is capable of. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT take the risk in hiring him. James was not harassed or accused of anything other than being unprofessional, dishonest, and a complete disappointment. Note his Yelp review from Marty S. on 9/6/18 where he did a NO CALL NO SHOW to a wedding. I've contacted that bride and she confirmed James was fired from Bellagala after not showing to her wedding.

If you are looking for a 5-Star Professional Photographer, I highly recommend you give a call to…read moreJames. James was our photographer for our client appreciation dinner party at the SFO Airport Marriott. Our clients were older adults (age 55 and up). I asked James to take holiday photos of each guest and then work his magic as our event photographer throughout the night. Jame's shot list included clients, candid photos, high impact dancers during performance, and many group photos that our CEO & each table greatly enjoyed. James was very approachable and gave great directions when each client went to take their holiday photos. Most importantly, James was very flexible and proactive in capturing the evening' moment as I was running around. Throughout the entire event, James was very communicative - always replying to my emails - and offered his tips/advice in setting up our photo area. On the day of the event, he knew the event schedule and when/where he needed to be to capture the moments. Lastly, James was on time, professional, easy to work with, and extremely flexible. Our photos were edited and uploaded onto Google Drive & given a thumb drive. THANK YOU JAMES! We look forward to working with you for our future projects.