After talking with several other photographers over the phone and via email, Val was the first wedding photographer that we met in person- and we booked with her immediately. Our engagement and wedding photos turned out absolutely gorgeous! Honestly, they are stunning and we have received so many compliments on our engagement and the small amount of wedding day photos she has released so far.
I started out my photographer search by searching the "$" on all of the wedding websites and came across Val Messer Photography. The pics on her website is really what attracted me to meeting with her. We started out thinking we wanted to spend a minimal amount on photography (as our friends would all be taking pics to share as well), but by the time we got our engagement photos back we upgraded to a much bigger package with her. We wanted ALL the photos!! I asked some friends what they had paid for their photographers and Val was really affordable compared to what they had paid. AND the photos look like they are really high level work.
Get this, our wedding was on Friday 8/15/14 she had already touched up about 15-20 photos for us to see and share by the next day! We were able to see them before we left for our honeymoon. We were shocked she would get these out so quickly. The style of photos are very classic, yet artistic -- not the normal color and lightly quality that can be really boring. I feel like I'm gushing, but I am so happy that we booked her!
Val is really easy to work with as far as scheduling and personality. On our wedding day she was there and ready to go. She seamlessly fit in with the other vendors (caterer and DJ booked independently) and had a good time with the guests.
If you like her style of photography, I would absolutely recommend booking with her. Someday soon, when we start to have kids, we'll be booking our family photos with Val :-)

Val was professional, accommodating, and artistic. She made it easy for us to look our best, and she chose elegant, refined, and romantic poses that we would not have thought of! Thanks to Val, we thoroughly enjoyed our wedding and now have a beautiful wedding album that captures the magic of our special day and evening. Val is highly recommended.

I was extremely happy with my wedding photos! Val does an amazing job, is easy to work with, and paid attention to all of the little details I wanted to remember on our special day!