Madeleine Collins Photography

Madeleine and her team are absolutely amazing photographers! I found out about Madeleine through a friend and she could not have been more spot on about what I was looking for! Madeleine and her team went above and beyond to help capture our wedding exactly how we had hoped. We had many special touches in our wedding and they made sure to capture every single thing we asked for. Their attention to detail and organization was icing on the cake! We can't recommend Madeleine enough!

Choosing Madeleine to photograph our wedding was hands down the best decisions we made for our wedding. From the moment we saw her work online, we knew we wanted her to be the one to capture our day. She is extremely talented and creates the most iconic & dreamy photos. She made us feel like we were in a fairytale! Not only is she talented, she's a total expert & professional and extremely knowledgeable. We were very particular with all of our wedding details, timing, etc. and Madeleine was SO organized and on top of everything. She is reliable, detail-oriented, creative, professional, timely, and genuinely such an amazing person. Her positivity, smile & excitement for you are just contagious, and she made the day run SO smoothly. She put us at ease on our wedding day, and with her around we knew that our wedding was in good hands. She is a total boss and just the freaking best. If you're in the market for a wedding/engagement photographer, we cannot tell you enough to choose Madeleine! We wish all of our friends could book with her and that she could capture every moment of our lives, because she is the best there is! Working with Madeleine will be the best choice you could ever make for your special day(s)!

Madeleine is THE best photographer. She was professional, warm and friendly, and somehow got the most dreamy photos from a gray/overcast day in Joshua Tree. The whole process with her was easy. I really appreciate how detail oriented she is and how she took time to ask what aspects were important to us about our wedding day. We had a last minute wedding venue change that was stressful but Madeleine was so easy going and and was able to accommodate the last minute change so positively. We are SO happy that we went with Madeleine!

Madeleine is an amazing and incredibly talented photographer! We first hired her to do our engagement photos back in 2020, and after working with her during that process and seeing the results, it was a no brainer deciding to hire her right away for our wedding as well! She is so lovely to work with--very professional, attentive to detail, organized, efficient, creative, experienced, responsive...truly the whole package. Her photos are stunning and one of the highlights of our whole engagement/wedding experience. We can't wait to hire her again for our next big life event!

One of the best decisions we made regarding our wedding. From the very beginning and right through our wedding, Madeline was engaging, helpful, informative, upfront, and professional in addition to taking THE most beautiful wedding photos. We are stunned by her beautiful work and will treasure these photos for years to come. Cannot wait to have her take photos of us through the years as we grow our family :)

Madeleine is truly the best ever! My now husband and I met her through a style shoot we were a part of. We had not put any thought into hiring a photographer because we were so far out from our wedding date, but I knew after working together an afternoon she was the one. She is eloquent and polite yet not afraid to give guidance on how to pose and act to get the best possible image, which was very important to us! Her style is the perfect combination of modern yet timeless.

Something that stuck out to me was how she was able to capture my grandfather attending our wedding. He passed away just 2 weeks later and it made those images that much more meaningful. I stated in our pre-wedding questionnaire how important it was to me that we got plenty of photos together and she did just that. There is obviously no way of knowing what life brings or how quickly he would leave us, but she still knew the importance of the moment and photographed it accordingly. From our dance together to candid's of him enjoying the day. The last moment I ever saw him was captured in a beautiful photo that will be one of the most important images of my life & I don't think i'll ever be able to repay her. She is a master of detail and I couldn't be happier with how our photos turned out. Needless to say, I highly recommend Madeleine :)

Choosing Madeleine as our photographer for our Oct. 2020 wedding was one of the best decisions we made throughout wedding planning. We knew that our photographer would become an intimate part of our wedding day, so our priority was finding someone whom we liked as a person (in addition to liking their work) -- and we found that with Madeleine. In our initial call with Madeleine, we were struck by how down-to-earth she was, and how much she seemed interested in us as people, not just as clients. We had reached out to several other potential photographers, and Madeleine was the only one who took a personal approach. After Covid hit and we decided to downsize our wedding, Madeleine remained flexible to our changing plans, responsive, and responsible about Covid safety concerns. On the day of our wedding, there was heavy rain, and Madeleine became our support system as we navigated family photo sessions in a downpour - not an easy task. She is calm, yet take-charge when appropriate; she is fun, but extremely professional; she goes with the flow, but is thorough to make sure we got all the photos we wanted. She quietly worked behind the scenes to keep things running in ways I will never know, and appeared at all the right moments to ask us our needs. She became like a de facto wedding coordinator and bridesmaid. She and her second shooter (who was equally friendly and professional) captured some amazing, unforgettable moments (including adorable portraits of our dog, who is not good at sitting still). We are over the moon with the photos so far; Madeleine made our rainy backyard wedding look truly magical. Because our wedding was scaled down and ended up so differently than we had initially planned, we will be forever grateful to Madeline for her photos capturing our backyard wedding and making it feel so special. Thank you!!

Madeleine is an amazing photographer. She is considerate of your wants, has lots of experience with getting the best photos during weddings, and is truly passionate about what she does. All of my wedding guests are still talking about how beautiful my wedding photos are! She did such a great job of capturing the magic of my big day.

