Megan Rei Photography

or a queer friendly photographer in the DMV and fell in love with her style. As neither of us had worked with a professional photographer before we had no idea what we were doing but Megan was so helpful and kind throughout the entire process. Not only did Megan suggest and help us choose a perfect venue, shee walked us through what permits we would need and even checked the weather ahead of time to work with us on making a decision if we needed to reschedule. When we decided to stick with our original date despite the potential for rain, Megan worked with us on the day of as the forecast shifted and even changed her schedule to arrive early so we would have plenty of time to shoot in case it started raining (and she even brought us hand warmers for the cold and adorable umbrellas in case we did have to shoot in the rain!). She was so wonderful to work with and captured the perfect mix of candids, as well as helping to guide us in posed shots. The sneak peek gallery we received a week after our elopement was so incredibly lovely, and it was amazing to have a handful of photos back so soon while she worked on the rest of the gallery! The entire time she was so kind, helpful, and personable, and we simply cannot recommend her services enough if you have an elopement, wedding, engagement, or any other moment you want captured by someone who is truly so incredibly talented, caring, and thoughtful with their work!

of the photos she took of our elopement, but she was so kind and responsive and flexible throughout the entire process. She is such a gem. Truly just one of those people who you immediately know you can trust. Megan is so knowledgeable and a true professional. Not only does she know how to take and edit some excellent photos, but she also comes with a bunch of amazing recommendations for beautiful locations. We actually chose where we stayed the night on our elopement night based off of one of her recommended photo spots and we were SO happy with that choice. I know she also has a bunch of other great recommendations if you are having a full wedding. We will absolutely be using her again for future photo sessions. We wouldn’t want to work with anyone else. Anyone that gets to work with her is very lucky. Book her while you can!!

he managed everything so well. Our sneak peeks were ready so quickly and our final photos were stunning and perfect. Thank you, Megan!!

seasoned professional direct us, suggest poses, and help create the wedding day picture timeline. Megan was very easy to work with and responsive to all of our questions. Megan had also shot at our venue several times before which was so helpful since she already knew her way around and could suggest different spots.

d Megan was so great and flexible and got so many wonderful photos! She's so easy to work with, so kind, and really captures the moment! We love love loved working with her!

g for someone who can make you feel comfortable in front of the camera. We wanted photos that were beautiful but not overly produced (i.e., represented the day as we and our guests actually saw it), and Megan was the perfect choice for that. She is kind and highly communicative, and is great at capturing both posed and candid moments. If I could go back in time, I would choose her again in a heartbeat!

ns with us, that I didn't have to give any thought to photography basically from the first phone call after we booked her. I knew it was taken care of. She was ready from the get-go with plenty of fun prompts, location suggestions, a backup plan in case it rained, etc. She captured the ceremony beautifully, and when we ended up with extra time, she was super flexible and creative in finding us other places around DC to take photos that ended up being some of my favorites! She never stopped taking photos so we got every and all events from the day. If you're looking to capture a lot of candids and whimsy, I highly recommend Megan!

er other recommended wedding vendors lists as well as tips and Pinterest boards of what to wear to our engagement shoot. Megan always answered any email question quickly and spent time before our wedding on the phone with us to go through some questions and helped plan our whole timeline of the day. Megan was quick in delivering photos, we got the sneak peaks in one week and the full gallery in 6 weeks. The pictures themselves came out stunning. She doesn’t over edit her photos, she keeps them bright and true to life which is one of the main reasons we went with her. She made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera so she was able to capture all of the special little moments between us and we will treasure them forever.

e had rain on our big day, Megan knew exactly how to adapt to the weather to ensure we got the perfect shots. She also went out of her way to make us feel comfortable through every step of the process, so she made it easy and fun for us. Our photos are absolutely stunning and we could not be happier or more thankful that Megan was our photographer. We cannot recommend her highly enough!

amera, and her talent for capturing beautiful moments is genuinely remarkable. From the beginning, Megan was fantastic at communicating and helping us plan every detail of our shoots. She listened to our ideas and preferences and incorporated them seamlessly into her creative vision. Her attention to detail and ability to adapt to different settings and lighting conditions stood out, ensuring we got the best possible shots. Megan's friendly and approachable personality made both our engagement and wedding shoots a breeze. She put us at ease, making it easy to relax and be ourselves in front of the camera. Her understanding and patience allowed us to feel comfortable throughout the entire process. The results were simply stunning. Megan's photography skills are top-notch, and she delivered a collection of pictures that we will cherish for a lifetime.

ions and details of our day. The final photos are so true to life, and it's made it so hard to decide what to print. Our wedding was very colorful, and the photos are just perfect. We also loved the second shooter, who was so creative and added some very special photos! I absolutely recommend Megan to anyone who is looking to do engagement and wedding photos!

