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(40)Virginia, domestic, and international photographer
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Michelle Renee Photography is a Richmond-based, local, and international wedding photography business.
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Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Photo
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- Wedding
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Michelle did such a beautiful job capturing our wedding day! She was professional and efficient and quickly sent over sneak preview photos within 1 day which was greatly appreciate...
d. Thank you, Michelle!
I would not recommend Michelle Renee Photography based on my experience.
Unfortunately, she did not fulfill the terms of our contract. We had agreed on having a second photogra...
pher, which she did not provide—and she failed to inform us ahead of time. In fact, we only realized there was no second photographer after she arrived, and even then, we had to ask about it ourselves. She later said she would issue a refund for this, but never did. We ultimately had to dispute the charge through our bank.
Not having a second photographer significantly impacted our wedding photos. As a result, we missed many important moments we had specifically wanted captured, including key shots like walking back down the aisle. While she was kind and did her best on the day of the wedding, one person simply couldn’t cover everything, and that limitation shows in our final gallery.
Leading up to the wedding, communication was already a challenge. Our engagement session itself went well, and we were happy with the photos, but the process surrounding it was frustrating. We had a call scheduled that she simply did not show up for, and she didn’t reach out to explain or reschedule—I had to follow up myself, and even then, she didn’t respond for several days. She also set a deadline for delivering the engagement photos that she did not meet, later attributing the delay to a “hardware crash.”
After the wedding, communication became significantly worse. She set deadlines for updates and delivery but did not meet them and completely stopped responding to texts, emails, and phone calls. During this time, she frequently cited reasons like “things have been crazy” or “a family crisis,” yet was actively posting on social media about vacations and her personal life. I would have greatly preferred honest and proactive communication rather than repeated excuses.
There was a period where I genuinely worried we might not receive our wedding photos at all due to the lack of response. While the photos we did receive turned out well, they are incomplete, and the overall experience was extremely disappointing.
The lack of professionalism, failure to honor the contract, and poor communication made what should have been a joyful experience unnecessarily stressful. I would not recommend her for any event.
Michelle is not only an amazing photographer but she is also an awesome human. She really helps you feel comfortable with taking the pictures but also comfortable knowing she will ...
capture the vibes/ special moments of your big day. She assisted with keeping us on time for the day, capturing the moments I did not even consider as well as the ones I really wanted to, and stayed upbeat the entire day. She also really helped with instructing on how to take pictures in order to capture beautiful ones (in case you are nervous or not great in front of the camera) and was great with phone/email/ and video chat communications during the entire process! I could not be more thankful and appreciative of her! I highly recommend Michelle for wedding photography if you are currently looking for a good fit!
We were lucky enough to find and hire Michelle just 3 weeks before our big day. Previously we found out that our photographer was a scammer and was out a photographer and $1700.
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ichelle was helpful and professional, and every shot she and her assistant took turned out amazing. Could not have asked for a better photographer.
Michelle was fantastic! I would recommend her to anyone for their wedding. She is kind, down to earth, professional, and an artist. She photographed our engagement and our wedding....
Her price is extremely fair for what she provides. She captured both our engagement and our wedding perfectly! She has a bright and airy style that looks completely natural. She has a really good eye and knows what looks good. You cannot go wrong with hiring her!
Michelle is AMAZING!! Couldn’t recommend her enough, truly so sweet and is easy to work with. Has super creative ideas and takes the best shots!
There are not enough words that describe how amazing Michelle is. She not only made me wedding run smoothly, she truly put every minute of effort into my day. She will work with y...
ou all the way up until your day, working on timelines, engagement photos and will even help reach out to other vendors if need be. My pictures came out even better than I could have expected. I will forever be thankful to Michelle for capturing my day so beautifully. Please please please consider Michelle Renee Photography, the only thing you have left of your wedding day are memories and photos. If want your photos to be perfect, book Michelle.
Michelle was such an amazing photographer. I found her online and she got back to me right away and literally had me booked in 24hours. My husband and I got married in March 2020, ...
right in the beginning of COVID, my wedding was suppose to be Saturday and I called her five days early at 8pm at night and told her we were getting married the next day. I told her I understood if she couldn’t make it. She was so calming on the phone, she made it work and showed up for my wedding and took the most amazing beautiful pictures. You would have never known we threw that wedding together in 14hours!!
We loved our experience with Michelle! We enjoyed her photography style that portrayed a lot of light and brightness in her pictures. We also appreciated the engagement shoot that ...
was included in our package, which gave us a chance to get to know her a little bit and feel comfortable around her, and gave her a chance to do the same and get to know us before photographing our wedding day. She made us feel comfortable and confident in being photographed. There were times where it took a little longer for her to respond, but overall we were really grateful for our experience with Michelle. She was friendly and respectful, and delivered a beautiful gallery of pictures for us to remember in the years to come.
