Nicole Long Photography Reviews

Nicole Long Photography

Elmira, NY

4.8 out of 5 rating, 36 reviews

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Caroline Sent on 02/20/2025

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Best photographer ever!

Nicole did our engagement, wedding and Christmas photos. She has been incredibly helpful, flexible, fun and creative. Her pictures always turn out beautiful. (It was not easy to capture a parrot sitting on a hyper puppy, but Nicole did it). We have been truly blessed to have used Nicole for our photos and will continue to use her to capture our future life events. Nicole is the BEST photographer we have ever encountered. GO WITH HER!
Andrea Sent on 09/14/2024

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Nicole is the absolute best!

Nicole was the absolute best. Her professionalism is unmatched. We were having a destination wedding in NY from our home state of Ohio. We could not ask for more. Our expectations were exceeded. Nicole made us feel comfortable and took gorgeous photos.
Rucia Sent on 07/27/2020

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Breathtaking photos!

Amazing pictures of our special day. Creative work. Patient with family and children. Helpful to bridal party when getting ready. Due to COVID, our wedding plans continued to change and Nicole was very flexible and responsive. A bride's biggest fear is a photographer not showing and Nicole never made me think she wouldn't be. Very professional. Nicole upheld every part of her contract. The pictures took about 2 weeks to be edited, but it was worth the wait. Nicole had shots of every special moment that occurred. My husband and I will hire Nicole for future big moments.
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Josh Sent on 10/30/2018

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Better than I could have imagined

Nicole was everything we needed for our wedding day, she really did an incredible job. She even worked through being ill to still he there for us on our big day, we really appreciated it!! The ideas she had were awesome, and a lot of wonderful pictures resulted. There are so many to choose from, I have a hard time picking a favorite. Would absolutely recommend to anyone, thank you!
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Nicole's work is always amazing! She is so easy to work with and able to accommodate pretty much any requests... you can tell when working with her that her heart is truly into her job.
Jenny Sent on 06/30/2017

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Nicole was amazing throughout our whole journey. Very professional, accommodating, punctual and very responsive. Great value for the services she offers!
Rachel Sent on 01/05/2017

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Very happy with this photographer. Solid across the board. Very easy to work with and flexible - she was very accommodating on atypical terrain in an outdoor park that didn't lend itself to lighting and whatnot, and we were still blessed with beautiful pictures. Excellent price for the amount of photos we got. Thanks so much for all you do!
Sara Sent on 10/25/2016

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Nicole photographed my husband and I's engagement session and also our wedding day. She was wonderful! It was raining off and on during our outdoor pictures, Nicole remained calm and helped to get great pictures, while making sure that we were able to stay mostly dry. She was able to capture great candid moments at the reception as well. I would highly recommend Nicole!
Caitlyn Sent on 10/02/2016

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Nicole is a wonderful photographer! My husband and I renewed our vows a couple weeks ago and Nicole did an amazing job! She was easy to reach, very quick to respond and worked with us for the perfect 'wedding' day package. She was wonderful with my children and dealt with the bad weather and made us all comfortable. I received my photos today and LOVE them all! <3
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We had a great time working with Nicole. Out venue was hard to find and we had a pretty large wedding party which can make any wedding day a difficult ... Plus my mother got hurt and was worried about her picture being taken ... Nicole calmed her nerves and you can hardly tell in the photos. Our wedding day was beautiful and we have amazing photos to remember the day.
Stephanie Sent on 09/10/2016

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My husband and I were so glad when we found out Nicole was available to photograph our wedding (of course we booked her about two years in advance just in case!). Nicole photographed our engagement session so we were able to work with her before the wedding to see what poses and angles worked for us. The day of the wedding she came early and took photos of the small stuff while we were getting ready so we didn't have to worry about it later. Nicole was also very helpful behind the scenes with making sure everyone was where they were supposed to be and that every last hair was in its right place. We absolutely loved how all of our photos turned out and highly recommened her to all!
Tara Sent on 08/12/2016

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My husband and I decided to elope and it left me with about a month to plan everything. I contacted Nicole and luckily for us, she was available. She responded right away and I booked her that day. Nicole was always available for any questions or concerns. She tried her absolute best to get my children to stay focused and smile for our family shots. She made us all really comfortable and she was so easy to work with. My pictures came out beautiful!! I highly recommend Nicole Long Photography.
Anastachia Sent on 08/10/2016

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Nicole did such an beautiful job with our wedding photos. Nicole and I went to college and worked together. I have seen a lot of her work before. She really knew what the right picture was to capture the moment!! Nicole has very reasonable pricing and great quality pictures. I have told a lot of people about her and I would highly recommend her to anyone!
Lexi Sent on 08/02/2016

