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Business Attributes
- Black-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Photo & Video
- Photo
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
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2023 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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We had such a relaxed and easy time booking with Wild Native Photography for our wedding. Alexa and Sara were so excited, helpful and wonderful with our us and our guests. We are s...
o grateful for their kind words, great job organizing guests and getting posed as well as candid photos of the special day. My wedding was very diverse in gender, being heavily tattooed, ethnicity, race, ages, etc. Often times in the wedding industry, we are made to feel uncomfortable, but the photographers made us ALL feel accepted and welcome. So I would highly recommend them for diverse/lgtbq+ events. We had so many great photos to choose from and we cannot stop looking at them! Great job Alexa and Sara! You are awesome!
We used Wild Native for our engagement photos and then also our wedding and reception photos. I would highly recommend Sara for any and all photography of this kind. She was easy...
to work with, friendly, enthusiastic, and had great creative ideas as far as how to arrange certain photos and what types of photos to take. We also completed everything in a timely manner on the wedding day and were able to keep to the schedule even though we had a lot of photos to be taken. We just got the photos back recently and they turned out great (our engagement ones were great too).
I cannot recommend Wild Native Photo enough!! Sara was wonderful to work with and really helped make our wedding day come together perfectly. Before the wedding, Sara helped me pla...
n a detailed timeline and schedule and she scouted out several potential locations for wedding party photos. On the day of, she made sure we were on time throughout the day and coordinated with the venue and other vendors to keep things running smoothly. Also, Sara guided us through poses and made taking photos feel natural, and more importantly, kept us having fun the whole day. She was very efficient with the family portraits and made sure we were able to join cocktail hour with our guests. They both went above and beyond taking photos as well, always helping me with my dress and carrying flowers or water for us. I am so excited to see all the wedding photos and relive the day all over again!
It took us a few weeks, but we did not want to forget our favorite photographers! One of the biggest stress factors of our wedding was being photographed. Neither myself nor my now...
wife likes having our picture taken. It has always made us uncomfortable. Sara and Alexa could not have made us feel more comfortable the day of the wedding. They are two of the sweetest, kindest, most patient human beings that we have ever had the pleasure of meeting. The day of our wedding, they could not have been more patient with us. They not only alleviated any stress that we had about it but allowed us to be comfortable enough to actually have fun with it. Their energy is amazing, as well as their artistic free style!
If you are in need of a photographer, do not hesitate in hiring Wild Native Photography. You will not regret it; in fact, you will be as thankful as we are for them! 5 stars all the way!
Five stars are not enough! I found Wild Native Photography via Instagram at the start of my wedding planning and I am so glad I did! We loved the style from their photos - and even...
better we loved Sara too! We are so happy that we had Sara as our photographer for our engagement photos and wedding photos.
Sara took time to get to know us and our goals for our wedding by ask us questions and made sure we had all of the information we needed. During our engagement photos, Sara's style made the experience fun and we felt so comfortable.
Leading up to the wedding, Sara was easy to communicate with and was very responsive. We checked in close to the wedding to discuss last minute details. She had great ideas to make our day run smoothy while fitting in all of the photos we wanted. I was so reassured with Sara's plan for everything.
On wedding day, Sara was flexible with our other vendors, willing to work with last minute changes, and very professional. I so appreciated her calmness during the busy day! I can't wait to relive our big day through her work. THANK YOU SARA!
My fiance & I just had our engagement photos done by Sara with Wild Native & we couldn't be more thrilled to know we will have someone so delightful photographing our wedding next ...
year. We loved how she was able to direct us for amazing shots around the city & worked with any ideas or desires we had as well. We both highly recommend Wild Native & are just so pleased to be working with them.
Choosing Wild Native photography for capturing our wedding was the best was the best decision that we made. We met Sara over a coffee and we were convinced that she is the right pe...
rson for our wedding photography. She is an amazing artist and has a very keen eye for capturing the moment, feeling and the details. Sara also did our engagement photoshoot. The pictures for our wedding and engagement were stunning. She was able to portray our real personalities through her photoshoot. Sara was very patient with us and made us very comfortable and confident to pose and made the experience very memorable.
