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Classic, timeless, true-to-life photographs. For each wedding, I focus on capturing my couple's true love story - all in this way. From the raw emotions of laughter and happy tears to the high energy fun on the dance floor, not a moment goes by that I don't experience the same rush of feelings as your friends and family. Why? Because at the end of the day, I treat my couples as if they are family - and truthfully, many continue on to be close friends for years after they say "I do."
I am not a studio, rather I am your dedicated go-to person from the moment we meet - I deeply care about all of my couples. In order to give each couple the appropriate amount of support, I limit myself to shooting only a handful of weddings per month. Please reach out to see if I am available for your day.
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Destination Weddings
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- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
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- Digital Files
- Photo
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- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Wedding Albums
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- Artistic
- Classic
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- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
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6-Time 'Best of Weddings'
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From the moment we met Amanda, her passion and talents were evident. On our intro call we decided to hire Amanda. We felt a sense of kinship with her and admiration for her art. Tr...
uly, we never had a moment of pause or question if she was the right choice. Early on, she set the stage for the day helping us to outline a rought timeline and holding our hand as we had questions (AND DID WE HAVE QUESTIONS: locations, transportation, permits…).
Working with her leading up to the big day was super easy. She kept impecable notes, and had easy to fill out questionaires that helped ensure we got all of the portraits and photos we wanted.
You only get one chance to document your special day and the photos Amanda took are our passport back to the emotional highs, the laughs, the love, and the memories. Every detail that we spent two years scrutinizing over were forever captured in a stunning way.
Amanda embodies a balance that is not easy to find. She was easy going as changes to the timeline happened, but she was firm in keeping us moving on our big day to not miss a beat. She masterfully handled family dynamics. And still had time for the personal moments to check in with us—which as the day was rushing by—was needed.
We are forever greatful for the beautiful shots of our loved ones and of us. We cannot recommend Amanda enough if you are considering her to shoot your special day.
Amanda did both our engagement and wedding photos. Over the whole wedding process, she was probably our favorite vendor! She is bubbly, gives clear and direct instructions, and pro...
duces top-quality results. We will be engaging her for other special times in our lives. I can't recommend her highly enough. Thank you Amanda!
Amanda made our wedding day incredible. Her energy is exactly what our day needed. She was flexible, she gave direction, she checked in with me often to make sure I was feeling wel...
l with the heat and long pictures. She was everything I needed to get through the day. She is the type of person that instantly makes you feel comfortable. Both of our families commented on how wonderful and organized she was. Communication through the planning process was also incredible. This is one of the most important vendors you hire, make it Amanda and thank yourself later.
When our wedding photographer cancelled a month and a half before our wedding, I was in a panic. A friend of mine recommended Amanda, who had photographed her wedding. After inquir...
ing through her website, Amanda called me an hour later to confirm that she could photograph our wedding and to calm my nerves.
From start to finish, Amanda has been an absolute gem to work with! Her flexibility, professionalism, and energetic personality, helped to make our wedding day all the better! She has such a way with putting those who aren’t comfortable in front of the camera at ease. My husband and I look forward to working with Amanda again in the future!
Amanda was absolutely exceptional. From our engagement photo session to our wedding day, she made everything so easy and enjoyable. The photos captured all of the amazing little mo...
ments my husband and I shared on our day. I can't help but look back at the photos and smile. She is as good as it gets!
What I didn't realize was important when booking a photographer is it's not just about the quality of the photos, it's also about their personality. You spend so much time with your photographer on your wedding day and you need someone who is going to bring out the best of you for your photos. You need to feel comfortable with them. Amanda does just that. She has the ability to make you feel comfortable, happy, calm, and present on a day that goes by in a flash. For someone like me who has a husband who hates posing for photos, this was key!
I will certainly be booking her for any other major events in my life! Thank you x1000000 Amanda!
Amanda was the best photographer! My husband and I are not big picture people and she made us feel comfortable in front of the camera right away. She captured so many emotions in o...
ur photos which we will cherish forever. Cannot thank her enough!!
