If you are thinking about hiring Dona, STOP THINKING AND DO IT! She is amazing!!
I found her by asking my venue for a few suggestions but once I communicated with her, I knew she was whom I was going to hire. Hiring her was one of the top 3 BE...ST decisions I made for my wedding planning. Before the wedding I had MAYBE 5 pictures of my fiancé and I (he and I aren’t picture people) so I was very nervous about how we would do with a professional photographer with being awkward and etc loll. She was a literal DREAM TO WORK WITH! Day of, she was early and just took control with what she needed to do with very little direction from me because I was so stressed that day. She was SO HIGH ENERGY and charismatic and easy to be around. I honestly felt like I knew her for longer than just meeting her for the first time in person, day of wedding. Her and her husband (who was helping her that day) were SO easy to work with and were just so much fun! Even my husband who was a MILLION PERCENT dreading the photos, enjoyed the experience except for his cheeks hurting at the end haha. Her and her husband were constantly cracking jokes to make us laugh, giving us compliments to make us feel AMAZING, and all while giving awesome picture-posing instructions. My family was a big chaotic Italian family and she EASILY was able to get amazing family photos.
Now.. when it came to get the photos back, WOW SHE WAS SO QUICK!!! She first posted a HEAFTY facebook post like immediately and then she also very soon after the wedding emailed an online link and mailed us a USB. For perspective, my sister also got married the month before me in Richmond, VA and her photographer took 4 months (she JUST got them!) to get her photos and she hates 80% of them. ME…. Holy crap.. I actively can’t chose which is my favorite and which I could dedicate an entire WALL of my house of portraits from the event! The photos were UNREAL!!! Complete fairytale look. Everything I wanted in my wedding photos that I honestly didn’t really know how to describe that I wanted. She made everything so unbelievably easy and I will be forever thankful for her and her husband!
Without a SHADOW of a doubt, her phone number is permanently added in my phone for our family’s photographer.
THANK YOU DONA!!!! if you ever need models for portfolio updates, call us ;-)