MOTB perspective: We used Artisan Events as the photographers for my daugher's wedding. She chose a journalistic style, and the photographers did a great job capturing the special moments at each point in time. They were unobtrusive and got great shots - I know since the pix just came in! Over 1,000 of them! There is a mix of color and black/white shots as well as various posed/natural shots. I was pleased to see that they were able to get candids of all the wedding guests - a must for sharing with those guests as well as out-of-town relatives who could not attend.

I had Tim and Amanda as my photographers for my wedding day, and Tim was my photographer for my engagement sessions....My pictures are amazing! They truly are artists, I seriously can't even describe how awesome my wedding pictures are! They were also very organized, responsive, and professional. This company in general was super flexible and extremely fun to work with. They spend a lot of time pre wedding to determine what you like, don't like, what your priorities are for your photography, and your overall style. I definitely recommend them. I did put a 4 for value. . . really only because their albums are pretty expensive...but like another reviewer said, you get what you pay for! Their pictures are amazing, and really are your only keepsake after a wedding, which is why I felt that having really good pictures was worth the price.

Our photographs are beautiful. One of our guests actually sent me a message after the photos were posted online that said, "your photos are some of the best I have ever seen". It was very important to us to have beautiful memories of our wedding day both in our hearts - and on photo paper :) to show people who were not there! However, photography was a large portion of our wedding cost, because it was important to us. I would never say that Artisan Events was a "budget vendor", but, you get what you pay for.

We were so happy with the photography! They made everything about the night look beautiful. We also had 2 photographers which made it easy to cover EVERYTHING. There were virtually no moments that went unphotographed. The only downfall was that we thought the package we purchased included an album, which it did not. The album we want, which was very basic, would cost another $3,500. Something we overlooked in the fine print! However, I would never sacrifice the quality of photos to save a few bucks. We couldn't have asked for 2 better photographers.

The Artisan Events team is amazing! We used Tim, Michelle and Amanda. It rained on my wedding day, but the photographers had called prior to the wedding day to set up a "Plan B" if it rained. The pictures were beautiful, I recieved so many compliments on them!! I trusted them completely with all the decisions relating the to locations etc. and was not let down at all! I highly recommend them to anyone planning a wedding. After the wedding, they were just as helpful with the wedding album! They took time to have calls with me (I lived out of town) to go through all the options for the album. I just wish I had done my engagement pictures with them!!

Yatzik was our photographer. He took great photos. I marked them low on professionalism because his assistant was way underdressed for being at a formal wedding. (she wore a cami) It was pretty expensive, but probably worth it.

We used Artisan Events for our fall 2004 wedding in downtown Chicago and were thoroughly impressed from start to finish. Amanda and the entire Artisan team provide extremely professional service and their photo-journalistic photography is unique and absolutely stunning. I knew the minute I saw their work that I wanted Artisan to shoot my wedding. They are able to capture moments and details in a way that is unexpected and very distinct, not to mention visually stunning. As a designer, I have high aesthetic standards, and Artisan exceeded my expectations with the photos they produced. I am proud of the coffee table book album we purchased and show it off to everyone - we even ordered miniature copies for both of our families, which they were tickled with. Artisan Events is a gem and I would recommend them to anyone!

Amanda, Suzanne, Kristy, and Yatzik-Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Where to begin-your photography is absolutely beautiful, unique, and truly captured the emotion of the day!! Each and every one of you were absolutely fabulous to work with during the whole process! Suzanne, Kristy, and Yatzik-you were all wonderful throughout our entire wedding day!!! It was a full day and you never lost your excitement and enthusiasm to snap shots that would forever be our memory of our special day. We received so many compliments about your professionalism during our wedding day. Amanda-our album is a work of art, your creative ideas and quality of the production are impeccable!!! We would recommend you all to anyone for your artistic ability, professionalism, and overall friendliness to work with (and we have, my best friend and sister-in-law both have used Artisan Events and would in turn recommend them on to friends and family). You truly gave us photographs that will keep our wedding day forever as fresh as the day we took our vows. Thank you again and again!

First heard of Artisan Events when my daughter was planning her wedding in 2002. She had researched photographers both in Chicago and Western suburbs. We checked out several, but knew at once that Artisan was the photographer for us. Amanda, the owner impressed us from the start. She emailed my daughter to make sure her directions to her studio were clear. She met us outside of her studio to greet us. After asking us what type of photography we were looking for, she shared several books containing her photographs with us. They were truly amazing. Amanda provided 3 photographers on the day of the wedding who never were in the way, yet captured every moment perfectly. The entire experience we had with Amanda and her photographers was exceptional. When the proofs came in, it was extremely difficult to chose which ones to put in the album both for Katie, the birde and myself. Amanda was there to help and guide and I can only say, BRAVO....Both the wedding and parent album are beautiful and unique in their own way.
Since we had such a wonderful experience we recommended Amanda and her studio to other friends and family. They too were impressed and used the studio and were equally impressed and pleased. Several of my duaghter's friends used other photographers and were not impressed at all. They were sorry they did not use Artisan Events. I can truly say that Artisan Events made our "Special Day" that much more special with how they photographed the day. I highly recommend this studio....You will not be disappointed.