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Memories Wedding Photography by Karen

Memories Wedding Photography by Karen

Peoria, AZ
4.8 out of 5 rating, 27 Reviews
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2011 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2010 Winner
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    Wonderful so far

    Karen is the preferred vendor for our venue. I have definitely shopped around and some of the other vendors I am interested in were just outside of our budget. I was able to view her work and I am a huge fan, especially the ones at our venue as she knows all the great photo locations. We haven’t had our pictures taken yet as our wedding is scheduled on 4/2020 but so far she has been super accommodating and communicative! We look forward to reviewing the pictures of our wedding that she does take!
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    Heather Sent on 07/05/2020
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    Wonderful Wedding Photography!

    Such a talented photographer! Memories by Karen is our go-to recommendation for photography on your special day. I work at Palm Valley by Wedgewood Weddings and Karen has been our partner for many years. She knows where all the sweet spots are and takes the most amazing sunset photos at our gorgeous Cactus Garden.

    Memories by Karen provides professional, creative, fun shots and is able to capture all of your most special moments, so that you can cherish them forever! Karen, we value your marvelous photography skills and are always excited to see the wonderful photos you have taken for our Brides and Grooms. We always look forward to working with you!
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    Andrewqmariha P. Sent on 12/06/2019
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    Great personality, great photos

    Karen was great photographer. She responded to my initial inquiry in a perfectly reasonable timeframe, was able to meet with me in person when I had further questions, and when there was a small hiccup in my proposed schedule for the wedding day, she communicated quickly and clearly so that everyone would be on the same page. I absolutely love how the photos turned out, and I highly recommend that you book her for your wedding.
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    Kady Sent on 01/03/2017
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    We found Karen as she is the preferred vendor for our venue. At first I wasn’t planning on using Karen as we have a few friends that are photographers and I was debating between using them. I saw Karen’s photos at an open house and became more interested in using her. It was clear she had the experience and knowledge of the venue. It was also a huge plus that she had a lighting an assistant and lighting. Ultimately we decided to go with Karen and I am so glad we did! From start to finish Karen provided incredible service and product. We booked her through the venue, but things were miscommunicated so when I emailed her a week prior to the wedding and she didn’t have us on her list she was very quick to accommodate us and get a feel for what kind of photo’s we wanted. The day of the wedding you could hardly tell she and her assistant were there while we were getting ready, during the reception extra. She was made sure to get every shot we wanted and even ones we didn’t think about. After the wedding she communicated timelines and sent us sneak peeks. The final product was incredible! We are so in love with our pictures. We have access to view them online as well as on discs she sent in the mail. When I mentioned my laptop does not have a disc drive she also included a usb. She was incredibly thoughtful and her talent shines through in our photos!
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    Debbie Sent on 04/12/2015
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    Karen has true talent! She was so easy to work with, flexible, and had a great eye for ideas. She got all the poses I suggested and a TON more. Candid shots are some of my favorites and she is phenomenal at capturing these moments. Looking at all of the photos when they came in took me right back to our wedding day. Book her! You won't regret it.
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    Michelle Sent on 04/29/2014
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    Karen was awesome! She made sure that she captured all the shots we wanted and helped out where ever she could. Extremely patient and took the time to review pictures to make sure our eyes were not closed or something goofy happened. We would highley recomend her!!!
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    Jeana Sent on 03/03/2013
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    Karen did an amazing job on our wedding pictures. She was referred to me by my sister-in-law and I couldn't have been happier. She captured all of the moments that I wanted on our wedding day and so many more. She communicated with us all the way up until the day of our wedding. Karen took SO many pictures and provided us with a disk of our pictures within a month after our wedding. I was very happy with the results and always get compliments on our wedding pictures. I highly recommend her!
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    Stephanie Sent on 11/29/2010
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    Karen was great! I love my pictures! She took so many!
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    Daisy Sent on 04/28/2010
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    Karen was amazing and we're so glad we chose her as our photographer. Her communication throughout the whole planning process and wedding was great. The day of the wedding we didn’t have a lot of time at the ceremony location for photos and she was great at giving direction and having everybody set up quickly. She took wonderful pictures that I love and that I want to share with all of my friends and family! Everyone mentioned how professional she was and that meant a lot to me. She also did our engagement photos which came out great!
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    Brandy Sent on 07/14/2010
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    Karen was a pleasure to work with. She takes the most goregeous pictures, and is very creative.. has a great eye. I absolutely loved our pictures!! I will definetly use her in the future for any event, or just to have family pictures done! I would highly recommend her to other brides, her prices are comparable, and the pictures you will get, will be something that you will never get tired of looking at, or sharing with friends and family! I promise!!
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    Lorraine Sent on 07/28/2009
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    Our photographer was the hardest vendor for me to find. It took me over a year before I finally found Karen, here on wedding wire. I think that the photographer is the most important part on the wedding vendors, for guest that couldn't attend, relatives, friends, co-workers and when you want to reminisce, the pictures you have will be more valuable, then the dried bouquet of flowers you carried, the scrape booked invitation you kept, or the perfectly matched nail color of all your bridesmaids. The photos you have of these things will be much more important. An unskilled photographer might not take the most basic picture of your hand with the new beautiful ring.

