Michael Brook Photography

From the moment we sat down and talked to him, we immediately felt like old friends. He can make anyone feel comfortable in front of a camera and he has a knack for capturing the sweetest, candid moments. Michael also made sure to learn who the most important people in our wedding were so that he could get as many pictures of them as possible. On the day of the wedding, he was punctual, energetic, and professional. He brought an assistant that was just as wonderful and together they captured beautiful photographs that we will forever cherish. I would recommend Michael to anyone looking for a stress-free wedding with gorgeous photographs!

hat perfect rating and more. Michael was incredible to work with from day 1. He communicated promptly and easily and asked all the right questions about our vision for the day. He expressed genuine excitement and had immediate ideas about how he could fit in and enhance the experience. Leading up to the wedding, I never once felt like I had to worry about whether I was a priority to him and whether he would come through (and that most definitely is NOT a given. I should mention that he made me feel this taken care of even though I did NOT book him for an entire day and had a smaller wedding that only required a few hours.) The day of, he was so easy-going and professional. He somehow made everyone feel at ease, remembering family members' names and juggling all personalities and quirks. I felt incredibly hectic and stressed the entire day and somehow Michael made that melt away as soon as he showed up. He was prompt, organized, thoughtful, quick on his feet, and also kind and funny to be around. If that all wasn't enough, he also captured gorgeous photographs (way cooler than I could have imagined, honestly) and had them back to me quickly. I really can't say enough about this experience. He blew us away. He was the shining light of my wedding and by far the best "vendor" decision I made that day.

illion questions. He initially stood out because of his excellent candid photos, they are amazing and he did not disappoint! His portraits are also outstanding and he gave valuable instructions in an encouraging way for the intimate photos and large group shots. Always attentive to our needs and wishes for the day, he talked with me on the phone about 6 months before the event to get a better idea of what was important to capture on the day. A month before, he sent me a file to fill out of who was important to know (he memorized all the names of people in the wedding party) and what photos were essential to get. All day he was behind the scenes taking pictures and we were thrilled with the final collection of photos. He dresses to fit into your setting, my wedding was formal and he wore a nice black suit. He was very enthusiastic about the pictures, gave great instruction for the portraits when needed, and added a positive presence to the day that was appreciated by everyone. Of all the vendors involved in the wedding, Michael stood out as the highlight and I’m so glad he was part of the day. The pictures and memories he captured were priceless and I would highly recommend Michael for any event!

y loved him! He was patient and understanding during the most stressful moments, and he was so great at making sure everyone was positioned just right for each photograph. I especially loved how creative he was and that he gave us so many suggestions on ways to pose. Thanks to Michael, we have AMAZING photos from our special day. He went above and beyond to capture our wedding in the most beautiful and artistic way. Michael is the best anyone could ask for in a professional photographer. I wholeheartedly recommend him and his team to all of my family and friends and look forward to using his services again in the future.

g in person we really liked his calm demeanor. With the amount of stress that can be experienced in wedding planning, he was like a breath of fresh air. We were not used to being in front of the camera to that extent, but he always made us feel relaxed. We found it particularly helpful when he guided us along with the wedding party to be positioned in the best light and flattering angles. He also gave a very quick turn-around with our wedding photos. If you haven't been a part of a professional shoot before, Michael is a wonderful choice.

nd wanted to minimize the stress. Michael was very responsive via email and also provided the photos about 12 days after the wedding (while we were still on our honeymoon even). On the day of, we found him to be very friendly and easy to work with. The photos themselves are beautiful and fun, and we're sill enjoying looking at them weeks later (and hopefully for years to come!). My husband and I both happily recommend him to anyone getting married in the area.

going manner. We had a large wedding party and he was able to take fantastic group shots as well as individual family shots. To top it off our pictures were ready for us by the time we came back from our from our honeymoon! I would definitely recommend working with Michael and his team!

d was easily accessable! We loved working with Michael and would recommend him to any couple! The albums came out goreous and quickly!

