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Parriott Creative Photography

Parriott Creative Photography

Sandusky, OH
3.4 out of 5 rating, 26 reviews
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    Kylie Sent on 06/28/2021
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    Amazing to work with

    Aaron was amazing to work with
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    Stephani Sent on 06/06/2019
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    Amazing! If I could rate over 5 stars I would

    Aaron is so personal and so easy going. He makes you laugh if getting your picture taken isn’t your favorite thing which it isn’t mine! I will definitely use Aaron for future photo shoots for as long as he’s photographing!
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    Charlotte Sent on 03/11/2019
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    Amazing Photographer!

    Aaron at Parriott Creative Photography is absolutely wonderful! He stepped in and saved the day when my original photographer went MIA less than 2 months before my wedding. He came to the rehearsal to scope out where we were getting married and to meet our family and wedding party. He was extremely professional and organized the entire day. He had great ideas for pictures and took ideas for other pictures as well. He made sure he touched base with my mom so she could get the picture with her siblings that she really wanted. He even had a sneak peek of some of the pictures the very next day! Everything I have seen from him has been so amazing. He helped make our day very special and captured some amazing photos to help us remember the day forever. Thank you Aaron for really stepping up and helping us to have an amazing day with even more amazing pictures to remember it by!
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    Marissa Sent on 12/06/2018
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    Feeling comfortable is just as important as great photos

    I can't begin to explain how great Aaron was ..not only during the wedding and the photography and video we received but throughout the entire planning process of the wedding. We hired him as our photographer and videographer but he ended up being a great friend. I can't give him enough props for what he does!!
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    Alexia Sent on 08/03/2018
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    Aaron is AWESOME!!! So precise, detailing, & comfortable! My fiancé & I shot with him for about 2 hours at Patina Creek and the pictures turned out phenomenal! The quality of the photos are so natural and clear! 10/10 recommend! :)
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    Ashley Sent on 06/14/2018
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    I have book Aaron for our wedding for 2019 and we have had our timeline planning session, as well as our engagement session. He has been attentive to detail and his Instagram and Pinterest are awesome !! Him and his wife make a great team and I cannot wait to spend our big day with them. Completely comfortable and appreciate their candid photography!!!
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    Kristy Sent on 06/11/2018
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    Aaron was great to work with, super flexible! We ended up needing him a bit longer in our day and he stayed!
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    Devon Sent on 06/11/2018
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    Captured everything, pictures were a very good turnout, everything that I’d imagine.
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    Ashley Sent on 06/09/2018
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    This man is awesome!! Him and his son did a wonderful job at me and my husband’s beach wedding at The Dock’s Beach House in Port Clinton Ohio. He was easy to get a hold of and he was very reasonable in price. I would love to hire him down the road to get some anniversary shots of us and the family :)
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    He was respectful friendly and courteous and he did our pictures how we wanted them no issues and by far the best photographer
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    Lisa Sent on 05/31/2018
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    Aaron did a wonderful job capturing special moments and was very open to ideas and suggestions for pics. Was willing to try anything. He made the day about the wedding couple. Very professional.
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    Michelle Sent on 05/31/2018
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    Arron made our vision for our engagement pictures come alive in the most amazing way. I can’t be more grateful that I found him.
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    Jessica Sent on 05/30/2018
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    Amazing job! Aaron had so many great ideas for pictures and took every person in the bridal parties ideas to heart and ran with them!
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    Justin Sent on 05/30/2018
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    Great guy, great photos, and big supporter for the military! He did such a great job. I wouldn't of picked anyone else
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    Katie Sent on 05/31/2018
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    Great job, really willing. Funs photos. I'd definitely give them a call.
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    Karli Sent on 01/11/2019
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    Hello, are you there?

    Firstly, we were supposed to have a timeline planning session before the wedding, which never happened. Three days before my wedding, I still hadn't heard from him, so I called, I emailed, I messaged on facebook. FINALLY, I get him on Facebook, and he calls me by the wrong name. Okay, I can deal, whatever. He apologizes, gives me his personal cell number (he never answers the business line, so don't even bother) and we talk out the timeline. Day of, he's there, he's helpful setting up the ceremony shots, everything's going well. He's taking pictures, In person, he's great. He tells my husband before he leaves that he'll have a preview for us in 2 weeks, and pictures in 28 days.

    My wedding was in early November, I just received my pictures today, the middle of January. After I had to call his business line (which again, he doesn't answer), email him (which he apparently never checks), and message him on Facebook (which did not get me a response this time). There are no pictures of my bouquet toss, there are no pictures of my husband and I dancing, and there are no group photographs of my family that I remember us taking at my request. So, he was late, non-responsive, and even though most of the pictures he took were lovely, he forgot about half of the ones that actually matter. I don't need umpteen million pictures of my cake in different lighting, I need pictures of us with my fiancee's grandparents who are both in their 90's and may not be with us all that much longer. I paid $500 for 6 hours of coverage. I am not thrilled. I'm glad I only have to get married once, so I don't have to be disappointed like this again.
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    Colleen Sent on 01/16/2019
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    Extremely disappointed in quality and material of photos

    my daughters wedding was in June and because of personal issues, I didnt get a chance to print out photos until I was putting together an album for them for Christmas. I was extremely disappointed in the photos! pictures of my daughter and I getting ready were so dark, they were unusable, most of reception pictures were also too dark. there were no photos of their first kiss, no photos of father daughter dance, or bride or grooms parents dancing. I had set up table with generations of our families wedding photos, he didnt take any pictures of that. he totally missed all the important shots, and focused mainly on scenery. very disappointed and would not recommend him to anyone
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    Joyce Sent on 06/25/2024
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    No show Parriott Photography

