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• Anna K. Sent on 08/28/2023
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  Amazing Experience

  We're so glad we chose Stephanie as our photographer. She is incredibly knowledgeable, responsive, organized, efficient and easy to get along with. We chose Stephanie because we loved her style and the natural and timeless look/editing to her photography. Stephanie did both our engagement and wedding photos. During both sessions, she made us feel totally at ease, which is impressive because my husband and I hate having our photo taken. Prior to the wedding, Stephanie asked for a list of photos we'd like, and she didn't miss a single shot. She was very efficient and we didn't have to spend very long taking group photos (something I was worried about!). I loved how Stephanie took so many photos of our guests at the wedding. She was able to capture so many happy memories that we will be able to treasure forever!
  

  We're so glad we chose Stephanie as our photographer. She is incredibly knowledgeable, responsive, organized, efficient and easy to get along with. We chose Stephanie because we loved her style and the natural and timeless look/editing to her photography. Stephanie did both our engagement and wedding photos. During both sessions, she made us feel totally at ease, which is impressive because my husband and I hate having our photo taken. Prior to the wedding, Stephanie asked for a list of photos we'd like, and she didn't miss a single shot. She was very efficient and we didn't have to spend very long taking group photos (something I was worried about!). I loved how Stephanie took so many photos of our guests at the wedding. She was able to capture so many happy memories that we will be able to treasure forever!
  

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• Claire G. Sent on 11/05/2022
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  Amazing Photographer

  Stephanie is absolutely incredible. Pictures were one of the most important to things to me when planning our wedding. SMW was the absolute best choice we could have made. The pictures were turned around so quickly and are simply stunning. She really captured the most amazing moments. In addition to her talent Stephanie was so easy and comfortable to work with. I wanted to be her friend by the end of this process. She worked great with all of our other vendors and kept the whole day running on time and smoothly. I emailed and texted her all of the time, she never made me feel like I was being annoying (even though I'm sure I was!) and always got back to me very promptly.

  Stephanie is absolutely incredible. Pictures were one of the most important to things to me when planning our wedding. SMW was the absolute best choice we could have made. The pictures were turned around so quickly and are simply stunning. She really captured the most amazing moments. In addition to her talent Stephanie was so easy and comfortable to work with. I wanted to be her friend by the end of this process. She worked great with all of our other vendors and kept the whole day running on time and smoothly. I emailed and texted her all of the time, she never made me feel like I was being annoying (even though I'm sure I was!) and always got back to me very promptly.
• Melissa O. Sent on 06/19/2022
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  Great Photos and a Pleasure to Work With

  Stephanie was absolutely wonderful to work with! Stephanie photographed both our engagement session and our wedding day. She gave clear directions and was flexible in capturing fun and different shots we wanted to try. I am in love with our sneak peak photos and cannot wait to see the rest! Her pricing was right in the middle of the dozen-or-so photographers we looked at.

  Stephanie was absolutely wonderful to work with! Stephanie photographed both our engagement session and our wedding day. She gave clear directions and was flexible in capturing fun and different shots we wanted to try. I am in love with our sneak peak photos and cannot wait to see the rest! Her pricing was right in the middle of the dozen-or-so photographers we looked at.
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• Rebecca Sent on 07/26/2021
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  Stephanie is the BEST!

  We’ve had the pleasure of working with Stephanie twice. She shot our “micro wedding” last year and just yesterday our postponed celebration. She is patient, professional, flexible, friendly, and laid back. If you don’t love the idea of being photographed, and are looking for someone you can be relaxed/comfortable around, Stephanie is your girl. Even if you love being photographed, she’s still your girl. We absolutely loved working with her and feel so lucky to have had her as part of our special days. We love our photos from our casual ceremony last September, and can’t wait to see this year’s. She was always available if I had any questions. Her attention to detail is impeccable. We 110% recommend her! Thank you, Stephanie!

  We’ve had the pleasure of working with Stephanie twice. She shot our “micro wedding” last year and just yesterday our postponed celebration. She is patient, professional, flexible, friendly, and laid back. If you don’t love the idea of being photographed, and are looking for someone you can be relaxed/comfortable around, Stephanie is your girl. Even if you love being photographed, she’s still your girl. We absolutely loved working with her and feel so lucky to have had her as part of our special days. We love our photos from our casual ceremony last September, and can’t wait to see this year’s. She was always available if I had any questions. Her attention to detail is impeccable. We 110% recommend her! Thank you, Stephanie!

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• Emaleigh N. Sent on 07/03/2021
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  100% recommend!

  One of my top concerns from our wedding day was getting a lot of great photos and stephanie went above and beyond! My husband and I are both very camera shy, but she made us both so comfortable. She got photos of absolutely everything from our day and they all look amazing.
  
  We both have large, fractured family groups so getting all the group photos was a worry but she got everyone in and out so quickly and we still got so many great shots to share with everyone. I have gotten more compliments from guests about how amazing Stephanie was then anything else from our wedding. Everyone loved how sweet and involved she was while being so quick. I can not recommend her enough!!

