Love Story Weddings Photography Reviews
Reviews
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Cara Sent on 05/21/2025Beach Family Photoshoot
We had a photoshoot session with Vince and it was amazing! He was very easy to work with and felt very familiar, like we've known him for years! He made each of us feel super comfortable and made the entire experience a lot of fun! We'd happily work with him again and look forward to him doing another family photoshoot of us soon! -
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Britney Sent on 10/16/2024Love Story Wedding Photography (Vince) is Amazing!
Vince was the absolute best to work with! He was very patient, accommodating to our photo desires, and really made us feel comfortable especially since my husband and I are not photogenic or photo-taking people. During the photoshoot, he made us and our wedding party feel at home and we all had a fun time taking pictures. He's very responsive when we had questions and truly delivered on the perfect photos just the way we wanted. I highly recommend working with Vince to capture your wedding celebrations! -
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Trevor Sent on 06/16/2024Highly talented, dynamic & professional photographer!
We highly recommend and absolutely love (emphatically: love love love!) taking photos with Vince. We worked with Vince for nearly 10 years now. He took our wedding photos in 2015, and he took our family photos again just recently. We can honestly attest to Vince's talent, dynamic skills, and professionalism.
Talented & visionary photographer - Vince is a visionary with a keen eye for interesting photo angles, composition, and lighting. For example, we walked by an ordinary, mundane, and quotidian hotel lobby water fountain. We walked by this fountain a hundred times now and never even bother to notice its uniqueness. However, Vince asked us to sit by the fountain, relax, and talk. His photos of this surprisingly simple setting and moment turned out beautifully, with interesting lighting, lines, and (you guessed it) love. Vince is an expressive photographer who will offer recommendations and guidance throughout the photoshoot. Go with the flow and allow yourself to be molded by Vince as he shapes each photo angle, glimmer, and memory.
Dynamic & engaging - Vince is a dynamic photographer who is a lot of fun to work with. With each moment, he actively guides you on how to pose, turn (or as he says it, "Open up!"), angle, and stage for each shot. Be prepared to jump, bend, reach, and laugh! In other moments, Vince perfectly blends into the background to capture your most candid and personal moments. Some of our most memorable and favorite wedding photos are the ones that Vince captured the faint smiles on our lips, glimmer in our eyes, and love for each other. You know a photo is good if it brings you back to that special moment.
Professionalism - Vince is a true professional who is dependable and reliable. He shows up early to scout the venue and scenery. He is straightforward with pricing, timing, and availability. Most importantly, he has all of our wedding photos even after 10 years! Vince is a true professional -- yet working with Vince feels like meeting an old friend after all these years. We look forward to working with Vince again with our upcoming milestones and celebrations.
In sum, we highly recommend Vince. We are grateful to have met and worked with such a talented photographer and a friend, after all these years. -
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Ashley Sent on 05/06/2024Great Experience!
We couldn't be happier with our wedding photos! Our photographer not only captured every special moment beautifully but also brought so much fun to the day with his fantastic sense of humor. Mahalo, Vince! For making our memories even brighter! -
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Shannon Sent on 04/18/2024Fun and easy to work with!
Vince was fantastic! He made everything so easy and fun. He made everyone feel at ease and captured genuine smiles and laughter. Our photos were absolutely beautiful! Vince’s creativity and artistry really shined through in each photograph. Highly recommend working with Vince! -
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Michael Sent on 08/19/2023Vince was fantastic!
We were so happy we met Vince for our wedding photos! Vince was very flexible which we loved. He offered to help plan our photography schedule when we didn't know what we needed to do, but was also happy to adapt to our not-quite-traditional ceremony. He knew how to get everyone laughing and having a good time for our photos. I thought the value for money was spot on, and I would recommend him to anyone looking for a wedding photographer. -
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Chelsie Sent on 11/02/2022The best photographer and budget friendly
I consulted with a bunch of photographers. I normally love the zoom consultations, but what I liked about Vince was that his pricing, packages and photo examples were on his website. Prior to Vince, I met photographers via zoom, they got to know me, I got to know them. Then they asked what we wanted then gave us a price (most not in our budget). Then after the zoom consultation they’d send us a few portfolios, which for some reason, end up having this sepia look (not into it).
I inquired about a package via email and he replied in a timely manner about details and addressed my concerns. He was also reasonably priced for all that he offered. His portfolio included really clear photos (which we love).
We added (very last minute) videography for only $1000 more.
We received our photos about 9 weeks later and they were AMAZING!!!! Every moment was captured, the wedding party photo posing came out so great, they were fun. I was able to download and share.
I also knew it would be impossible to get photos with everyone at the party. I included in my program for the bride/groom to go to each table during dinner to take a picture. However, Vince recommended the bride/groom sit in the middle of the dance floor, and as we excuse tables to the buffet to have that table first gather around us to take a pic then head to the buffet line.Brilliant! We’re sending these table photos in our thank you cards.