Sara along with Michelle were a trooper on our wedding day. It was really cold, but they did an excellent job at getting every picture that we wanted. We cannot stop looking at our pictures repeatedly. We got tremendous amount of compliments from all our friends and family for the photographs that Sara has captured. We cannot thank enough for capturing our wedding day so nicely and capturing the feel that we yearned for. We could not have asked for a better photographer than Sara and Michelle from Wild Native!!
Alexa is hands down the best photographer around. If you're looking for someone to photograph you, your family, your wedding, whatever you need, you don't need to look anywhere els...
e. She has such an incredible personality and makes you feel so comfortable to be in front of the camera, and for someone who hates being in front of a camera, that's not an easy task.
We hired Wild Native for our wedding photos because of the work we had seen her do with other weddings. We knew from the start we didn't want anyone else. Her work speaks for itself. She has such an eye for detail that comes naturally to her. She makes the whole process fun and makes you feel great while doing it.
These pictures she has taken for us are absolutely more than I ever could have dreamed of or asked for. No other photographers even comes close to her work, and we are so grateful to have had her capture these sweet moments in time. It makes me so excited to think of what is to come. She definitely did not disappoint; she totally blew all of our expectations out of the water.
At the end of the day, photos are what you have to look back and remember the most important moments in your life, and it's not something you should trust just anyone with, and I would never want anyone but Alexa to do that for us.
Alexa and Sara are unreal. The short version- hire them if you want stunning pictures taken by fun, kind, great humans.
The long version- I honestly don't know how to describe how...
talented they are. Our photos are all (and I really mean all) SO. FREAKING. GOOD. All the happiness we felt that day comes through every picture. The shots are so well thought out, all of the personal details were captured, the coloring and lighting in each is perfect. Just take a look at their Instagram for a second, and you'll see how talented they are. Everyone that looked at our photos told us how well the feeling of our day came through, and how much of our personalities you could see. Every time I look at our album, I find another photo that becomes my favorite.
Photography was by far the most important thing to me, and it took me a long time to choose a photographer. We planned an NJ wedding while living in Pittsburgh, and weren't sure about hiring a non- NJ local photog. But throughout the whole process, I kept coming back to Wild Native, and using them as the bar for the quality & feel I wanted. When I realized I was doing that, I knew we had to hire Wild Native. I'm so so happy with our decision, and can't wait to continue using them to mark the events of our lives.
Through every part of the process, Alexa was just so present and attentive (I was texting her outfit options THE NIGHT before our engagement photos and she was so helpful and kind). She helped us execute our kind of out-there vision for our engagement photos, was really patient with our outfit changes, and suggested such great locations when our first pick fell through.
Also, right before the wedding, she was really on top of asking me all the stuff my bride brain was forgetting and super understanding.
Most importantly, on our wedding day, Alexa and Sara were just so much fun to be around. They helped all the portraits go smoothly (even when we had some delays from our limo). They were really accommodating to in-the-moment requests. There were a few other wedding parties taking their pictures at the same place, but since A & S had scoped out the portrait location beforehand, we got to take our pictures without any issue. They're just really great people to have with you on your wedding day, and I'm so glad they were at mine.
My husband (then fiance!) and I live in Los Angeles but I am from Pittsburgh and we both knew that's where we'd be married. We started looking through countless wedding photographe...
