Sand and Sea Studios Reviews
Reviews
4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
20 Reviews
98% recommend it
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Lauren S. Sent on 03/08/2024Highly recommend
Very happy with how our experience with Robin and her team went on our wedding day! She was helpful and gave clear direction. The previews of the pictures we got are STUNNING! Can’t wait for the full album to drop 😊 -
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Lauren A. Sent on 03/14/2024Best of the Best!!
I recently had the pleasure of working with Robin and Sarah for my wedding, and I couldn't be happier with the entire experience. From start to finish, they were an absolute delight to work with. Their professionalism, combined with their warm and friendly demeanor, made the whole process seamless and enjoyable.Throughout the planning process, they were incredibly responsive and accommodating, always making us feel at ease and confident that our special day would be captured beautifully.
On the day of the wedding, Robin and Sarah were a calming presence amidst the excitement and chaos. They effortlessly blended into the background, capturing candid moments and genuine emotions with such grace and skill. They also managed to organize group shots efficiently, ensuring that everyone felt comfortable and relaxed. When we received our photos, we were absolutely blown away. Each image was a work of art, capturing the essence of our wedding day in the most stunning way possible. The attention to detail, composition, and lighting in each photograph was truly exceptional. Robin and Sarah managed to capture not just moments, but memories that we will cherish for a lifetime. Overall, I cannot recommend Sand + Sea Studios highly enough. Their talent, professionalism, and genuine passion for their craft shine through in every aspect of their work. If you're looking for a photographer who is not only incredibly talented but also a pleasure to work with, look no further!! -
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Brianne K. Sent on 02/12/2023Best decision ever
Robin is a SPECTACULAR photographer who made our wedding photos an absolute dream come true. Her style is so beautiful, it was exactly what I was looking for for a beach wedding in Key Largo. I LOVE how our photos came out, I haven't stopped looking at my sneak peaks since the day she sent them to me!
Even aside from her technical skill, she is the BEST HUMAN. Her personality is above and beyond what you want in your photographer. She was my biggest hype woman of them all, it felt like I had a friend taking my photos and it made a nerve-wracking part of the day actually so much fun. We loved how efficient she was, too! We took so many photos, with minimal dinkin' around so that we could get back to cocktail hour with our guests. Robin kept us on tract so well and didn't ever feel pushy or bossy like I've experienced being in other weddings.
11/10 best decision ever. Thank you, Robin, for capturing the JOY we felt that day. One day we will bring a little Moffett down for family photos ;) We love you!! -
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Erin J. Sent on 04/17/2023
Robin and her team is the best
A wedding photographer is by the far most important vendor to hire. Your wedding pictures are all you will have once the day is here and gone. And you will want Robin to be your photographer to capture your most special day! We are lucky enough to have known Robin since high school days and her talent is truly unmatched. My husband and I are not the most photogenic people, but Robin made the process so smooth and comfortable for not only our engagement session but our wedding day as well! She gave us all the trips and tricks to make sure our pictures came out perfectly (how to walk, hand placements, smiles etc.) I really wanted our pictures to look like US and be as natural as possible and her editing techniques does exactly that so light and airy- truly just perfect! Her and Sarah were on time and made sure we got all the perfect shots to capture our day (she made sure to sneak us away for some Sunset Golden Hour shots eeeek)! Long story short if you're looking for the most fun, personable photo team Robin is your girl! Truly the best and we are OBSESSED with our pictures. We will definitely be using Robin for future life milestones! -
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Rachel S. Sent on 03/08/2023Amazing Photographer :)
I've loved my experience with Robin and the Sand and Sea Team this past year! I hit it off with her from our first call, and she felt just like one of my friends and one of the gals. She was so easy to spend a lot of our wedding day with! Robin is incredibly talented and perfectly captured all of the love, happiness, and joy surrounding our wedding day. She was there for me and gave me the best pep talk when I needed it on my wedding day. Heck, she was even getting cars to move out of the street so we could get the perfect light and shot! Her second shooter, Sarah, was so kind and my husband even mentioned how she was super calm before the first look and made everything with the groomsmen run smoothly. Her editing is absolutely beautiful, she perfectly captured all the colors and key west magic on our wedding day, and was so great at guiding and getting the best candid shots! My husband still jokes about the little neck kisses she had us do all day and how much fun taking pictures with her was. I truly felt like she had my back throughout the wedding planning process! I'm definitely a type A bride and tend to over plan things, but I truly was able to sit back and let her do her thing and everything was perfect. Both of our families had specific requests, and she was so patient with them (and me!) and worked her butt off to get every shot I wanted and to get the light just right. I am so glad we have family in South FL so I can use her for many more pictures in the future! Thank you Robin for being an amazing photographer and taking such good care of us! I can't wait to see our full gallery and have our photos around our home for a lifetime. You were such a big part of our wedding being a true fairytale :) -
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Skylar B. Sent on 02/13/2023Photographer of my wedding dreams
Working with Robin and Sarah was an absolute DREAM! From our first chat to the actual wedding day, Robin was responsive, informative, as excited as we were (if possible lol), and all around such a joy to work with. Her and Sarah guided us throughout the entire day, ensuring we captured all of the special moments. We finished the night saying goodbye, only to have them sprint back into the wedding to share one final song with us - Mr. Brightside, which we belted our hearts out to. Truly such a special memory I will never forget..
