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Anna Simonak Photography

Anna Simonak Photography

Ithaca, NY
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2016 Winner
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    Jilliana Sent on 03/30/2013
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    Anna took our engagement photos last year. She's so friendly and great to work with. She arrived promptly and took a huge number of photos in just a few hours. We really love the photojournalistic style of her pictures. Everything looked natural and the colors in the photos really popped without looking heavily edited. The photo CD arrived promptly within a few weeks and was beautifully packaged.
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    Tiana Sent on 11/15/2017
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    Anna was amazing for our wedding!!! We got a ton of comments from our family on how professional she was. My husband and I both do not like getting our picture taken, yet all of our pictures turned out wonderful. Anna did a great job of making sure she was photographing us when we were focused on each other. I would recommend her services to anyone!
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    Emma Sent on 11/16/2017
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    Anna was amazing! Leading up to our wedding, she was easy to work with and extremely helpful. She made a point of asking which moments/portraits we wanted her to capture, and she hit out of the park. The day of, she was everywhere, catching countless memorable snippets. Anna exceeded our expectations and provided us with better shots than we could have imagined. Thanks, Anna!
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    Jessie Sent on 11/16/2017
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    My husband and I really enjoyed working with Anna. She has been a calming presence throughout both the engagement session and the wedding. We never felt being pushed to do anything that we don't want to do. Instead she just recorded the moment, and the pictures were amazing! Anna was very flexible too. She worked with our videographer with no problem :)
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    Marc Sent on 09/30/2017
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    5 stars! First- we LOVED our pictures and moments that Anna captured. If you CAN get her, you should - Anna was fantastic. Anna captured the entire day, including special moments of our family and friends being themselves. She also captured the details beautifully, in a fairly challenging venue (on the water, changing weather).

    Anna provided thoughtful guidance from our first encounter - helping two rookie wedding kids make it their own. From the wedding timeline, to suggestions on where to take pictures beforehand - Anna's superb knowledge of Seattle and how to make the most of your wedding was welcomed and in hind sight super helpful.

    Stop reading reviews and just book her :)
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    Karris Sent on 08/26/2016
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    Anna was wonderful to work with. My partner and I planned a very small, intimate wedding and didn't need an all day photographer. After contacting several different photographers we found Anna. She was quick to respond to all my emails, she was flexible, and tailored a package that fit both our time requirement and our budget. The day of she was early and ready to jump right into taking photos, she was helpful(she put my wallet in her bag so my hands were free), and she was just all around nice. I can't say enough nice things about our experience with her. The wedding was Monday and she already gave us a sneak peek of our photos, they are better than I dreamed of. I highly recommend her.
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    Anna was perfect! We got a great price on beautiful pictures--I am flabbergasted by how well she captured our joy on our wedding day. She was super flexible on the day, was helpful when we needed her (she pointed out that we need to fill out the official marriage license in addition to the pretty one), and stayed in the background taking candid shots when we were just down to party. I feel so lucky to have found her and personally, I feel pretty smart for hiring a photographer, since I was so wrapped up in me me me that day that I missed all the sweet moments she picked up with her camera.
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    Erica Sent on 09/10/2015
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    Anna was wonderful to work with. She was so professional and did not need any direction. She knew where she was needed and what photos to take. She captured every moment of our day: getting ready, our ceremony, the reception, and all the small details. The day went by so fast that I felt like I did not have the time to appreciate the small details of our wedding but Anna captured them so that we are now able to enjoy them. She did an amazing job taking candid photos that truly captured the joy in everyone. The photos she takes are amazing. Your wedding lasts one day but photos last a lifetime, which is why it is so important to have a good photographer. I would definitely recommend Anna as your wedding photographer.
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    We are so happy that we decided to have Anna be the photographer at our wedding. She is friendly, highly talented, responsive, and just as unobtrusive during the celebration as she claims, which means she gets good candid shots. She made us feel that we could rely on her to get the job done well, and she delivered! We got so many beautiful shots, both posed and candid. We appreciated that she didn't edit the photos in ways that looked unnatural - no fuzzy glamour shots! I will recommend her very highly to everyone I know who is looking for a wedding photographer.
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    We are so happy we chose Anna to capture our special day! She was the perfect photographer: kind, patient, responsive, flexible, unobtrusive, and very talented. She did a wonderful job on our portrait photos, but more importantly for us, she also captured multiple special moments that happened throughout the night. Her photos are stunning! I've received several compliments and one of my friends already booked her for her own wedding. To top it off Anna sent us a link to a few of our wedding photos within a week of our wedding and had the rest of them to us within a month (lightening quick compared to other wedding photographers I've heard about!). I highly recommend Anna and I look forward to hiring her again in the future!
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    Lizzy Sent on 11/27/2014
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    Anna was an amazing part of our wedding day and the months that led up to it. We planned our wedding from afar and she was very responsive to email. She was wonderful the day of our event, showing up at the time we had planned, capturing many unique and special moments during the day, all while remaining very much in the background and not being intrusive in any way. Her pictures are beautiful, natural, and I couldn't have asked for anything more. The process post wedding, including accessing pictures, has been very easy. There is nothing I would have changed and I am so grateful that we found her as our photographer!
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    Allison Sent on 09/27/2014
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    Anna did a wonderful job with our wedding photos. We are obsessed with her work!!
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    Chelsea Sent on 10/22/2014
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    We highly recommend Anna to anyone looking for beautiful and personal wedding photography! Anna was so respectful, fun, professional and talented while taking photos for our engagement session as well as our wedding! Anna was open to any request we had for different poses or ideas but was also able to direct us on where to look and how to look good doing it! :) I have heard so many compliments from family and friends about not only the quality of our photos but also how much they appreciated her approach to unobtrusive photography. She blended in so well and was able to capture the day perfectly. We are so fortunate that Anna took photos of our special day! We can't thank you enough Anna!!!! We will treasure your work forever!
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    Allison Sent on 07/28/2014
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    I had the unique experience of having someone in the industry recommend Anna to me at the beginning of my photographer search. After viewing her website and reading reviews, through comparison to others, I knew that Anna was the perfect person to capture the essence and beauty of my day. Not only is Anna flexible and professional, she is also a great listener and her service is worth every penny. Anna was unequivocally the right decision for us so if you are someone who values photo journalism and high quality service do not hesitate to hire Anna Simonak Photography.
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    Rachelle Sent on 07/19/2014
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    Anna showed up early, was open to ideas for locations and posing and was extremely professional. Her photos are beautiful and absolutely breathtaking. Any communications via email was responded to in a timely manner. We received our photos within weeks of our wedding. We initially chose Anna for her beautiful photos but also because she was so affordable. Her talent is ever present in her photos and booking her was one of the best decisions we made. I honestly could gush over her all night. I loved Anna, her photos and how sweet she was. I would highly recommend her. You won't be disappointed!
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    Lara Sent on 10/02/2014
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    We loved having Anna as our wedding photographer! She was so easy to work with ahead of time, on the day of, and after. Her photos came out amazing, she really did a great job capturing the emotions of the day and also making sure we looked our best. I would recommend her with enthusiasm to anyone.
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    Maryanna B. Sent on 06/29/2014
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    I am soooo pleased with the photos Anna shot from our wedding! She is great to work with and does such amazing work. Definitely recommend!
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    Don A. Sent on 03/26/2014
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    Once we saw the images that Anna captures we had no reservations in selecting her for our photographer. We loved her work. Her journalistic style matched perfectly with what we were looking for. We also requested more formal portraits and family photos which she managed beautifully. Read the reviews of her other clients and you will hear the same message again and again. Anna was the most responsive to my questions, Anna provides a great product at a great price, Anna is so creative, professional... Anna arrived early and stayed later than we expected. This was true in our experience as well. She is all of these things and more and the "5 out of 5 stars" she receives are well deserved.

