Jennifer Smutek Photography

r heartwarming, she just knows when to shoot and click. The formals were absolutely gorgeous -- with great consideration of background and lighting. The reception photos feel like movie scenes! All of our friends and family were blown away with the images -- each of us remarking "I didn't even notice she was there!" We are so thankful we found Jennifer and grateful for her creative perspective, positive energy, and joyful nature. I truly can't recommend her enough.

aptured, as I had envisioned. But Jennifer immediately put me at ease and was not even phased. She went above and beyond and worked her magic; I could not be happier with our photos!! Jennifer was always available to answer my many questions and always made me feel like her friend rather than her client. I will forever be grateful to Jennifer for capturing our major milestones!

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n of course the wedding but 2- the pictures are amazing. I haven't been able to stop looking for the last few weeks. AMAZING!! Highly Highly Highly Recommend Jennifer!!

, prepared to help with wedding hiccups, and overall exceeded our expectations in the best way. We also appreciate that she was safe and wore a mask throughout the day! She has a lot of technical photography knowledge, and a true creative eye. We love our photos and will cherish them forever.

nifer’s passion and love for what she does – and it makes sense because she’s AWESOME at it. During our engagement photos she was rolling around in the grass, running down hills, doing whatever she needed to get those perfect shots. At the wedding she was laying down on the dance floor, holding up light into a moon bounce all to get the perfect picture and capture every moment of the wedding. Her passion radiates through her work. Throughout the day beyond the photographs, Jennifer and Maria were absolute stars. Jennifer kept me from being probably 4 hours late to my wedding- ha! She kept myself and my bridal party on time and in line throughout the day, something we desperately needed. Maria saved my wedding shoes after the worst thing could happen – they broke hours before walking down the aisle. She even put on my dad’s boutonniere when my mom was struggling with it. All those little things they jumped up to do and help with outside their job were so beyond appreciated, and I’ll never forget it. Jennifer is a true professional, and if I were to get married again (WHICH I WON’T) I would hire Jennifer without a hesitation in my mind. She was a large part of the successful execution of my wedding, and I am forever grateful. I’ll be recommending Jennifer for as long as I possibly can! Thank you Jennifer & Maria!!

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nity to shoot somewhere new. This is when I knew she was passionate and open and just what I was looking for. Then came the engagement shoot. This woman was laying on her stomach in a puddle after a cold rain storm just to get the most perfect shot of me and my fiance. Jennifer works her butt off to get you exactly what you want. Then came the wedding a year later and she blew everyone away with her professionalism and artsy eye. Every picture from that day is perfect and I got such a variety back from her. She captured everyone's raw emotion in her shots and was willing to be flexible whenever I wanted something specific. I will cherish those photos forever! We received so many compliments from both the wedding party and guests about just how incredible she really is. I cannot recommend Jennifer enough.

s as a couple, and the things we were looking for from her. Our complimentary engagement session was so awesome! Although the weather wasn’t as perfect as we would have liked for our sunrise session, she exceeded our expectations and used her craft to take incredible photos, and also made us more comfortable. Having Jennifer photograph our wedding was one of the best wedding choices we made. She documented every beautiful moment of our day from the set-up and details, to our friends and family, and to all of the love we were feeling that day. We could not have imagined going through this experience with anyone else! Thank you so much!

d night lighting. I looked through her previous work and I was pleased with what she is able to do. The photos came out BEAUTIFUL, we get so many compliments on them and she was able to produce them quickly! Jennifer and Maria were an amazing team on the wedding day, being able to wrangle people for photos, being organized about the shots and the timeline and being friendly and assertive to get the shots that we wanted accomplished. She had bobby pins and extra things just handy to help out during the day. She was just the best helper we had on the day of and we didn't have a wedding planner and they were just SUPERSTARS! In terms of planning Jennifer was SUPER communicative and was always able to answer questions promptly. Her planning questionnaire was helpful as well. She would always inform me if she was going to be away ahead of time and she was always warm in answering all of my questions and concerns. The complementary engagement photo shoot was a great way to get to know her and be comfortable with her and Maria during the wedding day. Overall, Jennifer and Maria EXCEEDED my expectations. We have beautiful photos of our day and they worked tirelessly to make the day special. We really enjoyed working with her and my family liked having her there as well.

's Light City in order to give us artistic and romantic shots. Needless to say, we had a blast! We had a non-traditional "pop-up" style wedding and she helped us keep on track by providing a timeline and questionnaire to help us better organize our special day. While we had a fantastic outdoor ceremony and reception, we had a few weather issues and Jennifer made everything work for us, and look good to boot! We really can't say enough good things about her, and look forward to working with her in the future. THANK YOU JENNIFER AND MARIA!!!

like I was her only client even though she is busy! She responded to emails right away and is very easy to work with. She also helped me find a last minute hair/makeup person. She is a pleasure to work with and really cares about her clients. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

ding, we were beyond thrilled to book her. We knew from the start that our elopement plans on a farm, with horses, were slightly unconventional but Jennifer was a fan straight away. Our engagement photos were easy and fun. We were comfortable immediately--and this is saying a lot. My husband is not someone who likes his photos taken but even he was happy and relaxed. We felt like ourselves and spent so much time laughing. Jennifer was so considerate and kept our engagement shoot quiet until we were ready to announce to our friends. She even made sure not to mention our elopement plans when she blogged about everything. This is such a seemingly small detail but really meant a lot to us. Our elopement followed suit and Jennifer again kept things quiet for a few days so we could announce our marriage on Christmas Eve. Our photos are beautiful and pure magic and best of all, we look happy, relaxed and like ourselves. It's the perfect mix of the photography skill we'd hoped for and the fun we had that day. Jennifer was easy to communicate with, very attentive, considerate of our needs, and paid attention to the details that meant the most to us. Her skill is incredible. We couldn't recommend her more.

