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Wedding Society

San Juan, PR
4.6 out of 5 rating, 34 reviews
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    Engagement pictures

    PR has been part of our love story . We decided to look for a photographer in the island . I found Olga on Tik Tok she was very professional from day one , she picked us up from our hotel and took more than 2 hours capturing our photos .She is amazing and I couldn’t be more impressed and happier with her work.
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    Madison Sent on 12/24/2025
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    Best photographer for my wedding in Puerto Rico!

    I spent months researching wedding photographers before choosing Olga, and I truly believe she’s THE BEST on the island.

    We first had our engagement photos in old San Juan a year prior to the wedding.
    From the start, I completely fell in love with her. She was calm, easy, charismatic and incredibly easy to trust. On our wedding day at Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Puerto Rico, nothing felt forced or staged. She captured real moments as they happened, yet the photos still look elevated and editorial.

    Olga has an amazing eye for light and timing, and she knows exactly when to step in and when to alllow things to happen organically. Our gallery feels timeless, emotional, sophisticated and effortless — like straight out of a wedding magazine.
    I have so many people reaching out and asking who was our wedding photographer.
    Hiring Olga was 100% one of the best decisions I’ve made for our wedding.
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    Olga went above and beyond!

    We could not be happier with Olga as our wedding photographer! She was hands down, the best vendor we hired and held our wedding day together.

    About 6 months before our wedding, we visited Puerto Rico to finalize all of our plans with the venue in person. Olga took the time out of her day to give us a free engagement photoshoot in downtown San Juan despite our short notice, and quick trip! She was fun, professional, and amazing to work with. It made us sure we'd picked the right photographer for our wedding.

    On the wedding day, Olga honestly held the day together- and I don't say this lightly. She was on top of the schedule, directing the wedding party, and making sure we got all the shots in. She also provided great feedback and suggestions on our wedding schedule prior to the big day (we only had a day-of coordinator), which helped the whole process run smoother.

    Post wedding, Olga provided a TON of photos, way more than we were expecting, and all beautiful.

    Hindsight is always 20/20, and we can definitely recommend Olga without a doubt. She was more than just a photographer, and well worth it!
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    Simone Sent on 04/22/2025
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    Exquisite Photo shoot

    Olga did a family photo shoot on the beach In PR for the 7 of us - what an amazing experience, she did action shots and still photos that really captured the moment for us. very professional and detailed. Highly recommend her. Amazing, the photos brought tears to my eyes
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    Angela Sent on 04/15/2025
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    Highly Recommend Olga! Amazing photographer.

    Olga is the best! Her photo’s are amazing and she is very professional. She knows what she is doing and knows how to get the most amazing photos. We had her take out daughter’s wedding photos and also our other daughter’s senior pictures and we could not be more pleased with our photos and the selection of such beautiful images captured by Olga. She creates a relaxing atmosphere for everyone and her bubbly personality is magnetic!
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    Zoey Sent on 09/19/2024
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    Olga was wonderful!

    My husband and I could not be happier with our engagement and wedding photos and that is all thanks to Olga! She was wonderful from the start being professional, responsive and bringing good energy. She gave the perfect amount of direction leading to so many great shots! She made us feel so comfortable and really made us enjoy our sessions. I 10/10 recommend Olga - her pictures truly feel luxurious and are so beautiful. I will continue to use her whenever I am in need of a professional photographer. Thank you so much Olga for capturing our special day so wonderfully!
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    Melissa Sent on 09/15/2024
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    Picture Perfect

    From the moment I had my consultation with Olga, I knew she was going to be a great fit for our wedding. She was personable, professional, and passionate for what she does. Her experience as a photo journalist is what took her expertise to the next level. You can see our love story told through her lens and it was magical. She brought us out of our comfort zones during our photo shoot and this helped immensely on our wedding day. Having the engagement photos also helped us to choose the style of photos we wanted and Olga was flexible to meet our wants. Our wedding day was comprised of a Hindu ceremony, Christian ceremony, and a reception. Olga kept the same energy throughout the long day and engaged with us and our guests. I cannot recommend her enough but her portfolio speaks for itself.
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    Molly Sent on 08/26/2024
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    Olga is AMAZING. Best Wedding Photographer.

