After selecting our venue, Sam and Shawn were the next people we booked. Once we met them, we knew we would be working together. Their enthusiasm shows in all they do, and they make the sometimes painful all-day picture fest enjoyable and fun. They are the people we have gotten the most positive feedback on from all who attended the wedding. We would recommend them to anyone and cannot wait to see our photos!

WOW!!! To say that we were very pleased with Samantha and Shawn on our wedding day would be a huge understatement! Their creativity, professionalism and enthusiasm is amazing. You can absolutely tell, without a doubt, that they truly LOVE what they do! My husband, who usually hates to have his pictures taken, says that the pictures were one of his favorite parts of that day! This really says it all! Without any hesitation, I would recommend Mirage Photo to anyone who is in need of energetic, fun photographers who create amazing pictures. Next on the list.... family pictures at the park! :-)

I do not even know how to explain how great our experience was with Sam and Sean! They made sure that every moment was captured! We had an absolute blast with both of them. Our wedding would not have even been close to what we wanted without them. The amount of energy they have and the love for what they do was amazing. I truly believe they made the day for us! I would recommend them to all...if you are looking for your perfect photographer, they are IT!! We just love mirage photo! Thank you for everything! YOU ARE THE BEST!!

Wow!WE LOVE SAM & SEAN! My daughter's wedding day was absolutely perfect and we had the absolutely perfect photographers! We met Sam & Sean at a bridal show and fell in love with the pictures they had on display and with them immediately! Before my daughter's wedding day, I told everyone that I could not wait for them to meet our photographers! Who does that? Usually you are talking about the ceremony, the flowers, or the venue, but I could not stop talking about our photographer! They were fantastic & I highly recommend Mirage Photography for any bride who wants the most beautiful pictures of her beautiful day

As the Father of a Bride, we normally just pay the bills and stay out of the way. Sam and Shawn truly made the day special for my daughter, my wife, my family, and the entire wedding party. They were professional and respectful.
Sam and Sean were truely engaged in the event, getting the shots they wanted while staying behind the scenes and avoiding the typical staged pictures.
Service with a touch of sass. It was a blast!

We had the pleasure of having Samantha and Sean take our daughters wedding pictures on October 3 2010 as well as there engagement pictures. They are the easiest people to work with they become part of the family you don't even realize that they are taking pictures. There creativeness is amazing and when you see the final pictures you are just blown away. We now have a family photographer, I cannot express enough how happy we all are with the pictures and how they handled themselves during the whole adventure, they are very professional but laid back at the same time it was just enjoyable no stress. Every picture turned out phenomenal and they are so creative as well, no matter your style they will take care of you. They are just awesome you won't be disappointed. My mother-in-law claims that they are the only people that she will allow to take her picture, that says alot because she refuses to have her picture taken at all! Again I just cannot say enough on how great they are!!!

Sam and Shawn were so much fun to work with. Sam kept us smiling all day!

Thank goodness Samantha and Mirage Photography were recommended to us for my daughter's wedding...amazing experience! Thanks, Sam and your staff for all you did for us on July 17. Can't wait to see the photos, and especially the 'specially designed "guest book"!! Meg Solon

Samantha with Mirage is incredible, I couldn't say a single negative thing about our experience with her! She photographed our rehearsal and rehearsal dinner, so she had the chance to get to know our families and wedding party, and the day of the wedding she was amazing! She was with us from 10 am until 11 pm and positive the whole time. She was so laid back and didn't mind that some of the groomsmen were a little goofy, she was kind to them and let them have fun throughout the whole process, which isn't always true of photographers. She had fun ideas for group shots without being cheesy, she got so many great shots at the reception, and she had an awesome idea for a fun, custom made guestbook of photos from the reception with whiteboards for messages :) Samantha is incredible and I'd recommend her to ANYONE!!!

I was so happy to have selected Mirage Photography as our photographers for our wedding day. Sam and Shawn not only took amazing pictures but made the day fun for all. They made us feel like we were friends from the very first time we met. They worked really hard to make for sure we had our pics before Christmas Eve so that we could show them off to our family and friends. If I had to do it all over again I would not have changed a thing! If any Bride and Groom would like awesome pics and fun photographers Mirage Photography is the company to pick.

Samantha and Shawn are the most amazing team. Their energy and enthusiasm for their job make it all worth it. We had so much fun from start to finish! Our engagement pictures were phenomenal and I cannot wait to see our wedding pictures. Samantha and Shawn's eye for beautiful photos and locations helped give us confidence to know that our wedding pictures would be absolutely beautiful.

Our guestbook and favors (mini photo albums of our engagment session) which were designed by Samantha and Shawn were breathtaking and our guests were so excited to receive photos from our engagement session!

