Amanda Pomilla Photography Reviews
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Summer R. Sent on 02/02/2023
Amazing! Love amanda!
Amanda was amazing!!! She talked with me before hand and really helped explains how the whole wedding would go when I was just beginning my wedding planning process! She is very flexible and easy to work with. Not to mention her photos are GORGEOUS! Her professionalism the day of the wedding from the way she looked (she was dressed nice, my mom really appreciated that!) to how she kept photo time moving was top notch! Love her!! -
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Hillary A. Sent on 06/17/2021Stunning Moments Captured Perfectly
I stalked Amanda on Instagram and loved her style immediately. Her photography is classic and elegant, and she does an incredible job capturing the little in-between moments that we otherwise would forget in the day. Not only is she incredibly talented, but she is also so friendly and easy to talk to. She was responsive to ideas and got on great with our other vendors to make for an easy-going day for our wedding. I flip out everytime I look at our pictures, and can't wait to get them printed and on the walls to gawk at err'day. Highly recommend Amanda!Amanda Pomilla Photography's reply:
Hillary!!!! Oh my gosh, you're going to make me all teary eyed before the second cup of coffee today, I LOVE IT! You are the perfect high energy, knows what she wants, is incredibly-in-love-with-her-guy bride for me! It was so fun collaborating with you, and it's been a joy to peek into your lives a bit! So funny about Patrick and Erin, too, such a small world!! Good people run together! -
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Claire H. Sent on 04/17/2020
Sweetest person who gets things DONE.
Our venue gave us a list of recommended photographers, and I didn't realize picking Amanda out from the list was one of the best decisions we made for our whole wedding. She invited us to her home to get to know her and her work (and serve us cheese!) -- which was the sweetest gesture and a great move because once you meet her I don't think you could go with anyone else. We aren't exactly pose-for-photo kind of people, and she made us feel super comfortable and lovely during the engagement session and on the wedding day. She's the sweetest person who also just gets things DONE. She was super flexible with my wild and time-challenged family, and captured some of the most incredible moments. I was a little worried I would regret not hiring a videographer, but once I saw Amanda's shots, I felt like she captured exactly how the wedding felt. I feel super lucky she was part of our day!Amanda Pomilla Photography's reply:
Thank you so much!! You two made it a breeze, and everyone was so friendly! If not sooner, I definitely knew from the engagement session we were going to be a fantastic team!! Wedding day was amazing! -
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Cynthia T. Sent on 06/26/2020Incredible photographer!
Simply put, Amanda is AMAZING!
Looking for a photographer to capture special moments is difficult! My husband and I looked around for some time and honestly didn’t click with anyone...then i found Amanda on Instagram, and it was a match made in heaven. I knew cause we both love dinosaurs and pandas!
She set up a Skype call with us and we just bonded! We hired Amanda to photograph our wedding!
She did Our engagement pictures which came out SO beautiful! This only made us even more excited to have her at our wedding!
Our wedding was done differently due to Covid but it was so perfect. The pictures were amazing, shes sooo incredibly sweet and makes you feel so comfortable! (This is huge cause I felt like Amanda was a friend taking our pictures and took the stress and feeling awkward away)
With Amanda, you not only get beautiful pictures you will treasure for a lifetime, but you also get a friend!
I cannot wait for her to capture more special moments for us!
Thank you Amanda for being wonderful!!
Amanda Pomilla Photography's reply:
OMG! I love you guys! Thank you so much for this! It's been a wild year, and nothing is turning out like we thought it would! Except you two. You're a solid couple with the biggest hearts no matter how or when you come together! Many happy years for us all together! -
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Kristin Z. Sent on 10/18/2021
So Happy We had Amanda photograph Our Wedding!!
