Victoria Saint Martin Photography Reviews
Reviews
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Alexandra Sent on 12/02/2024Book Her Immediately!
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If you are looking for an amazing wedding photographer that doubles as a helpful planner and day of coordinator, look no further! We highly recommend Victoria and her team. She is an incredible talent that helps to make the entire wedding process more fun and less stressful. With both the engagement shoot and the wedding shoot, the process was so easy, fun, and quick! (Which is maybe something most people don't think of) but I appreciated not having an exhausting experience and to get to enjoy our event as soon as possible. It is incredible how many amazing photos Victoria was able capture, with such easy, fun, quick shoots. She really captured the total joy, fun, and love of the day and we are forever grateful. Her assistant Victor was also amazing and very attentive during the day. Also, we got our sneak peek pics only a few days after and I was so pleasantly surprised with how many photos and how much of the event Victoria was able to capture for us just for the sneak peeks. I cannot wait to get the full set of photos! -
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Claire Sent on 10/12/2022Victoria Captures The Beautiful Moments You Can’t Plan For
You have to stop what you’re doing and hire Victoria immediately. Because, honestly, there are a lot of photographers in Chicago who can deliver great portraits, first dance pictures, the cake cutting, all that stuff you plan for. But you need to hire a wedding photographer who will capture the moments you can’t plan for: that photographer is Victoria Saint Martin.
The thing I treasure the most about our wedding photos are not the pictures of me and my husband. Don’t get me wrong, I’m obsessed and they’re perfect! But what still gets me choked up when I look at my wedding photos?
Our family dog, who is so ancient, we weren’t sure she was going to make it the wedding day. I didn’t even know Victoria had seen our dog!
My grandma, a retired lawyer, holding the hand of my bridesmaid who just graduated law school.
One of our flower girls couldn’t attend our wedding, and was in the hospital, so we sent her a care package. Victoria snapped a photo of her dad showing us a video message from her in the hospital.
Many photographers are skilled enough to capture your wedding day. Few are gifted enough to understand the value of a moment quickly enough to capture it before the moment has passed. Your wedding day is the fastest day of your life. There will be moments you barely remember, or didn’t get to soak up, things you had never even thought to out on a “picture list” to send to your photographer. But Victoria knows. She’ll capture all of that and more. There’s just no one like her. Do yourself a favor and hire her as quickly as you can. -
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Oliver Sent on 10/10/2022
Stop what you're doing and hire Victoria ASAP!
We worked with Victoria once a few years before we got engaged. As soon as we got engaged, before we picked our date, we asked when she was available. There’s just no one like her, and we knew working with Victoria was essential for our wedding. She is prepared for every detail, but hammering out the specifics feels like chatting with an old friend. Whether you are a born performer or camera shy, she can make you feel comfortable for pictures.
On the wedding day, she was an absolute professional in wrangling our extended families for portraits and navigating family dynamics. We got multiple comments about how dedicated she was as she literally ran to get the best shots of our bagpipers leading the way to the reception.
The photos themselves are absolutely stunning. We could not be happier. And as thrilled as we have been, it has also been wonderful to see how much our friends and family have loved the photos too.
From the initial consultation through receiving the photos, working with Victoria could not be easier, feel more comfortable, or have better results. -
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Christy Sent on 05/01/2022
Thank you for capturing our wedding day!
Victoria and her team were wonderful to work with. Our engagement and wedding pictures were beautiful and better than we could have ever dreamed. They captured our day so flawlessly! It was so easy to work with Victoria, she takes the time to really connect and understand her clients prior to the big day and understand couples’ vision. The perfect balance of getting down to business and professionalism, but also brings so much positive energy, fun, and calmness at the same time. Prior to our wedding day, I utilized the wedding planning check list she gave me to stay on track, I loved that because it helped me add to my to do list and make sure I didn’t forget details while planning. During our big day, when we were at a location and there was a challenge with the lighting, she and her team did not give up but took the time to troubleshoot and figure out where we could get the best lighting and took one of my favorite pictures of the day. One of my favorite things about working with Victoria is she really takes the time, and it truly shows. I was also impressed with how quickly she got everything back to us. I could go on and on about incredible Victoria and her team were, but I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Thank you so much for being part of our big day and being so passionate, it does not go unnoticed. We will cherish these photos for generations.
