Maria Silva-Goyo Photography Reviews
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Emily S. Sent on 11/20/2023Best Vendor Ever
Maria and Scott were an absolute dream team for our wedding photography! From the moment we saw our engagement shoot photos, I knew we were in for something extraordinary on our wedding day. The attention to detail and their ability to capture the true joy of our special day were beyond phenomenal.
I had initial nerves about wedding photography because, let's face it, these are the memories that last a lifetime. Maria and Scott quickly put those fears to rest with their exceptional talent. Their ability to capture not only the big moments but also the subtle, intimate details made our wedding album a true work of art. Having both Maria and Scott was a blessing; they caught so many moments that we missed, allowing us to relive our day in the most beautiful way possible.
Maria stood out as our best vendor throughout the entire wedding planning process. Always the first to communicate, she worked with us every step of the way, ensuring that our vision was realized. I wholeheartedly recommend Maria to any couple seeking perfection in capturing their wedding day. Thank you, Maria and Scott, for gifting us with memories that will last a lifetime. You are truly the best in the business!
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Hunter G. Sent on 11/13/2023
An absolute dream.
Maria and Scott are not only incredibly talented but also convey such warmth and professionalism. I couldn't imagine anyone else capturing my wedding day and have to pinch myself at how beautiful just the sneak peaks from my Nov wedding are. From the moment we connected, I knew these were the photographers for my husband and I -
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Kasey P. Sent on 10/08/2023Amazing! Hire. Now.
Maria and Scott were AMAZING. They were so friendly and personable and made you feel at ease, especially on a crazy day like your wedding. Maria was so helpful with different poses and such (since we never get professional pictures taken, we’re clueless). They arrived on time and even stayed later than planned to make sure we had tons of pictures. The preview pictures were so beautiful. I can’t say enough about Maria. You need her!! -
Marcella P. Sent on 11/13/2023
Top notch customer service and AMAZING talent !
Maria and Scott are just the most amaizng humans! I met them at a wedding back in Oct of 21 and knew I had to have them if I got engaged! Well I did! We are getting married July of 24 but just had our engagement shoot with Maria and Scott and the photos were beyond our expectations! First off, they get your pictures back the fastest I have ever seen in this industry. Now with fast service sometimes quality can suffer— Maria’s and Scott’s DID NOT! The quality was pure perfection and the pics were so dreamy! Every single family and friend we showed our pictures too LOVED them! I mean how can they not!?
We were with them for quite some time and they were so funny, down to earth, chill and made us so comfortable taking pics when we for sure were nervous going into the shoot!
We cannot wait for our wedding and to see the magic Maria and Scott create on our wedding day! Can’t wait to see you guys soon!!!
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Chloe H. Sent on 11/26/2023Phenomenal Photographer
We can not begin to say enough good things about Maria Silva-Goyo Photography. While searching for our wedding photographers, we were looking for documentary-style photography to capture the story of our day, editing that stayed true to color and used depth of focus to help frame the perfect moments, and someone who we’d want to spend our entire wedding day around (you spend 6+ hours with your photographers–make sure you vibe well!).
Maria was exactly what we were looking for. She is fun, professional, and captured all of our day perfectly. She managed to capture the cuteness of our derpy moments together as well as all of the love we share with each other and our friends and family. Maria was willing to try different ideas with the area around our venue to capture some truly unique wedding photos and also dealt with the bride’s incredibly large immediate and extended family for photos and managed to get all of us in one shot (no easy feat)! We felt incredibly at ease around both her and her husband, Scott, and are grateful for their friendship and support through our wedding day and beyond. The photo books Maria works with you to create are stunning and look like they belong in storybook libraries. We can’t wait for the next excuse to book a session with Maria and see her and Scott again!
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Maddie B. Sent on 11/13/2023
Captured the best day ever!