    The first few times I spoke with the photographer, he was very professional, we agreed on the time, price and date I would need, he suggested a location, said how he had taken pictures at that particular location and it would be perfect. We made these arrangements 4 to 6 weeks before the event. He would email an invoice to me so I verified the email was correct.
    I called him leaving a message twice saying I never received the invoice, giving him my email again. I was getting concerned he never responded back, but it was too late to make other arrangements, so I trusted him to be professional.
    The day of the shoot was 95 degrees. I took my family to the location, this included 2, 80 year olds, 1, 3 month old, the 7 of the rest of us. He never showed. I called him and it disconnected twice and then was sent to voicemail.
    Do yourself a favor, don't bother with this photographer. Find someone more professional and truthful. All he had to do was say he couldn't,
    or didn't want to take the job and I would have moved on.
    This was supposed to be a surprise for my mother-in-law, she ended up crying because she was so disappointed.
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    Lorilyn Sent on 07/08/2023
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    Made clerical error and missed wedding.

    My wife and I were really excited to work with Aaron. Communication was slow leading up to our wedding day.
    Aaron had an error between two contracts and went to a wedding 2.5 hours away from ours by mistake. He was not going to make it in time for our ceremony by his admission. He agreed to a full refund and we have all cellphone pictures from our wedding day.
    Fast forward a month later and the promised refund has still not be issued. Despite that we were told twice that it had been initiated. In the most recent communication it was also made out to be our fault this happened.
    We were completely will to let the whole thing go as ‘’mistakes happen’ until the unprofessional way were we treated over the last month since the wedding and the failure to issue the promised and deserved refund. User beware! Especially do not pay in full as we did. You may just be out a lot of money.
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    Haley Sent on 08/21/2024
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    Don’t use photo booth

    Photo Booth mis-spelled my name wrong & props broke after one use. Photo Booth also died various times in night, leaving guests to “wait while it charged”. No response from Aaron.
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    Rhanda Sent on 10/26/2024
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    Ghosted by the photographer

    When you first meet Aaron he comes off as very professional and friendly. He said "consider me your wedding planner". He Said he would be with us throughout the whole process. We put down a Disney payment and as it got close to when we were supposed to go over the wedding timeline we did not hear from him, so we started reaching out to him. It took multiple calls and emails before we did eventually reach him. When we did reach him, we set a date to meet and give the final payment, he texted us saying he had to cancel a few hours before we were supposed to meet. We tried to get a hold of him to reschedule and calls would go to voicemail. He did not respond to texts and we had two weeks before the wedding. Eventually we decided we would find another option for photography because we did not have faith that he would show up. I sent an email informing him we no longer wanted his services and we would like our deposit back. He did respond to the email and agreed to give us the deposit money back. He tried to say he always responds to texts and calls and insinuate we were lying. We still have not received our refund and he has not responded to emails asking when he will send the refund. His unprofessionalism caused my husband and I unnecessary stress leading up to our wedding. Luckily we were able to find a photographer last minute but we were planning on using our phones as back up.
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    Alec Sent on 08/12/2024
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    Photos were not received

    A very sad experience for our bride and groom. I was a bridesmaid in a wedding with Patriot Creative Photography and the worst wedding disaster you could imagine happened with this team. Three photographers were with us all day for our day of activities, ceremony, and reception. After 2 months the bride and groom requesting the photos on an every week basis, they finally got sent “we thought we sent these to you” and after another request “the SD card had a malfunction and the photo were lost”. In the end we received a drive with around 40 photos that were low quality and out of focus. We luckily found a few other photos that were on the photographers Facebook page that he posted not long after the wedding, that were different than the ones that he sent us so who knows what actually happened. But,I would be very skeptical of using this company for your special day.
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    Kevin Sent on 01/12/2024
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    Poor experience with an amateur at best

    Hired Parriott to shoot my wedding in September with photo and videography. Up front Aaron was responsive and easy to get ahold of. After our wedding though has been a complete nightmare. The majority of photos he took were below average at best with out of focus shots and crooked angles. Not one picture of my wife and I kissing at the altar was taken. Some photos were decent enough and needed minor editing but he has yet to do that which is supposed to be included. As far as the video, I have yet to receive it and believe it to be lost, destroyed, or never attempted. I have tried to get in touch with Aaron multiple times over the last 4-5 months through various emails, texts, and phone calls to get this resolved but he already has my money so I doubt a response will be forthcoming anytime soon or at all for that matter. Hope this review is a clear warning to anyone considering Parriott Creative Photography for their big day and to steer clear. He may be more affordable than most but trust me, even with that you do not get what you pay for. You will not get the memory you're trying to capture. As for Aaron... If you see this I doubt you'll get back to me as per usual but unless you treat all your clients like this you know who I am and you know how to reach me.
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    Do not hire parriot creative photography

