About this vendor
I’m Missy, an award winning Chicagoland wedding photographer. I’m committed to bringing you beautiful and awesome wedding photography! I’m mainly a natural documentary photographer, ensuring I capture real moments. But I also love to create artistic and fun wedding portraits, something a little different and unique to your wedding.
My approach and my images reflect my philosophy in life. I believe we should love madly, laugh, take the time to appreciate others and not take life so seriously.
You want amazing pictures but you want a great experience of having them taken also and that’s what I want to give you. I bring a big smile on my face and I become part of your day. .I will make your experience fun, relaxed and I hope that I can add something to your day by being part of it.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Classic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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Missy is fantastic! She did our engagement photos and wedding and was better than we could have ever hoped! Her price was beyond reasonable for the great quality we got and the ser...
vice she provided!
I am so happy I found Missy! She was wonderful to work with from the very 1st call and was such a super star on our wedding day. It was brutally hot and she made sure to keep us ou...
t of the sun as much as possible with out sacrificing a single shot! She has the best energy, and on top of that she was so helpful through out the entire day. I loved having her as part of our day and cannot recommend her highly enough!
My husband and I are lucky enough to be close friends with Missy so when the time came for engagement & wedding photos we were excited to work with her. Missy creates such a comfor...
table and fun environment and makes you feel natural posing etc. We have taken photos with our dogs a couple of times and despite their short attention span she's been able to capture their puppy dog eyes for family photos. When it came to our wedding we had a loud group and she was able to get everyones attention and get the shots we expressed were important. Overall her work is professional, original, and she is a joy to work with!
We LOVED working with Missy for our wedding! She did an amazing job with our engagement photos, making us feel at ease being in front of the camera, so we couldn't wait to see all ...
the amazing moments she would capture at our wedding. On our wedding day, she did everything necessary to get a great angle (even laying on the ground!) and put up with my family's many requests for photos. We loved our sneak peeks and cannot wait until we get the rest of our pictures!
Our wedding photos are absolutely beautiful! Missy is very professional and easy to work with. She took the time to get to know us and hear about our plans so she could capture wha...
t was most important to us on our special day. We especially love all the candid shots of our friends and families. We feel like we got to be there for the parts of our day that we "missed." I highly recommend Missy - you won't be disappointed in your photos! We get to re-live our big day every time we look through our wedding album.
We will be forever grateful that Missy was our wedding photographer. Her skills are fantastic - our wedding photos turned out beautifully, and she captured all of our favorite mome...
nts (even the most unexpected ones)! She is professional and fun to work with. We were nervous about being the center of attention, but she made us feel laid back and comfortable in front of the camera, and her presence was very "stealthy" during the ceremony - we would hardly have known she was there if it weren't for the photo evidence. Our wedding was outdoors in the middle of summer, and she came prepared for various weather situations. Thank you, Missy!
Missy is professional and fun. Her photos of our winter (Chicago-area) wedding look amazing. She braved the cold right along with us, and even ended up sitting in the snow without ...
complaint!
Missy was incredible to work with! We were a somewhat disorganized bridal party and Missy was incredibly patient and managed to get all of the shots on our wish list. She was kind,...
funny and engaging, making even the shyest person comfortable in front of the camera. We are so thankful she was our wedding photographer!
Missy was such a joy to work with, she is so talented and really captures the perfect moment. She is professional and just an all around fantastic photographer.
Missy is truly the best! She’s professional, friendly, and so talented. She makes you feel very comfortable in front of the camera. We can’t wait to see all our wedding photos! Tha...
nk you Missy!
From the initial meeting with Missy we knew we had chosen the right photographer. She came recommended by a coworker and once we sat down with her we instantly loved her spunky pe...
rsonality and the ease with which you can connect with her.
Along the way she was very responsive when we had questions and was very organized in how things would go on the big day. When that day came it was a blast having the wedding party photographs with her and she did an excellent job getting the photos we wanted.
We received our photographs within the time frame she stated and they are amazing. They really captured all the right moments in all the right ways. She did a great job making sure we were the center of a lot of photographs and blending her style with our preferences.
We are very, very happy and feel that we made the right choice. There is no doubt we recommend her to all who read this.
I truly cannot say enough positive things about Missy. We used her for our wedding May 2016 and our engagement photos before that. Missy was incredibly easy to work with and kept...
the photo process relaxing and fun. She was accommodating to our schedule including making multiple stops for photos on the day of our wedding so we could get some with our dog and dealing with my unruly group of groomsmen as the day got further along. All of the photos from our wedding day were beautiful. I could not have asked for anything better.
We loved Missy. She was flexible, creative, and thoughtful about our day. She captured our day in a way that I don't think anybody else would have been able to, making suggestions ...
that made our photos unique. We highly recommend Missy!
You will not find a better photographer in the area! We hired Missy for our daughter's engagement photos and her wedding photos and could not have been more pleased with the outcom...
e! Every moment was captured and we had a ton of photos to choose from! The creativity and the things she captured will make this memory everlasting. In addition to being an amazing photographer Missy is so patient and personable that you just can't help but feel completely at ease with her. Missy did an amazing job and will be the first call I make when the next child decides to say "I DO."
Missy did an amazing job with both our engagement and wedding pictures! She captured every moment of our wedding and all the pictures that she gave us looked amazing! We will defin...
itely use her for future family photos and events! She definitely makes photography a work of art! We highly recommend her!
Missy is so wonderful! From the start she was so nice, energetic and accommodating to me and my husband. Our schedules were crazy at the time and she was very flexible to our needs...