You must hire Vince and his team!
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Bex M. Sent on 08/07/2022Flexible and Efficient on Wedding Day
Vince was great to work with. He was helpful in making package deals to help meet our budget. On wedding day he was very efficient and confident in getting people into position (or out of the background) for photos in a timely manner. My wife and I are impressed with the results of his work. He and his team were the picture of professionalism. -
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Sandra Sent on 09/10/2021Beautiful pictures!!
Vince was very accommodating, easy to work with, kind and patient. His photo suggestions were so helpful and they turned out beautiful! My hubby and I were celebrating our 47th wedding anniversary in Hawaii and Vince definitely captured our hearts. He was not hurried but really wanted to the session a great experience. We are very pleased -
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Mbm Sent on 08/22/2021Highly Recommend
We chose Vince after we met him at the Bridal Expo. As a couple, we are very camera shy, and were not exactly looking forward to a day full of pictures. Vince took all that nervousness away! He was very professional, fun and easy going, making us feel relaxed and comfortable taking pictures. After going through the wedding process I realized the photographer pretty much runs the timeline for the wedding. We had all the shots plus more that we wanted, and we even ended up ahead of schedule! His organization, timeliness, and execution was flawless. I could not have asked for a better photographer on my wedding day. He prepared us for the event with a few meetings before the big day, so we knew exactly what to expect and was able to tell him what we wanted. Our pictures turned out wonderful, and he even made a photo album with our favorites. We highly recommend Vince! -
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Francene Sent on 12/05/2019
Definitely captured our love story!
Vince is amazing! We have so many wonderful photos to remind us of our special day! We love to look back and fall in love all over again. -
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Laura Sent on 05/16/2019
Highly Recommend! Very professional and lots of beautiful wedding photos
I actually met Vince Shin at a wedding expo. My mother and I really enjoyed talking to him and he is so personable and has a great sense of humor. We were lucky enough to win a prize with him so my husband and I decided to go with him for our wedding photography at Ala Moana Hotel. Would definitely recommend him! He is very responsive to emails, has tons of experience, and now after being married for 2 months and looking back on our photos of the day (over 1000 absolutely beautiful photos), we are so pleased with the results. The lighting was challenging in the ballroom, but every picture looks so professional and you couldn’t even tell that the lighting was not ideal. Ala Moana Hotel doesn’t exactly have a lot of scenic outdoor locations, but he managed to make our outdoor photos looks so beautiful too and seemed to know exactly how to frame everything. He and the assistant he brought that day were also able to capture some amazing candid moments. He provided lots of good advice about where and when to take pictures for first look, table photos, etc. He was great to work with, and I would highly recommend him. -
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Bernardo Sent on 03/20/2019
Equila-Liu Wedding
My husband and I were very selective with our vendors due to our same-sex courtship.
We were introduced to Vince from our local wedding expo and visited his booth to leave our names on for a prize. We were very lucky to have won a complementary photo album from him.
When we met him, we were scoping him out and his ability to work with us. Before him, we were introduced to vendors who were either pushy on the whole “gays are cool, my best friend is gay so let me do your wedding,” to vendors who simply showed know enthusiasm or willingness to work with us. First impression of Vince was he was a chill and cool guy, who knew about our situation and simply provided us excellent service. We saw his work and immediately took his offer and objectively laid out what we needed and how much it was all going to cost. His prices were perfect for our budget, and he was willing to work with us to get what we needed.
On the day of our wedding, he was there on time and was ready. All I can say is that he was very friendly and professional to us, our guest, and our other vendors. He stayed through our whole wedding (what we agreed on) and was focused the entire time, caputring as much as possible.
We recently got our photos a few days ago and I was provided 700+ photos! All edited. The time it took to get our photos was 3 months (understanbly since we booked him in December, wedding season). Each photo brought me back and I honestly love that he was able to get our “good side” on almost every photo.
We love working with Vince and will refer him to our friends and families in the future. It is our goal to keep him as a contact whenever we need a photographer within ur grasp.
Thank you again Vince and Love Story Wedding Photography for caputuring the Equila-Liu love story -
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Nicole Sent on 09/29/2018When we met Vince at the wedding expo,I knew we needed him as our wedding photographer! Vince makes everyone feel so comfortable by making you laugh and have a good time on your wedding day. Not only did my bridal party love him, everyone at our wedding said he was the best!!! I love his spontaneity and his creative eye with catching the best moments for your wedding. Everyone needs Vince as their photographer if they want to have fun and amazing photos that will make you relive the day.
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Monica Sent on 09/18/2018Very speedy responses!! I could always count on a email back the next day but usually within the same day. Our pictures turned out absolutely amazing. Well worth the wait since we got married during peak season.