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Hector Sent on 04/18/2022Victoria Saint Martin IS A VIBE!!!
Her work speaks for itself and her vibe is contagious! I have worked with her many times and the weddings have always been on another level! Her good vibes translate to the people which allows her to snap these amazing pictures! Don't hesitate...BOOK HER NOW!!!
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Dawn Sent on 01/09/2022Amazing Experience!
Very grateful to have Victoria as our engagement and wedding photographer. Usually, we are awkward in front of cameras and barely take any selfies. Before hiring a photographer, we were worried that we will be very stiff while shooting and pictures will turn out unnatural, but Victoria definitely changed our mind on this. She makes us feel very comfortable in front of camera, and the moments she captured are authentic. We were not trying to pretend we are someone else, instead, being our true selves. Additionally, her picture quality and editing style are top notch, our family and friends love the gallery and sent us so many compliments. We are so glad to have both Victoria and her associate, Stephanie, part of both our friends and our big day. We had such a blast in both weddings. Victoria and Stephanie were not just our photographers, but more like our wedding guests! Highly recommend Victoria to any couples out there. -
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Rachel Sent on 10/19/2021Victoria is THE BEST!!
Victoria has been our photographer of choice for many years now, and did both our engagement and wedding photos. She is so fun, easy-going, and a true professional. She has a great eye and thinks of really beautiful and interesting settings, poses, and picture ideas that make photos so unique and one of a kind. The final photos always blow me away and our wedding pictures were nothing short of spectacular. Thank you Victoria for an amazing job as always!! -
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Kristen Sent on 09/16/2021Amazing to Work With
We've had the pleasure of knowing and working with Victoria since 2019 since our 2020 wedding was postponed due to COVID-19. If you feel like you're awkward in front of the camera, this is the girl you need to hire! I have nothing but to amazing things to say about her as a person, her work ethic and incredible talent. We did two engagement shoots with her and she finally captured our wedding in Augusts. We haven't received our final portfolio yet but she sent us our sneak peak photos right away and we are so obsessed with what we've seen so far. She checked up on us through the years asking if need help with anything, such as making a timeline. She has blog posts that I found to be super helpful in the planning process - so she's just not a photographer, but a planner, confidant, your #1 fan and a friend. Thank you Victoria for being the amazing, talented person you are! I'm sad to be writing this review because it means the wedding is over and our time working together has come to and end, but we're so grateful we made the decision to hire her and have her by our side! Easily one of the best decisions we made.
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Evelyn Sent on 08/20/2021phenomenal experience
When we started planning our wedding, I was on the hunt for a photographer that I could see takes pride in their work, utilizes their creativity and artistic skills when working with couples, and that I could trust. When I came across Victoria's instagram I knew she was exactly what I was looking for in a photographer. Not only is her work INCREDIBLE, but if you take a second to get to know her through her posts online you'll automatically feel so comfortable with her and like you're instant best friends. Every time she posts a couples' photo I would get so excited that she was our wedding photographer! During our engagement shoot and newlywed shots on our wedding day, Victoria found locations for us to shoot at that we never would have thought of and yet those shots came out so dreamy and beautiful, like out of a magazine! Seriously, I am telling you you need to book with Victoria, she's the best!! -
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Emma Sent on 08/03/2021Truly your biggest fan
Victoria was such a fabulous photopaper to use for our engagement photos and our wedding. She stuck with us through our rescheduling due to covid-19 and made that process super easy.
Victoria's high energy made us so comfortable through both photo sessions. You can tell she truly loves what she does and hypes you up in the process.
We are in love with our photos and cannot wait to get the rest of them back! Would absolutely recommend her -
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Tim C. Sent on 09/25/2020My wife and I are officially part of the Victoria Saint Martin fan club
Hiring Victoria was one of our best decisions that we made for our wedding. We hired her before the pandemic ensued and we stayed in constant contact throughout the year leading up to our wedding at the end of August. She was highly encouraging, responsive, and adaptive to the different challenges brought on by the pandemic.
