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    Thank you Christine!

    I am so thankful I got the opportunity to work with Christine for my wedding. I had a very difficult time with my planner who was distracted and unhelpful. Christine stepped in and pretty much saved the day.

    She knew how to do everything. From where to sign the legal documents to how to bustle my dress and place my husbands cuff links. She truly went above and beyond.

    She was able to also gather my loud family together to get pictures in a speedy way when we were running an hour behind. And she didn’t even break a sweat.

    If I didn’t have her that day, it would have been a total mess! - and the photos are great. She sent us some previews and we are awaiting the final images.

    If you are looking for an experienced, efficient and kind person who will go above and beyond for you- please hire Christine.
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    10000/10 recommendation!!!

    I cannot say enough good things about Christine and her work! Hiring her to do our photos was easily one of the best decisions we made. She was very responsive from the minute I reached out to her, incredibly helpful and knowledgeable when it came to planning out our timeline and adjusting it along the way, captured the exact essence of our beautiful day, delivered the photos so quickly, and her prices are very reasonable. On top of being an amazing photographer, Christine is also a wonderful PERSON! She checked in on us throughout the entire engagement process, was so patient and kind during the big day, and her thoughtfulness didn't even stop after the wedding day happened. Christine is everything we could have ever wanted in wedding photographer and we are so thankful that she was there on our wedding day!!
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    Gina Sent on 04/01/2022
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    Incredible Wedding Photographer

    Picking your wedding photographer is a big decision and we couldn't have been happier to book with Christine for our wedding in 2019. She is incredibly professional, easy to work with, accommodating, and helped make us feel so comfortable in front of the camera. From the booking process, to engagement pictures, to the wedding day, Christine was incredibly easy to communicate with and made the entire process smooth and easy. She did a fantastic job making everyone feel comfortable and capturing the most beautiful moments from our wedding day - moments that we will treasure for a lifetime! Her pictures are beautiful and timeless and you won't regret booking her.
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    Hesed Sent on 03/20/2022
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    Thank you Oly Photography!

    We feel so fortunate to have found Christine as our wedding photographer! She captured our engagement and wedding photos like a true pro, it was so nice to be able to trust her judgement and experience during a high stress time like planning/having a wedding. We had fun going to our favorite spots in Seattle [Chophouse Row, Heritage Distillery, building rooftop, Pioneer Square, Melrose Market, etc] and the pictures came out gorgeous. We couldn't be more pleased and even had Christine come back to be our family photographer for our daughter's 1st birthday! Highly recommend Christine if you are looking for a wedding [or family] photographer who has a ton of experience and will work with you to make sure your big day gets captured with style.
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    Grace Sent on 03/11/2022
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    Incredibly talented, patient, and kind photographer!

    Christine did my high school senior photos, then my engagement photos, then wedding! She is absolutely amazing and so patient and kind. Her photos come out absolutely stunning and she really pays attention to details - she photoshopped my husbands crazy glasses tan line out of EVERY single photo - which I know wasn’t easy! Christine is super easy to work with and I would 110% recommend her to anyone.
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    Megan Sent on 03/10/2022
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    Wonderful to work with!

    Christine was instrumental in bringing together our wedding day. We had a whole day of experiences planned, and she was there for every step, including sharing some preview images that night for our guests! She took the time to talk through our needs and customize the day based on them, as well as set a schedule to put our minds at ease. I absolutely look forward to working with her again in any capacity.
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    Christine Sent on 03/09/2022
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    Best decision to hire Christine as our photographer.

    Christine has captured the most special day of my life beautifully! There aren’t enough words that describe how pleased we were with the pictures she has taken for me and husbands engagement and wedding. She was able to capture formal and candid pictures that make me smile every time I see them, pictures we will forever cherish. She is a true professional, personable, and makes you feel at ease which was really important to us. I definitely recommend her if you are looking for a photographer, you will not be disappointed.
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    Samuel Sent on 03/08/2022
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    Loved Our Wedding Photos

    We loved working with Christine. She helped us with both getting a vision and timing for the photos and giving us other advice and tips to make our day go smoother. She was flexible but helped us set firm expectations with what to expect on the wedding day and timing of photos with family and others. We loved how our photos turned out and have them all over our house and even screensavers of our phones! We will definitely be using Christine for our future family photos and engagements!
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    Olivia Sent on 03/06/2022
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    Exactly What We Wanted!

    Christine was flexible with our crazy re-scheduling and package downgrade when we ended up getting married quickly in a backyard ceremony due to 2020 COVID-related circumstances and getting our photos taken almost a year later as couple-only photos. She did an AMAZING job and had them back to us super quick. We had TONS to choose from and we loved them all. She also did my boudoir session that I surprised my husband with and she made me feel very comfortable and I love how they reflected my style. We will be back for more pictures by Oly Photography soon I am sure!
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    Cassandra Sent on 03/05/2022
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    Wedding and Family Photos

    Christine was amazing! We will use her for all our family photos for sure. She is always responsive, helpful, professional and works magic with our wild pack of boys 😂
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    Lorraine Sent on 03/04/2022
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    A pleasure to work with!

