John was so friendly and easy to work with. Since he was already familiar with our venue, he gave us great suggestions for shots and timelines, so we were able to just go with the flow without any added stress. Plus, the photos turned out absolutely beautiful. Highly recommend!
Megan M.
5.0
John was absolutely amazing! He made all of us feel comfortable on our whole wedding day. He captured all of our important moments and didn't miss a thing. He also captured special moments that we didn't anticipate. John delivered beautiful images that absolutely exceeded our expectations. We would recommend him to anyone, and we are very happy we chose him to capture our wedding!
Nancy P.
5.0
About this vendor
John Morgan
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AWARD WINNER (12X)
Thanks to recommendations from couples on The Knot
John T. Morgan Photography is a wedding and event photographer based in Grand Rapids.
I love shooting weddings, and I have over a decade of experience. My clients have voted me for "Best of Weddings" for five years and counting. I shoot over 30 weddings a year and strive to give all my clients amazing photographs while making it fun and easy.
What You'll Love About John T. Morgan Photography
This photographer is popular with couples for his professionalism, friendly service, and exceptional skills when photographing nuptial events. He is highlighted as a pleasure to work with and offers a communicative process and experience from beginning to end. Check out his reviews and his social media for more information about his services.
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John Morgan
Owner
I've been shooting weddings over a decade and I love what I do. Weddings are a celebration of love. Every wedding is unique and, as a photographer, I love capturing all the special moments and the atmosphere of your special day.
In my free time I keep busy photographing and trying to keep up with my four boys.
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The photographer was professional, experienced, and easygoing, putting couples and guests at ease throughout the day. He delivered stunning, emotion-filled images promptly, handled last-minute changes and weather with calm preparedness, and provided a large number of beautiful photos. Reviewers highly recommend him for weddings for his friendliness, responsiveness, and great value.
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Logan H
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5.0
John was amazing! The pictures he captured were absolutely beautiful and were so much more than we could've ever expected! Not only did he capture the perfect glimpse of our memori...
es that we will never forget but he was also very attentive and open to whatever we wanted to do for the pictures, no forcing you to do 100 pictures in one sitting! He was also a joy to just have at the wedding, very friendly, engaged in conversation with quite a few people and put himself out there. We could not have asked for a more perfect night and would have never imagined that our special day would have been captured so intently.
Megan M
5.0
John was so friendly and easy to work with. Since he was already familiar with our venue, he gave us great suggestions for shots and timelines, so we were able to just go with the ...
flow without any added stress. Plus, the photos turned out absolutely beautiful. Highly recommend!
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Nancy P
5.0
John was absolutely amazing! He made all of us feel comfortable on our whole wedding day. He captured all of our important moments and didn't miss a thing. He also captured special...
moments that we didn't anticipate. John delivered beautiful images that absolutely exceeded our expectations. We would recommend him to anyone, and we are very happy we chose him to capture our wedding!
Chris V
5.0
John is very experienced, knowledgeable, and a true professional. He was always prompt, very friendly and approachable, and made us feel at ease throughout our engagement session a...
nd wedding. He listened to our ideas and incorporated them seamlessly into the shoot. He was also always ready and fully prepared for every situation. All of the photos were beautiful and captured the fun and emotion of our special day!
Abigail V
5.0
John was very great to work with! He made us comfortable during our photos and knew what he was doing! Very impressed with the pictures and the turn-around! Wouldn't hesitate to ha...
ve him again for other pictures in the future!
Sabrah V
5.0
John was absolutely Amazing to work with! We could not have dreamed of a better photographer or a nicer man to share one of the most important days of our life with. John was very ...
professional, very timely and knowledgeable, and best of all captured every precious moment and detail of our day with his absolutely stunning photographs. All of our guests commented on how friendly John was and how impressed they were that “he was everywhere”, all day long. I will happily choose John to photograph us for anything needed in the future.
