Loving Memories Photography & Design, LLC

ss than two months before our wedding our photographer we had booked over a year prior cancelled on us and we were left scrambling to find a new photographer to capture our day. We didn’t have a chance to meet with Krista in person before our wedding, and she had never shot at our venue before, but based on all her reviews we felt confident in her abilities. I honestly cannot imagine the day going so smoothly without Krista, throughout our entire day I kept telling everyone I couldn’t have gotten through the day without her. She stepped in wherever needed, including bustling my dress when my mom disappeared, helping zip a guest’s too tight dress, and coming prepared with supplies like a hanger to photograph my dress on (much nicer than the plastic one I currently was using). It poured for hours prior to the ceremony and her and Josh worked hard to find dry spots for all our photos, you would never have known they had never shot at our venue. If you have a large and difficult to control family, Krista is the photographer for you. She wrangled 30 people to get the family shot I wanted, 30 people who are notorious for being uncooperative and slow moving. As huge animal lovers, we decided to have Zoo America bring several animals to the venue, including two owls, a falcon and an eagle. Unbeknownst to us Krista is scared of birds, but she didn’t let this stop her from getting all the photos we wanted with the birds. She could have left Josh alone to take care of these photos, but instead stayed the whole time, and got some of our favorite photos of the entire day. I cannot recommend Krista enough! Her photos are absolutely stunning, and she is personable yet commanding when she needs to be in order to ensure the couple gets everything they want. She even helped talk me down when my parents covered my train in black streaks after each stepping on it multiple times down the aisle. We live in Maryland, but any chance we have to work with Krista again, we absolutely will choose her above any other photographer.

with all aspects of the service that was provided. The communication and flexibility in amending our contract was first-rate (and greatly appreciated), and we are just so thankful we stumbled upon these truly wonderful people. Krista was very informative during our consultation without being overbearing at all whatsoever. During the actual event, Krista took the time to explore our venue while keeping in mind our requests for the ways we preferred our images to look. Krista was extraordinarily helpful to my bride during the event, assisting with smaller details that family members should have really handled, but didn't because they were busy and focusing on other things. Josh was a tremendous partner and had a very friendly rapport with my groomsmen. He and Krista worked so hard in making sure all the shots we wanted were captured, and we are forever grateful. I cannot recommend Loving Memories enough, and truly hope we have the ability to work with them in the future.

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, but she also helped us finalize our timeline, offered to come early to assist with our centerpieces, and did come early to photograph a first look (which we decided to do literally in our meeting with her only a few weeks away from our wedding date). During the wedding, she and Randy were fabulous. Krista travels with many of the things her brides and grooms forget, including double sided tape a nice hanger for the wedding dress (which I ended up using for photos). When I had a coughing fit during my ceremony, who was there with mints? Krista. She saw that my father-in-law was struggling with walking and made sure to sit him down and do family portraits around him. She was such a treasure and a huge part of the reason that our wedding was stress free. And most importantly, we love the photos she and Randy took - she listened to everything that I said I did and didn't like and ended up taking so many gorgeous shots. We feel very lucky and could not recommend Loving Memories more highly.

king at all our unedited photos really made us so excited for the final product. I admire her hard work and passion along with her tough love (as getting family members together is not easy for photos)!! Her team is amazing and we could not even imagine our day without them!

a ton of fun to be around and their passion for what they do is very apparent. Jamie has also always been extremely responsive to any emails I send her way. You all have made this process very easy on us! More recently, we met Julie and Josh who photographed our wedding. They were both such a joy to be around all day. We felt extremely at ease and comfortable with them and they made all of our visions come to life! (even some of the outlandish shots the groom and groomsmen requested) Julie could not have been any more patient and enjoyable to be around all day. It was extremely evident in the her emotion when taking the photos that she has chosen the right profession. Josh also really has a way with lighting, as you guys informed us of! I know the guys enjoyed hanging out with him all day. Based off of our unedited photos, we are so excited to see the final product here in the next couple of months! We were blown away by how many amazing shots they were able to get that day. I honestly feel like those photos need very minimal editing. We will absolutely recommend Loving Memories to any other friends or family seeking a photographer. We also intend on using you in the future! Thank you so much!

g but excited to help us capture the memories and love for our wedding day. Their dedication to helping us capture that special shot and countless others was inspiring. The team at Loving Memories was so professional and their top notch art was enough to have one of my best friends request their contact information for his wedding in the no so near future. My wife and I couldn't be more thrilled with the photos we received. We would be ecstatic to have Loving Memories capture our loving memories again and again. 11/10!