    We first worked with Christine for our engagement and wedding photos. As our family has grown, we’ve done two more sessions with her. Our kids weren’t keen on posing for the camera, but Christine still magically produced some great photos for us! She is so easy to work with and we love the variety of images she gives us. Her pictures are clean and bright without being over edited. We look forward to working with her again, maybe when our kids are ready to actually smile for the camera!
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    Priscilla Sent on 03/04/2022
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    The absolute BEST

    Christine is an absolute delight! She has been our photographer for every major life moment since our engagement in 2015 (wedding 2016, son’s newborn photos 2017, maternity 2019, daughter’s newborn photos 2019, and winter family photos 2021). Her photographs are always beautiful, and they always pop out amongst the other photos in our home. She is soooooo good with our kids and always manages to snap amazing photos despite our kids (and often even us adults) not being in the mood to take photos. Christine always comes prepared and ready to take photos. She does her research scouting the “good spots” every time we’ve had a session with her, so there isn’t any wasted time wandering around trying to find the right shot. We feel so lucky to have her as our “family” photographer and look forward to having her capture pictures of us for many years to come.
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    Sierra Sent on 03/04/2022
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    So pleased!

    We found Christine online and we’re so happy with her service. We didn’t need an engagement shoot so she gave us a longer time at the wedding. The turnaround was reasonable and the photos are amazing. We have since used her for our maternity and newborn shoots!
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    Aden Sent on 03/04/2022
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    Excellent photography

    Best photographer in the area!
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    Alexandra Sent on 03/03/2022
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    Fantastic!

    Christine photographed my wedding in 2016, and she did a wonderful job. The photos were beautiful, and she was a joy to work with. Since then, I’ve used her for maternity and newborn photos, plus som more business head shots. I have recommended her services to friends and family, and I recommend her to you too!
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    Linda Sent on 03/03/2022
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    Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value

    Christine did an awesome job memorializing our wedding day. From the moment we first talked to her, she immediately understood what we wanted and helped us plan a schedule. The photos turned out even more beautiful that we had expected, and she captured the perfect candids to remember our special day exactly as it happened. You are in great hands, if you choose Christine as your photographer for your wedding day! We had hired her for our engagement photos and our wedding day event . She does a great job instructing pictures and she is able to just blend into the background and capture amazing in the moment pictures. Strongly recommend for a wedding! Thank you so much again Christine !!!
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    Christine Sent on 05/09/2020
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    Passionate Photographer, Stunning Wedding Photos

    I had the BEST experience working with Christine for both my engagement photos in May 2019 and wedding photos in January 2020. From the first e-mail communication, I could instantly tell how friendly and professional she was. When we met in person for our engagement session, I instantly felt comfortable working with her and appreciated how patient she was as she walked us through each step and pose. I remember she had done multiple sessions the previous few days, but she got us those beautiful engagement photos back so quickly! It was amazing. Throughout the next several months, our wedding planning became quite stressful. We ended up having to change our wedding date once and our venue twice, but Christine was so accommodating and supportive during the chaos. When the big day came, she was on her game and so ready to take on the day. You can definitely tell how experienced she is, especially with day-of timelines and putting that creative spin on your portrait photos. I cannot tell you how much of a relief it was to not have to worry about photography at all - I had total trust in Christine and she delivered. So much care and passion is put towards her work and her clients. We had 3 hours worth photos to look through when she was done and they were STUNNING. Thank you so much, Christine, for perfectly capturing the magic of our wedding day and giving us so many special photos to look back on for years to come!
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    Alexandra Sent on 06/27/2019
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    Summer wedding and engagement pictures

    We did engagement pictures with Christine along with our wedding. She was responsive from the beginning, extremely organized, and easy to work with. She helped us determine an appropriate timeline for our day and keep things running smoothly. When my bouquet arrived at the venue and was too big, she knew it wouldn’t look right in pictures and was willing to tell me that so we could get it adjusted.

    For our pictures-they came out beautiful. Christine took them efficiently so it didn’t feel like we were posing forever. The photos of some of the details from our wedding were shot perfectly.

    Christine wasn’t the cheapest photographer we got quotes from, but her pictures were head and shoulders above those. She has quality work and professionalism that makes her easy to work with, especially when coordinating multiple vendors.
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    Small Wedding

    Christine's beautiful style and perfect eye produced truly special and gorgeous photos of our special day. She was fun to work with and a true professional. Her images are ones we will cherish forever.

    If you are looking for absolutely stunning photos you can count on Oly Photography. I am so glad she was the one to capture our day.
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    Amazing value, amazing photos, amazing photographer

    My husband and I wanted a small, budget friendly wedding. However, the one area we wanted to make a big investment in was our photographer because they would capture all of the memories that would be remembered for a lifetime. I am extremely picky about the way photos look, and wanted someone who could capture the beautiful PNW outdoors & awesome portraits, and also do it in a way that was timeless. Enter Christine, the owner of Oly Photography! We hired her in January for a May wedding, and she was extremely prompt in replying and getting things all booked up. We had a phone conversation to make sure she was "the one" and it was abundantly clear just from that one conversation that she was going to be perfect for our wedding.

