Bellagala Photo + Video

able to show up early and set up on our wedding day. She and her assistant were able to get plenty of good shots throughout the day during the ceremony and reception. Thanks to them we have many photos to help us remember that wonderful day. Would recommend to Bellagala to our friends and family.

family, to not even realizing they were there (which is a great thing)! They were both amazing to work with, so professional, polite, and ready for anything. I'd highly recommend using these two for your wedding day!!

on and I have no doubt the pictures will be lovely. The only reason I gave 4 stars is because a lot of the transactions take place via the website, and I kept having technical issues. I was told several times that whatever I did on the website "probably" worked, which made me nervous. But other than that, things went smoothly and I'd recommend them.

wrong. When I contacted them to fix it they oversaturated and made a mess. When I contacted again they said they would send me the raw photo so I could have someone else do the work correctly and I never got them. So one year later I have no wedding photos no memory of my special day and I am so sorry that I ever picked this company they are awful!

ng of our photos it was pretty terrible. At bellagala the photographers are the ones who edit their own photos. They have a whole post production team who does this for the photographer. So this team is in no way attached to your photos because they didn’t take them. When I say editing I don’t mean making our faces look better or thinning us out or whatever in that composite. I mean cropping random signs out of the photos or adjusting the shadowed lighting on faces. We tried to work with the post productions team. We emailed back and forth any times asking for adjustments but they stopped communicating with us. So we cropped the photos that needed it and we learned how to edit lighting ourselves so some of the photos we liked would look better. Kind of sad that they have good photographers and not a great team behind them.

with each shot - brought instant memories of what we were doing or what our guests were thinking.

along with and was very good at organizing my family, as well as Nick’s family, for extended family photos- which was not an easy task! We definitely recommend her photography services!!

g to set me up with a new photographer, but this added more stress to wedding plans and the other options provided were not up to the same standard as the original photographer I had wanted. I ended up going with a completely different agency.

was awesome to work with and made the day so much fun. He made sure to take every photo that we wanted, even photos that we added on the day of. He was excellent and I would highly recommend him as well as Bellagala!

ly use the space to get great organized shots and was flexible enough that when a double rainbow showed up got us just right to capture the magic. Bellagala was great to work with, they answered all my questions and made me feel great about my choice. Thank you John for giving us pictures to last a lifetime!

ime. She got so many amazing photos that helped me capture the perfect day so I can remember it forever. She made everyone feel so comfortable and relaxed, and had amazing ideas of where to go for different shots! I highly recommend Anita and will definitely be using her again in the future for all my photo needs! She is the best!

we surprised the bride by designing her bouquet for her as an previously unseen part of the day, or the moment the groom wiped away a tear during the ceremony, or when the most shy member of the bridal party cut a spontaneous dance move as he was introduced at the reception! These are the "non-traditional" moments one wants captured at the most important of days and we are so glad the bride and groom chose Bellagala. They are the absolute best at what they do. There are several levels of pricing to fit different budgets. We did have a wonderful 2nd photographer and purchased an extra hour of time, so as not to worry about being "rushed", and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this magical day!

hat he does. He made me and my husband feel very special and his enthusiasm throughout our wedding day made the night a lot of fun. The photos are amazing and I could not have asked for a better photograher to capture one of the most important days of my life.

he family than a vendor! The groom doesn't do well with long drawn out staged shots. They took that to heart and captured beautiful, candid photos of us and him individually. The best part for me was I barely remembered them being there once the wedding started throughout the reception yet they got some of the most stunning shots I couldn't have imaged!! That to me speaks to their professionalism and to being focused solely on the bride and groom.

international wedding with more than 200 people, Andrew and Brian were calm, organized and handled the large crowd very professionally. I highly recommend Andrew!

got a lot for a very reasonable price.

ith the photos I have to remember the day. There were artistic photos as well as some special moments from the day. Bellagala did a great job editing and sending them to me quickly as well! I would highly recommend.

up. For example, my bridesmaids and I only took photos in one spot standing together in a line before the ceremony. After the ceremony, my husband and I only have pictures of us in the sunset, rather than a variety of different pictures.

