dave donato/modernArtistry.com

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 things 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 and 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 posed 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 photographers, 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