And then we received the sneak peak photos.. and OMG! My husband and I have not put our phones or computers down. These pictures far exceed anything I ever thought was possible. They are next level STUNNING and I can't wait to print and frame them all around the house.
I couldn't recommend this team more. They were the photographers of my wedding dreams! Love you ladies, and can't wait to see the rest of the photos!! :) -
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Skylar S. Sent on 05/09/2023Amazing!!!
Robin was amazing to work with! She was super responsive throughout the whole planning experience and was quick to answer any questions that we had. Her assistant was wonderful as well and the whole day, picture-wise, went smoothly. Robin was also great at calming my nerves and making me feel comfortable in front of the camera. I am so obsessed with all of our wedding photos and I definitely recommend her 1000%! -
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Gail Sent on 01/30/2023The Best in the industry
Robin and her team were implacable. She took charge of the photography schedule and delivered. The images are just incredible.
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Hannah S. Sent on 09/01/2020
Better Than Anything I Could Have Hoped For
Robin was AMAZING! I got married in Panama City Beach, and she traveled from South Florida for it. It began to storm when I was getting ready, but Robin was so understanding and encouraging. We ended up having to move the wedding ceremony to inside the beach house instead of having it on the beach, and the whole time Robin was flexible. She was able to capture really beautiful photos with the limited options in the house. She was assertive but kind. She was professional and gave great advice for photo poses/ideas. I would highly recommend her for your beach wedding or indoor wedding, too! -
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Ashleigh L. Sent on 03/02/2022
A Dream Come True
We found Robin back in 2020 in the midst of COVID. We were struggling a bit to find our vendors solely online and through social media. I ran up on Robin's profile and I was just completely stunned at her photos and the bright colors she was able to capture. While she is a great photographer and editor overall, the way she is able to capture beach colors and lighting is just amazing. From the beginning Robin was very kind, communicative, and thrilled to be a part of our big day. Her excitement to work with us was genuine and definitely drew us to her. As we were doing a destination wedding, we didn't have all of the details worked out yet and she was relaxed and willing to follow our lead. Lol her patience with us was much appreciated. Unfortunately Robin herself ended up having a family conflict the same weekend as our wedding. We initially freaked out of course because for us the photography was going to be the most important part of our special day. We did not have to worry at all. Within the same day Robin had aligned us an associate photographer for us to speak with and make sure we were 100% comfortable. Needless to say it was a great experience. Robin stayed in contact through wedding day and even after, checking in to make sure everything was perfect for us. Our photos are AMAZING. We will truly cherish these memories forever. We thank you so much Robin for ensuring our day went as smoothly as possible. Our pictures are our most prized possession from our day and will forever allow us to relive those moments. If you are looking for an awesome photographer, look no further! We hope we can work with you again in the future. Much love. -
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Hannah F. Sent on 06/30/2021
Exactly what we wanted!
Robin is such a sweet person. She is very responsive and takes the time to know her clients. She graciously worked with our budget/needs. Our photos from our wedding came out exactly as we were hoping! She caters to your needs and gives you great final products. SO happy to have found her. We will definitely be keeping her info! -
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Rebecca R. Sent on 03/01/2021
Fantastic photographer!
We hired Robin for our small wedding, and I'm so happy we did! She was communicative throughout the planning process, she is super friendly, and she provided the right amount of direction to help us get comfortable and enjoy posing for pictures. I'm totally swooning over our photos!! Highly recommend Sand and Sea Studios. -
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Tina M. Sent on 02/07/2021
Highly recommend!!! Love her!
We’re so lucky to have found Robin and are obsessed with our wedding photos. The lighting and colors she was able to capture and create for our outdoor, boho/tropical wedding is perfection!