We were blown away with our experience working with Maria & Scott for our wedding. From day one, the process was easy, and we really enjoyed talking with Maria. She helped us realize what we wanted and helped us determine the style of photos we wanted which turned out exactly how I wanted. Through the laughter and tears of our big day, Maria kept the energy up and people engaged the whole night. Toward the end of the night, we got into a big group hug with Maria and Scott and we got to see a few dance moves. Our photos are filled with genuine smiles and you can see our love exude. We cannot them enough for capturing memories from the best day of our lives. -
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Victoria C. Sent on 10/22/2023
Incredible photographer and person
Maria was the first vendor we booked after we found our wedding venue, since we were looking for specific things in a wedding photographer: a documentary/photojournalism style with natural-looking color grading; expertise in beach and daytime photography; and experience photographing LGBTQ+ couples -- and all of this within our budget. Maria checked all our boxes and even boxes we didn't even think to look for. She was so flexible and responsive in all our interactions with her, and even adjusted our timeline to include meeting up with us for sunset photos several hours after our daytime reception concluded. She surprised us with polaroids at the end of the day, which we were able to display at home right away, sent us a large number of sneak peek photos a few days after our wedding, and even included a montage video set to our processional song with our full gallery. Probably the best part of working with Maria (and Scott, her second photographer) is that while she is very professional, she is also down-to-earth and lets her personality shine through in all her interactions with her clients and in her web and Instagram presence.
Since we knew our wedding photographer would be right up close while we experienced some of the most special moments of our relationship, we needed to feel like we somewhat knew and could trust that person, and we definitely felt that level of comfort with Maria and Scott. I'm someone who is very awkward whenever a camera is pointed at me, but they captured moments when I wasn't even aware of them shooting. When we received our gallery, looking at the photos brought us right back to our wedding day. We're having trouble narrowing down which ones to print or post, we love so many of them! If you're looking for photographers for your wedding who will work with you and are just kind, friendly people, we can't recommend Maria and Scott highly enough. If we ever have any other big life events we'd like photographed in the future, we'd reach out to them in a heartbeat. -
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Mallory P. Sent on 06/29/2023
They made our vision come true
Working with Maria and Scott was absolutely wonderful and I would recommend them to everyone. They were efficient and excelled at pulling us away for quick shots when the lighting was good, and then just letting us have fun the rest of the time! They knew we wanted to spend as much time with our guests as possible, and gave great suggestions on how to maximize our time as well as get beautiful photos. They had such a good eye for finding places to take photos, and put together some really awesome double exposure shots. We loved that they had a photojournalism approach for the reception and were always on the outskirts snapping shots of the guests having a blast dancing along to the band. So easy and fun to work with, you won’t regret choosing them for your special day!
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Ryan P. Sent on 05/29/2023Endless Love
Where is even the best to start describing Maria & Scott as photographers?
Let me start by saying, if you are just looking for someone to simply capture a few photos for your wedding or special event, Maria and Scott are not the right photographers for you. This is because they are SO MUCH more than photographers, the way they make you feel comfortable in front of the lens, or in the in-between conversations between photos leads them to feel more like friends and family than just your wedding photographer.
These are two of the most incredible human beings that I have had the pleasure of coming across and every day I think about how lucky I am to have found them; again not only as photographer but as friends, which is what I would consider them now.
I will shout their names from the rooftops if anyone asks for photographer recommendations and every special event from here to the end of my days will be captured by Maria & Scott -
Samantha Sent on 05/29/2023
The best wedding photographer!!!
My husband and I could not have asked for a better experience, more beautiful photos, or two more wonderful people to work with than Maria and Scott. They are so kind, talented, passionate, responsive, flexible, and fun to work with, and they made our wedding day - and our photos - so special. Even when we were running late getting ready, dealing with crazy weather, and making last minute changes in ceremony location, Maria and Scott put us at ease and were so flexible and helpful to make things go smoothly!!! They have such a talent for capturing the most special, natural, wonderful little moments and it shows in all of our photos, which are STUNNING by the way!!! We could not be more thrilled with how beautiful they are! Going through our pictures is like reliving all the feelings of the day all over again in the most magical way, and we are so thankful that we were able to work with Maria and Scott. We would recommend Maria Silva-Goyo Photography to anyone!!! -
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Jess Sent on 06/22/2023
Talented, professional and flexible
Maria and Scott were amazing to work with from start to finish during our wedding and wedding planning process. They are professional and flexible. They created beautiful photos for our engagement shoot as well as our wedding. It rained the entire day of our wedding day but Maria really made the rain work for us and was about to get absolutely stunning photos! They also sent our photos to us in the time frame they projected in our contract. I could not recommend them enough and I am so happy with the photos that my husband and I will get to enjoy for a lifetime. -
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Salem M. Sent on 01/25/2023Absolutely Perfect.
