Danielle Real Photography

ing a wedding. Danielle’s process is natural and fun, and we found her to be highly attentive to our vision and the style of photos we were seeking. During both our engagement shoot and wedding, Danielle seamlessly integrated into our sphere and elicited and captured moments that truly represent our love as a couple and broader family. Danielle’s attention to detail was fantastic too - we have a large family, and worked with her to create a list of family photo groupings that we wanted to be sure to get on our wedding day. Danielle remembered all of our family member’s names with ease, which created a welcoming environment and ensured that we were able to get all the shots we wanted within a short time frame before our ceremony. We are so grateful to Danielle for being part of and capturing such a special moment in our lives and enthusiastically recommend her to anyone seeking a photographer in the DMV area. 10/10 across the board!

ed that she took the time to learn their names, which was such a sweet touch. I am absolutely obsessed with how the photos came out!! I can't stop looking at them!! All my stress just melted away the day of the wedding as Danielle made it so much fun and made sure we stayed on schedule. I would definitely recommend hiring Danielle!

ing woman and was a joy to work with. She coordinated with our venue (District Winery in DC) and our Event Planner to ensure things were done in a timely fashion. Side note: ladies, if you’re considering boudoir photos for your husband, look no further! That was such a fun session and Danielle makes you feel comfortable, confident and oh so sexy. The pics were out of this world.

was attentive and helpful from the very start. She made me feel like I was the most important bride to her (which I know she must do for everyone) and as a very anxious planner, I cannot stress how comfortable I felt when I spoke with her. On my wedding day, she was incredibly enthusiastic, supportive, and goofy, which made us all laugh and I had 4-5 people ask for her information to book her for their events. She was there to help me when I dropped food on my dress and when I needed someone to help me with my bustle. Oh and I can't forget to mention the AMAZING pictures she took that made us feel like we were in a magazine. She skillfully organized our (crazy) families to get pictures with everyone, which was extremely impressive. She was punctual and took everything I said to heart. HIRE HER!!!

pher! My husband and I had an engagement shoot with Danielle a few months before our wedding — which was the first time we met her in-person — and we were so impressed with how professional Danielle was and how she made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera. She knew all the right spots to take us for photos in downtown DC, and each photo she took shows my husband and I laughing and having fun! She even texted with me for hours the night before the shoot helping me pick out the right outfits ... My husband and I got married in June 2022, and we received sneak peek photos just five days after our wedding — how incredible is that?! I absolutely love every photo that I have seen from our wedding so far. We look like us! The photos are not overly posed or cheesy, and they feel natural, happy, and like true snapshots of the emotions we were feeling. Danielle arranged truly beautiful detail shots of our accessories and captured heartfelt moments of both my husband and I getting ready separately. Danielle very clearly knows what she is doing and is quick but also thoughtful about every shot. During the wedding, my wedding planner — who had not previously worked with Danielle — expressed to me how impressed she was with how efficiently Danielle took family portraits and how she commanded the room to line everyone up in the correct family groupings while still making everyone feel relaxed and happy. Danielle was amazing during the reception, too! When she saw guests taking photos with their iPhones, she would run over and help light the photo with a professional backlight. I thought that was such a cool and personal touch. Having Danielle as our photographer made our wedding feel fun, easy, and joyful, and you can clearly see that in her photos!

ole wedding on schedule, had a vision for our photos, and made everything FUN! She made sure we got every single shot we requested. Most of all, she understood us as a couple and that comes through in our photos. I highly recommend Danielle as your photographer!

and resulting in the most gorgeous photos that we will forever cherish. Can't recommend her enough!

b, she cares so much about your special day and capturing all the moments we would want. We are so happy we hired her!

ig families to keep us on schedule with picture taking. Danielle was wonderful with my dress, she bustled it up in no time, leaving my bridesmaid amazed. She will go above and beyond to make your wedding day great and to give you excellent photos to treasure forever.

prices are certainly reasonable. More importantly, Danielle was an incredible part of our day and our wedding team and was fun to work with. She soothed any stress about timing on the day of and kept us laughing during the more cheesy photos. Throughout the day, she worked really with our coordinator to make sure the day ran smoothly and she also checked in our videographer who was newer to the wedding industry. We received multiple compliments on Danielle by our friends as well. She was great about helping people take photos on their phones during the reception and still getting the professional photos for us. While we were trying to get people on the dance floor, she and our DJ called everyone on the dance floor for a photo and then started playing one of our favorite songs to get everyone to dance. During the engagement photos, Danielle made us comfortable and made sure we had fun with it. Overall, her work is amazing but she is also just a fun and wonderful person to work with. We would hire again and will go back to her for any future professional photos.

