I love hearing back from couples about how much they loved working with me! Reviews are such a great way for couples to hear about other people’s experience with me and I appreciate it so much when people take the time to give me one.
“Zach and I are absolutely blown away by our wedding photos! When we started scrolling through our gallery for the first time, we were speechless.
Joey is incredibly talented, fun and kind. Before our wedding, he met with us a few times to go through logistics and he listened intently to all my hopes and ideas for our photos.
Joey showed up on the morning of our wedding with a calm demeanor, yet excitement to capture our day. He went above and beyond to capture the photos I was excited for alongside photos I could have never imagined. Joey is creative; he plays with light, wind and shapes/buildings/scenery, resulting in the most unique and magical photos you could imagine. It goes without saying that the photo quality and editing style are superb.
Joey captured our day perfectly, juggling two different locations across the city of Ottawa as well as rainy weather; when the rain fell, Joey was extremely helpful as we pivoted our plan for the day and timing for family photos.
We look forward to enjoying our wedding photos for many years to come, and are having a hard time deciding which ones will make it onto the walls of our home!! ”
“It is hard to put into words how happy we are with our wedding album. We could not have been more thrilled to have worked with Joey.
We planned our wedding from a distance (we live in NYC but got married in Wakefield, QC at Le Belvedere). After interviewing 4 photographers on Zoom we chose Joey because of his calm demeanor, and stunning portfolio. We can bit a bit camera shy, so needed someone who would give us direction while remaining an unobtrusive presence. We knew he would have the calm energy we needed for our wedding day. We met in person when we flew to Ottawa a few months before our wedding. The person we met on Zoom translated into real life. Joey met us at a local coffee shop in Ottawa and was kind, calm and professional. He even bought our coffees! He brought samples of his wedding albums and went through our preferences.
The day of our wedding he was punctual and efficient. It felt like he was an old friend that had a hidden talent of photography. He captured every moment from our getting ready suites to our raging dance party. Every moment, angle and family photo was captured with care and professionalism. There wasn’t one shot that we wanted that he missed. Joey snapped the perfect moment of us jumping the broom, the surprise on our wedding guests’ faces when my husband’s dance with his mother cut into “Billie Jean’ by Micheal Jackson and when samba dancers trotted out to start our dance party. The angles and composition were exceptional. Our guests commented how committed he was to capturing each moment, even risking life and limb to get low on our dance floor to get the best pictures!
If you are wondering whether you should book Joey - please don’t. Just do it. We have worked with photographers from San Diego, to NYC, Trinidad, Jamaica, Toronto, and beyond. We have never been as satisfied with the final product as we were with Joey.
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“We found Joey after he photographed a family wedding and were immediately impressed with the quality of his photographs. He photographed both our engagement shoot and our recent wedding and I love them all. His style is timeless and elegant and he is able to get such a great mixture of candid and staged shots. We already received a sneak peek of our wedding photos, the turnaround was like not even 24 hours, and they are so great!!
On top of his talent, Joey is also just a lovely person. He is very kind and always makes us feel comfortable in front of the camera - this is huge for two shy people like my husband and me. I only have good things to say about Joey!! ”
“From the moment I met Joey I knew he was the right photographer for my wedding. His work displayed his talent and his personality and excitement showed his love for what he does.
For our engagement photoshoot Joey captured beautiful shots regardless of the rain and fog. He even used the fog to our advantage to add the perfect feel to our shots.
Having two days for our wedding, Joey pulled out all the stops and brought so much creativity to our shots. Joey was so easy to work with and always open to my ideas. No other photographer could have captured our memories the way that Joey did and we will cherish our pictures forever. I look forward to working with him again in the future.”
“My husband Charles and I are extremely happy with our photos and experience with Joey. We couldn’t be happier. I showed the photos to a talented photographer friend of mine and he loved them too. He pointed out that the lighting that Joey was able to capture was amazing. Everybody loves the creative double exposure shots that he puts together. Very unique, artistic and interesting. He was so easy and fun to work with, he made us laugh, guided us in a very comfortable way to get the best natural poses. I love the candid shots he got too. When I look at the photos I’m amazed at all the different perspectives he got. How did he do this? It’s like there were multiple shooters, but it was just him. He’s so warm and friendly, he easily brought the best out of us. He made us love photoshoots! We want to do more. It’s kind of ridiculous how much we love our photos. There are SO MANY GREAT ONES. He way over delivered. Gave us way more than we were expecting and made it way more enjoyable than we were expecting. We definitely recommend him to anyone and everyone. We feel so lucky that we found him and we are looking forward to working with him in the future to capture more of our family’s special moments.”
