Bellagala Photo + Video

Brandi is awesome! We couldn’t have asked for a better wedding photographer. It was so easy to communicate with her pre, during and post wedding. She’s both personable and professional. She met our expectations and listen to our vision but also brought her own creativity. My family was raving about her after our family shoot because of her attention to detail. We couldn’t thank Brandi enough for capturing the best day of our lives. THANK YOU BRANDI!

Brandi was great! She did an excellent job directing all of us for group shots and making sure we stuck to our timeline. She was very professional, took great pictures, and went above an beyond even after her portion of the job was over.

Brandi was absolutely amazing! She was great at communicating everything through with me during the planning up until the wedding day. She was early the day of and got all the best shots! So thankful for her on the biggest day of our lives :)

Aubrey and Alicia at Bellagala were great to work with, they did a wonderful job of capturing both the important moments and the "little" moments throughout the day. They truly went above and beyond to make sure things went smoothly and we're so impressed with the results! Very grateful to Aubrey and would 10/10 recommend her to others

Incredible. That's the first word to come to mind! Aubrey was so professional, lovely, creative, calm, and literally invisible the WHOLE night!! Yet she somehow captured every. single. detail and meaningful moment. I will forever cherish my photos, and I'm so grateful I found Bellagala.

Completely professional and well run company. Shelly, our photographer in the Raleigh/Durham area, covered our wedding from morning through evening and the photos are beautiful! Not only was her work excellent, but she was pro-active in contacting me (the bride) and communicating with me all through the pre-wedding preparations. That day, Shelly was kind, gracious, sweet, smiling and very accommodating to our spontaneous requests.

Company is super easy to work with, I highly recommend. We worked with Audrey as our photographer and Konrad as our Videographer and I think they did an awesome job, can't wait to get everything back from them in a few weeks! Very affordable would use them again.

We used Brandi for our engagement photos and wedding day; she did a wonderful job! She has a real eye for light and detail. The Bellagala team was very easy to work with when it came to contracts and which services we wanted. We're so happy with the photos.

Bellagala was a great choice. Our selected photographer ended up backing out a couple of weeks before the wedding without any notice to us, which was kind of nerve-wracking, but thankfully Bellagala offered us a couple of others to choose from. They were both from a higher tier, and at no extra cost to us, thankfully. We chose Brandi, and she was fantastic. Her photography direction was very thorough and detailed, making sure that phones and such were out of sight for posed pictures, necklaces and ties were straight, etc. This lady obviously knows what she is doing, and we are incredibly excited to get our photos! Our wedding may have been small and rather thrown together, but I know Brandi made it look elegant and that we will have many beautiful memories to look back on!

"We loved the photos that Brandi Leigh took! They were beautifully captured. Whenever we go back through them, we get to relive those wonderful moments all over again."

Unfortunately we never got to experience the actual photography. We had a great experience up until we submitted our deposit. We reached out multiple times to get corrections made to our contract with no response from our sales representative, even when we were told she was in the office. The management team was prompt in getting our deposit refunded.

I had my wedding photographs and engagement photos through Bellagala. My photographer was great!!! My only reason for 4/5 vs 5/5 is that they do not do any large/larger photo editing. Example: shadows under chin, weird lighting, people/cars in background of outdoor photos. Great price, easy communication, and great photographer (Brandi).

We utilized Yesenia Bocanegra from Bellagala out of Raleigh for our wedding. It was a simple booking and coordinating process. When the wedding day rolled around Yesenia was amazing, and extremely nice. A couple of weeks later we received our photos and they were just perfection. Even when there was a little concern they handled it professionally and timely.

Bellagala was a great choice for us on our wedding day- they are extremely responsive to email and very helpful. A pleasure to work with. We chose Yesenia as our photographer and could not have been happier! She was absolutely fantastic- great energy on the day of the wedding and our photos were perfect.

Our photographer Brandi was wonderful to work with! She really went above and beyond to meet with us several times to figure out our timeline and discuss the photos we wanted. She is also a very sweet and funny person, which helped make us (especially my husband, who hates taking pictures!) feel more comfortable in front of the camera. We were pleased by the fast turnaround (~3 weeks) for both our engagement and wedding photos and the online gallery was easy to share with friends and family. However, because it is a company editing team rather than the photographers doing the editing, you do not get all some of the artistic touches seen more with independent photographers (e.g., different lighting and color filters, editing out things like power lines or cars in the background). Overall, Bellagala is a great value compared with the ridiculously high prices we saw for some independent photographers, especially if very artsy photos are not that important to you.

