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Hi! First off, congratulations and thanks so much for looking into Unique Touch Photography! We are one of the Twin Cities and Rochester's top rated wedding photographers. Contact us soon, as our available dates fill up very fast. We look forward to getting to know you and documenting your story!
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- Classic
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- Getting Engaged
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We're nearing our one year anniversary and we still get constant compliments on our wedding pictures up in our house. You truly captured our personalities! Thanks so much and we tell everyone you are worth every penny!!!
We LOVE our wedding photos! Bekka and Joy photographed our wedding day and they did such a great job at capturing the moments we wanted and fitting into the fun atmosphere of our group! They even were willing to stop at a bar with us between the ceremony and reception to grab a group photo we wanted. I can't say enough good things about the both of them! We received our wedding photos back 4 weeks earlier than expected and can hardly find a bad one in the very large gallery :)
It was sometimes difficult getting ahold of Shem throughout the planning process, but in the end we received the results we wanted and are very happy! Thanks Bekka, Joy, & Shem!
Poor customer service/poor communication/your pictures will be late/very disappointed in our pictures-and we would not recommend booking with them.
When we originally talked to Shem about taking our engagement pictures in October he told us this wasn’t his busy time so he would be able to get our pictures back within 4 weeks. We were excited because we thought we could get save the dates out for Christmas. After taking our engagement pictures Shem told us his family was taking a 4 week vacation. We were naive and thought we would still get our pictures within 4 weeks. We contacted Shem at 5 weeks and he told us standard processing time is 8-12 weeks. So at 11 weeks 6 days we contacted them again to see if we would be getting our pictures back on time and he said they were behind on pictures and ours might be late which was frustrating considering he told us it would only be 4 weeks when we were talking about booking with him.
We were getting married during the pandemic (October 2020) we asked about what would happen if we would have to cancel our wedding due to a government shut down, and Shem told us to look in the contract. In the contract, it states if you have to cancel your wedding for any reason you’re out all of your money. So he was not going to be workable with us if it wasn’t our choice to cancel our wedding we were just going to be out the $3,300 dollars.
Our wedding pictures were also very late. We had to ask to get our pictures back (at 13.5 weeks after our wedding) and then we were disappointed in what we received back. It appeared as if they put the same filter on every picture which turned the bridesmaid dresses red instead of purple. At first Shem claimed it was the lenses he used, and later on he claimed it was the camera itself that caused the color issues. One of our bridesmaids touched her flowers to her dress and it made a very obvious water mark on her chest, and they didn’t even try to edit it out. It appeared as if they didn’t do individual editing on our couples pictures because on my husbands shoulders there was face make-up and deodorant in a majority of the pictures. There were spacing issues, phones and hands in pockets, jackets that weren’t straight and things any normal photographer would point out and fix before taking group pictures. When you get your pictures back they will be separated into categories like bridesmaids, bridal party, couple, and family. When we asked Shem if they could fix the dress color on the pictures to turn the dresses back to the original purple color they only fixed the pictures in the bridesmaids folder. So the family pictures, and bridal party pictures were still red. When we contacted Shem again to ask him to finish correcting the pictures he ignored our two emails and voicemail. We notified Shem that we were going to seek legal action against him and he instantly replied to our emails stating “I did get the phone messages and emails, but in all honesty I ignored them.” He’s unprofessional to work with. It took a little under 19 weeks to get our “completed” pictures which meant an additional 16ish pictures we asked them to fix the color on instead of finishing all of our pictures.
Our last thing we were frustrated with was the communication with Shem. We would text him, email him or call him and it would take multiple days to weeks for him to respond. Just totally unprofessional.
*this review has nothing to do with Bekka. She took pictures of our wedding and was amazing!
We could not have been happier that we decided to go with Unique Touch Photography for our wedding! The pictures turned out amazing and they were a blast to work with. They captured our special day so perfectly!
This vendor is exceptional. Shem and Ian were so much fun while taking pictures at our wedding. Very creative style. They listen to what's important to you and plan accordingly. I highly recommend Unique Touch Photography. Tom F
AMAZING team! My husband and I are not so photogenic and a little camera shy, but Shem & Joy made us feel so comfortable and our pictures turned out literally perfect! They are such genuine people and so much fun to be around. Definitely recommend Unique Touch Photography!
The team at Unique Touch Photography is amazing. They are the nicest, hardest working group of people I have worked with! Everyone was easy to get in touch with, responsive to questions, and genuinely cared about making our day the best it could be. They had a great price for an additional engagement shoot, which was perfect in getting to know our photographer. They made sure to get every shot we requested during the day-of and were open to additional ideas as well. Loved working with them!
Unique Touch Photography is a truly exceptional team!! I would choose them a million times over and recommend them to all. Amazing pictures that truly captured our day. They are a team that wants to make your day exactly what you and your spouse to be want. The also are like photo ninjas- you don't know that they are there sometimes and when you get the photos back- you are so ecstatic particular moments were captured. Thanks Shem & Joy!!