    We planned our Washington, DC wedding from the Horn of Africa, and had only a week in the U.S. prior to the wedding to pull all the pieces together. Talk about long distance planning. The photos were the one thing we didn't worry about. Anna put us at ease. She sought out our feedback and listened to what we wanted, she managed our families, she knew which shots would work well and captured so many surprising moments of the ceremony and reception. She was the calm in the storm. Most important, she really was unobtrusive to the event. When I see the photos captured I don't recall them being taken...I simply see the subjects in the moment.

    The proof is in her photos. Check out Anna's blog/website and the different weddings/life events she has photographed. They are beautiful. They really do tell a story and capture the personality, style, and spirit of each couple and event. One friend of ours described her photos and blog as addictive, moving right past our photos to the next post and the next. Check it out and decide for yourself. We have nothing but a rave review of Anna, her services, and the quality of our photos.

    Don and Todd - Married 3/2/2014 - Washington, DC
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    Elizabeth Sent on 12/23/2013
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    I can not say enough great things about Anna! She was truly amazing. Anna is very prompt about answering emails and text messages. It was 27 degrees out when we did our pictures and Anna was still so positive and upbeat during the whole process. On top of that, Anna had our pictures up that same day. We chose which pictures we wanted edited, and she had them edited within a week. She is talented at what she does, finding the perfect lighting and touching up the background of pictures. I highly recommend her to anyone!
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    Melanie Sent on 09/06/2013
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    Anna was a pleasure to work with! She takes wonderful shots, and you barely know she is there all night! I cannot wait to receive her final shots! Hands down one of the best vendors I had, and she is super affordable and willing to travel. Couldn't be happier!!
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    Katrina Sent on 08/20/2013
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    Anna simply made our wedding perfect. Her photojournalistic style and her captivating smile kept our guests excited throughout the night to see her pictures. Anna was incredibly flexible, incredibly sweet, and most of all extremely helpful as my fiance and I were planning our wedding in Trumansburg from the other side of the continent. I cannot wait to see all the photos from our special day, I can absolutely guarantee that she has a true gift for photography.
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    Mary Sent on 09/29/2014
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    My husband and I hired Anna for our destination wedding in Jamaica after she had taken our engagement photos in New York in 2011. The resort we got married at charged us a fee for using an outside vendor but I didn't care because I was determined to have Anna as our wedding photographer. I am so, so happy I made this decision. Anna was so easygoing and was one less thing I had to worry about on my wedding day. She captured every important moment, every guest, even the mood of the event perfectly. People are always complimenting us on our wedding photos because they are just so classic and beautiful.
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    Danielle Sent on 08/09/2013
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    Anna was recommended to us by a friend and we fell in love with her photos on her website. She answered emails very promptly and was a pleasure to work with. The day of the wedding she made us feel at ease, and captured the moments beautifully. We recieved 2 photos within 2 days of the wedding and 20 more within a week! It was amazing to find a photographer who was able to get images to us that quickly! We had the rest of our photos within a month and they are absolutely wonderful. We will definitely be recommending Anna to family and friends!
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    Anna was a great photographer for our wedding. Her no pressure approach really went with the type of people we are. The pictures came out amazing and she went above and beyond what we expected. She was there early and stayed later than we had in our contract. She is the best value out there for wedding photography. We had no cheesy photos or touched up ones like you see with so many photographers these days. Highly recommend her!
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    Jackie Sent on 06/03/2013
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    Anna was so great to work with! She answered any and all of our questions and made sure we felt confident going into our wedding day. She showed up right on time and was very professional. Her work is gorgeous and we could not have been happier with our choice. I would highly recommend Anna to anyone searching for a photographer!!
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