Alea Deon Photography & Elopements

Sally thank you very much for this delightful review, and I want you to know that I truly enjoyed working with you and your fiance! If you need anything else, please let me know.

Hello Emily. I have never before received a negative response and I have LITERALLY taken thousands of wedding pictures. Honestly, gushing gratitude for fine work is the typical response I receive! Let us review the facts of your wedding day so that we can understand this isolated incident of a negative review (this has been my only one ever!). My overall reaction to your wedding was that it was a happy occasion. I say this despite the fact that it was held outside in an open park with ravishing winds and tumultuous rain. My assistant had to chase me around with an umbrella in the torrent. But you were a gorgeous bride and your new husband was quite handsome. The wedding party was unusually large (with several children) in the wedding party and getting them to pose for me was quite challenging. I have often photographed much larger parties without any issues. I love being a photographer and have always been able to assume positive reactions to my creative approach. As a very serious photographer, I work extremely hard to ensure that all my obligations as a wedding photographer are met. My dossier of VERY satisfied brides is impressive and unending. I meticulously plan and mull over where and when my wedding photos are to be taken so that each wedding is special and has a very unique flavor. Your wedding was no different, although my intentions may have been somewhat stymied by the torrid weather that day. I usually prepare a video of pictures to music as an artistic bonus to the wedding photograph package and add the music that is especially chosen by you for that wedding. I have only received positive feedback on these artistic videos (and have even received gratuitous tips worth hundreds of dollars because my clients were so pleased!). Understand that I am very zealous about my creative effort and listen carefully when it comes to my clients’ reactions and input to my work. Photography is my passion. My fervent goal is to delight all my clients. I can assure you that I have learned from my experience with your particular wedding and its distinct challenges. You and I obviously have creative differences. Odds are that this might happen to me once. However, I stand by my work at your wedding and have posted several of your pics on my website, designating them in a special slideshow so that anyone who questions my creative integrity can easily review them. They are beautiful. My credibility remains solid. When I shoot a wedding I aim to capture the essence of the marital union forever so that those pictures can memorialize the event. I do not take this weighty responsibility lightly and am naturally disappointed that you were dissatisfied in any way. Finally, the vapidness in your criticism, I must admit, came as a shock. Some people just do not understand the rashness of insulting a business’ reputation by baseless on-line attacks under an ‘Anonymous’ moniker (or maybe they do). You should know that creating a magnificent wedding photograph portfolio for each client is critically important to me. The truth is that I can't control whether one client (out of all of my many clients) will have creative differences. Still, I humbly thank you for your feedback and I promise to learn from your criticism. With sincerity and kindness, Alea Deon.