    Olga captured our wedding day in the most beautiful way. We had a huge wedding party and she captured amazing moments with each person and my husband and I without feeling rushed. Olga communicated the photography plan well in advance and was so amazing at getting everyone sorted throughout the day- she seriously has an incredible talent for keeping people on schedule in a caring and professional way. I cannot say enough great things about Olga- I will forever remember our wedding in the most beautiful way because of her. If you want to have the best photos you ever could, look no further. It was truly a magical day thanks to Olga.
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    Best Destination Wedding Photographer!

    If I could give six stars to Olga Thomas (Wedding Society), I would. From our first meeting to the delivery day of our wedding day gallery, Olga was responsive, professional, and timely in all her communication. As a bride who was working full time, moving homes, and planning a destination wedding at the same time, this was beyond helpful.
    She took our resort and worked with it like she'd done it 1000 times. On the wedding day itself, Olga was so kind, calming, and FUN! None of it felt awkward or weird, which put the whole bridal party at ease. The pictures themselves are so beautiful! She really captured all the emotion of the day and everyone's happiness. Olga asked for the things we were looking for in our photos and really delivered results that were above and beyond. I'm someone that can only smile so long before I start laughing and making faces, which usually don't turn out to be the best photos, but something she did just made those photos wonderful. My wedding photos look they are out of Pinterest and everyone comments on them. I cannot recommend her enough!!
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    Truly the best!

    From start to finish, Olga was absolutely amazing! She went above and beyond to ensure every special moment was captured, from our engagement to the dance floor. Our wedding photos are stunning and will be cherished for a lifetime. Thank you, Olga! You are truly brilliant at what you do.
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    Amazing Photographer for my Puerto Rico wedding!

    My husband and I got married at Fairmont Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico and chose Olga as our photographer. She was probably the most important vendor we hired for our hindu infused destination wedding and she was nothing less than amazing. She truly understood my love for documentary style photography and she was able to capture our wedding perfectly. She is brilliant at giving direction and make the images feel unposed. We talked about the editing style used on the images and she nailed it by using a clean, modern edit and giving them an elegant, timeless feel. She also delivered our wedding very fast. Everyone comments on my wedding photos on her professionalism. Not only is her work fantastic, but her personality is absolutely lovely making it so easy for us to connect. She is an amazing artist and human! Don't hesitate to hire her!

    Wedding Society's reply:

    Thank you Cristina, it was a pleasure working with you and your husband as well! I wish you guys all the best! :)
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    Haley Sent on 07/29/2024
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    Olga the Magnificent!

    To start off, Olga is AMAZINGLY TALENTED! I mean come on! Have you seen her portfolio online?! When we found her I was like how in the world am I going to have such an incredible, world traveling, expert photographer capture my little dinky Wisconsin wedding and make it look as absolutely glorious as her international shoots?! Well folks she did it! Her photos of our wedding turned out to be outstanding! We LOVE them!! Although our timeline had a few hiccups on our part, she was calm and was still able to capture all our portraits in half the time! Her energy throughout the day was great! She’s is fantastic at engaging with her clients and even getting great pictures of those pesky boys who never want to participate for pictures! I have already booked another session with her! Snag her up folks or you will regret it!
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    Eylul Sent on 08/25/2023
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    A smooth and beautiful experience

    Olga is a rockstar!
    In my wedding day as a bride, there was a lot to be stressed about, but not the photos or how I would look in them, because Olga made sure to capture me at my best during the entire day. She has infinite energy it seems like, never misses a moment, captures the best and the most artistically pleasant shots. When you look at a corner, or someone and think "I wish a picture of this would be taken" she reads your mind and takes a picture. I was really impressed with the final album we received. If I could go back in time with this knowledge, I would chose her all the same!

    Thank you Olga :)

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    Thank you Eylul! It was truly a pleasure working with you and Dan and getting to know you. I loved the fact that you found a way to implement elements of your culture into the wedding and knowing how many guests visited from overseas I knew how important this day was for you. I wanted to make sure that you will see everyone in the photos and most importantly, the images will help you remember how you felt on your wedding day. I wish you guys all the best!

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    Amazing photographer!!!

