Emily Gualdoni Photography Reviews

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• Amelia A. Sent on 02/19/2022
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  Emily and Rio were amazing!

  Emily was one of the best vendors to work with for our wedding! She was so professional and captured our wedding beautifully! We cannot recommend her enough! Every single photo we received from the wedding is amazing! Thank you so much, Emily!

  Emily was one of the best vendors to work with for our wedding! She was so professional and captured our wedding beautifully! We cannot recommend her enough! Every single photo we received from the wedding is amazing! Thank you so much, Emily!
• Meganne Sent on 09/11/2014
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  Emily is absolutely awesome! She is so talented. When my husband and I first got engaged we were looking at a lot of different photographers and the difference with Emily Gualdoni is her photos are more of an art. She does a great job at capturing the moment. She does more than the traditional photographs which we really liked. She photographed our engagement, wedding, and my boudoir photos I gave to my husband as a wedding present. Every shoot turned out better than awesome! She's always responds to you in a quickly matter and she's so professional, I never worried about the photos once I just trusted her. Our wedding was on the hottest day of the year and she was toughing it out with us! Still somehow with the heat capturing awesome photos! She is a great person to work with and her photography is amazing!

  Emily is absolutely awesome! She is so talented. When my husband and I first got engaged we were looking at a lot of different photographers and the difference with Emily Gualdoni is her photos are more of an art. She does a great job at capturing the moment. She does more than the traditional photographs which we really liked. She photographed our engagement, wedding, and my boudoir photos I gave to my husband as a wedding present. Every shoot turned out better than awesome! She's always responds to you in a quickly matter and she's so professional, I never worried about the photos once I just trusted her. Our wedding was on the hottest day of the year and she was toughing it out with us! Still somehow with the heat capturing awesome photos! She is a great person to work with and her photography is amazing!
• Whitney Sent on 07/29/2011
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  My husband and I had quite the search back in the fall when we were looking for a wedding photographer. It started with a photographer friend of ours who was already booked for our wedding date. Many, many emails and inquiries later, following up with numerous recommendations of photographers, we stumbled upon Emily's website and really liked her work. That is just the beginning. Emily is so wonderful, and I am thrilled she photographed our wedding and engagement pictures.
  From the beginning she took the time to get to know us, what we liked and figured out how to best capture us a couple. That, is priceless. That is another wonderful thing about Emily, we found her prices to be a wonderful value and affordable.
  Emily has a great attitude and she is a true artist, both her wedding and fashion shots are beautiful! Check out her website, you will be very impressed. If you look in her engagement photo portfolio you can see some of the fabulous pics she took of my hubby and I ice skating downtown Chicago, at the Map Room in Bucktown and at Blackstone Hotel (picture with red wallpaper)
  

  My husband and I had quite the search back in the fall when we were looking for a wedding photographer. It started with a photographer friend of ours who was already booked for our wedding date. Many, many emails and inquiries later, following up with numerous recommendations of photographers, we stumbled upon Emily's website and really liked her work. That is just the beginning. Emily is so wonderful, and I am thrilled she photographed our wedding and engagement pictures.
  From the beginning she took the time to get to know us, what we liked and figured out how to best capture us a couple. That, is priceless. That is another wonderful thing about Emily, we found her prices to be a wonderful value and affordable.
  Emily has a great attitude and she is a true artist, both her wedding and fashion shots are beautiful! Check out her website, you will be very impressed. If you look in her engagement photo portfolio you can see some of the fabulous pics she took of my hubby and I ice skating downtown Chicago, at the Map Room in Bucktown and at Blackstone Hotel (picture with red wallpaper)
  
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• Elizabeth Sent on 04/28/2012
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  Some brides splurge on the dress. Others, on the flowers or the cake. For me (and for my husband) the photographer was the most important part of the day. We'd heard horror stories from other couples about how their photographers missed this moment or that or in some cases even got blurry pictures. That's why we spent hours upon hours, day after day, combing the internet and calling people's referrals until we found Emily Gualdoni.
  Emily Gualdoni is hands down the best lead photographer I could have asked for. She and (my good friend and stellar photographer in his own right) second-shooter Phil Nwafor, were the only people we trusted to get the day right. With more than 450 guests, we knew that it was a big job and that the team we hired would have to be up for it. Shooting weddings is not easy to begin with, especially with guests attempting to pull you from place to place to get this shot and that, but both Emily and Phil handled it with the utmost professionalism.
  We described the feel we wanted for the wedding photos: romantic, not cheesy (i.e. no simultaneous jumps in the air by members of the wedding party). What we got from her was even more: t was truly magical. You could SEE the love between us. How she and Phil captured that, I will never know, but I am so thankful that they both did.
  On top of that, Emily got a lot of the shots while under the gun! We only allotted about an hour and a half for all of the traditional/formal shots of the bridal party and for the "wedding couple only" shots. Since we were shooting in between the wedding ceremony and the reception, we didn't want to keep our guests waiting at the reception site too long and Emily was mindful of that, working as quickly as she could, but also as efficiently as she could WITHOUT cutting corners.
  What we got back several weeks later was breathtaking! As any bride knows, even with a wedding coordinator, you feel very much rushed (and flushed) that day trying to make sure everything goes according to schedule. I was honestly a bit worried that I would look tired or drained. Emily and Phil made me look like an angel (and no, I am not bragging... if anything I am bragging about them! LOL!) and my husband looked absolutely amazing.... more so than he usually does ;) We couldn't be happier with the end product!
  Her prices are more than fair. She's kind and professional. She's great at communicating. And - she is calm under pressure. Our only problem with Emily is that she took so many great photos, it was hard to decide which ones to put in the album!! However, I think that's one complaint that she wouldn't mind hearing. She is exactly what you want out of a wedding photographer. Emily Guladoni Photography is indeed, perfect. 5 stars all around!
  P.S. Emily and Phil were also willing to travel (our wedding was in Milwaukee).