I can not even say how happy I was with Amanda throughout the whole wedding process. We had a COVID rescheduled wedding and I was able to find Amanda about 7 months before our day. From the beginning Amanda was so easy to work with and responsive to my many questions. We had several zoom calls and emails back and forth to have everything lined up before (which was great for my type A planning brain!!) The day of though-- WOW! Amanda was so helpful through it all. We had rain, flooding and everything in between so yes plans had to be changed and Amanda was able to help and point everyone in the right direction. Through out our Wedding, all of my guests were saying how nice and great she was too! Then we have the pictures themselves: love, love, love!! I am beyond happy with how they turned out and all the special moments she was able to grab for us. Thanks again Amanda!! -
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Alex Sent on 03/22/2020The best decision you can make for your wedding
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Weddings are stressful and hard… this is a universal truth and also the reason you want Amanda on your team for this occasion. Me and my husband Alex came across Amanda’s work when an old college friend of mine posted her wedding pictures online. The way Amanda captured the gorgeous fall colors and little romantic moments made her really stand out from the other wedding photographers I saw on Instagram. We immediately set up an appointment to meet with her and see if she would be the right fit for our wedding (spoiler alert: she was). Not only is Amanda a talented photographer, she is someone who put my mind at ease throughout the whole wedding planning process (which lasted over a year in our case)! Amanda is fun to work with and brings out the absolute best in the people she’s photographing. By the time our wedding rolled around I was so happy to have Amanda there because she felt like a true friend to me, not just someone taking pictures of our big day. From the start, my husband and I knew that candids were the most important pictures for us to have from our wedding which is something we spoke to Amanda about. The photos she delivered to us were better than anything we could have ever imagined. To this day, friends and family members still reach out to tell us just how much they loved our wedding pictures. One of my bridesmaids even booked Amanda to do her newborn shoot (those pictures were pretty darn good too). Aside from marrying the love of my life, hiring Amanda was the second best decision we made for our wedding. I will never take professional pictures with anyone else. -
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Uptown D. Sent on 08/07/2019Our Austin Wedding Band LOVES Amanda Pomilla Photography
Top-notch wedding photographer! Our Austin wedding band, Uptown Drive loved working together with Amanda for a wedding at Ladybird Wildflower Center. Moments that otherwise go forgotten, Amanda captures in great detail with her candid wedding photos. We especially enjoyed seeing her document the epic reception photos from the dance floor. She quickly shared her work with all the vendors & we are so glad to have such incredible shots of our live band in action. Amanda is a mastermind in her craft and if you hire her you will NOT be disappointed!
https://www.uptowndrive.comAmanda Pomilla Photography's reply:
Uptown Drive! You guys are phenomenal! I had such a blast getting to work with you, love the music and the performances, getting the crowd excited! Couldn't have pulled off these dance photographs without you! -
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Katie B. Sent on 07/22/2019All I have to say is.... YES!! She's amazing
Y'all... all I have to say is YES. Amanda is so fun to work with - not to mention her photography style is amazing. We did both our engagements and wedding with her and it was a breeze. She's easy to work with, thorough, responsive and incredibly talented. I could not recommend her more to any bride. With everything else that you have to worry about on the day of, this is one thing you won't have to with Amanda on your team!Amanda Pomilla Photography's reply:
KATIE! Ah, I want to cry! You're so amazing! From getting up for that city sunrise session and being a total gem with our caffeine and photos for our first time meeting to the brightest, happiest, most incredible wedding day filled with all the emotions! Thank you for asking me to be a part of it, I am thrilled to know you both and document that journey! -
Katherine Sent on 09/03/2018Of all the wedding decisions we had to make, choosing Amanda for our photographer was the easiest and best! We are so thankful that it was Amanda who captured our special day, and we could not possibly recommend her more.
Amanda was listed as a preferred vendor at our wedding venue (Hyatt Regency Lost Pines) and it was important to us to have a photographer who was familiar with the large property and would know all the best spots to shoot. From the very first e-mail response, she was so helpful and sweet that she already felt like a good friend. When it came time for us to choose a wedding date, we not only considered when our families were available, but whether Amanda was available too!
We skipped engagement photos and didn't have a standard reception after the ceremony, so we loved that Amanda worked with us on pricing and didn't hold us to a standard package that had more than we needed. Her experience and advice was invaluable during our wedding planning; she even helped us choose what ceremony time would maximize the best lighting, etc! She managed to make us feel relaxed on our wedding day, despite neither of us having professional photos taken before. We had so much fun with portraits before the ceremony that any nerves we had seemed to melt away.
In less than 48 hours, she sent a sneak peak with a large number of photos! It took a couple of months to receive the entire set but they were definitely worth the wait (and we did get married during peak wedding season when photographers are super busy). Since we had a tiny ceremony and most of our extended family and friends were not there to witness our marriage in person, the photographs were extremely important to us, and they are absolutely amazing. I'll admit, I am normally very critical of photos and I love them.