our crazy schedule of events and large bridal party (18 people including bridesmaids, groomsmen, bride, groom, flower girl and ring bearer). They did an exceptional job holding the attention of our ring bearer and flower girl (ages 5 and 10) and captured some of the most amazing/unique pictures throughout the day/night for us. Looking through my album of unedited photos they sent (the very next day, I might add), I cannot express my gratitude enough for the amazing work they did. In addition to the wonderful service on our wedding day, the whole interaction with them leading up was seamless and stress free as well. We met twice in person to get to know them and share some of our thoughts and ideas ahead of time. They took our engagement photos for us, so we had the chance to see their shooting style. Their communication was excellent; their descriptions and package options were thorough and their whole demeaner was just so refreshing. Booking them was easily one of our best decisions and made that whole aspect of our wedding completely stress free for us! We would truly recommend them to any of our friends or family looking for a wedding photographer!

work for ! What a great team they have !!! Recommend them highly !!! Thank you guys so much again ! London and emily

e could while still letting us have our day. She even put the flowers on our cake when the florist forgot. I would recommend Loving Memories to anyone! Not only super organized and friendly the pictures are gorgeous too! Oh also did I mention you can’t beat the price for these beautiful photos!

ws! Loving Memories has gone above and beyond! We are absolutely in love with our pictures!

d she and Josh took such perfect photos; even when things were hectic, they ensured that everything went smoothly. Krista even tracked down my husband and confirmed that he had eaten that day, which I really appreciated! Loving Memories and their amazing photographers surely live up to their name, as they clearly love what they do and this comes out in all of their work. You will not go wrong if you choose them as your wedding photographer.

ion. I will definitely return to them again in the future, and will recommend them to anyone looking for photography services.

ey were fun, professional and easygoing. They were both able to give us wonderful direction, creative photo poses and bridal party combinations and helped us to feel natural throughout many hours of smiling. They fit right in to our fun group of friends and helped us to capture the beautiful moments of our perfect day. All of our correspondence with Loving Memories, including emails, phone conversations and our preliminary in-person consult before the wedding were excellent and we really felt like they were paying attention to our requests and respecting what we wanted on our day. Thank you so much for making our reception even better.

hly recommend them to anyone.

d our day run smoothly, keeping this bride calm and relaxed. Most importantly took an insane amount of absolutely stunning photos. Their passion for their work shows in the photos. Theres so many I don't know how to choose which ones to print! They were also quick and efficient with the formal photos so everyone could get back to the party, our bridal party were very appreciative of that! All around, amazing services. They went above and beyond and I'm one happy bride!! STRONGLY RECOMMEND using them!

as a vivacious spirit and takes great pride in her work! Thank you for capturing our memories through our engagement shoot and our wedding day! This team is absolutely far more than professional photographers who capture moments that you are so glad they had an eye to capture! They think of the things you couldn't possibly think of! Thank you for being accommodating when needed and bossy when necessary! Krista and Jess were a delight to work with! The really dig in to their clients as people and get to know who they are and those around them. In particular, on the day of our engagement shoot, just an hour before, one of our daughters happened to have an accident at school! Krista was so concerned that she later asked how she was doing and even talked to our daughter about it on our wedding day. And there were so many more instances like this! It is this attention to personal detail that makes Loving Memories second to none! Thank you for being everything we wanted, needed and more! We are absolutely enjoying going through each and every photo in our gallery! We can't thank you enough and definitely recommend anyone looking for a photographer to capture their special life moments to use Loving Memories! You will not be disappointed!

wledgeable and kind and know just what a girl needs to make her wedding perfect. If I had to redo my wedding with a million dollar budget, I'd still choose Loving Memories and just pay them 10 times more.

geous pictures and kept the day moving along. I loved working with them and I can't say enough about how wonderful they really are.

d beyond. We will definitely return in the future.

so were with me threw every step of my wedding day. Simply amazing. I can't thank you enough!

rofessional and even went above and beyond to help me fix an issue with my bustle. The hardest part was when it came time to pick photos to edit because they were all so good to begin with.

sive. Then we found Loving Memories! From our first phone call with Jamie to our goodbye at the wedding with Krista and Jordyn, I felt extremely comfortable with the staff. It was like we had known each other for years! Krista had such amazing ideas for getting creative shots at our venue and capturing the true beauty of the moment. I really enjoyed how she asked me to pin picture ideas on Pinterest, and then had print outs of every single item! Everyone was very organized and prepared, but also kept me feeling calm and laid back on our wedding day. It was such a pleasure to work with everyone at Loving Memories that I cannot wait for them to capture our children and family pictures for years to come!!!