Amanda was such a lifesaver to work with from beginning to end. She was very flexible and easy to work with even through our three-year engagement & two postponements due to the pa...
ndemic. Once we got closer to the wedding, Amanda's organization skills really came into play and even helped us make some key timeline decisions. The wedding day is where I really valued having Amanda by my side. Once she and her team showed up, I pretty much gave up full control of the day and trusted her to keep our timeline intact and have everything run smoothly since she had such a good understanding of how we wanted the day to go. What I especially appreciated is the communication throughout the day to let us know what we did and didn't have time for so we can ultimately decide what photos/locations were most important to us. Following the wedding, we could not be happier with the final product for the full photo gallery as well as the physical photo albums. We highly recommend working with Amanda!
Amanda is the perfect Photographer in the Philadelphia area! She was very flexible and met us outside of our venue location for couples portraits. She was very organized with famil...
y portraits and really can control a large crowd! The candid photos through the ceremony and evening are an absolute must! Amanda was so easy to work with, very responsive, and we got our pictures back so fast! We have used Amanda for 2 family weddings because of how talented and easy to work with she is! She fits right in! Would highly recommend!
Amanda was the PERFECT photographer. From the initial video chat, to our engagement pictures, to our actual wedding day, Amanda was everything we could have hoped for in a photogra...
pher and more. She was personable, friendly, caring, professional, and extremely quick with responses.We had never had professional pictures taken before so we were a little nervous, but Amanda immediately melted away those nerves and made us feel so comfortable while taking pictures and we had so much fun while doing it! She kept in touch leading up to the wedding day and picked a great second shooter for the day. For both the engagement shoot and the wedding day, she got us our sneak peek pictures way quicker than we expected, and then got us the full gallery of pictures very soon after. We are so happy that we picked Amanda to capture our special day because she was absolutely perfect.
We got married in November of 2021. Our goal was to find a photographer who didn’t overly edit/brighten their photos (you know the ones where you can’t see the details in a bride’s...
white dress because it’s so brightened). Amanda delivered and then some. We found Amanda through our venue and she gave us the perfect wedding photos (and engagement photos) that are currently playing on the Google hub in our kitchen. Her work is stunning, of course, but she's also a wonderful person to work with.
A few days before our wedding, we were anxiously watching the weather forecast because we had planned to have our wedding photos taken at a local park. Amanda reached out to me to brainstorm a few places as a backup plan. She proactively contacted a few venues and even came out to look at them with me (and brought her adorable little daughter) to see how they’d work. Lo’ and behold, the heavens opened up and we had a torrential downpour on our hands the morning of our wedding. However, by the time we were ready for photos, the ground was dry, the sun was shining, and we had 60° of pure first look bliss. Amanda, her second and third shooters (Olga & Josh) were truly lovely and had no trouble pivoting back to our original plan. They then stayed with us all day and night and on the dance floor capturing every moment.
Amanda sent us sneak peaks online then within just a few weeks uploaded the nearly 1000 photos to an online portal for us so we could share with our family and friends. Every photo was beautifully taken and we could not be happier. Amanda was so caring and so easy to work with and we will have these gorgeous memories forever because of her. Thank you, Amanda!
We did our engagement and wedding pictures with Amanda and are so happy we did! Amanda was so friendly, organized, and amazing to work with from our first meeting - throughout the...
entire process, she listened to our input, made helpful suggestions and made everything so much easier. I appreciated that she really took the time to get to know us. My husband and I are very camera-shy but Amanda was able to help us feel comfortable and take such great shots! Having her and her team (Rebecca and Josh) on our wedding day helped make everything go so smoothly. They were flexible but still kept us on schedule, making adjustments as needed so we didn’t have to worry about anything. Amanda had our engagement and wedding sneak peaks and full albums ready soon after and the pictures were beautiful with a great mix of formal and candid shots - we love them! The wedding pictures came in delivered in a beautifully packaged box and it was such a thoughtful touch. Working with Amanda and her team was such a wonderful experience, we can’t recommend her enough!