I would highly recommend Megan.

ies, so we interviewed five photographers. All of them were really very good but it was clear that Megan was the right choice for us. We wanted someone whose style was very natural, genuine, fun and good at candids. The conventional advice of “choose a photographer you get along with, because you spend your whole wedding day with them” is so, so right. We loved her from our first call and that instinct was so correct. We had a couple timeline hiccups despite the hours and hours I spent making the timeline and communicating it to everyone. But, Megan had helped us build extra time into the timeline, so everything worked out perfectly. We got even more photos than promised and we got them earlier than promised. Also, I had an uncle filming our first dance and she worked around it and gave us beautiful photos. Really, I cannot say enough good things about Megan. If her photography style resonates with you—you won’t regret hiring her. We will be cherishing the hundreds of beautiful perfect photos she gave us for the rest of our lives.

y of the day. On top of her excellent photography skills, Megan is also kind, flexible, and gives great referrals for other DMV wedding vendors. We'll cherish our wedding photos forever and highly recommend Megan!

helped make sure we still got everything we wanted. We all love how the pictures turned out and they came so fast! Megan was upbeat and very easy to talk to. She did this all while being at the end of her pregnancy too! She was also one of the few photographers we found that offered a physical wedding album. Overall couldn’t recommend her enough!

ding, but also our surprise engagement proposal and legal wedding ceremony. After each event, my partner and I are stunned looking at how beautiful her photos are, how so many different moments are captured, and how creative Megan is in crafting shots. For our wedding in particular, Megan was super helpful from the planning stage all the way to the end of the night. We were quite familiar with our venue location (Old Town Alexandria, VA), but Megan has such an impressive understanding of the area that she led us to so many beautiful photo locations that we wouldn’t have thought of. During the wedding, she caught every important moment as well as candids without us even knowing she was there! Even when we asked Megan to take a lot of group family photos at the very end of the night, she stayed with us to make sure we got everything. She is so kind and easy to work with, extremely responsive, and also helped de-stress us during the wedding night when things were falling a little behind schedule. Our family and friends cannot stop raving about how beautiful all the pictures are. We feel grateful to have been able to work with Megan and highly recommend working with her to anyone looking for a photographer!

iendliness throughout the process. I appreciated all the information she sent ahead of time about different overlook options in Shenandoah. During the shoot, she made us feel very comfortable and instructed us well for the photos. We are very happy with our photos:)!

ing with pet photography as well! The pictures are perfect!!!

k you Megan, for capturing our day so beautifully! She is a wonderful photographer and a joy to have around!! Highly Recommend!!

arth human being. If you pick Rust Manor House as your venue, Megan is a must. She knew all the best spots and our album turned out fantastic. We have so many beautiful photos to choose from! Out of all our vendors, Megan took the cake for her professionalism, organization and positivity. If we had to go through the planning process again, we'd go with Megan as our photographer 10 times out of 10. Thank you, Megan!!! Rachel and JP

s of great suggestions about the background and poses for photos - suggestions that we greatly appreciated. She was very responsive since the day we first reached out to her and even helped us figure out some of the details for our big day. She is great at organizing group photos; all of our family photo sessions were so easy and efficient with her directing us through. Our photos came out so bright, colorful, and crisp! She made our wedding day so memorable. Thank you, Megan! 😊

was super communicative before the shoot (helped SO MUCH when trying to figure out a location and an outfit), was great during the shoot directing us and making us feel comfortable, and got our photos to us timely. I'm absolutely in love with the photos, and cannot recommend Megan enough!