    There are not enough words to describe how wonderful Olga is!!!!!!! I am extremely self conscious and insecure and Olga made me feel beautiful!!!!!! Our engagement photos were awesome and I can’t wait to see the wedding photos! She pays so much attention to the details that you want to remember and does an amazing job of focusing on what your strengths are! I just love her and she is forever our photographer!!!
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    Allison Sent on 07/28/2019
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    Grateful, Amazing, Worth It, Wonderful

    To be honest, my husband did not want to hire Olga, nor any photographer to come to our destination wedding.. he thought it was a bit "extra". Needless to say, Olga came and before the weekend was over, hubby was singing a different tune.
    Olga kept the party on time, moving along and was more than jsut a photographer. Olga was a planner, makeup artist, DJ, director and more.
    Her photos speak for themselves- they are beautiful! My favorite part of looking through every photo is truly seeing my friends and family's personality. The memories, emotions- they were all captured so perfectly.
    I have now used Olga for my boudoir photoshoot (totally recommend doing, btw!) our engagement shoot, rehearsal dinner, wedding week and have already booked her for our upcoming maternity and newborn shoots! The photos that she took of me and my husband together, are the most precious photos we have ever had together. I see them and still get all the feels that we were having that day. The emotion was captured and that, to me, was the most important.
    With so many photographer options, we still feel the best about sticking with Olga. Her work is worth it all!
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    We love Olga! Her work is like no other. She seems to capture everyone and everything perfectly. She has done our engagement, wedding, newborn and family shoots. We are so lucky to have found her. Our life is captured so beautifully. I know I'll look back at these photos one day and be glad I took the time to do the shoots!!!
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    Jenny Sent on 08/06/2017
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    Worth every penny! We had a very large wedding group (23 including flower girl/ring bearer and ushers) and knew we needed someone with experience and who could handle us. Olga exceeded expectations. It's very clear from her work product that she has years of experience and is extremely talented. Multiple people have told me that our pictures look like they are from a magazine. I am so happy we had someone we could trust. It was a huge comfort on our wedding day to have her there to run the show. She worked so hard at our wedding! It was really warm at one point but she kept shooting.

    My brother-in-law used her for his wedding, and my good friend from law school used her as well. She really cares about her couples and spent a lot of time getting to know us. She also knows everyone in the Milwaukee wedding industry which is very helpful for coordination on day of.

    I am so happy with our pictures. Absolutely recommend!
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    Camille Sent on 08/05/2017
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    We hired Olga for our April wedding in Madison. The first thing my Maid of Honor did upon learning of my engagement was tell me about Olga (who photographed her sister in law's wedding). My MOH knows how particular my mother is, and was adamant that Olga was the best photographer in the area (knowing full well she would suffer the wrath of my mom if she was wrong). I met with Olga via skype for a consult, as I live in another state. At the end of our consult, she told me she would love to do our wedding, but insisted we take at least 48 hours to think over the following things: 1. Editing style: she wanted is to look at her new work to make it was what we envisioned; 2. We did not mind waiting longer than average for our photos; and 3. That we felt our personalities were compatible enough to have her serve such an intimate role in the most important day of our lives. I loved her photos, liked her, and didn't mind waiting, so we booked her for our wedding. She made miracles out of a setting she had never been to for our engagement session in Madison, and stayed for several hours to hang out with us on the Memorial Union Terrace. When the wedding came along, she brought a second shooter free of charge and captured so much of our big day. As I mentioned before, my mom is very particular and Olga did not let her get stuck on small details when we needed to keep the pace moving along. Olga did such a fantastic job moving our day along (she even taught us how to cut the cake), that it felt like we had the wedding planner we had chosen to cut from our budget.

    When we got our photos back about three months later, we were thrilled. The photos are stunning and we will treasure them forever!

    Since our wedding, Olga has been very helpful with referrals to other vendors for our family members' Milwaukee weddings, and has even provided me with beauty referas when we have to travel to MKe as wedding guests. We love her and look forward to her taking photos of our babies!!!
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    Chrissy Sent on 11/17/2014
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    We hired Olga for our wedding. She was so flexible for our engagement shoot and gave us the most beautiful photos we could've ever imagined and so quickly! On our wedding day her and her assistant Cristina were so prompt, professional, and you couldnt even tell they were there all day! I am so excited to see our wedding photos and to use Olga services again!
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    I found Olga through hours of searching for good, top notch wedding photographers for our wedding. I came across her profile and was hooked why? not only is she Romanian like my family but her photos were AMAZING. I have spent hours looking at her work and details. Her vision is exactly what I wanted for my wedding, so we met up with her and booked her within days of meeting her.

    Our engagement photos turned out AMAZING. The shots she took were beyond what I imagined, beyond pinterest ideas, they are unique and hers and I am thrilled with the results.