We felt like we were in great hands, and we were! The photos came out better than we could have ever imagined. It was really a pleasure working with him, start to finish. If we had to do the whole thing over again we'd hire him again in a heartbeat!

ecially on responsiveness and flexibility. We knew were were getting a great value on the day of but when we saw our pictures...WOW. The color/lighting and creative angles made for beautiful pictures. The overall happiness of the day was captured perfectly. You cannot go wrong with Michael Brook Photography.

g was at the Fairmont Copley. Michael took the most stunning photos of the century. The photos looked like Old Hollywood. We were so happy. We are happy to share any photos for you to see the exceptional work of Michael.

re stunning. Also (and equally important), he is very kind, calm and personable. He helped us all to feel relaxed during the the hectic activity of the day, while helping us to stay organized and on schedule. We loved working with him, we love our photos, and we would highly recommend Michael to anyone looking for a photographer.

le appealed to us because we aren't into cheesy poses. When we actually met him for the first time, I was instantly at ease with his warm personality, gentle humor, and obvious wealth of experience. He never pressured us to spend more than we were comfortable doing. We did an engagement shoot which was actually a lot of fun and was good practice for being ourselves in front of a camera. On the big day he bravely came to the hotel at 4:30AM (we had constraints on the timing of our ceremony for religious reasons) and even offered to bring coffee for us! Throughout the day he remained discreet, and I often forgot I was being photographed which was a good thing. He had the online images ready within a couple of days and was very responsive about retouching images and was flexible about the album design. I highly recommend him - my sister is getting married next year and I've already told her she shouldn't bother interviewing any other photographers!

ted. He was very flexible with requests on specific shots I did and did not want, and also has a flair for capturing details. A sense of community was very important to me for the occasion, and Michael was able to photograph so many candid moments at the perfect time. Beyond making us all look beautiful, he captured a sense of the relationships and emotions of the day - every time I look at our album, it takes me right back to the wedding. Michael was very patient with all of us. We had to start very early in the day, but he was upbeat the entire time. I really appreciated his calm energy, and his skill with working a large crowd. He was able to direct the 60+ members of our families for portraits quickly and unobtrusively, with encouraging words throughout. I would recommend Michael to anyone, and hope to have an occasion to work with him again someday!

that I would hire him for my own wedding because he did such a fantastic job. He was the very first vendor I booked for my wedding. He takes beautiful, creative photos and seems to be everywhere, capturing all of the important and fantastically candid moments. He is also incredibly discreet - at my friend's wedding and at my own, his shooting was so unobtrusive and yet he managed to capture everything! Michael is just a complete joy to work with, from start to finish. He is professional, extremely responsive, and seems to really enjoy his work. I cannot say enough about his wonderful demeanor - he puts people completely at ease! - and he really captures the details of the event, including the venue decor and flowers. I would highly recommend Michael to anyone!

at he promised and more. I was so excited that I ended up with 200+ photos!!! When I saw them back I was surprised at how much he was able to capture. I will definitely use him again for other events that come up.

r's wedding. It was the easiest and best decision we made choosing Michael to capture our wedding. He is professional, flexible, and a true artist. One of my favorite pictures is of my grandmother and I. He was able to capture a moment at the reception when we were talking but we did not know he was taking a picture. It came out beautiful. She hated her picture being taken, but once she saw this one, she showed everyone that was willing to look. Most importantly, it was a pleasure to work with Michael. He is talented, pleasant, helpful, and extremely attentive to detail throughout the entire process of planning and it continues past the wedding. Our album is beautiful and I cannot wait to have him photograph another event for my family!

h him. The best part was that all of our guests appreciated Michael as well. We are still receiving comments from our wedding guests about how wonderful Michael was. Our pictures are beautiful and hiring him was the best decision we made for our wedding. Thank you, Michael for everything.

all that I wanted plus more. He is now our family photographer! Any new addition to our family Michael will be taking the first shots! I am so happy that I picked him to photograph our wedding!

t at ease with him, lowering the level of stress ! Very reliable, Michael is fun to work with and build very quickly a relation of trust (we organized our party mostly remotely). He gives clear and friendly direction and captured all essential moment of the wedding from the preparation until the reception party. A great contributor to a successful wedding !

us feel so comfortable. He was so positive and calm that it made for a very enjoyable session and great photos. Highly recommend!

im feel peaceful. He gives easy to understand directions, takes beautiful pictures, and is a generally happy presence to have around you. I would very highly recommend him.

he contract and send the 1st half of the deposit. 2 days after our payment arrangement he emails me to say that he is regretful to inform me that he has become booked on my wedding date. I was dumbfounded - who can we set up a payment plan and then suddenly you book with someone else? As the person who first held the date, I should've been alerted that he had others looking at my date and then given then opportunity to get my payment in first or otherwise lose the date. I cannot believe that he didn't give me this opportunity. Looking back its probably for the best - my engagement photos were decent but some directly during the session could've clearly helped (meaning, if my hair was flying all over the place, he could've asked me to fix it before snapping the picture). I'm super disappointed and now I'm in a panic to find a new photographer.

ifics and talked us through the details. He was great and fun to work with. The photographs came out great. Michael processed the photographs and shared them with us within a week of our wedding. Both Michael and David were a pleasure to work with.

y would recommend him to anyone.

erate. He listens well and really took our requests seriously so we got exactly what we wanted. Overall, Micahel did a fantastic job with our wedding. He also took our engagement photos and provided us with a Guest Book for the wedding.