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We had just moved to the area from out of town when we booked Nicole. Our experience with the photographer that did our engagement photos was TERRIBLE, so we had really high hopes for our wedding photos. Nicole's online portfolio looked good and was within our budget, so we went for it. And we were so glad we did. Nicole went above and beyond what I expected from anyone. What surprised me the most when we got our pictures back (all beautiful) was that she captured so many wonderful moments, and I never saw her do it. She has a real talent for capturing the beauty of the moment, without making you realize there's even a camera there. We plan on using Nicole's services for all our photography needs in the future. When you hire her you can be assured you're going to get a result that you love.
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Nicole did such an amazing job with our wedding photos. We originally chose her because my husband knew her from school. I saw some of her photos at a bridal show and she had done pictures at the venue we were getting married at and they looked gorgeous! Her pricing was much more affordable than other photographers we looked at. I would highly recommend her!
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Nicole was our photographer for our wedding almost a year ago. She was absolutely fabulous. She had creative and fun ideas for poses. She was very personable and just a fun addition to our wedding. I would recommend her to any bride looking for a photographer :).
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She took great photos and got them back to us within a week.
Seydi Sent on 04/12/2016

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Nicole was not only willing to travel quite a distance for us, she provided us with wonderful guidance and support. She's extremely caring, fun and talented. I'm actually traveling to her for more photos! I had the most amazing experience with her and her creative eye, she captured everything we wanted and more. Such a great gal! Would recommend her to anyone!!!
Bridget Sent on 10/03/2015

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My husband and I couldn't be happier with how our wedding photos taken by Nicole turned out. She's such a kind, easy going person who is extremely gifted in the field of photography. I would certainly recommend Nicole to any engaged couple looking for both a great price value and amazing photo quality for their big day :)
Stephanie Sent on 07/16/2015

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Nicole did a fantastic job and the photos turned out great! I had her come to the rehearsal as well since the lighting in the church is dark and the layout is much different than most churches.Nicole took our engagement photos, made our Save the Dates, came to the rehearsal, and also photographed the ceremony and reception. What more could you ask for? She is great to take pictures with and makes you feel so comfortable. She took care of everything. Nicole took many of the "extra" pictures (of the dress, bouquet, rings, etc) while I was getting ready so they were finished before the ceremony started and we didn't have to worry about them later. She was great at directing my bridal party where to go and positioning them quickly between pictures. Working with a difficult environment didn't seem to bother her because the pictures turned out wonderful. Some of the best quality around and definitely the best price!
Cait Sent on 01/17/2015

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Nicole was amazing to work with, flexible, stayed calm under pressure, and was able to work with a difficult lighting situation in the church where we held our ceremony and reception. The day we got married was very cold; she moved quickly and rotated through who needed to be photographed so that we could take turns being inside and warming up while others got their photos taken. We got our photos back quickly, within a few weeks, and all the shots came out so well that we have a hard time picking favorites!
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Nicole did a wonderful job with our wedding and family "engagement" shoot before the wedding. She respected my wishes in not posting the pictures that I plan to provide as gifts which was very nice. We got married at sunset and she did a great job capturing the light and ensuring we got good pictures together. We live 6 hours away so Nicole was very flexible and made it easy to manage the photography for our destination wedding. Thank you Nicole.
Kathleen Sent on 11/14/2014

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Nicole was amazing to work with, professional and so talented! She worked well with the other vendors we had and was incredibly helpful. She not only took spectacular photos, she took care of us. She definitely went above and beyond! Our photos are even better than I could imagine. I can't recommend her enough!
Steph Sent on 11/09/2014

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Nicole did an amazing job! She is super organized, she stayed in close contact and communicated frequently with me throughout my engagement/wedding planning process, and came prepared the day of the wedding with all of my photo requests, and ideas. She paid close attention to details (ex. Making sure my veil and dress were positioned right), and is extremely creative with new photo ideas, most of which turned out to be our favorite photos. We got our pictures back within a few weeks of the wedding, and she even sent us a few previews by text to show our friends the day after the wedding. She was recommended to me by one of my co-workers, and I have also recommended her several times already and will continue to do so.
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Nicole has taken a lot of my personal photos and recently took my engagement photos and my wedding photos. I am extremely impatient and Nicole did everything in her power to ease this and satisfy my need to do and have things quickly. She was able to make my save the dates within three quick days just so I could hand them out at my engagement party. She also was open to my suggestions and my wants and needs for my photos. My wedding party was extremely big and she handled it with ease and patience. If you would like someone who exceeds your expectations and goes above and beyond to make your day special, Nicole Long Photography is the way to go!
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FANTASTIC!! She is easy going and bubbly... give directions well and helped wrangle the ring bearer and flower girl!!

