Bow Tie Photo & Video

The entire BowTie was incredibly helpful, organized, and prepared leading up to the wedding & then on the day of the wedding, too. Zack is a rockstar professional. He is calm and experienced and takes beautiful photos. He moves quickly so it doesn’t take very long, which was really important to us because we wanted to be able to enjoy our wedding and not spend the whole time taking pictures. We are so grateful to BowTie’s team.

We were SO lucky to have found Bowtie. Our first call with Zack was the best first impression. Zack and the studio manager Lisa were very clear, professional and communicative. The engagement shoot offered provided the perfect chance to get to meet Zack before our wedding day, and it went seamlessly. We got married/had our engagement shoot in downtown St. Augustine, and it was clear that Zack knew the area, knew the perfect places for a great backdrop and lighting. We aren't big photos people but Zack made us feel comfortable from the beginning. The wedding day went by without an issue as well. We had video as well as photos, and Zack's assistants were incredible. I cannot stress enough how many compliments we have gotten on our photos/videos and the way they were taken/edited, capturing the most perfect moments that we didn't ever want to forget. We HIGHLY recommend the videography package, we have watched the full video a couple times and the highlight videos genuinely 100 times by now. The photographers were also very to the point and organized for post ceremony photos so we were never gone from the party too long (genuinely 30-45 minutes all together for the family/couple photos). You will not regret working with Bowtie!! Great people, quality work, and amazing value for the cost. Thank you so much for all your amazing work Zack, Lisa, and all :)

From the start of our wedding day, I felt rushed. The photographer did not stick to the timeline from the very start. They showed up 20 mins early to "get ahead", but still managed to not capture many of the images I had hoped. They shot maybe 3 pictures of hair and makeup and my bridesmaids had to run after them to get a few more. There were 2 taken with each bridesmaid, some being haphazard. Everything was made to feel very rushed from the start, but at one point we were told we were 30 mins ahead of schedule. With the fake rush, I did not get a chance for many bridal portraits, only a few at a very unflattering angle. I was told we would take more later in the day, but that never happened. There were supposed to be pictures of the groomsmen getting ready, but those never happened either. The bridal party pictures were rushed and there were not many photo options again. I emphasized I wanted candid and fun group pictures and that did not materialize. In the few group candid pictures, half of the bridal party is cut out. Prior to the wedding we had discussed where we wanted the first look to be, but come the day they did not listen and set up in the wrong location, I had to ask for the original location adding more time on. The location we were taking pictures was very overexposed and windy, not the photographers fault, but I wished he could have told us that so we could have moved locations or fixed our hair or something. More expected shots were missed in the ceremony - we had no pictures of the bridal party standing at the front with us, not pictures of my maid of honor fluffing my dress, and no shots of the full ceremony from above. I had sent the photographer a full list of my inspo and photo ideas, but it seems those were never looked at. Back to the lack of timeline, we missed cocktail hour because they wanted to knock out some of the pictures ahead of time, even though that was not on the timeline. I had to reiterate multiple times where I wanted pictures even though we discussed it prior and it was on the timeline shared with them. I had to go back to the office assistant the beg for more options and ended up buying the RAW images for $200 just at the hope there are more on there that I might like. I am just overall disappointed with the final gallery and wish I could go back and retake so many of the pictures, but I can't. It did not seem like Bow Tie Photo really listened to me or cared about my vision and our wedding was just another of their numerous weddings they had to get through.