Do not waste your time in Sweet Pea Studios. I had a bad feeling when I booked since all their reviews were very old (yrs old), I should have listened to my gut. This has been the most difficult business that I have had to deal with during such a difficult time (postpartum and medical conditions). It has been blatantly obvious that she has no good faith effort in doing business with us and to the point its just unethical and unprofessional. I have tried really hard to work with Krystal Culpepper and gone above and beyond because $400 is a lot of money for us and it's just not fair. She is either too busy or doesn't care because she have already been paid 65% of total amount. Krystal has shown zero professionalism, been unreliable and has shown a lack of good faith effort in your business practices. Krystal purposely taking advantage of situation and acting maliciously since she got mostly paid already. Krytal emailed me that we have breached contract for not paying 3 days in advance of session date is ridiculous business sense. She wanted us to blindly pay her when we received zero communications. 1. I booked our May 10 session on March 19th 2024 and heard NOTHING proactive from her since then. No follow up on needs, preferences, types of pictures we wanted, locations, where to meet, confirm time, nothing. Only the automatic payment reminders that have always had the wrong due dates since starting to do business with you in July 2023. a. I had to follow up with Krystal on May 1st to confirm time since I never got final confirmation with accurate time. b. I again, followed up with Krystal on May 9 to confirm, location we should meet, what to bring, etc. No response. c. In all these exchanges, Krystal Culpepper didn't even bother as a business courtesy, to remind payment was due AND be professional and finalize details. Krsytal Culpepper purposely waited until noon the day of our session day to cancel on us. I can go one, before this session, I had inquired about rescheduling session and after telling her that never mind, I will keep my original session because I sensed how difficult it was going to be... Krystal said she would accommodate to my time but ended up limiting 4 out of 7 days and blocking her calendar after I had pulled available dates from her calendar. Mind you, this was a family session that we had to settle because she wouldn't refund us our newborn session deposit. Or, how Krystal texted me the morning of our schedule newborn session date to cancel due to her medical reasons and were later told her return date was unknown but our newborn reservation fee of 50% was non-refundable. We had to mourn the fact that we were not going to be newborn pictures with our last baby as we could not afford to schedule another session despite the fact that SHE cancelled on us and were UNABLE to provide services. Instead, she "offered" us to reschedule our newborn session, how do you reschedule a newborn session when your baby is already three months old? Even though the contract said "newborn session reservation fee." She said she offering to transfer to another type of session ??!?!?! After she breached the contract. She refuses to refund us our "newborn session reservation fee," that she was unable to provide services and zero services have been provided--my baby is now 7.5 months old. read more

Every year we have our family photo shoot with Krystal and every year I forget to tell how happy we are. I love her detail, organization and thoroughness. She is extra sensitive to lighting and time of day. I'm reminded, constantly, that our holiday card was top notch, again and again. Thank you for making us look good! I need to schedule out next one. read more

This was the best investment I have ever made! Krystal is an extremely talented photographer, who for two hours expertly and thoughtfully photographed and cared for our baby as we sat back and enjoyed all the cuteness! Our photos turned out absolutely amazing and beautiful. I can not recommend sweet pea studios enough! Thank you Krystal and team!!! read more

Krystal did our sons newborn photos last year in her studio and his one year/family photos this year at a local park. She's amazing. The photos she captures are great and she makes the experience fun and enjoyable. She's super sweet and VERY talented. I highly recommend her for any photo needs you have. I also love that she gives you the rights to all digital copies of photos, makes it easy! read more

Paid over $400 dollars for not a single usable picture of my son. Avoid, there are better options.

My daughter has been using Sweet Pea Studios for years now, which means this grandma benefits from all the amazing photos!! I've got them framed all over the house. The time she takes with her newborn photos is especially awesome. Krystal is always open to whatever locations you'd like for your sessions and welcomes personal props as well. I look forward to her photos of my grandkids each year!! read more

What a great experience my family just had with Krystal at Sweet Pea Studios! We are new to the northern Virginia area and we were desperately looking for a great photographer to photograph our newborn. We were worried because the recommended time period for a newborn photoshoot is within 5-10 days of the baby being born. Our little girl arrived 9 days early so were scrambling to find a great photographer for a reasonable price, and who would really give you your money's worth when it came to a great experience and also being able to HAVE your photos and the digital versions without any back and forth or added cost. Krystal provided all of that and more! So many photographers nickel and dime you for everything and you feel like you're buying a wedding photographer with the prices getting so out of hand. It was nice to have someone with her quality of work that wasn't trying to bleed you dry. Also, Krystal's super inviting personality made us feel right at home, even though we were new to all of this, being first time parents. She has an in home studio which made the entire photo shoot feel warm and cozy and our little girl didn't even cry the entire session! Krystal is super talented with her photography and doesn't make you feel bad when your baby pees, poops or even pukes during the photoshoot...she takes care of it all and even expects it, so you aren't as embarrassed as you might expect. All in all, I would recommend her to anyone who's looking to get newborn photos done and even as the baby gets older and family photo sessions. She was so great and I look forward to working with her again in the future! -Beth C read more

We have been using Krystal for the past 7 years. She has seen our oldest turn 1, captured our youngest in newborn photos and first birthday photos, captured joint family photos with my brother and his family that I gave to my parents as a gift (first time my parents had a photo of my brother and I done in probably 20 years), and captured yearly family photos since 2010. I wouldn't trust my family photos with anyone else. My girls love "Ms. Krystal" and look forward to our sessions each year. Krystal is amazing at what she does and is so easy to work with. She lets the girls play and captures them in natural poses and reactions. When my youngest didn't want to smile this fall, Krystal took advantage of the fallen leaves and started throwing leaves in the air and got her to smile. She knows how to connect with her subjects and we have so many wonderful photos because of it. I have recommended her to so many families and will continue to do so. read more