We ended up having to change our venue 48 hours before our wedding (talk about stress), but Robin was completely flexible and you would never know by looking at the photos. She did an incredible job capturing the day and making everything look beautiful and bright (in a fairly dark setting due to the change of venues) and to top it off she had the exact type of personality I needed that day.. Super chill, relatable, uplifting, creative type vibe. It was also so refreshing having someone on the team I didn’t have to worry about AT ALL.
Shopping for wedding vendors always feels like a gamble but I can promise you Robin is a win win in pricing, personality (since you’ll be hanging out with you photographer a lot wedding day!) and product!! -
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Nakia D. Sent on 02/25/2020Aaaaammmaazzziinngggg
When we decided we wanted to do a beach photo shoot for our elopement announcements we had no idea who we would get but after googling EVERYONE in South Florida I can across Robin’s site so I sent her a message and 15 minutes later she responded which was fast to me. The day of our shoot it was cloudy and cool and I was worried but Robin had gone to the site before us and chose AWESOME sites and buildings right at the beach and my pictures are spectacular. She went above and beyond for our shoot and even got soaked in the process LOL she remained professional and made sure we were satisfied I’m so happy we chose her she is THE BEST!!!!!!Sand and Sea Studios's reply:
Ah! Thank you Nakia!! You two were so much fun, and stayed positive throughout all of the dreary weather! I am so happy you loved your photos and I home you had an AHHHMAZING time on your honeymoon cruise! ;))
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Kristen S. Sent on 02/14/2020Sand & Sea Studios is all around amazing!
Robin was great! She captured our day and our personalities perfectly! Plus she made everyone feel so comfortable & was a joy to be around! Before & after the big day too, she has been great at communicating with us and is quick to answer any questions we have.Sand and Sea Studios's reply:
Thank you Kristen!
It was such a fun wedding to be a part of. It was the perfect Cocoa Beach Wedding! Thanks for being so awesome!
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Cindy A. Sent on 09/03/2020Wonderful and super skilled photographer!
Wow! Blown away by Robin's skills. I'm in love with every single picture in the gallery. There is one in particular that was similar to a dirty dancing move.....it gave me all the feels...chills.Robin makes her photo subjects feel comfortable and really can direct any person for a great pose(even kiddos). She had so many tricks and ideas for poses and make them look natural. I contacted her less than a week before my very quickly planned wedding at my house and made herself available. I told her ahead of time about how my backyard is pretty boring but she assured me she would be able to find some spots for pics.She delivered big time. I never thought my backyard could be as magical as it was photographed. She arrived early and was so flexible for our unconventional wedding.We can't thank her enough for capturing our special day! -
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User6216001 Sent on 04/01/2022We love Robin!
Where can I even begin? I knew I wanted to work with Robin for our wedding after our first introductory call. We chatted back in 2020 and immediately vibed! Not only was Robin insanely responsive, organized, and knowledgeable, but she is an amazing woman with the BEST energy that you absolutely need surrounding you on your wedding day. Having Robin be a part of our wedding extravaganza was so much fun. We had the most insanely gorgeous (and fun!) engagement photo sesh with her and truly loved having Robin and her team hang out with my besties and family the whole wedding day. No surprise, the sneaks are in and they are amazing. I CANNOT wait for all of our photos and cannot recommend working with Robin & Sand and Sea Studios. It'll make your wedding experience -
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Christine Sent on 11/02/2022
beyond disappointed
I wasn't planning on leaving a review bc bad reviews just aren't my thing but now that the time has come where I have been going to print my photos and my family would like to as well, I feel it's necessary. Working with Robin was a nightmare. At first it started off great. Our engagement photos came out beautiful. Then she got pregnant which is totally fine until she promised she would be doing my photos still up until the day before where she called my wedding coordinator (couldn't even call me) to tell me she wasn't making it and sending her photographers she has working for her. she sent 2. 2 girls that looked lost the entire time. Super nice, but lost. I also verbally had told Robin I 100% wanted the videography she told me she offered. Stupid me did not read over the contract which she reminded me "that was my fault for not reading it better" where I noticed after ceremony there wasn't one. I immediately texted her asking where they were. She actually yelled at me saying she was so insulted I wasn't texting her to compliment her photographers. then told me it was my fault & I should've read over the contract better & that she no longer offers that. Moving forward, she took weeks longer than the contract promised to get me my photos back. Waited until after she had her baby ( which you would think she would do that before she had an infant to tend to) to half ass them and return them to me. I have 16 photos of my husband putting his shoes on, multiple photos of water in a pool and not