“We really can’t thank you enough for capturing our special day the way you did. The photos are beyond our greatest expectations, and are so beautiful and timeless. We feel so lucky to have found you to be our photographer and people are still talking about how kind and professional you were. We are so grateful and we can’t wait now for our next milestone that we would love to have you capture. Thank you again for everything!”
“We had the pleasure of working with Joey on our wedding day and could not be more thrilled with the results. Joey was incredibly kind, professional, and creative throughout the entire day. He was literally everywhere capturing everything. I was floored by his attention to detail and clear passion for his work. He remembered the names of all of our family members, he snuck us outside for sunset photos even though we were worried our timeline wouldn’t allow it and he went above and beyond in the edits he returned. Not to mention he delivered our entire album in under three weeks !! I am in awe of his work, we could not have picked a better photographer to capture our wedding day! If you are thinking about booking him for your wedding.....DO IT !”
“We are so happy we chose Joey as our wedding photographer. I could not say enough good things about him - he explained everything clearly from start to finish, responded to emails quickly and is just an absolutely wonderful guy to work with. We had a blast at the wedding and Joey handled our rowdy crowd immaculately - it felt like he was an old friend that got along perfectly with everyone. Even our guests noticed Joey’s energy and dedication to making sure he captured every important moment throughout the day. I can’t imagine having another photographer.”
“We absolutely loved having Joey take the photos at our wedding. He was our first vendor we booked, and I am so grateful we did! He made the planning process super easy, and was available to meet whenever we needed him to - and was flexible to the changes of the wedding day. I feel like Joey has been a big part of our marriage process doing our engagement photos, then again our wedding. He fit in well with our group, and was very patient for the group shots with family. His creativity with the shots was amazing. He was extremely helpful, and always up for anything. He was able to go with the flow, and made my camera-shy husband feel very comfortable in front of the camera and look like a model. We absolutely love our photos and we can’t wait to cherish them for a lifetime.”
“We are so happy with our choice to use Joey as our wedding photographer! The pictures turned out so beautiful and we have gotten so many compliments! Joey made us feel so comfortable and we had so much fun doing our engagement and wedding photos with him! We would absolutely recommend Joey Rudd Photography to everyone and we will absolutely use him again in the future!”
“We were lucky enough to have Joey photograph our September 2019 wedding. He is professional, easy to work with (great with kids, too!), and incredibly talented. We are SO happy with all of our wedding photos, including plenty of stunning candid photographs of us and our guests. We hope to work with Joey again in the future and would absolutely recommend him!!”
“Oh my goodness...
Joey, we are ABSOLUTELY SPEECHLESS over these photos!!!!!!!
Your work is SO unbelievably beautiful!! Honestly, we cannot express how grateful we are for you and your talents; you managed to capture our feelings and emotions so accurately and perfectly by directing us the way you did, and we are so, so over the moon. You really know all the best poses and I can see now how your attention to the tiniest details makes the world of a difference!”
“I have absolutely no words for how beautiful these turned out, I am so grateful that we were lucky enough to have you for our wedding day! We could not have possibly asked for a better person to capture these special moments, thank you so much for being there!
I’m going to post some of these this weekend and I look forward to bragging about you and your amazing photography! ”
“We are ecstatic with Joey Rudd Photography. You were exactly what we wanted in a photographer: someone who could put us as ease and not take over the day while still being totally in control of the photos. Our wedding party loved you and even our guests raved about the amazing job you were doing! The end results are simply gorgeous. You captured our wedding day perfectly!”
“Joey and Natalie are professional, kind, and client-centered. They made us feel comfortable taking pictures with them. Our pictures look amazing and the number of pictures we received exceeded our expectations. We are very pleased with our experience. Our guests also commented on how professional and talented they were. I can truly say that every penny spent to have Joey & Natalie photograph our wedding was well spent. We have amazing memories to look at forever and ever.”
“Joey and Natalie were fantastic! We love our photos. They captured all of the photos that we wanted and many more! They both were very professional and captured the spirit of the day in an unintrusive manner; sometimes they were capturing shots and we didn’t even know they were there. We would highly recommend Joey Rudd Photography to anyone looking for a photographer for their special day.”
“Joey has such an amazing talent for capturing ‘moments’ which is exactly what we wanted on our wedding day. It’s not the formal photos that remind you how great your day was – it’s the natural moments of fun, excitement, and love that are so important to be documented. Joey’s ability not to miss a moment is absolutely incredible. He has so much energy & is truly passionate about what he does. We also did our engagement session with Joey and couldn’t be more impressed with how he captured ‘us’. There is nothing cookie cutter or staged about his pictures and it was so refreshing. He is truly an artist with his work. We could not recommend Joey more and are SO pleased with the pictures he took of our special day. Thank you Joey Rudd Photography!”
