About this vendor
We pride ourselves on providing candid and honest photography - creating real images for real couples. We capture your moments and those moments that happen between the moments so when you look back on your images you have the story of your day photographed just like you remembered it.
These are our additional promises to you:
You'll never see us use the word "swoon" in any of our emails or marketing. We don't show images of fake couples featuring models to convince you how awesome we are at posing two complete strangers staring off in opposite direction. We won't take the most joyous day of your life and edit it to look dark and grey and gloomy. It's a happy day so why shouldn't the colors be happy?
We pride ourselves on doing things a little bit different... and that's a good thing!
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Proofs
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
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3
out of 5.06 reviews
At first, Jeff seemed nice and worked with us well although communication was a little spotty. Unfortunately, my wedding was impacted by COVID and we ended up needing to move from ...
October 2020 to February 2021. Again, Jeff seemed willing to work with us and provided flexibility in moving our date but was still spotty in the communication (did not respond to several emails). Everything was fine until 2 nights before the wedding when Jeff called me to confirm some details. Nothing seemed out of the blue until we were about to hang up and Jeff mentions on the side that he did not have a second photographer. It seemed like he was trying to mention this quietly and not place any importance on it even though our contract clearly stated that he was to provide us 12 hours of photography with 2 photographers.
After a ton of back-and-forth communication involving my coordinator, Jeff was able to get a second photographer but they were only there for the ceremony (i.e. maybe a total of 1 - 1.5 hours). We did not know until the morning of the wedding that there would be a second photographer at all. Jeff's reasoning for this was that the second photographer was scared of COVID and did not feel safe being at the wedding. I can understand this but in all of my conversations with Jeff in the months leading up to the wedding, he never brought up any concerns or ask about our COVID protocols. While I am thankful that there was a second photographer at the ceremony, I feel like we still missed out on so many pictures due to Jeff's breach of contract. I hardly have any pictures with my husband (literally 3 poses outside of the church pictures) and no pictures with each bridesmaid, my family, or my friends. I don’t even have a single picture with just my mom. These are all memories I can never recapture.
After the wedding, I consulted with my lawyer on this troubling situation and she confirmed that it was a breach of contract. My husband and I approached Jeff about this and asked for a partial refund. After a delayed response, he flat out refused and said it was not a breach of contract because the second photographer was there for an hour. He even blamed the entire situation on us and tried to make my husband and I feel bad for having a wedding at all during the pandemic. I cannot express how much this situation has hurt my us. Not only did we miss out on capturing so many memories but now when I think about my wedding day, I now have anxiety and sadness for this entire situation. My intention of this post is to share my experiences with other brides and grooms looking to hire Jeff in the hopes that they can avoid the same heartache my husband and I are experiencing.
Our wedding was 1/30/2021 and we paid up front. Since that night Jeff has 100% ghosted my wife and I with no updates or responses or our many attempts to reach out (at once a week...
now). I will continue pressing on all formats of communication for a few more weeks before reviewing litigation. This is beyond unprofessional to ignore 2 months worth of emails on an active email thread that he’s seen. He has a Linkedin, FB, Instagram as well and appears to be done with photography. Do not hire this person. I will update this to a 4 when Jeff finally responds with a simple update on when we’ll receive our 13+ week overdue pictures.
Would not recommend. I have been waiting over a YEAR to get my wedding photo book. Jeff will not reply to any of my texts emails or anything. I highly doubt I’ll ever get the photo...
book. The pictures were ok, nothing amazing and definitely not worth the amount of money in my opinion.
Jeff is super easy to work with, he’s go with the flow. I appreciated his advice and honesty when I asked questions and about trends. I absolutely love our wedding pictures.
We hired Jeff for our May 4th wedding and are so glad we did! Jeff was FANTASTIC - polite, professional, and easygoing throughout the entire process. He made sure to get as much in...
formation in advance as possible about our preferences for photos (mostly candids with some group shots) and made sure that everything went smoothly on the big day. My bridesmaids kept telling me how nice and funny he was, and our wedding coordinators loved him. His packages include a second shooter, which was very important to us, and he didn’t pressure us into any “extras”, such as an engagement session. We’ve gotten a few sneak peeks, and they are breathtaking. 100% recommend!
Jeff is an incredible photographer! Highly recommend!
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DC, NC, SC, VA & Nationwide (based out of Fayetteville, NC)
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