Mioara Dragan Photography

the wedding, she was able to capture many beautiful images of our friends, family and ourselves. After the wedding, pictures were easy to access and view, and ordering prints through Mioara was easy. Would highly recommend her services! She is an excellent photographer! 

recommend them! They have a creative eye, they are fun and flexible to work with. You won't be disappointed!

paid her a 50% retainer of $2,250.00. Once the pandemic hit the US, I reached out to Mioara to proactively reschedule our wedding. After a few weeks of exchanges, we rescheduled for August 2, 2020 after she informed me she would be available that month. On July 2nd, 2020 (remaining payment date) we reached out to Mioara Dragan to confirm if we were still on for August 2nd 2020. We then had a phone call where she indicated that she called the MI Governor’s office on to inquire on our venue (without fully understanding the COVID-19 protocols and guidelines we were adhering to) & decided to part ways because we could tell she was uncomfortable. The last thing we wanted to do was make someone do something they were uncomfortable with which in turn would also make us feel uncomfortable on our wedding day. After our wedding (because we did not want to deal with the additional stress during the wedding process), We reached out to Mioara to inquire on receiving our 50% retainer back since she did not provide us with the services outlined in her pre COVID-19 contract. She never sent us an updated contract to reflect our rescheduled date. She indicated she would not be able to and after some back and forth, offered to do a lifestyle shoot/maternity shoot for us prior to November 2021. Immediately after, she blocked us and extended family members (who had nothing to do with our working relationship with Mioara) on social media indicating she wanted to avoid us and not work with us. Upon being blocked and not knowing our rights, we sought the assistance and guidance of a professional law office and attorney. We decided not to further contact her personally and allow the professionals to handle a resolution. The attorney sent her a settlement demand letter where we offered to settle for a way lesser amount just to peacefully close this case. Mioara Dragan ignored the settlement demand letter via her business email address and via postal service at the address her business is listed under. After her ignoring the settlement demand letter, we learned that as clients of Mioara Dragan, we had Legal Rights in the State of MI to begin a Small Claims Court filing. Over the last several of months, Mioara Dragan has ignored two court summons that have been sent to her from the court resulting in the cancellation of two court hearings set forth with a judge to mediate and come to a resolution of the nearly yearlong situation. As a business owner that should practice integrity and ethics, I am not sure how Mioara believes she is in the right for this retainer when we had been dealing with a once in a lifetime pandemic that occurred 2 months before our wedding date. Last year was so difficult for us (as it was for all couples) and every vendor had empathy for our situation except Mioara. From what I hear through industry contacts and reputable photographers, other clients of hers in 2020 have been trying to contact her the same way and she is ignoring them without providing the retainers back. That could all be hearsay – but the way in which she has handled our demand letter and small court summons leads me to believe she is avoiding other clients who could have possibly been going through the same situation. It is unfortunate that our working relationship did not work out.