ade sure we were able to catch all of the shots we had discussed earlier, which wasn’t easy with such a large wedding party and a forecast for rain! Our photos turned out incredible and the turnaround time was quicker than we anticipated- an added bonus! Getting married can be very stressful but I never felt unsure in our choice for a photographer and I’m so grateful to Megan for making our wedding day so special.

have that overly bright look that you sometimes see in other wedding photos that make them look less natural. We couldn't have been happier with our choice! Megan's photos were exactly what we wanted. They are bright, colorful, and you can feel the joy and love leaping off of them. Megan herself is extremely responsive and professional. We really appreciated her organization, including with scheduling calls, her contract, and her questionnaire regarding what we wanted in our photos. She was also very flexible when we had specific questions regarding the contract. Megan is also very creative. We had suggested some photo locations for our engagement photos and for locations near our wedding venue, and she went above and beyond in doing her own research and making suggestions for us as well. We highly recommend her. You won't regret hiring Megan.

we are so happy that we chose Megan Rei Photography to do that! Megan was professional, timely, kind, patient, respectful, and fun, and she made sure we got all kinds of gorgeous photos in beautiful areas around the property! Her edits are very natural and timeless and she definitely captured the essence of our unique day! We are so grateful!

e’ll cherish the photos forever.

nandoah Park. She was a tremendous help guiding us through the process, both in location and in the poses themselves. We ended the experience in great spirits and with even greater pictures. In fact, we clicked so much with Megan that we hired her to photograph our actual wedding in New Hampshire, which took place December 2021. We loved working with Megan because she makes the experience feel fun, relaxed and natural. She captured our true essence - between loving, fun, goofy and serious. She also has a fantastic eye for truly eye-catching shots, as you'll see below. Last but not least, Megan's personality is a breath of fresh air. Personable, professional and kind. We could not have asked for a better photographer on this journey.

work with Megan! It is clear that she loves what she does, is incredibly talented behind the camera, and has a passion for ensuring your wedding day will go smoothly. Every interaction we had with Megan over the 2+ years we planned our wedding reiterated that we made the right choice when choosing our photographer. She was always quick to respond and provided helpful advice on the entire wedding planning process. She made our engagement session fun and really represent who we are as a couple. On our wedding day, Megan's calm, confident demeanor put me (a perpetually anxious person) at ease and I can't begin to describe how much that meant to me. We were blown away by her professionalism, kindness, and the beyond beautiful photographs we received.

spoke on the phone, I felt incredibly comfortable and we scheduled that day. We got our full gallery in less than two weeks and I absolutely love them!! Not only did she take great pictures of my fiancé and I, but she gave me the best photo I've seen of our dog! Hire her, and don't forget the pup!

for a genuine photographer to work with Megan! We are obsessed with our photos! (:

I hardly knew I had 2 photographers the day of because she knew how to do her job without bombarding you. I HIGHLY recommend her because she was worth every penny.

e out INCREDIBLE! She managed to capture candid portraits of all of our guests and didn't miss a single sweet moment throughout the evening. We almost didn't hire a photographer because we aren't very comfortable being photographed, but I will be forever grateful that we found Megan!

tive with us when we had to postpone due to COVID. She got in touch with us early and we were able to keep her as our photographer for our wedding a year later. In the lead up to the wedding she was so helpful and made sure we had everything planned to get all the shots we wanted. Day of she was so great, as was the second shooter Bethany. Everyone had an amazing time and were laughing with Megan and Bethany which made smiling for lots of photos that much easier. We got some sneak peeks a couple of days after our wedding that were breathtaking and are absolutely amazed by all the final photos. So many of our guests are so impressed by the photos. We would highly recommend Megan to anyone looking for an awesome photographer in the DC area!

he made this process very easy for us by sharing all details upfront, promptly responding to our endless questions, and helping us feel comfortable in front of the camera. She has a great eye and captures all of these special moments so perfectly. We knew we could trust Megan and can't thank her enough for being our wedding photographer!

so colorful and cheerful and captured our day perfectly. She also did a phenomenal job with our engagement photos, capturing some stunning shots in Shenandoah at sunset. We initially found her after looking for a wedding photographer who was also good with dogs since our ceremony was going to prominently feature our best dog of honor, and from our initial conversation we knew she'd be a great match for us. We felt super comfortable working with her, and her tips and advice resulted in some absolutely fantastic pictures (and some super adorable ones of our pup!). We got a great mix of posed and candid shots, and she did such a great job of capturing the fun. She was also extremely communicative and so prepared for anything. The weather on our wedding day was tricky, and when the sun changed to a sudden downpour, she had clear umbrellas ready to go so that we could keep taking pictures! Our pictures are everything and more than I ever could have asked for, and hiring Megan was truly worth every penny!

