Yana Shellman Photography

If you are looking for amazing photos, a positive and relaxed planning experience and the best energy on your wedding day then Yana Shellman is your answer. We can’t say enough wonderful things about Yana! First she has the brightest and most positive energy and every time you speak with her she will energize you and excite you for your big day. Second she is a trooper, i really wanted our photos outside but it was freezing, snowing and super windy and Yana made it happen. She is also extremely detailed oriented and provides a wonderful sense of calm to a crazy morning by taking all the concern out of making sure you get all the pictures you want. Her work speaks for itself, her photos are beautiful and perfectly capture the feelings we shared on our special day. You can’t go wrong hiring yana on such an important day you will be happy you did.

Yana Shellman is not only an amazingly talented photographer, but also the kindest and most hardworking person. She is my new role model and I seriously aspire to be like her!! Yana is joy, artistic talent, organization, stamina personified. Even if you are camera shy or awkward, she makes you feel like a million bucks and makes the whole process very fun and natural. She is super detailed, keeps time, and plans the photo schedule so that you don’t have to worry about a thing. She is also the world’s fastest photo editor and you will get pictures, and TONS of them, much sooner than you think. Honestly, we would have paid much more than her price, she is the best! She will be our go-to photographer for many years to come!

This review is incredibly late, and I apologize. But I need to tell the world about the amazing experience I had with Yana Shellman as my wedding photographer. Normally, I am a casual photographer and am always the one taking pictures at events. So when I needed a photographer for my wedding, I was very anxious to find someone who would capture everything I would want and not miss a single detail. I found this reliability in Yana Shellman. Originally scheduled on May 1, 2021, we postponed due to COVID (which was a good decision as if we had continued, we would have not been allowed a dance floor) to August 14, 2021. We initially booked Yana Shellman in 2020 and knew from the first phone call that her fun personality and laughter put us at ease, especially my now husband who gets sick of photos very quickly. We had our engagement photos in September 2020 in LBI and solidified our opinion that we made the right call. Yana is amazing at making you laugh, feel comfortable, and have fun during photos. She even got many great shots of our dog, Lyla, and bunny, Thumper. Throughout the planning process, Yana was available for any questions including providing a photographer's day timeline to help build my timeline based on. I never felt alone and knew I had an expert to turn to with any questions. On the wedding day, Yana was above excellent and I do not and will never regret putting our faith in her. Yana not only kept us laughing and smiling but did so herself on a 104-degree summer day. Our photos came out better than we could have ever dreamed and Yana made sure to capture all of our guests having a blast and all of the little details I worked so hard to create. I constantly see my wedding photos on my walls and family's and instantly know how blessed I was to have met Yana. I cannot wait to work with her again in the future for family sessions. Thank you so much, Yana, from the bottom of my heart, for making our day extra magical and captured beautifully.