5 out of 5 stars and 17 reviews Best of Weddings (2x).
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(17)NYC + Outer Boroughs, Hudson Valley, Philly
About this vendor
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Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Film Photography
- Photo
- Second Shooter Available
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2022.2021.
Best of Weddings
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Hiring Jess was one of the best decisions I made for my wedding! We initially booked her for an engagement session. As two slightly camera-shy people, my then-fiancé and I were so ...
impressed by how comfortable she made us feel during the whole session and how much genuine fun we had shooting with her. When we got the photos back, we were blown away and immediately booked her for our wedding. Jess was kind, responsive, and helpful during the entire planning process, and even helped with things beyond photography like the day of schedule. When the big day arrived she was a professional, fun, and calming presence. She captured all the details, big and small, and made sure to get a variety of our "must have" shots. Our wedding was almost two months ago, and I look back on our pictures almost every day. She completely nailed it! I've gotten so many compliments from friends and family on our photos. Your wedding day goes by so fast, and we feel so lucky that we had a photographer as talented as Jess capturing all the special moments. I cannot recommend her highly enough – this is the person you want to document your big day!
JESS IS A DREAM. What an incredible celebration we had on our big day and so much of it we truly owe to Jess for capturing! With the ever changing weather, Jess stayed so flexible ...
and optimistic about our shoots. It brought a whole new level of energy and excitement to our wedding that made our day that much more memorable. We have spent the last month reminiscing, and we are so grateful to look back at these stellar pictures. She and her assistant worked so hard and we were blown away by her natural ability to see a shot, and to make us feel comfortable so that she could get the best photos possible. We were a large group too and her patience was impressive!! Jess-- Thank you, so very much for an unforgettable experience
Choosing Jess as our wedding photographer was absolutely the best decision we made! Jess is everything you would want in a wedding photographer — she is so very organized, communic...
ative, fun, and she made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera. Jess was super helpful and quick to respond prior to the wedding with our day of schedule any any/all questions we had, and she was a delight to work with on the day of our wedding. Of course, Jess also takes gorgeous photos! And every single photo truly captures the personality of the people in it. Looking back through our wedding photos, we really feel like we are reliving the full day. I cannot possibly recommend Jess enough!!!
I’m not even sure how a review will accurately capture how amazing Jess and her wedding photography is! She is literally one of the best photographers out there, we can’t say enoug...
h good things. Jess’s photos are so real, so authentic, and the highest quality. We were originally drawn to Jess’s work because of how she combines timeless and modern styles, how she captures candids and raw emotions throughout the day in addition to all of the posed/ family formal photos. We were drawn to the quality of her work - it is top notch and worth every penny.
Jess was there since the beginning. She was easy to work with when we rescheduled our 2020 wedding because of COVID. She was more than happy to drive to Alexandria, VA for our engagement shoot (which, damn, the photos turned out like scenes from a romantic hallmark movie...) Then on our wedding day she and her associate photographer absolutely crushed it. We are in love with our full gallery of photos. She was so quick to get us sneak peaks… literally even a few the morning after our wedding!
Jess truly knows style- she has an eye for this whole photography thing. She was so great at giving us a good amount of prompts for poses but not so many that it feels forced like some photographers - she allows us to just be our crazy selves and she rolls with it.
I remember when we first hired Jess, we met her for dinner back in the day. She was so kind and genuine, fun and cool. We knew from DAY 1 we were blessed to have her to capture our relationship and the special moments in our lives. We will be hiring her for our professional photography needs in the future also :)
Overall, Jess is professional, so talented, efficient, kind and a super cool and genuine person. HIRE HER just do it you won’t regret it!
Hiring Jess to be our wedding photographer was one of the best decisions we ever made! I was drawn to Jess's style of photography because I knew that I wanted to look back on my we...
dding photos and feel the happiness/raw emotions of the day. She far exceeded all of my expectations! Not only is she kind, empathetic, and flexible (we had to postpone our wedding for a year due to COVID and she helped every step of the way) she is an ARTIST! When I look back through my wedding pictures I feel like I am literally reliving the best day of my life. The happiness/joy radiates through the pictures, and I credit that all to Jess. I would highly recommend Jess to any bride who wants her wedding pictures to feel real, joyful, and authentic. She is AMAZING!
