Fits and Stops Photography Reviews
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Madeleine M. Sent on 01/16/2024
Fits & Stops Photography
PJ was so great to have as our wedding photographer! He had an amazing energy that could get along with anyone and get everyone excited. We had beautiful photos for our special day. I highly recommend him to anyone looking to capture intimate, beautiful, and natural photos for their wedding day! -
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Shelby Sent on 02/02/2024Fantastic Experience!
The entire experience from start to finish with Fits & Stops photography was incredible. I was first impressed with PJs attention to detail, care for knowing us on a personal level, organization, and professionalism. He started off our first meeting over coffee and getting to know my husband and I, our story/ how we fell in love. He desired to understand both our values and vision for our wedding. My husband and I left that meeting having almost already decided on our choice photographer because of the intentionality and professionalism PJ showed us through questions and a showcase of his work. Lastly, after sharing my concern about not being the most comfortable or natural in front of the camera for both my husband and I, PJ was affirming and encouraging that it will all turn out fabulously and he would coach us through it - it would be natural :) we left the meeting feeling comfortable with him, and confident that PJ and team would help us feel more comfortable during Al the emotions on day of.
Shortly after saying yes to PJ, he provided clear communication on next steps, documents he would be asking for, and dates of when we would need to submit him the final details. This professionalism and clear communication founded my trust in him to lead one of the largest portions of a wedding, without any management assistance from me or my coordinator!
Leading up to the day, PJ was easily accessible and quick to respond to any questions I had.
On wedding day he and his second shooter were absolutely fabulous!!! He was calm, excited, and ready to capture all the moments in the most beautiful ways. I literally didn’t have to worry about a single thing - I trusted them to do their thing and they certainly did.
One outstanding moment for me was during that time after being wed and before the reception where all the photos with family happened. This can honestly be a mess and chaos, but PJ and team handled this very well and kept us on schedule. The best thing was PJs flexibility when there were last minute changes to the shot list for the grooms side! He was seriously a champ and keep us all on time to not miss the golden hour photos.
Everything was set up perfectly for all the different locations of important moments - some he set up and some we set up - from our prayer together before the ceremony to the sparklers exit it was MAGICAL.
Words from the groom :) PJ was friendly, kind, outgoing yet still professional at the same time. We shared the same cakes and trusted and knew he would capture the moments that were most important to us!
After the wedding, we received sneak peeks literally within the week. And received the full set of photos within the month, it was an exceptional turn around for the quality and amount of photos.
THANK YOU Fits & Stops! I exceptional experience. -
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Phillip Sent on 01/10/2024Went above and beyond to help us have the wedding we always dreamed of!
PJ will do anything for his clients and is very easy to work with. He is always just an email away and can work around pretty much any schedule. -
Kellie H. Sent on 02/03/2024
Exceptional
From start to finish PJ goes the extra mile to make the process as SMOOTH and painless as possible. He also has an amazing eye and captures moment that feel like you’re at a Hollywood wedding. Although we only had him working are small wedding he managed to stay hidden and capture amazing candids of us and our guests. There really wasn’t anything about the experience that was lacking. Exceptional from A-Z!!!
We ordered the large wedding album and it is the perfect way to be able to look back every year to see our special day. The layout and quality are the hands down best I have ever seen. I added a few pics of the wedding book to this review to showcase his skills. He’s also lighting fast! From start to finish is only took 3 weeks to get our pics from our wedding and to get an album layout for approval. -
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Dan Z. Sent on 01/13/2024Top Quality, Amazing Service, & Featured on a Magazine
As a student of photography, I vetted a dozen photographers and am grateful to have found P.J. & Fits and Stops. He's got more than just an eye and experience. He's an excellent communicator, and above all, his empathy for the couple manifests itself in not just great photos and memories, but in a personal investment in seeing the special day is indeed special. P.J. is a visionary. He took time to study who was important to us and why. He also created scenes in the cockpit of a Boeing and even outside in the turbine (not spinning of course), photos that were eventually featured in the Real Wedding magazine - a completely unexpected result of his creativity. His work speaks for itself, and more than a thousand words, his photos are worth the weight in love. If you're looking for thee photographer, you've found your guy. -
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Kimberly Sent on 01/13/2024