We used Bellagala photography for our wedding and we are so happy we did! We worked with Brandi and she was absolutely amazing. She made everything feel so effortless and fun and captured such amazing shots throughout the afternoon and evening. She is so calm and grounding and has such a creative/detailed eye and goes above and beyond to get the best photos. We would highly recommend her for your wedding!

Brandi was the BEST! Not only was she an incredible photographer, but she was kind, patient, and willing to do pretty much whatever I wanted. I highly recommend Brandi from Bellagala Raleigh.

I am so glad I chose Bellagala and Brandi Leigh for my wedding photography. Brandi Leigh got our vision and our vibe and we were so comfortable working with her. She helped make our day stress free and we ended up with amazing photos and memories.

Brandi was amazing to work with and super accommodating throughout the whole process. She captured our wedding beautifully!

Brandi was amazing!!! She was patient and personable and the pictures turned out fabulously! I highly recommend her!

Brandi and her husband were fantastic.

Our wedding was this past weekend and although we haven't seen photos yet, I couldn't wait to give our photographer Sarah Harms the ovation she deserves. She understood our vision and worked with our cultural traditions by being respectful and flexible. Our personalities clicked right away and she quickly became my 6th bridesmaid on my wedding day as she was attentive to detail. She was kind, thoughtful, and most of all funny. She made a stressful day enjoyable. She made us feel comfortable in front of the camera and was patient with our family photos. I would highly recommend Bellgala and Sarah as they truly made my wedding memorable. I am looking forward to seeing what memories she captured of our special day.

We chose Sarah F for our photographer for our engagement photos and wedding photos. She was so full of energy and very patient with family opinions. She made us feel super comfortable which made it easier to be natural for the camera. We highly recommend her for any photographer needs you are looking for.

10% of the pictures were out of focus. The majority of actual wedding shots were taken from an awful angle (photographer was kneeling and angle up). The "second" (backup) photographer pictures were much better. Very expensive for not unprofessional photos.

Jess Ramacker was our photographer for our wedding and she did a wonderful job! She was so easy to work with and made sure to get all the shots we wanted. She made the photo taking quick and painless even in the cold weather! The rest of the day we barely even noticed anyone was taking photos of us. We’d definitely recommend her!

We LOVED our wedding photographer Meagan W. She was amazing! From helping with the details for the day of to the incredible images she captured on our wedding day. Choosing Meagan was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding day. Her photography is timeless and real. We have recieved numerous compliments from family and friends about our wedding pictures.! Highly recommend!

I’m so beyond bummed that this is not a good review. Our photographer, Rachel S completely ignored many of our photo requests. She was off doing her own thing/wandering the grounds/smoking instead of getting the requested candids. The photos she chose for our set were lazy and blurry. Now, 9 weeks after my wedding, I’m waiting to hear from someone about my photos. The initial set I was given had about 300 photos, with the remaining 400 that we paid for being repeats. Photos of my bridesmaids in the middle of eating while getting ready or blinking. Tons of photos of the food and my mother zipping up my dress, and only 5 of my guests dancing/candids. When confronting the business about this I’ve only received rude remarks such as, “you never specified you wanted photos of your guests”... what?!? Absolutely ridiculous, would not suggest, completely disappointed in the photos when I should be elated with wonderful memories.

Kirsten Solberg was our photographer for our wedding day and she was amazing! We hired her as a photographer and she went above and beyond even helping us schedule and plan the rest of the details for our wedding. She had also worked with our wedding day coordinator many times so the day of the wedding went extremely smooth. We couldn’t be more grateful for the amazing pictures she captured throughout the day. She took us hiking around the venue property (outdoor barn wedding) and found some beautiful locations and took a lot of extremely creative pictures. We plan on using Kirsten for any future event photographer needs that we have and would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a wedding photographer.