    Hired Parriott to shoot my wedding in September with photo and videography. Up front Aaron was responsive and easy to get ahold of. After our wedding though has been a complete nightmare. The majority of photos he took were below average at best with out of focus shots and crooked angles. Not one clear picture of us kissing at the altar was taken. Some photos were decent enough and needed minor editing but he has yet to do that which is supposed to be included. As far as the video, I have yet to receive it and believe it to be lost, destroyed, or never attempted. I have tried to get in touch with Aaron multiple times over the last 4-5 months through various emails, texts, and phone calls to get this resolved but he already has my money so I doubt a response will be forthcoming anytime soon or at all for that matter. Hope this review is a clear warning to anyone considering Parriott Creative Photography for their big day and to steer clear. He may be more affordable than most but trust me, even with that you do not get what you pay for. You will not get the memory you're trying to capture. As for Aaron... If you see this I doubt you'll get back to me as per usual but unless you treat all your clients like this you know who I am and you know how to reach me.
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    Failed to pay

    I didn’t want to go this route but it’s my only option at this point…..
    I am a photographer myself and Aaron reached out to me personally hiring me for a wedding in Cleveland. I met him in sandusky that morning and we rode to Cleveland and was gone until 10pm. I spent my whole day with him shooting photos and videos. He has yet to respond to me since that day. I have tried to text him, Instagram message him and several phone calls and texts, he has failed to respond. He hasn’t paid me a penny or even communicated with me. He said he was going to send me pictures from the memory card I used and he has yet to do so. Yet he has used the videos I took for advertising purposes. It was a great opportunity and he mentioned me working with him full time and hiring me to do big gigs with him several times during the wedding yet he hasn’t said anything to me. I was worried something may have happened to him but he is still posting on his media pages so clearly he is just dodging me at this point 🤷‍♀️ I am a single mom raising 4 kids ALONE and for him to not pay me after a whole day of work just makes me sick to my stomach! Apparently from reading his reviews this seems to be a big thing for him! You should be so proud of yourself Aaron! Maybe you’ll respond to this review maybe not 🤷‍♀️ either way I don’t care and I’ll keep posting reviews so everyone knows what a crook you are!!!
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    Liar Liar Pants on Fire

    I was a bridesmaid in my best friend's wedding this past July. She hired this photographer A YEAR before her wedding. She paid him in full up front. There was supposed to be a planning session before the wedding but she never heard back from him until the day before the wedding. He came to the rehersal, instructed us on where to stand in the church, where to stop in the aisle, and told my friend he would see her at the salon in the morning (he told her he would be there at 8am) to photograph us getting ready. At 7:50 he called her and told her that he had a family emergency in Toledo and would not be at the salon but he was sending another photographer that he works with, and he would be back at 1pm to take pictures of the guys, and then be at the ceremony. Not exactly what any of us wanted to hear but things happen and she (the bride) was very understanding. When the "other photographer" got there we were all talking to her, just making small talk, and we asked her how many weddings she had done with him and she said none...we were all confused and of course told her that he said they had worked together and she said no he had hired her in February, paid her X amount of dollars (which was half of the fee that he charged my friend) and told her that he had double booked himself but he would be editing her photos. She also said that he told her he would not be there at all. So we finished getting our hair and makeup done, the substitute photographer left to go photograph the guys getting ready and there wasn't a photographer there to take pictures while myself, my friend, and the rest of the bridesmaids were getting dressed. She was understandably upset and sent him a message asking him when he was getting there (at this time he didn't know that she knew what he had done). He apologized and said he was not going to make it. So she let him know that she knew what he did and that she was upset. His response to her was "I'm sorry you feel that way". So fast forward to after the wedding, my friend contacted the substitute photographer and asked if she could have her pictures because he just kept telling her that he was still editing them, even though he had posted photos of events that were after hers. The substitute photographer told her that he had contacted her and told her that per their contract she was not to release any photos to my friend or share them on social media. The photographer took that contract to her lawyer and asked if that was correct (which it was). The lawyer contacted my friend and told her what was going on, he also asked for a copy of the contract that she signed with him when she booked him. He told her that he's clearly done this before because he knew to make the contract very loose. So lawyer contacts Mr. Parriott and lets him know that my friend has retained legal representation, and that he needs to send the photographs to him when he is done editing them. So fast forward to this week, over two months after my friend's wedding, and Mr. Parriott sent her photos to the lawyer. They look horrible. None of them are edited. My phone takes better pictures than what she got. He didnt even send ALL of the photos. The sub photographer took pictures of me giving her a special gift at the salon and there are no pictures of that. She also took pictures of just my friend and I at the reception and none of those were included either. All in all it was a horrible experience that could have been avoided. All he had to do was let her know ahead of time that he had double booked himself (which we later found out wasnt the truth either) and she would have had time to find a different photographer. She deserved better.
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