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KE Photography

KE Photography

Dumfries, VA
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    Tara U. Sent on 08/09/2022
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    KE Photography was Perfect for Our Wedding

    We hired Kari to photograph our wedding last November at the Historic Post Office in Hampton, VA and she was an absolute Rockstar. She made two awkward people comfortable and relaxed in front of the camera and the experience of taking tons of pictures incredibly fun. Her ideas for composition and poses lead to the best photographs we have of ourselves and of our families. Our wedding was such a wonderful day filled with such special memories we'll be able to look back to thanks to Kari. We would not hesitate to work with her again for any of our formal photos in the future!
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    Lisa R. Sent on 04/29/2019
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    Great experience!

    Kari is great! Was very prompt and easy to work with and her pictures are beautiful... I would definitely recommend her!

    KE Photography's reply:

    Lisa,

    Thank you so much for your kind words!! I had an absolute blast working with you two!! You and your husband are some of the best people I have ever met and I loved your wedding!!
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    Madison C. Sent on 05/31/2019
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    She is amazing

    HIRE HER!!!! Kari was BY FAR the BEST photographer I could have hired. She worked so well with us and everyone in the wedding party, as well as, crazy family members and wild wedding partiers. Her pictures ALWAYS come out stunning. Not hiring her for any type of photo shoot or event is your loss. We hired her for the wedding and she gave us a free engagement photo session, which was AWESOME. And she worked around our insane schedule since my husband is active military. Thank you Kari for everything you have done for us!!!!!

    KE Photography's reply:

    Thank you so much for your kind words! I absolutely loved capturing your wedding and working with you and your husband!! You guy's are some of the most awesome people I have ever met and I am so glad to be the chosen one for your special day!!
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    Jessica Sent on 04/04/2019
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    LOCAL, easy to work with, professional

    KE Photography is the best! She’s local, super quick with responding and very reasonably priced for her high quality photos. Kari captured our small, intimate wedding beautifully! Recent, I thought I lost my wedding photos (over 6 months later) and she was super quick in getting them to me once again! She’s super sweet and made me feel comfortable infront of the camera. Highly recommend KE photography!

    KE Photography's reply:

    Thank you so much Jessica for your kind words!! I loved capturing your beautiful wedding and love the images we got!! You guys were so fun to work with!
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    Among the sea of professional photographers to choose from within the Northern Virginia area, Kari is an absolute GEM!

    Kari and her team provide every bit of proficiency, artistic license, and professionalism that you could desire to beautifully capture every glance, pose, and special moment, but where she TRULY SHINES and separates herself from other standard photographers is in the way she personalizes the experience for you.

    From my earliest conversations with Kari, I could tell that KE Photography was so much more than a standard business- it's a professional team led by an artist that genuinely applies heart towards her clients and her work. Kari wants to know who you are and what you love, and from there she works her magic in capturing and staging photos of the little things you love but never thought to ask.

    As an eager Bride equipped with a Pinterest account and a million ideas, Kari memorized each and every picture and pose that I sent her prior to our wedding day. When it came time to take wedding day pictures, Kari kept us energized and guided us through each pose that we had wanted to capture- even the ones I had forgotten about! She went out of her way to ensure we made the most of our wedding day by upgrading her equipment (even renting new lenses if necessary), applying custom camera settings, directing us and our wedding party through a series of favorite poses, and utilizing natural lighting to generate some of the most GORGEOUS photos we've ever had taken!

    Kari and her staff have truly revolutionized the photography business. KE Photography is all about building a relationship with YOU, the client. We were so blown away with the amount of time, communication, and heart that she placed into knowing us as clients that we now consider her our Life Photographer. Kari and her team are genuinely devoted to her clients, and her artwork truly speaks for itself.
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    Ashley Sent on 07/04/2019
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    Amazing Photography!