    Karen does beautiful work, and she corralled my crazy family : )
    She was my photographer on the 4th of July and also did my sisters wedding in January.
    There is no one I would recommend more highly then Karen Hudak.
    Check out her website at MemoriesbyKaren.com
    My sister is in some of her gallery (Matthew and Adrienne)
    Meet with her and her calm presence will let you know that she will take care of you.
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    S Sent on 11/06/2009
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    I don't think any other photographer would have done as much as Karen did for the price we paid. She did black and whites, sepia tones, fades, color splashes on black and white, making some very beautiful and artistic photos of my husband and mine's wedding day. She also gave us all the proofs in this great proof book and CD, as well as did an 8 by 10 for the wedding guest to signn and an engagement session, all of which my friends who paid the same for the photographer did not get. She is very friendly and professional, not to mention a great photographer (for not being models, she got some photos from my husband and I that could be on the cover of a magazine), so I highly recommend her! She knows what she is doing for sure and you really get your money's worth!
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    Adrienne Sent on 05/11/2009
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    Karen is an amazing photographer. Her value is incredible. She listened to what we wanted and executed the photographs perfectly. She has creative style, professionalism, a friendly personality and great rates. My sister is also using her as her wedding photographer. We love Karen and will continue recommending her to all of our family and friends.
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    Marianne Sent on 09/28/2008
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    My friend's sister hired Karen for her wedding and recommended her to me. Karen did a great job at our wedding! She was very patient and flexible with the large groups we had for posed shots. She is very personable and made me feel comfortable during our bridal photo shoot.
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    Stephanie Sent on 08/14/2008
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    Karen, the owner of this company, was a pleasure to work with. I had high hopes of the photography vendor I would choose because this was my BIG day and I wanted these memories to be captured perfectly- as every bride does. Karen fulfilled my wishes and had so many great ideas for the pictures. I had a hard time choosing what pics would go in my final album because of the quality of each one, but her packages are so convenient that it didn't matter. I have a huge album of beautiful proofs to also show off due to her nicely compiled packages. Her timing, her attention to detail and her overall work ethic made my day run smoothly and wonderfully. She was my favorite vendor out of all that I hired for my day - she even outshined my wedding coordinator at our venue. Her prices can not be beat and she is worth MORE than what she charges- you can not go wrong if you book this company for your special day!
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    Jennifer Sent on 08/07/2008
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    My husband and I were extremely pleased with Karen and her beautiful pictures. We received so many compliments from our family and friends about her shots. Her experience made her so easy to work with and she has some unique ideas for various shots. She made sure that we got all of the important family portraits in along with some fun photos that she knew worked well. She also asked us exactly what we wanted, listened to our ideas and made us feel comfortable. You can spend a large amount of money on wedding photography, but Karen provided the same high quality shots as those who were double and triple the cost. We would highly recommend her to anyone.
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    Angela Sent on 12/16/2008
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    Karen was a pleasure to work with! She was referred to us by my sister in law's sister. After meeting with Karen and looking at her work and her pricing we new we wanted to book her. Her prices were just within our budget and her work is amazing! You definitely get your money's worth! She was very patient the day of our wedding when we were taking pictures in big groups. She also captured a lot of great shots on our special day and I couldn't have asked for more! I also received SEVERAL compliments on my pictures. I used to take classes for photography so I know a great picture when I see one! Pictures are what keep the memories alive and now thanks to Karen I will have a lifetime of memories to remember on our wedding day! I would definitely recommend her to anyone I know in a heartbeat! Thanks for making our day so special Karen! :)
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    Jayme Sent on 07/09/2008
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    Karen was wonderful. She was very professional, guided and posed us to create the most beautiful pictures. She used the background to her advantage and we got some awesome shots. Not to mention, she took sooo many pictures that there were too many good ones to choose from. She gave us all 572 pictures (in the 5 or 6 hours we had her booked!!) in a nice book and also gave us a high quality DVD for our printing use. I can't recommend her enough. She was the best.
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    Amy Sent on 08/16/2008
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    Karen Hudak (Memories by Karen) was great to work with. She was incredibly professional; very responsive to all of our questions and requests. Karen knew exactly what kinds of pictures we were looking for and captured each one so beautifully. As Karen worked with us, she gave very clear direction on what she needed us to do; making the outcome is absolutely stunning. She really has a great eye for beauty and we are so happy we found her, her style is classy yet unique. We can’t thank her enough for our beautiful Wedding and Engagement photos. She came through with everything we talked about and exceeded our expectations with the quality of pictures she produced. Karen captured moments throughout our Wedding that we didn’t even notice. We chose Karen Hudak (Memories by Karen) because of her creativity and uniqueness, and would highly recommend her for many more reasons. You will not be disappointed with Karen, we are very happy we hired her to capture our Wedding in photos that we have for many, many years. You only get once chance to capture these moments and in every way Karen will come through for you. I have to say that out of everything that was on my mind the day of our Wedding, I was not worried about our pictures one bit. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Karen!!!! You made our day a day we will never forget! Can’t wait to work with you again!!!!
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    Megan Sent on 08/23/2008
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    Karen provided AMAZING service, and she was so quick to complete our photo album and get all of our pictures back to us. She was at the ceremony, reception and early enough to get pictures of all of us getting ready.