Amanda was able to work safely and healthily with us throughout 2020 and 2021 with Covid, whether through phone call, email, zoom, or socially distanced outdoors, with mask :). She...
helped my fiancé at the time and I pick an engagement session location as she is very knowledgeable of the area. She perfectly managed our expectations of the entire process and planning as well as was flexible with timelines. She is so kind, professional, and thorough and we are so appreciative of her efforts. She surprised us with completing our edited photos in a week from the engagement session and maybe a month from our wedding, which was lovely! The photographs and overall work of Amanda Iris Photography are of tremendous quality and individuality and truly speak volumes for itself! My husband and I are so happy we had the opportunity to work with Amanda as she not only captured the celebration of our engagement, and along with her great team, our wedding, amazingly, but we also feel as though we got to build a special relationship with an awesome person. Our experience with Amanda was a priceless one, which we truly value, and hope the same for many other couples, families, and more to come!
Amanda was great. She stuck with us throughout the entire pandemic ups and downs, and was a very positive and encouraging influence for us during all the unknowns. She was extremel...
y professional and made us feel comfortable during all photography sessions, had a wonderful grasp of the flow of the wedding day and helped direct us and our family and bridal parties in a way to ensure all our photo's turned out wonderful. Of all the vendors we hired for the wedding, she was our top one and we would recommend her for anyone looking for a photographer.
Amanda was incredible! My fiancé and I were looking for an engagement photographer to capture some candid, natural shots in the city where we met. We came across her lovely portfol...
io which featured just what we were looking for - relaxed, intimate and absolutely gorgeous photos that just draw you in, featuring the couples front and center while highlighting Philly's hidden beauty in the backdrop.
I reached out to Amanda and was immediately impressed by her professionalism, thoroughness, and kindhearted nature that just puts people at ease. We had to reschedule our shoot not once, but twice (the first time was pre-spring blossoms and the bare branches left much to be desired, and the second time we were thwarted by a rainstorm!). Each time she was promptly reachable via email/text, gracious, and accommodating.
We finally lucked out and caught the golden hour, and she captured some stunning photos of us just chilling, yet looking 10 times more awesome than we do in real life. Let's be honest, having someone you just met take photos of you and your significant other hugging/kissing/etc can be pretty awkward but Amanda found just the right balance between letting us be ourselves and giving us some artistic guidance with cute poses that still felt natural. We were also pleasantly surprised by her super quick turnaround time - we expected around a month as most photographers promise, but she delivered a fabulous collection of photos we will cherish forever in under a week! We recommend Amanda without hesitation to anyone looking for engagement photos in the Philly area.
Amanda simply put is... THE BEST! From our engagement pictures to our wedding day she was so responsive and accommodating. Our original weeding date was canceled due to COVID and s...
he made adjustments so she could make our second date. During our wedding she made everyone feel so comfortable and relaxed. She listened to how/what we wanted to see in our wedding pictures and she nailed it. Thank you Amanda for all that you did and for the memories we will now have for a lifetime!
Amanda was so amazing to work with! Originally we were supposed to get married on a cruise and due to Covid we had to reschedule our original plans. Luckily Amanda was available! P...
lans changed again and we ended up hosting a backyard wedding on our original date. It downpoured right after our ceremony but Amanda was so quick and got all our photos in right before the rain and everyone tells me you would have never known it had rained that day! Amanda truly captured the joy and love we felt that day. I can't wait to do it again on our postponed date!
Amanda is an absolute pleasure to work with! As a wedding vendor, she is responsive and professional. As a photographer, she is highly skilled and put us completely at ease durin...
g our wedding photo-shoot. And as a person, she is extremely kind, helpful, and supportive. We had multiple schedule changes due to COVID-19 and were so relieved at and grateful for Amanda’s responsiveness, support, and flexibility throughout our stressful wedding plan alterations. We highly recommend Amanda’s services for any type of photo shoot; she really goes out of her way to make her clients feel comfortable and to capture exactly what is desired.
