About this vendor
J. Sasu Photography is a visionary, wedding photography service located in Bethesda, Maryland that services the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. area. J. is dedicated to capturing the fearless love between two people on their biggest day. J. takes a distinctive approach to create unforgettable images for each wedding he photographs. His intimate photographs write love stories exotic to every couple. Marriage is the bravest and also one of the scariest things two people can do. People open their hearts, lives and souls and place them into the warm hands of another. This fearless act of love deserves bold, fearless photography and J. provides just that. Let's start writing your story.
Details
Business Attributes
- Black-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
3-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2022.2021.2020.
Best of Weddings
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J is absolutely wonderful and thoughtful. We enjoyed doing our engagement photos with him, as it allowed us to get to know him and feel comfortable with him. He then photographed u...
s and our parents and us at our civil ceremony and our wedding reception the following day. His style is easy as he blends into the background and allows you to truly enjoy your day. He was an excellent collaborator with our videographer and DJ and made our day seamless. His photographs are beautiful and truly capture us for who we are. Definitely recommend him!
If you’re debating between multiple photographers for your wedding, choose J. From pre-wedding planning & coordination, to day-of professionalism, to the photos themselves - everyt...
hing was perfect. Can’t thank J. enough for making our wedding both special and stress-free
J was the best photographer ever! We got married at Caboose Farm in September of 2023 and we could not have asked for a more detailed, friendly, fun, and talented photographer. Cab...
oose Farm is a pretty large property and J found so many great spots for us to take photos. His communication is incredible, totally fair prices, and the service was exceptional. The photos came out more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. I highly recommend booking J as your wedding photographer!
J was amazing to work with! We had our engagement session with him first and it was a great introduction to how everything would work. We had 3 different places in mind for our pic...
tures and he was very accommodating. We knew we wanted the Domino Sugar sign in our pictures and he rearranged the schedule so that we would take that picture later while it was lit up! Our wedding day was no different. He was super flexible and listened to our ideas on where we wanted pictures taken. We highly suggest working with him!!
J worked with us on both our proposal and wedding. He was able to send us some sneak previews by the next day which we greatly appreciated! With the proposal photo shoot, he arrive...
d early and scoped out the best angle to catch the perfect moment. For the wedding, he coordinated well with our videographer and was able to capture every important detail from wedding prep to the walkout. The quality and creativity of J’s work is unparalleled. We will be using J for all future photography needs!
Our photographer Jay and team made our day amazing by providing excellent service, attention to detail, and overall timeliness for our big day. Jay worked closely with us/our coor...
dinate to provided great customer service from our engagement shoot to our wedding day. Prior to the wedding, Jay was very responsive and made location and time changes whenever we asked. On wedding day, Jay was prompt and ready to rock and roll to capture all of our moments. Our day would NOT have been successful without him. The photos came out amazing and his delivery of private and shareable photos/links was an added touch.
He is very professional and personable. He guides you through each pictures and make you look the best in all of them! He was the photographer for our wedding night and I was so s...
atisfied with our pictures that he is coming for another event! He is the best!
J was an absolute lifesaver! A friend’s wedding had to be downsized to an at-home socially distanced due to groom testing positive for COVID a few days prior. J was very quick to r...
espond and very professional. The photos were absolutely amazing! The bride and groom were thrilled. Thank you J!
I sent a very last minute request for J to photography our civil ceremony. From my first very email correspondence with J, I was already impressed by his direct and clear communic...
ation. He was also very prompt and thorough with arranging all the photography details before the day.
The day of, he was all around excellent to work with. J was warm and professional and made both of us feel really comfortable for pictures.
Joey was the photographer for a wedding I was in a few years ago so I knew his work was excellent before I contacted him see if he was available for my wedding date. From our firs...
t phone call with Joey, my now husband and I could tell Joey is extremely passionate about his work and really goes the extra mile to make sure he delivers fantastic service to all of the couples he works with. Joey was very prompt with communication via text and email throughout the entire process. He also allowed us to customize an hourly package plus a pre-wedding photo session which was perfect for our micro-wedding.
Joey arrived early on the day of our pre-wedding photos to scout out the best spots for the photos. He helped direct us on posing for each photo which was super helpful as neither my husband nor I considered ourselves to be very photogenic. You would never know that from how the photos turned out though! We were so impressed with the quality and variety of the photos (plus the turnaround time was only 3 days!)
On the day of the wedding Joey again arrived early to make sure he was ready to start photographing the details as soon as we arrived as we were working with a shorter timeline than a more traditional, larger wedding. Joey was able to capture all of the shots we wanted and more. We were so thrilled when we received our photos back (about a week after the wedding). Joey was able to capture so many candid moments that we didn’t even realize he was snapping pictures of in the moment. We couldn’t have been happier with how everything turned out and we highly recommend Joey to anyone else searching for a photographer!