e lighting to take family photos in. We still had to even have an outside source edit some of the photos because the re-editing from Bellagala was still not adequate. There is one photo in total of my husband and I posed and looking at the camera. There are many photos we remember taking that are just not present in our album. We took posed photos on the beach at sunset for a considerable amount of time and none of them were in our album. Throughout the day I kept questioning how quickly our photographer was moving through our desired list of photos we wanted and she kept assuring me she already had the shots. I should have pushed harder because I now have zero family photos from my wedding that I would want to display. We have received half our money back and the post-production team helped as much as they could, but I would trade good photos from my wedding for that returned money in a heartbeat.

always available for questions. Our Photographer, Rachel, was fantastic. She told corny jokes, understood family dynamics are crazy, and work with us to create the pictures we wanted.

y & great price :)

Bellagala package so that we could specifically pick the photographer we were interested in). Our main goals for the day were to do as many photos as we could ahead of the ceremony so that we could miss a minimal amount of the cocktail hour (which was the part of the reception I was most looking forward to), and to get a lot of interesting and fun shots around the venue. We are not a very romantic sort of couple, and prefer interesting/fun/quirky shots. That's just who we are, and didn't want to be different people on our wedding day. We had discussed this at our pre-meetings with the photographer - and he seemed excited about our vision! But when the day came we did not make use of the venue space (he even that day ignored our reminders/requests to take some of the shots we had previously discussed) and then had us keep taking overly romantic photos over and over - despite my asking to move on from it - which the groom was especially not comfortable doing! For our wedding, of course we would like some romantic shots, but not SO many, and they turned out looking stiff and awkward for the most part. I should've been more assertive, but didn't want to get riled up on my wedding day. I think that he got a bit overwhelmed or something (?), and reverted to what he was comfortable with, even though it wasn't what we had talked about. We ended up missing about an hour of our 1.5 hour cocktail hour, when what I had wanted was to miss no more than 30 minutes of it. A lot of that time was spent sort of fussing around about things, it was not as efficient a photo shoot as I've normally participated in as a bridal party member at other weddings. The other big issue was that the second shooter mostly was just hanging around, and not pointing a camera much. During our couples shoot he was with us and not doing anything - but I wish he had been taking candid shots of the guests!! That was a high priority for our wish list of photos. Lost opportunity there, and not what I was expecting. In terms of Bellagala, they did their best to help mitigate the fact that we did not have the expected photo experience or results. I give them a lot of credit for that, and they were very understanding and helpful. But ultimately, if the shots you wanted weren't taken, there's no fix for that. Also, strangely, the formal portrait taken with me and my best friend never was provided to me - although I asked a few times. Additionally, when we met with Bellagala before selecting their services, they said they would take a certain number of the photos and provide them in black and white and that sort of thing. They never did that, and I asked about it but never heard back. All in all, I wouldn't use Bellagala again for our photos (really, the only part of our package with Bellagala that went 100% well was the DJ - he was spot on!). I still to this day get a sick feeling when I think about how disappointed I am with our wedding photos and how the plan for that day did not turn out at all as discussed. Additionally, they never asked for any feedback from us on any of our services that day, although they said they had a feedback process post-wedding. We followed up to see if there was something to complete, but were ignored.

eel like I'm reliving my wedding day. She was friendly and appropriately directive during formal photos and then faded into the background to photograph the rest of the day. She was quick in responding to emails. She was on-time for meetings and phone calls. I can't sing her praises enough. I would recommend Megan and Bellagala to anyone in Indy looking for a photographer for their special day!

n't a single one I didn't like! The hardest part is selecting which ones I want printed and framed! Thank you Meg and Bellagala for the amazing job!

os, got gorgeous shots, and was so incredibly nice and personable. I feel just incredibly lucky to have worked with Keighla!

eds (a very nice service). I did appreciate that! But, I was very angry and unimpressed when, on the day of my wedding, my photographer, James W. Did not show up. First, he complained of traffic, which I shrugged off. But as each hour went by, I grew more upset. He ultimately never showed up. Matt G, who was the second photographer, became the lead, and I couldn’t be happier. He was the nicest person to have next to us all day long - and that’s where your photographer is ALL day long- right next to you. In the end, Bellagala was quick with communication about refunds and arrangements and Matt’s photos turned out amazing. I couldn’t be happier.