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PJ is THE BEST! I can’t sing enough praise about him. I found him through The Knot actually and he did our engagement pics originally. He was so responsive, professional and made us so comfortable as non photogenic people that we were so impressed! He also tolerated our pup well! Our engagement photos came back quickly and gorgeous. When we were starting to think about wedding planning, I reached out immediately to PJ to get his availability for June and I literally chose our wedding date solely around PJ being free that day. He is THAT GOOD. PJ walked me through filling out a survey and questionnaire to really get a clear and detailed understanding of our day and any preferences. On the wedding day, PJ was incredible of course! He captured us getting ready, our first look, all around the venue and really paid so much attention to what we were looking for, like a lot of candid shots and details of the wedding. He made every single person feel at ease and made us all genuinely laugh and smile all day. I heard so much positive rave reviews of his humor and professionalism from that day. Our photos came back so quick and I truly appreciate PJ again; as always for his prompt communication. I never had to guess about anything, the estimated dates were provided and he kept true to his word. We had 8 hours for a small 50 person wedding and in addition to purchasing regular prints, also ordered the coffee table style beautiful book. I hope we can hire PJ for many more milestones. He is truly a photography master and such a delight to work with! He deserves all the awards! There are so many beautiful pictures that I love looking back to ☺️ -
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Laura G. Sent on 07/27/2023Stunning San Francisco Photos
PJ was incredible on our wedding day and the months leading up to it. He drove from Sacramento to take our jaw dropping engagement photos at the Golden Gate Bridge and for our wedding day at the University Club San Francisco. He was easy to reach during the planning process, quick to help plan wedding day timelines and to give his opinion on logistics. He is very easy going and adaptable. PJ was able to make quick decisions if our plans needed to change for reasons like the fog was rolling in, or a street was too busy with cars. He’s creative, and can quickly identify a great opportunity, which leads to stunning photos. He’s personable and likable and makes you feel so comfortable in front of the camera. PJ is quick to jump in to give direction and did a fantastic job working with my wedding planner, videographer, and my MOH to keep us on track my whole wedding day. The best part was how quickly he got our wedding photos back! We had the finished photos by the next week! And he is currently working on our beautiful complimentary album. Thank you for everything PJ!
Fits and Stops Photography's reply:
My friend--working with you two was a blast! You were up for anything, like fighting gusty winds and dodging traffic--and you were absolute sweethearts. I'm honored to have been part of your day! -
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Lacie J. Sent on 05/04/2023Book pj now!
On what could potentially be a stressful day, PJ was just a joy to work with. So fun, outgoing and VERY professional. He went above and beyond (noticed everything.. like telling people to take sunglasses off, missing bouquets, even grabbed drinks for my husband and I). He was never a source of any stress. He was so on top of it and very patient with my delayed responses. He sent me a detailed schedule that I could send to family so that everyone would be in the right place at the right time. And then of course, his pictures were BEAUTIFUL. I was simply blown away. Cannot recommend him enough! -
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Heather D. Sent on 04/01/2023
Fun and Professional, everyone loved PJ!
PJ accompanied by Courtland, did an incredible job capturing the smallest details of the wedding, as well as the biggest moments. Nothing felt overly staged or formal, it was pure candid talent. The day went by so fast and it can be hard to recall everything, but with these incredible photos, we’ll have these memories forever to recall and cherish. PJ is so kind, easygoing, and fun to work with. He turned the photos around so quickly with incredible editing. I would highly recommend PJ, I am so glad we chose him to capture our wedding. -
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Tony Sent on 10/16/2022Worry-free wedding photos that are amazing, professional, and fast!
PJ made us feel at ease from the very beginning, from the questionnaire that allowed us to communicate what we wanted (but maybe weren't sure how to verbalize), to the big day, when everything was taken care of by him and his assistant. They captured a great mix of posed and candid shots of us, our wedding party, guests, and the venue itself. There were many times throughout the evening where we totally forgot they were even there, all the while they were capturing the wonderful evening beautifully. Not only were the photos just what we had hoped for and more, but the digital versions were done in only 17 days! I've heard horror stories of couples waiting several months for their photos, so we were pleasantly surprised when ours were ready so quickly.Fits and Stops Photography's reply:
We're so glad there were no worries on your wedding day, Tony. You
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Mayen C. Sent on 07/30/2022Amazing Camera Ninjas
PJ and Courtland were such amazing photographers! There were so many shots I didn't even know they took, and I'm glad they did. PJ and Courtland were amazing to work with and we were glad we chose Fits and Stops Photography to be our photographers for our banquet! The pair are very creative and made great use of the space we were in. -
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Kathryne B. Sent on 06/04/2020Absolutely perfect!
Let me start by saying that my husband and I are not picture people - we are introverted people and the idea of a bunch of staged photos at say, I don't know, our own wedding was very intimidating. But, wanting to document the fact that we were, in fact, young-ish at one time, we began researching to find the perfect person for the job. Most photographers I contacted were impersonal to say the least. I was swarmed with form letters, price sheets, and surprisingly-short-closing-windows-of-opportunity-act-now-or-lose-your-date letters. Then I found PJ.
Instantly, communicating with him was warm and personal, but not at all invasive or pushy. He was willing to work with us about our specific, individualized needs and customize a package for us. I instantly got the feeling that he was as excited about our wedding as we were! We booked him for May 30, 2020 and...then Coronavirus happened. We were shredded. Initially, it looked like things might open up and we could hold the wedding regardless, but, alas, it was not meant to be.
