EM Letterpress Reviews
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4.2 out of 5 rating
4.2 out of 5 rating
5 Reviews
84% recommend it
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User2784731 Sent on 09/26/2016Our experience with the photographers of EM Letterpress was amazing. From initially contacting them to engagement photos to our wedding day, we feel that they went above and beyond our expectations. -
User2069955 Sent on 03/18/2015I cannot recommend Mihaeko and Elias with more confidence and enthusiasm.
I first met Mihaeko in her solo practice when I interviewed her to photograph our wedding. Her portfolio was still quite new, but stood out among reams of others for its attention to detail and overall artistry. She handled our often-anxious flux of shifting schedules, rain plans, and make-shift spaces with creativity, care and ingenuity. I was completely oblivious to a number of challenges that arose throughout the multi-day event, and Mihaeko in every case found ways to discreetly overcome them toward achieving our expressed desires.
In her proposed warm-up shoot some months in advance, Mihaeko gave us the opportunity to discover what worked and didn’t work for us in terms of our comfort in front of the camera. We were able to discuss the resulting photos with her and propose the kinds of images we were most drawn to. At no point did Mihaeko push her own agenda. She listened thoughtfully, asked questions to help us flush out the feedback to ensure she fully understood where we were coming from, and she applied that feedback extremely conscientiously in the end result. Her good humor and gentle manner made it easy to offer this feedback.
In a twist that's limited by word count here, Mihaeko even heroically hand-crafted my exquisite dress!
Since then, we have become good friends. Elias joining the picture is truly like fireworks. His gentle jubilance is an ideal balance to Mihaeko's quiet exactness, both of them bringing forth an eye for artistry and a long practice of careful craftsmanship. Watching them discuss anything from the placement of a table to the quality of light within a frame is to witness two sensitive, independent people draw their qualities into a uniquely strong collaborative vision. They are simply a delight to be around, and their combinations of skills and qualities leave no stone un-considered.
As a team, I give them truly my highest recommendation possible. -
User1580181 Sent on 04/08/2014Beautiful work, professional, excellent printer.
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User2519196 Sent on 01/26/2016EM Letterpress, Mihaeko and Elias to be exact, were our wedding photographers. To give you some background, we found them on Thumbtack.com and we were looking for someone in the lower price range. I am a wedding planner myself, and I did not want to have my friends shoot the wedding for us, I wanted them to enjoy it! Before the wedding Mihaeko was very attentive, and answered all of my questions without hesitation. The day of the wedding made me regret hiring them 100%. The getting ready period was fine and as we had expected, Mihaeko came to the hotel to shoot the ladies getting ready and Elias went to our house to shoot the men getting ready. After the ceremony it was time to get photos done. Mihaeko had asked for a shot list a month or two before our wedding, but did not have it on her the day of. Her exact words were “The wedding planner usually has it.” I am sorry, but I AM THE WEDDING PLANNER and the BRIDE! As are most modern brides. I was furious, because I had taken hours to put that shot list together for her. My maid of honor had to step in to direct people where to go because they were both too meek to say anything. They had people move further apart, rather than closer together (as in a normal shoot), they did not have any idea on how to pose people or how to tell people to move when they were not needed. They took no bridal shots, and very minimal couple shots because they had wasted too much time on family shots. Then they MISSED our cake cutting because they were too busy taking photos of each other (per my guests who watched them do so); we had to do a mock one after–which both my new husband and I did not shove cake into each other’s faces as we had done the first time. They got some shots of the dancing and party, which was what I expected. I asked Mihaeko when I could expect the photos and she told me 6 weeks– I did not have my USB until 4 MONTHS after my wedding; top it off in my contract I had 20 Prints included and have still not received them.
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