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Sarah Sidwell Photography

Sarah Sidwell Photography

Franklin, TN
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    Alicia S. Sent on 10/22/2018
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    Best Wedding Photographers We Could Have Asked For

    Sarah and her husband Mark were one of our favorite parts of our entire Wedding day experience. From the moment they arrived at our venue, both had such calming dispositions and were true professionals. As a couple who finds professional photos somewhat uncomfortable, Sarah and Mark kept us at complete ease throughout the process and even made it a fun experience! Sarah spent time making sure the details/photos of the girls before the ceremony were done calmly and quickly. We chose not to do a first look so had a very short period of time to do the couple portraits before the sun set- Sarah and Mark were able to coordinate us quickly to make the most of our time without feeling rushed at all. The quality of the final pictures were amazing- they included both romantic, classic photos as well as laughing/candid ones that let our personalities shine through. We truly cannot recommend them enough and believe they were an integral part of our big day.
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    Jami Sent on 01/12/2018
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    Sarah and Mark are the absolute BEST! Not only do they produce beautiful photos but they are also a pleasure to work with. Almost everyone that has complimented our photos remark that they are the most beautiful they’ve ever seen. I agree! Sarah’s art is absolutely the stunning. Plus, she was far and away our favorite vendor to work with.
    Sarah was the definition of a professional from beginning to end. She took the time to get to know us before we decided to work together via Facetime since we were out of state. Plus, Sarah is so prepared for everything. She went above and beyond to make us feel at ease for the engagement shoot and the wedding day. She took the time to consider all of our goals. She went to both the engagement photo site and our wedding venue to prep for both days. Her preparation and considerations are top tier.
    Rob and I were skeptical about doing engagement photos because they always seem so cheesy. However, Sarah’s galleries looked amazing, so we decided to go for it. We had a blast taking photos at Arrington. The photos were unreal.
    Not only did Sarah have our wedding photos back to us in less than 3 weeks, but she also posted sneak peaks the night of our wedding! The sneak peaks were awesome because we could share on social media the next day. Sarah and Mark captured so many beautiful moments so perfectly. We already treasure all of the beautiful photos that captured the entire day so well.
    Look no farther because Sarah and Mark are the best. They will be one of the best wedding decisions you make!
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    Jessica Sent on 12/28/2016
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    Sarah (and Mark) are amazing! I had such a hard time finding a photographer because I had some privacy concerns with my photos being shared without my consent. Sarah worked with me on everything and was unbelievably accommodating! I just received the final photos from the wedding and they are gorgeous. She is worth every penny! You can't go wrong with hiring Sarah!
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    Melissa Sent on 10/25/2016
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    I can’t say enough great things about Sarah and her husband Mark! My husband and I met Sarah before our wedding and instantly knew that we wanted her to be our photographer. Her warm and friendly personality makes you feel immediately comfortable being around her, which is a very important quality to have in a photographer.

    We purchased a package that included our engagement session along with our wedding day. All of our photos from both events turned out PHENOMENALLY. We were so happy to see our love and families captured in a way that was so “us.” Sarah and Mark did a great job balancing the posed artistic photos with the more candid “in the moment” photos. We receive constant compliments and comments about how much people love the way our photos turned out. We had a hard time choosing which photos to put into our album because there were so many great shots that we wanted included.

    Sarah and Mark were very professional and punctual for all of our meetings. Sarah is fantastic at communicating and was able to get our photos back to us in a very reasonable time frame after the wedding. I highly recommend Sarah for any of your photography needs!
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    Jennifer Sent on 06/01/2015
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    We absolutely loved working with Sarah for our engagement shoot! She made both myself and my fiancé very comfortable and made the entire process enjoyable. Her work speaks for itself, but she has an amazing eye and takes truly beautiful pictures. We would highly recommend her! We definitely would have used her for our wedding but she was already booked for our wedding day!
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    Sarah is the sweetest! She did both our engagement photos and wedding. Having her there on the day of the wedding made everything so much easier- she was organized and efficient. She helped me put together a schedule beforehand and we were able to stick to it! If you need a wedding photographer, hire Sarah. You absolutely will not regret it.
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    Andrew A. Sent on 02/07/2016
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    We were thrilled to have the opportunity to have Sarah and Mark with us throughout our journey! We had heard of Sarah and Mark through a mutual friend and ended up looking at some photos that they had taken for the friend. The photos seemed so natural, and it was exactly what we were looking for, so we gave them a call! We were on a pretty tight budget and found great prices for an engagement session and wedding services with Sarah and Mark.

