I am a previous customer of this troubled woman (15s shoot), I am now engaged and was looking for vendors when I came across her page and decided to leave a review, since I now feel I am old enough to convey my experience in a more eloquent way, to which she replied very rudely and privately so no one could see how horrible she truly is.

“ Your comment is in poor taste. If
your parents were upset, they
should have contacted me 7 years
ago when your photos took place.
You were an angry child from the
very beginning. You hated me from
the minute you met me for
absolutely no reason. I will pray for
you in hopes you heal emotionally.
You received a gorgeous album. My
work on you was beautiful. All the
best. Good luck with your anger
Management.”

This response reflects her self centered “I’m better than everyone” personality but if you want proof for yourself just scroll down and look at the disgusting replies she’s left for her clients. Appalling. My experience with her was as a shy teen, which she totally took advantage of Here is what I have to say about her.

This woman doesn't even have the decency to apologize for turning an experience that was supposed to be fun and once in a lifetime into something that I will always remember bitterly, my parents did reach out to her and express that I was upset, they were given a reply basically stating that they signed away their rights to any picture she took of me. But let me elaborate even more. I loved your work in the beginning, because I ideally wanted unique design studios but they were too pricey for my budget unfortunately (which in retrospect I would've paid probably less then I ended up paying with alina) when I commented to my makeup artist that that's how I found alina, the makeup artist told Alina something which her childish self somehow interpreted as "bad mouthing her" when in fact I was comparing her work to a studio I loved and she had absolutely no reason to be upset at that but whatever. If I hated her from the moment I met her, I would never have let my parents hire her. I actually really liked her in the beginning but unfortunately I was just given a facade. I was not an angry child no matter how much she wants to justify her actions in saying that, but even if I was, wouldn't it make sense that, as the adult and "professional" in this situation, she should have had a little more decorum, patience and empathy? Not that that was the case because like I said, I did literally everything she asked. Let's move on to the timing issue. We booked I believe 2-3 hours at a studio to take the pictures. This photographer and her team arrived about an hour late. We were paying for this time and this photographer couldn't be bothered to show up on time. Which resulted in my makeup and hair being hurried because we had to leave since the next appointment was there to use the studio. Then we went to a naaaaasty part of the beach. You know the dog beach? The muddy part at the end? Yeah, there. My session ended abruptly and with loads of attitude and hostility from the photographer to a point where my mother looked at me and was like ?? what just happened, all because she told me (more like pressured me, but whatever I had the option to decline I guess) to step into this muddy water, and when I did, my foot immediately sank about a foot into the sand at which point I immediately jumped out. This apparently offended the photographer and she decided that was it. Anyway, moving on, you can see here how she immediately results to insulting me and the mental state she assumes (incorrectly) that I am in, "anger management" "I hope you heal emotionally" spoken like a true gaslighter, and I don't like that term, I don't use it loosely, but it's exactly what she is. Furthermore, like a true narcissist, compliments her work again and again despite the fact that she's known for a long time we weren't happy with the results, she never made any effort to even consider that not everyone sees things the same as she does or thinks the same as her and unfortunately her work with MY pictures came out in a way that I did not like . This photographer never cared about how I felt, how I wanted my pictures, or how I looked. This photographer only cared about her "art". She never consulted me for what kind of set I wanted, she just told me to buy clothes to match her "vision" or whatever. This woman seems to think that my review was to target her, but fortunately for her I don't care about her that much. I left this review to warn brides and grooms of my horrible experience with her, so that hopefully no bride has to go through an experience like mine and apparently I’m not the only one who feels this way about her.And ps. Alina, fortunately I have gotten older since then and have learned that some people just suck and you can't be angry at that, so I forgive you. Be well girlfriend


I know this review is for wedding shoots and mine was a 15s pictures but it’s still the same photographer, and I’m sure she’ll try to write some snarky response about how I’m wrong but I’m also sure she’ll show her true colors as she’s done literally every time she has the opportunity to do better. The best part is, if she would’ve replied instead finally apologizing for the horrible way she made me and my parents feel, I would've forgiven her and probably taken down the review because people grow and everyone has a right to apologize for something they did. But that was not the case, this woman is narcissistic, cruel, childish, and as stressful as wedding planning is, you don’t want a person like her handling ANYTHING, you may get lucky and happen to want exactly what she wants, but if you happen to want something different that what SHE wants, there will be tears, there will be frustration and on one of the most important days of your life, there will be regret. Good luck to all you beautiful ladies if you happen to pick her as your photographer, I hope she treats you better than she treated me. Ps. Read the contract very very carefully, it’ll come back to EAT YOU not bite you.

From the moment my fiancé and I met with Alina for a consultation we knew she was going to be our wedding photographer. You know those people that you meet and feel like you have known forever? That's her! Our wedding photos haven't been shot yet (coming soon...) but yesterday we had our engagement shoot and we couldn't be more in love with the results.

Alina has taken photos of my cousin's, my sister's, and now my wedding and I truly can not be any happier with EVERY PHOTO!! SHE AND HER STAFF ARE TRULY PROFESSIONALS! Photography is one of the scariest aspects of the wedding because it is the only thing that will capture every moment, and she and her team did an amazing job. My husband is not easily impressed, and even he was blown away by the amount and quality of every photo. The sheer professionalism in how they conduct themselves is also something to be noted. I love all my photos, especially the candids of the entire day, they truly are beautiful. Thank you to the team at Alina M. Photography for capturing EVERY moment of the big day, we will surely look at these photos for years to come.