About this vendor
Ashley Bosnick Photography is a destination fine art film wedding photographer who loves to photograph real moments with couples who have style, love to laugh and who are smitten with one another!
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Film Photography
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
Photo & Video Styles
- Classic
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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Magical photos and super fun to work with as well.
Ashley took photos for my engagement shoot as well as on my wedding day. The photos were wonderful. She has a great eye and a na...
tural talent for getting people to relax.
Cannot recommend enough.
We absolutely loved Ashley! Her pictures were incredible, she was fun to work with, and was easily able to wrangle in our friends and family to get the right photo combinations! Sh...
e worked with us on a timeline and we stuck to it the entire day which alleviated a lot of stress. Extremely happy with her work and professionalism!
All the experience and creativity--- You won't be disappointed! Ashley is the best of the best. She has an incredible eye for detail, and her images capture so much emotion and bea...
uty. I love working with Ashley!
Ashley was absolutely amazing to work with! I used her for my engagement photos as well and we had the windiest day of the year to work with and although it was a tough weather day...
, she was able to capture so much love and beauty! I had a very large bridal party and she knew how to make sure we got the shots we needed in a timely manner. I told her I didn't want to spend too much time doing photos as I wanted to enjoy time with everyone and she made that happen. She captured all of the wonderful moments and had such a wonderful eye for beauty. She is super honest on what makes you look best and that was so helpful throughout the day. She is patient, kind, funny and full of energy! I love how she and her husband are a team too! I have only seen one photo from the night and I cannot wait to see the rest. That one photo has surpassed my expectations and I am so glad I chose Ashley to be apart of my most special day! I have actually known her since Elementary School which made it even more special that she was there! I also love that she took both digital and real film photography as that is very rare. I would highly recommend using Ashley as your photographer and cannot thank her enough for being such a professional!
TIMELESS AND BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS!! Ashley is the best decision you can make for capturing your wedding day. I spent no less than a month researching photographers for our wedding. Ash...
ley was so sweet from the very beginning. She is sweet BUT she will tell you how to make your pictures better as far as how to pose and smile, etc.
Ashley is not only a wonderful person but also an incredible professional and easy to work with. She always responded immediately, and was happy to talk through everything on the phone and was there for any pre-wedding appointments. The pictures were delivered about 6 weeks after our wedding, she uses film so it takes a little longer but it is SO WORTH IT!! But she sent me a few of the digital shots right away to hold us over :) I love that you get all the pictures and don't have to choose them one by one. On the day of the wedding, Ashley is someone that you would just like to have at your wedding in general. She is easy going and funny and kept us on a timeline. We were lucky enough to have her husband, Joe, as her second photographer. And he was great and just as sweet as Ashley. Before the wedding, She asks you to fill out a questionnaire and create a list of must do photos. This helps you prioritize pictures (between family/wedding party/couple pictures).
And the pictures were beautiful! We have had so many compliments on them. We had a great mix of artistic shots, and portraits, and candid photos. Wedding photography is expensive but it is such an important investment for the memories, and you will not be disappointed with Ashley!
There is not enough space nor words for me to describe the work by the amazing and talented Ashley Bosnick. As all brides do, I was going through every wedding book possible and li...
nk on Pinterest and kept coming across these beautiful photos filled with the most wonderful lighting, colors, nature and poses that were absolutely breathing and they all pointed to Ashley Bosnick Photography. It was fate because she actually had my wedding date along with 1 other available Saturday left and I was so lucky to have her available. She does photography all over and fly’s often to Austin- and she picked out the most wonderful Engagement photo spot for us. Her personality fit ours perfectly and she made our session spectacular, the photos were perfect in every way. Fast forward to our wedding day, she captured every special moment possible which led to the beautiful photos ever! I recently received a wooden photo box she put together which had our name and date engraved with all our photos within. Anyone would be lucky to have the opportunity to work with Ashley and I recommend her to all. Thank you again for capturing every beautiful thing for our wedding.
Picking a photographer is a difficult task for sure- there are hundreds out there with their own unique styles. During our initial phone conversation, she expressed her dedication ...
to working with couples that fit with her artistic style and personality. For us, it was a match made in darkroom heaven!