he day as successfully as we did with out them. They went above and beyond and did way more then expected, which was very helpful when some of our other vendors didn't live up to expectations. Not to mention we got a ton of pictures and they look perfect! Couldn't have asked for more!

the photographer researched different poses and shots we could do with our theme we had picked out. When it came to our wedding day (and it poured) we were fortunate to have 2 photographers that made the day easier. They were more than willing to go out in the cold and rain to take pictures and help orchestrate the order. They researched rain pictures on Pinterest on the bus ride over so that we would love our pictures more and make the most of the rain. Jamie, the office manager, is a great person to work with. She will get back to you very shortly, even though she has 1000 things on her plate. She will also work with you about your payments and just overall is a great person to be dealing with (and it makes it very easy). I liked that they give you all the unedited shots as well as the edited shots. So you get a great amount of photos and they edit 10% of them (in my case over 110 photos). You are able to download them to your computer so it is easy for you to work with them once they are finished. They also give you all the rights, which is fantastic. I would highly recommend them :)

amazing job of capturing the "little things". I am pretty sure Jordyn had her hands full dealing with the guys in the wedding party while Krista was snapping pics of the girls getting ready. As promised I had my gallery of pictures in three days and now I get to sit with my husband and go through all of our pictures and pick out our favorites for them to be edited. I am in awe of the awesome job these lovely ladies did with the pictures on top of being professional they were loving, caring and all around great people. I would use them again and recommend them for anyone getting married, having a baby or just for a fun family picture.

eat idea that they charge hourly and that we get all the images (especially since I plan on making my own wedding album). And all the reviews were excellent, so we made an appointment to go up and meet with Mel and I was so impressed with everything that we reserved her that day. I absolutely loved our photographer Mel for our engagement photos and wedding. She was so much fun! She made sure to get all of the photo ideas I had wanted, and came up with a lot of creative ideas. We were able to view all the photos within a few days after the wedding, and we love all of them- I'm having a hard time narrowing down my favorites! We heard so many comments that everyone loved Mel and how great and professional she was throughout the day. We couldn't have asked for a better photographer. I would absolutely recommend Mel and Loving Memories, and plan on using them in the future. The pricing was very reasonable for a bride on a budget. My (now) husband is in the Marines, and they do offer a military discount which was an added bonus. I would highly recommend Loving Memories to anyone that needs a photographer in the area.

I was standing for hours taking pictures, and they were flexible when it came down to a late groomsman. I was able to preview the proofs 4 days after the wedding, and was able to share them with my family. Can't forget to mention the price. It is reasonable for the budget bride, without being cheap, looks-like-your-uncle-took-them photos. Plus, with the wedding package, you can choose a free hour of engagement, budior, or trash the dress photos. I chose the engagement photos and they were just as awesome. I highly recommend this company to any bride who dreams of storybook wedding photos who doesn't want to blow the budget.

ved around 2000 pictures from our big day and couldn't be happier with the way each one turned out! Krista was great! She had so many helpful tips and tricks ( and not just photography) like how to remove coverup from my dress and how to make my dress lay correctly! She also came so prepared that she even had fabric glue to fix the sash on my dress! When the dj wasn't doing such a great job she even took the mic and played dj for the bouquet toss, garter toss and cake cutting all the while taking pictures and being pregnant! Nina the assistant was also amazing! She was wonderful with my two year old uncooperative nephew and managed to get so many great pictures of him! She also helped with everything! She spent time with the guys getting pictures while krista took pictures of the girls. At the church, after the wedding and at the reception Krista and Nina displayed great team work. We hired them for 6 hrs and paid only $600 and received over 2000 pictures. I liked that they send you a link that you can share with whoever you would like and you can buy or download pictures directly from the site! I also liked that we were given the opportunity to pick 10% of the 2000 pictures for her to edit! We also liked that when you book your wedding with them you get a free hour session of engagement, trash the dress or boudoir session. We are beyond pleased with their work and would HIGHLY recommend them to anyone!!! The main reason I picked them to do our wedding is because of their style. While looking for a photographer I noticed a lot of photographers have a "style" they stick to and all of their pictures or galleries tend to look very similar however loving memories is not that way! Looking though all their galleries I saw a lot of different styles and creative ideas which I really liked! Again...... I HIGHLY recommend them to anyone especially for weddings! Thank you Krista and Nina for capturing all the special moments of our day!

