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Kevin L. Sent on 09/01/2024
A love with a never ending beat
We are a typical couple with normal human nerves with these types of experiences. Shado was able to relieve these feelings upon arrival! We took pictures at our home and at a beautiful spot in NH! He made the whole experience one to never forget! We love love love the pictures that came back to us! He let us choose our adventure and made sure to highlight what we wanted from the pictures. He was easy going and personable. We would recommend anyone to have the same wonderful experience we did by booking with Shado of a rose photography -
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Max H. Sent on 07/23/2024Professional, Joyful, and So Talented!
Shado and Isabelle shot our wedding at Sweet Pea's Cafe in Bar Harbor ME on 5/19/2024. The two of them were punctual, extraordinarily professional, hilarious, and an absolute pleasure to work with.
From the initial consultation we had with them, it was clear that they were on top of their game. We had an hour long conversation about what we were looking for, how the day would go, and what photos might be important to us - Shado and Isa brought up many great details and considerations we might have overlooked otherwise.
Next was a detailed questionnaire regarding the day and the photos we wanted. Being able to check boxes for specific photo types and being prompted to think about exactly what groupings of photos we wanted was extremely helpful.
Finally comes the day of - the two of them showed up to the getting-ready locations on time and ready to go, bringing a relaxed but professional air which made it feel easy and comfortable to be photographed. It didn't feel intrusive at all to have them in our spaces as we got prepared. During the ceremony they were somehow everywhere while being very unobtrusive, it was amazing to look through the photos afterward and see all of the great captures (and wonder how they could have been in 10 places at once!).
One of the best parts - we have NEVER seen or been a part of a smoother family/group/couples photos operation right after the ceremony. With Shado shooting and Isabelle directing (she knew everyone's names, never a single 'hey you' and had a detailed shots list based on the questionnaire we had filled out in hand), it was quick and painless. Isabelle handled Maddie's distractable father starting to wander off with tact and humor, and everyone was off to cocktail hour quickly. Couples photos were similarly smooth and enjoyable, and then the two of them wandered and captured many wonderful photos of venue, dinner, and dancing.
We got our photos back in 6 weeks and were stunned! They really captured the setting, the people, and the vibe beautifully. Could not be happier with how they all came out, and as an added bonus, the photos were grouped by category (girls getting ready, guys getting ready, wedding parties, couples portraits, etc), avoiding one huge folder with thousands of photos to go through. We had a great time slowly going through one section at a time and reliving our day.
11/10 experience with these two. You'll be psyched to have them on your team--they helped to make our day easy and smooth, added to the joy, and provided us with photos that were better than we could've hoped for.Shado of a Rose Photography's reply:
To say your wedding was fun would be an understatement. Not only are you both great friends and awesome clients, but by the end of the wedding, we felt like family.
Thank you for trusting us with this INCREDIBLE day, we wish we could relive it. Hopefully the photos always bring you right back! -
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Cecily D. Sent on 08/04/2024Beyond our expectations
Passionate photographers that captured our most perfect moments. Hire them! -
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Emma G. Sent on 07/01/2024Phenomenal experience
Shado and Isabelle were a joy to work with for our engagement photos. They made the trip all the way out to Star Island, NH (not the easiest place to get to!) without hesitation. We had an hour and 15 minutes to work with due to the ferry schedule and we didn’t feel rushed at all. We hit all the spots we wanted to plus a few more. They were immediately warm and friendly and made us feel at ease. The dynamic between the two of them is fantastic and they gave us such great instructions. We could not have had a better experience. We absolutely adore the shots they got and will cherish them forever!
Shado of a Rose Photography's reply:
Simply put - Emma and John, you are amazing. Such chill and interesting people, we are so glad our paths crossed. We can't wait to travel to Chicago to experience your beautiful city and celebrate you two!! -
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Susannah L. Sent on 08/17/202410/10 Best Photographers Ever!