a single photo of my veil opened up. not even one. I have 10+ photos of my beach hat with a hanger and shoes.. a beach hat... I also have dozens of photos that were very important for me to have which she refuses to give me INSISTING saying they were never taken.. THEY WERE. including a photo of my in laws, my parents, with my husband and I. I also don't have a photo of my mom and sister with me where she says it was never taken. IT WAS. She also did not give me a single photo of people dancing, not a single photo of my husband throwing the garter belt. Just ALL photos of the same exact thing. If i showed you the gallery she had given me you would actually laugh. After going back and fourth with Robin for days, I finally received some photos of people dancing and the garter belt thrown. Still refused to send me the important ones. I'm beyond disappointed. Disappointed isn't even the word actually. Oh & let me add in how she texted me from her personal phone number and then when I responded she screamed at me for texting her personal number. This woman is legitimately unstable. Never in my life have I seen a photographer give 16 photos of the same exact pose, SEVERAL times. If anyone would like to see my photo album please reach out. Because it's absolutely pathetic. And the fact I had a cathedral veil and they didn't take a single photo of it opened up, just an up close photo of my face is beyond disbelief. I also received a "test shot" of the actual photographer standing there which I included, (she definitely took her time going through my photos to have that get added in) photos of dresses hanging up with dry cleaning tags still on them & the actual tags not even cut off yet! NONE of the dresses even showed their colors in the photos. (The dresses were lilac) I'm just so confused. I understand these are photos people want, but 16? & then you limit how many you give people and refuse to give what's important to them? I'm glad I can see my hat, my husband put his shoes on, a photo of your photographer, and a million photos of the same exact thing- rather than the ones that were important to me.
Robin does not know how to take accountability for her poor service and it shows based on my photos and the most unprofessional texts I had received from her. When all I wanted was my photos I rightfully deserved. So thank you for my 16 photos of each photo. It was much needed.Sand and Sea Studios's reply:
Hi Christine, I’m so sorry I’m just now seeing your review. I wanted to touch base on some of the points you made, as I viewed the situations very differently and I don’t think your review accurately depicts my work ethic.
The day before your wedding, I called your coordinator, as to not bother you or stress you out (being that you were very unresponsive and kept pushing me towards your planner), to inform him I had high blood pressure and as per my doctors orders I would not be able to work weddings for a while due to how dangerous (as you know, you’re a mama too) high blood pressure can be while pregnant.
Being as far along in my pregnancy as I was, I needed to put the safety of myself and unborn baby first, so I sent my team in my place.
In your contract, there is a clause around this type of situation - in the case of illness, act of god, etc, where I cannot make it to you, I will send someone in my place.
This clause is in place to protect you in the case life happens and in this case, life happened and I had to take care of myself and unborn baby.
As a mother yourself, I am saddened and surprised to hear you bash me for doing so.
That leads me to my next point about your gallery delivery. I will go ahead and point out that your gallery was NOT delivered weeks late. Matter of fact, according to my records/emails, your wedding was March 19, 2022, and your gallery was delivered on June 20, 2022.
I give 3 months for turn around time in busy season, so my apologies it was on the tail end of that.
My baby was born on June 8, 2022 - exactly 12 days before you received your photos. As I informed you at the time, I endured a traumatic birth that ended in a C-Section under general anesthesia. My healing process was a long one, and even through all of the postpartum stress I was dealing with and this new baby I was bonding with - I made it a point to get your gallery done and out.
As a mother yourself, the most shocking part of your review to me was when you said and I quote “Waited until after she had her baby [to deliver gallery] (which you would think she would do that before she had an infant to tend to)”.
Sensibly, I did my best to work as hard as I could leading up to the birth of my son to lighten the load upon his arrival. As much as I enjoyed editing your photos in place of bonding with my new son, I would have much rather spent my time with my baby and soaking in the bliss of new motherhood while I healed physically and mentally from my traumatic birth.
To assume I intentionally waited until after my birth to edit your photos is astonishing to me. Still, I edited your photos and delivered them at 3 months even while “tending to my infant” through postpartum anxiety and stress.
I strongly encourage you to trace back through your emails and fact check this matter to confirm that you did in fact receive your photos on 6/20/22 before posting reviews like this on small business pages.
Now as far as the photos go…
I was surprised to see you say my team looked lost all day. These girls shoot multiple weddings a year through their own wedding companies, and upon getting a report back from them on the day of your wedding, they said you complimented them which came as a surprise to them since you were yelling at everyone else all day long.