Madeleine was by far the best photographer, vendor, and individual we could have had the pleasure of working with on our wedding day and the months leading up to it! First and foremost, she has an incredibly unique, creative, and beautiful point of view with her pictures. She is somehow able to stage the most perfect moment and make it look entirely natural. She really has a gift for making people smile and capturing it and we felt so relaxed with her on our wedding day. We already knew this after we hired her to do our engagement photos 2.5 yrs ago but we were recently reminded of this at our wedding on 10/13/19. In the months leading up to our wedding, Madeleine arranged multiple phone calls with us to set up a timeline for the entire wedding including when to start hair and makeup all the way to our sparkler send-off. During this timeline, she laid out when getting ready photos were to take place (for both groomsmen and bridesmaids), detail shots were to happen, when to leave the hotel room for the venue, first look, family portraits, bridal party shots, etc. We seriously think she should go into the wedding planning/coordination business after all of this. She was incredibly helpful and responsive via e-mail as well for many of the random questions we had leading up to the big day. She went above and beyond on our big day numerous time: whether it was hailing an Uber to drive the bridal party to the ceremony when she realized it was raining and we could no longer walk (and while the bride was having a mini meltdown), completely redoing the groomsmen boutonnieres (not even in her job description) when our florist dropped the ball, keeping the hair and make-up staff on schedule, the list could go on and on... Her assistant Verlee was also fantastic! They made sure to capture photos of us with VIP guests at our wedding reception. Overall, they were a true pleasure to work with. Madeleine and her assistant really helped make our wedding day flow as smoothly as possible, captured the most beautiful moments (and we have only seen the sneak peak pictures thus far), and help made our day truly unforgettable. Her photography talents and her genuinely kind personality are unmatched (in our opinion). Hiring Madeleine for our wedding was BY FAR our best wedding decision (other than marrying one another). Thanks so much, Madeleine!

Picking Madeleine was one of the best decisions we could have made for our wedding. She made sure we were comfortable both during our engagement and wedding shoots, even in the cooler weather, and she was so incredibly down to earth and fun during the whole process - not to mention the pictures she took turned out AMAZING. Madeleine was also so very helpful on our wedding day - making sure we were able to stay on track with time (even driving me, the bride, to the venue site since my family was running late). She did everything to make sure our day ran smoothly and we are so very thankful for that!

Besides being an amazing person, her photography skills are seriously stunning. She captured our love so perfectly, and I can't stop staring at the pictures she sent us. We are so lucky we chose her as our photographer, and feel like we've gained a friend in the process. We 100% recommend her, she is worth it!

We loved Madeleine! She was so professional and easy to work with, and she made my husband and me feel very at ease the whole time. Plus, the photos look so gorgeous! We are obsessed - thanks Madeleine!

We are so happy with our decision to hire Madeleine as our wedding photographer. Madeleine was one of the very first vendors we booked since we both agreed on the importance of photos that we would love and cherish for years to come. Unfortunately our schedules and distance didn’t allow us to have an engagement shoot with Madeleine, so we were a bit nervous for the wedding day photos and being natural in front of the camera, but we shouldn’t have been at all. Madeleine did such an amazing job at directing us without being too posed and made us feel SO comfortable. She was such a professional throughout the whole process, answering all my many questions, helping me figure out our day-of timeline, and going out of her way to meet up with my husband and I a couple of months before the wedding to get to know each other! I highly recommend booking Madeleine for your wedding. I couldn’t be happier with the sneak peeks we have received so far, I know the rest will surpass all my expectations. Madeleine, thank you so much for capturing our day so beautifully!!

Choosing the right photographer is one of the most important parts of a
wedding and I never feel comfortable in front of the camera to begin with. When my husband and I began planning our wedding, I did a lot of research on
finding the right photographer. I contacted multiple photographers, but
Madeleine was the only one who actually picked up the phone to introduce
herself. I found Madeleine on The Knot and had only seen a handful of her
photographs, but after talking to her on the phone, I immediately felt
comfortable with her. Madeleine is extremely patient, quick to respond and
her photos are beautiful.

We felt so comfortable with Madeleine after our engagement shoot, that I
booked her for a bridal portrait with my horse. We were in the middle of a
heat wave the day of the bridal shoot and it was 90 degrees at 7:00 pm. I
completely sweat through my makeup, hair and dress. Not to mention my horse decided to act out, as he was hot and miserable as well. None of it phased Madeline though, she was a complete professional the whole time and made sure we were in the perfect lighting. It was totally worth it because that
shoot turned out to be my absolute favorite photos.

It’s very obvious that Madeleine loves what she does and it shows in her
work. She sent us a preview of our wedding photos within 24 hours after our
wedding. I can't wait to see the rest of the photos, because I know how
fantastic they are going to be. I was honestly sad to say goodbye to her
the day of our wedding. There was no better photographer for us than
Madeleine Collins, it was just meant to be!!

It was such a joy hiring Madeleine. My mind was completely at ease as she's so professional in every way; very kind, sensitive to our needs and always paying attention to details. Renewing our 40th wedding vows was very special to us and Madeleine made our dream complete by capturing breathtaking images that we will treasure forever. We can't wait to have another special event and have Madeleine capture our precious moments once again.

We have only done our engagement photos so far, but I can honestly say that I have loved Madeleine since the moment we hired her. She makes us feel so comfortable talking about what we want, and things that we feel unsure about. She is always willing to help, listen, and talk through questions we have. Our engagement photos look amazing, and I can't wait for her to photograph our wedding!