10 out of 10 recommend hiring Lydia. She was amazing to work with and her photos were gorgeous. In the beginning she worked with me over the phone to understand her process and how she stood out from other photographers. She lets you see full a...lbums which was nice because I knew I wasn’t just making my decision to hire her based off of her top 10 photos from 10 weddings but off of her full coverage of different events in different lighting. She connects with you to make you feel comfortable with her which turned out to be so important as she was with us the whole wedding. She captured the event as it is, which brought across more real, meaningful photos rather than something that looked like a posed photo shoot AND it let my husband and I enjoy the wedding rather than being focused on photos the entire time. That being said, she did give us some prompts here and there, like inviting the groom to dip me, which I was thankful for as we don’t think of those opportunities in the moment. She went above and beyond what I expected, meeting me and my wedding coordinator at multiple walkthroughs and planning sessions. If you choose to hire Lydia I recommend listening to and following her advice as she knows what she's talking about. She was organized, helping me set a realistic timeline before and then helping us stick to it so we could enjoy each and every moment that we planned. Finally, I was blown away by how quickly we had the photos. She had a preview of the top 10 from the morning and ceremony for us to see while we ate at the reception and had the rest for us online a week after the wedding day. She also gives you all of your photos with recommended favorites rather than making you pick a certain number which I don’t believe all photographers do.