Amanda is the absolute best!!! Her photographs are stunning! Artistic and candid, fun and beautiful all wrapped into one! But most importantly, Amanda is an absolute gem. She imme...
diately put me and my husband at ease so that she could capture the love we share. Beginning with our engagement photos and then again as soon as she and her team arrived on wedding day, I was instantly put at ease. She is calm and in control (even when things out of her control didn't go 100% according to plan -- she rolled with it and made it work). I put my trust in Amanda and she exceeded my expectations! She even went so far as to scout out the first tree to turn red in October so that the background for photos would match my color scheme! I can't thank her enough for capturing so many special moments on our wedding day in photos that I will cherish forever. Looking forward to having Amanda shoot all of our special moments in the months and years to come. Thank you Amanda!
Amanda was my favorite part of my February 21st, 2020 wedding day, other than marrying my husband of course! But our love for Amanda started the second we met her! My amazing husba...
nd had hired another photographer to capture his proposal, but when we got the photos, we had a really hard time finding a great shot of both of us to use for our Save the Dates. So we decided to shop around for photographers. A friend of mine told me that an old friend of hers was wedding photographer and directed me to Amanda. Amanda was super sweet and accommodating in setting up an in-person meeting to show us her style and talk through what we wanted for our wedding photos. We chatted for over an hour that first meeting and as soon as we were back home, we both looked at each other and said "I love her." We booked her and a few months later we had our engagement photo shoot with her right in our very own neighborhood. She so fun and friendly that we forgot that she had a camera in her hands capturing those little moments of pure joy and love. We were beyond thrilled with the photos from our engagement shoot with Amanda and couldn't wait for the wedding day. She arrived on our wedding day with her equally amazing photographer side-kick Meghan and the experience was exactly the same the whole day. She helped move the schedule along, especially trying since we had a large bridal party, including 2 under the age of 5! She was incredibly patient the entire day - she even helped me not have a total melt-down when wedding cake got dropped on my dress! We trusted her eye so much that we just told her a few spots where we wanted photos and let her and Meghan take the wheel staging shots. We were so excited when Amanda told us our photos were ready that we met her that very day to pick up them up. She packaged the UBS drive and a few prints so beautifully - an unexpected but very lovely touch! The final photos were stunning, I really can't describe how much I love them. Lots of great candid shots and the "formal" posed photos still feel relaxed and natural. It was truly an honor to have Amanda shoot our wedding, hands down best decision we made for our wedding! Thank, you Amanda!
Amanda shot our wedding in August 2019. She was great to work with and not at all cheesy like some of the other photographers I had met. Amanda is down to earth and feels like a ...
friend on your big day. She fit right in with my family and friends and everyone loved how the photos came out. She also brings a lot of experience to what is needed on the big day, we forgot safety pins for the boutineers but she had a stash :) I would highly recommend working with Amanda!
I can’t begin to describe how amazing Amanda and her team is to work with. She made us feel so comfortable all day while taking some of the best photos of us, family and friends. M...
y family surprised me and had Amanda at my bridal shower which was absolutely incredible. I’ve been looking at our wedding photos non stop since I got them. I can’t decide what to print or put in a album. They are that good. I also sent the link to family and friends and everyone I knew who had recently been married told me that they were jealous at the amount of guest photos the team got. I highly recommend you book her in advanced. She was very flexible with plans and inserted her professional opinion in a very respectful way. We will be hiring her for any family events in the future. You will not be disappointed.
Amanda shot our June 2019 wedding and we loved every minute of working with her! We got her biggest package - and we are so glad we did. Starting with our engagement shoot - she c...
oached us through it (which we really needed) and we quickly became friends. As the wedding day was getting closer, she would check in occasionally and go over important wedding day details that helped make the day go smoother. The morning of the wedding, when Amanda arrived I was so calmed by her being there, and things really started to fall into place! She took amazing photos and was SUCH a big help on the day of, making sure we had time to do everything we planned on and getting every shot! She really became a friend during all of this and was so sad to say goodbye at the end of the night! When we got our photos back - we were crying tears of joy about how amazing they were. We are so glad we chose Amanda and that we have these amazing moments captured for years to come!!