    Our wedding was beyond amazing and I would not have picked anyone else to trust with my wedding photos. Although it will be a while around (3-4 months) to get our wedding photos, I am not nervous or worried at all because her work is priceless- seriously!

    (P.S. As for previous rude reviews about having to feed vendors listen guy's-Don't be cheap! and FEED your vendors!! They work hard and long hours and they do it all for us clients)

    Thank you Olga for your amazing kindness, patience and amazing work! Can't wait to see the final product. I will need to make lots of room on my walls for the pics!
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    We decided to choose Olga to take our wedding photos as she was able to provide us with the flexibility we were looking for with our photos. Many other photographers require you to choose "packages", which either have too many or not enough photos or time coverage. We were interested in a photographer who would be there to capture the whole event, Olga was there for 12 hours, from hair and makeup to dancing at the reception. Olga gives you discs of your photos with rights, which allows you the flexibility to print what you want. The quality of photos Olga takes are also superior to many of the other photographers in the area. Each photo captures a special moment of time and is truly a work of art. Olga edited a few photos for us to create our Thank You cards, many of our family and friends commented as how the photographs look like they came out of a magazine. We were very happy with the amount of time it actually took to shoot the wedding party photos, this was due to Olga being direct with our wedding party to keep them on track (we actually made it back to the venue before cocktail hour started!) Olga was very professional throughout the entire process. We would recommend her to anyone looking for a photographer.
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    Olga was our wedding photographer this October for our wedding, and we had so many compliments on the engagement pictures. We love that we have the rights to all of our pictures so we can share them with friends and family as many times as we want! She did a great job capturing the important moments and we were 100% satisfied with our decision to have Olga as a part of our special day! Thanks Olga, and we love you!
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    Olga is absolutely fantastic to work with! I loved her from the beginning! She has extremely competitive pricing, and the photos you get from her are BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Know in advance you will only be getting photo discs, so if you need your photographer to give you prints, don't bother calling her.
    I worked with Olga for both engagement photos and wedding photos. She knows what looks best in photos, and she will work with you to make sure you get your moneys worth. I ended up with almost 900 photos from my wedding day!!
    Plan on meeting with Olga a few times. She likes to meet with the couple before committing to their wedding. Then she likes to stake out the photo locations so you can be efficient on your wedding day!
    Since she is such a pro in the business, she has all sorts of suggestions for other vendors if you need help looking!
    I plan on using Olga for all future portraits of my family! LOVE her!
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    Sarah Sent on 11/17/2010
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    Olga did an amazing job capturing our wedding. She took care of details well above and beyond her role as our photographer, and made my day much less stressful. The photos were incredible!! She made us all look like we had just stepped out of a magazine. Olga was there for all of the important moments and is so charming. Everyone loved her! And one of the greatest things about Olga - you own your photos... she sends them to you on CD, so you're not trapped into only ordering prints (like most photographers). You are free to place them on your own flickr page or on Facebook which allows you to share them easily with all of the people that shared your special day. I will call on her again and again for all of my important events. In fact, we've already booked her for maternity shots. :)
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    Olga was by far the greatest photographer we could have had. Prior to the wedding she was prompt and attentive and met with us to see the site because of an unusual wedding location. During the day she was attentive but not intrusive. Guests commented how professional she seemed. After the ceremony we quickly received our photographs and they were exquisite works of art. She FAR exceeded our expectations.
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    Alice Sent on 10/03/2012
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    We found that when it came to photography, prices and the product provided varied widely from vendor to vendor. Our two must haves were: 1) a photographer to be available 12 hours to capture the entire day and 2) the rights to our own images. We wanted to be able to post our pictures, and print them at our leisure. Olga provided everything we wanted and more. She has an amazing eye and did an amazing job with our wedding photography. She suggested a location for an outdoor shoot between the ceremony and reception that provided a variety of fantastic backdrops. We had a large wedding party and she was able to keep everyone focused-(even the goomsmen!) to fit in shoots at two different parks after the church and still get us to the reception on time! We're looking forward to seeing her again in June- one of the groomsmen hired her!
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    Wonderful photographer