Samantha and Shawn's personality allowed us and our guests to relax and enjoy our entire evening. Everyone raved about how much fun they are. Samantha and Shawn helped us with anything we needed. I could go on and on about how amazing they really are. In my opinon, they are the most talented and amazing photographers in St. Louis! Their service and talent have made me a life long client!

Mirage Photo was a fabulous choice for our wedding photography! I would never believe people when they would say that the photographer makes or breaks your Wedding Day. Shawn and Sam totally made our day. Talk about two down to earth, fun, easy going people who do a FANTASTIC job at what they do. Mirage Photo made our wedding day so much fun. My fiance wasn't in to the whole wedding planning thing, but after our meeting with Shawn and Sam, he was dead set on that photographer, and it made my job a lot easier! There was no question about it. They fulfilled all of our requests, but also did so much more! They were creative with their job - we have awesome pictures of our rings, a variety of pictures of us together, some posed, some not, and they used several different effects (black/white, sepia, color accent, etc.) Throughout the day, and even up until now, we are still getting compliments on how much fun our photographers were and how awesome our pictures turned out. I really could not ask for more. I had so much fun on my wedding day, and I have some of the best pictures to remember it by!

Where do I even begin... Sam and Shawn have became part of our family... They are THE BEST choice we made when it came to our wedding by far... The are the most amazing people that can get a smile out of anyone... they make sure everyone is having a good time and making sure the entire time that the bride and groom are ok and everything is fine. They are not your typical stand here, pose here, smile here type of photographers... I will never be able to repay them for everything they have done for me and my husband... I will never go anywhere else to get other pictures done. if anyone needs help picking them you can email me at javila2787@yahoo.com! WE LOVE YOU GUYS... YOU GUYS ROCK!!!! Thanks Mr. I(inside joke) and Sam for everything...

Where do I start Shawn and Samantha are fantastic photographers! If you have ever dreamed of having amazing photos taken for your wedding or any other special event I will tell you first hand that you would want to pick Mirage Photo! The photos will take your breath away, they will be the photos that you will want to look at over and over again, and want to show everybody! Alittle background on the type of people Shawn and Samantha are... we were going to elope to Colorado and we were just going to have a family relative take our photos but we met Shawn and Samantha at a bridal show a month before our wedding and we knew that we had to have them! They seriously went out of there way to make our day perfect! They drove to Estes Park,Co and took pictures before, during and after the wedding! They were amazing they put the perfect final touches on our wedding day! Zach and I felt like we had known them for a lifetime and they seemed more like family or our best friends! I'm going to sum this up by saying I would recommended Mirage Photo to anybody! I have already told my friends and family about them! We have already booked them for our reception in September, our preganancy session to come, newborn session, and family session! Shawn and Samantha will do a terrific job for anybody I highly recommened them! If you want great photographers that will show you amazing results you defintely want them. Plus a added bonus you get is they are fun, exciting,they will go out of your way to make you happy, and try to make you day perfect and everything that you ever dreamed of! They will always be more than just photographers to my husband and I they will be our friends and photographers for life! I don't know how I could ever repay them for the memories that they have gave Zach and I! We have amazing photos to look at for the rest of our lives and they were a part of our special day to me Samantha was more like a maid of honor! She went out of her way always taking care of me and my dress also we wanted to capture some pictures with the guys snowshoeing and she offered to go and kept up with all the boys! Shawn was amazing he was fun and always picked the most gorgeous places to capture those breathtaking pictures! Everything you want and more Mirage Photo!!!!

If I could give 6 stars I would!

Make your friends jealous, your family cry and yourself beautifully captured on film!

I think we found Sam and Shawn at a wedding show before we were really planning too much. Shawn called us to talk about some great deals they had and we set up a meeting. The meeting proved to be actually a booking because we loved them (and still do)!! They were energetic and extremely interested in what we wanted from our photos. We were looking for a more artsy type of photography that would transcend the years. Sam and Shawn supplied us with still memories that we will be able to look at and smile even fifty years from now, when they are doing our fifty anniversary photos and probably a speech, since we have actually become friends. As I read the other reviews I notice others say this too. I know you may not think you will become friends with your wedding/event photographers, but if it is Sam and Shawn it is just natural. These two are good people and as an added bonus AMAZING photographers. Always professional, fun and accommodating!! Highly recommended. Feel free to e-mail us for details too: klboehle@wustl.edu.
~Bart & Katie Adastra

Sam and Shawn were the best! Words can't express how happy Matt and I were with them. I will never forget the great times we had together. They will be our photographers for the rest of our lives. We not only found great photographers, but great friends. I can't wait to give them the call that we are expecting, because they will be there for the birth and many family photos to come!