About this vendor
The giggle on your flower girl's face, your laugh, as you stare into each other's eyes...We capture those moments and choreograph a memory with a mix of traditional and contemporary imagery, black & white, and color to make your pictures elegant, fun, and the ultimate in wedding photography. We strive to make your day fun and stress free and even give modeling lessons to help you look you and your bridesmaids look your best! With a mix of candid moments and some magazine style romantic shots you will walk away with the best of your wedding for years to come. With over 10 years of experience shooting weddings we are skilled at shooting weddings so that you walk away with hundreds bordering on a 1,000+ images not just 25 or 50. Ask us for referrals or set up a complimentary consult.
Details
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- Wedding
Reviews
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5
out of 5.017 reviews
Diane is amazing! By far my favorite vendor at our wedding. She is so talented, professional, and goes above and beyond to capture your day. From the initial planning phase to wedd...
ing day, she is quick to respond and offers the best ideas and suggestions. We were getting ready in two different places so we hired her 2nd photographer Allison who is just as amazing and attentive as Diane. We had close to 3,000 photos and we are absolutely in love with all of them! Highly recommend Diane and her team.
Diane recently shot my bridal portrait session. Because I was coming in from out of town, we chose her studio to not be concerned about weather. I had so much fun with the black an...
d white backdrops and being on a lovely couch and then next to the window. So many options and the photos are amazing. I had been nervous, but Diane put me completely at ease and make the whole experience so much fun! She was really flexible and let me swap out jewelry and try on some potential accessories for my dress so I could see what the final photos look like--almost a dress rehearsal. My wedding is in June and I can't wait to see what she captures on the day!
Diane is like a family member to us at this point. Not only did she shoot my oldest sister's wedding, she also shot my middle sister's wedding. So it was only right to hire her for...
my wedding. When I hired her for my wedding, we were already super familiar with her work since we had hired her twice before. I hate to say it, but I think my wedding photos were the best. Perhaps I'm biased. She was so professional, arrived early, and was just so helpful. She is so creative and always comes with a vision. Although I have to admit that I have yet to make it through over the 2500 photos that were taken on my wedding day, what I have seen is just simply amazing. I even contacted her before our photos were ready and asked for several pictures of my mother and I so that I could frame one for her birthday. She was more than happy to help and provided several beautiful photos to choose from. At this point, my family is just hoping for another event or something worth hiring a photographer for just so that we can hire her again. She's simply amazing.
Absolutely loved having Diane come shoot my wedding! She did an amazing job, added personal touches, talked to family, added poses we wanted and had great ideas for all! Highly rec...
ommend to anyone!
Diane Mckinney is by far the most amazing wedding photographer ever. She did our engagement, my bridal portraits, and then our wedding and she left me amazed and breathless each t...
ime. I could not have imagined better pictures than the ones I have from her. She listened to what I wanted and the style of pictures I wanted and went with it. Not only is she a fabulous photographer, but she is an even better person. I loved working with her!! She is happy and upbeat and kept everything fun, which really helps when your husband hates taking pictures. She was so easy to work with always responding back to my emails quickly and answering my thousands of questions without a complaint. Her turn around time and editing skills are out of this world as well. I would highly recommend her to everyone and actually my cousin is having her pictures done with her because she was impressed!!! I cant wait to work with Diane in the future once we start having kids ☺
Diane is a great photographer! She is very friendly and easy going. She was really easy to work with throughout the entire night and would take any picture we requested, ie family,...
friends, etc.
Diane is absolutely amazing. She captured our special day beautifully and got the pictures up very fast. She is wonderful and we highly recommend her!
We had Gillian and Liz from Diane McKinney Photography and they were fantastic! My family, my husband and his mom all were very impressed by the photos. They are so easy to work ...
with and have great ideas for pictures. I would definitely recommend them to any bride!
Diane was very attentive and well worth the cost. Photography is the only thing we splurged on, and it was worth it. She was so friendly, and she did an amazing job. Forget vide...
ography! It's not needed with amazing pictures like these!