Maria and Scott are the perfect dynamic wedding duo! Their friendly and professional style is fantastic. I found these two while they were photographing a friend's wedding that I was in. I knew that I needed them for my wedding! Two years later, I reached out and booked them for our big day. They are great at keeping things moving and organized by reaching out beforehand and coordinating the day of. I worked with them without a planner, and things went super smoothly. We had an engagement session as well, and it was the perfect time for us to all get to know one another. Maria was also down for our less “normal” requests and gave us the best photos we could have ever asked for. We cannot thank these two enough for their time, skill, and generosity. I can’t wait to start a family so we can hire them again :) -
Abigail R. Sent on 07/12/2022
Amazing! The photographers you’ve been looking for…
Look no further for a wedding photographer. Right off the bat, we were impressed with how quickly and efficiently Maria was with responding to all of our emails. She was easy to communicate with through the whole wedding planning process and was so flexible with my crazy schedule. On the wedding day, Maria and Scott went above and beyond for us! Our venue was under construction and they did everything they could to give us our dream wedding pictures. The pictures are gorgeous regardless of the time of day, which shows how skilled they are in dealing with different lightings. My husband and I are awkward when it comes to posing, but Maria and Scott made us feel so comfortable and helped style us in picture perfect ways! I can’t say enough how kind and professional Maria and Scott are. They are truly the best! -
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Victoria D. Sent on 03/28/2022
Obsessed with our wedding photos!
Maria is the not only the nicest person ever, but we are absolutely obsessed with our wedding photos. We wanted light, airy, natural moments captured and that’s exactly what she does. Every detail of our wedding looks so beautiful in our photos, and she also captured many of the silly/funny/unplanned moments which we love. She shared a sneak peek only days after our wedding (which was amazing) and from that point we knew we were going to love every photo. Cannot recommend her enough!! -
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Sara F. Sent on 12/17/2021Dream Wedding Photographer!
Maria is the best!!! From the moment we met her we knew we were going to love her and her husband, Scott. Her photos are absolutely beautiful and perfectly captured the day as we remember it. Maria is also such a kind and hard-working person and it’s been a pleasure working with her and getting to know her. -
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Amanda M. Sent on 11/30/2021Best Wedding Photographer!