Amanda is fantastic. She made us feel so comfortable from the moment we meant her. She provided us with great ideas for our photos as well as took the time to meet with our venue (...
Yards Brewery) so everything went smoothly the day of. She is gifted at coordinating people, particularly a large group. We received the photos back recently and couldn't be happier. She captured us in a way that truly represents us! If/when you book Amanda, you can cross that off your list and trust you've hired the best. It was tough saying "goodbye" to her as we enjoyed her company so much.
We knew that we wanted to hire Amanda as our photographer from the start, having seen her work firsthand as the photographer for my sister's wedding a couple of years ago. Having t...
his level of confidence made all the difference in planning our wedding from across the country. She even took the time to do a last minute engagement session with us the week before our wedding due to our lack of availability.
All in all, Amanda's energy and attention to detail made our wedding day a breeze. We took our shots right in the middle of downtown Philly on a crowded summer day, and she was able to roll with the surrounding chaos with ease and got a good variety of shots with both our bridal party and as a couple. We were very happy with our final prints and received so many compliments from our family and friends about the quality of the pictures. Lastly, Amanda added one last personal touch by providing a set of prints in a customized box for us (including the USB stick) - a nice final touch to make our first look at pictures even more special. After having ordered our prints (you receive a voucher to customize your own selections for convenience) and framed them for our home, we would easily recommend Amanda to anyone looking for a photographer for their wedding!
I will definitely be using Amanda to document all of life's big moments. She takes pictures that captures peoples' joy and happiness without creating contrived moments or interrupt...
ing the party. She caught things on my wedding day that I missed and I am super grateful to have those pictures. Working with Amanda is easy and stress-free, she puts you at ease and it's like having a friend take your pictures.
We absolutely loved working with Amanda. We knew that photography was something we wanted to invest in, since the pictures from our wedding were one of the few things that we would...
have to remember our big day. Starting from our engagement session (which is included in her pricing and something she prefers to do so she can get to know her couples), we felt comfortable working with her. We wanted to incorporate our pups into our engagement session, and she was willing to allow us to start the session at a local park, take the dogs home, and then head over to FDR park (one of her recommendations, since we did not have a particular spot in mind) for the part of the session with just the two of us.
Ahead of the wedding, Amanda came out to the venue to scope it out and check out locations on the property where we’d like to do pictures. On our wedding day, Amanda drove us around on the golf cart provided by the venue (I don’t think she intended to do this, but she rolled with it) so we could hit all of the spots. Her second photographer was absolutely wonderful as well. It was a really humid day, and Amanda made sure to take care of us so that we didn’t get too hot and my makeup didn’t melt before the ceremony. In the end, we got SO MANY beautiful pictures from our wedding. We get compliments on our pictures, and love looking back at our day. Amanda also provides a credit for prints, and provided us several prints that she selected when giving us our digital copy of the pictures.
We could not be happier with our choice to use Amanda as our photographer – she made us both feel comfortable, and it felt like we hired a friend to take our pictures, rather than someone we had just met during the wedding planning process.
As I starting planning our wedding one of my biggest concerns was our pictures. Pictures are something concrete that you have for the rest of your life. I also needed to feel c...
omfortable with the photographer since she would be with me the entire day! From my first phone call with Amanda, I had an instant repoire. When we met, I knew we had found our photographer and a new ‘friend’. Our journey,started with our engagement photos at Boat House Row in Philadelphia. Once we got our pictures back, I knew we made the right decision with Amanda Iris Photography. Some amazing angles and pictures were captured throughout Vesper Boat House.
After the engagement shoot came the wedding!!
Amanda met me at my house to photograph myself, mom and bridesmaids all getting ready. As Meg captured pictures of my husband and his groomsmen. We have a lot of family and coordinating them can be challenging but not for Amanda - she took charge and got pictures with everyone. The church pictures are stunning!