P.S. If you decide to have alpacas (or other animals) at your wedding, Amanda is totally up for the challenge!Amanda Pomilla Photography's reply:
Katherine! Thank you so much for the sweet review! You and Kyle were so fun to work with, and I will take alpacas anytime! You are two very kind souls, and I cannot even express how happy it makes me that you looked at me as part of your wedding day and trusted me for every step! Thank you! -
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Devin Sent on 08/21/2018A good wedding photographer was hands down the most important thing to us in planning our wedding. We read all the reviews and I spent hours looking at photographer's blogs and websites. I was immediately drawn to Amanda's work on her website - you can SEE how well she captures emotion. I reached out to her, and instead of a form reply, I got one full of references to my dog and queso. She felt like a friend! Our engagement session was fun and had my stiff-in-front-of-the-camera husband feeling comfortable and laughing. Amanda was extremely easy to keep in touch with before the wedding and even provided advice and feedback for my ideas. She even (like a genius) sent a word document for us to fill out before the wedding that included all those big posed family shots we "had to have" and any special touches that had meaning. As a result, we got ALL the family photos I needed without me having to remember a thing on the day and close-ups of the Sam Adams we put out in memory of my grandfather. And guys, let me tell you, our photos are INCREDIBLE. They are so beautiful and captured every important moment. The emotions! She got my dad's face when he saw me for the first time (my dad cried again when he saw the photo), a precious moment with my dog, our reactions right after the first kiss, and my husband tearing up the dancefloor. We will treasure these photos forever. Honestly, it's been over a month and I still pull them open to look at them all the time (never fails to make me happier). She also gives you ALL the digital files! I've received a ton of compliments on them from friends. I cannot imagine better photos of our wedding. If I could use emojis here, it would just be a bunch of the heart eyes-confetti cannon-sunflower-hearts-smiley face. Long story short: Amanda is awesome as a person and awesome as a photographer. She captures YOU on your wedding day, and really...is there anything more magical than that?Amanda Pomilla Photography's reply:
DEVIN! My amazing Devin! I am so grateful to have had this time with you and Charlie (and Indy!)!! When we first sat down and chatted in person I knew I liked you (heck, you knew I did because of your wedding date!). You two were always fun, informative about what you wanted, easy going about your love and capturing it. You had no problem getting up and dancing for me at sunrise for your engagement session. You didn't bat an eye when you thought rain might stalk your wedding day. You had amazing personal touches on your wedding day, and omg, am I glad I watched Parks and Rec before your wedding, haha! You are that girl I want to keep, I'd pick you right up and put you in my friend circle! On your own wedding day you remembered my birthday and brought me a gift. You are selfless, sweet, and hilarious as all get out! Never stop laughing either because if you have a "cackle" then my "snort" might be the perfect counter! I love how invested you were on instagram, I felt like I knew exactly what you wanted on the wedding day. Your openness and personality made everything! I will always love your wedding day! -
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Lisa Sent on 10/21/2018The best photographer for the Worst(er) Wedding
We first worked with Amanda when she photographed our proposal. Brian actually contracted her to professionally photograph the proposal (which was a total surprise). Not only did she capture absolutely every moment, she also played along and remained hidden perfectly so I had no idea about the proposal. We could not be more pleased with the photos she took of us. Everything was edited perfectly and every moment was captured just as we wanted. It was because of her amazing work here that it was no question that we were contracting her for our wedding as well. When we were selecting vendors for our wedding the photographer conversation literally lasted all of 10 seconds. Amanda was the perfect choice and she absolutely delivered. Amanda and her assistant worked every minute of that wedding making sure everything was captured. She did not miss a beat. Over 1300 photos were taken and all of them were beautiful and exactly what we wanted. Not only did she work the entirety of our wedding which she made sure each and every one of these 1300 photos were edited to perfection. If you are looking for a wedding photographer or a photographer for any special moment. Amanda is the one. We are so thankful we chose her for our photos and know we will still be thankful for years to come. The photos she took are truly special and captured the whole story of every moment. We plan to use Amanda for all of our future milestones! -
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Kimberly Sent on 08/21/2018WOW! Amanda shot our wedding in April. We had booked her and her partner to photograph our wedding allll day (from getting ready pictures to sparklers at the end of the night) and man, they did not disappoint. Let's start from the beginning, we had a whole plan for our beautiful spring wedding with lots of photos outside at different Austin locations...well it ended up being 50 degrees and windy. Amanda was still able to get the outdoor photos I wanted quickly and with so much skill. She was also super flexible and was able to adapt our outdoor plan to something much more reasonable ( and much less cold).