Absolutely phenomenal! She is such a sweetheart and was gracious enough to edit the disastrous makeup that my mom and I got on my moms wedding day! She was also very quick with her...
pictures, she knew exactly what to do and didn’t have to mess around with the settings on her camera. She was on schedule and so quick to post the edited sneak peeks! I definitely recommend!
Michelle was fabulous all the way through our initial inquiry contact, our engagement session, to our wedding! The sessions went smoothly and we all had a great time during them! ...
She really delivers professionalism,bbeautiful portraits, and is amazing with getting to know and understand personalities which shows in the final product! She delivers sneak peaks just a few days after the session and shortly thereafter your album. You can not go wrong in hiring this photographer! She is phenomenal!! Highly recommend!!
Michelle, thank you for making our son and daughter-in-law's wedding day extra special. The photo album is a treasure! You really captured the fun of the ceremony. The photos ar...
e fabulous. Most wedding photos we have seen are static – all posed – but you have several “in motion” with the group looking so happy, laughing and talking. Those are our favorites. You have a special knack for photography. You did a super job with difficult lighting conditions, inside a historic building.
Michelle is so lovely to work with every step of the way!! She truly takes to heart the personalities and interactions of the couple and gives ideas to incorporate them into photog...
raphy sessions. She kept in contact with us consistently and got to know us, the venues, dress details and props to capture magnificent moments. She offered her professionalism and sweet demeanor and we are so very impressed with her and our engagement and wedding portraits!! Working with her flows so nicely and easily. She really makes it fun and stress free!! Michelle sends out sneak peaks within a few days so you can see some pictures prior to the full edit of your album which is so much fun to view!! Her work is absolutely amazing!! I highly, HIGHLY recommend Michelle!!! You’ll be quite impressed with her professionalism and your portraits and also how SMOOTHLY your event goes!!
Michelle was excellent. She was professional and did an excellent job photographing our wedding. She was easy to work with and helped remove the stress of our big day with her pl...
easant demeanor. We received preview photographs quickly after the wedding and the actual pictures came quicker than expected. Each one was gorgeous providing great memories of our special day! I would definitely hire her again in the future!
Michelle and her team were AH-MAZING!! Our story wasn't your traditional wedding ceremony and reception so she photographed our wedding reception with our closets friends and famil...
y and she worked with us and was SOO flexible and easy to work with! Even though I had already gotten married 7 months earlier, she made me feel like I was a new bride all over again! I told her what I wanted and she also got some great shots that I would have never thought about getting! When I turned around to find her because I saw a moment that I wanted captured she was always right there to take the shot so no good chances were missed! Would reccommend her 1000X Over!!!
Michelle was great to work with! On the day of the wedding she arrived at the church before we did (since we were running a bit late) but didn't mind having to wait a little for u...
s to get there. She was quick with taking the family portraits in the church which my mom really liked - she was good at telling you where to be, when to get in or out of the picture, and overall moved it along very nicely. We found a place to do outside portraits after the ceremony, just a random pond/lake area, and she turned those pictures into gorgeous portraits. I knew where we were was pretty, but I had no idea the background could look like that! Overall she was a great experience! :)
Michelle captured literally everything we asked for and more. She was completely responsive and gave a lot of time and energy into our wedding day. Honestly, can't thank her enough...
! We highly recommend her for her professionalism and patience. We have a rowdy group of friends / wedding party and she was just the person we needed to keep everyone moving in the right direction to being able to capture everything we envisioned for that day. She got the pictures back to us within a week - a lot quicker than I thought it would be! Everyone loves them. The pictures she captured really embodied the love my husband and I share together between our friends, family, and each other. Thank you so much Michelle for everything! You are a truly lovely and talented person.
Michelle made our fairytale wedding come to life. I will always remember our special day through our wedding pictures. I can not express enough how talented Michelle is. Her attent...
ion to detail and photography organization made our wedding day run so smoothly. She captured every detail of our wedding. Having Michelle as our photographer was the best investment we made for our wedding. Thank you so much Michelle for all your hard work and talent. You are amazing!
Michelle is the most amazing photographer I have ever met . I have been photographed for years with my family , and in my younger years as Miss. West Virginia she was by far the mo...
st professional and hardworking photographer ever . Her work takes your breath away , and she calms your nerves even when things aren’t going quite right on your special day . She is phenomenal ! A+ a million times over and over !!!!
Michelle did an amazing job from start to finish! We searched a lot of photographers beforehand, and knew that she was talented! We hired her for an engagement and the wedding day....