If you're looking for a photographer that truly cares about making sure you enjoy your experience, love the photos, cares about the little details, and offers a variety of packages...
, then J. Sasu Photography is the right choice! J. Sasu made sure to communicate with us about the types of shots we wanted, as well as the overall theme that we were going for. In addition, J. Sasu was flexible in regards to rescheduling our engagement shoot due to rain. On the day of the engagement photo session, J. Sasu made sure to scout our locations for the best shots/angles, directed us on poses the entire time, as well as did a great job incorporating the props we brought. All of the engagement photos we took looked AMAZING, and it's hard to decide which we will use for what, because they all look so good! Not to mention, the turn around time for all of the photos was only about a week! We cannot wait to work with him again at our wedding! I highly recommend hiring J. Sasu Photography for your photography needs! The quality, pricing, and care that you will receive from J. Sasu Photography is unmatched!
J Sasu photography did our engagement photos and will be doing our wedding photos. We couldn’t be any happier with our decision to go with this company. We got our photos back in l...
ess than a week and they were absolutely beautiful! Definitely would recommend this company.
We love our photos! J has been such a support during our wedding planning! We just had our engagement shoot with him and all of the photos turned out amazing!! We're looking forwar...
d to working with him at the wedding! J puts you at ease in front of the camera and has a really good eye for catching the shot.
J. Sasu is amazing! He is professional, courteous, and simply does great work! Super flexible and helpful. Asks all the right questions and really makes the experience worth your t...
ime. I highly recommend and wouldn't trust anyone else to do professional photos for us!
I am so glad we chose J to be a part of our wedding day and take our photos. He was easy to communicate with, arrived with great ideas, and delivered beautiful photos that my husba...
nd and I will treasure forever. With all that is ever changing with Coronavirus, he was super flexible and understanding, as well! 1000% recommend.
J. did a fantastic job with our daughter's wedding. He worked with us through the postponement and the rescheduling of her wedding due to Covid-19. J's pictures came out amazing!...
This is the second wedding we've done with J and he is the absolute best. You won't be disappointed!
Joey was amazing every step of the way. Due to COVID19 we had to make multiple changes last minute and he was professional and extremely flexible with us. He is punctual and impecc...
able with capturing your love behind the lens. I was able to send him ideas as to what we wanted exactly for our pre-wedding photos and he was creative with capturing the most beautiful images (beyond what we had imagined). He was a friend throughout the process and I’d recommend him all my friends and family in a heart beat. Thank you so much for everything Joey!
Joseph was incredible! We only had a limited amount of time to plan everything. With all the crazy that comes with planning a wedding, there was a pandemic happening on top of that...
. Joseph was EXTREMELY professional and efficient which allowed us to worry about one less part of the equation. We had planned the shots that we wanted prior to the wedding, but he was still open to certain shots we wanted the day of. The final edited shots were everything we could have asked for and we received them fairly quickly after the ceremony. His eye for capturing moments is impeccable!
J. is an amazing photographer, not only is he incredibly talented, but he is also extremely helpful with any wedding questions or difficulties you may be having setting up a weddin...
g day timeline/what pictures you want to get done. He has been instrumental in helping us to have the best wedding experience. He is so well organized that you can sit back and relax knowing he will take care of all things photo related so you don’t have to remember what photos need to be taken on your day. J also makes the experience incredibly comfortable even if you’ve never had your picture taken professionally before. He is one of the best photographers I’ve ever worked with!
J Sasu Photography was extremely professional. Our wedding day plans were shifted by COVID-19. J was willing to meet us to take pictures at any time and was extremely flexible. He ...
got to the area where we got married early to scope out prime locations for pictures. He didn't just take ordinary pictures. He used tools and tricks to create very creative photos. The turn around time for our finished photos was very quick. The photos were so breath-taking that we were interviewed by Good Morning America and will be featured in a bridal magazine. We highly recommend J Sasu Photography as your wedding photographer!
Each pic was better than the last.... I was speechless today when we got the pics....incredible job! There wasn’t a bad pic in the whole group! J. was always available and I had t...
otal confidence in him from the start. He and his team worked smoothly and quietly during the whole day and produced the most beautiful collection of pics I’ve ever seen. I can’t praise him enough!
Joseph did excellent work!!! My fiancé and I are very happy we picked him. We loved all the pictures he took( with all the details)He put our interest first and he was very profess...
ional. I’d recommend to anyone.
J was a fantastic wedding photographer!! He did a lot of his own research and learned all about the customs and ceremonies of our wedding, which were different from more traditiona...
l weddings, and was well-informed on everything leading up to the big day! He also had an incredible eye, and managed to get absolutely stunning photos on both our engagement session and wedding day that we never would have thought to ask for (in addition to nailing all the things we did ask for!!). Super fun and easy to work with, we would 100% recommend him to anyone!