My partner and I were hesitant about our engagement “photoshoot” as it was cold, dreary, and unfamiliar. What ended up being multiple hours of shooting flew by with Ashley’s sense of humor, clarity of vision, and willingness to put up with our antics. We remember laughing the whole time- both at ourselves and at the whole process.
It’s impossible to give a verbal description to the beauty and caliber of Ashley’s work. Her silly, sarcastic and bubbly personality translates into a breathtaking mix of shots, the perfect mix of serious & loving, yet perfectly imperfect. Although she has an assistant shoot digital just in case- upon receiving the prints it is strikingly obvious which shots are film. Her photos are effervescent, airy, dreamy and joyful- a memory captured as it should be. They are a mix of breathtaking sunlight, nature scenes, and capture a sense of romantic surrealism.
Although Ashley’s work speaks for itself (and it does speak volumes), we cannot give enough praise to this woman as a professional and individual. Something we didn’t realize about weddings is how much the schedule of the day relies on photos. It felt like it was often Ashley & her assistant who kept us on track, who kept the day running. I felt completely stress free- laughing to my bridesmaids who had panicked questions over the time of the cake cutting/etc that we should just relax and Ashley would tell us where to be, when.
One of the most special moments in our night was at her suggestion. We slipped out of dinner as the sun set, just the two of us and the cameras. We took about 30 minutes to ourselves, taking portraits- but more importantly taking time to breathe, and appreciate some of our first moments as a married couple. This felt like what we wanted from our wedding- the two of us together feeling recognized for who we are as a couple.
“It’s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.”
— P. Caponigro
Ashley photographed our engagement shoot and wedding, and was absolutely amazing! She's direct, easy-going and funny so she helped everyone feel relaxed but well guided. Her style ...
is super natural and organic which helps seal every moment she captures exactly how you view it with your own eyes. I really hope I get to work with her in the future! She's not only talented, but tons of fun to be around as well.
Wow! Words cannot describe how absolutely wonderful Ashley has been. My husband and I were so truly honored to have her as a photographer. I came across her page while on the Knot ...
and knew right away that we needed her for our photographer. The style and softness of the pictures was exactly what I had envisioned. The first time we spoke on the phone, it was like we had been friends for years! She made us so comfortable and went out of her way to make our pictures perfect, including spending extra time during our gap between our ceremony and reception to capture beautifully romantic pictures of my husband and me. Our wedding was on a sweltering hot day, August 30, in downtown Wilmington. You wouldn’t have known in the pictures! We have had so many compliments on our photos - we’ve heard so many times that the photography has reminded our friends of something they would see in a high end bridal magazines. It was so sweet to receive our personalized package in the mail. We were blessed to have Ashley as a photographer, and I am so happy to have gained such a kind and wonderful friend.
I can't say enough good things about Ashley's work and professionalism. She is always looking at the overall setting and catches every detail - she sees the big black rug you're st...
anding on or even if you have a tag sticking out. We also had her do the wedding album and it is exquisite. The only problem is there were too many photos to choose from! She's so easy to talk to and I am so glad she was part of our day!
I absolutely love Ashley and her work. She was the photographer for our wedding, and I could not have been happier with the way our pictures and overall experience with her turned ...
out. She traveled all the way from North Carolina to Texas for our engagement and wedding pictures. For our engagement pictures, she was willing to drive to the small town my husband and I live in from the airport (over an hour drive) so that we could have our pictures close to home. She did not know the area, but was willing to take the chance and trust us to find a good setting for our pictures. Since she is such a good artist, it did not take her long before she found multiple places to take pictures of us that turned out wonderful! It meant a lot to us to have unique pictures in our hometown. I also loved the whole experience of our engagement pictures. She made my shy husband very comfortable in front of the camera, and it was overall an awesome day my husband and I will always remember. On our wedding day, we had a very "outgoing" bridal party that was not super easy to work with. Ashley was very patient, but also authoritative enough to get the job done and get the job done well! She was very open throughout the whole process, giving me advice on who to use for make-up and what to wear for engagement pictures shoot, to suggestions for album book sizes, to helping me pick just the right pictures to put in my final wedding album. Another reason I chose Ashley is because of the service she offers in her packages to make the final wedding album for you. I knew I would have a hard time making myself sit down to design an album after the wedding or deciding what to do with all these beautiful pictures, and I loved knowing I would have a book created for me by someone who knew what she was doing after the wedding was all said and done. Overall, I loved working with Ashely. She is organized, efficient, helpful, patient, and absolutely amazing at what she does. My venue even said Ashley's pictures were 'some of the best pics [she] has ever seen!' You will not regret picking Ashley as your photographer for your special day!
