Client Review on Promessa Studios

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I am so happy that we went with Karen at Nicole Chan Photography for our wedding photos! Nicole Chan had been recommended to us by several friends, but unfortunately Nicole herself was outside of our budget. The associate photographer, Karen, was closer to our price point, and so we chose to go with Karen. Any reservations we might have had immediately vanished when we met Karen in person - it just clicked! And I knew she would be the perfect one to capture our wedding day.On the day of our wedding, Karen and her second photographer (to our surprise and delight, Nicole) showed up ready to roll, and proceded to smoothly and invisibly work themselves into every aspect of our day. We booked Karen for her photo-journalistic style, and she did a great job capturing the tiny candid moments that make weddings special. Since we felt so comfortable around her and Nicole, we had no problems relaxing and being ourselves, and it really comes through in the photos. We also had a couple of oddities come up that Karen handled like a champ, namely that we had we had terrible, unseasonal weather (50s, raining... in May...), and also my MIL's unbeknownst-to-me superstition about having portraits with only 3 people in them. They got some beautiful shots that took advantage of the gray lighting and even let us use their white lighting umbrella as a real umbrella in the rain. Furthermore, after the rain itself had cleared up, they managed to use some crazy photography magic to create some sunset shots, despite the fact that it was only 3pm and still super cloudy - MAGIC!They also have super fast turn-around time - we go sent a very nice slideshow of highlights about 3 weeks after the wedding, and we got the full set a month+a week after the wedding. All of the shots look amazing, and they perfectly capture the wedding day as I remember it!I can't speak to Karen's formal glamour-shot type photos; We specifically told Karen that that wasn't what we were looking for. But if you're looking for vibrant candids and photojournalism, full of life and energy, then Karen is a perfect fit.Overall, I could not be more pleased that I chose Karen to capture our day!