  One of my top concerns from our wedding day was getting a lot of great photos and stephanie went above and beyond! My husband and I are both very camera shy, but she made us both so comfortable. She got photos of absolutely everything from our day and they all look amazing.
  
  We both have large, fractured family groups so getting all the group photos was a worry but she got everyone in and out so quickly and we still got so many great shots to share with everyone. I have gotten more compliments from guests about how amazing Stephanie was then anything else from our wedding. Everyone loved how sweet and involved she was while being so quick. I can not recommend her enough!!
• Colleen L. Sent on 05/04/2020
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  Absolutely Perfect!

  My (now) husband and I chose Stephanie to be our wedding photographer a few months into our wedding planning venture, as we were browsing online. Her work was beautiful and drew us in. Let me begin by saying that we could NOT have made a better choice! We unfortunately didn't get to take engagement pictures with her due to us having them done by a good friend earlier in our engagement, but she was more than willing to adjust the package to reflect our needs. We finally met in person with her at her studio a couple months before the wedding to go over our timeline and our expectations (fun fact, she sent us a Christmas card before we had even met with her! How sweet is that?!). Her demeanor right off the bat was calm, professional, yet confident. She was very organized and made sure she had all the info she needed to photograph our special day. She was extremely reassuring with any concerns or questions we had, but mostly in an "I totally got this" kind of way! She offers a second photographer option, which we definitely wanted to utilize. At the meeting, she told us a bit about the 2nd photographer, Val, that she would be bringing and how it would all pan out. We left the meeting feeling very good about the choice we had made. It was so easy to communicate with her throughout the entire process, in every aspect.
  
  When it came time for the actual big day, she showed up right on time and blended right in to the chaotic morning of "getting ready". I have heard some horror stories about some local Buffalo photographers having...less-than-ideal...attitudes on the day of, but Stephanie was SO friendly, chatted with all the girls, but took her work seriously and executed the job perfectly. On the groom's side of things, they said the same thing about the 2nd photographer, Val.
  
  Throughout the entire day, they couldn't have been easier to work with or more accommodating. They stood out and walked in the cold with us, and had us laughing the whole time. Her shot ideas were amazing, and made for some of my favorite photos. I was recently looking through another photographer's album of a wedding that was done at the same place very shortly before ours, and even though I may be a bit biased, SMW Photography offered us much more variation. Being able to see that wedding comparison of the same exact location used by a different photographer REALLY showed us the education and talent that Stephanie has for setting up different shots and knowing what works.
  
  We got our gallery back really fast, and I don't think I've stopped looking at them since! I was first blown away at the quality, and the emotion she captured. I wasn't quite sure what to expect out of the reception pictures, but they are PERFECT! SMW got so many good dancing shots, and really captured the joy of us and all our guests. She got some amazing ones of some individual couples dancing and just our guests having a good time, Which I absolutely LOVE in wedding galleries and was hoping would be including! The detail pictures are also amazing.
  
  Overall, I am pleased to the highest extent with SMW Photography. She is down to Earth, professional, talented, and reasonable. I would 110% pick her again. The pictures of my husband and I on our wedding day is something that I will cherish for the rest of my days, and I'm so happy that we trusted SMW Photography to help us achieve the most perfect memories of our best day ever.

  My (now) husband and I chose Stephanie to be our wedding photographer a few months into our wedding planning venture, as we were browsing online. Her work was beautiful and drew us in. Let me begin by saying that we could NOT have made a better choice! We unfortunately didn't get to take engagement pictures with her due to us having them done by a good friend earlier in our engagement, but she was more than willing to adjust the package to reflect our needs. We finally met in person with her at her studio a couple months before the wedding to go over our timeline and our expectations (fun fact, she sent us a Christmas card before we had even met with her! How sweet is that?!). Her demeanor right off the bat was calm, professional, yet confident. She was very organized and made sure she had all the info she needed to photograph our special day. She was extremely reassuring with any concerns or questions we had, but mostly in an "I totally got this" kind of way! She offers a second photographer option, which we definitely wanted to utilize. At the meeting, she told us a bit about the 2nd photographer, Val, that she would be bringing and how it would all pan out. We left the meeting feeling very good about the choice we had made. It was so easy to communicate with her throughout the entire process, in every aspect.
  
  When it came time for the actual big day, she showed up right on time and blended right in to the chaotic morning of "getting ready". I have heard some horror stories about some local Buffalo photographers having...less-than-ideal...attitudes on the day of, but Stephanie was SO friendly, chatted with all the girls, but took her work seriously and executed the job perfectly. On the groom's side of things, they said the same thing about the 2nd photographer, Val.
  
  Throughout the entire day, they couldn't have been easier to work with or more accommodating. They stood out and walked in the cold with us, and had us laughing the whole time. Her shot ideas were amazing, and made for some of my favorite photos. I was recently looking through another photographer's album of a wedding that was done at the same place very shortly before ours, and even though I may be a bit biased, SMW Photography offered us much more variation. Being able to see that wedding comparison of the same exact location used by a different photographer REALLY showed us the education and talent that Stephanie has for setting up different shots and knowing what works.
  
