About this vendor
I'm a wedding and portrait photographer located in Dayton, Ohio and available for travel world wide. My style is timeless, charming, and romantic. I'd love to learn more about your love story!
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
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4.9
out of 5.018 reviews
We hired Lydia for both our engagement photos and our wedding, and she exceeded every expectation. The moments she captured were absolutely beautiful, and her editing made every ph...
oto look stunning. She went above and beyond on our wedding day—truly stepping into a mini-coordinator role to help keep me and the wedding party on track with our timeline, which was such a lifesaver.
She also created the most gorgeous wedding album for us, and was incredibly understanding, patient, and responsive when I asked for a few changes. Her professionalism, talent, and kindness made the entire experience seamless and enjoyable. 10/10 recommend — I would hire her again in a heartbeat for any future events.
Lydia is AMAZING!! Her photos don’t compare to anyone else’s. She’s a sweetheart who makes you feel so comfortable as she’s taking your photos.
When I was in my senior year I was worried that I wouldn't like my senior pictures because I felt insecure about the way I looked. Lydia took my senior pictures and I LOVED them. S...
he did such a wonderful job at making me feel comfortable and confident!! Such a talented and kind soul!! I will definitely be booking her for my future wedding!!
Lydia has done our pictures several times. She has always been professional and a pleasure to work with. I have been SO happy with the pictures she took! You will not regret bookin...
g with her!
Lydia is simply amazing. She works so quickly to make sure she gets all of the right shots without a lot of wasted time in between. She is never rushed and is such a calming presen...
ce. She is always in the right place, getting the right shot but she is never in the way. She is so genuine and passionate about her work and it is evident in the photos she takes and the quality of her work. She is a high level professional with a pleasant and modest demeanor that makes her such a joy to work with. Lydia gets our highest recommendation without any hesitation!
Lydia is amazing! She has an eye for catching those special moments and finding the perfect lighting! I really enjoyed working with her from start to finish. She was very flexible ...
and accommodating with my many requests and always quick to respond. She gave helpful suggestions on poses which helped my fiancé and I a lot on our wedding day! We were very pleased with all our pictures and the album she designed! I would highly recommend choosing her to capture your big day!
I am a bride of Lydia’s from 12/27/18. I have known Lydia for over 10 years, and I am SO glad she was my wedding photographer! She was able to meet all of my wedding day requests a...
nd worked to make sure we were finished with photos before the ceremony so our families and bridal party could relax beforehand. My husband was immediately comfortable with her as well - even though our wedding day was the first time he met her. Our photos together went so smoothly and we just enjoyed spending those moments together while Lydia photographed us. She is amazing to work with and I would recommend her to anyone! She is such a sweet person, as well as professional and direct when she needs to be to get attention of groups! We loved every image she shared of our sneak peek and can’t wait to see all of them! ❤️
Lydia was incredible. Photos were stunning and she was amazing to work with. On our wedding day, she was calm, but direct. Her directions were easy to follow and she knew how to...
make us look and feel comfortable. Photos were delivered in a timely fashion and we're so grateful
Lydia was personable and paid attention to detail capturing all the important moments on our special day!
Lydia was very personable and captured all of the important moments while paying attention to detail!
Lydia and her husband Reed were a joy to work with on our wedding day! They are such a sweet couple and very professional! Finding the perfect wedding photographer for my wedding w...
as a very big task - I searched online for many hours and asked for tons of suggestions. Having a sister who is a fellow wedding photographer, I felt a lot of pressure from family and friends to find the perfect photographer - since my sister was taking on the task as matron of honor for the day. Lydia's work truly exceeded everything I could have dreamed of!! She captured SO many moments that my husband and I will be able to look back on for a lifetime! There were also so many pictures I had forgotten we had taken - those have become some of my favorite photos from the day! Every picture was absolutely stunning!! Lydia and Reed made our wedding day go by so smoothly - even with us having a large wedding party and a lot of family members to photograph!! I have been to plenty of weddings where pictures take way too long! Lydia was so calm and kept everything running on time!! Lastly, Lydia was SUPER speedy with getting our photos back to us!!! She posted a sneak peak on FB while we were on our honeymoon, which was such a fun surprise! And she also quickly edited my family's group photo from the wedding so that my mom could include the picture on our Christmas card! We received the rest of our photos just three weeks after our wedding!! She was so sweet in getting them to us so quickly so we could have them by Christmas time to show to our family!
Thank you so much Lydia and Reed for being a part of our wedding day!!
Great pictures but expensive - 2000+ for a wedding
Lydia did an amazing job with our wedding photos. Very unobstrusive, and still able to get amazing shots! I explained in our very first meeting that I'm not a huge fan of a lot of ...
posed pictures/I love candid shots, and she really kept that in mind while shooting. She captured some moments that I wasn't even aware of and that was very surprising and amazing! We were so thrilled with our pictures and will definitely recommend Lydia to others!