engagement session she made us feel completely at ease and comfortable. She made us laugh the entire time, which made the time fly by! We had even more fun with her on wedding day - she helped us get through a ton of photos with family and friends and made the entire day stress free! Highly recommend working with Danielle :)

s the photographer and her attention to detail was so unparallel I know that when it was my turn she was the one. When you know you know! She traveled to me from VA to PA and captured all of our moments incredibly. Just thinking of my photos makes me tear up of joy! Thank you Danielle, I will sing your praises to everyone who's getting married around me.

loved her, and we absolutely adore our images and how she captured our day. I struggle with looking natural in front of the camera, and somehow she made us look like models! You won't regret hiring Danielle! :)

s truly one of the warmest people and just speaking with her on the phone for a few minutes would brighten my whole day. When we had to postpone our large wedding celebration due to COVID, Danielle helped us find the most perfect, beautiful spot in DC to have our mini-ceremony and was so flexible and helpful with the planning. We had the perfect day with our families thanks to her help. I would recommend Danielle a million times over to anyone. She is amazing! Hire her and don't think twice!

fe time memories, just like the event itself. She made us feel at easy and took all the wonderful pictures being part of us, not just a professional photographer hired only to do his job. She was truly wonderful and highly recommend her for anyone who looks for a fun, highly professional, respectful and responsive to customers need.

ularly communicated about ideas for photos and I sent her Pinterest boards that she made come to life. She took our engagement photos in downtown DC, which were beyond beautiful – especially since she was able to get our dog to pose perfectly in so many! Danielle constructed an entire day-of timeline, from getting ready at the hotel to the grand sparkler exit; I knew I wouldn’t have to worry about anything on the big day. She even learns the names of your entire family and wedding party, which just makes the whole experience so much more personal. Unfortunately, in the midst of planning, Covid hit and our big June wedding had to be scaled down to about 15 people in my parent’s backyard. Despite this, Danielle quickly sprang into action, created a whole new timeline, and even Facetimed by parents to get an idea of good places to shoot. Needless to say, she went ABOVE and BEYOND to make our tiny, backyard wedding so gorgeous and I will cherish the pictures (and experience) forever! She is not only so sweet, genuine, and caring, but she is an incredibly talented photographer. Her photos are so natural and airy, yet she catches the raw emotions that speak volumes. I cannot wait for her to shoot our big celebration in 2021!

anted in our enragement/ wedding photos. She is a star at corralling large families, sassy flower girls and chatty bridal parties. She made us so comfortable being in front of the camera. We are obsessed with all of our pictures and are so thankful she was there to capture such sweet moments. We will cherish our wedding photos forever and look forward to hopefully work together again in the future.

ew Danielle because she shot her friends wedding and got rave reviews from bride and groom. After I rejected photographer after photographer online and at expos, we decided to look up her website. I was immediately intrigued. Danielle was warm and positive when we interviewed her, and knowledgeable and directive at the walkthrough. She quickly developed a plan, let us know how we would execute it, and we were set months before the date. She inspired confidence. On the day of our wedding, Yesenia and Danielle did a shoot at her hotel room, and the second shooter came to my parents home. They were on time and stayed on schedule. Danielle was patient when Yesenia was running late. Despite that, all bridal party shots were taken and they arrived to the venue on time for the first look. Danielle and her assistant made the first look magical even though the rain got in the way of it being the outdoors spring scene we wanted. The family photos were also so much fun. During the ceremony we hardly noticed they were photographing us. Yesenia and I planned on attending all of our cocktail hour, but Danielle grabbed us and dragged us outside under cover of awning when she saw the opportunity to get us some outdoors greenery to make up for the rained out first look photos. So much fun and so beautiful. Those are some of our favorite shots. Danielle promised us a set number of photos in 2 weeks. She emailed to apologize that it was taking her longer because she decided to give us far more. Fine with us! The photos were fantastic. To notch quality coming from a picky consumer (groom). An overall wonderful experience. Please feel free to reach out to answer any questions you have or to hear more about it.

nized, and got it done! I am one of six with step parents and bug blended family. It is not easy to wrangle that many people into a series of pictures, but she did it and made it look easy. The only thing that prevented the 5 star rating is that we were told we'd get the pictures in 2-4 weeks and we received them just after 5 weeks. I would have to follow up with Danielle about them weekly and she would answer me most of the time, but sometimes I wouldn't get a response back. I was waiting on those pictures so I can include some to send with the Thank you cards, so now I am going to have to send the thank you cards without the pictures and those are also going to be sent later than I would have liked. That part has been very disappointing. Final thoughts, she was a great photographer for the day of, but the time it’s taken to get these photos didn't meet our expectations.