    For the engagement session, they recommended a beautiful venue since we had no clue where to go or what to do. The afternoon felt like we were hanging out with two friends rather than being "stalked by someone with a camera". The pictures turned out beautifully and were a true representation to us as a couple.

    The morning of our wedding, Winter Storm Jonas had blanketed eight inches of snow on the ground, which made for great scenery for pictures but difficulty in getting to the venue. Sarah and Mark had no problem getting there and were as bubbly and energetic as always! They helped us to take in every moment of the day and kept the focus on us.

    We are truly thankful for Sarah and Mark and the wonderful pictures they took! Thank you for helping us capture our special day :)

    ~Andrew and Catherine
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    Andrea Sent on 01/08/2015
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    Sarah Sidwell is awesome! Sarah shot our engagement pictures last weekend, and we had a blast. Sarah was organized, professional, sweet, kind, and kept us right on time so we got all the locations/outfit changes we wanted before running out of daylight. Sarah would gently guide us into poses when needed, but always made sure we felt like ourselves... Not to mention making sure my hair always looked good ;) Sarah is very easy to work with and made us feel very comfortable (a big plus for my fiance who was quite nervous about having pictures taken). He told me afterwards that Sarah did a great job calming him down and keeping him relaxed during the shoot.

    I have only seen a sneak peak of our shoot, but I loved what I saw, and I cannot wait to see the rest. When I first saw the sneak peak pics I literally started jumping up and down and was smiling from ear to ear. The pictures are beautiful and exactly what I wanted. Beautiful, classic, and timeless... Pictures I will be able to look back on in 50 years and still enjoy. Sarah has a true gift for capturing magical moments. If you are looking for a photographer, you cannot go wrong with Sarah Sidwell Photography

    Sarah Sidwell Photography's reply:

    Andrea-- I had so much fun taking your engagement photos-- I cannot wait until your wedding!! Just a couple more months and it will be here!!
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    Martha Sent on 01/11/2015
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    It was very easy for me to pick Sarah as our photographer. She did my now sister-in-laws wedding a few years ago, and I remembered how much I loved her photos. When my time came for wedding planning, I looked her up again to see some other weddings and examples, and loved the quality I saw. Being in the art field myself, I tend to be pretty picky about detail.

    Not only is Sarah super easy to work with, she's such a nice girl, and makes it easy to feel comfortable in front of the camera. She was really helpful in picking engagement photo locations, making the photos something I want to hang on my wall for years to come. I loved the Photo Booth option, it was a huge hit at my wedding! Best of all, I didn't have to pick and pay for each photo. For both the engagement session, and wedding she gives a thumb drive with all of the photos edited. You really get your moneys worth, and have such a great experience with Sarah. I have a feeling she will show up again in our other family members weddings.

    Sarah Sidwell Photography's reply:

    Thank you so much for your sweet words Martha! It has been so fun to get to know Jackson family and now your family at two different weddings!!!
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    Valerie Sent on 01/09/2015
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    Sarah was the photographer for our engagement and wedding photos. I did a lot of research to find a photographer and Sarah really had the best price for the quality and quantity of photos. Little did I know that was just one perk we had in choosing her. She made us both feel so comfortable while having our photos taken, and that says a lot due the fact my husband is VERY difficult to get photos of! She has always gone above and beyond with specific requests I had for shots I wanted to be taken. She has excellent customer service, always responding quickly and keeping me informed. I would highly recommend Sarah for your engagement and wedding photos!
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    Jennifer Sent on 01/08/2015
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    We are so happy that we found Sarah who we met through a good friend of ours. Sarah's pricing was budget friendly, in our price range, and we liked what we saw from her portfolio. Sarah is a great photographer. She is so kind, positive, and patient; you can tell that she loves what she does. She took our engagement and wedding photos, and was great at using her creativity and giving us direction. She also provided an awesome photo booth that everyone loved. I don't think that you could find better quality in her price range than Sarah

    Sarah Sidwell Photography's reply:

    Thank you Jennifer! I absolutely loved working with you guys!!
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    Keri Sent on 01/08/2015
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    Hiring a photographer was one of the things that worried me most when preparing for our wedding. From the moment we sat at the table to talk with Sarah over a cup of coffee - we knew she was the one for us. She asked pertinent questions: who are we as individuals, who are we as a couple and how we envisioned our wedding day (down to every detail we could envision) and she was genuinely interested in our responses.

    We were fortunate to have booked while she was running a special which included an Engagement Photo Session. I had not even considered having engagement shots made but when we talked more about it, Sarah made a very good point - she said, your wedding pictures will be dear to you because they are of that very special day but your engagement shots are just you, as you are, every day. And she was right. We love those pictures so much.
    On our wedding day, Sarah was prepared for anything and everything. A married friend suggested we have a second shooter but I didn't think it would be affordable. It was actually included in our package! Our package also included the digital files of all the prints! We have so many memories.. All of the love and joy we felt that day was captured through Sarah's expert eye.
    I highly recommend Sarah Sidwell Photography.

