Kelly Kollar Photography

xible as we needed to move things around. We loved our engagement shoot and she made it amazing by picking two different locations / looks. Working with her the day of the wedding was great - she was really easy to be around, instructive but didn't impact how natural the day felt, and made sure to get all of the shots that were important to us. We loved her photos - they were amazing shots that felt natural and not too "posed" but were beautiful. We have amazing memories and now amazing photos! Highly recommend working with her!

he most special days of your life, but someone who is going to be with you and following you around the entire day. Let me tell you, Kelly is the person you want for both!! Kelly's work speaks for itself. Her photos capture pure emotion and freeze moments in time. Her style is exactly what we wanted. What you can't see on her website, however, is how kind and fun Kelly is to work with. When my now husband and I first met Kelly in person we walked out of our meeting, looked at each other, and immediately said to each other "she's hired!" After COVID changed our initial wedding plans, we had the honor of having Kelly at both of our weddings, our small backyard wedding and larger wedding. She managed to get the most incredible photos without being intrusive and put forth her best work at our backyard wedding of 12 people as she did with our 150+ person wedding. She was sweet, accommodating, and professional throughout what ended up being several years of planning, and even reached out to us on our original wedding date which meant the world to us. Kelly knew how to make us feel comfortable and natural in front of the camera. We're so thrilled with all of the photos we've gotten from Kelly so far including our engagement photos, backyard wedding, and some sneak peeks from our big wedding earlier this month. We can't recommend Kelly enough!

n top of that, she was such a joy to work with on the day of our wedding - April 10, 2021. She gave us the direction we needed for photos and allowed us to have fun with it and really enjoy our day! We just received all of our photos and cannot stop looking at them and reliving the day through them! We are SO impressed with how great they came out and keep hearing the same from everyone we share them with! She captured SO many wonderful moments throughout the day - I don't know how she did it! I would definitely recommend to work with her!

s extremely communicative and kind. We've already seen a few sneak peek photos from our wedding and absolutely love them!

timate celebration with our immediate families. When our photographer was unable to move, I immediately reached out to Kelly since she had originally been one of our top choices. I was SO excited she was able to make it work (on NYE nonetheless) with only a few months notice!! We absolutely loved her style and knew she would be perfect for capturing our special day. She was also a true professional and a joy to work with, from the first phone call to hashing out a timeline to dealing with all the craziness on the day of. My family couldn't stop raving about how wonderful she was. It was also absolutely freezing on our wedding day, but Kelly promised us the pictures on the beach would be worth it and of course she was right! Plus my husband and I aren't the most comfortable taking photos but she completely put us at ease and captured every moment of the day perfectly. She delivered our previews within a couple days and the full album just 2 weeks later! We could not be happier with how they turned out, and could not recommend Kelly more!!

elves and she would step in for poses as needed. Her work demonstrates her sharp eye at capturing candid moments & beautiful light/scenery as backdrops for our beachy vibe. Our photos have that perfect catalog beach look! She sent us sneak peeks within a week and had the rest of the photos available to us within a month.

g with different backdrops. She also makes you feel so comfortable - like you’ve known her for years. I don’t love attention and was nervous that our pictures would look to posed, but Kelly is simply the best at capturing candid and loving moments. I had given Kelly the added challenge of trying to capture portraits and candids of my youngest brother who is on the autism spectrum, and she excelled. We had the most wonderful moments of my brother and my husband hugging and high five-ing when he came down the aisle. It is a moment I will treasure as much as actually getting married and I can’t thank Kelly enough for capturing it. Kelly is also a PRO at photographing Hamilton Farm. We had a nor’easter the day of our wedding and Kelly kept me extremely calm and happy while we took photos in freezing rain and wind. The day goes by pretty fast but Kelly shot every single moment and detail - we couldn’t believe it. The colors and lighting she captures were astounding, but her black and white photos are so emotional and tender that all our friends could not stop talking about them. We also got a wedding album through her and it is BEAUTIFUL. I love having the ability to look back on that day and I have Kelly to thank for that. She is truly wonderful at what she does.