DesJuan W
5.0
Hello.
John is a very professional, patient, kind gentleman he handled our wedding photos with purpose and intention. He not only has great pricing but he’s experienced so no need...
to stress about if he will get the “magic shot” because he will. The overall experience with John was 10/10 I would
Recommend!!
Ava C
5.0
Highly recommend! We're so happy with the photos John took of our small ceremony! John was very communicative, easy to work with, fair with pricing and prompt with arrival and deli...
very of our photos. We needed a photographer on short notice and his responsiveness really made a difference. He has an eye for capturing natural expressions, details and framing the landscape - we have many beautiful photos to remember our ceremony by!!
Katie G
5.0
Highly recommended! Professional and friendly, quick responses, beautiful pictures, reasonable prices! Very pleased with our experience with John as our wedding photographer.
John M
5.0
Very professional, knowledgeable, and friendly. Beautiful Photos delivered ahead of time. Highly recommend!
Diane N
5.0
John was great!! Very laid back and took even some fun snap shots for us to remember by. He was on time and even helped with some set up with his creativity.
Celia H
5.0
His photographs were beautiful, and he was very easy to work with. We are very happy we chose him as our photographer!
Katie N
5.0
I hired John for a small, intimate beach wedding. Our photos were amazing. Highly recommended.
Andie M
5.0
He was professional, friendly, prompt, and informative with all our questions. He delivered around a thousand beautiful photos in just two weeks. My husband and I are very happy ...
with his work and would recommend him to anyone.
Will C
5.0
Selecting John as our wedding photographer was one of the best choices we made when planning our wedding. He made us feel comfortable and all around great to work with on our wedd...
ing day. He handled every situation with ease and delivered stunning photos which we will always cherish.
Crew H
5.0
John and his 2nd photographer were very knowledgable about weddings in general, they had a plan for everything and rolled easily with so of the last minute unexpected changes we ha...
d to make. Both were extremely friendly and made our family and guests feel comfortable and really added to the enjoyment of our day. They were simply a pleasure to be around. They took an incredible amount of amazing, emotion-filled photographs while not demanding a lot of time out of our day. Also towards the end of the night, he pulled us outside for a quick night shot. It only took two minutes, but it's honestly one of our favorite photos, and it's going on a canvas over our fireplace!
Laura K
5.0
John did an amazing job! He was there all day and blended in so well. Never missed a moment and the photos we got back were worth every penny!
Tiffany B
5.0
We had a great experience with John through the whole process. His expertise and calm demeanor set us and our guests at ease. Our photos were incredible and really captured our p...
ersonalities. We highly recommend John!
Marylynn C
5.0
We don't typically like having our picture taken. However, John and his assistant made us very comfortable and posing us for our photos seemed very natural and easy. Just a few mi...
nutes in, I knew we had picked the right photographer. Our family also commented highly on them! And, their photos were amazing as well!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Jaydan J
5.0
He was a pleasure to work with and made the whole experience pleasurable and easy. Our photos turned out amazing and I would recommend him for any wedding or portraiture!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you for the compliments! It was a pleasure to capture your wedding!
Corey R
5.0
Great Photographer at a reasonable price. He was very accommodating to our requests and delivered beautiful photos that both my wife and I love. I would definitely recommend him ...
to photograph any wedding!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Trina C
5.0
John's photos captured a lot of emotion, with my husband and I and our family and guests! His portraits and detail shots were very artistic and thoughtful. He took great care to ...
make sure everything was covered and also pulled us aside briefly in the evening for a beautiful night shot. In the end, he was very pleasant to work with and his photos were amazing!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you for the compliments! I'm glad you liked the night shot I set up outside. I lov...
e doing those. I think they make such a nice addition.
Taylor S
5.0
John and his assistant were very professional and experienced. They were well prepared and handled the unexpected rain with ease. They arrived early and stayed late. We received...
over 1000 amazing photographs and an incredible photobook!
