About this vendor
Shore Impressions Photography is focused on capturing the amazing details and emotions of your day through our unique photojournalistic style of storytelling. We are proud of our history of making our wedding couples lifelong clients. Be sure to check out our website.
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Photo Shoot Types
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Online Proofing
- Photo
Photo & Video Styles
- Documentary
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
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4.1
out of 5.015 reviews
Just left our session with Chris to review our engagement pictures and I am beyond obsessed with all of them. Chris drove two hours to do an engagement photo session and the pictur...
es are amazing. He took into account all of our requests and was able to truly capture who we are as a couple. The hardest part of this process will be choosing one for our save the date!
Shore Impressions (Chris & Melanie) were the best photographers any bride could ask for! They traveled all the way to St. Thomas to capture our special day. I love Chris' ability t...
o get the most beautiful shots in non traditional ways. The last thing we wanted was the same old posed wedding pictures. We got put pictures back so fast. I recommend Shore Impressions 100%!
Soon after I got engaged, I began planning my wedding. My view on photography was that anyone with a camera could take photos and was considered a photographer. Until I met Chris ...
with Shore Impressions Photogrpahy. I viewed his work online, and was blown away. I knew I had to meet with him. And I did. I booked and paid in full, on the spot after viewing his gallery in person and speaking with him. His ability to capture real moments, sets him apart from all other photographers. Our engangement photos were beautiful and our wedding pictures left me speechless. Chris, at both sessions, showed up on time, prepared, was professional, and made each transition between shots effortless. Not to mention, we recieved all of our wedding photos, edited, within 1 week after our wedding. Whether you are looking for a wedding prographer, family portraits, or casual shots with your spouse, Chris Watson with Shore Impressions should be your photographer! We have met our photographer for life, and the photos he has taken of us and our families, I will cherish forever.
Angie Broll
All I can say is WOW! Chris truly made our day magical and so relaxing. It rained on and off all day and even poured at some points but he was so relaxed and easy going it made our...
day. He was willing to go back and forth inside to outside stand in the rain and never once hesitated when we asked for something specific. He captured beautiful images both inside and outside and captured everything we wanted and more. I cant say enough how relaxing he made our wedding day mainly because of the bond we shared leading up to the wedding. Then on top of making our day so perfect, when we received our images (which by the way were home waiting for us when we returned from our honeymoon ONLY A WEEK after the wedding. The images he captured blew us away, I truly can not say enough good things about Chris and Shore Impressions. We have not only used him as a photographer as our wedding but have built a friendship with him and his family.
I had a horrible experience with this photographer. First of all, he is extremely hard to get in touch with. It takes several emails to get a response from him. In the contract, he...
promised us 2 photographers on the wedding day. This is a LIE. It is him and his wife, and she only helps hold stuff for him. After the wedding, it took almost 5 months to get our photos. I would email him, and he would say it would be another 2 weeks, and then I wouldn't hear from him or get my photos in that time, so I would email him again 4 weeks later and he would promise me 2 weeks again. This went on and on. Then he told me they were "in the mail" and that was a lie. The contract lists a Photobook with the pictures, and we never received that, despite getting married over a year ago. I have emailed him about this several times, and he just does not respond or says that it is coming. Also, he promised "75-100 pictures per hour" of shooting. We had him for 8 hours. We got 350 pictures, and then another 350 of the SAME pictures, jsut black and white. So we did not really get 700 pictures, we really got 350. Just overall a really bad experience and I would not recommend this photographer to anyone.
Chris was the best investment we made for our wedding day! A complete professional and super down to earth. It was like having a best friend capturing our wedding! We got our imag...
es back in 2 weeks and were BLOWN AWAY! They were AWESOME!
I would highly recommend him for anyone looking for magazine worthy images and an experience beyond expectations!
Chris Watson may take beautiful photos, but they are nothing special and certainly not worth the extremely long wait, unprofessional conduct, misleading statements, and anxiety.
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When we first met, Chris assured us our pictures would take 2-3 months tops to return, and that the 6-month clause in the contract never came into play. We also had to pay in full in order to receive our photos.
Chris had our full payment up front, so once he shot the actual wedding he had no incentive to return our pictures in a timely manner. Now, 6 months after our wedding, we have called, texted, and emailed and have received exactly 2 responses, both assuring us the pictures would be coming soon. But instead of working on our pictures, Chris continued booking and shooting other clients: throughout these 6 months, he has been posting photos from other shoots on Facebook every single day - prom pics, sports pics, senior pics, family pics, and weddings. He's obviously very good at booking clients and getting their money, but is completely unprofessional in actually delivering the product.
My husband and I were two days away from our 6-month wedding anniversary and still no pictures. We were in the process of hiring a lawyer to sue Chris for breach of contract when the pictures finally arrived, two days before our contract was up. I do not believe this is a coincidence.