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wants and he was able to make it all happen. He is amazingly talented and in my opinion you can't get a better photographer for the boston / Cambridge area. We will be using him again.

ictures. We barely had to wait until we were able to see them and they all came out amazing! He was great to work with. I would recommend him to everyone I know!

ere he needed to be. His presence kept us calm throughout the day and he somehow managed to capture every important moment. He also got us our wedding photos very quickly – and we were thrilled with each and every one. Our parents, bridal party and guests are still talking about how wonderful he was and how much they liked him! I would recommend Michael to any bride or family who is looking for a quality photographer. He was truly outstanding.

d with what we had in mind. Our photos were gorgeous, crisp, and natural. His style is more photojournalist and less staged than other photographers we have seen. While he did get some large staged shots, he was also able to catch some great little moments without intruding. He did not push anything on us that we did not already discuss with him. A great guy, a great experience, and one less thing that we had to worry about on our wedding day.

earch for a photographer, I looked for: 1) the ability to capture light / bright-looking wedding photos, 2) the ability and intuition for good capture of emotions and happenings, and 3) affordable for Stephen and me. I decided to contact Michael after seeing that he had been named "Best of Weddings" on the Knot for five years in a row, reading a lot of positive reviews, and looking at his portfolio online. Meeting Michael in person was a special experience for Stephen and me. Michael exudes kindness! You will know what I mean when you work with him. It was really a joy to meet him. We had many questions for him and he gave us respectful and informative answers. In our subsequent correspondence leading up to the wedding, Michael continued to impress us because he was accessible, receptive to our requests, and organized. I had a lot of trust in Michael on our wedding day. I felt comfortable the moment he arrived and confident that he would do a good job. Throughout the day, he gave helpful instructions for various shots and worked efficiently. We all felt comfortable with him! At one point during the reception, Stephen and I marveled over the personalized menu and asked Michael to take photos of it, only to learn he had already captured that detail and much more. At the end of the day, we spontaneously asked if we could pay him to stay another hour, a request that he graciously accepted. We were pleased to receive positive comments about our photographer from our family; one family member commented, "He's very good. You didn't really notice him until he wanted to make himself noticed." This trait was crucial for group shots of different sides of our family (large family, dozens of people from each side, let me tell you), with everyone looking in different directions, fidgety young children, and other iPhone-equipped family members competing with Michael for shots. Michael handled these situations very well. Stephen and I were pleasantly surprised on our honeymoon to receive a link from Michael to the viewing gallery of our photos. Soon thereafter, he linked us to the final gallery of edited photos. When asked for CD's of the photos, the very next day Michael met with Stephen to give them. We were so pleased with his promptness. We LOVE our wedding photos. I can hardly believe they're pictures of us! Bright, well-framed, beautiful, and opportune captures. Stephen and I are so pleased we have these photos at a price that was affordable to us. We highly recommend Michael. Not only is his work such high quality, but interacting with him is a true pleasure. Like I said before, Michael exudes honesty and kindness. You will know what I mean when you work with him.

ments through e-mail since I live out of town and always responded to my e-mails promptly.

ller than usual, somewhat out-of-the-box backyard event, and he was totally flexible in providing what we needed. He checked in regularly with me during the planning process, and he was always upbeat and excited about the big day, which made me more excited! As the day approached, Michael set up a call to get a feel for the specific shots we wanted to capture as well as the feeling that we wanted from our photos. He NAILED it - as I look at these pictures, I am transported back to the day and everything wonderful I felt then. We shot in a bunch of different locations with different lighting and other logistical challenges, and Michael handled them all like a pro, while helping us feel relaxed. The images are simply. gorgeous. On the day, Michael was punctual and got to work with minimal direction, a testament to his experience and the preparation he had done ahead of time. As a business owner, Michael was very straightforward - we knew exactly what to expect ahead of time. He was extremely accommodating in giving us control over our images. He was absolutely professional throughout our experience, and made things easier for us at every turn. As I looked around during our toasts toward the end of the evening and saw Michael - shooting while mixing with our friends and family and having a great time himself - I knew we had worked with the perfect photographer. Work with Michael Brook for your wedding. You will be thrilled.

names of our immediately families and bridal party so fast and put everyone at ease when doing pictures. He moved around seemlessly at the wedding and didn't draw attention away from the festivities. We got our pictures back SUPER fast and were really impressed by his work.