    Karen also did a really great job of capturing all the aspects of the wedding. The cake, the centerpieces, all of the crafts and decor. We put a lot of work into the "little details" and Karen captured it all in the photographs.

    We knew she was going to be great at the wedding, because when we met a few months prior for our engagement pictures, she did such a great job.

    Karen was such a great photographer, we called her when we found out that we were pregnant, and she took our pregnancy photos and when our son comes, she'll take our first family photos :)

    I have already recommended her to a few girlfriends and would highly recommend her to anyone :)
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    Robin Sent on 09/11/2007
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    Karen took the most beautiful pictures with such creativeness. She left us with some Beautiful memories.
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    This photographer was the one that my venue recommended and she did an amazing job. She traveled to our church and also to the venue to provide really excellent and artist photos of every style!! I was then able to choose out of all of the pictures which I wanted to make into a photo book. She worked very quickly to provide that photo book as well.
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    Maggie Sent on 04/14/2015
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    Karen is a great photographer! She was with us before the ceremony until the end of the night and we couldn't have been happier! She takes beautiful photos and made us feel comfortable the entire time. Price was very important to us and she offered us an amazing deal. Her pictures are wonderful and she is a very sweet, professional person. We were so happy with her!
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    Magical Moment

    Karen did not only my engagement pictures but also my wedding pictures and they were beyond words! The pictures she took captured my theme and made the entire night look magical. She was able to think outside the box on pictures I didn’t even know how much I would love until I got them back. Each picture taken was wonderful and she makes it hard to decide which pictures to put around the house, send to family, put in the book. There are so many to choose from! Highly recommended!
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    Katie Sent on 02/09/2010
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    Karen was great to work with. She took great photos and worked well with my large group. I would recommend her to anyone.
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