Tim Faust was our photographer and he was great- so kind and detialed. We love our photos!! (hoped for a few more of the bride alone and the groom alone) but other than that was amazing! He really captured the wedding for its true personality, and ours! We loved it!!!

Lina H. was our wedding photographer, and she was absolutely fantastic. We had a tight timeline, and Lina made sure to get all the specific shots that I wanted. She worked hard all day and made sure to keep everyone on task with our short time limit. She was fun to talk to, gave excellent advice, and I can't say how much I appreciate her!

Our photographer James W was a no call no show literally right before our ceremony. His backup was also not available. Such a horrible experience as we did not have any professional photos of our wonderful nuptials. They did reimburse us and my friends who had to sacrifice their experience to step up to take snapshots. 2 other photographers showed up but nothing will ever replace our missing memories.

Meg G. was the photographer for our Indianapolis wedding. She did a wonderful job! We talked in detail over the timeline of the wedding day, locations for photos, and groupings for photos. She worked well with my day of coordinator to ensure that picture were done in an efficient manner and in accordance with our timeline. We ended with plenty of time to spare before the ceremony started. Meg is very sweet and has a laid back personality, which made it easy to relax during photos and enjoy my wedding day. I was surprised by the number of candid shots she was able to grab that day, which made looking through all of the pictures really fun! I would definitely recommend her for iPod wedding day.

Overall, we were content with our wedding photos and we got our pictures approx 2-3 weeks after our wedding which is so quick but I definitely think our photographer could have been more thorough. I would also suggest to spend the money to get a second photographer because I feel like we missed out on pictures we wanted because our photographer was overwhelmed. He stated the company did not pay for face to face meetings so we had to discuss my vision via phone/text and I don't think that sufficient . We got the essentials but some pics were ruined due to his inattentiveness. For example, we attempted to take a picture of the bride and flower girls' manicures and when I got the finished pic the flower girl's hand are cut off. Also there are no pics of groomsmen without these big cardboard boxes behind them, a true professional would pay attention to everything including the background.

Debra Lawrence was the photographer I chose. She did take a lot of photos, but she did not follow the shot list she asked me to fill out for her. (I only had about five family members I really wanted photos of, and she did not get one of them). There was not one photo of my cousin, and she never asked me who it was. I was so busy and distracted, I didn't think to point her out. Debra insisted that we hire a second photographer to get more photos, but they never left each other's side. We only had the reception- not the wedding, and when guests were arriving, I had to get the photographers to come out to the main area to take pictures, because I felt like that was a great opportunity to take them. They were “looking at the schedule”. There was no schedule- it was entirely the reception- and this is something they should have had memorized beforehand. At times during the evening I noticed them looking back through photos- that was not the time to have been doing that. They had plenty of time to do that after the event. I like a lot of the photos, but I wish I could go back and choose someone else to capture that night. I’m sad that there were none of my cousin because we are very close, and that’s why I listed her on the short list of people I wanted in a photo. I feel like a lot of good photo opportunities were missed, and it caused unnecessary stress that evening.

We used Photography, Video and DJ services from Bellagala. Our original photographer choice would no longer be available for our wedding date. Bellagala called us to notify us and we had to choose another photographer. Though panicked and worried it was actually a blessing. We got Andrew P. who was just amazing to work with on our wedding day. Our pictures were delivered in the indicated time frame and there so many precious moments caught that we can't decide what to print. It was nice to have Photo & Video from Bellagala b/c our video guy Travis worked well with Andrew to coordinate we had all moments covered. Our DJ was assigned the week before the wedding date. We got to work with Theo who did a great job following our music choices and making it great party.

They were extremely friendly and easy to work with, and our photographer (Meg) was a dream! It was really nice to know that we could choose the photographer that worked for us without having to change the price/package. We appreciated that they emailed us reminders as important dates and deadlines came to keep things moving, and the website was really helpful when it came to the important details. Overall a really great experience!

Writing this review based on the photography of Kirsten S. at our wedding a few weeks ago. She was utterly amazing and blew us away. Not only was she the most professional photographer we have ever worked with, but I genuinely felt that she was a great person and very easy to work with. She did an impeccable job coordinating everything and everyone as well as sticking to the day of timeline. It was such a relief to have her organizing and executing per our agreed upon details so I didn't have to be. Her work in being concise, timely, and working with my husband's impatient personality (He absolutely hates taking photos) surpassed my expectations. You are making a mistake choosing anyone else.

