Devon Rowland is the best wedding photographer we know. We literally scheduled our wedding around dates when they were available. We’ve known Devon for years through dancing and seen them take great photos at many a dance and wedding, so we were thrilled to hire them for ours! And oh boy was it worth it.

We are not the most photogenic people, so we were a bit anxious about wedding photos in general. But Devon knows how to take photos that flatter all body types and heights, and how to make all people, from the most traditional to the most alternative, look fabulous. The photos we got are some of the best and most creative wedding photos I have ever seen; family and friends love them too. It’s not just a documentary, it’s art. They not only captured the grace, the beauty, the silliness, and the abandon of our wedding day—they made it even more special. And the dancing! Devon takes amazing dance photos like almost no one else.

From the moment we started working with Devon through delivery of the photos, we knew we were in the right hands. Devon is intensely dedicated to making weddings more inclusive and welcoming for LGBTQ+ people and communities. And they know everyone—when we struggled to find the right wedding planner, they knew just who to recommend.

Devon is just a consummate professional and all-around excellent human. Prompt, fast, clear in communication, and just super chill. Nothing flusters them. They know how to put everyone at ease, from the most uptight person to the smallest kiddo. (True story: my best man’s son didn’t want to get in the posed photos, so Devon let him look at their camera and explained how it worked, helped him feel safer, and got him to go get in the pictures!) They make you feel at ease, they make you feel loved.

Devon Rowland Photography is simply the best in the business; we cannot recommend them highly enough. If you want to feel amazing, look amazing, and be amazing on your wedding day, and have the best damn photos of all of it, look no further.

We were truly privileged to collaborate with Devon Rowland, an exceptionally talented photographer, for our wedding day. From the initial consultation to the final delivery of our photos, their professionalism, talent, and unwavering support made our experience truly stellar.

From the very beginning, it was evident that Devon genuinely valued and celebrated love in all its forms. They took the time to understand our unique love story, our vision for the wedding, and the moments that were most important to us. Their warm and welcoming approach made us feel instantly comfortable, allowing us to be our authentic selves throughout the entire process.

On the day of the wedding, their expertise and creativity shone through. They captured every special moment with precision and an artistic eye. Their ability to blend into the background and capture candid shots was truly remarkable, resulting in a collection of photos that felt authentic and heartfelt. From the exchanging of vows to the joyful celebration on the dance floor, they effortlessly documented the essence of our love and the spirit of the day.

What truly set Devon Rowland Photography apart was their commitment to creating a safe and inclusive spaces for LGBTQ+ couples. The level of professionalism and attention to detail displayed by Devon extended beyond the wedding day. They were prompt in their communication, delivered the final photos in a timely manner, and their editing skills were impeccable.

We cannot recommend Devon Rowland Photography highly enough. Their commitment to inclusivity, their undeniable talent, and their unwavering support made our wedding experience truly exceptional. If you are searching for a photographer who will not only capture your special day with skill and creativity but also embrace and celebrate your unique love story, look no further. Devon is a true gem in the industry!

This is my second time hiring Devon for photography. She did professional headshots for me earlier this year and last week she photographed my wedding at The Ivy Hotel. Devon is so wonderful . . . an awesome person and photographer. I am in love with our wedding photos and so grateful to have been able to connect with Devon again!

Let me open this by telling you that Devon was our very first phone call when we decided to get married. We told her before we told the family, because we wanted to be sure she was available in the rough time frame we were thinking of and planned our date for a date she could make. We’ve been devoted fans of hers through our dance scene, having hired her for events we’ve run and loving the outcome every time. But it’s a completely different experience when you’re the centerpiece of the event.

I can’t say enough good things about Devon. I’m camera shy, have never once taken a good selfie, always feel like I look terrible, forced, awkward, nervous in pictures which is a cycle of doom, because then I do look all those things, you get the idea. So believe me when I tell you: She made me feel like a million bucks all throughout our engagement shoot and all day AND night on the big day itself. In front of her I felt fierce and like a movie star. She’d show me the back of the camera every now and again — IS THAT ME????, I would cry. She works SO FAST, you can’t believe she got the shot, but SHE DID GET THE SHOT. In fact, she got six of them and they’re all killer, no filler. She has a confidence and on top of all of this, she is COMPLETELY chill at all times. Nothing ruffles her feathers, it’s like you’re just hanging out getting coffee except she’s taking complete glamour shots of you. She’s so calm, she’s in complete control, seemingly effortlessly directing you and your people around, and then the product is just spectacular.

Her talent is beyond belief. Everyone I’ve shown the pictures to has said they’re some of the best wedding pictures they’ve ever seen.

Her client management is entirely on point too. She’s fast, thorough, helpful, and COMPLETELY chill at all times. She puts you at ease just as much through email as she does behind the camera. And she’s so fast!! Turnaround time was like lightning both for engagement shoot and the wedding itself. I too work directly with clients for pricey services and she has the exact right stuff there, which I absolutely could not say for several of our other vendors. When you’re in the business too, YOU KNOW.

I cannot recommend Devon highly enough.

tl;dr: Devon is amazing. Hire her.

When we looked at wedding photographers, we wanted someone who had lots of pictures of real (i.e. not conventionally beautiful) people. When you look at a lot of wedding photographers' websites, most of what you see is gorgeous pictures of gorgeous people looking gorgeous. Those are nice, but it's often hard to tell how much is due to the talent of the photographer and how much is just due to the fact that they're highlighting the most attractive people they've ever photographed on a day where the couple spent hours looking as beautiful as possible.