The turnaround for pictures was AMAZING!!!! I was not expecting them that quickly but she far exceeded my expectations with how many were delivered. I feel as though they captured a lot of the emotions that day and I look back at them so frequently! Even had one photo printed as an 16x20 (for a frame we used at the wedding) and it looked awesome!!
Michelle is a great person and is so talented! She took our engagement photos (includes them in the wedding package!) and also kept in communication with us the entire year leading...
up to the wedding. It poured rain on our wedding day, it was a chaotic mess, but the pictures only show a fairytale wedding! Also, she got my engagement photos back to me the SAME DAY, and she sent me a sneak peak of my wedding photos within 3 days of the wedding! She is very timely, talented, and I consider her a new friend! I enjoyed having her there and she did great taking the reins and getting the good shots when things were hectic!
Michelle was amazing to work with. She was readily available to answer questions by phone and e-mail. She was professional and photographed all aspects of our wedding perfectly; yo...
u can tell she put her heart into capturing our wedding. She is a blessing. We are so happy we found her!
I fear that no matter how many words I type, they won't be enough to express just how wonderful it was working with Michelle. We contacted Michelle when the photographer we had boo...
ked canceled. Michelle was incredible from day one. She was easy to talk to, answered any and all of the ridiculous questions I threw at her, we never had to wait too long for a response, and she made us feel so confident. she was open to our thoughts and ideas, and guided us to get the perfect shots. The pictures captured not only the beauty of our venue from the smallest details to the big picture but the entire feeling of our wedding. I have already gone through her blog post of our pictures about 100 times in the last 2 days, and that giddy feeling I had the day of came rushing back each time. Michelle, we can't thank you enough for being a part of our wedding, for capturing the love Josh and I share. You are an amazing person and photographer. We can't wait to have you be a part of our future as our family grows.
Michelle was absolutely amazing to work with! She was extremely communicative and professional throughout our entire process. I’m addition, her speed and quality of delivering the ...
product was the best experience I’ve had. I was impressed from the beginning. She even sent a personalized gift which was truly special. I would highly recommend her!
Amazing!!! Love her and her work! The best and the most fair price!
Michelle was absolutely wonderful to work with! I couldn't have been happier with the end result - our photos were absolutely gorgeous and exceeded my expectations! She was great t...
o work with throughout the planning process to ensure we left enough time in the timeline and made sure we got all the important shots. Plus, she even pulled a few selects at the reception to show us and guests - an amazing touch!
Michelle was hands down the best photographer I have ever had the pleasure of working with (and I've met quite a few thru my friends' weddings as well). She was kind, compassionate...
and so easy to be around. My husband, who hates taking pictures, felt so completely at ease both for our engagement photos and our wedding. I cannot write enough great things about this woman! I will be using her photography services for the rest of my life!!
Michelle was absolutely awesome to work with for our wedding photos. We had a mini engagement session with her first, mostly so that we could get to know each other and style of sh...
ooting so we would feel comfortable on the big day. She is very easy going and on top of all the details that I couldn't remember (being the busy bride). She connected with me in advance about the details I wanted and was able to capture everything beautifully. My husband later told me that he was initially worried about the photography during the ceremony - and expressed his relief that he didn't even notice that she was even there lol! All of our pictures came out gorgeous!! We are very pleased with the work that she's done. Very happy that we chose her to work with for this difficult job & we highly recommend her. We are forever thankful that she's given us these precious shots to keep with us forever.
We hired Michelle as our wedding photographer for our August 2015 wedding, and love our photos! Being on a very tight budget for our photography, we were thankful to find someone w...
ho fit the budget, and took beautiful, timeless photos. On the wedding day, she asked us if there was anything we wish we'd had more of from our engagement shoot, so we asked for more candid photos. We were so pleased to see lots of less-staged moments where she captured us laughing on our wedding day. But, we still have plenty of timeless classic photos as well. She was incredibly busy that time of year, so we received all of our photos a few months after the wedding, but we love all of them. There were a few photos that she provided in B&W but not in color, but she worked with us to provide all of the ones we asked for (and more) to ensure that we were happy. Even though we opted not to have a second shooter to save money, I don't feel as if she missed any important moments! Now, almost two years later, looking back on our photos, we still consider ourselves fortunate to have such beautiful photos for the price we paid!
From the moment we chose Michelle as our photographer, we really enjoyed working with her. She has a great personality and made posing for dozens of pictures fun. In addition we ...
have beautiful images of our wedding day!
Michelle was fantastic to work with. She worked with us every step of the way. Our pictures turned out gorgeous. I would highly recommend Michelle!
Michelle is wonderful. Very accommodating and took shots of our wedding even through a tornado... eek! We had so many photos to choose from and she captured all the details and all...
the best moments!