    Olga was great - very flexible and easy to work with! She turned around our images very fast (as needed for another event) and had her son filming behind the scenes content which was also excellent to have. I wish she would have given me more direction and told me when my veil bouquet or dress needed adjusting - without a stylist/family member doing that for me, there are some shots that just could have been better if I had been paying attention to those things in the moment. I would definitely work with her again though! She was extremely instructive for all the couples shots, which my fiance and I needed 😇
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    User1248375 Sent on 06/07/2013
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    We enjoyed working with Olga and as a couple we loved her personality. Her photos (at least our engagement photos...haven't seen the wedding ones yet) are good. She is not the most responsive vendor so if you are looking for a photographer that will shoot specific shots you saw on Pinterest, she may not be the one for you. I sent example pictures for our engagement shots and I don't think we ever referenced them. I didn't do that for the wedding because I didn't think it would matter. For us, we were more easy going on that end and it wasn't upsetting.

    Our guests at the wedding were slightly put off by Olga's sometimes abrasive approach. My husband and I didn't take offense to it because we knew she had a job to do on a time crunch and if she wasn't assertive it would have taken forever. And in her defense, people did not listen all that well:)

    Also, it will take a while to get your photos. I know that some photographers get them out very quickly, but Olga works alone and seems to shoot many weddings, therefore, expect to wait for many months. Our contract says 3 months, I believe she recently changed it to 4. I'm thinking they will be worth the wait.

    Also, you get two CD's - one black and white and one color. The images are high quality and can be printed to a large size - very important! Be sure to ask you photographer about this! Many CD's you get can only print 8x10's clearly.

    We were very happy with Olga, love her pictures, and enjoyed working with her. She is very professional the day of and shows up on time giving you your full 12 hours...yes, 12 hours!
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    Shann Sent on 11/20/2008
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    Overall, our pictures turned out good, but I did have some problems.
    Before the wedding, Olga did meet with us and look at our venue, which was great. Her prices seemed reasonable. I was a little disappointed on the wedding day, and when we received our pictures.
    As for professionalism, she was not dressed professionally, wearing jeans. Even though we had met on several occasions, she kept calling me by the wrong name. I normally don't mind when people call me Shannon instead of Shann, but it was a little embarrassing on my wedding day. Also, she did not have control of the wedding party or other guest when trying to take group pictures. She expected to have a meal and sit with the guests during the reception, which I didn't expect. I was more than willing to feed her, but I didn't expect her to sit with the guests since she was working.
    It took longer than promised to get our pictures, which was not a big deal, except that when we did get them, we were unable to view them on our computers. She used disks that weren't compatible with either my or my husband's computers. She re-did the cd's, and we still had the same problem. We finally just went to Walgreens.
    The pictures that she took were good, but she missed taking pictures of a lot of the guests. I would have like to see pictures of all my relatives and a lot were missing.
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    User1282471 Sent on 08/12/2013
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    Overall, we were very disappointed with hiring Olga as our photographer for our wedding. First of all she lost our engagement pictures and we had to retake them less then 2 month before our wedding. And then some of the pictures from our actually wedding were lost as well. I thought since it happened with the engagement picture that she would really be on her "A game" for our wedding; but we were wrong. And trying to get ahold of her after to get our wedding pictures (which she told us 2 months) took around 4months and we are still waiting on pictures today that her company lost/misplaced that we will never see. Besides that she is impossible to get a hold of. I had to try voicemail (that was always full), email, and Facebook before she ever responded. As a client I felt this was very unprofessional and made my wedding feel not very important to her.
    For the pictures she missed a lot of key moments at the ceremony and reception. Also, several member of our wedding party and guest complained that she was not friendly, rude, and hard to find at the reception portion of the wedding; which I agree from lack of pictures. I was very disappointed and would not recommend her to anyone. This is the only part of my wedding that I wish I could have a do-over with!
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    Ala H. Sent on 10/04/2021
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    Avoid olga at all costs!

    AVOID OLGA AT ALL COSTS!!! SHE DELETED OUR NEWBORN SESSION AND WAITED WEEKS TO TELL US.

    She is CARELESS, UNPROFESSIONAL and RUDE. Do NOT use this woman for any important event in your life.

    Olga was recommended to me by another local Milwaukee photographer to photograph my newborn twins. At 7 weeks old they were already older than most other babies sitting for a newborn session (due to my son's NICU stay) and I was assured Olga was great with older babies. The shoot day went great, she set up nice shots and the babies cooperated wonderfully.