    I will start by saying husband & I are incredibly awkward nerds, so I was feeling some anxiety over how we'd look and whether our poses would be really weird. Christine directed us into poses that looked great and also took a lot of candids; I was shocked at how good we looked in like 99% of photos (the other 1% are us being weirdos which I loved anyway). Christine is also extremely nice and was able to put us at ease with her jokes and super sweet demeanor.

    The engagement session was at Rattlesnake Lake, in February, on a windy day, and it was extremely, extremely cold. We ran around getting photos in the woods and Christine was a trooper despite her hands being completely frozen. When we got our engagement photos back after about 2 weeks, I cried because they were so perfect. They captured the love my husband and I have for each other, without anything looking fake or forced.

    As an added bonus, leading up to the wedding, Christine was a huge help with getting our wedding day timeline sorted out. She explained all of the important things that needed to happen, and when. We went back and forth with some hour-by-hour schedules, and were able to come up with a timeline that would ensure we could capture everything we wanted!

    Christine arrived on time on the big day and got right to work, snapping detail photos and starting to coordinate things. She actually helped keep everyone on track since she knew our schedule and I was locked away in a room trying to hide from my groom, lol. We had her for 6 hours, which I think was enough time to get the basics down, but if I could do it again I probably would have sprung for a couple more hours of coverage, to get some of the more relaxed/fun moments after the reception dinner was over. Within 6 hours Christine did detail shots, getting ready shots for bride & groom, father's first look, family photos with aunts/uncles/parents, the ceremony, certificate signing, bride & groom portraits, and then the reception dinner & cake cutting. The photos themselves came out absolutely incredible, I have no idea how to pick which ones to put on the walls because I love every single one. I felt that she was almost invisible during the big day and was surprised to see some of the things she captured, because I never noticed her there, lol!

    As far as turnaround time goes, we got some sneak peek photos a few days after the wedding, and the rest of them (approx. 800) about a month after the wedding. Christine went above and beyond my expectations and I am blown away how good the photos are. I was a crying mess for most of the day and she still managed to make the photos look beautiful!!

    Finally, price - Christine is an absolute steal, she offers a top tier level of quality and professionalism for an amazing price. Other Seattle-area photographers significantly more than she does, and then tack on high travel fees or make you pay for the engagement session, photo hosting, access to photos, etc. on top of that. I was in complete shock when I saw her prices, I just assumed she was going to be charging way more than she did. She never charged us a penny extra over what we agreed to and there were no unexpected charges/costs that came up. So, thank you for being amazing, honest, & affordable Christine!!

    I highly recommend entrusting your wedding day to Christine, she will do an amazing job. We plan on going back to her for any photos we may need in the future!!
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    Simply wonderful

    Christine is the best. From start to finish, we had nothing but a positive experience with her. The quality of her work was wonderful and was worth every cent and then some. She captured our day and our love so well. Every time I look at our photos, it takes me right back. I look forward to more of life's big events to work with her again. Would highly recommend to my dearest friends!
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    Wonderful Photos

    Christine was very fledoable on coming over across the water to make the appointment and for the wedding. Was very helpful when it came time to choose what selections to make for the packages. Always available when you need her. The photos were amazing and so many to choose from. Love her and will have her do more photos in the near future!
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    I would be remiss if I didn't leave a review for Christine who was our wedding photographer. She was very responsive from the first day we communicated, extremely professional on our wedding day, and her pricing is quite reasonable. She was flexible in going to multiple photo locations and put up with a lot of drunk party-goers (not ME, I swear...) all evening. She was great at guiding us as we were basically zombies before the wedding. We absolutely love our photos. We could not have asked for a better photographer!
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    Would hire again

    I absolutely love the photos received. She was patient and flexible, as we were running behind schedule.
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    Weird and unprofessional

    Last month I had a photo session with Christine right after coming back from a vacation. Later that week I found out that my son and I had Covid. Because the time I saw Christine was outside the window of being contagious, I wasn’t required to let her know but I thought it was a good idea to give her a heads up so I contacted her about it on Facebook messenger.

    Seconds later I get a message from her on Instagram messenger asking if I knew I had Covid when I showed up for the photo shoot. I was a bit taken aback by such a loaded accusation but gave her the benefit of the doubt and assured her I didn’t. She then doubles down and coldly responds that “someone” messaged her and told her I knew. This is where it gets totally bizarre. I tell her the exact timeline of things, again and again try to reassure her I wouldn’t do such a thing, and ask “who” would have spread such a malicious lie. I see in the messenger app that she saw my messages but I never heard from her again.

    Did she make up the story about someone telling her? If not, why would she protect the identity of someone spreading such a harmful lie about me?

    This whole interaction left us feeling she was very unprofessional. Her photos are good but honestly there’s a lot of photographers out there who are both good AND courteous.
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