    Sarah Sidwell Photography's reply:

    Thank you Keri for your kind words and for taking the time to share your experience with others :-)
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    Caitlin Sent on 01/08/2015
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    Sarah Sidwell was our wedding and engagement photographer. She is very sweet and easy to work with; she made us feel comfortable, which showed in the pictures.

    She has an artistic eye and seems to truly enjoy what she does. She was prompt getting our pictures back to us, and definitely took great care of us. Her prices are very reasonable. We were very happy with her and would recommend her highly.

    Sarah Sidwell Photography's reply:

    Thank you Caitlin!!
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    Natalie Sent on 01/08/2015
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    I can't say enough good things about Sarah. I met her through my friend/college roommate who ice skated (Yes, ice skating! A woman of many talents) with her in grade school through high school.
    I'm so glad we connected with her. She is calm, kind, and talented. She felt like another friend we were blessed to spend our wedding day with. I loved her photos from our wedding and reception. She caught so many sweet moments of us and our families/guests. I still tear up when I look at our first look photos (both with my husband and me, and my dad and I). She was flexible with whatever we needed leading up to our big day, and continued the same positive and calm presence throughout our wedding day. I recommended her to two of my friends who got married a year later. It was so good to see her a year after our own wedding at both our friends' weddings, and her eye for catching special moments has only increased with each shoot she does. I'm proud to say that we know her, and so happy we decided to have her shoot our wedding.

    Sarah Sidwell Photography's reply:

    Thank you Natalie!! I loved seeing you and Hunter on the dance floor at your friend's weddings this summer!!!
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    Ashley Sent on 01/11/2015
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    When my fiance and I began to plan our wedding, we knew photography was really important to us. We wanted to find someone who would capture all the joy, silliness, community, and love of our relationship and wedding day, without breaking the bank - Sarah Sidwell was just the person! From the first time we met her, Sarah made us feel comfortable and allowed our natural personalities to shine. She is warm, open-minded, creative, fun, flexible, reliable, and incredibly talented.

    Some extra perks of working with Sarah:
    If you are a bit camera-shy, she'll help your anxieties melt away. With her gentle guidance and quiet confidence, we found ourselves really enjoying our photo sessions, which showed up in the final product.

    She also captured absolutely fantastic shots of all our friends/family at the wedding. You're so wrapped up in the day, it's great to look back and see that everyone was having a genuinely good time. Plus, I see framed photos from our wedding (of our friends) in their houses all the time. She's that good!

    Finally, she is totally unimposing. Weddings can be so stressful (mixing families, hosting out-of-town guests, coordinating schedules and vendors, etc.) and with Sarah as your photographer, it's one huge thing you don't have to worry about. Your family members and wedding party are going to love her and the photos will turn out beautifully. I recommend Sarah Sidwell without reservation. If you snag her as your photographer, you're the lucky one!
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    When my now-husband and I got engaged, we knew we were on a limited budget. We looked at a couple of options for "budget" photographers in our area and I wasn't thrilled with the quality. I was friends with Sarah through a mutual friend and had seen her photos pop up on social media, and I kept coming back to those pictures in my search for a photographer. There was a quality to her photos that just captured the essence of the moment; you could practically feel the love, happiness, and joy in the pictures. I wanted that quality in my wedding photos, so we asked Sarah to do our engagement pictures. That shoot was so much fun and we felt so comfortable with her that we immediately knew we wanted her for our wedding photographer. She asks what you'd like in advance as well as the day of and makes sure you get it. Our portraits and ceremony photos turned out beautiful, and Sarah constantly moved around during the reception, capturing many moments we would never have seen otherwise. To this day, we still get compliments on the photos and requests for photographer info, which I am always happy to share!! We recently had Sarah take photos for us again as a "just because" shoot, and they (of course) turned out awesome :)

    I definitely recommend Sarah Sidwell Photography as a high quality, budget friendly photographer who is an absolute joy to work with! You might just end up with a friend out of it, too :)

    Sarah Sidwell Photography's reply:

    Thank you Krista!! You are so sweet! Your support and encouragement means so much to me :)
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    Sarah did such an amazing job with our engagement photos! I found her VIA Facebook and loved all of the photos she was posting and knew she would be a perfect photographer for us.
    From the beginning she made us feel very comfortable. Sarah maintained a professional manner while being friendly, encouraging, and helped us be ourselves.

    I would 100% recommend her! :)
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