nded her to a few couples who aren’t even engaged yet! I discovered Kelly when researching photos from our wedding venue and was immediately attracted to her aesthetic and ability to capture the emotions of the day. I felt so happy for the couple featured on the website, even though I had never met them! The best part of working with Kelly is her customer service and personalized approach. Our wedding was immediate family only, and given Kelly typically supports larger events, I wasn’t sure if she would be open to partnering with us. I filled out the inquiry form on Kelly’s website, and she replied to me within 24 hours (much faster than anyone else!). We connected that week by phone, and Kelly took time with me, answered all of my questions, and was flexible designing a package which would work for us. Throughout and leading up to the wedding, Kelly was incredibly communicative and always on top of the details. She also recommended a touch base prior to the event to ensure she had a full understanding of the sequence of our day and our goals for pictures. On our wedding day, Kelly arrived early. She helped me organize everyone, and recommended we do family pictures and couples photos in 15-minute allotments so we could take advantage of different light and backgrounds. She also found the right spots for us to take pictures, and picked places which I wouldn’t have thought to include, so I was very pleased with her ability to assess the surroundings and find the best opportunities. Finally, given our wedding was immediate family only, it’s worth noting that we had many strong personalities present, and Kelly was able to handle everyone with grace and kindness. Looking at our wedding preview pictures was a special experience. I absolutely love them (and this is saying a lot coming from someone who avoids pictures at all costs and generally doesn’t like pictures of herself). I was especially drawn to the candid ones, which showcase how my husband and I were feeling that day. We received the full portfolio ahead of schedule, and we were incredibly grateful to have chosen Kelly. She would be my first choice for a photographer to work with the future.

absolute delight! Her assistant Nelli was able to wrangle the husband/brothers/frat brothers - and get beautiful photos in the process. My husband and I were adamant we wanted to enjoy the party and dance. Kelly brought up the idea of 15 minutes of pictures on the beach at sunset. We agreed- which became our favorite memory of our wedding day. Bare foot, sunset, empty beach, just the three of us :) ... and the most amazing pictures ever

my wedding day. From start to finish, she so fun and professional to work with. She listened to our every concern and every want, and nailed it. I will be looking at our wedding album for years to come because of Kelly!

s a true artist and you can tell there is a great deal of care in each and every shot she takes. She has such a gorgeous aesthetic and a perfect mix between posed, yet. natural-looking shots and candids. Kelly and I hadn't met in person until the wedding day but the amount of phone calls and emails we shared prior to the day made her feel like an old friend! She was a perfect addition to the day and she got along so well with everyone. She's communicative, kind, funny, and was a total pro at directing everyone for our family and bridal party shots. We just got our photos and I can't stop gushing over them! She truly captured every emotion of the day and got every shot we could've wanted and more.

ed photographer, she is a wonderful human. I count myself so blessed when I look at our photos. When you hire her you will feel the same way!

y kind! My husband and I are definitely camera shy, but Kelly instantly made us feel comfortable with her and in front of the camera. We also had a pretty big wedding party and my husband and I both have big (and complicated!) families - Kelly was extremely flexible and cool under pressure and excellent at corralling everybody needed for photos. She sent gorgeous preview shots within a few days after the wedding and our entire album within the timeline she promised. I never had to follow up once. Every photo was breathtaking and captured the day perfectly! It has been so fun and special to relive our wedding day through her photos. Choosing Kelly as our photographer was truly one of the best decisions we made for the wedding!! I can't recommend her and her work enough!!

journey. Her talent is limitless, and she will give you the most stunning photos to look at for the rest of your life! Thank you Kelly!

