Bellagala Photo + Video

We were impressed with the reviews and sample photos we found on Bellagala's website, so we booked them. When we first contacted our chosen photographer to set up a time to tour the venue and discuss what we wanted, she ignored our emails until Bellagala's management stepped in. They were finally able to get us a response from the photographer, which was that she was unavailable to meet with us during the time we were available. We decided that wasn't a huge problem as we had time before the wedding to meet her at the venue. Two months later, we attempted to reach the photographer to set up a time to meet at the venue. She did not respond to multiple communication attempts. When the management at Bellagala were also unable to reach her, they allowed us to choose a second photographer, Thomas. We did and set up a meeting to discuss our wishes. He did not show for the meeting and, finally, after an hour and a half, sent an email saying he wouldn’t be able to make it. So we set up ANOTHER meeting with him. He did show up, but, this time, was 15 minutes late with no apology. We met, discussed what we wanted, and went our separate ways. Thomas did provide us with a list of “think about these” picture ideas and asked that we provide him with a list before the wedding day. Within a week of that meeting (more than a month before the wedding), we sent him a link to the list on our Google Drive. We met one more time at the venue; he was on time, stated that he had received our list, provided good feedback and ideas for the photos given the venue lighting, and we, finally, left that meeting with some confidence about our wedding photos. On the day of the wedding, Thomas, who then identified himself as “Jeff” to everyone but us, showed up without the list. When reminded that we had sent it to him, he responded that he knew, but didn’t deal with electronic lists, so he needed a paper copy. We had never been told this or a paper copy would have been provided. Our day-of coordinator wound up having to sit with us through the pictures, reading the list from her phone. This took her away from some of her other responsibilities. Thomas (“Jeff”) took pictures throughout the day (before, during, and after the ceremony) and during the reception as contracted. We received the digital proofs in a timely manner (699, even though there were supposed to be 700). The pictures were ok. We were disappointed that he didn’t balance the groups better (we’re often on one side of the picture with others in the specific group off to another) or identify when an item of clothing should be shifted (think suit jacket bunching, dress wonky, etc.). We have some decent pictures, but, overall, we were disappointed with the experience with Bellagala and Thomas (“Jeff”).

We just had to cancel our contract with them and I’m not writing this review because they won’t give us our money back although it doesn’t feel good to be taken. We booked this vendor in January for our June 2020 wedding and we were happy with the price point- buyer beware you will get what you pay for. All of our dealing with their corporate office and any account management has be great, but that’s all we had to deal with. Our photographer Alex L. reached out to us only when we reached out to the account manager asking for answers as to why our photographer can’t communicate with us. At one point we didn’t speak for four months and our engagement session was supposed to be next week. We hadn’t met her in person like we had been assured we could do in their 14 day guarantee. When our photographer finally did reach out she offered no explanation as to her behavior and corporate said that I dropped the ball on communication even though I’ve got records to prove that I’d been trying to reach her. This and all of the previous reviews that I have read caused my fiancé and I to cancel. Thank you to the other couples that did a review and let us know our personal experience wasn’t unique and that their pictures ended up bad. We had no problems terminating our contract. If I had to do it again I would have never signed it in the first place. Buyer beware- do your research and you will get what you pay for. They’re not all they’re cracked up to be.

All I can say is WOW. I was really impressed by the whole process and how easy it was to book a photographer that best suited our budget and the style we were looking for. Our photographer helped the day run so smoothly and we loved working with him. Highly recommend!

I thought Bellagala would be a good service for finding a photographer since I was getting married in another state, but it turned out to be more hassle for me than it was worth. First, the positives: the company does a really good job of streamlining the photographer selection process and I found a wonderful photographer through them: Zoe Pappas. She was kind, took good photos and went above and beyond for us. I also must say, every interaction with the Bellagala employees was excellent. They were upbeat and very helpful every time I talked with them, from the people who answered the phones to those who managed my account. However, where Bellagala is lacking is in its knowledge of photography. Essentially, it's a service that contracts out to a series of third parties (photographers, editors, printers), so the Bellagala employees themselves aren't necessarily hands-on with the photos. Four weeks after my wedding, I received a link to the gallery of photos, which was great. However, when I downloaded the files, they were low-resolution — good enough to post online, but any attempts to print them would result in pixelated photos. I spoke with Bellagala about them and what ensued were weeks of back and forth trying to get high-resolution images. It became clear initially the person I spoke with at Bellagala did not understand photography printing concepts, and for whatever reason the editing service couldn't send me the files. Eventually, Bellagala had to ask the photographer to re-send her photos, had them re-edited and then shipped them to me on an external hard drive. It ended up being three months after the wedding that I received the high-resolution digital files. It's completely unacceptable for it to take an additional two months after they've already been edited to receive appropriately-sized images. As a slight aside, although I received the 700 photos as specified in the contract, some were blatantly out of focus, had people's eyes closed or had odd framing. I would expect the final photos to be a bit better selected and personally would rather see 690 well-done pictures than 700 that include ones I wouldn't use. If what you want is a service that will handle your photography needs and you're content to buy prints/albums from the third-party it uses, then Bellagala will meet your needs. However, because of all the extra hassle I went through to receive something that is industry standard, I wish I had not chosen Bellagala and I would not choose it again.