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Monet Sent on 09/17/2018Vince was amazing! He was everything we wanted and more! We also took engagement photos with him before the wedding which was great because we got to know him! We were so comfortable with Vince we will be having him take our photos for years to come. If you want amazing beautiful wedding photos go with Love Story Wedding Photography! -
Rachel Sent on 05/03/2018Vince is an amazing photographer! He truly has made my “fairytale wedding” capturing moments that make you relive the moment. From day one he has graced us with his charm. My husband and I started out going to a wedding expo and won his raffle, after meeting with Vince and viewing his work, we knew that he’d be able to captivate our special day. With a background in theatrics, he worked with our party and brought out their characters in the photos. I can’t thank him enough. With a wedding that’s elaborate as ours and knowing how difficult payment is throughout the process he helped us make a plan that was convinent for us as well as for him. On the day of our wedding it had rained but Vince had made it work, not only did he make it work through the rain but with a large crowd and individuals with special needs. Vince’s vision was amazing especially when you feel like it wasn’t gonna work given the rain situation, but Vince made the best of everything and really TOOK CHARGE!!!! I have to say our weddings photos were amazing. I want to thank Vince from the bottom of our hearts!!!! We loved all the photos and you definitely can tell that he takes care of each and every photo by his edits, it’s not like other photographers that say they edited it but clearly it wasn’t taken care of, Vince gave it his all with so much passion and made everything amazing, from the experience to the photos and the customer service, you can’t do wrong! Again thanks Vince!
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Lisa Sent on 04/27/2018Vince was amazing on our wedding day, our photos look incredible and he kept everyone so relaxed and happy.. He even got smiles from the babies..
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Cara Sent on 07/08/2017Vince is so talented and so fun, the perfect combination for a photographer. He helped make our wedding day amazing and I can't wait to see the photos! We saw Vince often at the wedding expos and got introduced to him by one of our close friends. Our bridal party and parents had so much fun with Vince as our photographer. From the funny nicknames (as there were 12 in the bridal party) to the many jokes and laughs, I am so happy we went with Vince. I would highly recommend him to be your photographer! -
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Joyce Sent on 06/15/2018We have worked with Vince for three days during May 2018 on Oahu. (Engagement shots, Wedding day, and Post Wedding shot). Initially, we made the decision on choosing him as our photographer, based on the reviews, the sample work he sent us, and email communication. He is able to capture people’s true emotions. He is also very responsive, helpful and patient on helping us with scheduling and recommandation. After working with him, we noticed he is far way beyond what we have expected.
Vince is a very profesaional photographer, he is passionate, and has a special ability (I call it an eye-scanner!) Weather and lighting is consistently changing during the day, and his special skills allow him to scan the environment very quickly for the best lighting and staging at that point of time. And he would literally risk his life climbing up the railings, over the reef rocks just to get the perfect angle. He is fast, quick, very efficient in terms of what he wants to get for the photos.
This guy is professional, yet very funny and easy going. He would say random funny things to crack us up, to make us show our most natural smile for the photos.
Another point to add is, this guy is so busy working, that he got no time to post his great work on his website and social network. During our photo day, as we went along, he was showing us what he got of us in his camera. The photos look amazing. We never thought ourselves could look so nice in such beautiful photo. So we have to say his website’s pro-folio does not do him justice. Please update your more recent work on there Vince! (Yes we are nagging you again! lol)
It has been a month after our wedding, and we are still feeling very lucky to have chosen Vince as our wedding photographer :-) Every minute working with him was enjoyable.
We will upload the photos to the review when we receive them. Stay tuned! :-) -
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Guy N. Sent on 06/21/2015What can I say about Vince Shin and Love Story Weddings Photography he was truly awesome!! We did spend what we thought was a lot of money at first but he was so worth it. Christy and I first met Vince at the Wedding Cafe workshops back in 2014. We both enjoyed his sense of humor and his professionalism. But it was his words of advice "Be selfish" that sealed the deal and ultimately lead us to selecting Love Story Weddings Photography. We met with other photographers in the selection process, but we felt the most comfortable with Vince. He was down to earth, had a good sense of humor, and was very easy to talk to. He worked around our busy schedules to capture some beautiful photos including our movie poster and our engagement pictures. My wife is very shy and does not like to be the center of attention, but Vince had a way of making her relax, laugh and have fun. In the end, we loved the movie poster which he had put on canvas (for an additional charge) and also he took a beautiful photo of the both of us in front of the Hawaii Theatre. We displayed both of these at our wedding reception and received rave reviews from all of our guests.
We look forward to viewing the pictures from our wedding ceremony and reception pictures but if it is anything like our movie poster and engagement photos we are sure that they will turn out spectacular. We would definitely recommend Love Story Weddings Photography to anyone who wants quality pictures, professional service, and just want to have a good time!
Thanks again Vince!!!
Love,
Guy & Christy Nishihira
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Kelli Sent on 07/02/2019Flexible and easy to work with
Vince has been extremely helpful from day one. He’s easy to talk to, responds VERY quickly via text or email, and always answers our questions promptly. He also has a ton of experience and was flexible to work with our busy schedules.
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