Jill Markley Studios

come true. Jill showed up early for our wedding and coordinated all the appropriate photos and poses! She made everything easy and stress free. Jill truly captured all the special moments of the nights, and captured photos we had even forgot about taking! We strongly recommend Jill and hope we can do another session with her in the future! Thank you for everything Jill!!!

but she said we had to wait for the entire gallery which took many many weeks. Unfortunately for our photographs she had us stand in front on a glass window at night and she and all her equipment are in the reflection of every single photo. I think an experienced photographer would have realized this or edited the photo's to remove the reflection. There is also no variety in her photo poses. We have the same pose in about 40 of our pre ceremony photos. I could get over all those things but we had put together a list of all the groupings of people we wanted like we were instructed to do and there was still a missing group photo from the final gallery. I have a photo from a groomsmen on his phone so I know the grouping was done. I had followed up multiple times and asked if she could find the missing group because it is my family picture. To this day she still has never responded on what the status of the missing photo was. I know when I was searching for vendors I read many many reviews so I wanted to put my experience out there. Jill is a very nice person but looking back at our photos I wish we considered hiring someone else.

She seemed friendly, upbeat, organized, and professional. I felt she was the perfect fit to capture the best day of our lives. Everything leading up to our wedding seemed so promising. Day of- Jill was very hands off with giving directions to people, and it absolutely shows in our pictures. People are standing feet away from each other in some of our most important portraits. She provided very similar pictures in different formats which was frustrating as we wanted more images that differed from one another. For example: the same photo with dozens of different filters. (Pretty sure we received the same photo about a hundred times). Jill seemed so unhappy the day of, and did not seem like the same person we had talked to on the phone. We were expecting someone completely different from who showed up on our wedding day. To be clear, I don't write reviews ever. And as I stated, I've waited a couple of years to ensure that I was not writing an inaccurate review based entirely on emotion. We expected so much more for the amount of money we paid for Jill and the promises she made in our first phone call. Please, do yourself a favor and look for a different photographer. She put in minimal effort and always seemed to have something going on. What was even worse is she pressured me into writing a POSITIVE review before I even received my wedding pictures. I felt stuck. I felt I couldn't be honest since she still had all of our phots. I felt this was extremely manipulative and unprofessional. She made me feel terrible saying that these reviews are so very important for her business and that it was imperative. Well, now that I have had time to reflect on our photos and overall experience, here is my honest and true review. I do believe Jill is talented, but she was just not present physically or mentally on our very special and important day. Please do your research while making your decsion.

e her for our wedding . I will Definitely use her for all of our future life events .

obvious. I cannot emphasize enough how happy we are that we hired Jill and we would recommend her to anyone!

s feel comfortable. Jill had vision in the style of photos and was good at making little tweaks to position us for the perfect capture. She was very patient and gave good direction. We were thrilled with how the photos came out! We received so many compliments on the photos and used one for our Save the Dates. We are excited and look forward to having Jill photograph our wedding in June!

p to our big day. She’s responsive and truly cares about the experience and photos you are looking to achieve. She prepares you with a checklist and questionnaire, so you know what to expect and who should (and shouldn’t) be in pictures. With our “Covid” wedding, I want to thank Jill for being so flexible with our date changes and accommodating to our locations in Portsmouth NH. Even though it rained, she captured great images inside and outside. She really highlights the little details and candid shots.

you aren't sure what to do! Our pictures came out beautifully and we couldn't be happier with them. Thank you Jill for capturing all of the best moments!

table, walked us through the entire process, and made it fun! The photos were beautiful and we can't wait to work with her again next year!

d reception, Jill was discreet in the background but captured the most amazing pictures. Her turnaround in delivering our pictures was also super quick!

combination of calm, patient, and organized that will put any covid planning bride at ease. My fiancé hates getting his photo taken and was uncomfortable with the idea of the entire process… Not only did Jill make this as painless as possible for him starting right from the engagement shoot, she caught the perfect moments of us from start to finish and knew exactly how to pose us and produce the laughs needed to make the final product look like we were professionals. Her work is outstanding, her service is unmatched, and her personality is exactly what you want behind the camera for all of the fun, intimate, and unforgettable moments throughout your day. We LOVE the sneak peeks she sent us back from our wedding last weekend and cannot wait to see the rest!! WORK WITH JILL!! I promise you won’t regret it.