Honestly, I was really disappointed by my photos. They look like a friend took them so we could save money. We chose them after getting an offer from the Knot, but I should have splurged for a better photographer. After letting them know, they offered to retouch and crop favorite photos, but I wish I had chosen a different photographer.

Elaine was amazing, I can’t speak enough praise of my photographers. They captured beautiful pictures and dealt with my insane bridal party! They were so professional and worked so well with me asking me questions of what I envisioned and gave me tips on what they thought would be best. The only thing I dislike is the website after they send you the photos, there have been a few issues uploading and saving photos but I’m not the best with technology so still trying to figure it all out

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!

Jennifer V. was perfect! She was professional and our photos turned out beautiful!! All the staff is easy to work with and the packages are really affordable. She was exactly what we needed and so much fun.

John did a spectacular job at capturing our Big Day! He is so talented and was super easy to work with. He was able to get all those little moments and gave great direction to get us the couple portraits we were dreaming of! He was able to really 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!

We had Anita T as our photographer and she was so incredible to work with. Her attention to detail is impeccable and she is so personable. She shot our engagement photos and our entire wedding (10 hours!) and had a smile on her face the whole time. 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!

Our son and daughter-in-law were married a month ago. We were thrilled to have Anita T. photograph their wedding! She was the most creative at capturing all the stories that happen behind the ceremony itself - all of the side ones. like when 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!

We used John Kiene and we are so happy we did! Before the wedding, he was easy to contact and we went over what I was looking for. On the big day, he gave us very clear direction when taking the photos and you can tell he is passionate about what 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.

Christie R photographed our wedding and she was beyond amazing! Prior to the day of she consulted via phone to ensure her and her team knew what shots we wanted. The day of they arrived on time and ready to go. They were more like a member of the 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.

I used Bellagala to find a wedding photographer and was able to pick Andrew P. - who was within my price range. Andrew turned out to be one of my best decisions (other than marry the love of my life). The photos turned out stunning. And for an international wedding with more than 200 people, Andrew and Brian were calm, organized and handled the large crowd very professionally. I highly recommend Andrew!

We had such a wonderful experience with our photographer James. He was very friendly, professional and helpful. He was flexible with our timeline and went out of his way to make our day run smooth. We were on a small budget and we feel like we got a lot for a very reasonable price.

John C. went above and beyond in all ways for my wedding! He was very responsive to when we wanted to spend time taking photos and when we preferred to enjoy time with our guests. He captured some truly incredible moments and I was so pleased with 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.

I used Bellagala as my photographer for the wedding day. Christina was great leading up to the day, however, on the day of the wedding, she was a little frantic. The pictures all turned out great, but I only had one type of picture for each group. 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.

I am so disappointed in our wedding photos. We had to have them re-edited by Bellagala post-production because the original editing was so poor. They had to be edited so heavily because our photographer clearly was unable to choose appropriate 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.

We first talked with Bellagala a year before our wedding. Because we booked our Photographer, DJ, and Photobooth together, we received amazing additions. We were able to get a second photographer free, a discount on overall bill, and they were 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.

We had Rachel Lahlum as our photographer for engagement and wedding photos. She was kind, funny, flexible, took control of the day (much needed) and took AMAZING photos! I couldn't have asked for more out of a wedding photographer. Great quality & great price :)

A year+ past our wedding, and still my biggest regret of our wedding day is the photography experience, and the results. We spent a great deal of time working with the photographer before the wedding day (I should note, that we paid more in our 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.

My husband and I worked with Bellagala photographer Megan Gregory. She was phenomenal! The photos turned out beautifully. She captured so many important, touching, and funny moments throughout the day. Whenever I look back at the photos I feel 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!