We loved working with Cornerstone Photography. Before the wedding we met with the owner, Mark. He was so helpful in helping us figure out what we wanted. Our photographer Nichole was amazing! She was a pleasure to work with.

We chose to use Cornerstone Photography for our wedding. Laura Humpa was our photographer and she was amazing! She did an engagement shoot for us and the pictures turned out amazing. She got so many different shots, and we had such a variety, and they all looked so professional but natural! For our wedding, Laura was great because she was very efficient. She was able to take control of all the people to get the shots we needed taken! She gives great direction, and she has a great eye for artistic shots! I would definitely recommend Cornerstone to anyone who is looking for great photos and variety at a reasonable price!

We met with the owner (Mark) to discuss what was important to us with our photographs and to see what kind of style my wife and I had as a couple. Cornerstone has a variety of photographers. Mark narrowed our photographer down to two and we chose Ben. Ben was absolutely amazing. He did the photographs for our engagement session as well as our wedding. My wife and I could not be happier with the photographs. I've worked with other photographers before and the things that Ben sees and then photographs are light years ahead of his colleagues with whom I've worked. Whenever we had questions someone from Cornerstone was very quick to respond in order to keep us updated. We had a photo book done for our guests to sign at the wedding and the photo book was fantastic as well. Overall, a terrific experience. Thank you so very much for all of your hard work and expertise. Ben was absolutely fantastic and extremely laid back which was extremely helpful on our wedding day.

Laura Humpa is an AMAZING photographer! She took so many beautiful pictures of my wedding! I am so happy she was there to capture my big day!

The photographs from our wedding are absolutely beautiful! We worked with Christina who did a fabulous job. The reason i gave them 4.5 rather than 5 in a few categories is because I filled out a questionnaire for the head office which apparently did not get communicated with her, or she did not read because she asked me all the questions again. I felt like it was a little bit of a waist of my time. The pictures were really great and they got them to us so quickly!!!!

Cornerstone was awesome! We are very satisfied with our photos and the quality of service and responsiveness we received during the planning! Great value for the cost!!! Would definitely recommend to anyone!

I searched high and low for a photographer with a certain look that wouldn't break my budget. I had our proofs in 3 weeks! Looking at all of our photos really brought the day back and I there were some many quality photos, unlike some wedding photographers that can just be random. Mark, was easy to deal with and NOT pushy. So hard to find when planning a wedding. I highly suggest this photography studio!

Overall I was pretty happy with the results from Cornerstone. We got a lot of good pictures however there were some that I was not too happy about the outdoor lighting.
Communication with my photographer was a little difficult - but she showed up on time the day of the event which is the most important.
Our digital copies of the pictures took about a week longer than we were told.
There was definitely room for improvement in their service but in the end we got a lot of really good pictutres.

Our experience with Cornerstone Photography was absolutely horrible!!
We had Ingrid as our photographer and even though we met with her and seemed to be on the same page as to the style of pictures we were interested in, the experience was far from what we were hoping for. She called the night before the wedding as we were on our way to the reshearsal dinner to ask where she needed to be and when (which was previously discussed and even put in writing to the people at Cornerstone), and when I didn't have time to talk to her because I was organizing things for the dinner, she became very rude.
The day of the wedding, we started taking pictures early, and roughly 15 minutes before I walked down the aisle her camera broke. Inexplicably, she didn't have a backup camera and didn't have her phone to call anyone. So there I am, in my dress, going through all of my wedding material trying to find Mark (the owner's) phone number, and my bridesmaids were going through their things trying to find a phone for her. She became extremely upset, started swearing and even began to cry at one point. Since she wasn't taking care of the situation and instead throwing a crying fit, a bridesmaid let her use her own personal camera (including the memory card, which wound up having all of the previously taken pictures erased by Ingrid) for the ceremony while my aunt had to rent a camera from a local studio for her to use for the rest of the day. We were shocked that a professional photographer would not bring a backup camera and not even remember to bring a phone to use in case of emergencies. Unfortunately, for the rest of the day she had a very bad attitude and made many unprofessional remarks throughout the day. Very loudly, she made statements such as, "I hate weddings;" "I'm getting bored of taking pictures of your guests;" "I hate people;" and similar statements to us and our guests. We had originally asked for her to take more candid shots than posed shots, and what we recieved were far more posed pictures than cadids, most of which feature us and our freinds looking extremely awkward as a result of the poses she forced everyone into. We also didn't get some pictures with immediate family, despite the fact that we specifically requested them. Needless to say, we can't ever get those moments back. Overall, we were disappointed and when we tried to contact Mark, who we had originally met with, he was impossible to get in touch with. His wife, the co-owner, called me back and basically said that the photographer did her job and took pictures, everything else was essentially our tough luck. Their solution was to offer a small discount on one of their photo albums, which we hadn't planned on buying in the first place. If we were unhappy with the majority of the pictures, why on earth would we order an overpriced (even with a small discount) wedding album from them? Maybe our photographer just had a terrible day but, as they say, "suck it up", it was our wedding day, and we were paying money for her service. I could understand if we had hired an amateur photographer to do the job, but we had not- we hired a professional and we expected that person to act like a professional. The fact that our dissatisfaction carried over into the weeks after the wedding as we dealt with Mark and Laura was almost as bad as dealing with Ingrid. All in all, the group that we initially had very high hopes for fell FAR short of our expectations. Simply put, the job of a wedding photographer is to show up where and when you are told with a camera and take pictures while being somewhat anonymous- this group failed on every account.