Susan C
5.0
Great photography at a reasonable price. I highly recommend him!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you Susan! I really enjoyed capturing your special day!
Karen S
5.0
John and his assist were on top of everything! They were professional, easy to work with and the photos turned out amazing! I highly recommend!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you for the kind words. We really strive to make it easy and fun, while producing a...
lot of great images. I'm glad you liked them!
Lizzy S
3.0
John photographed my sister's wedding this summer. His work was good - the photos are nice and captured a lot of the day, but they aren't particularly beautiful or artistic. We fo...
und his working style to be a bit awkward and slow, and then he didn't seem to even take that many shots once he got everything set up for a particular pose. He was very kind and friendly and very present at the reception which we loved, but we didn't get the sense that he listened that carefully to what we were after in the moment.
Rebecca B
5.0
John is ABSOLUTELY the photographer you want. He made himself very accessible over the phone and email, and he was very prompt with responses. He has so much experience which calme...
d my wedding planning angst immensely. His calm professionalism and direction during the actual wedding day helped everything run smoothly, and the final product photos left us with stunning memories. HIGHLY recommend.
Lana R
5.0
John was friendly, professional, and easy to work with. I would definitely recommend him.
Madeline B
4.0
We went with the "one and done" mentality for choosing all of our wedding vendors, which ended up working out pretty well! John had great communication up to wedding and after, ans...
wering emails within hours. We received over 1000 photos from him before the 4 week anticipated waiting period. We got some great shots and he took some videos for us of key moments like toasts, ceremony, and some dances. His price point is very reasonable considering other photography packages I looked at. My only critique is that John seemed a bit shy and did not give us as much guidance on poses as I felt I needed. I wish we would have gotten some more unique shots and variation between groomsmen and bridesmaid photos. Overall he did a great job and met my expectations.
Andra R
5.0
John's attention to detail and friendly personality made him a pleasure to work with. He is also very punctual and the photos turned out gorgeous!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you!!
Daisy H
5.0
John was amazing! He was so adaptive and worked well with the flow of a busy day. He took SO many photos and gave me all of the candids! I highly recommend him for your event!
Nicholas & Laura H
5.0
John was absolutely great to work with and we were lucky to get him! We had no idea what we were looking for in photos & styles, but we knew that we liked his, and John was really...
good about communicating and helping us put together what we wanted. He was very respectful during the wedding Mass (something that was very important to us as Catholics) and had enough experience that he knew to discuss with the priest where he could and couldn't be for photos. Due to some scheduling issues at our church, we didn't have much time for photos (maybe an hour and a half before the wedding and 45 minutes after), but he made it work and had a list of what to do when. We were able to finish pictures outside, but everything that needed to be done in the church was taken care of thoroughly. Speaking of outside, John was phenomenal about scouting out spots that he thought would take good photos; at one point in the evening, he pulled us out of the reception briefly to take some photos under a purple flowering tree - these turned out to be some of our favourite photos from the entire evening. John got many great candids of our guests, and was always just a wave away if we wanted him to grab a photo of us with a specific guest.
John was excellent at going a step above & beyond throughout the evening, and we recommend him without reservation.
Sara M
5.0
John T. Morgan Photography was a great photographer! I love every picture he took, and we didn’t really have any idea how to pose but he helped us with that too so our pictures did...
n’t look awkward. Super flexible and great to work with! 100% would recommend!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you for the compliments!!
Kyrsten P
5.0
John was fantastic to work with. He was ALWAYS there to capture the moment every time you turned around. I felt like I was all over the place with pictures, dinner, dancing, etc. a...
nd he was always there with us. We never had to worry about the photographer missing anything. He was very professional and made us feel comfortable being in front of the camera for a lot of the day. He came up with new ideas for photos and knew exactly what would look good. We highly recommend John T Morgan Photography!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you for the compliments!!!