ncé and I have never done professional photos and therefore had no clue how to (properly) pose - but somehow Jill made us look fantastic. She even got the most amazing pictures of us and our pup, which we will cherish forever! We’ve only done our engagement photos so far, but I cannot imagine how wonderful our wedding photos are going to come out after this. Top notch photographer and top-quality photography. You will not regret booking Jill!!

love the final result, very much thanks to Jill. We will 110% recommend her to others. We are so very happy that she was our photographer!

ing with her and are so so happy with our photos. I would absolutely recommend Jill to others.

careful around everyone. Jill was awesome to work with, and you can tell she has a real passion and love for photography. She really takes the time to know her clients, and who she's photographing. Jill's work is AMAZINGLY beautiful! She is so creative, and went above and beyond to get great detail photos. We CAN'T WAIT to work with Jill again in June, and take more gorgeous and memorable photos. Jill is very talented and Even with many bizarre things happening in 2020, Jill remained professional and on top of her game. My husband and I cannot wait to see our final album. The sneak peak she sent made us both cry! If you are looking for a wedding photographer, stop...hire Jill!!

few pictures (sneak peaks) she has sent us were amazing!!!! Cant wait to see the rest!

ing our wedding. I am a person that takes a lot of time in researching vendors and reading reviews, and I found that Jill had rave reviews! And trust me they do not disappoint! She is the real deal. We had our engagement photo shoot with Jill and it was amazing! We had to reschedule several times due to extreme weather, such as 100° heat and thunderstorm/rain. She was always upbeat and positive about our ability to make a future date work. It was never an issue to reschedule with her. During our engagement photo shoot, Jill made my fiancé and I feel very comfortable and relaxed. We can both feel a bit awkward in front of the camera, especially my fiancé. I was also a little worried about how our photos would turn out because, honestly, he is not the most photogenic (have to keep it real!) When Jill sent us our final engagement photos I was blown away. There were so many amazing photos to choose from! (which never happens!) I have since posted them on social media and I have gotten SO many compliments. Countless family and friends have commented on how genuine and joyful the photos look. We have Jill booked as our wedding photographer and I am so excited to see how our wedding day is captured on film. I know it will be nothing less than absolutely fantastic! She does such a good job at making you feel comfortable and confident, and capturing the wonderful essence of the moment! Thank you Jill for a wonderful experience and I can’t wait to work with you at my wedding!

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d for our wedding day. I'm a type A person and don't really love getting dress up so the entire experience of hair, make-up, and professional pictures scares me a bit. Jill was kind and understood my concerns - she was able to capture our personalities in our engagement photos and I am obsessed with them! I'm SO excited to see what she will do for our wedding! She made us feel comfortable the entire time and most importantly, she really took the time to understand who we are so that she could capture that in her images. She made us laugh and we had a blast. This is an important note that I hope anyone who is interested in booking Jill reads because it matters: She went out of her way during the covid-19 pandemic to (SAFELY and socially distant) take our engagement photos in June/July 2020 (once MA was able to re-open a bit) because my fiancé is early on his career as a surgeon & he never has time off. To make things more difficult, we both currently live in DC so getting back to MA together for more than a day was extremely hard during these times. We had to reschedule our shoot from early April to late June/early July 2020 and she went above and beyond to make this happen. She was honest in her communication and was so creative and flexible in finding ways to make our tiny window of opportunity work out. She drove over an hour to get to us and spent almost and hour and a half taking pictures of us. She then sent us over 300 amazing pictures to pick from, including some shots that weren't our "picture perfect instagram moments" but honestly, were so us and we LOVE those just as much! If you're considering using Jill for your wedding but unsure at the moment, I hope this helps you: Yes, she takes BEAUTIFUL photos and she is kind and so easy to be around but more than that, she goes out of her way to get to know you and your partner - to make sure she captures who you really are on your day not just pictures of you. Thank you, Jill!! We are SO excited to see what you do for our wedding day!

othly and Jill gave us good advice and ideas. The day of, she absolutely nailed it. Everyone in the bridal party was saying how great she was. Highly recommend!!

ceremony pictures and the next they were our first look photos. It makes it a little difficult to try and put them in order. Other than that, she did an amazing job and I would definitely recommend her to anyone getting married!!

During our first look she gave guidance while letting us soak up the emotions together. The teasers we got back were stunning and I can’t wait to see the rest. Working with Jill was an absolute pleasure and her work is exceptional.

e with the weather, she stayed cool under pressure and made the entire family and wedding party (24 people!) feel at ease. I cannot wait to put together our album!!

and she was SUPER talented and got him poised in some great pictures with us! I can’t wait to work with her for my wedding in May!