Skip to main content
Weddings

Victoria Ruan Photography Reviews

Victoria Ruan Photography

Victoria Ruan Photography

Washington, DC
5.0 out of 5 rating, 18 Reviews
View more information

Reviews

Your trust is our goal. Our community relies on honest reviews to help you make those big decisions with ease.
5.0 out of 5 rating
5.0 out of 5 rating
18 Reviews
99% recommend it
  • Quality of service
    5 out of 5 rating
  • Average response time
    4.8 out of 5 rating
  • Professionalism
    5 out of 5 rating
  • Value
    5 out of 5 rating
  • Flexibility
    5 out of 5 rating

Awards

18
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2015 Winner
  • G
    Graham Sent on 01/10/2016
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    What makes Victoria stand out is her willingness to go above and beyond the normal wedding photographer script to capture the most important moments. Our wedding day was much more enjoyable because Victoria was efficient and made everyone feel at ease. The photos turned out beautifully and truly capture each moment with perfection. I already had recommended Victoria as a wedding photographer before using her for my own wedding, and I certainly would recommend her again.
  • S
    Sarah Sent on 11/24/2015
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    We worked with Victoria to take pre-wedding portraits as well as day-of pictures at our urban DC wedding. I LOVE the photos, especially the fresh, slightly casual, vibe they impart. Victoria was very organized and responsive to our concerns and requests. She facilitated communication of what we wanted and other important details about the day to ensure the final deliverable had every shot we wanted. She went above and beyond to make us comfortable in front of the camera. Victoria is thoughtful, serious, and dedicated photographer and it shows in her craft.
  • User2573055 Sent on 04/10/2016
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    Victoria was the photographer for our wedding in Madison, WI. We live in DC and it was stressful planning a wedding from far away, so I really appreciated how easy it was to work with Victoria. She's so friendly and was really helpful throughout the entire process. I liked that she wasn't afraid to give us advice or direction. She also really listened to what we wanted from our wedding pictures and made us feel comfortable in front of the camera.

    I also really appreciated how she interacted with our families. Both of our mothers loved her and I had a number of other family members say the same thing. I also really liked how she picked up on small things that were important to our families and highlighted them in her pictures. For example, she noticed how excited everyone was about my cousin (he lives very far away and rarely gets to visit) and she made sure to get a few amazing pictures of him and our family.

    Highly recommend her!
  • illustration stars

    Are you interested?

    Send a message
  • S
    Stacy Sent on 12/13/2014
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    We just got home from our wedding in Puerto Rico which we asked Victoria to travel to. It was a great decisions! Victoria was so easy to work with and so willing to go with the flow. We had a big wedding with lots of gregarious family and friends and she took it all in stride, was direct when she needed to be, and was able to manage the moving dynamics present. I can't tell you how many comments we got from family and friends who just loved her and thought she was everywhere at the right moment. We couldn't agree more! She was so fun and easy to work with - was open to our ideas but provided specific guidance when we needed it (often).

    Victoria also shot our engagement photos two months prior and they were really remarkable. We had a great time during the shoot and she created incredible photos that really captured my husband and I at our essence. We also had so many positive responses from friends and family which is also a great sign!

    I would highly recommend Victoria - her prices were very reasonable and she was willing to talk through all packages, services, and give us something we were comfortable with. I can't wait to have another reason to work with her again!
  • C
    Cecilia Sent on 11/19/2014
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    We hired Victoria Ruan Photography for our Nov. 1st wedding in Washington, DC at the Josephine Butler Parks Center. From the very first contact, Victoria was engaged, friendly, accessible, and dedicated to making our experience exceptional.

    We initially selected her based on the recommendation of two other couples we know who used her for their weddings, and once we saw their pictures, we were very happy with our choice. Her standard contract is for 8 hours, but as we had no ceremony at our reception, she was willing to use one hour the day before to take pictures at our courthouse ceremony. This flexibility was very important to us and made a big difference to us.

    During and after our reception, we heard from family and guests who made a point of mentioning Victoria's engagement with the crowd and the way she integrated her work into the flow of the event.

    We also want to make a point of mentioning her patience and professionalism in wrangling two large families (one of which didn't speak english) for portraits before the reception. It meant a lot to us to have those pictures taken, and it certainly wasn't easy, but she handled everything perfectly.

    As our wedding was only three weeks ago, we have not yet received the pictures from our event, but we have no doubt that they will be amazing.

    We cannot recommend Victoria highly enough. Hire her and you won't be disappointed!
  • User1949537 Sent on 12/03/2014
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    We just got back the photos from our October wedding and we could not be more pleased. Victoria is truly talented and did a wonderful job capturing our day.
    Victoria is also a pleasure to work with. For our engagement photos--We are not very comfortable in front of the camera and she immediately put us at ease---not overly posing us but allowing us to be our natural selves in front of the camera, with a bit of direction, resulting in beautiful photos that don't look staged but rather look like us just having a great time with one another.
    At our wedding she was able to wrangle our large families for family photos, and captured great photos including the dance party. She asked us about what photos we wanted to be sure to get prior to the wedding, and was able to capture everything we wanted. She was on time (actually early!), professional, and flexible with whatever the day brought. Highly recommend her to anyone!!
  • User1935163 Sent on 11/22/2014
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    We recently received our wedding photos from Victoria and couldn't be happier with them! It was incredible how many details she was able to capture of our wedding day. I never thought I would say this as someone who is very uncomfortable in front of a camera, but Victoria actually made us feel calm and relaxed during our photos (both wedding and engagement). She kept us laughing and always had helpful suggestions for poses and lighting angles. Our wedding photos were taken outdoors and Victoria never hesitated to walk through tall grasses full of crickets or stand on a ladder to get a good shot. Our guests also told us how impressed they were with her ability to take so many photos in an unobtrusive way. We highly recommend Victoria for your wedding or other event!
  • A
    Afsaneh Sent on 01/23/2014
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating

    Victoria was the photographer for our daughter's wedding this past December. We couldn't be happier with the results! the photographs are beautiful. She is not only a true professional and an excellent photographer, but a pleasant fun person who exudes positive energy and made everyone feel comfortable. We are impressed with her flexibility and responsiveness, her friendly and open demeanor, and her ability to put people at ease in front of the camera. She spent time before the wedding to get to know the bride and groom that we all appreciated. She was prompt, worked efficiently, had great ideas which have turned into beautiful pictures. Her eye for detail shows artistic flair and all the candid photos added so much to my daughter's wedding photos. I'd highly recommend Victoria for any photography work. I hope to use her talents for future events.
  • User1477081 Sent on 12/19/2013
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    Working with Victoria for our engagement shoot and wedding was awesome! We loved the photos, and can't stop looking at them! They bring us so much love and smiles to our faces. Victoria is a true artist. During the engagement shoot and the wedding, Victoria was easy to work with, expert and professional. There was constant communication, and she knew exactly what we wanted and more. For the engagement shoot, she knew more than we could explain about composition, lighting, and capturing the best angles. Best of all, the engagement photos didn't come out cheezy or corny. We were relaxed, and were able to be ourselves, including our silly selves! During the wedding itself, she was totally inconspicuous and captured great shots of the whole event. The joy and love certainly showed in the photos. We 100% recommend her services.
  • N
    Natasha Sent on 12/18/2013
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    Victoria takes a personal approach to her photography. We met to discuss the type of photographs we were looking for on our special day and go over the style, location, who should be involved, all of the details. She is very organized, friendly, flexible, responsive to questions and input, and a lot of fun to work with. Victoria is a true professional and was able to accommodate the many conflicting needs and priorities of all the different folks involved in our wedding. Our photographs are stunning and really captured the beautiful moments. We also worked with Victoria on our engagement photos and she helped us with different locations and wardrobe changes. Those photos came out gorgeous as well. I would highly recommend Victoria Ruan Photography for weddings and other special events.
  • User1480189 Sent on 12/22/2013
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    Victoria was very easy to work with. She had many ideas and made my husband and I feel extremely comfortable even though we normally don't like to be photographed. Victoria was very polite with our guests and overall it was a very pleasant experience.
  • M
    Marie A. Sent on 12/17/2013
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    I completely wholeheartedly recommend Victoria Ruan Photography. Victoria did both my engagement and wedding photography. She is an artist and a complete professional. Her photography has a very special quality to it. She has the ability to capture those special moments that express the true nature of either the individual or the pure emotion resonating from a group. Her photography seems to get to the core sensation of each event, evoking the multitude of emotions you would expect from an experience such as a wedding or engagement party - happy tears, serious moments, jubilation, elation, ferocious dancing and eating, family and friends reuniting, sweet moments like the bride and her grandma getting down on the dance floor. Victoria is responsive, professional, and flexible. She is a wonderful photographer, runs a great business, and it was a pleasure to work with her. I have recommended her to my friends and family, and will continue to use her photography services for the years to come.
  • User1479514 Sent on 12/21/2013
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    Victoria was fantastic! I would highly recommend her. Her train to our destination wedding was cancelled and she took extraordinary steps to get there, and took great photos on little sleep.
  • User1502415 Sent on 01/09/2014
    5 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    Victoria did an amazing job with our wedding. She was there from the very beginning until the very end and gave us a great deal. The pictures are beautiful, she is very creative and has a great eye for good shots. I highly recommend if you're looking for a unique style. We went on to use her for our newborn pictures, she did a phenomenal job with those shots as well.
  • User2143839 Sent on 05/23/2015
    4.9 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      4.5 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    We loved having Victoria photograph our wedding. She was incredibly easy to work with and very good at giving direction in a polite and friendly way to people who aren't super comfortable with having their photograph taken. Victoria has a real eye for setting up beautiful photographs, as well. She was also very flexible with scheduling and did a great job of reminding us to take all the group photographs we had wanted to take but got distracted from taking when the wedding was in full swing.
  • User2192488 Sent on 06/23/2015
    4.8 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      4.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    We are so thankful we worked with Victoria! The photos from our wedding are all SO SO WONDERFUL. I don't quite know how to communicate how fun and exciting and special it was to sit down together and look at them. I guess I will just have to use a lot of caps and exclamation points. ;) But in all seriousness, working with her was just a gift! Victoria's skill, care, and thoughtfulness is so apparent through these images. Thank you again to Victoria for these beautiful pictures!
  • M
    Mary K. Sent on 01/02/2014
    4.8 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      4.0 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    Victoria was completely willing to meet with us whenever to do all steps of the process! We have BEAUTIFUL photos that we will treasure forever!
  • R
    Rosemary Sent on 09/15/2014
    4.7 out of 5 rating
    • Quality of service
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Average response time
      3.5 out of 5 rating
    • Professionalism
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Value
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    • Flexibility
      5.0 out of 5 rating
    Me and my husband are so thankful we found Victoria and that she photographed our wedding. Her photos are absolutely stunning; she captures soft light in her photographs that make everything that much more romantic. I have so many beautiful pictures of our day and am beyond pleased with her work. Our guests have also mentioned how beautiful her pictures are and also how great she was at the wedding making sure to photograph all of our guests. We are excited to continue to work with Victoria so that she can capture many of our life events. Thank you so much Victoria!
illustration stars

Are you interested?

Send a message