  We got our gallery back really fast, and I don't think I've stopped looking at them since! I was first blown away at the quality, and the emotion she captured. I wasn't quite sure what to expect out of the reception pictures, but they are PERFECT! SMW got so many good dancing shots, and really captured the joy of us and all our guests. She got some amazing ones of some individual couples dancing and just our guests having a good time, Which I absolutely LOVE in wedding galleries and was hoping would be including! The detail pictures are also amazing.
  
  Overall, I am pleased to the highest extent with SMW Photography. She is down to Earth, professional, talented, and reasonable. I would 110% pick her again. The pictures of my husband and I on our wedding day is something that I will cherish for the rest of my days, and I'm so happy that we trusted SMW Photography to help us achieve the most perfect memories of our best day ever.
• Rebecca Sent on 11/08/2018
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  9.29.18 wedding!

  Stephanie and Sara were awesome!!!!! They literally got every shot I had asked for. It was super important for us to get pictures with our pup, and she made it possible. She took beautiful pictures of us and solo shots of our fur baby! They stayed at the reception much longer than expected as well. Guests complimented us on their work, as they took requests from family members to take family photos throughout the night. Stephanie is awesome, makes you feel comfortable, and even sent us a little care package before our wedding! Would highly recommend.

  Stephanie and Sara were awesome!!!!! They literally got every shot I had asked for. It was super important for us to get pictures with our pup, and she made it possible. She took beautiful pictures of us and solo shots of our fur baby! They stayed at the reception much longer than expected as well. Guests complimented us on their work, as they took requests from family members to take family photos throughout the night. Stephanie is awesome, makes you feel comfortable, and even sent us a little care package before our wedding! Would highly recommend.
• Jennifer Sent on 06/27/2018
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  Stephanie was a great photographer. I highly recommend her. She was very professional and
  Exceptional service. The pictures came out beautiful.

  Stephanie was a great photographer. I highly recommend her. She was very professional and
  Exceptional service. The pictures came out beautiful.
• Bryanna Sent on 05/07/2018
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  SMW fulfilled all my wants and wishes for my wedding day. My photos were just breathtaking filled with so many creative aspects! Thank you so much!
  

  SMW fulfilled all my wants and wishes for my wedding day. My photos were just breathtaking filled with so many creative aspects! Thank you so much!
  
• Mackenzie Sent on 05/07/2018
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  Honestly Steph was amazing. No matter what I needed she was there for me. Very flexible and easy going- Probably one of the most easy going people I've ever worked with. On top of all my wedding stress, she was one person I did not feel stressed about. She was so reliable, and very very timely with everything!!! I would recommend her to ANYONE! Actually, I do :)

  Honestly Steph was amazing. No matter what I needed she was there for me. Very flexible and easy going- Probably one of the most easy going people I've ever worked with. On top of all my wedding stress, she was one person I did not feel stressed about. She was so reliable, and very very timely with everything!!! I would recommend her to ANYONE! Actually, I do :)
• Alecia Sent on 04/25/2018
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  Stephanie was EXTREMELY polite from the start. Very professional and outgoing the entire time. She listened to ideas, concerns and informed us of every detail. Would hire her again for any occasion!

  Stephanie was EXTREMELY polite from the start. Very professional and outgoing the entire time. She listened to ideas, concerns and informed us of every detail. Would hire her again for any occasion!
• Kristina Sent on 04/25/2018
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  Pictures turned out amazing. Stephanie and her team are extremely professional and accommodating I would highly recommend smw photography to any couple looking for fair pricing and beautiful pictures!

  Pictures turned out amazing. Stephanie and her team are extremely professional and accommodating I would highly recommend smw photography to any couple looking for fair pricing and beautiful pictures!
• Samantha Sent on 06/15/2017
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  Stephanie and her second shooter, Sarah, did such an amazing job. She gave us a free engagement shoot with our package which helped us get used to the camera. She was super responsive and helpful during my planning phase. Day of she helped make the day extremely laid back and fun, just as we wanted. I will continue to use her services for any other photographer needs in the future. I highly recommend!!

  Stephanie and her second shooter, Sarah, did such an amazing job. She gave us a free engagement shoot with our package which helped us get used to the camera. She was super responsive and helpful during my planning phase. Day of she helped make the day extremely laid back and fun, just as we wanted. I will continue to use her services for any other photographer needs in the future. I highly recommend!!
• Briana Sent on 06/27/2014
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  Stephanie from SMW Photography was a great photographer for my casual wedding reception. She was responsive and professional, and offered me a lot of value for my money. She edited the photos and send me the CD of them within a week of the event. I would hire her again for other events!

  Stephanie from SMW Photography was a great photographer for my casual wedding reception. She was responsive and professional, and offered me a lot of value for my money. She edited the photos and send me the CD of them within a week of the event. I would hire her again for other events!