My partner and I are not the most traditionally attractive people. I think she's gorgeous, of course, but she's also a foot shorter than me, and I'm blessed with the jawline of a late-generation Habsburg noble. So we wanted to find a photographer who we knew could make us look as good as possible. We also liked that Devon was LGBTQ-inclusive, which was very important to us. After a video chat, where both of us were totally charmed by Devon, we hired her for our wedding in DC.

About six weeks before our wedding, we learned that my partner's mom was going to have to have surgery, and wasn't going to be able to make it to the wedding. Obviously, both of them were devastated. We decided, on short notice, to have a "pre-wedding" in Boston, with just immediate family and a couple close friends, about 25 people. We emailed Devon to find out if she knew any photographers in Boston. Lo and behold, Devon was free that weekend, and offered to come take pictures for us. It was an amazing help to us to have a photographer, and it meant a ton to my partner and her moms that they have pictures to remember it by.

Not only that, the pictures were amazing. We walked around Beacon Hill for a while, and she got some really great shots of us with the brownstones and the State House. Made us look really good. Then we went to a restaurant in Cambridge, where we took some posed pictures and then had the ceremony and dinner. Again, the shots were amazing, but almost as impressive was how, in a small space that was crowded with people, Devon managed to both get every important moment on film and also seemingly disappear into the walls. She's like a ninja that takes great pictures.

After Boston, she also shot our wedding in DC. Again she took amazing pictures, and again she was completely unobtrusive. She also worked with us for random requests like taking pictures with our cats (some of my favorite pictures) and near the spot where my partner and I met, which was not by the venue, and did a great job wrangling the various family and bridal party members to get the necessary shots in a pretty short amount of time.

Through it all, she was incredibly friendly, fun to work with, and super helpful. It's hard to write a text review of a photographer, but go look at her pictures and they'll tell you everything you need to know about her talent. Hiring Devon was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding, and I can't recommend her enough.

Where do I even start about Devon!?

Somewhere along the line in wedding planning, I realized that for me one of the most important decisions I would be making about my wedding was the photographer. I had no idea it would be so important to me until we started looking at photographers and I was trying to envision how our wedding day would look and how it would be captured and WOW Devon totally checked that box in the best way possible!

Every interaction my husband or I had with Devon was positive, I immediately felt comfortable with her, which is super important in a photographer! She completely put my mind at ease with her confidence and professionalism. She was also super flexible on timeline when we didn't quite have that figured out yet, and let us add an extra hour a few weeks before the big day!

The day of the wedding, Devon was super great at communicating, making everyone comfortable, and making an effort to know the names of the Bridal Party and being engaging. We even finished taking all the pictures ahead of schedule and used the extra time to take more shots that were important to us!

As for the results - Devon sent us around 20 sneak peek pictures within a week of our wedding date - SUCH a wonderful glimpse of her work and a happy reminder of our wedding day. We received all of the photos exactly 1 month after our wedding (2 weeks ahead of schedule) and let me tell you they exceeded all expectations! I still have to dig into them and pick favorites and share them and print them and all that fun stuff but Devon captured the day absolutely perfectly!!

I love the feel of the photos and the lighting - every background we took pictures against turned out beautifully! Devon also captured the feel and emotion of the wedding, the life of the wedding. The moments she captured are priceless - a glance between my husband and I, an exchange with a bridesmaid, our guests laughing at a joke, an enthusiastically dancing couple- all gorgeous candid moments that I am so glad we can look back on! Devon even managed to follow my husband and I around the room as we chatted with our guests and we had absolutely no idea she was there - the pictures were a pleasant surprise!

In summary: Devon is fantastic. Every aspect about the photos is brilliant and I am so glad she was able to capture so many perfect moments. I'm not sure how it's possible but every picture is my favorite until I see the next one :)

Beyond grateful to Devon for capturing our day - highly highly recommended!!

Devon photographed our wedding at Evergreen Museum and Library in Baltimore back in April of this year. Not only is she a pleasure to work with, but the photos are incredible! She is pleasant, punctual, professional, and totally flexible to whatever you envision for your photos. Our priorities were candid shots, a more artistic aesthetic, and nature , and Devon delivered the most beautiful photos that aligned with our vision for the day. She even overlaid several silhouette shots of us on top of architectural/nature scenes, creating stunning and unique photos. And best of all, she blended in with the crowd, being very discrete throughout the ceremony and event.

We were 1000% satisfied! You should book her!

Devon gave us exactly what we wanted - fun, happy wedding photos! One thing we both knew - we didn't want to spend our wedding day in awkward, unnatural poses and she made sure we didn't! She gave us the few poses we needed and the rest were happy, smiling guests and bride & groom, tons of candids, and plenty of shots of our gorgeous venue. I was shocked at how many photos she got of us and our guests laughing. Either we had the most funny wedding of all time, or she did an excellent job of capturing the joy of the day. I'm guessing it was the later.

Oh, she she got us our photos in RECORD time. I was amazed at the speed at which she returned our sneak peek and our fully edited photos. She is professional and responsive. Highly recommended!

Beautiful photos, very affordable for the Baltimore-DC-VA market, and very responsive to emails well in advance of the wedding until the last minute. We also loved the gorgeous preview shots! Devon was also very easy to work with the day of and extremely efficient so we could enjoy our wedding! The candids and posed portraits are absolutely beautiful.

Devon was so wonderful to work with and is truly an amazing photographer! We did not give her a lot of guidelines in terms of photos and she ended up capturing the day and atmosphere perfectly. Our photos were beautiful and professional and her creativity shone through. Overall the photos turned out better than anything we could have imagined and Devon truly has a talent for capturing the moment. I would recommend her to anyone interested in having their wedding day memories captured.