  Some brides splurge on the dress. Others, on the flowers or the cake. For me (and for my husband) the photographer was the most important part of the day. We'd heard horror stories from other couples about how their photographers missed this moment or that or in some cases even got blurry pictures. That's why we spent hours upon hours, day after day, combing the internet and calling people's referrals until we found Emily Gualdoni.
  Emily Gualdoni is hands down the best lead photographer I could have asked for. She and (my good friend and stellar photographer in his own right) second-shooter Phil Nwafor, were the only people we trusted to get the day right. With more than 450 guests, we knew that it was a big job and that the team we hired would have to be up for it. Shooting weddings is not easy to begin with, especially with guests attempting to pull you from place to place to get this shot and that, but both Emily and Phil handled it with the utmost professionalism.
  We described the feel we wanted for the wedding photos: romantic, not cheesy (i.e. no simultaneous jumps in the air by members of the wedding party). What we got from her was even more: t was truly magical. You could SEE the love between us. How she and Phil captured that, I will never know, but I am so thankful that they both did.
  On top of that, Emily got a lot of the shots while under the gun! We only allotted about an hour and a half for all of the traditional/formal shots of the bridal party and for the "wedding couple only" shots. Since we were shooting in between the wedding ceremony and the reception, we didn't want to keep our guests waiting at the reception site too long and Emily was mindful of that, working as quickly as she could, but also as efficiently as she could WITHOUT cutting corners.
  What we got back several weeks later was breathtaking! As any bride knows, even with a wedding coordinator, you feel very much rushed (and flushed) that day trying to make sure everything goes according to schedule. I was honestly a bit worried that I would look tired or drained. Emily and Phil made me look like an angel (and no, I am not bragging... if anything I am bragging about them! LOL!) and my husband looked absolutely amazing.... more so than he usually does ;) We couldn't be happier with the end product!
  Her prices are more than fair. She's kind and professional. She's great at communicating. And - she is calm under pressure. Our only problem with Emily is that she took so many great photos, it was hard to decide which ones to put in the album!! However, I think that's one complaint that she wouldn't mind hearing. She is exactly what you want out of a wedding photographer. Emily Guladoni Photography is indeed, perfect. 5 stars all around!
  P.S. Emily and Phil were also willing to travel (our wedding was in Milwaukee).
• Karolyn J. Sent on 02/08/2020
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  I am so glad I chose to do this for my husband, and myself! Love Emily's work.

  I highly recommend a boudoir shoot with Emily! I also wish I had booked her for our engagement/wedding because I wasn't 100% happy with the photography company I had chosen (but didn't know about her until just a few months before my wedding).
  
  I was a bit down to the wire for having a boudoir shoot in time for gifting the photos to my husband, but she helped me schedule a time that worked and got my photos in enough time for printing! I wanted a package that was in between two of the packages she listed, and she worked with me to come up something! I actually added more photos to the package because I loved so many of them.
  
  I was nervous before the shoot, but I left it feeling so much adrenaline and feeling so empowered! Emily made me feel like a beautiful sexy woman, and I was shocked with the photos. That's ME? There were more than enough pics to choose from and she helped me with some insecurities with deciding between photos and editing as well.
  
  I chose to give my husband 2 framed photos the night before the wedding and I gave him the photo book I had made during our honeymoon! I really wanted to see his reaction and it was so worth it to wait a few days :) He loves them and now that I am pregnant quickly after our wedding (maybe thanks to Emily, ha) I am SO glad I have these to look at, for myself.
  
  Emily was really supportive, positive and she's just a very cool chick. Its wonderful to see her business thriving, and I have nothing but good things to say.
  
  A few tips: hire her stylist for hair/makeup, get a spray tan, and bring a few outfits but she also has racks of lingerie to choose from if necessary. Definitely make a secret pinterest board of outfit ideas and poses, I didn't do this as I was so swamped before hand, and in the end it all worked out so great. But would have been nice to have for both of us I think as inspo for my tastes. Also, plan something fun afterwards because you'll be flying high!

  I highly recommend a boudoir shoot with Emily! I also wish I had booked her for our engagement/wedding because I wasn't 100% happy with the photography company I had chosen (but didn't know about her until just a few months before my wedding).
  
  I was a bit down to the wire for having a boudoir shoot in time for gifting the photos to my husband, but she helped me schedule a time that worked and got my photos in enough time for printing! I wanted a package that was in between two of the packages she listed, and she worked with me to come up something! I actually added more photos to the package because I loved so many of them.
  
  I was nervous before the shoot, but I left it feeling so much adrenaline and feeling so empowered! Emily made me feel like a beautiful sexy woman, and I was shocked with the photos. That's ME? There were more than enough pics to choose from and she helped me with some insecurities with deciding between photos and editing as well.
  
  I chose to give my husband 2 framed photos the night before the wedding and I gave him the photo book I had made during our honeymoon! I really wanted to see his reaction and it was so worth it to wait a few days :) He loves them and now that I am pregnant quickly after our wedding (maybe thanks to Emily, ha) I am SO glad I have these to look at, for myself.
  
  Emily was really supportive, positive and she's just a very cool chick. Its wonderful to see her business thriving, and I have nothing but good things to say.
  
  A few tips: hire her stylist for hair/makeup, get a spray tan, and bring a few outfits but she also has racks of lingerie to choose from if necessary. Definitely make a secret pinterest board of outfit ideas and poses, I didn't do this as I was so swamped before hand, and in the end it all worked out so great. But would have been nice to have for both of us I think as inspo for my tastes. Also, plan something fun afterwards because you'll be flying high!