preparation process. What we appreciated most about her is how she made us feel on our wedding day. As a super camera-shy couple – she was soooo good in making me and my husband feel very comfortable in front of the camera and she’s super funny so most of our photos captured what a happy and fun day our wedding day was! And her photobooth – best quality photobooth pictures ever!!! Guests loved the pictures so much most of them changed their profile pics to the pics from the photobooth! … and we were surprised to get our pictures only a few weeks after our wedding! Oh I can go on and on listing why we love Danielle! Hire Danielle and you won’t regret it!

th her, so we could do pictures around the monuments prior to the ceremony. She worked with us beforehand to plan out different routes and suggest good site locations and was flexible to make changes the day of (she even has a hookup at the National Gallery -- which worked out great because it was freezing!) It didn't feel like going to the sites with a photographer -- it felt like she was a close friend, which made our day so much more special. At the wedding, she also did not stop all night -- she took so many pictures following us around, but also getting great candids. She is extremely professional and worked well with various people in my wedding party who had various needs and requests. The pictures all came out amazing. Seriously, book Danielle for your wedding!

st tense of moments. She had great ideas about different shots and knew how to get me to smile and pose to look my best. My husband and I were absolutely thrilled with the way our pictures came out and all of our friends and family were so impressed. In fact, all of my guests even commented on how friendly and wonderful our photographer was. I felt like her prices were incredibly reasonable. I would HIGHLY recommend Danielle!

photographer, she also has a wonderful personality which has made her a pleasure to work with. If you are in need for a photographer for your wedding then she is your go to!

otographs. They are artistic but also natural and true to who we are as a couple.

, so was happy to use someone nearby. She came over and met the whole family, and went over specifically what my daughter and her fiance wanted to capture on the big day. She was happy to answer the many questions we had, and her sense of humor and warmness made us feel like we had known her forever! Danielle kept in touch in the months prior to the wedding, asking for additional information so she had everything she needed. On the wedding day, Danielle was there early (the wedding was about 90 minutes away), and scoped out the venue for where she planned her shots. She made us laugh, captured every single minute in amazing detail, and caught moments that were unexpected. She was wonderful at making everyone comfortable during the family photos, all the while keeping on schedule. She was amazing at using everyone's names correctly, making it seem effortless. She took many, many pictures, but was not intrusive in any way. She took pictures of everything, from people's emotions, to the decorations... nothing was missed. When we got the pictures back, they were amazing. There were moments I didn't even know happened, since I walked my daughter down the aisle. It was wonderful to see all those little moments captured. We were blessed with an amazing sunset that day, and Danielle was able to capture those amazing moments with the bride and groom. I cannot thank her enough for all of her prep before the wedding, and her amazing ability to capture both big and small moments during the day. Danielle is a warm, caring person, and that comes through in her photographs and how she deals with everyone during the day. I highly recommend Danielle for all of your photography needs!

. We definitely will make her our family photographer from here on out! Thank you Danielle for everything! We loved our photos and we are so thankful to you and your talent!

of the bride and groom walking back down the aisle is black and white and grainy. Really, really beyond disappointed.

ove and cherish the excitement of the day in her work! She captured details with her creative eye and caught memories for everyone to look back on for many years to come!

seeing family friend's wedding photos that Danielle captured, we knew we had to choose her because of her high quality work. We did our engagement photos through her and our wedding photos. Both times we were truly blown away by how amazing the pictures are. She is a true expert at her craft. And what's even better? She is the kindest soul around. I'm telling y'all she is so special. I received so many compliments from our family and friends at our wedding how professional, outgoing, and sweet our photographer was. She accomplished SO much by herself because she works SO hard. We received our wedding photos in 3 weeks!!! That is so impressive!! She is truly someone you want to have documenting your special day!! Her bubbly personality is contagious and she becomes friend & she is someone that we will always cherish for giving us the most amazing pictures on the best day ever. If you're deciding between photographers, do yourself a favor and book Danielle. You will not regret it.

ave chosen her as my wedding photographer (and my engagement photographer). Danielle brings a new meaning to photography with her shots that are brought to life! I truly cherish my wedding photos as they allow me to relive that magical day for the rest of my lifetime!

her. Her energy and organization was what a Type A bride needs! Friends & family loved her so much that my brother already booked her for his wedding December 2019. love you Danielle!

