Estes Images

Dave, dawn and the entire Estes crew were absolutely amazing! I was in a wedding over the weekend and they were the photographers and they made it fun and easy going for everyone involved. They are truly dedicated to making your day as special and stress free as possible.

Dave and the whole Estes team is amazing! Dave was great all the way through the planning process and all the way through our wedding day! During the planning we had some issues with receiving e-mails and I became very upset. Dave remedied the situation and made my husband and I feel like rock stars our entire wedding day! Our bridal party loved them and we will treasure the wedding photos forever. I cannot recommend Estes highly enough!

Dave and Dawn are the best people to work with! My whole bridal party loved them. From working with our dog for our engagement photos to helping with boutonnières on some of the guys, they go above and beyond what you would expect from any photographer. The pictures they capture are amazing! The albums are quality works of art! We are so lucky to have hired this wonderful family to help make our wedding day a dream come true!

Dawn and Dave photographed my wedding yesterday and it was Magical! I met them at the Reading Bridal Show over a year ago and knew that I needed/ wanted them there on my wedding day. We met with them a few weeks before my wedding where we went through specifics of how it was going to go and what I needed. Dawn created a timeline that we used for the entire day. They set up the first look, did photos around the entire city and then at the wedding/ reception. My wedding was in Cincinnati and I am from Dayton, so I told Dawn what type of pictures I wanted and she knew exactly where to go. She worked flawlessly with all my other vendors. I really relied on her during my big day. and throughout planning my wedding. She has been there/ seen that and is willing to give advice on how to make things go smoother! They are such a cute, professional couple! I also had her do my engagement pictures which were beautiful. Ordering pictures was super easy too! I can't wait to see my pictures from yesterday and put my book together.

I had Dawn and Dave Estes as my wedding photographers and I was very impressed. I am so happy I chose them to be my photographers - my wedding photos are absolutely beautiful. Where do I even start? First, Estes Images has several packages with different prices and I was able to save quite a bit by bundling multiple services with them. For example, many photographers do not include videography and the couple will need to book this separately. However, Estes Images offers photo/video packages that are more affordable than booking multiple vendors separately. Second, their wedding packages include TWO photographers. TWO!! ALL DAY! Third, they also offer extras - save the dates, thank you cards, wedding albums, etc. We added a photo booth and it was a huge hit with our guests. One of the most important things Dawn helped me with was making the wedding day itinerary. We did a first look, so the wedding photos drove most of the day's schedule before the ceremony. She helped me make a schedule and then we stuck to it. She was on time and efficient and knew exactly what she was doing. Dawn was our primary photographer and was great to work with. She took charge at our engagement session and guided us through different photos. I was never left wondering what to do with my hands, where to look, etc. She also took charge during the wedding day photos. My dad even commented he was impressed that she took charge of the photo session, but not in a bossy or aggressive way. She got deliverables to me when she said she would have them - if she said she'd have a save the date proof to me by tomorrow, then she'd have it to me by tomorrow. We got over 200 photos back from our engagement session. We got 2100 photos back from our wedding day. (If you're a bride-to-be, ask your friends how many they got back. My other friends who recently got married got around 50 engagement photos and about 800 wedding photos.) I was super impressed. Overall, I am so happy I booked with this very professional company. After the wedding, the food gets eaten, the flowers die, and the centerpieces get regifted to another bride. But the wedding photos capture our wonderful memories and will last forever. Pros: Tons of photos, videographers and all inclusive packages, affordable (compared to other professional photographers), awesome take charge personalities, lots of experience doing wedding photos/albums Cons: If you wanted to cut your photography budget, you probably could find a cheaper photographer. However, I would caution a bride-to-be to consider the advantages of: a professional photographer over an amateur; having two photographers over one; bundling multiple services (engagement photos, save the dates, photo booth, thank you cards, videography, etc); and digital copies of all images with full rights.

I cannot express in words how unbelievably great it was to work with Dave and Dawn. They are the friendliest, most down to earth, and fun photographers there are! They accommodated every request with a smile and produced stunning, high quality wedding photos I will forever treasure. They also did my sister's wedding! We love them!

We used Estes Images for out photographer and video. Also photoboth and everything was excellent! Would def. recommened. Dawn and Dave are great to work with!

Dave and Dawn are awesome! We were lucky enough to have both of them for our wedding and they did a great job! They were efficient and made sure everything went smooth throughout the day. Both Dave and Dawn have a great eye for photography! I can't wait to get my pictures back. They were with us from 10:30 - midnight, it was such a long day, but they didn't miss a thing! They really do listen to you and they make sure you have fun while your pictures are being done. They were great, I can't say enough. I would absolutely recommend other brides to use Estes Images!

Dave and Dawn photographed our December wedding. Not only did they take fantastic photos, but our entire wedding party felt comfortable around them. They were able to capture the entire day as if they were family taking our pictures. We can't thank them enough for the phenomenal work! In addition, they were able to work with our cold conditions. They took pictures quickly and alternated everyone so that everyone was able to stay warm and comfortable.

I was at the Dayton Bridal Expo on October 28, 2012 when I stopped by Estes Images. I was very impressed with their pictures and loved the idea of the place cards for the tables that they had displayed. The reason why I am giving them such a low review is the way one of the representatives spoke with me, my mother, one of my bridesmaids, and also a friend of mine who is getting married next year as well. She asked us if we were going to do a first glance or if we were going to be more traditional and wait to see our grooms when we walked down the aisle. When we both told her we were going the traditional route, she proceeded to tell us everything wrong with that tradition(including the Indian tradition of seeing each other when walking down the aisle to prevent them from running away). She talked about how first glance was so much better than waiting and almost had me and my fellow bride friend in tears. We listened to her rant for nearly 20 minutes before finally leaving. Instead of offering pros and cons to both, she made us feel that we were stupid for being traditional. I was very interested in their photography, but I will not be considering them anymore because I would be afraid of having to deal with her.

These people are incredible! I got lucky enough to get both Dave and Dawn on my wedding day and they are just amazing people! They love what they do and they are great at it! I knew from the moment I met Dave at a bridal convention that I had to use Estes Images. There pictures are beautiful! Not only are you getting wonderful people but you are getting great quality pictures! They were with my from 11am until 8:30pm! Im so glad I went to them and it was definatly hands down money well worth spent! Thank you both!!

Estes Images was wonderful! They were there from the first thing in the morning until well into the night of our reception. Excellent job! Took over 1,700 photos!

Super great to work with plus bound our shoot:);) love them!!

They are great people!! Husband and wife team, they work great together and really make you comfortable. They did our engagement and wedding and they both turned out AWESOME! I got so many compliments and I am very satisfied.