    Kari is amazing at what she does. She really has an eye for photography and a great creative vision. She photographed our engagement and wedding! She is so warming and is so flexible with times/dates etc. Kari loves her craft and you can tell she is passionate about bringing her clients vision to life. She is always determined to get the best photos and will not stop until her client is 100% happy with the product. Her prices are fair and the quality is exceptional. I would 100% recommend her services! Don’t miss out!
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    Ann Sent on 06/14/2012
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    Kari is the best. I couldn't put into words how wonderful she has been from the first meeting all the way through the editing of the pictures. She takes the time to get to know her clients and really delivers what they are looking for. We had her take our engagment pictures as well as our wedding. Not only did she capture every moment of our wedding, she made sure to capture pictures that we didn't even know about. We have so many wonderful, and beautiful pictures from our day that we don't even know which ones we want to put in frames, because they are all perfect. My Mom even said that she has never seen such s beautiful amount of wedding pictures, ever. I wouldn't hesitate to hire her again (should some event come along that Matt and I would want to take pictures of) and I HIGHLY recommend her for ANY event that you would like to save and cherish.

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    E Sent on 09/12/2011
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    We hired KE Photography to capture our wedding and were so pleased with the photos we received. All of our friends and family tell is us that our photos are look like they should be in commercials or the photos that come in the picture frame when you buy them in the store. We are really happy and would recommend KE Photography for any event.
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    Keri Sent on 08/30/2011
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    KE Photography did our wedding photos. They were amazing!!! The photos were far beyond my expectations, the quality and artistic work blew me away! I would recommend them whole heartedly. We couldn't be happier! We plan to book them again for our next big event, and for family portraits.

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    Tim G. Sent on 06/09/2021
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    Unprofessional would be putting it in the nicest way

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    Had my daughter get Boudoir photos to help with her anxiety. Something the photographer was made aware of well ahead of time. Based on research this is suppose to be something that helps younger women with anxiety. Well; if you are considering this photographer for that... MOVE ON!!!

    She was completely unprofessional. She did nothing more than add to the anxiety, and in the end told my daughter to seek therapy. How unprofessional to use what you were told in Confidence as a weapon against your client!

    After speaking to other professional photographers about the experience. They advised this photographer knows nothing about professional lighting, placement/staging, posing, etc.. She is great if you are looking for an unskilled, untrained, wannabe photographer, who wants to charge like she is an actual professional.

    She will make promises that she won’t fulfill, like the having my daughter buy wings exclusively for her photo shoot. Had her purchase them for $100, telling her they would be used for her first. To then see them used a week earlier for a friend of hers in a photoshoot, she put on her Facebook page showing them off, before my daughters shoot.

    My daughter even got her friend a shoot, to help her friend also feel better. Somehow that friends shoot was less expensive (not because of any sort of group discount) and was a better experience. She got her pictures faster, was treated better, and was happier with the experience. Guess when the photographer knows you have challenges, she doesn’t mind exploiting them?

    My daughter still doesn’t have what she paid for, not only in terms of experience, but here we are a week after choices were made and nothing and no communication.

    She had the gall to tell my daughter, after my daughter expressed her dissatisfaction with the quality of the photos, that not only did she need therapy, but that she was going to pick what went into her photo album she paid for, since she wasn’t happy with the pictures. Like seriously? She told you she wasn’t happy, and your response is you’ll fill a book full of pictures she doesn’t like?

    She had her husband pick some pictures, and even he struggled to find ones he liked of his own wife. He chose some to try to brighten the experience, and have something to remember this time by. Still don’t have those either. All of these have been paid for prior to the session.

    I can go on and on about all the of the negatives. Her makeup artist is a dream. Nice lady, great vision, and awesome personality. The photographer.... well if you want to hire someone with a child’s mentality, she’s your girl!

    It’s almost as if she saw a successful person who was younger than her and able to afford her, and wanted to show her dominance over her. She charged her more than others, treated her worse than others, and lied about many things. Seems as if she may be the one who needs treatment. Obviously your first set you spoke of didn’t work, if this is how you treat clients. Especially ones who merely wanted to feel like a Queen in for a day. To have photos of how great that felt, and wanted to feel great about herself!

    Instead she walked away, hurt, upset, pissed off, and her session wasn’t even as long as it should be. When she tried to talk to you about it, you made a claim you took more photos of her than most clients. Know, that just because you click the button more times, doesn’t make your photos any better. You know you rushed her, treated her horribly, and when she tried to work it out with you, disrespected her, and had to exert your dominance.

    Well, the experience you gave her will be shared in every public venue, social media network you can’t delete, and with anyone who will listen. Will even send a letter to your new landlord and the attorney general and everyone in between about your business practices, professionalism, and unfair treatment of people based on what appears to be a variety of things.

    If you delay her photos any further, without fair and just communication, you will need to hire a lawyer as well. You are in breach of contract currently. Fix it.