We met with our photographer, Jess, before our engagement shoot, and again before our wedding day. She was genuinely interested in what we wanted and needed, and spent time with us talking and planning. She was easy to communicate with, share our thoughts with, and she gave us ideas and advice when we asked for it. Her photography was beautiful, and met and exceeded all our expectations!

We had the pleasure to work with Sarah Filipi! She was so fun and easy going.the weather was 90 degree and Sarah went above and beyond getting us water turning on her AC so we could go cool off and ever had protein bars!! We also got our pictures back in three weeks and we LOVE them💕💕

We had Sarah F for our special day. She helped things move along smoothly and made sure we got all of our most wanted shots. She was super fun and easy going. Kept us laughing even when things got stressful for a few moments. She was very kind and I am so excited to see the photos!! I would recommend her to anyone! Thanks Sarah!!!

Writing this review solely based on the photography of Kirsten S at our wedding a few weeks ago. I am not one to ever write a review about anything but she blew me away. Not only was she the most professional photographer I have ever worked with, but I genuinely felt that she was a great person and very easy to work with on top of that. Her work in being concise, timely, and working with my impatient personality (I HATE TAKING PHOTOS) surpassed my expectations. She was organized and wonderful at coordinating everyone and everything! You are making a mistake choosing anyone else.

Our Photographer was Sarah H! She was amazing at communication and getting pictures that we really wanted! (I cannot wait to see them!) We had a kind of Star Wars theme element added to our wedding and she was totally into the idea! Nerds unite! It was an amazing day and she captured every moment of it!

Maribeth was very easy to work with and was not hard to find based on the reviews on Bellagala's website. Although we were not able to set up many meetings before the wedding she made sure to meet me at the venue during the wedding week and was 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.

Reviewing our photos and I'm (we) are in awe!! I can't believe the details and simply everything both, Sarah and Jessica, captured on our wedding day. They truly know how to work a wedding, from finding the perfect picture, capturing our entire 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!!

If I were rating the photographer alone, she absolutely would have gotten 5+ stars. Elaine was amazing, especially considering the fact that my husband and I are entirely inept when it comes to getting our pictures taken. She gave great direction 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.

Do Not Use!!!! It is now a year and a day since my wedding and I still do not have any photos! NO WEDDING PICTURES!!!! MOST OF The photos that were taken we're horrible, at a severe angle, out if focus and the ones that weren't the colors were 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!

Our photographer was Meagan W. She did such an amazing job. From the first meeting to sending us sneak peak photos of our special day everything was as great as we could have hoped. We would totally recommend Meagan for any photography needs.

We booked bellagala photo for our wedding photographers. We enjoyed working with Jim Bob, and his assistant that day. We felt they did a good job and Jim helped us out by staying a little longer free of charge. However when it came to the editing 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.

we worked with Melissa and she did a great job. she definitely showed up with a goal to get us great photos of our special day!

Rebecca was amazing! we haven't received our pictures back yet (too early) but she was so kind and patient.

I worked with Dan K and we had a blast at our wedding. He met with us the week prior and was a wonderful photographer to work with. My groom Dan and I felt immediately comfortable and were able to laugh all day. Thank you Bellagala and team!

Matt G was a great photographer. Very chill. Responsive. Allowed us to get what we wanted but also was confident doing his own thing. He was flexible in our schedule. The pictures turned out magnificent. Great lighting. Great story he captured with each shot - brought instant memories of what we were doing or what our guests were thinking.

My husband, Nick, and I worked with Meagan W. as our wedding day photographer. She did an incredible job on the photos! We love how they turned out. Meagan was very flexible and willing to work around our photo preferences. She was easy to get 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!!

I had worked with Bellagala for my photographer and had everything thing signed up and ready to go over a year in advance, but less then two months before my wedding my photographer cancelled. I understand things happen and Bellagala was willing 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.

First off Bellagala services in general are wonderful! They are so professional and planned everything out perfectly for us to ensure that it all went well on the day of. We used Anthony Gilbert as our photographer and absolutely loved him! He 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!