J was so awesome. He is so personable, so strategic with his time and had a lot of really great ideas. Him and his second shooter, Melody, made such an effort to make sure they got...
a lot of good shots. He has a vision with certain photos that is very unique and I love it! We will definitely be using J for all future photo sessions we plan on having; maternity, newborn, family photos etc. Loved having him as our wedding photographer!
Most amazing, understanding, flexible photographer I’ve ever encountered. I reached out to him last minute and he was so flexible and understanding. He came earlier and left later ...
than the time we agreed on which was absolutely amazing! Our wedding photos came out in less than 7 days and they were so so beautiful! Highly recommend him!
I could not be happier with the photos J took and the experience he provided. Even from initial planning, he was very organized and professional. J did regular check ins to keep us...
on track while planning our wedding (to figure out timeline, group photos, etc). In the midst of all the wedding planning I was always confident with J and his ability. After the wedding, receiving the photos made it as though me and my husband could relive the whole day. The photos are truly works of art. I am so glad we chose J to be our wedding photographer!
I was super impressed with my choice to have Jay take our wedding photos. Everything was perfect! He was even willing to stay for some extra time when asked. I would definitely rec...
ommend him to anyone seeking an amazing photographer! He’s one of the best I’ve come across so far! I will definitely book him for any future events!! Trust me ..you won’t be disappointed.
The only wedding plan I knew from the start is that I wanted J as our photographer. He is an old friend and he’s beyond talented. He came all the way to Vermont to shoot our weddin...
g. He made sure everything went smoothly and was always ready with ideas and input of how to make sure everything was picture perfect. He was a huge part of the day and I don’t know how I would have done it without him!
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J was a delight to work with! When I was searching for a photographer, I really wanted one who was 1) affordable for our budget-friendly wedding and 2) could execute my vision of t...
he day (rustic, bright, natural). My wedding had a pretty intense schedule but J was accommodating and helped advise what he thought would be best for us. I had a very clear and specific vision for the aesthetic of our pictures. J took in all of my inspirational pictures and descriptions of what I wanted and he really made sure to shoot and edit his photos to suit our vision. Our guests could tell he was very professional and great with timing (especially with 400+ people at our ceremony!). His photos were GORGEOUS. The lighting, the mood, the placement - everything fell into place.
Because of our tight schedule we didn't get to take all the pictures we would've liked to (table photos, family portraits), however I am glad J advised us as we were planning to make sure we spent time actually enjoying the day. Even though we didn't get a picture with every guest, we enjoyed the day fully. Thankful to J for all his hard work!!
Jay was extremely professional and personable. We had a small, intimate wedding and he still was just as attentive as if we had a large gathering.
J has a really special talent and we're so glad we chose him to photograph our wedding day. What impressed us most was his ability to tell a beautiful story that captured the emoti...
ons of the day (just look at the galleries on his website and you'll understand!). His creativity and attention to detail is awesome, and we really appreciated his responsiveness throughout the process. An extra gesture that meant a lot to us: Some guests at our wedding only spoke Spanish. Without us having to ask, J made the extra effort to ensure our second photographer spoke Spanish so he could communicate with them. Thanks J :)
Joey's attention to details make him a true "rock star" of his craft. I appreciated his organizational skills during booking and his ability to deliver exactly the looks we were tr...
ying to achieve for our Engagement Shoot. On our shoot day he brought energy and creativity and it definitely shows in the photographs. So glad we booked him! :)
J. was so great to work with from the beginning. When I first saw some of his work before we hired him I loved that he had a different approach and artistic edges to his photos. Fr...
om the engagement session to our wedding day J. was always available to answer all our questions and really help the vision come to life. I would highly recommend J. Sasu and his team for your future pictures! You will not be disappointed!!
J was incredible to work with for our wedding—he was easy to communicate with, he fit in wonderfully with our group on the day of, and last but not least the photos were absolutely...
stunning. He got them to us incredibly quickly and we loved both the photos and getting to share them with our friends via the online gallery. We highly recommend J!
He did our anniversary wedding photos and they were incredible. You can tell hes always well prepared because hes always thinking of ways to take a unique picture. Everything we di...
d with him felt so natural and the photos really capture us. Hes incredible and the finished photos speak volumes to his work and creativity. He's our photographer and ill recommended him to anyone for anything.
J. was by far the best investment of our wedding! We seriously could not have asked for a better photographer. J. and his team were punctual, friendly, understanding of the pressur...
es of the day and captured everything we wanted to express in our wedding photos and more! He was very responsive, which was of the utmost importance to us since we were planning from a different state. Our family and friends loved him and we ended up getting our photos back sooner than expected. My favorite thing about his work is that he is not afraid to step outside the box to try something creative. Our photos turned out so amazing I have no words to describe the joy I feel when I look at them. I wouldn't settle for just good when looking for someone to capture a lifetime of memories, I would hire J. because he is just plain great!
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