autiful pictures taken in a more relaxed setting prior the wedding. On the day of the wedding, Michael did an incredible job capturing the beauty of the day as well as the fun. The reception pictures truly capture the spirit of fun and celebration. Michael had a great eye for the details as well as the moments we would want to remember most. Dave and I had a large wedding with lots of family; Michael was patient and accommodating to all requests for pictures. Michael was great in sending me the gallery to review within 10 days of the wedding taking place. I would absolutely recommend Michael Brooks to any bride for any kind of wedding!

pictures are reasons that we would use Michael Brook Photography again for any event!

ties for the wedding and I'm humble enough to say that I knocked it out of the park with MBP. What a joy to work with. He made everything easy and made US feel completely comfortable. And the photos! So great. Our wedding album is stunning and we (possibly annoyingly so) show EVERYONE when they come to our home. Now that we're expecting our first child, I'm reminded of Michael and hope to have him as the photographer at the birth (J/K!).

hat will last forever. Michael took over 2,000 quality photos of me, my family, my friends, couples together, family shots, and little details. As the bride, I missed things like my cocktail hour, my harpist at cocktail hour, and the desert table. Michael captured all of the details and decor, while still focusing on the people. Our wedding pictures were back very quickly and were great quality. I had about 175 people at my wedding and I highly recommend Michael for any wedding large or small!

, his book was filled with gorgeous pictures, many of them candids, or at least the types of shots that go beyond the typical posed photo that we've all seen a zillion times. These were artfully shot pictures, with attention to lighting and composition and often capturing some detail or aspect that might easily be overlooked, but that end up as the images that reflect an event's individual personality and character. Michael's calm demeanor and reassuring manner during our initial meeting gave us the confidence that he would be good to work with on a potentially frenetic day, and that was the case. We told him that we did not want our wedding and reception to be about taking pictures—we'd rather miss Aunt Sally in a group photo than completely miss our cocktail hour—but rather we were relying on Michael to document the event as we participated fully and enjoyed our special day. Michael understood completely and he worked within that, identifying opportunities for great shots along the way, and worked quickly and efficiently to get through the group shots we wanted—he seems to have a natural ability to effortlessly direct large groups of people—without taking any more pictures than necessary, so things kept moving. Michael captured all the critical moments before, during and after the ceremony and at the reception, as well as dozens and dozens of portrait-quality images of guests—both candids and quick poses---and details from throughout the afternoon and evening. Perhaps my favorite pictures were from the dancing at the reception, where Michael's documentary-style action shots captured the exuberance and joy of the guests as they careened around the floor, or, in quieter moments, couples dancing cheek-to-cheek under the shifting colored lights. Michael was put on the spot when, unexpectedly, a fireworks show erupted over the harbor in the middle of our reception, and we now have a series of incredible, amazing, picture-perfect fairy-tale-wedding images of us smiling, kissing, twirling, and being in love while fireworks explode above our heads. Afterwards, Michael gave us access to an on-line gallery that allowed us to view all his images in one mega slide show, or within more manageable categories ("Pre-Ceremony"; "Ceremony": "Details"; etc.), and provided all the original image files---gigabytes and gigabytes worth---for downloading via DropBox. I could not have been happier with our choice for our special day, and I could not have been more impressed with the job Michael did. We felt as if we were in the hands of a real pro the entire time.

candid photos throughout our wedding day, but he is an absolute pleasure to work with! Michael always responded in real-time to my emails and gave detailed answers to my question prior to the wedding. We also chose to do an engagement shoot with him and had an absolute blast doing so! He arrived early the day of the wedding (which makes every bride relaxed), and during our photo sessions he always remained calm, focused, and organized. He brought the list of pictures I had previously told him I would like to take and was flexible enough to take spontaneous photos as I came up with them throughout the day. While on our honeymoon I got an email from him saying my gallery was ready for viewing online and I had digital copies of all our pictures within a month after our wedding. I 100% recommend Michael to all brides and would definitely use him again for other milestones in mine and my husbands lives. Thank you for everything Michael we loved working with you.

out the day's events so that our day ran smoothly and without any interruptions. He had already memorized everyone's name in the wedding party before arriving to work with us. His calm style and helpful nature made him a pleasure to work with through the planning process all the way through my wedding day. I couldn't believe that he had already emailed me a link with a complete set of wedding photo proofs before I had gotten home from our honeymoon! He provides an excellent level of customer service and listens to exactly how you envision your day in order to help you capture your wedding day memories in a stress free environment. And the pictures come out beautiful! I would highly recommend Michael Brook to anyone!