Diane and her staff are such a treat to work with and amazing photographic artists! She was the FIRST thing we decided on for our wedding! After my now-husband and I saw her photo...
graphy when he was the best man in another wedding she shot, we knew she was a fabulous photogrpher. We were interested in an artistic and fresh approach to wedding photos. Diane captured all my favorite memories just as the sun was setting over the water and even stayed later than planned after we had to delay the wedding timeline for guests to arrive. The most AWE-inspiring shots are from our morning after or "Mr. and Mrs." photos. I was not interested in traditional bridal portraits, so Diane gave us the option to take pictures the next morning after the wedding. We chose to get up early when the sunglight was just gleaming over the water.... it was SO worth it! All of the photographs, from getting ready to the very last one reflected Diane and her assistant, Gillian's patience and experience--the whole time my husband and I were laughing and enjoying our selves! Diane is very professional and will work to adjust her packages for your interests. Our family and friends continue to compliment how beautiful all the photos are from the Facebook slideshow Diane created. We just received our custom thank-you notes included in her packages with one of our favorite pictures of us from the wedding---we can't wait to send them out!
We are so glad we chose Diane McKinney as our wedding photographer! She has a great personality as well as being a skilled photographer with a very good artistic eye! She is fun to...
be around and is very helpful with issues that as a bride I dealt with. She cared about making our family, friends, and us(the bride and groom) look the best we could in every picture. She has a warm heart and gave me support in all stages of wedding photography we did from the engagement pictures to bridal portrait pictures to wedding day pictures! She told the full story of everything that happened on our wedding day too. When I look at the pictures, I feel like I'm reliving our special day all over again! She captured all the things and moments that I wanted captured, and she captured things that happened that day that I didn't even see! And, she knew how to talk with the young children we have in our immediate family and put them at ease for all the pictures they were in! I'm so, so happy Diane was our wedding photographer!
Diane is amazing! I used her for my 2010 Wedding and Trash the Dress Shoots. She has such an eye for photography, and all of my pictures turned out artsy and told the story beautif...
ully! Everyone who saw the pics commented on how amazing they looked, and all the guests at the wedding were impressed with Diane standing out in the rain to get the perfect shot. Even though she captured every detail and intimate moment, she never got in the way. Diane even acted as somewhat of a wedding coordinator and tracked down my lost bouquet! I would recommended Diane to any bride and plan to use her for baby pictures when the time comes ;-)
Diane was a WONDERFUL photographer- I have her pictures up all over my house and she did an amazing job! I can't wait to have kids to have another reason to use her excellent skil...
ls!
There are nothing but great things to say about Diane McKinney Photography. My husband and I often say that our wedding would just not have been the same without Diane! She was 8+ ...
months pregnant but still bending over backwards to make everything happen and it was just PERFECT. Thank you so much, we will never forget it!
Diane McKinney Photography is awesome! First of all, Diane was very responsive and flexible. In my case, she was flexible in scheduling different dates for my portrait when the wea...
ther would not cooperate and when I was making decisions on which pictures to use for a portrait or for prints and changing my mind frequently. Through the whole process, Diane was kind and understanding. She contributed to making my wedding day more calm rather than more stressful. In addition to all this, I absolutely LOVED my wedding pictures and portrait pictures!!! Diane and Gillian were both at my wedding and they both did a fabulous job! High quality pictures and they captured all the right moments that I will cherish for a lifetime!!!! You can't go wrong with deciding to go with Diane McKinney Photography!
The best decision I made while planning my wedding was to hire Diane. She was professional and knew what she was doing every minute of my special day. She was very organized, full...
of energy and made taking pictures a blast! The pictures were produced very fast after the wedding and look amazing. And my wedding album was absolutely GORGEOUS-I've seen a lot of my friend's wedding albums and they are nothing compared to what Diane made for me! :) She is absolutely fantastic!!!
Diane is phenomenal! From the professionalism when we first met her, through our engagement photo session at Duke Gardens, to the preparation of our slide show for our rehearsal di...
nner, to our wedding (!!!), Diane was truly there and committed to us. She was always on time, eager to help, and of course took AMAZING photos! At the wedding, she was there to take every shot we wanted but always did so without being in the way or interfering in the action. My husband and I still look back through our photos with wonder, amazement, and joy and look forward to sharing them with our two sons. Thank you, Diane, for helping preserve lasting memories for us!
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1201 W. Lenoir St., Raleigh, NC | North Carolina & Parts of Virginia
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