“We are both beyond in love with our photos! Thank you so much! Honestly, one of the best parts of our day - aside from getting hitched! - was working with you. We’ll be singing your praises and recommending you. It’s clear you have quite the talent - and the quality of your art shows it. Thank you so much for capturing our day. We hope to work with you again in the future! ”
“Seriously extraordinary. Joey Rudd Photography was nothing short of professional and personable, and made the whole experience so comfortable. The work is stunning; we are SO pleased we trusted them with our special day.”
“Joey and his wife did an excellent job. We felt so comfortable with them, they were so professional and you can tell they take your special day and your wishes seriously. Great value, would highly recommend.”
“Everything about our experience with you was great from beginning to end! The pictures are gorgeous! Many thanks again! We would recommend your work any time.”
“So nice to re-live that day. Thank you for everything! Not only did you capture beautiful photos but you captured beautiful memories that we will cherish forever. Thank you.”
“Joey and Natalie were a great pair to work with- creative, open to our ideas, and captured our engagement session and wedding day beautifully. Their prices were the best we saw for all that was included in their package, which did not negatively affect the quality of their photos. We were so happy with the results and would recommend them to all our friends and family! ”
“We had such a wonderful time getting to know you and Natalie. You were both very professional but still had a good time with us. It’s evident how much you love your job. We were so impressed by the turn around time getting our photos. Our photos are beyond what we had expected and we absolutely could not be happier. Thank you for being such an integral part of our day.”
“I absolutely love my album! Thanks again for everything. You guys were a pleasure to work with and your creativity definitely showed.”
“Thanks Joey and Natalie! We couldn’t be happier with picking you guys to capture our wedding day. Everything went very seamlessly and we were both very pleased with everything from the engagement shoot and the actual wedding itself. You guys were so great to work with, and the pictures are everything we wanted them to be. Would highly recommend you to anyone. Not only are you great photographers but are incredibly nice people as well. We are so happy with everything that you did!”
“Not only friends, but very skilled professionals who can make photoshoots (on a cold fall day and in the middle of winter, no less) simple, sweet and fun rather than awkward. Joey captures a lot of detail in his photos and provides a variety of angles, expressions and poses. They are very organized and helped us figure out in advance if there were specific shots we’d like to be sure to capture, and they were on top of when special moments were taking place based our wedding schedule. They were also accommodating as to our package, since there were a few things we had asked about including/removing. The DVD provided and link to a private webpage made it easy to share with friends and family, and we can’t wait to decorate a bit with the lovely memories they’ve provided from our engagement and wedding! Our enormous thanks to Joey and Natalie for being a discreet and special part of our wedding day (didn’t even notice them taking photos...). ”
“I would just like to thank both of the photographers for their amazing professionalism and ability to make the bride and groom feel comfortable in front of the camera. They both have a very calm and quiet demeanor that puts you at ease for your big day. ”
“We just finished going through the photos. They are fantastic! We are extremely happy with your work. We love how everyone looks ‘real’ and not so posed - even the ‘posed’ ones feel casual. Our goal was to have family together for a party and you captured that so very well.”
“Thank for all of the hard work and time that you put into our downtown engagement photo shoot! From being super fun on the day of to handing us a disc of beautifully edited photos in record timing, we love working with you!”
“I don’t think I have ever had such beautiful pictures taken of me in my whole of 40 years.
Working with Joey has affirmed my belief that everyone has been blessed with gifts, not just skill sets, but a little spark or twinkle. Among other gifts and being a very gentle and generous person, Joey’s ability to appreciate beauty and to find it in a particular moment is simply breath-taking.
His photos have captured my recent “best day ever” in ways that words would fail to describe. Our deepest appreciation for his creativity and art; his sense of service to help those trying to craft an important day; and his efforts to capture the sweetness that will forever remain alive through his work.”
“I just wanted to let you know how much we love our engagement pictures! My whole family had nothing but good things to say about them and we’re really very happy.”
“We hired Joey to take our engagement pictures as well as be present for our wedding. From the get-go, he was game to try our ideas, and took the time to ask questions to ensure he knew what our expectations were. During our time together, he was all smiles and gave excellent suggestions and direction so we’d get the best photographs possible. He provided us with a variety of high-quality pictures, from candid to artistic, to remember our day by. And the turn-around to get the final product was well within the timeframe we expected to receive it. Booking him is a no-brainer. ”