Ashley (she/they), owner of Wide Eyed Studios, is a Philadelphia-based luxury wedding photographer. Her diverse background in visual anthropology and theater photography honed a colorful visual voice and deepened her storytelling skills, allowing her to create dynamic, meaningful, & intimate wedding photography that resonates with clients. While weddings mark the beginning, life is filled with important moments, and she is dedicated to capturing them all. If you resonate with her bold, vibrant style, let's collaborate to capture your story with heart, humor, and honesty.
Wide Eyed Studios shoots all over the world but is based in Philadelphia, and offers versatile packages & pricing, so reach out to speak with Ashley about your needs.
"See Your World Through My Eyes"
Services Offered As a trained photojournalist and anthropologist, Ashley specializes in dynamic, meaningful and intimate moments. This means she specializing in capturing quick, off-the-cuff, real moments rather than posed and choreographed traditional wedding photography. Even portrait time is conducted in a way that will highlight your personalities and unique relationship. That said, each wedding package is customized to ensure couples receive the photography services that best suits their needs. In addition to wedding day photography, Ashley also offers boudoir, engagement, rehearsal coverage, day-after portraits, and trash-the-dress photography sessions and delivers high-quality downloads available anytime on SmugMug and short 5-10 minute videos to share your wedding day story with friends & family on YouTube.
LGBTQ+-owned
Woman-owned
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Ashley’s work on our post-wedding brunch yielded a huge batch of vivid, engaged photos. This was a 100-person event on an historic ship with the instruction to capture enduring images of family elders while celebrating our recent wedding. At the event, Ashley was expertly engaged, getting killer shots of squirrely kids, beloved cynics, and all the complexity of blended-family life. Ashley’s background in photojournalism makes her a witty observer, intuitively seeing story all around her, finding something genuine inside what might otherwise be awkward, moody, or chaotic. I couldn’t be happier with the resulting work. These pictures are alive! We gasped repeatedly when viewing them for the first time. We will be enjoying them for decades to come.
Bobby Sent on 02/20/2023
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
She is something special
I used Ashley for my own wedding, my grandparents wake and gifted her services for my wife’s sister’s wedding.
I've had the pleasure of knowing Ashley for roughly 15 years. Watching her hone her craft through undergrad and grad school as she matured her voice and approach as an artist. She is quick on her feet, kind, clever and resourceful. Her eye and intuition are very sharp which makes her a joy to work with but more importantly informs her work and lets her capture moments of humanity that elevate her work beyond casual photo shoots or portraiture.
Ashley offers something unique and hard to find and for this reason I have flown her to multiple states on multiple occasions both for myself and as gifts. I have engaged her services or been along for casual shoots of family and pets, art house shoots, theater photography, headshots, boudoir, weddings, wakes and funerals. I'm based in Boston and hire photographers regularly for myself and my business. I have not yet found someone here that has been able to consistently deliver what she does. This one is special I have no problem gushing when it's appropriate. Do yourself a favor and hire her. I can't give a stronger recommendation.
Allison Sent on 09/27/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Best choice I made
The best choice I made about our wedding!
James Sent on 08/08/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Ubelievable Wedding Photos
We had an amazing experience with Ashley for our engagement shots and wedding photos. Even after we cancelled our initial wedding date due to the start Covid-19, Ashley worked with us on beautifully capturing our re-scheduled micro-wedding in our parent's backyard.
Her vision, communication skills, and adaptability made us feel at ease about our photos before, during, and after our wedding day. I strongly recommend using Wide Eyed Studios for an special event, the photos speak for themselves.
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Kate Sent on 06/07/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Fantastic experience
Ashley did such a great job! We had a conference with her before the wedding and did the engagement shoot, so by the time the wedding happened it was like she was part of the wedding party. My bridesmaids commented on how comfortable she made everyone. We had to reschedule and move multiple things around because of the pandemic and Ashley was incredibly accommodating and understanding. The pictures for our small wedding turned out beautifully and we can't wait to have Ashley back for our bigger wedding!
Kaitlin Sent on 10/20/2019
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
5 star wedding photography
Wide Eyed Studios was recommended to me on Facebook among a host of other Philadelphia area wedding photographers. I'm not into the washed out, filtered look, so I was specifically looking for a photographer that captured color and emotion well - and Ashley delivered. She was awesome leading up to the big day, making sure that she had a clear idea of what we wanted, and the day of she showed up early (always helpful to an anxious bride) and was so friendly and engaging. I'm so in love with the photos we got - worth every single penny and then some.
Georgia Sent on 10/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Great Service!
Ashley was professional, friendly, and incredibly artistic with her choices. She was hands down the best investment for our wedding.
Letizia Sent on 01/03/2019
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
true professional!
Ashley was the best photographer I have had the opportunity to work with. She was gracious yet straightforward. She knew what her clients wanted and made sure it happened. The photographs came out absolutely stunning. Highly recommend and as an added bonus, she travels!
Erin Sent on 11/18/2018
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Stunning Work
Ashley did the photography for my brothers wedding and not only did we adore her product (absolutely gorgeous photos) but we also fell in love with Ashley herself. So was so nice throughout that whole process. So we were already sold and knew we wanted to utilize her as well. Could not be happier. She was so easy to work with. On the day of the wedding she was an absolute joy and we felt so comfortable saying what we wanted and didn't want . So receptive. and per usual her work is absolutely phenomenal. Blow away by the photos.
Laura Sent on 03/03/2018
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Ashley is magnificent, in the truest sense of the word. She was by far the easiest vendor to work with from start to finish. Meet at a coffee shop? No problem! Discuss options until every question is answered? Sure! I know it's a year and a half until my wedding but I'm wondering about?!?! OK!
I love her unique style. She is able to capture every single moment with joy and color. We decided not to use a videographer and I am so glad - with Ashley around, you'll never forget anything about the big day. She knows how to set up family photos with ease and spends more quality time on the important, in-between moments. She has a fantastic eye (and Adam her shooting partner does too!!!). I now have gorgeous portraits of my family, friends, husband, and myself on one of the happiest days of my life.
Here's an added bonus that I didn't even anticipate - Ashley becomes your day-of-VIP-all-things-wedding-aficionado. She was prepared with snacks, water, and knew exactly how to navigate other people at our venue, in our wedding party, and the general public in order to keep us calm, cool, and collected.
Important note - she is not like other wedding photographers when it comes to turn around time. This is not negative! Don't expect your photos right after your wedding because she is working really hard to edit the RAW images so that you have the best quality product, not just whatever was on a digital camera. Trust me, IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.
Ashley became a friend over this wedding process and I cannot rave about her enough. If you don't book her, YOU'RE INSANE.
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Wide Eyed Studios includes the following photography services in the starting price:
High-Res Images
Slideshow
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Wide Eyed Studios includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
2nd Shooter
Add'l Hours
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
Slideshow
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Wide Eyed Studios offers the following photography styles:
Contemporary
Natural
Photojournalism
Wide Eyed Studios offers the following photography services for weddings:
Additional Hours
Boudoir Shoot
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter
Wedding Portraits
Wide Eyed Studios offers the following photography materials for weddings:
Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Prints
Thank You Cards
Wide Eyed Studios is recommended by 98% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 4.9 out of 5 with the following breakdown: 5 in quality of service, 5 in flexibility, 5 in value, 4.9 in professionalism and 4.8 in average response time.
