Kristen was wonderful to work with! She is professional, easy to communicate with, and just overall a wonderful human! Her photos are beautiful and the overall calming presence she has allows couples to feel at ease and relaxed during a busy wedding day! I would highly recommend her as a planner and look forward to working with her again in the future!

Bottom Line: In all of our experiences with Kristen Vota Photography, Kristen is always professional, warm, organized and truly so comfortable to work with. We highly recommend Kristen Vota Photography to anyone seeking a photographer for their wedding.
Background: We originally booked Kristen Vota Photography in early 2019 for our original March 2020 wedding. Our original plans were impacted by COVID and we decided to reschedule for March 2021. Kristen navigated all of the changes that we threw her way with ease and provided additional support and comfort as we determined our next steps. During 2020, we worked with Kristen to replan our approach for 2021 given a change in venue. We also decided to have a “resave the date” couple session with Kristen at Phipps to use for communicating the updates to our guests. I highly recommend doing a save the date session with Kristen prior to the wedding – we had so much fun! We finally made it to the wedding celebration in March 2021 and it was incredibly easy to update our information to our latest plans (Kristen saved everything we had talked about previously). We communicated with Kristen that we wanted to do a first look and get a large portion of our photos taken with the bridal party prior to the ceremony. We wanted to keep things light, bright and fun and Kristen definitely delivered on this! Kristen and her assistant listened to what we wanted and kept everything on schedule so that we could get all photos taken and be on time for the ceremony. Kristen and her assistant flawlessly captured special moments throughout the evening without interrupting any of the events. Honestly, they seemed to always be in the right place at the right time and I didn’t even notice they were there half the time. We selected nine hours of coverage and this was the perfect amount of time for our timeline! Following the wedding, Kristen promptly sent some initial preview photos to Shane and I and we joked that if we only have those few photos that could have been enough for us – they were absolutely stunning. In a few short weeks Kristen sent over the remaining photos. We received literally hundreds of amazing photos and have had a difficult time choosing what photos to get framed! We are so happy with the final photos that we received and our family and friends loved them too!

Kristen did SUCH a phenomenal job on our wedding photos! She captured such amazing moments on our wedding day both posed and candid. She was so calm, reassuring, and understanding throughout the entire process and not once were we ever concerned or worried about our photos. She took charge of our wedding day timeline and made sure we stayed on track with a very tight schedule and limited daylight! She is also amazing with lighting-we have a bunch of night photos that are just beautiful. After receiving our photos back, there are SO many to choose from and I love them all. I wouldn’t hesitate to hire Kristen again next time we need professional photos taken. She is worth every penny and more.