DO NOT pay in full prior to full service being rendered, and DO NOT sign a contract that contains something you don't like, no matter what the contractor says - having to wait half of a year for images from the biggest event of your day is AWFUL. But it is avoidable - go with a better photographer.
I didn't want to have to take this route because it isn't ever my intention to make someone look bad or put someone's business down. However, I would like to take the opportunity t...
o let other brides know about the way Shore Impressions Photography conducts business. I booked this photographer for my May 9th wedding after meeting with the owner Chris, mind you in our meeting it was only Chris, my fiancé Stephen and myself. I was blown away with Chris' work and we knew we wanted to use him for our special day. We got our engagement pictures done, and up until then everything was going smoothly. I started to have trouble getting responses from him in regards to picture proofs, etc but I knew that was typical for a busy business. A few weeks ago I found out that there was another bride who also had her wedding set for May 9th 2015 with shore impressions photography. She said Chris had informed her that he booked two weddings on our date but he would be shooting her wedding and sending an assistant shooter to my wedding. Mind you I never got an email or any type of notification that he wasn't shooting mine. I had never met the assistant shooter, I had never been told at the time of contract this was even an option! There is NO where in the contract that he double books or that there was even a assistant, unless you pay extra for the second shooter, and only then would someone else come. Chris promised me he would capture my day, and I would be receiving HIS work, and spending the most special day with the photographer I had bonded with. He even told me I didn't need a second shooter, that his girlfriend would be there with him to shoot as well. But that wasn't the case...Chris knew he had double booked, and had full intentions of sending his assistant to shoot my wedding without telling me. Another bride whom is a friend received an email the night before her wedding from Chris stating he had another wedding the next day, and his assistant would be there to shoot her day, and not to worry. This is in no way anything against the assistant of Chris who does photography with him, this is solely about the way he is unprofessional in conducting his business. I am sure his assistant does great work, but the fact of the matter is we spent a large amount of money for the work we saw from CHRIS, from the bond and promises we got from CHRIS not his assistant. He informed me the other day that most of the photos we see online are his assistants photos, they aren't even his. It has been one lie after another. He knows he has these dates double booked in the fall and spring and fails to tell his brides this when you meet with him, he promises to take care of you and keeps the other wedding a secret until the day before. Luckily in my case, I found out from other local brides. After many attempts to get in touch with him he finally answered and agreed after much battling and denying that a full refund would be the best option. I went to get my "full refund" and received a check for half of the money we paid Chris. I am disgusted with the way Chris has betrayed us, lied and not held up his end of the deal with his photos. Not only are we out thousands of dollars but we wasted a lot of time and frustration trying to get this straightened out. To all the brides who already have booked with Shore Impressions I am so hopeful your experience is better than ours was.
Chris did such an amazing job as our photographer, he captured every moment we wanted at our wedding. The pictures we have from our wedding day are beautiful! From the moment we me...
t Chris he was nothing short of professional, friendly and all about making our day perfect for my husband and I.
I would recommend him to anyone and everyone that wants an amazing photographer for an extremely reasonable price. I couldn't find another photographer with photos as amazing as his in the Annapolis/Kent Island area for the prices he charges.
The quality of pictures were amazing. He posted a couple so far from my wedding and they were absolutely beautiful. Very happy with the quality of the pictures. He did amazing enga...
gement pictures also. Only think is he is hard to get ahold of at times.
We were not initially planning to hire a photographer but I'm now so glad that we did. Chris and his assistant Bill were so friendly and helpful. They made us feel at ease but we...
re also very unobtrusive for the ceremony and reception. They took great shots! I would happily recommend them to anyone.
Shore Impressions was fantastic! The owner, Chris Watson, always responded very quickly to my e-mails and did a great job on both my wedding and engagement session. He arrived on t...
ime and was very flexible and willing to do any shots me or the groom wanted to do. I have got a glimpse of some of the pictures from my wedding and they are very good! It truly captured the essence of our wedding! I would def. recommend him to anyone else!
Chris, owner of Shore Impressions Photography, is such a great photographer! He has an amazing eye for great shots and has a great personality! Our engagement and wedding pictures ...
are absolutely beautiful and perfect! He posted pictures online the next day! He was the perfect photographer for us. He is the perfect mix for weddings (great photographer and very into his work for the bride and a down to earth guy for the groom). We are so happy to have hired Shore Impressions Photography as our wedding photographer!
Chris with Shore Impressions was absolutly amazing. My photos turned out great - like I'm talking magazine great! A true customer for life. He made you feel like nothing else matt...
ered-it was just my and my new husband. Truly an awesome photographer and an awesome person.
Shore Impressions Photography is wonderful to work with! Chris really knows how to capture all those special moments on your special day! Chris is also very easy going and amazing ...
to work with. I could not have asked for a better photographer and wedding photos. I am so pleased and would recommend this photographer to everyone!
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