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I have absolutely loved working with Emily Ott of Beauty of the Soul Studio. She has been so easy to communicate with and an absolute joy to work with. Emily was incredibly flexible both in the lead up to the wedding finding time to schedule our pre-shoot and during the wedding itself willing to follow me to a last minute shooting location right before the reception. She made my husband and I feel totally at ease at our pre-wedding session. It was so fun to walk around the park looking for beautiful locations and talk with her as we took pictures. She made sure to ask us about what we were excited for in the wedding and used those answers to help train her photographic eye during the wedding itself. Her photography is absolutely gorgeous. We just got our sneak peak from our wedding and I absolutely love everything she sent over. I particularly love the solo shots she got of me in my dress as well as the photos of my husband and I dancing in the woods. We told her we were having a magical fairy garden wedding and wanted photos to match and she delivered! I'm so excited to see the rest of what she captured!
Emily was AMAZING. She did such a job keeping our rowdy group in line and getting all the money shots that I didn't even know I needed for our intimate elopement. She was timely, professional, organized, and super accommodating. My mother was in a wheelchair and she helped think of cute shots and make the process as least draining as possible on her. I honestly couldn't recommend her enough to couples...when my MIL got the pictures she responded with "THESE ARE GREAT!!!! Emily did a great job in capturing everything and everyone. I feel like I'm reliving it all again. " and I feel like that is the most accurate way of describing our experience!
Beauty of the Soul exceeded our expectations! Emily was the only photographer we both agreed on since she checked all the boxes. She was within our price range, professional, fit our style, and most importantly, was experienced in Catholic wedding ceremonies! As part of our package, we decided to take engagement photos for our save the dates. Emily gave us great feedback on locations and things to consider, such as reservations and fees. Ultimately, we decided to take engagement photos at the Kennedy Center. Emily quickly scheduled everything and came early to scope out potential locations. She was super helpful during the shoot, made us super comfortable, and the photos came out great! In 2020, we encountered COVID-19 uncertainty. Thankfully, Emily was very patient and understanding. She waived her rescheduling fees and allowed us to adjust our contract to align with our new wedding plans. She made the moments leading up to the wedding very smooth. And things went even smoother on our wedding day! Emily arrived on time and took the lead. She was an essential piece to our wedding day and captured some great moments. She did an excellent job switching from a rich and vibrant style for our joyful moments to a romantic and soft one for our sentimental moment. Overall, we’d highly recommend Beauty of the Soul and we can’t wait for her to photograph our reception next year!
We have SO many great things to say about Emily and Beauty of the Soul Photography! From our first inquiry, Emily was extremely helpful in guiding us what to look for in a wedding photographer. Other photographers we met with immediately started "selling" their packages, but Emily set up a zoom meeting with us to get to know us, our story and desires for the wedding day, and then helped us create a custom package. Her pricing is a great deal and she was even able to work within our budget needs, while still helping us feel confident about the package choices we made - we were able to get 6 hours of coverage, a second shooter, and an album all within our budget! From her helpful and clear website with vendor recommendations, to her easy booking and payment system, clear communication, flexibility in scheduling and traveling, creativeness yet openness in ideas, and easy going nature - we totally recommend Emily and feel so honored that she was available to photograph our wedding. Hiring a Catholic wedding photographer was really important to us - and Emily was amazing in how she captured such beautiful moments during our wedding mass - we had a super small church with one main aisle and Emily was able to get ALL the shots that we expected (and more!) - our portrait shots went super quick because she ordered them in a way that had all guests photographed, but released early to the cocktail hour when no longer needed - this is what allowed us to stay on our timeline from the beginning of the night and ensured everything else went smoothly after. What we appreciated most about Emily was her easy-going, friendly, and kind demeanor - she made us feel comfortable (we've never been professionally photographed!) and gave us the freedom to decide what shots and locations we wanted in both the engagement session and the wedding day - but she was there with tons on ideas and guidance for what she thought looked best and offered so many suggestions. We received so many beautiful and artistic photographs from the day that stemmed from her creative shots. We received our gallery just a few short weeks after the wedding, and had over a thousand photos - we were amazed! Everything was so easy to download and view, she even sent us a sneak peak of photos within days that we got to view while we were on our honeymoon which was so special. Lastly, Emily's photography skill and experience can be summed up by us saying that all of the photos our friends/family took throughout the night have Emily IN the photos, because she was RIGHT there capturing EVERY special moment - we don't know how she managed to be in ALL the places at once, but we did not have one single moment missed being captured. We are truly grateful to Emily and Beauty of the Soul Photography - you would be lucky to have her photograph your wedding!
Emily is great! My husband and I had a photoshoot on the National Mall after our small courthouse wedding, accompanied by our parents and my grandparents. The photos came out beautifully, and Emily took the time to photoshop out all of the gawking tourists from our shots, making them look really magical. Emily is very responsive, listens to your ideas and incorporates them, and is very laid back and flexible. She made us feel very comfortable during the shoot, which led to great photos! Would highly recommend.