To give a little background - my wife and I overall do not consider ourselves very photogenic or comfortable in the front of the camera. We were pretty straightforward with Victoria in the beginning with that and essentially told her we’d need a lot of help (lol). She took it in stride and made us feel so comfortable and at ease in both the engagement session and wedding due to her upbeat personality and high competence. We received so many compliments on Victoria about her photos, personality, and overall ability to drive the photo sessions and keep us on schedule (this was honestly the most impressive part to me).
Our favorite thing about Victoria was her ability to adapt and work with our schedule the day-of. Needless to say, your wedding day doesn’t always go as planned and you’ll have unexpected delays and issues that’ll arise. We were running an hour behind schedule before Victoria came, yet she was still able to take some amazing photos of us getting ready at the hotel, lead us into the city and take us through 2 great locations, and bring us back to the venue on-time! There were a million things my wife and I had to micromanage and stress over throughout the weekend, but photography was certainly not one of them. In fact, we were able to genuinely enjoy the time and relax before our wedding (she’s worth every dollar!). Side note: Victoria was sneezed on by an Uber driver during this whole process and stayed positive and upbeat (I don’t know how she did it).
The photos turned out amazing and the turnaround was great (3 weeks). Victoria made us, an awkward couple, feel comfortable and natural during each session. She kept in constant contact with us before the wedding and kept us on-schedule the day of. Our family and friends absolutely loved her and found her directions easy to follow. On top of all of that, she’s a joy to work with! Easily one of the best decisions we ended up making for our wedding and would highly recommend her to anyone who is considering her. She’s certainly on the up and up, be sure to catch her soon! -
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Justine Sent on 03/31/2020She did great!
We’re so happy with our photos! Victoria was great!
We wanted to have our photos taken around downtown Chicago before our small private ceremony. The weather wasn’t the best, so we had a great backup plan to go to the Art Institute. Victoria was flexible and professional.
She was with us and our families for the whole day, and everyone was comfortable with the direction she gave.
She was so nice!
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Raeven Sent on 08/18/2019Amazing to work with!
Thank you so much Victoria for getting all the shots at my wedding and doing such an amazing job wrangling my bridal party. There were 5,000 thugs going on at once at my wedding last night and you and your second shooter did a great job being there to capture our special moments. I can’t wait to see the photos!! 💕💕❤️ -
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Connie Sent on 07/24/2019She will not disappoint!
We had Victoria take our wedding pictures and she did not disappoint! It was incredibly important to us to find the right photographer for us as they are photos that will last a lifetime. Victoria is reliable, patient and genuinely cares about her clients! She truly went above and beyond before, during and after the wedding. She helped us research vendors. Literally less than 24 hours before the wedding I faced timed her asking her for advise!! During the wedding she ran from one side of the many acres of the venue to the other to find our bridal party for photos. She had all of our pictures ready LESS than 3 weeks after the wedding. She had photos ready to post the day AFTER the wedding!! Victoria you went above and beyond, you’re truly passionate about what you do and it shows! We will cherish our photos forever and I will forever recommend you to everyone! I can’t rave enough about her and I will continue to contact her anytime I need more than just my iPhone camera haha. Thank you victoria for being so sweet, helpful and amazing at what you do!! -
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Kylie Sent on 06/23/2019She is perfect
I found Victoria on WeddingWire, and immediately from the get-go I knew I found a great vendor. From the original phone consultation, I knew she was someone I would be so thankful for finding and having help out on our big day. Victoria is super laid back, super professional, and always makes sure you're a happy client. We took our engagement photos with her a few months ago, and the weather wasn't cooperating as much as we wanted. She brought clear umbrellas and suggested a cute coffee shop to get our start and some pictures inside before venturing out in the rain. Victoria makes you feel like a MODEL! She's great with her suggestions and makes taking pictures so fun and natural! We spent the entire time with her just laughing and having a blast. We can't wait for her to photograph our day in May and we rave about her to everyone we can!
If you're thinking of reaching out to Victoria for your wedding day and engagement photos - DO IT! You will not regret it!! -
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