We ended up holding a ceremony, regardless, with just over a dozen of our closest friends and family at our home. PJ stayed in constant - but, again, not pushy - contact as we all went through the pandemic together. Again, he was so flexible and was willing to work with us to put together a smaller package, using some of the time we had booked for our full wedding.
On the day of, PJ was enthusiastic, energetic, and a lot of fun to work with. AND THEN! (not kidding), it started to rain. Last minute, we had to drag our ceremony from the outdoors to inside the (fully functioning for horses) barn. We were not prepared to host in there and it was not at all decorated for such an event. Nonetheless, it was very special for us and PJ captured the day in all of its slapdash, haphazard, midst-of-a-pandemic glory. The photographs are exactly what we wanted and these two introverts were very comfortable working with him.
And did I mention that we even threw taking pictures with horses at him? He was amazing.
A very special thank you to PJ for being a sincere pleasure and joy to work with. Guys like these are hard to find these days - book him now! -
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Emily M. Sent on 06/26/2022100000000/10 stars ⭐️
I just got married on June 4th 2022 and PJ went out of his way to make sure every moment was captured. He was very flexible to my wedding timeline which changed drastically when I had a medical emergency two days before the wedding ( and i DIY my whole wedding). He truly made my day special. Our photos turned out awesome and they came back so much faster than we expected. We got tons of complements on his professionalism after our day. Pj also was able to capture my favorite moment, which is my husband shirtless in the bathroom writing his vows right before our wedding! haha -
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Christina A. Sent on 07/19/2022An awesome wedding photographer
PJ and his assistant Nate were so wonderful to work with during our wedding day! We loved the professionalism, responsiveness, enthusiasm, and of course the dedication we received from having PJ as our main wedding day photographer. Those qualities translated into our both our pre and post wedding days. We would definitely recommend PJ if looking for an awesome wedding photographer in the Sacramento area for unforgettable photographs!Fits and Stops Photography's reply:
You guys were a joy to work with--and we were honored to be there on a day as special as yours! Thanks for letting us in the door! 😉 -
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Hiran M. Sent on 05/18/2022Best Photography Experience Ever!!!
Wedding planning is incredible stressful, but hiring Fit and Stops for my wedding reception was hands down one of the best and easiest decisions I made during that process.
We contacted PJ after reading all his glowing reviews, and he did not disappoint! PJ is incredibly professional, punctual, and has an amazing ability to put you at ease during stressful times. He is easy to work with, even when we were running late to our event. Even my guests were raving about PJ the next day!
PJ's attention to detail is second to none and I would rate him 10 out of 5 stars if I could!Fits and Stops Photography's reply:
Thanks for the kind words, Hiran--it was so much fun to be included in your celebration. I won't forget it! -
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Denise T. Sent on 03/09/2023Great experience!
We worked with PJ as the photographer for our wedding & reception and had such a great experience from moment one to the very end. For starters, he called me the day after I submitted a request to him. After submitting so many online requests for various vendors, and receiving either no response, or responses days to weeks later, it was so refreshing to have a vendor call me and have a great conversation. He was a dream to work with throughout the process-quick to respond, great ideas when I'd ask for input, worked well with our other vendors. Other than our posed photos I don't think I saw him all night, but many of my guests told me afterwards he was everywhere, ducking and leaning to get the perfect shot! Needless to say he has great attention to detail and our pictures came out amazing. His work speaks for itself- amazing, beautiful, but I think hiring the person is just as important, and he's such a calm, polite, funny person to work with. Besides his photos, the thing I loved the most is the details he keeps on his couples and their personal stories. The stories he tells of each couple on his social media pages, accompanied by their pictures, is so beautiful. It really made me feel like he was personally invested in us, as a couple, and I really appreciated that. We can't recommend PJ enough!Fits and Stops Photography's reply:
I'm glad that someone thinks I'm funny, make sure to tell my kids! And it was an honor to serve you two! -
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Kynesa O. Sent on 02/15/2022Effortless
We found P.J. after doing a Google search for wedding photographers. Right off the bat we loved what we saw on his website, not only his photographs but his bio as well. We reached out and the communication leading up the the big day was punctual, open and positive. P.J. was a real PRO on the wedding day. He picked a beautiful spot for the pictures (we're both new to the area so that was really helpful), directed everyone effortlessly and had our guests Laughing Out Loud! We were asked multiple times during the day who recommended him. We just replied that he was a God send. Our pictures came back sooner than the two weeks which was expected. We were worried because we had a make up issue and thought the pictures would be ruined but P.J. worked his magic and salvaged them. We are very grateful to have worked with him, he captured those precious moments beautifully! -
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