    Fast forward a month, I have not received any communication from Olga and the photos were supposed to have been sent to us 2-3 weeks after the shoot. I emailed her multiple times and sent text messages. FINALLY I got a response with the worst news. SHE DELETED THE SESSION AND ALL THE PHOTOS WERE LOST.

    Photos I cannot get back. A moment in time I cannot get back. Devastated was an understatement.

    In her explanation, she labeled our shoot as "twins" in her computer and deleted the session thinking it was another client's session. I can't believe how unprofessional that is, someone who does this for a living being so careless. She also waited WEEKS to let me know this happened. I could have found another photographer in the meantime since my babies were still so small, they looked like newborns. But she robbed us of our photos and the chance to fix the problem.

    She said she would refund us the $700.00 I paid (I actually had to send the Venmo request to her since she wasn't sending the money right away) and she offered two free photo shoots as an apology. I felt like this was a fair compromise even with how upset my family was, at least we could have some nice family photos with the twins now that they're older.

    Guess what, SHE REFUSES TO ANSWER MY EMAILS. Completed ghosted us, no response, no nothing. I got one text saying she will "email me tomorrow morning" and that was a month ago.

    She is CARELESS, UNPROFESSIONAL and RUDE. Do NOT use this woman for any important event in your life.

    Wedding Society's reply:

    Dear Ala, I want to start by expressing my deep disappointment in the tone and content of your review, as it appears to contain inaccurate and defamatory statements about both my professional capabilities and personal character. I appreciate your feedback, although I must express my disappointment that you chose to share your thoughts on an unrelated platform, potentially impacting my reputation in an unfair manner. I would like to begin by apologizing for the unfortunate incident surrounding the deletion of your newborn photos. I take full responsibility for this error, and I deeply regret any distress it may have caused you. The deletion of your folder was one of the very few mistakes I have done in my 15 years of being in business. Please understand that my intention was never to diminish the significance of those captured moments or undermine your trust. I truly recognize and appreciate the emotional value attached to newborn photographs. Upon discovering the deletion, immediate action was taken to rectify the situation. I promptly issued a full refund to ensure that you were not financially impacted by my mistake. Furthermore, I personally reached out to you to express my sincerest apologies and offered complimentary sessions as a gesture of goodwill and an opportunity to create new memories for you and your family. I understand that these attempts to make amends may not have met your expectations, and for that, I apologize for any further disappointment caused. I would like to emphasize that I am an experienced photographer who takes great pride in providing excellent care to all my clients and the number of clients and years in business reflect the quality of the service and the level of photography that I provide for my clients. That's why another reputed photographer referred you to me and I can't express the amount of guilt and distress I have felt knowing that I've let you down. Client satisfaction and professionalism are at the core of my business values, and it is disheartening to hear that you feel otherwise. While I understand your frustration and disappointment, I wish that you would've approached this situation with respect and understanding.

    Wishing you and your family all the best.
    Olga
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    K Sent on 07/30/2017
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    Olga did not bring her A-game to our wedding. As a $4k+ photographer she under-delivered in her professionalism, quality of photo editing, and ability to meet her own deadlines. Past clients had warned me about her ego, excessive time frames, forgetfulness, and in general somewhat difficult personality so I recognize I only have myself to blame for hiring her. Olga did not deliver us a preview set of photos! 12 weeks after our wedding (after much frustration) she whipped up a blog post in order to share something with us and the rushed work was evident. Olga spends the majority of her time outside the USA and that is painfully felt in her ability to manage her commitments. You get ignored when asking simple things like "can you confirm the turnaround time for the photos, I don’t see it in the contract" or "we had a wedding guest pass away and I am reaching out to see if you have a photo of them". Her final response to such inquiries was "I never had a client to put so much pressure on me". We are now 18 weeks post wedding and still waiting for the thumb drives to arrive in the mail. She left the country for the 2nd time, misplaced my address twice (but blamed me) and did not mail the thumb drives before leaving. Then said she’d mail them internationally with a tracking # but didn’t b/c it was too expensive for her and I should just be patient (they have been in the mail for 2 weeks now). Because I was frustrated by this Olga did upload the photos to a site where I could download them from (but made sure to tell me how I inconvenienced her vacation b/c of this). Olga slings so much b.s. and it is insulting to be on the receiving end of it. I had guests approach me about rude comments they heard her make. The photos we did receive lack variety, our guests are not well represented, and the candid photos look awkward. Olga’s strength is when she gives direction and is in control of the photograph. Simply put, Buyer Beware.
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