I chose Lydia after seeing several friends posting Beautiful pictures from their weddings. I had been through countless photos while looking for a photographer. When I saw Lydia's ...
work, I knew her style was exatly what I wanted. She was highly recomended by friends. Lydia was extremely easy to communicate with, even though I may have made it a little difficult. Living around 2 hours from where I was getting married, I did not meet Lydia until the day of my wedding. I was comfortable within minutes of meeting her. Lydia made the process of taking pictures, quick and easy. I got Beautiful Posed shots, and many fun candid shots. I loved her attention to detail and having a second shooter was a plus. Lydia captured every detail, and I couldnt be happier with my pictures. They are proudly displayed all over my home. Lydia was also very affordable compared to others, and I got my pictures back within the 6-8 weeks she quoted. She is Definitely worth it! I look forward to using Lydia for Maternity, Baby, and Family sessions when we get to the next chapter.
I found Lydia about a year and a half before my wedding on Craigslist back when she was first building her portfolio and I am so glad I did!! She did our engagement, wedding, mater...
nity, and newborn photo shoots so far with 2 more sessions to go (6 month and 1 year for our baby). I love her and would definitely recommend her to anyone! My friends have actually hired her for their maternity/baby shoots because they loved her work on my wedding so much.
It can take a while to get pictures back but I believe that is totally worth it because of the quality of the work. She's a busy lady with weddings every weekend, a large family, and a new hubby. However, that makes her down to earth, relatable, and so much fun to work with. I can't express how great it is having her take these amazing photos of our most treasured moments. She made wedding pictures a blast, having 2 shooters all day was great, she is so friendly and the people she works with are just as awesome. Hands down, pick Lydia!
I would highly recommend Lydia as a photographer. Originally I had planned on using a different photographer, but several months before my wedding I made the decision to switch to ...
Lydia. I had the opportunity to see her work from my sister's wedding and just knew I wanted the same experience and quality of pictures. Lydia made it very easy to communicate before and after the wedding and promptly replied when I needed her. She was able to tame a crazy wedding party with ease. I was drawn to her kind spirit which made taking pictures a very natural experience. I am 100% pleased with my pictures and know that changing photographers was one of the best decisions I made for my wedding! When you choose Lydia, you get more than beautiful pictures and a wonderful experience, you really do gain a friend!
We had our enagagement & wedding pictures with Lydia. She is awesome to work with. Very sweet and knows what she is doing. I am very glad I had the chance to meet her and it wa...
s a privilege to have her do our pictures. I am anxiously waiting our wedding pictures but our engagement pictures were beautiful. I have no complaints. :)
We chose Lydia after meeting with about 20 other photographers. Her work was comparable to others and her prices were much better. We were really excited to work with her -especial...
ly after checking all her references. And seeing how sweet she was!
We ended up having to reschedule our engagement session several times because of weather and other conflicts that came up - so when it finally came time we were really excited. That day Lydia was great! and ran all over the place with us. She told us our pictures would be ready in a couple weeks, but it took much longer for us to get them. Overall we were happy with them, there were some things we thought should have been fixed in them.
We had a meeting with Lydia a few weeks before the wedding to talk about what pictures we wanted and what her standard pictures are (and about the things we were unhappy with in regards to our engagement pictures). As always she was really sweet and assured us it would all be perfect.
*We dont have our pictures back yet so I cant rate what they will end up looking like*
The day of the wedding there was some confusion about times and her coordinating with our planner. We found out that her second shooter is more of an assistant and that they like to stay together for the most part. The day was so hot so I am going to put some blame on that. But we ended up not getting any pictures of just me and the groomsman or my husband and the bridesmaids- which I thought were standard shots. We only get a few with the bridal party all together, which we were a little disappointed with. Also, we ended up not getting several that were on our list of ones we wanted - which I am not sure who to blame for that. *Like I said it was hot so the guys did run off to cool down but no one reminded us about them or thought to get them when we were all together again. And when she asked me that day I was not able to think clearly about shots I wanted - I was just so excited about being married.
That day she made us feel great and we were overall happy with her. It wasnt until we started talking about all the pictures we didnt get that we were a little disappointed. The one thing we wished would have happened was that she take a little more control and wouldnt have asked us "okay what next" especially since we gave her a list.
We wont have our pictures back until at least 8 weeks after the wedding (and since we will be out of town at that point for work, we wont get to see them until the middle of October :(
But if you want anymore information or details email me at cmunderwood09@alumni.transy.edu
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Lydia Ruth Photography