I was also so happy with Amanda because of her versatility. We got ready at the Driskill, married at St.Marys Cathedral, and had our reception at Mercury Hall...three very different venues. From the halls of the Driskill, to full shots inside and outside of the cathedral, to candids at the reception... every photo was beautiful. She also was a blessing because she understands all of the rules involved in getting married in a Catholic Church and was so professional and courteous, not to mention the church photos (which I was worried would be dark or gloomy) were stunningly beautiful. They look like something out of a catalog.
I was also shocked when I woke up the next morning to an email from Amanda with a preview of my photos! She worked alllll day and then went home and made me an album of highlight photos. That was an amazing touch that helped tide me over until all the wedding photos were ready.
The last thing I will say is that Amanda was so easy to stay in touch with. I was planning out wedding from Houston and Amanda was always quick to reply via email or phone call. She was by my side every step of the way.
I cannot recommend Amanda more. The photos are a huge highlight of our wedding day and know being able to look back they bring so much joy and happiness. I would 100% hire Amanda again and think you should too.Amanda Pomilla Photography's reply:
I don't even know how to respond to this through the tears! I was super looking forward to your wedding, and I was crushed when I got the flu the weekend before. I told that doctor he had better cure me fast because I had an amazing wedding to be ready for asap! You guys rolled with everything I asked you to do, even if it did involve a cold mimosa toast at the Driskill or a crazy from 6th street ;) I cannot say enough nice things about you and Tony and how your personalities and generous spirits make that kind of fantastic day possible! Couples like you make me Love. This. Job. Thank you for choosing me! -
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Summer C. Sent on 10/27/2018Relaxed Perfection
Amanda and I grew up in the same school district and graduated from high school together. We've been connected through social media and through the years I've been able to watch her develop her craft and grow her photography business. She provides her clients with the most beautiful shots that allow you to actually feel the emotion happening in the moment it's taken. So, when Ryan and I got engaged there was no question I wanted her to take our engagement pictures. We live about 3 hours from Austin, but I knew I wanted our session at a state park there. She suggested the perfect fit for my hair and make-up artist and when asked gave technical insight to all of my outfit emails :) Our e-session with her was perfection and she made us feel so comfortable. For our wedding Ryan and I knew we wanted destination, and eloping just the two of us (with our family and friend's knowledge) was the best fit. While planning our engagement session I told Amanda our plans for a destination elopement and she genuinely shares the same love for travel Ryan and I do. So, she graciously gave up her time to join us in Carmel and Big Sur, CA. In February 2017 my mom passed away, Ryan and I were engaged September 2017 and married in March 2018. Needless to say the year leading up to our wedding was a whirlwind. Neither of us love excessive attention and after a crazy year the main focus for our wedding was for it to be a relaxing and simple day to focus on each other. Amanda was the perfect choice to make this happen and a true blessing as our photographer. She fit into the day seamlessly. At times she was a fly on the wall capturing the sweetest moments and then would step in to help make decisions and guide us when needed without having to ask. The bonus of eloping is your photographer is able to really focus on the two of you. Amanda did just this. While I had a few moments to myself to finish getting ready she hiked with Ryan to choose the perfect spot for our ceremony. We have the best shots that really show our day from hair and make-up, going from Carmel to Big Sur, our ceremony in the forest, and finishing with sunset shots on the beach. She was flexible and ready for whatever we threw at her. Amanda has a gift for capturing the most stunning portraits, the simplest moments, and every emotion in between. From following her on social media I've recognized her wedding couples come back to her for maternity and family sessions as well, and we know why. Ryan and I have both said she's stuck with us for all of our family milestone sessions too. -
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Allyson Sent on 11/15/2017AMANDA WAS AMAZING!!!! We asked Amanda to take time out of her personal and professional life to travel to a different country and stay for a few days! We made the best choice EVER!!! When we received our sneak peak photos (ON THE SAME NIGHT WE GOT MARRIED MIGHT I ADD!!!) my husband and I were both so in aww of her work and our wedding photos!! When we received the rest of our photos, we were both crying with happiness and how beautifully she captured every moment! THANK YOU so much Amanda for everything!! Your work, our friendship and for making the trip to spend with our family and friends in Mexico who all adored you as much as we both did!!!
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