We could not have asked for better photographers than Shado & Isabelle! From the very first phone call we knew we wanted them to be a part of our wedding. Their style of photography was exactly what we wanted for our Maine island wedding. Shado and Isabelle do such an amazing job of getting to know you as a couple and making your big day as effortless and amazing as possible. Having the engagement photoshoot included in the wedding package was a huge benefit as well. Looking through our photos, we are so thrilled with not only the incredible photos of us as newlyweds, but of our family and friends. They captured the feelings and emotions of the day so perfectly. Shado and Isabelle as truly 5 star and an absolute pleasure to work with. -
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Diane N. Sent on 06/19/2024Perfect for an Intimate Elopement!
I can’t recommend Isabelle and Shado enough for elopement photography. From our first consultation, I felt like they truly cared about our vision and capturing our unique wedding. My wife and I got married at a scenic overlook that was a little complicated to get to, but Isabelle and Shado stayed flexible and everything worked out perfectly. The two of them were a dynamic duo, and captured our special moments from all angles. We will cherish these photos, and I’m so glad they’ll adorn our walls for the rest of our lives as a reminder of this day. One shot of my wedding dress looks like it belongs in Vogue.
Isabelle and Shado’s passion for photography shone through all of their work. Even though we were a bit over time after our ceremony and portrait shots, they spotted a field of gorgeous lupines nearby and offered to take photos there, too. Those shots ended up being our favorites. Definitely work with Isabelle and Shado if you want photographers that do their job with love and care.
Shado of a Rose Photography's reply:
You're a rockstar Diane - and a natural in front of the camera. Thanks to you and Val for trusting us with this momentous occasion. We are so glad to have met you both! -
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Maria S. Sent on 03/26/2024Best Wedding Photographers!
If you are reading this, look no further you’ve found your photographers for your next event! We were very lucky to work with Shado and Isabelle for our wedding and engagement shoot. We couldn’t have been happier with how everything turned out. The pictures came out beautifully and we will cherish them forever. Shado & Isabelle are professional, detail-oriented, organized, personable and fun. They brought great energy to our wedding and all of our guests commented on how great they were as well. Our favorite part though was they really truly cared about prioritizing how special this day was for us. We didn’t feel like just another wedding they had to shoot. They brought so much excitement and enthusiasm to the work they did and made us feel special. On top of that they were extremely flexible the whole day and were able to adapt quickly when it was raining. We couldn’t give them a higher recommendation. Thank you Shado & Isabelle! Love - The SolomonsShado of a Rose Photography's reply:
Maria!
We are so grateful to be your wedding photographers. It's a pleasure to have gotten to know you both, you two are exceptional people. Hopefully our paths cross again for a memorable occasion.
Sending you all the best!! -
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Raymond G. Sent on 03/16/2024
Amazing Photographers for a Boston Elopement
Shado & Isabelle made our engagement and elopement photos so fun and stress-free. They were really open to collaborating on ideas that were special to us, while using their expertise to help guide us through the experience. Both sessions were some of the most fun we've ever had, and we couldn't recommend them more! -
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Kendra M. Sent on 09/14/2023Hire them! Do it.
Shado and Isabelle were the best decision we made for our wedding day! They made us feel super comfortable, which clearly showed in the photographs they captured. We were floored eith the quality of their work. They made it an enjoyable experience from our engagement session through the wedding day. Even when the bridal party was running late, they helped us with logistics, and even secured us a ride on a golf cart to make sure the bride made it to the ceremony without getting wet in the rain! True professionals and the sweetest humans. We highly recommend them to any couples looking for beautiful photography from beautiful humans. Thank you so much Shado and Isabelle! -
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Alex A. Sent on 10/20/2023Like having a new friend at the wedding ... who was astoundingly good at taking pictures.
Shado was better than anything we could have hoped for! Not only did he give us over 500 beautiful pictures that captured the silliness, love, and joy of our special day, (and get us a preview of over 50 within a few days!) but he was such a joy to have at the wedding. He made everything that required gathering people really stress-free yet quick so that even though we had a pretty long list of shots to get, we were still able to enjoy most of our cocktail hour.
