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Details
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Reviews
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4.8
out of 5.013 reviews
We booked Brian after he had done a couple of our friends weddings, and were so, so happy with the work he did — beginning with our engagement photos, then our wedding. He was so e...
asy to work with, and able to accommodate everything we wanted. He had great advice and was able to work with us to make sure we got all the pictures we needed — plus, his prices are great. My mom said it best when she saw the final photos: “He really knows how to capture love.”
I cannot say enough nice things about Brian! He was absolutely AMAZING to work with and I cannot imagine having a different photographer! He went above and beyond all expectations ...
and made us feel truly important for our special day. He had fantastic ideas and I absolutely loved his style of including the "real stuff" because it made our photos (so far) SO much better than the typical awkward, fake-smile photos! They are fun, beautiful, and actually capture our personalities, love, and the best moments of our day! He had his work cut our for him with us because it was raining and windy on our day, and yet he took photos people can't even believe are real! He is truly worth every penny and I would recommend him to anyone I possibly could! Thank you, Brian, thanks to you we will forever remember the amazing details of our special day! :D
Good, great, grand, wonderful! Brian Kinyon Photography is the way to go! BKP was one of the first wedding vendors we signed after getting engaged in November 2014 (I believe we si...
gned our contract with him in the spring of 2015). He did our engagement photos in June 2015 and then shot our wedding in June 2016.
There are three things you should know about BK. First, he's an artist who has graced the wedding photography world with his talent. His pictures showcase intimacy and the beauty of human interaction. He certainly knows how to capture emotions and takes a lot of candid or "in-the-moment" shots. We have received multiple compliments from our friends and family about our photos, and we're certainly over-the-moon excited about them. Second, he's a pleasure to be around! He is very kind and has a calming sense about him, which really helped put us at ease when we were taking our engagement shots (something my husband and I were nervous about given that we've never had our photos taken professionally). Third, he keeps you organized on your wedding day! Brian made a point to get to know the shots we wanted ahead of time. He helped me finalize the schedule and then kept us on time as we traveled from River North to the Loop to Museum Campus to Bridgeport, taking all sorts of neat pictures along the way. If you want photos you will cherish for a lifetime, go with Brian Kinyon.
Brian is a wonderful photographer. He took both engagement and wedding pictures for our May 2015 wedding at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. The pictures are absolutely beautiful. H...
e did such a great job of capturing so many moments throughout the day. Such a great way for us to remember such an important day. He is also an absolute pleasure to work with. His calm personality was much appreciated on such a hectic day.
Look no further!!! Right from the beginning, we were impressed with Brian. We met with many photography companies and he was the only one, believe it or not, that started the conve...
rsation by getting to know us. He asked how my husband proposed and got to know our personalities and what we wanted out of our day. This caught me off guard in a refreshing way because the other vendors we met were focused on the money and how quickly we were looking to book. He welcomed us into his home and has a great personality, which is very important when you spend 9-12 hours with someone!
Not only is he a great person, but he is extremely talented. The work on his website shows his unique sense of creativity. Every couple wants their photos to stand out among the rest. He does a great job of creating unique moments, while other photographers bring the same ideas to every wedding, which is why you see all the same type of photos.
Another perk with Brian is he is very familiar with the Chicago area and was able to help us plan out a great route to cover a variety of areas.
Brian is truly an undiscovered gem and you should book him early because he books up fast. Also, book him before he raises his prices because his value far exceeds his cost. My conservative spender of a husband even said “Now HE is worth the money!”
Brian did our engagement and wedding photos. We could not be more pleased! He even went over our allotted time slot during our engagement photo shoot because he found a few more go...
od spots with great lighting that he didn't want to pass up. His photos are amazing and he was a delight to work with!
We used Brian Kinyon Photography for our wedding in September. Brian wasn't actually available on our wedding date, but his associate Tony was available and has a very similar sty...
le to Brian (photojournalistic, but still capturing the necessary posed pictures with family and friends). Brian was a pleasure to work with leading up to the wedding in terms of answering questions and providing suggestions for where to take pictures between the ceremony and reception. Tony did an amazing job the day of the wedding with capturing great pictures of all the key moments that I want to remember, without getting in anyone's way. Brian posted about 200 photos to an online gallery for us to share with friends - beautiful! And we just received the DVD in the mail, which includes more photos than are in the gallery - I love them! I can't wait to make our photo album! I definitely recommend both Brian and Tony - great pictures, captured all the moments I was hoping were captured, and not intrusive at all. Overall, great photographers if you want your wedding captured in a way that really helps you remember the emotions as well as the events of the day!
My sister hired Brian for her wedding and the pictures turned out great. So I hired him for my wedding this year. As expected he was personal, fun, creative and did great work. ...
Highly recommend Brian!
Engagement pictures were great!
We found Brian through a friend that used him for her wedding. On the day of our wedding, Brian and Todd were terrific. They were not in our faces and were so easy to work with. Wi...
thin a week of our wedding, Brian gave us a sample of about 80 pics to look through, and they were stunning! I can't wait to see the rest - he really is such an amazing photographer, I'm so happy we decided to use them!
I enjoyed working with all three photographers that photographed our wedding and engagement photos. They provided a lot of direction and ideas, but also went with the ideas that I...
had.
Within just a few moments of meeting Brian, his warm personality made everyone very comfortable. He made everyone at ease during the posed shots (and it's hard to get my dad's smil...
e to look so natural!) We had fabulous posed shots but Brian's eye for candids is where he really excels. I don't know how he was everywhere at once...but he managed to capture everyone's emotions from multiple angles. Brian stopped by the ladies' salon appointment in the morning, met with the groomsmen in the afternoon as they decorated the venue, then back at our hotel for the first glance photos and kept the energy up at the ceremony and reception photos. Brian was so thorough and attentive all day. He was open to any requests we had and would think of creative photo ideas after just a quick glance around the room. We loved working with him. He's just such a pro at his job!
Brian took our engagement pictures while Todd Judge, one of his other photographers, shot our wedding. Both were fantastic and we enjoyed working with them.
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