We used Cornerstone Photography for our October wedding in Milwaukee and it was wonderful. We love how many pictures we have and the variety. We also love that we were able to just purchase the package now and can order our actual album later. The only two cons was that the day of our wedding our photographer was sick (not her fault!), and she asked to leave early so we didn't get pictures at the end of the night. Also we didn't have as many candid shots as we would have liked, but I guess we could have told our photographer that we wanted more candid shots before the actual wedding.

Otherwise we loved Cornerstone and have already recommended them to some of our friends!

I can't say enough good things about Cornerstone Photography! From the first encounter with the owner, through our wedding and now making a wedding album, the staff has been wonderful and enjoyable to work with. Our photographers from our wedding day were innovative with picture ideas and very friendly. They created such fantastic pictures that really captured the entire day. I would gladly recommend them to anyone!

Cornerstone Photography was great to work with. We ended up having two photographers for the entire day, which was really nice because they both had such different styles. We got married in IN and took a bus to take pictures in downtown Chicago since we now live in Chicago, they turned out amazing! I would recommend the Wrigley building and the planatarium.

Good Luck!
Laura Mantel
Chicago, IL

Like all weddings, we're sure, we have some great shots and some OK. Cornerstone was one of the better values we could find in Chicago in terms of price for amount of time and the package.

The only issue we had was disconnect between the time we contracted and the week before our wedding. We thought we had accurately communicated that we really did not want posed shots, and our photographer essentially insisted on them, citing that we would want them later. I guess we'll have to wait and see years down the road. But we felt that we weren't being listened to in our wishes. On the day, though, our photographer was super energetic and willing to try to make things happen for us.

Cornerstone is very capable, professional, and responsive.

Laura was our photographer and she was great. Super nice, came out to 3 locations and was very quick and good at what she does. I havent gotten my pics but I have no doubt they will be amazing.

I cannot say enough great things about this place. The owner Mark, was great to work with. He was willing to drive to our side of town to meet with us. The services they provide were exactly what we were looking for. We had been frustrating with photographers offering packages that provided more than what we needed and more than what we wanted to pay. With Cornerstone, they offer everything you could want, but you get to pick and choose so you don't end up paying for things you really don't want. The best part is that your pictures are ready within 3 to 4 weeks from your wedding and you get a CD of all your pictures so you can print your pictures and make your own wedding album. You aren't forced to buy prints or albums through them. You can order these things from them and their prices are reasonable, but its nice that you get to keep your pictures. Its a small enough company (I think they have 5 photographers) so you get to meet with and work directly with the photographer you select.

Our photographer was Nicole and she was phenomenal. She has a great personality and is really fun to work with! She also takes great pictures. She knows what she is doing so she doesn't waist your time. She is also very creative and talented. We couldn't have been happier, and highly recommend Cornerstone to anyone looking for a photographer.

We used Cornerstone at the recommendation of a friend and were very pleased with every aspect of service. They were always warm and put us at ease. We chose Laura for our photographer, and she did a wonderful job capturing shots -- even outside in the freezing weather! She was great at keeping pictures moving efficiently while also letting us enjoy the day. The value for the cost is outstanding -- it was much less expensive than many photographers but just as good. We were very pleased with the proofs (we received them in slightly less than a month, which was great) and are looking forward to sharing them with our family. I would highly recommend Cornerstone Photography to anyone.