Amy Peppercorn Photography Reviews
Reviews
3.8 out of 5 rating
3.8 out of 5 rating
16 Reviews
76% recommend it
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Melissa Sent on 12/15/2015Amy was absolutely wonderful! First, our engagement photos: Amy was really creative in getting us hundreds of beautiful shots, and was even able to work with including our husky in the photos! Amy had so many good ideas for us that our shoot lasted over 2 hours. Once we got the photos back, I knew we had made the best decision for our photographer, and I was incredibly excited for our wedding day!
On the day of our wedding, Amy arrived early and stayed with us during the very busy day. Our wedding party took a limo bus to different locations throughout Detroit to get some group shots, and they are so beautiful that I want to cry tears of happiness every time I look at them! We have a wonderful mix of candid and posed photos of our wedding party, ceremony, and reception. The day was a whirlwind for me, so when we got our photos (there were over 1200 of them!!!),
Her pricing is really affordable and averaged $1000 less than photographers in Detroit who aren't nearly as talented!
If I had to make a suggestion, it would be that the shot list is printed in advance and marked off as group photos are taken, rather than reviewed electronically. There were a few group photos on our list that were overlooked because some people weren't ready at the right time, and we never got back to them. If we had been able to cross them off as we went, it would have avoided mistakes. Another thing I would have liked is more photos of wedding guests (posed and candid) just having fun. We have some, but the bride & groom are in most of them, and it would have been captured the good times everyone else was having during our reception that just flew by. But those are minor. In the end, we have an arsenal of amazing pictures and have received raving compliments. Thanks, Amy!! :) -
Hannah Sent on 10/09/2018My husband and I have loved our time working with Amy and our wedding day wouldn’t have been the same without her. She’s such a talented photographer and it makes it that much sweeter that she’s also such a genuine person. She listens to what you like and can capture every single moment in such detail that you’re reliving your special day every time you see a photo. We had her do our engagement pictures and she’ll photograph when we grow a family as well. She is so easy to work with and everything is simply natural and so beautiful when working with her. It’s fun just having her around and capturing all the quirks and love you share with your partner. It’s hard to come across people that have such a passion for what they do as much as Amy does. And you can really see that through her work. I will recommend her every time and continue recommending until she’s booked years in advance (she’s a busy girl so jump on it ASAP) because I have no doubt that she’ll continue growing and progressing as time goes on. Not that you can get much better than perfection!
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Jeanette Sent on 09/24/2015We LOVE Amy! If we had to make a list of the best decisions we made for our wedding,booking Amy would be at or near the top of that list.
I originally was only concerned about price. My fiance was convinced that engagement pictures were a waste of money, so to win the debate I was determined to find someone who did the engagement shoot for free while still having an overall reasonable fee. After a quick search on WW I was so excited to find Amy's profile. Her photography style was exactly what I wanted (journalistic as opposed to staged poses), her price was excellent, and she threw in the engagement session for free. Once we met with her it was a done deal. She was very friendly, easy to work with, professional, and her contract was simple and easy to understand. Also you get full rights to the digital photos once they're done so that was a plus.
After our wedding we got so many compliments from our guests about how amazing our photographer was. In fact, one of my bridesmaids was recently engaged and was hoping to book Amy too but unfortunately the dates didn't work out - she's now using Amy as her standard for judging other potential photographers.
During the group photos she was extremely efficient, and the rest of the day she seemed to be everywhere at once but never in the way. I was originally a little concerned about the lighting she uses for the dancing shots, since it lights up the whole room and I thought the flashes would be distracting. But it wasn't noticeable in the slightest and the pictures turned out GREAT! We are so happy :) -
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Sarah Sent on 10/29/2014Amy was amazing from our engagement pictures all the way to the wedding. She did a great job at directing us to a location for our engagement shoot and putting us into the perfect poses. I'm a huge fan of a romantic lighting/setting and whatever she did with the editing made us look incredible. She also took beautiful pictures of our then six month old daughter.
Dealing with her as a wedding photography was easy and stress free! She was always on time and kept up with our schedule we had for important picture moments. Amy is very creative and always asked us if she could try something different dending on the scenery we were around. Needless to say her creativity exceeded expectations.
Lastly, she is very personable. She got to know us as a couple and even our daughter. When we had crazy photography questions she was very honest about what would look good and what wouldn't. I would recommend her to anyone who wants their pictures to look magical! -
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Melanie Sent on 04/19/2020Disappointing and exhausting
Working with Amy was by far the worst the part of our planning our wedding, which saddens me extremely because we had received multiple recommendations to work with her, and were always in awe of her photos. The short story is while Amy is very talented, she is extremely difficult to work with. It's a very stressful time for any couple, and you should only be paying people that are there to help you make the process easier. Additionally, almost all of our other vendors had similar comments and the day of the wedding her attitude was as if she didn't want to be there. After the wedding it took 7 months to receive our photos after being told first, 8 weeks, then 3 months. Only months after no communication did she begin responding and then it took 2 additional months to receive our photos. There are several other photographers that are just as talented for the same price that will get your photos within a reasonable amount of time and will be easy to work with and delight on the day of your wedding.
The long story is, our wedding was August 31, 2019. In October of 2018 it came time to schedule our engagement shoot. It took Amy 3 weeks and multiple follow ups to respond to scheduling the shoot. She had so little communication with us, the day of the shoot we weren't even sure she was still coming. She told us 2-5 weeks max until we would receive our photos. Instead it took 8 weeks. She was unresponsive to status update requests and we almost didn't have a picture to send out our save the dates with.
Amy never reached out the weeks prior to the wedding. The day of the wedding Amy's attitude was as if she didn't want to be there. She was rude to our bridal party and most of our vendors had similar comments. Nothing about her being our photographer made taking our pictures comfortable and she did nothing to make the day happier as you would expect your vendors to do.
The day of the wedding she quoted a 8 weeks. After about 10 weeks and hearing nothing, we reached out, where I was told she did not say 8 weeks and never would have because it normally takes around 3 months.....3 months seemed on the long end of the range as other vendors had quoted us 6-10 weeks, but I just wanted my photos so I didn't argue. After 3 months, we reached out again and crickets. Weeks went by where we heard nothing after multiple follow ups. We were anxious, the period of being excited about getting the photos and celebrating them had completely passed and frankly, we were worried she had lost them altogether. Finally she responded with excuse after excuse pushing out when we would receive our photos by weeks at a time. We finally received them 7 months after our wedding (married in August, received in march). While they were beautiful, every comment from anyone we shared them with was "I can't believe you are just now receiving these". It completely took the joy of sharing them with anyone away. Not once did we ever receive an apology for the way she conducted herself or the sheer tardiness in receiving our photos.
To re-iterate, this is supposed to be the happiest time of a couple's lives, and every bride and groom deserves vendors that will make the process easier. That is NOT Amy. I will never recommend her. She was by far the worst vendor we worked with, and I hope every bride out there has a better experience than the disappointing one we had with Amy.
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