the quality of her work. She even helped us capture most perfect engagement photos on top of the photos she took at the wedding! We can honestly say that we would trust Kelly with any event, as she truly provides the best shots, and captures the love and happiness that you need in events like these. I wish that I could give her six stars, because she deserves more than what we could possibly rate her.

t vendor we worked with for our wedding. We did engagement photos with her and she makes you feel instantly comfortable right away and tells you exactly what to do in order to get the most perfect shots. On our wedding day, we were behind schedule and Kelly managed to get every shot we wanted and more than we could have ever dreamed of. She also kept me extremely calm and made sure I put on my best face for photos! The day goes by SO FAST and I can't even believe all of the shots she was able to get. I honestly usually hate professional photos of myself and I could NOT have been happier with Kelly's work. She also became an instant friend and we loved working with her and spending time with her. She's truly amazing!!!

thoughtful, and super helpful leading up to the wedding and during all the planning. My husband and I didn’t do an engagement shoot so we were a bit nervous about taking portraits that weekend. But Kelly made it so fun and relaxed! We loved her candid style and none of our family, friends, or guests felt like there was an intrusive photographer around like you sometimes see at weddings. The preview photos we have received so far are so beautiful and exactly the soft, pretty look I was hoping for! I can’t wait to see our whole album!

s aesthetic and ability to capture moments. I also just really enjoyed working with Kelly. She was so responsive and easy going. Kelly took our engagement photos--we weren't going to do them since we live in DC but Kelly offered to travel for them and I'm so glad we had them. It gave us a chance to get to know Kelly's style and to get more comfortable being photographed. We had such a fun evening running around DC with Kelly and were so happy with how they turned out. Kelly was just as incredible at the wedding. She was so flexible and calm and on the hunt to get the best shots possible. She was so great at dealing with herding family members and getting all of the shots we wanted. She was even climbing on rocks to get the shot. She sent us back the previews about a week after the wedding and they are just magical. I can't wait to see the rest. I honestly couldn't imagine a better photographer experience than with Kelly!

commented on how professional she was, while blending in and capturing the essence of the party! She was incredibly organised, worked closely with our vendors to ensure alignment of timelines, approach and sensitive points. Kelly listened when we had requests about length of photographs, number of posed shots and stuck to it on the day. And then we got the pictures and we were blown away! It seemed like she caught every smile, some tears and all of the love throughout the day. I would (and have already to those I know!) recommended Kelly hands down to anyone looking for a creative, thoughtful and approachable photographer who delivered excellent results.

leasure to work with her. We cannot thank her enough!! She is the best!

very responsive to email, very professional and very kind. I absolutely loved working with her and highly recommend her to every bride!!

credible moments. Her style and work is really beautiful. Can't recommend her enough!!

he made us really excited about the entire experience. She worked so well with our dog too! Kelly was very responsive and professional throughout the entire process. We had to reschedule the engagement photos at the last minute and she was very accommodating. We had a lot of fun with Kelly and we were so excited to get our photos back. She got them back to us quickly and we loved them even more than we thought we would. Our friends and family raved about the photos and the emotion she was able to capture in each picture. Could not have asked for a better photographer. We will use Kelly for everything in the future. Kelly is A+.

moments again and again. My family and friends are wild, so Kelly had the perfect amount of assertiveness to get the job done, but was always so sweet. Everyone is raving about my photos. They are candid, fun, romantic, perfect lighting etc. Most importantly, they are not cheesy, which I can't stand. I had 260 guests and she captured almost everyone there in some way. She didn't miss a beat. There is no way Kelly would do anything less than perfect. Can't say enough nice things about her!

t blend of photojournalism, fine art, and portraiture style photography. She couldn't have been any sweeter dealing with our large bridal party and families, and knew when to be assertive to get unbelievable shots. The teaser photos we've seen from our 7/31 wedding are incredible - better than I could have ever imagined or hoped for. Friends keep saying they look like they came out of a bridal magazine! I couldn't recommend Kelly more - if you have her as your photographer, you are in fantastic hands.