al pictures. She had a list of shots that I wanted, printed out and brought with her, and crossed them out as we went to make sure I got what I had wanted. She sent us a sneak peek of both our engagement pictures and our wedding photos, and we are SO happy with them! Before our wedding, Meagan was so easy to get in contact with - she always responded to my emails promptly! Additionally, Meagan was great in telling us what poses to do, and really making us comfortable and putting us at ease. We would use Meagan for any photographic needs in the future, as she was wonderful to work with, and did wonderful work. We really felt that she was accommodating, professional, and made sure to make us happy. Before leaving, Meagan asked my husband and I, as well as my parents, if there were any other pictures we wanted - this was something I truly appreciated! We are so pleased with everything, and can't recommend Bellagala photography, and Meagan specifically, enough.

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rking with Tiffany L and Keighla A. They were fun and creative and made our photo time enjoyable! Can't wait to see the pictures.

uring pictures that absolutely saved the day. She totally exceeded our expectations by even helping us find clear umbrellas days before the wedding.

to get the perfect photo. Wedding photos can get really stressful with having to coordinate a lot of people but Amber and Keighla did a great job of managing time and making sure people were where they were supposed to be. They captured all the shots I could have asked for and more! They were both very professional. Amber contacted my husband and I a few weeks before the wedding to finalize the details and she was meticulous in her questions to make sure every detail was covered so that our wedding day could be seamless and stress free. I would highly recommend them to any bride who wants their wedding day captured with perfection!

rk with. We would definitely recommend!

inite patience with the shenanigans that was our wedding celebration. I would recommend Bellagala and Jessica to anyone who is looking for a photographer for their event.

t was Bellagala themselves. Our engagement shots were delayed, and when I emailed to inquire I was given a brush off of we don’t know, but peak season can take longer. We were on a tight timeline to get our save the dates out, and all I wanted was an estimate. Come to find out they lost my pictures and Abby had to send them again which is why they were delayed and I wish they would have told me. It would have made way more sense. That being said, the editing was gorgeous, the photographs themselves are beautiful! Overall highly recommend!

made our day special and made sure my husband and I kept little moments for ourselves. We could not have asked for someone better! Thanks Bellagala for making our day wonderful!!

fun to work with.

re completely washed out. When we asked for the originals to fix ourselves, they tried to charge us another $500! Using Bellagala was my one and only regret from our wedding. Spend more for better quality elsewhere because they are the only memories you'll have from the whirlwind day. We risked it and now we have none.

y great shots. He even was able to get some good ones of my almost 2 year old niece and I.

really focused on the bride, even when everyone else was busy. Plus, we got our photos back in only a few short weeks! Great experience.

't recommend her enough!

more pleased! Would 100% recommend using them.

with the wedding and she did great with the business and really had a "go with the flow" attitude which made it easy to enjoy the day instead of stress out when people were late or things didn't go as planned. We also had very large family pictures that we requested be taken with 30+ people. Meagan did a great job spacing out people evenly and was able to capture many pictures with everyone looking and being able to zoom in on every face with no one being blocked. Great candid shots during the wedding, reception, and dancing. It was a chilling January day but Meagan was willing to go outside and capture some amazing outside shots with the snow. Thank you Meagan for being part of our amazing day!!

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o get them all. She knew my style and they had amazing picture ideas for my bridal party and us. I absolutely 100000% recommend using them! I also got my pictures back in under 4 weeks (granted I got married in November so I was past wedding rush season) and they were perfect!

l the digital photos and that we got them in exactly 30 days. Our photographer was Yuliya and she was great! She came to Hendersonville and we paid extra for travel and a hotel, it was all very reasonable. Thanks so much,

imely manner in regards to our questions and he really listened to and captured our photo ideas and vision.

h this company, however, was that we got high-res versions of our photos without a watermark, and we retain the copyright, so we can order our own prints from anywhere we like. Would recommend for brides who need a good value.

e. Some of the lighting was off in our pictures and the photography coordinator, Lisa, has been incredibly helpful with making sure we are happy with our pictures and has offered to correct the lighting in several of the photos for free. This is a fantastic company and I would highly recommend working with them! Excellent customer service!

ing us out in the cold to get some extra shots. She is very easy going and fun to work with, and brings a lot of skill and expertise to the table as well! We would highly recommend her!!

ine was everything I hoped for and I would refer her to anyone. Her personality is so warm and fun and made the whole day less stressful!