mple just to have a memory of that day and she got that. We absolutely adore our photos and how she captured our emotions. Megan made the entire experience very easy and made us feel very comfortable in front of the camera. We loved working with Megan and highly recommend her to any couple looking for a great photographer!!!

planning a wedding at the DC War Memorial. She was amazing to work with and the day ran so smoothly with her on our team. She was an essential point of contact and helped us plan our entire day's timeline. Her familiarity with the venue helped us ensure we had all the permitting correct and that we had the most ideal timeline. She never tried to pressure us into paying for something we didn't need, she was truly invested in capturing our day the way we imagined. She was incredibly easy to get ahold of before the big day, and when one of my vendors cancelled last minute she went above and beyond by calling some contacts to try to find me a new make-up artist. My new-husband was a little camera shy, but Megan helped him feel super comfortable and it really shows in the photos. I love all our photos so much it has been difficult to choose which to print! Having access to all our digital photos in an online gallery is awesome because we can print as many as we like, and not all photographers offer this. Overall I enthusiastically recommend Megan.

details, getting the timing right, and answering all of my silly questions. She checked in on me all the time to make sure everything was going smoothly with the necessary permits and the preparations for the proposal. And the day of the proposal, because I was out of commission being so nervous and getting my fiancée to the location, she had everything else figured out, taken care of, and ready to go—bringing umbrellas in case of rain and scoping out and saving our spot. Not only is she incredibly experienced, but she's also so genuinely interested in you and your partner and wants to help make your day as special as possible. It was a relief to have someone so fantastic at what they do to help us plan and capture this perfect moment! Megan is incredible! Haley: We adored Megan!! My proposal was a huge surprise and I was so grateful we had her there to capture the moment. She was so professional and engaging and made an amazing day even better. I can get nervous in front of cameras but she made us both feel so comfortable. The pictures also came out beautiful and her blog post about our engagement was precious. Highly recommend her to anyone and everyone!

stressful. The pictures are absolutely gorgeous and we are so thankful that we can relive the moment over and over again! Megan is the perfect choice for a surprise engagement photoshoot!

we had a great phone call that week to start planning. Megan was very flexible with the plans I had in mind, and she had really, really helpful tips about location, timing, and logistics for my surprise proposal. Megan was super responsive over email, was great about my changing dates in the month prior to the event, and we had a great call to finalize last details a few days before the event. On the day of, Megan's approach could not have been better. She arrived well in advance and had a great hiding place during the surprise proposal! During my fiance's and my proposals to each other, Megan took beautiful photos of us without us even knowing she was there, letting us truly enjoy the moment. At the same time she had really great ideas, after the proposals were over, about how to pose and create gorgeous shots. Megan's photos were crisp, beautifully framed, full of color, and had a variety of wide and close-up shots which we really appreciated. We even received a few photos from Megan the day after, which we loved! We received all the photos just a couple weeks later and we could not be happier. Megan is a truly talented photographer, super responsive, has great ideas to make any shoot a success, and her pricing is reasonable and transparent. We are already looking forward to doing a dog photoshoot with Megan next and hopefully working together on our wedding! We would recommend Megan to anyone looking for beautiful photos and a great person to work with.

fore our wedding to find the best photo spots, and she had so many creative shots and poses for us. We don't like to take a lot of pictures normally, and she helped us all (dog included!) feel comfortable in front of the camera. She shared a sneak peek of the photos within a couple days and all the photos in less than a month. The photos themselves are beautiful and we have so many favorites! I highly recommend working with Megan. She is very professional and friendly, and helped keep the wedding planning and wedding day stress free.

ue. She was at the venue before we arrived and very easy to work with and flexible. She gave us plenty of direction for posing, helped put us at ease in front of the camera and was super helpful. Our photos came faster than we expected and are gorgeous. I am thrilled at how they turned out - beautiful lighting and brilliant colors. Highly recommend!