th and took all photos quickly and efficiently so we could enjoy as much time as possible with our friends and family. She did everything she could to ensure we were happy and satisfied with all of the images she took. I would definitely recommend Loving Memories to any bride who is looking for beautiful photos for a very fair price.

es and they were both awesome. They made us both feel very comfortable. We enjoyed all of their ideas and how much fun they made the sessions. It was very affordable for our small budget. All the girls at Loving Memories are very accomodating and easy to deal with! My husband and I would definately use them again and recommend all to give them a call!

esmaids, and the others goes with the groom and his groomsmen. They already knew what style of photography we wanted (because they had already asked for it), and they had shared a newsletter with me prior to the wedding with a lot of helpful hints for pictures (including timing and flow). They didn't just take pictures throughout the day, but they also gave tips on things like how to put my dress on correctly, how to affix a "something old" to my dress and more. They got pictures of EVERY special moment and got some really interesting, stylized shots, too. We had access to the raw images right after the honeymoon. In addition to the amazing price, they also offer a free photo session (engagement, boudoir, baby). I highly recommend Loving Memories!!!

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a different way home from work. We set up a time to meet with Krista and from that first meeting, we knew we had found our photographer. She is extremely friendly and will go out of her way to help…with anything. Her prices cannot be beat and you pay on an hourly basis—so you’re not paying for things in a “package” that you don’t want. Our engagement photos were included in the package, as well as an online proof gallery. We even had edited sneak peeks posted on Facebook that night! Since the first meeting with Krista, her business has expanded and she has added many new members to her team, and every single one that we’ve come in contact with has been extremely nice and helpful, and has the same bubbly attitude as Krista. You have to feel comfortable with your photographer and Krista makes it so easy! She is very laid back and easy going—and can work with your bridal party, and everyone in between, from grandparents to babies, with ease! She works hard and was always available—she even did one of our engagement sessions when she was 9 months pregnant and due that week! When we signed our wedding contract, we were supposed to have Krista only. However, over the next year, she expanded and started offering two photographers on all weddings—and she automatically “upgraded” us for our wedding day as well. The day flowed so smoothly having Krista and Sierra as our photographers. It was nice to be able to have the guys and girls get ready in different areas and still be able to catch everything. Sierra was extremely fun to work with the guys—she had them breaking a sweat even before the ceremony! Krista stayed with me (the bride) and my girls and helped us all get ready. There was one thing that she kept saying in the week leading up to the wedding, and that was “No worries, I got you...” And it couldn’t have been truer! She is way more than a photographer—she’s a day-of coordinator that keeps everyone in line and on time, a make-up artist when fake eyelashes start falling off, a seamstress to make sure you are properly laced into your dress, and someone to calm your nerves. We are so excited to have found Krista and can’t wait to use her throughout the years as our family grows!!

ories provides a service that is unparalleled in both price and quality. I will definitely be telling others about our experience and recommend Loving Memories whenever you need a professional photographer.

hroughout the day with so many little things that made the day run smoothly. We had so much fun having Melanie and Rob at our wedding and would choose Loving Memories again for any future event!

t pictures were included in our wedding package and they turned out beautifully! Krista took a list of "must have" shots from me and made sure we got as many as possible. The day of the wedding, she and Jordyn were priceless. Krista helped me get ready, keep on task and even bustled my dress for me before the reception!! Jordyn helped me laugh and relax just before I walked down the aisle. Myself, my new husband and my family are over the moon about the photos (which by the way, we got the link within less than 24 hours of the unedited shots!!) We recommend Loving Memories to anyone that wants amazing photos at a beyond extraordinary price...plus you get to deal with really sweet people!!! A few wedding guests told me they thought the girls were family friends!!!!

leasure to work with! Krista designed my Save the Dates, flowers, invites, programs, and favors, along with being my photographer. Her assistant was very helpful as well. The prices are incredible, photos were AMAZING!!!! Krista not only was there to capture our big day, she helped make sure everything was in place, helped get everyone ready, and really made sure everything flowed! I will cherish my pictures from our wedding day forever, there isn't a moment she missed. I would defintely recommend Loving Memories to any couple looking for wedding planning, and photography.

sked Mel to take pictures of the girls as they were getting ready while Rob took pictures of the guys. They were able to do that and more! After everyone was settled, we have hundreds of shots from multiple points-of-view. To be honest, we haven't even seen the edited versions of the photos, but I am overly impressed with their professionalism, knowledge, desire, and ability that I have to give them the highest rating.