Shay is very personable and creative! I loved our experience and I felt like she took time with us,…read moreour pictures were as important to her as us! Thank you Shay!

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Sarah is dishonest, do not recommend! Here are the facts:…read more-Engagement photo turn around 17 weeks -Wedding gallery turn around 14 weeks (website states 6-8weeks) -Never received wedding sneak peek as was in contract -Photos of children and vendors we saw taken not included in gallery and "missing" when inquired -Reached out multiple times via text, phone, and email for updates. Sarah would eventually respond after several attempts with an excuse. Typically a week turnaround time for a response. However if you follow her on Instagram she posts frequently her workouts, building furniture, pub crawl, vacations, drinking coffee, nannying etc but apparently no time to edit photos or respond to clients. In addition, she double booked a wedding the same day. We discovered this when Sarah posted wedding photos to her FB page with the same wedding date. Included was a photo of the other couples invitation with the same date and similar time. When inquired (only since we saw on her page) she admitted it was a scheduling error. She admitted she was present at the other couples wedding and had planned to "float" between both weddings. However, she handled it poorly by lying and texting the night before the wedding at 11pm saying she was sick "a super nasty stomach bug I caught from kids I nanny". And we understood, people get sick. I wish she would have been honest when she discovered the error (she sent Abigail and Brit who were great! but only found out 2 hours before they arrived) then causing unnecessary stress 12 hours before we were getting ready for the wedding. She then blocked my family on social media once we asked. We booked her due to good reviews, but now I wonder if those are real or from friends of hers.

Very unprofessional. We paid a deposit upfront thinking we would have a contract to sign right…read moreafter as she said we have to pay first. It took almost a week for her to respond with the contract for us to sign and when we got it was out of order and not filled out. We should have known then something was wrong. We filled out the contract after getting the revised version and tried to schedule our engagement session. We didn't hear from her for about a week and had to reach out to her over Instagram to get her to respond. After that she said she would send out the dates she was available. 4 days later she finally sent out the dates for us to pick after we reached out again to ask when we could do it. We scheduled it for a Saturday a few weeks out from that day and set the location. A week before we hadn't heard anything from her so we reached out yet again as we had to do every time. She didn't respond for a couple days but was posting on social media multiple times. We reached out again to confirm and didn't hear from her till the next day when I reached out a 3rd time to confirm. She then said she would get back with us on that Friday the day before we were suppose to meet for the session so we waited till Friday to confirm one last time and didn't hear anything from her at all. The next day (day we were scheduled to do the photo shoot) she still hadn't reached out so I reached out to her demanding a refund as she was unwilling to take her work with us seriously and she was focusing more on her other job and didn't have the decency to let us know she was not going to make it. She still refused to give a refund of the deposit as her "contract", if you could even call it that, the despite was non refundable. Yet she broke the contract by missing the appointment. She is unreliable at best. We had to go to our bank and dispute the transfer we made to her to get our money back. We are still waiting to hear back from them but will not be allowing her to keep our money. It's the principle of the fact she was paid to do something and didn't provide the services she said she would. Would recommend finding a more experienced photographer who will focus on you and not find excuses and lie to get out of your appointment with them.

I prayed for a doula and within a weeks time, God sent Shiphrah my way...I did not search for her…read moreat all! She actually became more than a Doula...She became a friend! I didn't think she would have taken me as her client because I was already 39 weeks pregnant at our first meeting. The night I went into labor at 41 weeks, she showed up ready...essential oils and all! She was with my Husband and I for every step of the way (triage to an hour or so after the baby arrived) and she respected/supported EVERY decision my Husband and I made. She never once appeared tired, impatient, or frustrated with the birthing progress. We had a completely natural birth (in a hospital setting) but having Shiphrah and my Husband there made me feel like I was in the comfort of my own home- despite all the unnecessary hospital chaos that was happening around me. I would definitely use her again! I still think about the back rubs, the counter pressure, hugs, breathing techniques, leg rubs, smiles, reassurance, and just calm spirit she maintained to help me through such a painful & beautiful time! We need more empowering women of faith like this in the community, My husband and I thank God for her!

Just AMAZING! As a first time mom, you have so many mixed emotions, feelings, and nerves regarding…read morepregnancy, labor and delivery and postpartum and she is so helpful with making it all make sense in a calming way. Yolanda was (and still is) truly a blessing during my pregnancy and postpartum. I have a good support system around me but I wanted someone with more experience in the field of entering motherhood. My husband and family initially did not see the need for a doula but once they saw her in action and how much knowledge she gave us they quickly changed their minds. You can tell she loves what she does and has a love for her mamas and their families. She will definitely be hired for baby #2 for us. I am truly grateful!