Ashley is such a talented and creative photographer. She is extremely easy to work with and goes above and beyond to make sure she is able to provide beautiful and romantic pictur...
es. I planned each detail of my wedding by myself and one of the most important parts was to select an incredible photographer. I did my research and looked up different photographers and considered different factors like style, quality, overall look, appeal and cost. No one else had what Ashley and her fine wedding art photography could provide. She was able to capture all the beautiful parts of my wedding from start to finish.
I was an incredibly brave bride and decided that I wanted to do my bridals the morning of my wedding day so that I could have the total bridal experience!! Ashley was 100% there for me in every way she could be. I asked her if we could begin shooting an hour before we discussed and she was flexible and said yes without hesitation like a couple of days before the big day. I also just wanted to have my parents with me and have my dad see me for the first time without a million people around- I knew he was totally going to cry! She was able to capture this incredibly important moment that I will always cherish. Since I had planned so many details literally moments up to the wedding ceremony, I wanted Ashley to tell people where to go and how to pose etc. She did such an amazing job!!! She took having to run the show off my plate and to be honest I felt like one of my friends was shooting me! Brides and whoever else are reading this ---- The pictures that you receive are NOT the only important detail of hiring a wedding photographer, but rather also selecting someone who is easy to work with that doesn’t cause additional stress on your big day! Ashley is that person! We had 45 minute convos nearly every single time we spoke and she genuinely wants to do her very best work and wants you to get everything you want!
Finally, when I received the pictures!! OMG!!!! They are absolutely amazinggggg!!!! She was able to bring out a side of me that I honestly haven’t seen! I love the different pictures that we took, from the moments with my parents, bridal shoot, ceremony, wedding party pics, dance with my dad and reception! Oh and my cake pics came out beautiful! She is so great at capturing the details of your wedding! Trust me ladies all the hard work of planning will pay off! You will see it in the pictures if you hire Ashley!!! Selecting Ashley Bosnick Photography was one of the best decisions I made regarding my wedding!
This past June Ashley Bosnick Photography did an anniversary session for my husband and I in Charlotte, NC. For my anniversary gift from Kevin, I wanted photos taken at our first h...
ome and a few of our favorite places here in Charlotte, NC. When I came across Ashley's website, I instantly knew she was the perfect choice.
Ashley did a great job of communicating with us beforehand, setting the date and time, as well as helping me decide on outfit choices and locations. She went above and beyond.
The day of our session she arrived at our house on time, even after having to drive four hours in the rain. Instantly, I felt like Kevin and I were spending time with an old friend. She is warm, personable, and she makes taking pictures fun! Ashley walked with us to our favorite park and was willing to drive to our favorite spot on Lake Norman. She was patient and a joy to be around. I also loved how throughout the session she noticed the small details and would go out of her way to ensure that every hair was in the right place, that everything was just right.
A few weeks later we received our pictures. As I looked through the images of us sitting on the porch of our first home, laughing in the living room, taking a walk in our favorite park, sitting on the dock at the lake, I began to cry tears of pure joy. The pictures are so beautiful and so meaningful. I've looked through the gallery over and over again, so thankful. It is obvious that Ashley doesn't just rush through the editing process, but spends time ensuring that each image is one that can be framed and loved by her clients, as well as their family members and friends. She exceeded my highest expectations. I am so grateful that I found Ashley, her pictures will be displayed in our home for years and years to come. I highly, highly recommend Ashley, she is such a talented photographer, but more than that she is a wonderful person to work with.