I've been sitting here editing this review for so long in order to capture how talented Jess is, how helpful, how fun. She's funny and professional and prompt and responsive and so...
focused on us but with good suggestions if we needed them. And her photos? UNPARALLELED, with universal acclaim from a picky cadre of friends and family including professional and amateur photographers. She texted us five edited sneak peeks ON our wedding night, guys. We snatched her up more than a year in advance and hiring her was the easiest and best decision we made. Honestly Jess is worth more than her rate for her quality of service, the length of time (she was 30 minutes early?!), the attention to detail, the gorgeous framing of shots we didn't know we needed, the superb editing that is somehow both timeless AND modern. I will be hiring her for all of my professional photo needs for the rest of time. And she's so cool.
I truly cannot recommend and thank Jess enough. I was drawn to her photography because of the way she was able to capture all of the genuine emotions and moments that come on a wed...
ding day. I love that you can almost feel the emotions through her pictures. Like many people, my husband and I are extremely awkward in front of a camera and in front of people we don’t really know, but she met with us before booking to make sure our personalities matched. She made it about the fit and genuinely wanted to get to know us. She made sure she could make our photos everything we wanted and more! She really cares about the couple and making the experience personal and capturing all their candid moments of love and joy.
After talking and booking, we did an engagement shoot. (I would also HIGHLY recommend an engagement shoot- not just because the pictures are amazing- but also because it helped us get to know Jess more and visa versa before the wedding!) For our engagement shoot, Jess literally hiked through the woods with us to find our perfect photo spot and let our insane puppy come so that we could include her in the moment. Those are still some of my favorite pictures! Throughout the engagement shoot and the wedding, she made the situation so comfortable, natural, easy, and fun. She has such an amazing, warm personality, it felt like hanging out with a good friend!
Leading up to the wedding, she made sure to communicate with us every step of the way leading up to the wedding. LOL she definitely knew my vision and timeline for the day better than anyone else there. She never got annoyed by a text/email about random idea, new first look location, or a question I had regarding the wedding, even when it wasn’t directly photo-related. She made sure to get every single picture we wanted while keeping us on time so that we could really enjoy ourselves and the party! The day honestly would not have been the same without her there! She really made everything so seamless and stress-free, which is a HUGE blessing on a wedding day. She definitely went above and beyond her job description! If you want a photographer who genuinely cares about you and your relationship AND who takes amazing pictures. I would highly recommend Jessica Spoll Photography!
Getting to work with Jessica Spoll was by FAR the best decision/highlight of wedding planning. “5 stars” does not do Jess justice. As a human, she is warm, easy to talk to, and com...
passionate. Someone I genuinely looked forward to getting to spend my wedding day alongside. As a professional, she is the best in the game. She truly captures the emotions behind each moment. As two people who are usually awkward in front of the camera, she instantly made us feel at ease and blended in so well we often forgot she was even there. The amazing range of sneak peeks she so speedily sent over were absolutely incredible and truly told the story of our day even better than we could’ve ever dreamed. She expertly captured our shot list but, arguably even more importantly, she was able to capture the beautiful unspoken moments of candid joy and love in between. The quality of the pictures is incredible and her editing/positioning is so perfect. She truly has such a gift and is the consummate professional. As a wedding impacted by COVID, coordinating logistics and planning (and re-planning!) was often complex and stressful, but Jess was so accommodating and made the whole process as smooth and easy as possible. Not only did Jess do an amazing job of coordinating leading up to the wedding and capturing all the amazing moments, but she took time to connect with our family members and got to know them, too. Everyone loved Jess throughout the day and were in awe of the sneak peeks she turned around. I cannot recommend Jess more enthusiastically or strongly and am forever grateful that she was there to document our day. Choosing Jess should be the easiest decision of your wedding planning and I promise it’ll also be the best one.
Absolutely cannot recommend Jess enough. She is warm, friendly and captures the most incredible moments. She is the kind of person you feel like you know forever and are comfortabl...
e doing whacky and wild poses with. From our engagement shoot to our actual wedding, we were blown away by the quality of the pictures that Jess takes and the emotion we still feel 1 year after the engagement pics and 3 weeks after the wedding. We are so happy we chose Jess and will cherish these pictures of us (and the amazing pics she got of our pup) forever. I wish we could get married again just so Jess could be the photographer! Cannot recommend her enough.