They reported the wedding was an absolute mess as far as organization and cooperation. Family bombarded them and jumped in photos and I was told it took both of them to do family photos (this should only take one photographer) as to just hold off some family members from pushing their way in. One of the girls was on the verge of tears saying it was the most awful experience of a wedding she had shot which made me feel awful for putting my team in that situation. From what they reported you were very unkind to everyone all day long.
Your cathedral veil was beautiful, and we have photos captured of it on you beautifully, but if there was a specific photo you had in mind, we gave you the chance to let us know in the questionnaire we send out prior to your wedding.
Unfortunately, after many reminders, we never received the questionnaire back from you, OR the family shot list we requested.
In these cases, we cannot guarantee all of your family variations will be captured. I had (and still have) all of the raw files from your day start to finish. ALL of the family photos are there, and I looked through each individual family photo and unfortunately the ones you claim were taken, were not in fact taken. It’s not like the photographer deleted them on camera? So if they aren’t with the rest of the family photos, then they were not taken. It is for this reason we strongly encourage family shot lists be delivered prior to your wedding day, and as far as assuming responsibility, I handled our end of responsibility in asking on multiple accounts for you to provide a shot list and a family list prior to your wedding so we could be fully prepared. The rest is not our responsibility, nor is it mine or my teams responsibility to read your mind or round up and group together people we don’t know during a chaotic unorganized event. We are photographers, not coordinators. And while we are happy to coordinate shots all throughout your day and help keep the flow of the day moving, wrestling family members and mind reading are not in our job description.
The 16 shoe photos of your husband consist of different angles and framing.
We provided you with more than 800 photos from your day, of all different variations of details and events captured.
We strive to capture every detail of your day and we love to give as many options as possible for you to chose from in your gallery. I apologize if we gave you TOO many detail photos for your liking. I will say, this is the first time in my career that I have had a client complain of having too many details that encapsulate your day.
After receiving your gallery, you unkindly messaged me requesting a long list of photos that were expected to be taken but were not. It was an impossible task because I feel like you had pictured certain shots in your mind BUT that doesn’t mean we took the shots exactly as you imagined, unless of course you’d have provided us with a shot list or inspo photos prior to your wedding.
You asked for the garter toss photos, which were already in the gallery. I have the texts and screen shots to prove this. You asked for some other random photos claiming that the cameras were there but that does not mean they captured exactly what you thought they did in a reception room with 100 things going on…
You claim there was NOT ONE dancing photo which was a flat out lie. You had many reception photos included, and I added more under par photos for you as to keep you satisfied to which you replied ‘you didn’t care about photos of the guests or other people, you wanted photos of you”.
Yikes! I’m sorry for capturing your guests! Next time make a note in the questionnaire letting us know that you only want us to capture you so that we don’t upset you for shooting your wedding appropriately.
Then you requested individual photos of you and guests which I was also confused about as I included EVERY photo of you and there were plenty of you and guests during the reception as well as dancing and having fun.
As for videographer, I vaguely remember you asking me if we offer video and at the time of the booking I told you that we were beginning to offer video but that was it. We never agreed you would book video. That was very apparent in your proposal when the cost of video was not included!! 🥴
Then, halfway through your wedding day, you surprised me with a rude text about where video was (after your ceremony)…
My apologies for being surprised but I in no way “yelled at you”. In fact, I pulled up your contract immediately because I was worried I made a mistake and didn’t send my video team but that was NOT the case, as you only paid for your photo package.
At that point I already had reports that the event was a mess and you were being extremely uncooperative and unkind.
I’m baffled that this was even brought up in your review.
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I tried endlessly to contact you prior to your wedding to lock in final details. I requested family shot lists from you AND from the coordinator with no luck. I reached out 6 times (I just went back to count!!) requesting you fill out your questionnaire so we would be on the same page about everything but you did not.
I gave multiple opportunities to chat before your day but you kept pushing me to go through your planner instead of talking to me personally about your expectations.
With all due respect, I have been in this business for many many years and have never been spoken to, belittled, and disrespected this way by a client.
Each text you sent was so rude as well as emails.
I had to set a boundary in asking you to please message my work phone at one point vs. my personal phone but I again, did NOT yell at you. This boundary should be a given, as you would text my personal phone late on Sundays, etc.
And in response to your statement that I’m “unstable” (thanks for that).. I specifically remember texting you from my work phone, only to have you reply to my personal phone. I didn’t understand why you would do this so I asked you to please update my contact information in your phone so you’d text my work phone, not personal. I’m sorry if that offended you, but that does not make me unstable.
I apologize that your experience was not great. That we have in common. Still, I wish you well, and hope can come to find some satisfaction in the 800+ beautiful images you received of your wedding day! -
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