The photographer of your dreams!
Where do I even begin? Grace as a person or Grace Brown Photography – because they are both impeccable and you would be lucky to have her as your photographer. I’ll start with the amazing photography part since that is what I am sure you want to know if you are looking through reviews. Grace’s specialty is capturing a moment through a lens and calling it photography. It is a still shot of a moment that embodies beautiful angles, raw emotions, and real moments. She is one of those photographers that gives you a pose or an idea and lets you run with it, which is why all her galleries are unique to each couple/family. It is because she lets her work be authentically you. Every smile, laugh, silly gesture, tearful emotion - Grace was right there, capturing it with the best angle and lighting. During a wedding day, moments go fast, and the excitement kicks you in over sensory drive. As I tried to soak in all the special moments during my wedding day, Grace was there making sure she captured them for me as my real-life photographic memory taking snap shots of the people we love, so we could cherish them for a lifetime. Grace also made albums for me, my parents, and in-laws. She took feedback extremely well and was very accommodating through the whole process to ensure we loved our album layouts.
Now the Grace Brown part – This to me is even more important than the photography and let me explain why. Grace is honest, fair, funny, generous, meticulous, calm, loving, and very talented. The first time I met Grace was the day of my wedding and she greeted me like I had known her for years. She came prepared with her photo list and knew every single one of my bridesmaids’ names and family members. Grace genuinely cared and you could tell through her actions. There was a moment in my day where I knew I won the lottery with Grace Brown. The party buses that were supposed to transport me, my parents and my 8 bridesmaids from Long Island to Jersey City were 2 hours late picking us up, which in return made me walk down the aisle an hour & 45 mins past my 4pm ceremony start time. When we realized how late we were going to be, I called Grace to give her a heads up. In an unruffled and relaxed voice, she goes “no problem” and started to develop plan B, because now instead of 2 hours between the ceremony and reception to shoot pictures, we only had 45 minutes! Grace immediately sprang into action. She was thinking fast, but present and joyful. The true art that day was watching her work and maintain happiness through pure chaos. Every time I needed reassurance that we had enough day light shots – she told me not to worry and improvised beautifully. Grace never acted annoyed or inconvenienced, she just calmly molded to the time she was given and still managed to deliver a stellar product/gallery. In addition, to accommodate the timeline delay, Grace stayed until the wedding was completely over, which was an extra 1.5 hours than she was scheduled. It was so sweet and just highlights that she is truly a good person that does right by her clients.
I could not have imagined anyone else to photograph my wedding. I hired her for the portfolio of beautiful pictures but will return because she has a heart of gold, and she is exactly who I want behind the camera to capture my future moments. Thank you thank you thank you Grace – I could never thank you enough for being my calming force, becoming a new friend and delivering my favorite keepsake.