act her. We had no idea how amazing she was in person and that she would be an absolute delight to work with. She made the whole session very enjoyable, eventhough my husband and I had no idea what we were doing. The photos turned out better than what we hoped for and we feel incredibly lucky to have worked with her.

s. She is also very accommodating and will give you exactly what you want! If you want an all around wonderful experience with a photographer who will also give you the most incredible pictures then go with Jennifer!

r special day. More importantly, the quality of her work is AMAZING and she has a very quick turnaround time. I would HIGHLY recommend Jennifer to all people looking for a photographer. Could not have asked for a better experience.

on us. Fortunately for us choosing Jen as our wedding photographer made the photography part of the planning super easy. After hearing what we wanted Jen had a plan for action. Any gaps that we were missing from the shots we wanted Jen knew how to fill. Not only did she make every request happen she was willing to help out in every way possible. Although we kept our wedding simple the most important part to us was still the wedding photos. Not only did they come out spectacular and so much better than expected but Jen managed to catch everything I envisioned in the photos and more. My wife and I plan to one day move out of state and so we really wanted to capture the beauty of Baltimore to always remember where we fell in love. Thanks to Jen every photograph has the feeling of the great Charm City like we envisioned. Not once did we feel interrupted or taken away from the moment of our special day. Receiving the photos was just as special because of Jen's attention to detail with an unexpected beautiful presentation when our package of photos arrived in the mail. Every picture that we hoped for turned out fantastic for us to share with our friends and family for years to come. People are constantly commenting how they wish they had wedding photos like ours! I can't recommend Jen enough to be the one to capture your special day and I want to give another special thanks to Jen for making our day better than we could have ever hoped for! Thank you Jen!

ers, she was wonderful. She is upfront and honest about what she can provide and what we were going to get from her. It is rare that you meet someone who makes you feel so comfortable from the get-go and Jennifer did just that. She was so easy to work with and went out of her way to work with our insane schedules. She provided so many beautiful photos from our engagement session, rehearsal dinner and wedding (and trust we are the worst models ever haha)! We received our photos in such a timely manner and on the day of our wedding she could not have made us or our families/friends feel more relaxed. She followed our timeline more perfect than you can imagine and her Zen personality kept everyone cool and calm. We loved every single thing about working with Jennifer. Her professionalism and desire to provide exceptional service along with beautiful photos makes her the perfect photographer for any and all events! Because of her our wedding year will live on forever and we can't thank her enough!

ding, she just felt like part of the family. Her shots were gorgeous and she was timely and very professional in all of our meetings, emails, and most importantly the day of the wedding. I would highly recommend her to anyone and everyone!

ded very quickly to any question I had, and had a time line for both our engagement session and the day of our wedding which made the day less chaotic. We also got to view our pictures from both our engagement session and the wedding just a few weeks after - which is unheard of! It was so much fun working with Jennifer, and we are so happy we were able to relive our wedding day through her pictures! Highly recommend her!!

one/text/email and always responded in a timely manner. We originally decided to work with Jennifer due to her professionalism and portfolio but we knew we made the right decision when we saw her work. Her photography skills are nothing short of spectacular and she really knows how to catch the moment. Jen was prepared for every scenario, like when I locked my keys in the car during our engagement photo shoot and again when it rained during our wedding day. She was also very calm during these situations which definitely helped this anxious bride bring it back to reality lol. I would most definitely recommend Jennifer to any bride and I will definitely want to work with her in the future! -Kacey

tion to Jen capturing the most radiant, fun, and elegant moments on our big day, it was the BEST to work with her personally leading up to our wedding day. Jen created a relationship and unique bond with us in order to make our day magical, the formal photo process flow flawlessly, and most importantly to make us 100% comfortable and calm the whole entire day. We have heard stories about people getting pulled in 101 different directions on their wedding day but we never felt that way with Jen. She digs a little deeper and discovers what exactly you want and envision, throws in amazing ideas of her own, and comes out making beautiful memories that you will treasure forever! She was also very honest which we loved. Once you're on that home stretch before your big day, sometimes you need some direction from others. Jen provided us with an extremely detailed and super helpful timeline AND she even helped us by recommending our wedding DJ and videographer which we also both fell in love with. My husband and I had many ideas for our big day that included different photo ideas, but that was when we thought we had all the time in the world (and most people will tell you your day flies by). She would give us a red flag if she thought there might be an issue, but we completely appreciated her honesty and looking back we know certain things would have taken away from spending more time with our family and friends. Jen also captured our engagement photos which were so much fun! She makes you so relaxed and so comfortable and personally I think that is very very important to find in a wedding photographer...and we are so thankful she was a part of our big day!!

hat she has an honest passion for the work that she does. We love how she added in a more spontaneous view to our pictures, and that they are so unique to us. She's got a modern take and knows how to work the light and the right angles. It's exciting every time we look at our albums, and we are honestly so proud to show them off too. When our friends or coworkers or anyone else has asked us if we have any recommendations for their wedding, our go-to is Jennifer. She's now photographed a number of our family and friends' weddings and bar/bat mitzvahs, and they've all come back to tell us how happy they are with her work too. She is reliable, professional, and made our day and all of the months leading up to it that much more of a joy. We really enjoyed our time working with her. And we decided to go back for 'trash the dress' pics because we wanted one more opportunity to work with her and have one more album full of awesome pictures!