Emily Burns Photography

Words cannot describe how talented Emily is! She is an extraordinary human and photographer. I knew I had to hire her after the initial phone call as she made me feel like I was catching up with a friend. She was super flexible when we had to move our wedding date due to COVID. She went above and beyond. I would give her 1,000 stars if I could. Emily had the best ideas when we had to move our wedding indoors because of hurricane Sally. She even checked on us after Sally made landfall. If she has your date available, don't think twice! Emily will make your wedding picture dreams come true!

WOW is all I can say. Emily did an amazing job on our engagement photos. She made us both feel so comfortable and was easy to communicate with before, during, and after the shoot. She has a way of capturing photos and making them look so natural. I HIGHLY recommend Emily, don’t look any further because you’ve found your gal.

Honestly, if I could give 100/5 stars I would. Emily is amazing at what she does, and her work speaks for itself. But she also has a way of immediately putting you at ease upon meeting her. She’s a pro through and through, but also makes you feel like you’ve been friends for years. She provides great direction for photos but the results don’t look staged or forced. All-in-all, working with her was a fantastic experience and I cannot recommend her enough.

Emily is absolutely wonderful!!! Her work makes us feel like we are reliving our big day. She went above and beyond, leading up to as well as the day of. On the weddings day she was very helpful with my dress a few times and made us feel very comfortable in front of the camera while directing us in what angles look best. We literally cannot say enough amazing things about her. I would book her a million times over.

I stumbled upon Emily while searching photographers. Two things stood out immediately! 1. She was responsive. (Something MANY photographers in the area were not) 2. Her personality absolutely shined on her website and I immediately wanted to work with her. She worked with us on a price as we weren't having a traditional wedding. The day of the wedding she was so easy to work with and was able to get magnificent photos when I was absolutely freezing! Every picture came out wonderful. I am SO glad we chose her. Bummed she's moving to a new area and I won't be able to use her regularly anymore. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED PEOPLE!!!

Our most important criteria for finding a photographer was how comfortable we felt with them, and we hit the jackpot! Emily put forth so much time and effort getting to know us and what we wanted out of our wedding/pictures! We felt like we had a close friend there with us helping us throughout the big day! Not to mention Emily's talent and the quality for the photos were wonderful! It's everything we wanted :)

We hired Emily for engagement pictures, we've never actually done professional pictures before so we both had some anxiety about all the posing, outfit selection, and what not. Emily made things so much easier and everything went so smoothly, and we're like top ten most awkward posing people, but she walked us through it and made posing easy, giving us explicit, silly, and engaging directions. And the pictures. Guys, the pictures. Incredible. I didn't even think they could come out so good. Quote from our guy friend "Wow. I didn't think you guys could take like, romantic looking pictures, but these are some of the best engagement pictures I've ever seen." Seriously, just hire her. The intense amazing quality of her work aside, she also worked with our complicated and annoying military schedules and last minute changes, as well as accommodating our ridiculous doggo, in addition to offering actually useful outfit advice. I can't say enough good things about her and am devastated we are moving before our wedding and won't be able to use her for the wedding itself. 10/10 would recommend. Don't miss your chance to have one of the Pensacola/Fort Walton area's best photographers at your event!!

Emily was amazing to photograph with for our first professional photos together. The setting was very cozy, and I never felt awkward in front of the camera because she made it feel fun and natural. She was constantly giving helpful directions and tips for what looked best on camera, and made it a new beautiful bonding moment between the two of us. Not to mention the photos turned out AMAZING.

Emily was an amazing photographer! I loved that she had a vision and made it come to life. There was no wondering what we would do next. She knew exactly what would photograph best and truly captured the moment. Our photo session didn’t go without a laugh, either. She is a blast to be around!

Emily was incredible! She was such a blast to be around on our special day, she makes you feel like you’ve been friends for years. She was quick to respond to every email or text and was always professional throughout the whole process. Our entire bridal party told me how much fun they had and how awesome she always throughout the whole day. The turnaround time for our pictures were super quick and we are in love with them. I highly recommend her services and honestly can’t wait to have another reason to hire her again when we visit Destin.

We are so thankful we chose Emily as our photographer! We are from Alaska and planned a beach destination wedding in Destin. She responded quickly to all emails during the wedding planning process and met with us before our big day. On our wedding day she was amazing, helping coordinate all our photos and working with the crazy weather. The photos turned out so beautiful! Thank you so much Emily!!

Emily was incredible. She did our engagement shoot and wedding. Her creativity with each shoot was outstanding. She made the entire experience fun and relaxed, I would recommended Emily for anything. She came all the way to Michigan for us! Her ability to get us to out of our comfort zone felt like magic powers or something. 5 out of 5. 1st place. Highly recommend. Best photographer ever

My wedding was a disaster, a series of unfortunate events that just kept coming. My husband and I wanted a beach wedding with beautiful beach photos and it poured down rain. I didn’t get my beach photos that we had planned for a year. I just had this idea in my head that I was going to hate my photos because it wasn’t what I wanted (obviously not My photographers fault by any means). Gray skies and rain and rain and more rain. What I got instead of my beach photos was memories. When I opened up my photos, I instantly went back to the great parts about that day that I loved and was not a reminder that I wasn’t on the beach. She took a photo of my husband looking at me during our first dance that makes anyone seeing it know and believe that he is truly in love with me. I will recommend Emily to anyone needing photos taken for any event. She was so nice and sweet. Just all around an amazing experience from an amazing person! Also I was very pleasantly surprised by how fast I received my photos.

As a couple doing a destination wedding I was nervous about choosing a photographer without meeting them. Emily was awesome before we even booked her. She took the time to talk to me over the phone about what our vision was and how she could make it happen. She was very responsive to every email question I had over the entire wedding planning process and cared more about ensuring we chose the picture package that would work best for us more than selling her most expensive options. She was so flexible regarding the shot list and even let me provide her with some ideas of shots we wanted. She was so handy the day of the wedding by helping to keep guests corralled together when needed. Her editing time was quick and the pictures turned out better than we could have ever dreamed. In the end, she felt more like a fun wedding guest than someone extra that day.

Emily is AMAZING! She is so fun and so talented. Always quick to respond! Seriously the best experience ever getting our photos taken. We did our engagement photos with Emily and we we can not wait for her to shoot our wedding day!

Emily was AMAZING! She cares so much about what the client wants out of their day. From the moment I read her website I knew I wanted her to photograph our day! She responds to all emails, and gives super helpful suggestions & ideas. Emily is so funny while also getting the job done in the most perfect way. I give her 10 stars! Thank you Emily! Matt & I love our photos.

Seriously the best choice I could have made was hiring Emily!! First, for her high quality work she was incredibly affordable. Second, she cared about what I wanted in a photographer and what kind of memories I wanted to keep forever and she captured them perfectly. Third, she ran the show which is something I do not like to do, so everything ran very smoothly! I’m so beyond pleased with my pictures and The experience from start to finish.

Emily is amazing. She paid attention to every last detail and made my entire wedding party feel comfortable in front of the camera. She really knows how to take charge (which can be necessary in all of the chaos of a wedding day) and made sure that we got every shot we needed. Her energy was positive and lighthearted, and it was just what we needed on our stressful day! People cannot stop telling us how beautiful our wedding pictures are, and we cannot stop looking at them!