Maria truly is one of a kind. She is patient, funny, responsive, and so talented. Maria made me and my husband feel so comfortable and captured unique and beautiful photos. I am in awe of her talent and I am so grateful I was able to have her as my photographer. Maria made sure we captured every photo on my wishlist and then some! She went above and beyond! I will cherish my wedding photos forever and always think about Maria and Scott! Book Maria!!!Maria Silva-Goyo Photography's reply:
Thank you so much Amanda! We always have the best time hanging out with you guys, and even editing your photos I kept smiling going through the whole thing again. You are the best. -
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Jordan Sent on 09/09/2021Amazing Photos by Amazing People
From our first interaction, we knew that Maria and Scott would be the perfect photographers for us. Their website provided a user-friendly atmosphere, which is SO important when you are planning a million things for your wedding. Maria was always readily available to answer any questions that we had and just helped us to navigate through the wedding process. At our wedding, Maria and Scott fit perfectly into our family and friends and interacted in a professional but friendly manner. Our family could not say enough about them and how wonderful they were to interact with. Maria was quick to provide a sneak peak of our wedding day and a few short weeks later, our entire gallery to review. I expected amazing pictures but Maria completely exceeded our expectations. The pictures were AMAZING and she really captured who we are as a couple - which is so perfect. I could not recommend her enough! -
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Lauren C. Sent on 09/26/2021Thank you, an absolute dream
It is hard to put into words how incredible our experience was hiring Maria and Scott as our wedding photographers. We were married on the Jersey shore in Belmar NJ and I was drawn to their work because of the documentary style, especially with locations outdoors and at the beach, and the emotion I felt when I looked at her portfolios of weddings they had shot and the moments they chose to capture. Besides meeting all of the obvious logistical criteria - great communication, organized, and timely, they are an incredibly easy going couple and make you feel comfortable in your first moments together. On our wedding day, Maria and Scott helped ease us into our first look, gave us great direction and got us to have a lot of fun, they created moments for us and opportunities to be ourselves and we laughed a lot, family portraits and the specific shots were flown through because they give great direction and are very organized, during our reception they were present and captured some great action shots but were never overbearing. We enjoyed them and their energy so much, as a special touch they provided us with 3 Polaroid print outs that they printed on sight before they left us! Even more exciting is that not even a week later we had a sneak peak of photos from our wedding, followed only a month later by our entire event. We are in love with the way they captured us and the moments of our wedding day and the joy they brought us just by being themselves. Choosing the right wedding photographer is one of the most important decisions you make and we love you Maria and Scott! Thank you thank you!Maria Silva-Goyo Photography's reply:
Lauren, you guys were just awesome. We love what we do, but you and Pat made it even more fun and easy than usual. It was such a good day. Thank you so so much!
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Cristal M. Sent on 08/14/2020Amazing photography by the most amazing human beings ❤
I have been working with Maria since we hired her back in March/April of 2019. She has done our engagement photos which we loved. And I was so excited to see how our wedding photos would turn out for our May 2020 wedding….. well covid-19 happened and we decided to postpone our wedding.
From my first encounter I could tell Maria would be a kind hearted person. I really got to see how much of an amazing human begin she truly is. She reached out to me and checked in on our plan for our May 2020 wedding date. When we told her we were going to postpone, she was very flexible and accommodated our new plan.
But that is not the true example of how amazing, flexible, and dream accomplishing this photographer is. In July I had a crazy idea to elope. We found a gorgeous little venue and set up a date for July 19, 2020 to get married. I reached out to Maria and asked if she could photograph my elopement (WITH LESS THAN A 2 WEEK NOTICE). She was a dream maker! She said yes and was thrilled to be a part of our elopement. My elopement was not what I had planned for a year. But it was a beautiful and a special moment. Maria really made it a special event. She made my husband and I a small wedding cake (such an amazing surprise) and took flawless pictures (seriouslythe picturesare breathtaking). Although we did not have family and friends at our elopement. Maria and Scotty truly made it feel like we were surrounded by people that cared about us and felt like family and friends. I am so grateful and thankful for her and her amazing skills with a camera.
If you are looking for a photographer who has amazing talent with a camera and who will treat you like family, look no further because Maria Silva-Goyo is the one.Maria Silva-Goyo Photography's reply:
I already responded to you in a private email, but apparently people will think I'm rude if I don't respond here. In short, thank you so much. This year has been difficult for everybody, and we just wanted to do what we could to make things better for you. I'm so thankful that things fell into place and we got to see you guys exchange vows. I'm so happy for you! We will happily keep taking photos of the two of you over and over again 😉.
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Shelby L. Sent on 07/16/2021100% recommend!
We can't say enough good things about Maria and Scott! From the very first phone call we had with them, they made us feel comfortable. Our wedding was small and intimate, and they took the time to get to know each of our guests and made everyone feel at ease. All of our family and friends commented on how great they were on the day of the wedding. They are kind, funny, and generous people and it was a true pleasure to work with them. Not to mention the photos are absolutely GORGEOUS! They surpassed our expectations, and I am so glad that we chose to work with them! 10/10 would recommend! -
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