Amanda Adams Photography LLC Reviews
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4.2 out of 5 rating
4.2 out of 5 rating
21 Reviews
84% recommend it
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Zach Sent on 05/20/2018Amanda was an absolute pleasure to work with. Having worked professionally with photographers for years, Amanda’s thoughtfulness, thoroughness and attention to every detail was so appreciated. From the start, she made us feel so special, and was extremely conscious of what we were looking for and what we were about as a couple. After we met, we were so excited to start working with her, and being ourselves around her was effortless. She heard our concerns and wishes, she was super aware of the style and shots we were looking for. For both the engagement shoot and the wedding day, she gave us options and listened, but was willing to give direction and be mindful of the things we were looking for—we were looking for a romantic style that captured the fun, intimacy and closeness that we share. She captured us so well. I couldn’t speak highly enough of her, her professionalism, her aesthetic, or her presence. It was such a pleasure to work with her, but more just to have her around. While we wanted a friend to be there, it didn’t take long before we found comfort and friendship in Amanda. She is such a stellar talent, and we couldn’t speak more highly of our experience with her.
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User2532452 Sent on 02/11/2016First I'd like to say Amanda took some really amazing photos at our wedding. As a photographer myself, I had a vision and Amanda helped bring it to life. We are pleased with the posed photos, ceremony photos, and images of the bridal party getting ready. She is friendly, easy going, dedicated, sincere, and a very sweet person.
In exchange for the engagement session we opted for a second photographer. My request for the second shooter was to get shots of our families and friends at the reception, which I definitely made clear. I also noted this on the lengthy questionnaire and mentioned how very important this was to us since we had guests from as far as Europe. Well, she had the second photographer leave after the ceremony, and those photos don't exist. Amanda didn't fill that void and get many photos of our smiling guests at the 4 hour reception. I was disappointed and I don't understand how that happened. I used to shoot weddings and know how important photos of guests are. You see a little group of folks chatting, ask them to smile. They're not going to say no. This is what I requested and only received a couple of. The bride and groom are so busy throughout the wedding and its nice to look back at your guests and see how happy they were.
After reviewing the photos and being really upset I contacted Amanda and received a small refund, but it doesn't make up for the lack of photos I requested. I'm upset that the photos I was looking forward to don't exist, and I will have to contact friends and family for photos they took during the reception.
Like I said, I'm pleased with the photos we do have, and Amanda is a talented photographer. I recommend her services, but make sure to go over everything clearly, even if you put it in writing, and have your coordinator follow up. That super long questionnaire was a waste of time. During the family pictures she didn't use it and our flowergirl/niece wasn't in any of the photos. -
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Michelle Sent on 08/12/2019Save yourself a headache and look elsewhere
It upsets me that I have to write this review because when I first met Amanda she seemed on top of things, very organized, professional, and friendly. I really thought this was going to be smooth working relationship. I regret that is not at all the case.
Problems:
1) Communication became pretty shaky from the moment we signed the contract and quickly devolved into being completely non-existent. Eventually, the only way we could get her to respond was to ask our wedding day-of coordinator to contact her for us even months after the day-of. At one point (after more than 3 months of radio silence) I had to broach the idea of legal action as we had not received the album we paid for. 11 months later and we still don’t have it. Here’s hoping for our 1-year anniversary!
2) We spent months answering her questionnaire and not a single part of it was used on the day-of. The specific groupings of family photos we requested weren’t taken because no one was following the list we provided. The assistant should have been in charge of reading that list and coordinating the shots. Additionally, a specific, very sensitive request from the questionnaire (and something that was also discussed with Amanda) wasn’t communicated to her assistant. One of my bridesmaids was angry about this and had to step in to tell the assistant not to take photos of something. That wasn’t something my bridesmaid should have had to do—it was Amanda’s responsibility to address.
3) The day of the wedding, she showed up 45 minutes late and made us pay for her valet parking. There was no excuse for this: she had visited the venue with us a few months before and we went over parking options at that time. She could have easily Googled “Parking panda” and reserved something in advance, but she didn’t bother to. It was completely unprofessional. Because she showed up so late our entire photography schedule was basically thrown out the window. Almost no photos were taken of the groom and his groomsmen getting ready which we had requested. I had also specifically requested plenty of photographs of the invitations I hand-made, but I received one photograph. I will acknowledge that when I emailed her and indicated my disappointment that there weren’t more photographs of the invitation suite, she did agree to reshoot with a copy I sent her afterwards. That was appreciated, but certainly does not make up for showing up late and handing us the valet parking bill.
4) We also specifically requested that Amanda give us a little more coaching when taking photographs since my husband and I are both awkward—we never know how to hold our head or where to put our hands. This wasn’t done, either. She basically just had us go through what I assume is her photograph play-book and gave us very little direction. I’m happy with how most of the photos turned out, but I wish she would have honored this request.
5) 11 MONTHS. That's how long we have been waiting for the album we paid for (and even paid extra for). I got so sick of waiting that I designed it myself, provided her step-by-step instructions and names of every image and we still don’t have it. When I did broach the discussion of legal action, she directed me to the contract which says the album could take “months” (yes, in those vague terms). Clearly she is using this vague language to give herself up to a year to do it, which is completely unreasonable.
Amanda was recommended to me by another photographer who shoots in a similar style and I had my bridesmaid who is also a photographer help me vet candidates. It was down to Amanda and one other person, so I turned to reviews: I read a few negative reviews from others who have worked with Amanda, and really had hoped those were outliers, but we unfortunately learned that is probably her norm. Almost everything complained about in the other combined reviews occurred in our one day.
Yes, she takes beautiful photos, but so do a lot of other people. Save yourself a headache and look elsewhere.
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