Ashley Black of Fantail Photography is a talented photographer, accommodating, and delightful to work with. I’m recommending her to everyone I know getting married.

To quote my husband who is a videographer, “she’s like a ninja!” She manages to be everywhere she needs to be for a perfect shot without being seen. In a video of our ceremony, we see the top of her head by the front row of guests for a moment. Then she ducks out of sight and soon pops up at the opposite end of the aisle snapping more photos. I assume she pulled a duck and run move; it was fast.

Ashley and her assistant Joe were so much fun to work with but also professional. They’re organized, energetic, love to dance, and showed up ready to work and make our day special.

My father-in-law commented that compared to other wedding photographers, they were very organized and efficient. I was worried we had too many family portraits but we finished them rather quickly. She’s also great with kids. Ashley had our two-year-old nephew (and everyone) attentive and smiling in each portrait shot.

The photos we have so far are amazing. Per contract she posted a preview on Facebook the night of our wedding and emailed me more the next day. I can’t wait to see all the rest.

I encourage you to contact Ashley if you like Fantail’s style; even if you just like one photo. She’s very responsive, open to your ideas, and offers flexible packages.

Ashley went above and beyond for us, she met with us beforehand and again about a month before the wedding, she crawled around on the ground to get photo angles, pinned my boutonniere, showed us how to cut our cake and helped bustle my wife’s dress. She referenced our Pinterest board and was open to our ideas, and when it came to the day of it her and Joe pulled from the board as well as some natural shots. She remembered the names of our friends and family, and was efficient and creative with all of our photos. Her 2nd Joe also a joy to work with. If we were worried about a moment not being captured, we would look up and one of them would be there. They really understood our Gothic vision. They were our best hype people. We felt so comfortable in front of the camera with them behind it.
Ashely had sneak peek preview shots to us by 9 AM the next day and we were absolutely blown away. We cannot wait to get the full album back. We highly recommend her for whatever you need photographed.

Ashley made the entire experience fun and stress-free for us. From meeting us to discuss what we were looking for, to the wedding day and finally the album of amazing photos, she was supportive and enthusiastic all the way! Ashley and Joe captured all the perfect moments (and some funny imperfect ones) in a set of photos which will bring back the good memories of that day. Ashley also went above-and-beyond to help us several times at the wedding with corsage pinning, train bustling and other things we were too flustered to do right!