e on certain group photos. She also captured so many moments of the evening candidly. We would recommend Caitlin to anyone that wants to capture the true vibe of the day!

t only captured our day but also made me want to cry from pure joy! Our wedding day ended up being one of the hottest days EVER and they went above and beyond to keep people organized (without fainting from heat-ahhhh!) and kept us all on track while making every moment fun and relaxing :) Extraordinary experience and out of this world beautiful photos! David and I are so happy and would recommend Andrew and Lisa at Bellagala to anyone!!!!! Thank you so much Andrew and Lisa for an amazing day and for photos that we are honored to share with family, friends, and generations to come :) You have truly captured every perfect moment!

ly and easy to communicate with. Amazing job!

e couldn't be more thankful to Bellagal for choosing him for us. Our family and friends are still talking about how great it was to work with him and his helper Chris! As I stated before, Anthony wowed us so much that we can't wait to use him again in the future for ALL of our photography needs and will be recommending him to all of our family and friends in need! This guy is AWESOME!! THANK YOU ANTHONY!!!!

eir legal rights. If that's the case (we will find out) why would anyone do business with a company like this.

tographer and that's just what we were looking for. We did a few posed ones (for the parents haha) but the rest were capturing us just being us! Our photos are absolutely beautiful! The only reason this is getting a 4/5 stars is because we didn't get as many of our wedding party together as we'd requested and felt that the focus was on 1 photo of the group in 1 location rather than move around and capture us in different scenery. BUT that doesn't discount Jen's amazing photos.

reviews. More than likely they are paying for reviews or provide a discount in some way for giving them 5 stars. If you have any troubles, don't expect this company to do anything to correct the problem. Remember, these are your wedding pictures that you will have for forever. Here are a few things as to why we gave them a 1 star: -They contract out photographers. This is fine with me but no matter how good the photographer is, the company will not lift a finger if you have an issue with something. -They don't edit photos. What they take, is what you get. They might crop photos, but that is even slim. -They won't return your phone calls. -The owner has nothing to do with the company. -The manager will read from a script if you are unhappy with your photos. -We had two photographers and paid for two. The second shooter arrived late and left 3 hours early. Bellagala refused to refund our money or look into when the second photographer left. They have the data to show when the last photo was taken but refused to show us nor look into it. -Out of 700 photos, we maybe have 80 that I would call professional photos. The rest were poorly selected from the photographer's pool of photos. -Bellegala selects your photos for you. If the photographer took 1000 photos and you paid for 250, they will randomly select 250. Think of how many awesome photos you'll never see due to someone poorly selecting photos. -When you ask to speak to the owner because the manager is reading from a script, you are told the owner has nothing to do with the company. -To top it all off, they confused the bride getting ready for the big day with her cousin. The photographer did an amazing job capturing all of the ladies getting ready. But, once again Bellagala underperformed and selected the brides' cousin, then refused to go back to the photos to select the correct person. Overall, poor performance for the high price they charge. We have nothing bad to say about the main photographer but Bellagala should not be on this list of top photographers for weddings. They aren't the ones making this company shine. It's the contracted photographers. Spend your money on a photographer that will work with you and edit your photos. Not a company that takes your money and delivers poor customer service.

kept everyone moving and coordinated with the other vendors to make things happen. Our 2nd shooter, Mariah, was also really great. She was easy to work with and incredibly helpful. They were such a great team. I would definitely work with them again. Thank you Kirsten & Mariah!

a week before our wedding. They went out of their way to make sure everything was ready to go. Absolutely recommend this company for anyone planning a wedding!

a and what a blessing it turned out to be. Jessica R was our photographer. She is so talented, and is AMAZING at paying attention to details. There were shots she took that we would have never dreamed of! On top of that, she is so personable and patient. When we made on-the-spot requests for photos, Jessica never balked. She took everything in stride and with a smile. Travis M was our videographer. My husband and I knew from our first phone conversation with Travis that he was the right pick. He is very cool and friendly. And on the day of the wedding, when I was trying to get ready and get my 9 month old son dressed as he tried to crawl away, Travis stepped right in and tended to my son to make sure he didn't get too far! It was truly wonderful to spend our special day with the both of them!

her for your wedding as I have absolutely no regrets! Thank you so very much Lisa!!!