Hannah B
5.0
I am so happy with chose John T Morgan Photography to capture our day! He was very helpful and responsive before the wedding during the planning stages. John was also super prompt...
, easy to work with, attentive to detail, and great at capturing all of our moments on the day of the event. He caught a lot of lovely little moments that I didn't even realize were happening! I could not be happier with how our photos turned out, and I would absolutely recommend John T Morgan Photography to anyone in the area.
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you for the compliments!!
Chris S
5.0
Great Photographer!
Sydnee S
5.0
I highly recommend this photographer!!!!
Umah L
5.0
John and his assistant photographed my best friend's wedding three years ago. They were both genuinely friendly, calm and had a plan for absolutely everything. This year we hired...
John to photograph our wedding and they knocked it out of the park! Our wedding was vastly different in style and logistics, but and his assistant really took the time to collaborate with my wedding planner, videographer, pastor, and very involved mothers to help the whole day go flawlessly. We ended up with about a thousand incredible photos that really captured our whole wedding day beautifully.
Samantha S
5.0
John and his assistant photographer were very knowledgeable and friendly. The photographs of the entire wedding day were fabulous!
Toni G
5.0
John did an amazing job on both our engagement dession and for the wedding. He was very professional during both, yet was very personable. We absolutely love all of our wedding pi ...
but and are slowly but surely picking out our favorites for our wedding album. We will most likely reach out to him in the future for family pictures as well. The entire wedding party complimented him. I even had a bridesmaid who was jealous because she wishes her wedding photographer was as good as John! Thank you so much!!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you!!
Dara C
5.0
John was amazing, very friendly and easy to work with. I’m not a big fan of having my picture taken, but he made everyone feel very relaxed, even me. I will recommend him to anyone...
I know who needs a photographer for any special occasion. Thank you John!
Response from John T. Morgan Photography
Thank you!
Sandra Y
5.0
John T Morgan Photography did our wedding and engagement photos. John did an absolutely amazing job! Pictures are very important to me and I am beyond satisfied with the job John...
did.
He is very easy to work with and professional and was great at giving us direction and very creative. He made sure I got all the photos that I requested. We have gotten so many compliments on our pictures. I would highly recommend John!
Brad Y
5.0
My wife and I could not have been happier with John and his assistant. We were so blessed to have John capturing the most special day of our life. My wife and I truly felt comfor...
table and relaxed. We were never pushed or rushed and the photos and album turned out amazing. John and his team are clearly very experienced, personable and love what they do. Highly recommended!
Jon S
5.0
Very easy to work with and takes great photos.
Shawna C
5.0
John was very safe and professional for our small intimate outdoor wedding. Pictures were beautiful. I highly recommend John!
Amee W
5.0
John and his assistant were on top of everything. They were both extremely professional and friendly and set everybody at ease. Our photos were amazing (and we do not typically ...
take good photos)!
Sydney T
5.0
We are so so happy with our photographer! John was amazing to work with and made everyone feel comfortable. He seemed like a longtime friend by the end because he was so personabl...
e, friendly, and creative. His communication was great before the wedding and after. I am so impressed with the creative pictures and how many emotions he captured! He is truly an artist!
Misty K
5.0
John is an AMAZING photographer! He was very flexible and worked with us to ensure our big day was well documented. With all the chaos of the day, I am so happy he was there to c...
atch the moments that we didn't get to witness firsthand.
We have also used John for our family photographs and they have turned out exceptionally well. He has a way of making everyone feel comfortable and relaxed so their genuine smile shines through.
Whitney S
5.0
John is absolutely amazing! He has captured some of the most precious pictures of my very NOT photogenic kiddos! He was so patient and really helped them relax and open up for the ...
camera!
Melissa S
5.0
John did our engagement and wedding photos. He was easy to work with and has a great vision. Since we've gotten married he's also done our family photos. We enjoy working with John...
and will be calling on him anytime we need professional photos.