Jan is a true professional (easy to work with, experienced, etc.) and really understands/reinforces the value of a good printed product. The wedding album that comes with Jan's packages is a unique and high quality piece that we will cherish forever.

Jan was absolutely amazing! I am so incredibly happy to have chosen her. She knows how to get your good angles and was extremely helpful with directing my husband and I on how to pose. Something I also really appreciated was how she kept my entire wedding party and I on track with time management. So helpful! She also researched and toured the area around my wedding venue and found all the best backdrops beforehand! She truly went above and beyond in every aspect. I loved working with her and I highly recommend her to all you future brides. My pictures came out absolutely beautiful...so happy I have these treasures to look back on.

I have known Jan for many years, and she has photographed my wedding as well as family photos with our kids. Jan's eye for detail is exquisite. She is calm, professional, warm, upbeat, and creative. She deserved a literal award for her patience with difficult family members during our wedding, and I'd nominate her for another award for her flexibility with kids in extreme weather during our family shoots. Her organization during the planning stages of our wedding really helped put me at ease - the photos were of utmost importance to me as I am a former photographer myself and I have high standards, and I had every confidence in Jan. She went above and beyond and all of our photos are outstanding! I can't recommend her strongly enough, regardless of your photo needs.

Working with Jan was an absolute DREAM! She was willing to frequently meet with my husband and me in person or over e-mail many times leading up to the wedding. She even sent over a detailed itinerary with times attached to ease our wedding day jitters! On the day of, Jan was very professional and kept the day moving smoothly. She made my husband and I feel so comfortable and confident. During our first look, she was positioned far enough away to give us privacy, but the pictures still turned about AMAZING! We hope to work with Jan again on future family pictures.

Jan really ran the show! Everything was so organized and stress free. Our album is amazing! She really exceeded our expectations!

After meeting with a variety of photographers, Jan was the clear standout from the group! She went out of her way to make us feel comfortable, which is really more important than I realized in a photographer. Her work is absolutely beautiful, and I appreciated that her packages included tangible products instead of just the digital copies because I know that I'd never make the album if I had to do it myself!

Jan's talent is absolutely impressive and rivaled only by the absolute best in Washington DC. Her unprecedented talent is only matched by her warm, kind hearted personality that shines through from the moment you meet Jan. I have felt welcome into her home and comfortable sharing of myself and our life with Jan who always offered kind words of support. Jan's ability to understand us as a couple and what we are all about and bring our story to life in the most authentic way as if she has known us forever, is awe inspiring.

Jan's talent goes beyond photography and I feel as if she brought to life our love story as it unfolded over time not just on our wedding day. Jan doesn't just master the art of photography but the art of the soul as well. Her focus, patience, reliability and kindness are remarkable and everyone in our family loved being around Jan.

As our wedding was three months after we had our daughter, I did not feel wedding ready, comfortable or beautiful for that matter. Jan worked with my fears and doubts and made me feel confident, beautiful and strong. Our album today tells a beautiful story between two blessed people and Jan's patience and words of encouragement made all the difference on that day and beyond. Almost a year later now, we are still in touch with Jan and her words always lift me up. We look forward to Jan continuing to capture our moments as our family grows. I know I have found a friend in Jan and an incredibly talented "story teller" of our beautiful moment in life.

I can not even begin to tell you how happy we were with Jan's work as our wedding photographer. She is the most professional, timely, responsive, and engaging photographer to work with. She knows what poses/pictures she wants and makes sure they happen. We were so happy to see her work and the final product of our wedding album. Jan captured every beautiful moment of our wedding from our engagement photos up to the last dance and final moments leaving our reception. She was an absolute pleasure to work with and takes a great interest in her clients. She sent sweet and meaningful gifts to us throughout the process and was very fast in processing our photos. I would recommend Jan to anyone looking for a good photographer and we will most certainly be using her in the future to capture all of our other "first" family moments~ Jan presence during our wedding was very genuine and helpful and she became someone I looked forward to seeing!

Jan Michele was the best choice we made in planning our wedding. As two grad students, time was short, but Jan was there for us almost to the extent of a wedding planner. She was highly responsive to emails (<1hr, tops!). She let us come look at proofs at odd hours. Best of all, she read us so well from the beginning that she knew exactly when to take initiative without putting too many decisions on our busy plates.

Jan is 200% worth it because of all the time she spent working for and with us behind the scenes. Jan learned our families' names beforehand, and was everywhere on Wedding Day without being obtrusive. She helped us pick colors, orchestrate the timeline, and even made the 1hr+ trip out to the sites to scout out the best angles for the big day. She engineered our engagement shoot to capture the cherry blossoms at their peak, without any of the crowds. Our album has the "wow" factor, on top of all the beautiful images we had hoped for.

Of all the photographers we interviewed, Jan was unique in pinpointing exactly what was special in our relationship. From there, she wove our personal story throughout our albums by capturing moments that showed who we are and what we value in our relationship.

To top it all off, Jan is a genuinely WONDERFUL person to be around. She has a great sense of humor, and lends her calmness and confidence to ease a potentially stressful planning period. Her photos rival any top DC photographer, and her kindness and thoughtfulness are unmatched.

We were just married a little over a week ago at the Four Seasons and Jan did an absolutely amazing job with both the engagement and wedding pictures. She has an amazing knack for capturing those natural personal moments on film and has great artistic talent in finding the best backgrounds and creative ideas for posed pictures. In addition, Jan was a pleasure to work with - always HIGHLY responsive - and extremely professional. She also has tremendous pride and dedication in her work which really shows in the results. She went above and beyond to scout out our wedding location a few months before and the day before the wedding (even though it was an hour drive). In addition, we already have our wedding photo proofs and a beautiful slide show - it took her only a few days to provide this to us which I understand is basically unheard of in this industry. So again, can't recommend Jan more highly - she is superb and I will definitely be using her for other photography needs!