About this vendor
I am one guy (not an agency), one artist, professionally working a few modern divisions within the Arts. I do work with a few other artists however, I'd love to discuss how we can cover a few services for your Event!
My DJ work is subtle, fun, energetic, low key and professional while filling dance floors with music selection and sequence; My photography (and video work) is organic, fluid, and natural to grab personalities within a single image; My graphic design is based around balance, creativity, existing outside the box of normality, matching the feel of the design to the essence of the intent.
Details
Photo Shoot Types
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Photo
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- Wedding
Reviews
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3.8
out of 5.05 reviews
My wedding photos from Dave Donato were nothing short of devastating. The whole experience with Dave, from his photography to DJing was a bad experience. Starting with the photogra...
phy, he was difficult to work with; only wanting to take shots that he wanted to take and telling me numerous times that my smile was unnatural. The photos turned out awful. They are simply strange. Almost every single photo is taken at a 45 degree angle tilted to the right. There was only one traditional portrait photo of ourselves taken where we are standing at an upright angle. On top of that, the colors of the photos are unnaturally bright with the leaves somehow appearing lime green or even bright yellow. To address his DJing, the music selection was good, however, he introduced us for our first dance and for the cake cutting with my sister’s name. This was appalling to the entire room. Calling the bride not only once, but twice the wrong name is indescribably inappropriate. And finally, I found a few interactions with Dave to be very unprofessional and uncomfortable. For example, on the pre-wedding phone call, he specifically asked if I would be wearing a thong. Again, completely inappropriate. This was a wedding and not a boudoir photo shoot. Unfortunately, my wedding photos are not something that can be repeated and I will have to learn to love them, but I hope this review will save someone from repeating the bad experience that I had.
When we first spoke with Dave, we were very excited to have him perform a number of services at our wedding (Photography, DJ, Photo Booth). In hindsight, maybe it was too many thin...
gs for him to juggle. Initially, we had great responses from Dave, but as our wedding approached, the level of response dropped dramatically.
Photography: First, we were very pleased with the ceremony and family photos that Dave took for us. When it got to the reception, while Dave was also DJing, he said he would take some photos during songs. Unfortunately, most were out-of-focus or blurry.
DJ: Having spoken to Dave, we were told to make a playlist and a list of do-not-plays. He agreed to start with our playlist, and if the crowd wasn't responding, he would move on to similar music. While we understood it was supposed to be a guideline, we were very disappointed that not a single song from our extensive playlist was played. It became obvious to us that a lot of what we discussed with Dave over the phone was forgotten, perhaps once his season became a little busier. In addition, it was quite clear to some guests that Dave was away from the DJ table at least 20-30 minutes (which a portion was eating dinner as is to be expected), but some noted to us that he was walking between the dinner tables talking on his cell phone during this time.
Photobooth: Dave's colleague Eric ran the photobooth at our wedding. Our guests did enjoy it, but some remarked (as we also noticed) that the prints were not high quality, as they were off-colored and washed-out looking.
If you have any questions or would like to see any photo proofs or photobooth photos, please don't hesitate to contact us!
One thing with having a destination wedding is that you can't really meet with a lot of the vendors leaving most of the work to phone calls and emails. I looked at Daves website a...
nd was immediately impressed with just his homepage and then when I looked further I thought I need to have this guy at my wedding, holy smokes! Dave replied to all my emails within an hour or two which is fantastic and we had an hour phone conversation 2 weeks before the wedding to go over final details. once I met Dave and he started taking pictures in the bridal lounge I knew immediately that my photos were going to be beautiful. He has an artistic eye and really knows his stuff. Our ceremony was on the beach at cape cod and he showed us a little preview of some of the pictures on his camera and out of the 2 or 3 I saw I couldn't believe my eyes!! Dave is so ridiculously talented and a true professional. He takes charge and has a vision and goes with it. Not only is he so talented but he is a wicked nice guy!! Eric and I loved talking with him and are so grateful for all the great shots he took of our wedding. He is the real deal. Even our guests that were watching as he did wedding party and family pictures, commented to us, saying "wow your photographer is the real deal." If you want incredible wedding photos that will make your jaw drop, contact Dave he will not let you down!!!! He is the very best!! I highly recommend him!!!! Thanks again Dave you're the best!!!!
Dave Donato was the photographer for my wedding. He is a lot of fun and very original in terms of mixing traditional type wedding pictures in with candids and less traditional pose...
d pictures. Great experience, and I really enjoyed working with him.
Dave is an amazing photographer! Not only can you tell that he loves what he does, but he is truly fantastic!! Looking at our photo collection you would think we had multiple pho...
tographers, but he literally runs all over to get different shots at different angles and captures every moment! Our pictures came out absolutely gorgeous, now the hard part is to make our selection!! Dave is really easy to work with as he is so personable! All of our guests, and those that have seen our pictures, have agreed, we truly had the best photographer! Thank you, Dave!
~Christina & Mike
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