This review is very much delayed (so sorry, BreeAnna!) but we had to write it because hiring BreeAnna was hands-down THE BEST decision we made when planning our wedding! We actually worked with another wedding photographer prior to BreeAnna and had a horrible experience between last minute cancellations, being screamed at by the photographer, and having our entire deposit taken from us despite no services being rendered and the wedding being over 1 year away. We were deeply upset by this experience and extremely cautious about signing another contract in which we would be put in a position to lose thousands of dollars yet again. BreeAnna listened empathetically to our situation and made adjustments to our contract so that we would feel comfortable with it. Our previous photographer told us it was impossible to give us a definitive back-up plan (i.e. if he were unable to shoot our wedding day, that there would be a designated photographer who would) and he would just have to reach out to colleagues the day of to see who was available; yet BreeAnna was able to confirm that she would have a designated photographer in place, ready to take over in the event that she was unable to shoot our wedding.
In addition to being so understanding and flexible with that situation, she was also just LOVELY to work with! She asked about all the details of our engagement and crafted several packages for us to choose from. She was willing to drive anywhere for our engagement photos (we wanted mountain scenery), and the photos were stunning! We had originally planned to get married in fall of 2020 so there were many last-minute changes to our plans due to COVID, but BreeAnna was extremely flexible and helped us figure out all the little details of our much smaller, modified wedding day. On the day of, she was on-time and followed our predetermined schedule to a T. We are not the most comfortable in front of the camera but BreeAnna was both patient and efficient in guiding us and providing cues that made our photos look so natural and not posed/forced. Another thing about BreeAnna that we really appreciated was that she didn’t care only about how the photos would look, but about our overall experience that day--for example, my hands were freezing cold and wet (it rained quite heavily during our outdoor ceremony), and she pulled a pair of gloves out of her backpack for me to wear in between photos! We picked our ceremony spot due to the picturesque view of the mountain in the back, but the day of the wedding was so gray and cloudy you couldn’t see a thing; this didn’t matter because the photos turned out absolutely AMAZING! They were cloudy, rainy, moody, and captured all the emotions of the day perfectly. Afterward, all of our family members could not stop talking about how incredible BreeAnna was. We received the rest of our photos within the expected timeframe, and she even sent us some beautiful prints, a photo holder, and a cute little iron-on patch of the North Cascades (where we got married). Also included in our photos was THE CUTEST highlight video; we weren’t even aware when she was filming, so the video is very candid and sincere!
We could seriously go on forever talking about BreeAnna’s great qualities (she is not only an amazing photographer, but a beautiful human being as well!) but we will stop here. If you are thinking about hiring BreeAnna, do it! You won’t regret it. We would recommend her 1000% and have already recommended her to our friends. Thank you so much for going above and beyond for us, BreeAnna! And thank you for being such a lovely human being in an at-times demoralizing industry.