The editing of our photos is sublime. For such a cool gloomy day, the photos have an incredible warmth. We're obsessed.
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Danielle S. Sent on 10/18/2023Best. Photographers. Ever.
Isa and Shado far exceeded our expectations. We opted for their highest package, which included them for the entire wedding day and an engagement session as well. I’m so glad we were able to meet them for our engagement session, I felt like we clicked right away and it was so nice to break the ice. We kept in contact with them leading up to the wedding, which was reassuring. Their communication was great. They really took our vision for our special day and blew our minds. We still get so many compliments on them, Isa and Shado really are amazing! I can’t recommend them enough. Photos were delivered on time, there was no miscommunication about that. I swear I still look at our photos everyday, I wish I could relive it in a heartbeat. If you’re looking for truly genuine and fun people to have on your special day, these are your people! -
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Sydney G. Sent on 01/17/2024
Incredible Couple - Great Photos
Shado and Isabelle were so incredibly flexible, passionate, open and thoughtful. We are so lucky and happy we found them to capture the moments on our special day! From start to finish we could not have picked a better set of photographers to be a part of our wedding. If you get the chance to know them and find they are who you want with you capturing your day you will not regret it! They were open to hearing what we wanted as well as advising what they found worked best; better yet even on the day they were accommodating when things didn't go entirely as planned. They're both incredible and work well together and they worked well with us too! I cannot recommend them enough! -
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Brittany M. Sent on 08/20/2023
If we could give 10 stars, we would!
The search for a wedding photographer in northern Maine was no easy feat. After contacting over 15 different photographers, I finally came across Shado and Isabelle's business, Shado of a Rose. I only needed to read a few sentences on their "About Us" page to know that we HAD to book them for our wedding! I immediately reached out, expecting to wait a few days for a response but within minutes I had received the most thoughtful and caring response, one that addressed each of the questions I had asked and also made me feel like we were already old friends. In that moment I knew we found a true diamond in the rough.
We coordinated a few phone calls to align on our photography needs and quickly got to know each other, couple to couple (one of my favorite aspects of the process was the "homework" they assigned, for my now husband and I to each share 3 things we love about one another). Not only was their photography portfolio beautiful but who they are as people was equally (if not more) beautiful! We kept in regular contact up until our wedding and on the big day, Isabelle quickly became part of our family, a true fan favorite of all our guests. She brought both professionalism and fun to our special day and the moments she captured will be cherished forever. And going back to timing, we received our sneak peek album within just a week of our wedding day with the rest of our album arriving very thoughtfully on our 1-month anniversary - talk about attention to detail! And might I add, the photos were absolutely STUNNING!
I couldn't be happier with our decision to partner with Shado and Isabelle on our special day and am already scheming on how we can partner with them again in the future! We love you both and greatly appreciate you being a part of this exciting new chapter of our lives! Until next time! -
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Kerry M. Sent on 06/20/2023
Amazing photographers and all around awesome people
I knew I wanted to work with Isa and Shado for our engagement and wedding photos right after the first phone call. They were so friendly and easy to talk to from the beginning. Not only was our engagement shoot with Isa fun, but we got some amazing photos at the beach location. Isa and Shado were very responsive and communication throughout the whole process was easy. Even with downpours on our wedding day all day, Isa and Shado stayed positive and got some AMAZING photos. They work so well together, and their positivity helped us stay positive and have a very fun day despite the weather. They were able to get all the shots I wanted even with the rain. Not only are they talented photographers, but by the end of the wedding day Isa and Shado felt like friends. We got the sample photos today and they are fantastic, we cannot wait to see the rest! If you are considering hiring Shado of a Rose for your wedding, definitely do it! -
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Sarah S. Sent on 07/06/2023Favorite vendor - captured each authentic spontaneous moment :)
FAVORITE VENDORS WE HIRED! Issa and Shado were the first vendors we secured because Issa was the first person who didn’t make me feel stressed out about the wedding planning process, and then we had so much fun with Shado at our engagement shoot. BEST decision we made, and we got complements from guests about them the whole night! They made portraits go quickly so we could get back to mingling (Issa is just the right amount of assertive to get those chatty family members wrangled up and in position) and they captured EVERY little spontaneous interaction so that we have photographs to remember each beautiful, organic moment instead of all generic, posed photos. They got high quality flattering photos of pretty much every single guest too so EVERYONE has been excited going through the albums! Even though it was a gloomy rainy day, all of the colors are vibrant and they made us look so good. On top of all of that, they were extremely professional and got photos back to us very quickly (a couple days after the wedding they delivered a sneak peak!) They brought a very fun and calming presence to our wedding day so that we didn’t feel stressed out even though we were running behind (our fault) and it started raining last minute. They just quickly found solutions and executed things. We would book them again in a heart beat! -
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Giselle R. Sent on 06/28/2023
Amazing photographer duo!