WOW WOW WOW! If you want warm pictures, all the emotions captured, a comfortable, friendly, and understanding photographer, this is your girl!! Jess started out with us in Washingt...
on DC as our engagement photographer. My now husband had hired her to secretly capture the moment he got down on one knee on our vacation! She perfectly captured that day and our shoot and we hired her as our wedding photographer. The week of our wedding in March the entire world shut down due to COVID so we moved to October. Unfortunately Jess could not accommodate that new date. However, Jess didn’t just simply refund us and move on, she helped us find a second photographer to stand in for her and then another one to be a second shooter!!! The agreement was that she would make the final edits! The photographer we helped her pick in Jenna Raad from the Orlando area was so cute and fun and had previously done our fall photos so well. Michael that Jess had found from the Jax area did such a great job at making the day fun and capturing our beautiful moments as well.
Now as Jess has all the photos and gets us our sneak peaks I am BLOWN AWAY! Between the two amazing photographers, Jenna and Michael, capturing the day Jess makes it seem as if she was there in the moment with us from afar with her warm and rustic edits! Jess has been nothing but supportive and loving through this entire unique process that had happened to us. She manages to capture our moments even from miles and miles away. I don’t recommend having her afar, I do recommend however that you make sure she can attend your event because you will be so full of joy and satisfaction! Your day will be complete with Jess Spoll and whoever she carefully chooses to assist her. Many more memories to come with Jess!! Love love love her!
Stop looking for a wedding photographer right now and hire Jess! She is absolutely the best around no question about it.
Jess has this awesome ability of capturing fleeting momen...
ts. You’ll look back on your pictures and have a snapshot of your niece hugging her grandma, a short lived laugh with your dad, a random hug with your best friend/maid of honor. All these small moments of your wedding that are so meaningful and raw captured in a single image. These are things other photographers miss but when you hire Jess, you are lucky enough to have them captured forever!
Don’t even get us started on the couple portraits, we have no idea how she made us look so good! If you’re awkward like my fiancé and I, not to worry she’ll give you prompts and somehow make you look amazing.
Lastly she is just a cool person. Our whole family commented on how cool she was at our wedding!
Hire Jess!! We can’t say enough good things about her!
"Practically perfect in every way"- Mary Poppins. Is what we think of Jess and the incredible work she does.
We cannot be more thankful for Jess and how she captured the emotions ...
and feelings of each beautiful moment during our engagement and wedding photos. We even were surprised with a sneak peek of our wedding photos in less than 48 hours, those photos alone gave us everything we wanted and that was just the sneak peek! We unfortunately were one of the couples who had to make changes to our wedding day because of COVID, but working with Jess through everything made us feel at ease and that she was in our corner. Not only did she help capture our smaller wedding and go with some of the last minutes changes but she is also joining us next year when we can celebrate with all our guests. Jess is kind and so friendly, she made us feel like we were working with an old friend. For two people who feel awkward in front of the camera, Jess was able to help us feel at ease and we now look at our photos thinking "Wow, we look really GOOD!" If you want photos that let you relive the emotions of your day, where you can remember each laugh, cry, hug, and conversation, hire Jess.
We cannot recommend Jess enough. She’s an absolute treasure of a human being who is now one of our good friends, in addition to being a magnificently talented photographer. Her doc...
umentary-esque style paired with her stark contrast and beautiful, earthy colors make her work some of the most visually stunning images we have ever had the pleasure of laying our eyes on. If you’re getting married, we would absolutely, 1000% recommend Jess Spoll. Sure, you could hire some other wedding photographer that captures all the smiles and sunshine and happiness that your day brings, and you’d be satisfied. However, if you want to relive your wedding day in all its beautiful, loving glory, hire Jess Spoll. She has this way of telling a story through her images in a way that communicates a sense of ease, sincerity, and above all else, warmth. She snapped moments that we didn’t even think would be moments worth capturing, and yet managed to make those particular pictures some of our favorites from our wedding day. We want to take her with us everywhere we go and have her document our lives-. Jess was extremely easy to work with. I am usually a pretty shy person in front of the camera, so for her to get me to naturally come out of my shell was nothing short of amazing. Working with Jess literally made us want to get more pictures done despite having already gotten married. We highly recommend her and cannot speak highly enough about her style, professionalism, and dedication.