Ashley did an absolutely beautiful job capturing our wedding day! When we look at our photos we can see she the emotion every step of the way. When my husband and I first received ...
our photos, we were blown away with how fantastic they were. We were expecting great photos from Ashley because we've seen the work she has done for other couples but what we got back from her exceeded our expectations! Not only is Ashley an outstanding photographer, she is a great person and extremely easy to talk to. Her primary concern was making certain that we got every image we wanted. She is so laid back and funny that we immediately felt so comfortable shooting with her. Ashley and I had talked quite a bit prior to her flying out to Texas for our wedding so I felt as though I knew her before she even got here. She even asked my husband and I for a list of photos we wanted before the wedding so that when she arrived she had everything laid out on paper to make sure she would get every shot we requested! She is so dedicated to her clients!
Ashley provided us with more than pictures from our wedding day. The way that she captured all of the day's big moments, little details, and everything in between gave us a way to relive our wedding day. It's more like seeing our story through photos than just seeing photos from the wedding. And trust me, there is a big difference. Not all photographers are equal. Ashley possesses an exceptional talent for capturing the raw love and emotion in her photos.
I highly recommend Ashley Bosnick Photography to anyone looking for spectacular photos from their wedding day that will take you back each time you look at them and a photographer who is so passionate about what she does that she makes your wants her top priority.
Let me start by saying picking a great photographer was extremely important to me as I decided not to have a videographer. I love pictures and I always have so I knew I wanted some...
one fantastic, and I was willing to spend a little extra money to get it! (Not that Ashley Bosnick is crazy expensive, but I considered my wedding a "wedding on a budget" and probably could have found someone cheaper but a lot less talented!)
So I had been following Ashley's work on Facebook for quite some time before I decided to write her an email. I knew she was the photographer I wanted because her work was just so beautiful. I loved her creative technique and I knew she would capture all of my special moments. Not to mention I live in Chicago and she was more than willing to travel!
The whole process of booking her was simple, and she responded to all of my emails almost instantly. She had extremely great customer service and I felt as though she was really ready for my big day due to her thorough questioning about all of my "must-have" shots.
My wedding had some pretty serious chaos due to the outdoor venue being under construction and being a major sore on the eyes. I didn't find this out until 2 days prior and I told her immediately. She did her VERY best to avoid all of the construction areas and my ceremony photos turned out beautiful! As did every other photo she took. Literally. There are 700 photos (some by a second photographer) and I can honestly say I love EVERY single one. I took about 2 hours to upload everything on Facebook because I tried to limit it to my favorite 350 - and that wasn't an easy task!
She perfectly captured the day that I felt the most beautiful I've ever felt, and the happiest I've ever been. I could rave for days about Ashley Bosnick Photography! But just to wrap it up - I completely recommend her and I've told everyone about her and I'll continue to do so.
We have contracted for a larger package with Ashley and have only done the engagement shoot at this point, but they came out fantastic! She was flexible on locations and found GREA...
T spots that we would have never thought of. It was important to us to bring our two dogs along for the shoot and she was as patient as can be with their wiggles. Moreover, I can be pretty tense and awkward in front of the camera and she really helped me feel at ease and find poses that didn't make me look like a statue. So far we are really really happy! Can't wait for more!
After speaking to Ashley in the months leading to my wedding, I was really excited to work with her--she sounded very enthusiastic and I knew from her website that her pictures wer...
e beautiful. And my wedding pictures, too, were beautiful, but there were pictures we regretted not getting. My family was disappointed to find out that we hadn't gotten to use much of the gorgeous space of our venue when we were taking pictures. We had hoped to get pictures all around the Dutch barn, the farm animals, the beautiful lake and its fountain and bridge going over it, and the cool cemetery with a giant handmade ironwork gate that was across the lake (all features that were a big draw for us to the property in the first place), but at Ashley's suggestion we ended up doing all of the bridal party shots and most of the couple shots in front of a clay/gravel path leading into the woods. They were nice, but didn't showcase the environment much, which we ended up regretting.
I also felt that the poses we were put in as a couple didn't quite fit us well--there were a lot of pictures in which I was posed looking down at my shoulder coyly, or with my eyes closed, and my husband's face was usually hidden because he was posed to be fake-whispering in my ear. It didn't match our personalities (we're not very traditionally romantic, and not accustomed to posing either). While the pictures still turned out aesthetically lovely, a lot of them feel sort of inauthentic for that reason. The pictures we liked the most were candid shots that slipped in here and there (usually because instead of whispering in my ear my husband would start mumbling jokes and I would crack up).
