Richard Barnes Photography

Richard's work, it was such a relief. The posed pictures were beautiful and the candid shots were amazing. People looked happy! On the day of our wedding we found out why. Richard and Beth are delightful to work with. Professional but friendly and not at all pushy, they made sure we got all the posed shots we were looking for and suggested many we hadn't thought of. Their candid shots caught us smiling, laughing and enjoying our day - exactly what we hoped for. Finally, there was a location where we were trying to get some shots, but the light wasn't right until they were about to leave. Richard and Beth stayed until we got every pose and those turned out to be some of our best pictures. Their love of photography, artistic eye, and friendly nature makes it easy to recommend Richard and Beth. You will make a lot of decisions planning your wedding. Richard Barnes Photography is one you definitely won't regret.

he day of the wedding, there was hardly any direction given from him. We have only a handful of good photos with the bridal party because no one knew where to look, or stand, or when to smile. And while getting ready with my bridesmaids, he was taking photos when I didn't realize it. 3/4 of the photos I wasn't smiling for. Additionally, despite signing a contract that promised "edited, print ready photos", we were presented with 3000 unedited raw images. Several of them had his reflection in the mirrors, or his assistant in the background, or the lens of his assistant right in the shot. After selecting ~80 to be procesed, we were told by him that the 3000 photos we had been presented with WERE processed/edited, and that any additional editing would cost extra. I may not be a "professional" photographer, but I know the difference between photos that have been processed and photos that came straight off of the camera. These photos had come straight off of the camera. And no professional photographer in their right mind would present their client with every single photo they had taken. It's way too overwhelming. I couldn't even begin to try and process these photos myself since I don't have great photo processing skills. And I shouldn't have to! My jusband and I were so frustrated by the experience and the service, that we hired another photographer to take photos of us in our wedding clothes at the reception site at a later date. His work was beautiful and we've gone back to him multiple times for other sessions. Hiring Richard was by far the worst mistake I had made for my wedding day. These are photos that I should be able to look back at for the rest of my life and smile about, but instead I'm just frustrated whenever I look at or think about them. To this day, we still don't have a wedding album as a result of this horrible experience.

book Richard Barnes Photography for your wedding you are truly missing out. I'm sure that there are many local photographers able to capture the most important moments of your wedding ceremony and reception, but having shopped around (we met with at least ten different photography companies while wedding planning) I can say with confidence that the genuine nature and high quality service found with Richard Barnes Photography is unmatched. I was unimpressed by larger corporations, which would assign one of their many staff photographers to "work" our wedding. With Richard Barnes Photography your experience will be a personal one. I expressed to him my love for photography and my tendency to cherish lives’ memories through photos, and I was met with an enthusiastic response by a photographer that has made a career out of his passion for capturing the essence of moments in the lives of others with his camera. My husband and I were impressed with every interaction we had with Richard; he is professional, responsive, and truly values the opinions and time of his clients. Richard responded to our text messages and emails within 24 hours (most of the time within an hour) and worked with us to create a photo package that included everything we wanted, but was also affordable. He is creative; our Longwood Garden's engagement shoot photos appeared natural and really brought out our personality as a couple (let's face it, no one wants engagement photos with awkward "camera ready" affection). He is personable and had us laughing and talking, the end result being a beautiful engagement photo shoot album we used as the guest book at our wedding. Family and friends are still raving about these photos. Richard is experienced. You don't have to feel obligated to come up with a huge list of "must have shots" on your wedding day to get the images you want. He was on our venue's (The Hotel DuPont's Wedding Collection) preferred vendor list and we were relieved that he had shot at both our ceremony and reception location many times. He was in the right place at the right time our entire wedding day and although our posed shots turned out perfectly we were most impressed with our candid shots. It takes a true artist to capture so many candid moments. My husband says I have a "fake" and a "real" smile in photos. He was pleased to find every photo of me on our wedding CD had a "real" smile. Richard goes above and beyond. We received a sampling of our photos hours after the wedding because Richard knew we would want to share them with family before leaving town. He also came out to our rehearsal dinner to capture time spent with our bridal party in a more intimate setting. At one point he found out I was having no luck acquiring gold silverware for my reception and went out of his way to put me in contact with someone who could order the flatware for me. He gave us every photo from our wedding, not forcing us to buy albums or specific packages like some companies do. I simply do not have enough positive things to say about Richard Barnes Photography. With the stresses and mishaps you are bound to experience pre-wedding, book Richard and you will not have to worry another second about your wedding photography.

y so beautiful. Patti McNamee

our special day. They got some great candid shots, which is definitely what we wanted. I generally hate having my picture taken, but they made it very easy on the big day. And Richard is extremely reasonably priced.

naged to capture all those special moments that personalized our wedding. I cant wait to have Rich photograph more events in my life.

e.... shhhh!). He's very flexible in timing and scheduling and works with your budget. Great man, great price, great pictures!

t a later date based strictly on our first impression of him. After having met with several other photographers, we had a good idea of what we liked. After our one-on-one meeting, and seeing his full portfolio of photographs, we were convinced he was everything we first thought. Our instincts were dead on target. Richard proved to be a highly artistic photogrpaher, with a keen eye for capturing the 'right' shot. We also warmed up to his sense of humor -- he was very easy to talk to. He included an engagement shoot as part of his package, which gave us a terrific opportunity to assess his skills even further. I am a very full figured woman, older, who does not like herself very much in photographs. Upon seeing the engagement shoot photos, I asked him to edit several (via Photoshop) to downplay what I thought were less desirable features. He did absolutely everything I asked and suggested. This proved to be a terrific training period for him as well, because I can honestly say, there is not one wedding photo that I wanted retouched or edited. And considering he provided us with 1,800 shots, that is quite a compliment. The assistant he used for our wedding also turned out to be an extremely competent photographer. In reviewing;Richard's business has picked up even since we first met him in January '07. He still handles all his own correspondence and scheduling of meetings (which are generally in coffee shops, etc., as he does not have a private studio). He's very diligent about returning e-mails, but occasionally they get lost in cyberspace, so just follow up with a reminder in a day or two if you don't hear from him within 24 hours. This is not a negative remark against him, just a comment in general about making arrangements via e-mail.