ours, and we loved the style and energy of Kelly's images. Kelly was super sweet, professional and very easy to work with. We chose to have a second photographer as part of our package, and Kelly's colleague, Kelsey, was also fabulous. We got all 900 or so photos only a month or so after the wedding and they are amazing -- we can't stop looking at them! Kelly captured all of the best moments, and we are so happy to have these photos for years to come.

evel. She was so flexible, accommodating, and overall easy to work with. She took stunning photos that truly captured the joy and excitement of our special day. I love her vision, creativity, and style! I give Kelly my absolute highest recommendation. I can’t wait to work with her again at another celebration in the near future. She truly made our wedding so amazing and one that we will never forgot. Thank you Kelly!

g. Each time we were amazed by her ability to not only take stunning photos, but also to capture split-second moments in a way that made the day come alive again through her work. She is also very professional and easy to work with--she's always early; she is very easy to communicate with; and she made everyone (my husband and I, our families, our guests) feel at ease while being photographed. Fitting in all the family photos we wanted was much more time-consuming than we expected, but Kelly was unruffled, keeping things moving so we got the photos we wanted while still having fun. Another thing we really appreciated is how open she was to working with us so that the shoots turned out the way we wanted them--she was happy to incorporate our ideas for photographs into her shots. I can't recommend Kelly highly enough!

She knew what she was doing and worked quickly in order to get the shots we needed. She captured a ton of incredible pictures of our outdoor ceremony yet was never in the way or obnoxious that she was taking pictures. I loved the raw emotion pictures of my happy guests that she captured during the reception too!

- her sense of which spaces are perfect to convey beauty is wildly impressive. She truly curated a collection of photographs that captured the mood of the event, the many personalities there, and the essence of the people. Each person that has seen her pictures of the wedding (and our Welcome Reception the night before) has loved them and been so impressed by their quality. Thank you, Kelly!

NY wedding from across the country but Kelly made everything so easy at every step of the process. From her initial meeting with my mother to the actual wedding to seeing the final photos, she was a pleasure to work with. Plus, most importantly, I could not be happier with the photos. Formal photos can have a tendency of looking uptight or rigid. Not so with Kelly. She is really able to capture the joy of such a special day. On top of that, when I finally got around to requesting to purchase an album, over a year later, Kelly made that process so easy and quick. The photos she took, the formatting she put together... everything is amazing. I seriously cannot stop looking at it. In my opinion, photography is one of the most important aspects of the wedding day, as it is the thing that you can look back year after year. And I absolutely could not be happier with my experience!

ries last a lifetime.

We had a wonderful time and she made us feel so at ease. The pictures are stunning. Kelly drove up to the Catskills from NYC for our September wedding and she and her assistant spent the day with us. She was unobtrusive, but at the same time, she added to the exciting energy of the day. I felt comfortable letting her do her thing, knowing that she would get all the coverage we could possibly want. We had quite a long list of family portraits and she got through them in no time. Getting the pictures back let us relive the day again. Her photos captured moments I remember and moments that I missed the first time around and now get to experience. They look like OUR wedding, not like a photo shoot of a wedding or anything staged. And, multiple people have told me that the photos look like we paid a LOT more for them than we actually did. We got a beautiful brag book and a CD of everything, plus a blog post and all of the images available online for printing. Kelly is on top of it in every way and her presentation of everything is beautiful. We would hire her again in a second!!

nto our wedding. Kelly is quite simply the best. We can't recommend her enough!

th, and her photos had exactly the aesthetic we were looking for. She made all the planning leading up the the event easy including finding a fabulous second photographer to work at our wedding. On the day of the event she was fun and professional and easily adjusted to anything that was thrown at her. Within a week after our wedding we had a highlight album and within a month we had all of our pictures - almost 1300 of them! They were perfect. If you're looking for a photographer for any occasion, look no further than Kelly.