She also did the boudoir shoot for my husbands gift... he loved it!
S Sent on 10/29/2017

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Nicole did our engagement and wedding photos. During our engagement session she did an amazing job which showed in our wedding photos as well. Nicole was flexible with her timing And the location. She was willing to meet us wherever we chose. She was always a text, message, or phone call away for whatever issues or questions arose. For each shoot Nicole came with her own ideas for photos as well as accommodated any ideas we had even on the fly including a huge family photo per request of an aunt. Her contract says 4-6 weeks before the photos are finished. I was pleasantly surprised when they were done a week early and done with high quality.
Jessica Sent on 11/21/2015

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We initially chose to go with Nicole because her prices were in our budget and sample photos looked great! As time went on, Nicole was very accessible and responsive to all of our inquiries and communications. I sent her a bunch of photo ideas, many of which we didn't get to use because of time constraints on our part, but she did make sure we got of few of the special shots she knew we wanted! Our absolute favorite photo was one of hers too & she actually is using as a sample for her business! We ended up with well over 1000 photos over the course of the day/evening, which was nice to have for the photo book we had planned to make. She was pleasant and friendly, offering much advice along the way. I would highly recommend!
Tiffany Sent on 10/19/2013

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Nicole was great to work with . We got some really great shots. She had photos back to us within a month
Jessica Sent on 01/23/2019

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Nicole is great!

Nicole takes beautiful photos and is one of the best priced photographers I found. My hubby generally hates getting his picture taken, but Nicole got a great set of photos for our engagement session. It was also a super windy, cold day but you wouldn’t have a clue from looking at the pictures Nicole took. She has a great personality and makes you feel very comfortable in front of the camera. I have no doubt our wedding photos will be just as amazing.
Kay Sent on 11/20/2016

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When you're trying to plan a wedding and have 200 things to worry about, prompt and clear communication is essential and Nicole provided just that! She was always pleasant and very quick to respond. I would recommend her!
Amy Sent on 11/21/2016

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Nicole was easy to work with, she has great ideas for photos and comes ready with her ideas, but also will do anything you ask her to do. She was very prompt with getting the USB with all of our edited photos back to us quickly, less than two weeks. We had almost 800 edited photos and they were beautiful. Very easy to work with, I enjoyed working with her.
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Nicole is great! She did are engagement photos, and is going to be doing our wedding as well. She took the time to make sure we got every pose we wanted. She has a full time job on top of her photography, so trying to find a time to work for all of our schedules and cooperative weather took a little bit, but when we were able to get our shoot in she was very accommodating to our vision. Looking forward to our wedding!
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My significant other and I had been together for a few years before officially tying the knot - between our crazy home and work schedules, actual wedding plans proved impossible - and, after getting into the early stages of wedding planning, we soon figured out that we needed to start planning for the birth of our baby boy instead!! When I had finally lost the baby weight in order to fit into my (already purchased) wedding dress, my husband and I decided it was a "now or never" moment to get hitched - our entire wedding was literally planned within 2 weeks; hiring Nicole as our photographer was one of the easiest processes! She is always available on Facebook and responded to my inquiry rapidly - our entire appointment was set up via Messenger! Nicole was on time to the wedding reception and ceremony to take pictures, she came prepared, and took a ton of pictures! Although it was freezing outside (our wedding was in December), she did take (quick) and beautiful outdoor photography and tried to keep us as warm as possible. My only honest complaint would be that I am not a very photogenic person, so I only wish I was better posed for the wedding pictures - for example, I tend to "over-smile" when excited, or to relax and let the picture be taken...
Kimberly Sent on 06/04/2016

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Nicole did a great job as our wedding photographer. One of our favorite things that she did was to follow us around during the reception in order to get photos of us with our guests. We really appreciated that! We also got a great number of photos back (around 800!). However, the photo quality was a little low (some of the photos are slightly blurry), but we are glad to have the pictures overall. We also liked how inexpensive she was compared to many other photographers we talked to.
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My husband and I were very disappointed. I had seen her website/photo album. There were some artistic shots, but for the 5 hours she was with us, there were NO artistic photos. She suggested photographing my wedding dress (ivory) in front of my closet door that was white, and proceeded to take 18 pictures of just my dress from the same angle?

We had very standard pictures with family in the same pose for every shot, there was no artistry. I asked a few times to have us pose in a more fun, creative way, but she said nothing. I had a LOT of my mind that day. It wasn't up to me to come up with a vision. She said if we had hired her to stay longer, she could have been more creative! She had 5 hours to be creative!!! She sent our photos quickly. There were over 30 that were totally not edited (i.e. people's body parts were on the edges of photos, videographer was seen in same photo, photos were crooked, flash was reflected in the windows, photos were overexposed, etc). This was shocking! We had to follow up and explain what she needed to fix, That's not our job. Over 30 photos is not professional.

She edited them. She apologized and offered, not a refund, but another 1 hour photo shoot. She said we could get on our wedding clothes again and go back to the park. Are you kidding? I spent 3 hours getting my hair, make up and dress on....not to mention renting a tux. She had her chance that day. When I asked for a partial refund, she said she doesn't offer refunds, but would do so if we signed a non-disparagement agreement. Our lawyer said it was too vague and only favored her. She even wrote down my name wrong!

Bottom Line: Nicole is friendly and accessible via FB. She has done some artistic photos from her website, but not on my wedding day. Our pictures are ordinary, anyone could have taken them. It's worth spending more money. Go with someone whose artistry, originality and perspective blows you away. This is your wedding day, you don't want any regrets.

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