We got married in March and there was some snow and she was able to photograph the pictures with the sun hitting it. She had so many beautiful touches. I can honestly say I do not have one bad picture.
Not only were the photos amazing, Amanda made the ordering process easy. She answered every question sending me videos of the metal prints so we could get an idea of what we wanted. We can’t wait to see the finished product.
Amanda and her team put their heart and soul into capturing the most perfect moments of our day. We plan to use Amanda for any other future photography needs. Thank you, Amanda!!!!!
Amanda Iris Photography is absolute excellence. My husband and I found Amanda through a mutual friend as she also shot the pictures for her engagement and wedding. Amanda has been ...
with us through our engagement photos, wedding pictures, and maternity photos. We could not be any happier with her aesthetic and enthusiasm! Amanda took all of the stress out of planning our engagement and wedding photos by visiting the venues ahead of time, so she knew where to shoot the best photos. She makes the entire experience relaxed and easy going too. We are so grateful to have had her capture our most important life moments, and we constantly receive compliments on her pictures. If you are a bride who wants the best quality photos and least amount of stress, do not hesitate to hire Amanda. Her work is absolute perfection!
Our decision to have Amanda photograph our wedding was the best and easiest choice we made when it came to wedding planning. From our first meeting with her, we clicked immediately...
and she became an integral part of our entire planning process, giving us tips and advice that helped us to have the perfect day. She is a wonderful mix of assertive and a sweetheart--she takes the most romantic shots but also helped direct our day and got us to the most important moments without keeping anyone waiting. She worked with our big loud family full of foreigners like a champ and everyone loved her. But the most impressive thing of all is her photographs, and her work speaks for itself. They are STUNNING and perfectly capture the best day in our lives, and our family and friends have all been so impressed! This goes for both the wedding and the engagement photos she took. I cannot imagine anyone doing a better job and there was nothing Amanda wasn't willing to do for us to get the shots and memories we wanted captured. We will undoubtedly continue to have a lifelong relationship with her and would recommend her 110%!
Amanda was the best photographer we could have asked for. She was willing to go above and beyond to get the perfect shot. She climbed in trees, fireplaces, and circles of jumping...
groomsmen to capture all of the memories from our day in spectacular fashion. Amanda is genuine, easy going, and fun to be around- which is important for someone who is with you essentially all day of the wedding. She is someone we now consider so special to us and that we are so grateful to have found. The pictures you will receive will also blow your mind. They are phenomenal. Amanda does a nice job of capturing traditional photos and beautiful candid shots. We could not have picked someone better.
The easiest decision of planning our wedding was hiring Amanda! Our engagement shoot and the wedding day were a breeze. We had no worries. We knew we would have beautiful pictures....
During our engagement shoot, she worked with us to make us comfortable and at ease. The same was true for our wedding in July 2018. We had a very hot day and a thunderstorm was in the forecast. She worked with us, our bridal party and families so we were able to get in all our photos before the storm. She is a true professional and the images speak for themselves regarding her talent. We are so happy with the photographic memories of our special day. If you’re looking for a wedding photographer – we highly highly recommend Amanda Iris Photography.
Just wow! Words can't explain how great Amanda was from the moment I spoke to her! Before even booking Amanda, she emailed me a rough draft schedule of my wedding day of a timeline...
and when she would be at each location and for how long. Talk about organization! Communicating with her was so so easy and she made sure that we got every picture we wanted by having a list weeks before the wedding! Not a single shot was missed and the action/ candid shots were beyond perfect. I personally need someone who is going to tell me what to do, and Amanda knew how to take charge! That is super important on your big day because things can get out of control! Every single photo was beautiful and our family and friends love them! I can't say anything but great things about Amanda Iris! Do not hesitate to book her for any photo shoot!
We loved working with Amanda! She was assertive when she needed to be (wrangling my 20+ family members for a group picture), super helpful always (like giving me a ride to the venu...
e) and truly cared about making our day and our pictures great! Her pricing was great and she made the whole process easy to deal with and understand. Our photos are beautiful and we love them so much! Nothing but 5 stars for Amanda!