Michelle has been great! She took our engagement photos in October and they turned out so great! After some scheduling issues the day of, she offered us a free canvas for being und...
erstanding - which we thought was such a sweet, professional gesture! We plan to use the canvas with one of our engagement pics in place of a guest book. I'm so excited for her to photograph our wedding in May!
My husband and I loved every minute spent with Michelle! She was willing to travel out to our farm to do our engagement pictures, and while there travel through the cow fields too!...
On our wedding day we felt very comfortable with her. She helped us relax and I knew that she would capture all the details and important moments. After getting our pictures back we could not be any happier or more confident with our decision to use Michelle's services! If you choose Michelle as your photographer, you are also getting a wonderful friend :)
We found Michelle after a pretty crappy experience with another photographer who was seriously unresponsive. Michelle more than met our expectations! She did our engagement sessi...
on as well as our wedding, and all the pictures have been great! She's super flexible, and open to any ideas you have, and makes sure they look wonderful! It said something to us when we included our dog in the engagements, and at one point she held her on her leash all while still taking our pictures, and no one would have ever known ;)
Michelle is wonderful! I would definitely recommend her to anyone who is looking for a wedding photographer. She did both our engagement and wedding photos and they are beautiful! ...
She also has a fun personality and she was great to work with. I will most definitely be contacting her in the future for other memorable events in our lives when we need a photographer.
Michelle has done my engagement, maternity, and muliple family sessions. It never fails they turn out phenomenal. She has always accommodated my work schedule, location for picture...
s, and payments. She's very flexible and fun to work with. She' always listens to my ideas no matter how difficult it may be and helps get everything perfect and better than I imagined it. After every shoot she even sent us sneak peaks with in a day.
Michelle did my wedding photography in June for my outdoor farm wedding and I was blown away! She was so accommodating and the pictures after my wedding were so thorough but also q...
uick! It was hot and she did a great job capturing everything we wanted and kept us moving along so we could enjoy our night. I still look at my pictures often because they are THAT good! She had great communication skills leading up to the wedding and reassured me that they would turn out how I wanted! Use her if you can!!! I love her!
My husband and I had Michelle do our engagement and wedding photos! She has always been super professional and responsive! You can email, text, and call her and she ALWAYS gets bac...
k to you! You can tell that she is always super busy with weddings! Which is a great thing! You can tell she takes her time with picking the best photos for you and will only send you the best photos! There are a lot of photos when she does get them to you as well! Be patient! Its worth it! We only had to wait about 2 months after our wedding to have our full album! We had a horrible experience with our first photographer that our vendor recommended. Believe me, Michelle with NOT let you down!! Michelle saved our wedding/engagement photos! She was very personable and sweet! She was super flexible with us and took our engagement photos on the hottest day of the year last year but you could not tell in the photos with her professionalism! She knows how to work that camera! I usually do not like photos of myself. I would put up any of the photos that she had taken for us! They are just such high quality and beautiful! She captures the perfect moments between everyone at your wedding! If you have any special requests she is more than happy to take certain photos! Michelle is super sweet and knows her stuff! She was able to work well with ALL of our guest at our wedding! I would and do recommend her to EVERYONE! I would not believe the low star reviews on here! I will use her for any photos we need to have taken in the future! Tell all of your friends and family to giver her a try she does amazing work!
To begin - I never write reviews and doing this just to make sure that others are aware of Michelle's service as a wedding photographer.
Overall: We do not recommend Michelle's se...
rvice as a wedding photographer. Few bullets of our experience:
- We had a wedding in July 2015.
- Prior to the wedding and the day of, Michelle was very responsive and offered us many deals, including discounts and the promise of an album to get her service.
- Immediately after the wedding, Michelle was very unresponsive.
The below has taken place over the span of 5 months:
- We tried calling, texting, emailing, and facebook messaging her on many occasions just to get an idea of when we would receive the pictures.
- She eventually committed herself to a date (not set by us) and proceeded to not meet her own deadline without notice.
- After numerous attempts to get another response, she did eventually upload pictures 3 weeks after.
- Many pictures were provided; however, the quality of the pictures were not the best. Please keep in mind, this is subject to our opinion, but we felt some of the pictures were blurry, taken at bad angles (e.g., first dance pictures were taken from behind us), or missed significant moments during a wedding (e.g., the first look pictures did not capture the grooms reaction), etc.
- In addition, we noticed several moments/events were not uploaded to the site (e.g., groom's getting ready shots, groom's pictures with individual groomsmen, etc.).
- We informed her of the above and she said she noticed some of the pictures were missing as well and would make the additions over the weekend. The additions were never made despite our many attempts to contact her again.
- In addition, we asked for the color copies of many of the black and white pictures. This was also never provided.
At this point, we are not expecting to receive the missing pictures or the album.
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