I found Unique Touch Photography through The Knot and they were the first and only photographer we met with. Shem and Joy were so personable when My mom and I met with them and we signed the contract that day.
Shem and I stayed in contact leading up to our wedding day and we had everything down to the minute scheduled. The day of our wedding Shem and Bekka (our second photographer) were right on time and got to work immediately. When My husband and I had our first look we both felt completely at ease working with them and taking good pointers from them. My husband was somewhat dreading having to stand and smile for so many photos but after all was said and done he said he "Really enjoyed working with Shem and Bekka. They were fun and Shem made things not awkward."
After the wedding I could NOT wait to see our photos and the wait was well worth it! I got the photos and was able to send them to all of our family and friends to look through and order through them if they wanted. The thing I also enjoyed was we got all the rights to the photos also.
If I were in the early planning stages again I would not change my decision to go with Unique Touch Photographer.
Happy wedding planning to all!
Unique Touch perfectly captured the magic and happiness of our special day, and my husband and I are thrilled with our wedding photos! Shem and Joy are a fantastic team, instantly making everyone in our bridal party and our families feel at ease and comfortable, and the resulting photos are filled with a lot of love and laughter. And everyone looks amazing! They are very organized and thorough, and they think of every detail so you don't have to -- you can just relax, smile and enjoy the entire day. Thank you so much, Shem and Joy -- every time we look through our wedding photos we can't stop smiling!!
We used Unique Touch because it was the number one suggested photographer for the Stone Barn. The pricing was reasonable and the photographers were very personable, making us laugh all day long! Shem and Joy live right by the barn so if they needed anything they could just pop back home quick to get it! We also used U T for our photobooth. This was a little expensive but totally worth it! Jeremy who ran the booth was awesome and the quality of the pictures were much better than other rentable booths I've seen.
Unique Touch Photography did a great job. My husband and I used them for our engagement and wedding photos. They are fun, have great ideas and locations, and are affordable. For the wedding, they send two photographers to catch everything. We had such a great experience with them!
I had a great time working with the photographers. They were easy to work with and the pictures turned out great. They really captured the moment!
They were very accommodating and made sure I had everything I wanted. Also a good value in that there were two photographers all day.
Shem was wonderful to work with, and we had so much fun with both our engagement session and on our wedding day. The quality of the photos was wonderful, and I was so surprised at how quickly we received all of our final edited photos. I can't recommend them enough. Shem and Joy, you rock!
Shem was amazing! He was funny and so was his helper. Always making us smile & getting the fun shots we wanted. He connected so well with everyone! I would recommend him to everyone! Im still waiting for pictures and im exctited to see them!
They did such an awesome job and were very professional.
Joy did an amazing job on our photos!
The husband/wife owners are very energetic and great to work with. They were very organized and provided us with a lot of good advice during the planning process. Were great to work with that day - the right balance of presence but also letting us enjoy our day.
They were awesome to work with. We communicated on what pictures we wanted and they did just that. We also had the photo booth which was a total blast!
Unique Touch did our engagement pictures as well as our wedding pictures...and we absolutely loved them! Shem and Joy are very easy to work with and are good at capturing great memories. Also, very competitively priced for providing two photographers.
Shem and Joy have an eye for beautiful moments. They are timely and know exactly how to read what you want out your photographs from your big day.
Shem and his assistant were very helpful and had great ideas for photos. We haven't gotten them all back yet (but it's only been 4 weeks), but within a week of the wedding, they sent us over 40 "teaser" photos that we absolutely loved! Can't wait to see the rest!
The best thing we ever did was hire Unique touch photograhy for our wedding. Shem was a joy to work with and helped make our day less stressful by keeping upbeat and catering to all our needs.They are reasonably priced for the services they provide. The only problem is that I wish they wouldn't take so long to get the pictures back(4-5wks blah!).
Shem and Joy are a fun couple of wedding photographers in Rochester! They are young, fun, and have cool ideas! We haven't seen all of our photos yet, but the ones we have are great! Not quite as candid and unique as I was hoping, but great pis. The photobooth was so much fun at the reception!
package includes two photographers for pictures prior to ceremony, ceremony, second location, reception, and about the 4th dance. Also receive copyrights to the photos.
The main photographer is one of the husband/wife team. We worked with Shem, the husband. (Joy was our photographer for the engagement session and she was a pleasure to work with and did a great job). For the wedding Shem has a great sense of humor, not always appropriate, but for our wedding party it fit right it.
Overall went well, make sure make a list of all photos wanted and have someone (I used my personal attendant) watching to make sure they are all getting done! (This is with any photographer). With unique touch photography you go over all pictures wanted a couple weeks before the wedding, however, Shem did not go into a lot of depth with this and day of wedding it was handed off to another person (from my family) to make sure it was getting done.
Overall good, picture quality great.
Joy was great to work with, she wasn't the best with the small kids but we got some great pictures! We loved being able to get all of our pictures in digital format right with the package.
2 photographers included in the package; copy right released; reasonable pricing;Be sure to have a list of every picture you want and make sure you get them all before you are done; this is for ANY photographer
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2601 Bamber Lane, Rochester, MN
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