It was an absolute joy to work with Isa and Shado. They were super friendly, calm, professional, and organized throughout the whole process -- from planning to the day of. the wedding. On the day of, they were on top of everything and blended in with the guests to capture so many magical moments. The pictures came out AMAZING and they also did a video reel for us, which brought back lots of tears and emotions. I look at our photo gallery every day!Shado of a Rose Photography's reply:
Giselle and Jason, What an amazing experience to have shared together! You both hosted such a joyful and loving event, a true reflection of who you are as people. We are so glad to hear you can’t stop looking at your photos. It’s a compliment and encourages us to keep making our art. Thank you again for trusting us with this incredible time in your lives. We hope to stay connected as the years to go on! Wishing you all the best, Isabelle and Shado -
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Mary K. Sent on 06/07/2023The MOST thoughtful & intentional Photographers OF ALL TIME!!!
Shado & Isabelle are an absolute pleasure to work with. They are incredibly professional, passionate, exuberant, and thoughtful. They are SO intentional about their work & they were an absolute BLAST to work with.
From our engagement photo session to our wedding, they made us feel so comfortable and relaxed. They honestly fit right in with our family & friends and they were an integral part of our special day.
From the start, I spoke with Isabelle on what our vision of the day would be & we decided that we would be a great fit to work together! I really appreciated that small step. It was the start of what turned out to be a beautiful process.
Isa and Shado don’t just capture photos, they capture the beautiful, personal, and emotional moments. They make it a point to understand you and your partner and what your intentions are for your day & your special moments together. After the first phone call, we had a few more leading up to the day, Isa and Shado even reached out to us to ask my then future husband and I what our favorite qualities of each other & what we were most looking forward to for the day. I cannot even begin to put into words how much that meant to us. From those ideas, Isa and Shado captured everything we wished and more.
I highly HIGHLY recommend this dynamic duo. We will definitely be working with them in the future! From the bottom of our hearts, thank you SO much to Shado of a Rose Photography!Shado of a Rose Photography's reply:
MK & Nick,
Your review almost brought us to tears. We are so grateful for YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS and unending kindness throughout this process. Our connection felt kismet and we can only hope we keep in touch as the years go on. Your love story touches our hearts and one we will always remember. Continue to shine your light on this world, we know it's making a difference in all the lives that have the privilege in coming in contact with you.
Wishing you all the best as the journey continues,
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Robin G. Sent on 11/02/2022Rick and Robin’s wedding. 10/30/22
Isa and Shado are the best choice for wedding photography. They establish a genuine relationship with the couple before hand, as well as with every guest at the wedding. In doing so, they are able to capture the most authentic photos. Isabelle and Shado are fun to work with, professional and flexible. Isa and Shado were such an awesome addition to the wedding, that one of our wedding guests will be contracting Isa and Shado for their daughters wedding-and this is before seeing their awesome photos! These 2 ROCK!!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!Shado of a Rose Photography's reply:
Hey Robin and Rick,
Your wedding came as such a special surprise last year. We are so glad Shelley recommended us for your big day. It was such an intimate and loving experience to share with your friends and family. We felt so welcomed the entire time, not to mention, some of the best food we had all wedding season. You chose a perfect venue and caterer. Thank you again for trusting us with this important day in your lives.