. She traveled to our wedding which was 2 1/2 hours away. The pictures she took were so amazing and beautiful she made our wedding day incredible! We now have a photographer for life! Thank you Missy we could not have picked a better photographer!
Missy Donovan - IS THE BEST! No need to say anymore! Missy was actually invited to my daughter's wedding as a guest. I was going to take pictures myself as we were on a very tig...
ht budget. When Missy arrived, I was a mess. She asked who we had for a photographer and when I told her I was through my tears - well she did not hesitate to go grab her camera from the car and told me not to worry she had this! And let me tell you, these were the best pictures EVER! I will forever be indebted to her for saving me that day and for making sure I actually got to SEE my daughter get married and not from behind a lens of a camera! We love you Missy and still cannot thank you enough for the beautiful pictures and memories!!
I hired Missy after receiving a really strong referral for her work. After meeting with her, I was knew she would not disappoint. Missy is extremely personable and interactive with...
her clients. She was great with our kids, and family!!!
Missy's work is amazing. She really took the time to understand what we wanted, and worked hard to accomplish that and more. She captured the moment in a way that I could not imagine.
Her images actually evoke emotions. Even a year later, I get choked up at some of the pictures, while others make me laugh with pure joy. Overall, they are just beautiful. Her photography is not your typical cookie cutter stock wedding photos with the airbrushed back drop. Instead, her images are pure art. Every detail is considered.
I love that she took so many candid shots of the day, and that she worked so hard to capture each moment.
Finally, she has a great sense of humor!!! She will have your wedding party and family lining up for the pictures b/c she makes it fun!
Missy took engagement pictures for my fiance and I. We also chose to have her take pictures at our wedding. She is dedicated and passionate about her craft, in addition to being a ...
genuine person. If you are seeking a photographer that will provide you with a sense of ease, understanding, and commitment to making your pictures the most meaningful they can be for you and your partner, Missy is the photographer for you.
Missy is a wonderful photographer. She is very calming and definitely puts a nervous bride at ease. She was always willing to listen to me no matter how small and/or trivial my q...
uestion may have been. I will definitely be using Missy Donovan Photography in the future and I would highly recommend her!!!
We hired Missy for our daughters wedding and knew at the first meeting that she was the right person to take the most important pictures of our lives.
She told us her approach w...
as that she would take all the formal and conventional photos and then have some fun ones too. She wanted to be sure that WE, the parents, would also have photos to cherish that meant something. Mother to mother I appreciated that so much.
The wedding day went so smoothly-Missy and her assistant were there to take any and all photos that were requested of them-a lot of our guests pulled them aside for pictures and they happily obliged.
Bottom line, if we had any more children getting married, we would only consider Missy. She made it a day we will always remember and none of us were stressed at all. She is also a lot of fun and we enjoyed getting to know her and her assistant. They felt like family that day. Would you want anything else?
My husband and I are so incredibly happy with how beautiful our wedding pictures turned out! A few weeks before our wedding, I spoke with Missy over the phone. We talked about the ...
things I was looking for in our pictures. She was so sweet, and I couldn't wait to get married! I looked at all her work on Facebook before our wedding, and I was in love with her work right away! My wedding day finally came and as soon as I pulled up to the church, Missy was waiting outside to take pictures of me getting out of the car. I felt like a celebrity, and continued to feel that way the rest of the day! I felt so comfortable with her, and all of our poses after the ceremony looked so natural and beautiful. We had a fabulous time, and I was so excited to see my photos! The next day I saw a sneak peak, they were gorgeous! Missy Donovan is incredibly talented, and my family and I will continue to use her for years to come!
From our first meeting, my wife and I knew that missy was the one. She has this aura about her that is just fun and happiness. She showed us her portfolio and my wife kicked me un...
der the table so I knew she was happy.
Engagement shoot was a blast. My wife had some ideas and missy was happy to indulge her. We loved our photos south we used them as center pieces for our tables at the wedding.
The day of the wedding went very smoothly. Missy was earlier than scheduled and made sure to get all the shots we wanted and our family photos were great! We are so glad we got photos of our elderly family members to have forever.
We received our photos within 6 weeks and were so happy with them! Missy met and exceeded all of our expectations and we have kept in touch ever since. She made our day fun, relaxed and made us feel like she was our sister.
Book her! You will not be disappointed!
I've been in two weddings as a bridesmaid that Missy's photographed, and absolutely love the work she does! She's quick on her feet, and got some amazing shots that no one even kne...
w she was getting. If you're looking for anything from intimate portraits to fun candids, Missy does it all, and with a genuine smile on her face. We love her work so much, that my husband and I sought her out for family portraits, and they turned out wonderfully. I couldn't possibly recommend Missy or her photography more!!!
You will not find a better photographer! Missy does incredible work, and is beyond helpful with EVERYTHING!
Huge bonus- she is an amazing person.
Missy was not only our photogra...
pher, she instantly became a friend.
Do not miss the opportunity!
Missy REALLY helped make our wedding day go smoothly. She not only is completely professional, she had great ideas and was very thoughtful of my parents, my wishes and what we wou...
ld like out of the photos.
Missy injects so much fun into the day that it puts everyone at ease immediately. We had so many compliments about her and how she mingled with the guests while taking their photos, that we have recommended her to everyone we know.
Our photos were a great mixture of posed and candid and we didn't feel pressure to be taking pictures all day long. We got almost 2000 photos and couldn't have been more happy with Missy as our wedding photographer.
Contact
Chicagoland area, open to travel
Missy Donovan Photography