Most of these problems, I think, were communication issues, largely on our part: we should have spoken up in the moment when we realized that things weren't going the way we wanted them to, and maybe we should have spent more time talking with Ashley about our ideas before the wedding. Ashley came in and did what she did well, which is flattering and beautifully edited wedding photography; I can't fault her for that. I just felt that some of the photographs didn't really reflect us or the venue. This is not to say that you shouldn't hire Ashley, but my advice to brides- and grooms-to-be is that you should be completely transparent and open about what you want on your wedding day.
Ashely is so incredibly talented! The minute I met her, I knew I made the right choice. She is so fun and easy-going, and genuinely cares that you have the engagement/wedding pictu...
res that every bride dreams of. Ashley is so passionate for photography and it shows--her talent landed my wedding on Style Me Pretty Texas! Just look at her blog. If you're anything like me you will become an addict. She is so creative and her use of light is to die for! She made sure I was at ease the whole way- she even texted me the morning of my wedding when it was raining to make sure I was okay. I still look at my wedding pictures and my heart overflows. She captured every moment beautifully and I can't thank her enough!
I came across Ashley by pure luck and I am so thankful I did. Her style of photography is so fairytale-like but natural. She knows exactly how to grab the emotions and perfectly po...
rtray it for the viewing audience. She stays involved and isn't afraid to get down on the ground and dirty to get that perfect shot. By the time our wedding actually rolled around (after engagement/bridals) we were so perfectly comfortable with each other it was like having a close friend do our pictures. I know my bridesmaids felt it too because one of them hired her to do their new born baby’s pictures (that turned out amazing too!). I know Thomas and I both agree when baby times roll around she is the only one we want to do our family pictures…even if she is states away now. My absolute favorite thing about Ashley is she listens; to your ideas and thoughts and will work with you to get you exactly the shots you want. Personality, price and performance…you can't go wrong with her. I would highly recommend Ashley D Photography!
Ashley is not only an amazing photographer but her fun, positive attitude made the entire process an enjoyable one.
She was so helpful in the months leading up to the wedding, ...
providing feedback and advice on all the unique details I wanted to incorporate. I wanted a “Style Me Pretty” worthy wedding so I put a lot of effort into making sure the décor reflected details that were special to us as a couple. It was so nice having someone to bounce ideas off of that was just as excited to have the photos come out beautiful as I was.
On our wedding day, Ashley was prompt, professional and easy going. We had to move the ceremony indoors at the last minute due to rain, but Ashley remained calm, flexible and gave me the confidence that the photos would still come out gorgeous. She worked seamlessly with my wedding coordinator to make the new indoor setting intimate, romantic and memorable.
Ashley earned my trust and I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a creative, stylish wedding photographer!
Ashley was the photographer for our wedding and I was thrilled from the moment I met her to receiving our final edited prints! She is very talented, professional, and tailors every...
thing to what you want. If you have ideas she seamlessly executes them, or if you want her to take creative control she steps in there too. We loved our photos, and Ashley delivered everything on time and flawlessly!
Ashley is one of the best people to work with! She is incredibly laid back which makes shooting with her very easy and natural. But she is also super creative and comes up with rea...
lly innovative, but not forced ideas. She genuinely comes up with a creative & unique approach to her pictures that align perfectly with whoever she's shooting. Our pictures turned out so great that we turned several into canvases to display proudly in our home. I'd use her again & again!
Ashley was absolutely amazing! She took our wedding and engagement pictures, and was a dream to work with from start to finish. Our engagement session was a blast (she had us laugh...
ing the entire time). There were so many incredible shots, I had a hard time choosing just one to put on our Save the Date! During the wedding, she was incredibly efficient, flexible, and helped put me at ease. Some of my favorite memories from the night were taking sunset pictures with my (now) husband. Our photos turned out beautifully; they captured the evening and our smiles perfectly! My grandparents weren't able to make it to the wedding, but after seeing the pictures Ashley took, they told me they felt as if they were there.
I am SO glad I had Ashley by my side on that day––I honestly can't imagine it any other way. Thank you, Ashley!
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