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Abigail E. Sent on 10/23/2022Incredible people
These two are the most seamless team. We hired them because we felt so comfortable around them for our friend's wedding and they were the same with ours. They danced and had fun and were so sweet to each other, but never missed a shot for us. They got everything we wanted and more. The photos are incredible no matter the lighting. They planned every shot out perfectly and you never see the other person in the shot. They were everywhere and nowhere all at once. They knew how to get everyone to feel like family and so we have the best photos ever!! I would have honestly moved my wedding to get them. You don't come across such genuinely good people every day. They're also easy to contact and flexible to work with. -
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Laura S. Sent on 12/28/2022Amazing Photographers
Where to begin! Before we even started looking for photographers, we knew it would be one of- if not the most- important aspects about the wedding for us. We wanted to make sure we chose a team that had an artistic eye and could deliver some really amazing photos. We were excited about candids in particular- not really being as into stiff portraits. We truly could not be more thrilled with our choice of Isa & Shado. We have received so many comments from family and friends that they are the best wedding photos they’ve seen. They captured everything so beautifully, from our First Look on the rocky beach, to sparkler fun with our family at the end of the night, and everything in-between. We got amazing sneak peeks the next day, and I’m still impressed with how quickly we got the rest of our photos. They listened to what we wanted, referred to the shot list I provided (though we were strapped for time as weddings always seem to be), and split their time between 2 locations at no extra charge (our ceremony was at Two Lights state park while our reception was at Oxbow Brewing in downtown Portland). They made us (and our guests) comfortable the whole time. The photos they captured of our dog are our absolute favorites and they really understood how important it was for us to get her in a bunch. All the details we worked so hard on and asked them to capture- the food, signs, cake, decor- all turned out so great. We are still so happy we chose Shado of a Rose Photography, and we’re sure you will be too! Thank you, Isa & Shado!Shado of a Rose Photography's reply:
Dear Laura & Jason,
Let us start off by saying we LOVED your creative decisions regarding your event. As big fans of tarot, card readings, and purple, your wedding checked all the boxes for us. Not to mention your adorable puppy was icing on the cake. Oh, also your mother might be the cutest person to marry two people we've seen in a while. The whole ceremony was full of laughter and we loved it.
It was a pleasure to work with you both for so many reasons. We enjoyed your wedding through and through. Thank you for including us in your journey and we hope to remain in touch as more monumental moments take place!
Sending you two so much love,
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Jocelyn H. Sent on 11/20/2022
We are beyond grateful for Shado of a Rose!
Shado and Isa are incredible! They are both knowledgeable, passionate and their creative visions complement each other perfectly - resulting in a truly magical experience!
They absolutely put our needs first and took the time to make sure every moment was captured from the engagement shoot to the big day. They are incredibly professional, personable and their charm helped make us feel comfortable in front of the camera.
We've received endless compliments from our family and friends about the quality of photos, as well as their warm presence at the wedding.
We truly could not speak more highly of Shado and Isa. If you are looking for a couple that will truly capture your special day, look no further than Shado of the Rose!Shado of a Rose Photography's reply:
Dearest Jocelyn and Ben,
To think our journey started at HYPE and continued to your wedding day. It truly was a gift to take part in your wedding day. Not only was it a beautiful place to tie the knot, but you two, your friends, and family added such joy to the experience. It's obvious from the photos that there's so much love that surrounds you. Thank you for including us in the journey.
We hope we have the pleasure of taking part in more special moments in your lives. We travel to and from CT often so please always keep us in mind.
Sending you lots of love,
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