rs and nothing was really catching our eye. Finally I resorted to Pittsburgh wedding hashtags and I'm not kidding, the SECOND we saw Alexa's photos we both knew. She was THE ONE. She has such an eye for detail and we also really appreciate her tonal preferences and how she uses and appreciates light. We love when photos have a feeling and when you can feel that feeling just by looking at the photo- even if you weren't there- and hers are exactly that. The added bonus is that she's an awesome person. From our first meeting we knew we were in great hands. She never skipped a beat with keeping up with all of our info and was always very quick to reply to any concerns/questions we had regarding timeline, info she needed from us, etc. Louie and I never have our picture taken and were both worried about it being terribly awkward and come wedding day it was the exact opposite of that. It was honestly like we were all just hanging out and she happened to want to take pictures of us. Alexa is extremely professional and is the perfect balance of business owner and creative fun. She'll fit right in with your wedding crew and become one of the best parts of your day which is extra special for everyone feeling comfortable about having a lot of candid pictures taken all day. We can't thank her enough and you'd be crazy not to book her- LOOK AT HER INSTAGRAM- how could you not? It speaks for itself. We appreciate you and your art, THANK YOU!!! ❤️
I cannot begin to express how amazing Alexa is — not only as a photographer, but as a person too! She traveled to Utah to document our elopement in Zion National Park with our imme...
diate family. Each moment she captured was truly beautiful. The lighting, the way she used the amazing scenery — just everything was perfect. All of our photos are remarkable. She even scouted the park the day before our elopement to find breathtaking spots for photos! Alexa was a total trooper going anywhere to get amazing shots!! She also did such a great job in making us feel so comfortable in front of the camera. I could go on & on about her. We couldn't be happier! <3
I cannot say enough about the Wild Native Photography team. My husband Drew and I gawked over the Wild Native Instagram and Website and knew we needed them to capture our special d...
ay. But with my husband and I living in Colorado, Wild Native located in Pennsylvania/West Virginia, and planning a wedding in Maryland – we were a little nervous to work with a team that we weren’t able to meet with in person until the day-of! However, after just one phone call with Alexa, we knew that we could trust her with all our photography needs and to bring our vision to life!
Alexa is truly one hell of an artist and knows how to run a business! She recommended Sara (her associate) to photograph our wedding, and after seeing just a few pictures in her portfolio, we were obsessed! Her photos were bold, passionate, detailed, and satisfied every adjective we wanted to be able to use when we described OUR day.
Sara went above and beyond in every aspect of being a photographer - she helped us plan our day, made recommendations, had calls to answer any and all questions, made us laugh and smile BIG, continuously fixed the train on my dress, and ensured that we got all the pictures we wanted before the day was over.
To sum it up, Sara captured every intimate aspect (even with a few on-the-spot changes thrown at her) and invited us to be who we are as a couple. Not to mention that she is incredibly kind and welcoming – someone who you want to be friends with in real-life! Alexa & Sara – If you ever want to come to Colorado, we are your people.
We plan to use Wild Native Photography again and again to capture all of our adventures yet to come.
Alexa was our photographer for both our engagement photos and our wedding day. I was so blown away by our engagement photos I thought there was no way it could get any better than ...
those. I was completely wrong. Our wedding photos were above and beyond anything we were expecting. I found Alexa on Instagram and am so glad I did! I loved the deep and bold colors in all of her photos and knew that’s what I wanted for ours. She was able to take any location and make it into a magical backdrop for all of our pictures. Alexa was so easy to work with and made us feel completely comfortable in front of the camera. I love love Alexa and the work that she does!
Alexa was our photographer for our engagement session and wedding day and I could not be more pleased! I first saw Alexa's work on Instagram and instantly fell in love with her sty...
le. Alexa is such a joy to work with- she's friendly, engaging, funny, and a true artist. She made it so easy to relax and enjoy each moment. Alexa is able to capture the most real, honest, beautiful emotions in her images. Every photo is stunning and unique, she tells such vibrant stories through them. I highly recommend Alexa and would trust her to capture any and every special event in life. I am already dreaming up future sessions!
Alexa is an absolute gem. She couldn't have made me feel more comfortable and 'chilled out' on a day that could have proven incredibly stressful. She seemed to immediately get me, ...
as well as my groom and I as a couple, and carried out her incredible creativity and eye for photography with us seamlessly on our wedding day. She made us laugh and more importantly, made the process of getting all the shots we had requested, cathartic and organic rather than a chore or a checkbox. She's a beautiful and kind person and her work, unparalleled in my eyes. I cannot wait to see more! I would HIGHLY recommend Wild Native Photography.
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