Jess is incredible. She did such an amazing job on our wedding photos, and she’s the sweetest! We met her in person while booking, so we could to get to know each other and ask her...
every question we could think of. She kept in touch between then and our wedding, wanting to see pictures of the dress and other wedding details. A few weeks before the big day she sent a sample schedule and a questionnaire for us to fill out so she had an idea of special photos we wanted, family portrait groupings, best point of contact for the day, and other wedding details. We talked on the phone a week before the wedding to finalize everything. It put my mind at ease that she was so easy to get in touch with, so organized, professional, and personable. On the big day, she showed up right on time with her second shooter and got right to work capturing all the little details. Our wedding had some last minute changes due to extreme heat, but that didn’t seem to phase her one bit. She sweated it out with us to take some gorgeous outdoor photos and made sure we didn’t look sweaty or get overheated. Most of the day was a blur of activities and excitement, but she captured it all perfectly. I got really emotional seeing our wedding gallery for the first time. She added a slideshow/video set to our first dance song, and the tears just started rolling as I watched it. I don’t know how she does it, but she absolutely captures the FEELING of the moment, and I relived it all looking at our gallery. The joy, excitement, nerves, laughter—it’s all there, and that is SO precious to us! I could not give Jess any higher praise, you should definitely book her!
There are truly not enough positive words in the English language to fully describe the magic that is Jess Spoll. My fiancé and I don’t particularly enjoy having photos taken and w...
e were super afraid of our wedding day photos being posed or awkward. It was our goal to find a photographer that would be able to capture the moments of the day in an authentic way and also guide us and instruct us on what to do to make sure we would love our photos afterward. Jess did all of this and more. When we first met her, we had breakfast and immediately clicked. If someone at the restaurant had seen us, they would have thought we had all been friends for years. She has a way of immediately putting you at ease and helping to organize photos for the day without pushing you in any direction you might not be comfortable with. On the actual day, her photo ideas were brilliant and she brought out the absolute best in not just my fiancé and I but our families and wild bridal party members as well. We laughed and had so much fun the entire day which made the actual photo process so much easier and relaxed. She sent us a sneak peek just a few days after the wedding and every single shot is GORGEOUS. If you are looking for a photographer that not only will produce the most beautiful wedding photos you could imagine but also feels like a true friend—hire Jess Spoll and enjoy the inevitable magic element she will bring to the most important day of your life.
If you want the most amazing wedding photographer ever, then you need Jess. I wanted photos that looked like they belonged in an editorial magazine, and my husband has something ag...
ainst photographers who pose couples with their foreheads touching. Jess made sure that we never touched foreheads and that every single photo could belong in Vogue. Her and Mo, her second shooter, were fantastic and so easy to work with. They were everywhere but never got in the way. I had guests coming up to me all night telling me how awesome Jess was at doing her job without being intrusive. She stayed in touch after the wedding and fed me all sorts of fun sneak peak photos. She was also awesome at giving me a few more when my mom and I wanted to see a few specific shots early. We got all our photos 5 weeks after the wedding (way faster than I thought we would). I can't say enough amazing things about Jess and the work she did. She is easily worth double her price if not more. I'm so glad she agreed to come up to Philly and shoot my wedding even though it isn't an area she usually covers.
Jess and her second shooter were absolutely clutch - they came EARLIER than expected, took a look at all the spacing, and planned out what exactly what we would do and where. Jess ...
also managed my absolutely crazy family by figuring out who should be in what photo EVEN THOUGH she had never met them before. And she did amazingly beautiful getting ready photos. I don't know what to tell you except that I'm in awe of her artistic talent and what a complete steal she is.
For someone who already had really high expectations to live up to from the engagement shoot, Jess hit every single expectation we had and more! We chose a crazy artistic venue with a courtyard, garage, townhome, and gallery - but Jess managed to find all the best lighting while also managing to keep us away from guests during our first-look photos.
She has just such an eye for style it's CRAZY! And she captured all the small details perfectly. There's really no choice here - if you want someone who captures the real moments and gives you photos that let you remember what your wedding FELT LIKE - not what it looks like on a postcard, but the real gosh-darn emotion, then you need to book Jess. You 100% will be so happy you did - because the person behind the lens is also a gem. <3
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