I was excited to use Dreamlife after reading some great reviews and seeing the photos that the photography studio had up on their website. That, plus the fact that they are cheaper... than a lot of the other Manhattan studios, made Dreamlife sound appealing.
But I would absolutely not recommend Dreamlife to anyone. First off, we were given the photographer Peter, who seemed nice enough, but our phone meeting to touch base ahead of time was pretty short and I was left kind of wondering what would happen. The day of, he was supposed to take photos of us getting ready. Well, he was half an hour late, which meant I only had half an hour to get dressed before the ceremony! I hate being late, and when someone that I pay is late, on the biggest day of my life, that is just unacceptable. He should have taken the time to figure out where the venue was and how to get there well in advance or left with plenty of time to spare.
Well we took photos, then he ran down to take photos of the guys getting ready (which turned out to be just pictures of the groom and a couple with his mother - none of the other men in the wedding party, assumedly because he didn't have the time?).
In general, Peter was out of the way and I barely knew he was there, which was good, but the poses he had us in later and the photos we received just didn't pass muster. They were lackluster. And probably 60% of the photos were of people dancing, and didn't even include every person at the wedding! (There were only about 100 people there.) There were some photos that I just couldn't imagine using - like a close up of our hands, or outdoor pictures with most of my husband's face covered because of the angle of the shot, etc. I was really most disappointed by the fact that we didn't get photos of every single person.
Then when time came to receive photos, we got them within the timeframe specified, but the prints we were supposed to receive didn't come until probably 6 months after the wedding! And when those prints came they were incredibly blown out and far too bright, making the bride look super pale, almost blending in with her dress!
All in all, I was not impressed with Dreamlife, and if asked, would suggest you look elsewhere. Perhaps it depends on the photographer you get, but I was not very happy with my decision to use Dreamlife.