- a really personal touch. I instantly knew that she was our girl from how laid back and funny she was. At the wedding, she put everyone at ease and blended into the party like she was one of your best friends. We got SO many comments from the wedding party about how awesome she was. Her turn-around time is amazing, too - 2 weeks! We first received a preview slideshow to our wedding song which STILL makes me cry a month later. When going through all 1300 images from the wedding, we especially loved all of the raw and candid moments she caught, and how every single photo looks like a magazine cover. I'm so grateful we found Danielle and cannot recommend her enough! You will be so happy you chose her!

al candid moments. People can't stop saying how gorgeous our wedding photos are, and I have to agree with them. It's such an important day to document, book Danielle!! She's amazing!!

he was it. Her photos made me cry and I didn't even know the couple! She scoped out our venue prior to the wedding and she completely put me at ease. She captured the ethereal, historic, and gothic feel of our wedding but also the warmth, the love, and the utter and complete joy. We had a second photographer who was also wonderful and them working together captured all the best moments. Her and her team truly went above and beyond to help me feel calm and to get us the best pictures possible. I feel truly blessed and honored to have Danielle photograph our wedding. She is truly a lovely person and an extremely talented photographer!

questions. We had her do our engagement shoot as well and chose Meridian Hill Park in DC. She had shot there before and made it even easier with tons of great ideas of where to get the best shots. She got us our photos super fast as well and we had plenty to chose from for the Save the Dates. Prior to the wedding, we met at the venue and did a walkthrough together. Our wedding was at District Winery in DC and despite it being a new venue, Danielle was ready to go with great ideas of how to make the most of the space and the surrounding area. Now for the day of the wedding. We chose to get an additional photographer because we were each getting ready at separate locations and wanted shots of both the bride/bridesmaids and groom/groomsmen getting ready. We paid a little extra to get her for most of the day (I think we started around 11am, totally worth it). Then we went around DC and took shots at the Lincoln Memorial (it was very chilly, Danielle is so kind that she even shared her coat to keep the bride extra warm) and the National Gallery of Art. Again, Danielle was super prepared and had great ideas for what shots to take and how to make things as efficient as possible, while still getting all the best shots and including everyone. She also expertly managed our first look photos. When we got to the venue she continued to take great shots of the rest of our families and made everyone feel at ease. Throughout the night she was always taking great photos and always in the right place at the right time. More important that all of that was how positive and genuinely enthusiastic she was - you are going to take A LOT of pictures, having someone who makes it fun is essential. With Danielle you also don't just get typical photos (you get those, don't worry), you also get artsy instagram ready beautiful shots and angles that we would never be able to think up on our own. We loved working with Danielle and would highly recommend her to any couple looking for a great photographer. I also imagine she will cost more soon so book her asap! I honestly don't think she could have done anything better . (note: we haven't gotten our wedding photos yet since the wedding was just a week ago and will update our review after, but feel so strongly that Danielle is a rockstar that we wanted to get this review out first thing. Based on our engagement photos, I'm sure our wedding photos will be incredible.) THANK YOU DANIELLE!

nd. We took photos in spots we didn't even think of! She made the entire experience very easy and made us both feel very comfortable in front of the camera. We are thrilled with how our photos came out! We will be recommending her to our friends and family!

the day of our wedding, and when everything what could possibly go wrong did go wrong she was the glue that hold everything together!

emely stressed on the wedding day. Danielle was there for me, she was like my best friend! When I first met her I loved her personality instantly and knew this was the perfect photographer. I am very shy and always feel weird in front of a camera. Danielle made me feel extremely comfortable and confident. She showed me a few pictures on her camera and I was SHOCKED how beautiful I looked! It made me feel more confident. Danielle didn't leave me hanging on how to pose she showed me the best poses and they came out stunning. I felt like a top model! IF YOU DON'T HIRE DANIELLE REAL FOR YOUR WEDDING YOUR MAKING THE BEST MISTAKE OF YOUR LIFE!!!! <3

ught into every photo she takes still has my mind blow. She got my pictures back to me extremely fast and everyone cannot stop raving about them. Extremely grateful to have worked with her for our special day.

after the wedding. The images were crystal clear and beautifully composed, and she captured so many moments of joy, fun, and love. She has an innate ability to give direction: she effortlessly wrangled the entire group of 91 guests and the wedding party for group photos, and then she was able to quickly transition to more intimate portraits. She was extremely observant, aware of us and the wedding party at all times, but also aware of what was going on around us. She took amazing photos of our guests too. She was attentive, communicative and pro-active the entire wedding day, and was kind and friendly with everyone. I felt comfortable around her and enjoyed her company so much that sometimes I forgot about the camera! Danielle genuinely loves what she does, and it shows.

the roaming, Instagram-hungry amateur photographers crowds but also making those taking a picture extremely comfortable in their poses. She is professional, creative, and has an amazing personality. We not only recommend her, but we put our names behind our recommendations

worked with her both on our engagement pictures and the wedding itself. There was not a moment that we weren't confident we had made the right choice and that we were in the right hands for making sure all the moments of the day were captured. We had plenty of reasons why a photographer may have issues staying on schedule from a huge wedding party size to groomsmen wandering off and she handled everything effortlessly while maintaining the highest level of professionalism. And of course on top of this her quality of work speaks for itself, absolutely top notch. Nick and Tina Vienna, VA