My husband and I got married at the end of September outside of Philadelphia and Amanda was our photographer. Amanda was the glue to our day! She kept everybody on track as far as...
timing, shot any picture we wanted, was super friendly to all of our guests, had her amazing sidekick Samantha with her, and they took photos non-stop from the moment they got there until the moment they left. She made a very stressful day seem easy, simple and smooth! Not only was she wonderful the day of, but she was extremely responsive to all the millions of emails that I sent her leading up until the day of. She answered all the questions and concerns I had and truly went the extra mile to give me extra tips and support for various wedding needs. I highly recommend Amanda and Samantha to everybody!
Amanda was the first and only photographer we met with while planning our wedding. We knew right away that we wanted to work with her (I mean, she met us at a bar and allowed my hu...
sband to eat wings while showing us her talented work samples... despite me telling him not to order food!) Her positive, fun and energetic personality made taking those cute, yet awkward candid shots easy and she did a great job capturing both candid and portrait shots for our engagement and wedding day photos. Unfortunately it rained on our wedding day but she was there to give me the pep talk I needed - she knew how bad I wanted first look photos outside at the venue, as well as sparkler shots at the end of the night, so she made sure to make it happen. She also got a lot of great shots of our guests during the ceremony and reception. Overall, we were very happy with our choice to work with Amanda.
From the moment I saw Amanda's pictures from my sister's friend's wedding, I knew that this was who I wanted to capture our big day. Little did I know, Amanda's services came with ...
so much more. She truly built a friendship with us, and made my husband and I feel so comfortable in front of the camera from the first moments of our engagement shoot. Being an anxious person and even more anxious bride, Amanda helped me to have total trust in her and would hop right on the phone with me when she knew I needed to just talk through the details. She was ALWAYS responsive in emails, texts, or phone calls, and really made my husband and I feel she was available at all times. Amanda is a true artist, and we fell in love with her shots when we saw our engagement pictures. She has the artistic eye to capture the emotions and feelings of the couple through her lens. On the actual wedding day, Amanda was so much more than just a photographer. She gave pep talks, fluffed and bustled my (12 point!) bustle for my dress, and even got down on the dance floor with us! When we got our wedding photos back, our expectations were far beyond exceeded. We may not have gotten a ton of "traditional" shots due to the pouring rain outside, but we really could relive the emotion and happiness that everyone felt throughout the entire day, thanks to Amanda's candid shots. I will forever remember who was in my wedding party, and who did our readings at Mass, but with the help of Amanda's photos, I can now remember that my husband teared up during my father's speech, and my reaction when my nephews tried to steal the show during the mother/son dance. It is those moments that Amanda could give us that we would have otherwise missed. I cannot recommend Amanda enough for the love and friendship she has shared with us!
I cannot recommend more strongly not to use this photographer. While she takes some beautiful artistic photos, she made the wedding photo experience honestly miserable. I am basica...
lly a “27 dresses” bridesmaid at this point, I have been in many weddings. I have never once thought to review a photographer until being in a wedding that she shot. The bridesmaids were consistently looking for direction on where to stand what to do etc and she literally just ignored us with an annoyed look on her face and stared. I watched as the bride politely requested photos that she thought were important to her and her family and the photographer literally rolled her eyes and refused. I was shocked at her demeanor, the poor quality results, and feel an obligation to implore other couples not to use Amanda Iris.
We found Amanda via our good friends who used her as their wedding photographer. From our first meeting with her at her home office to saying goodbyes at our wedding, she was prof...
essional, warm and really went above and beyond to make sure our special day captured exactly how we envisioned it. She was always very quick and responsive to our emails and questions and made it very easy to pay invoices etc. More importantly, the days leading up to our wedding day and the day of she was on top of all of the important details and our timeline to make sure we were stress free during all of the photos. She incorporated all of our wants (ie city hall shots, mural shots) into her artistic vision and we could not be happier with how our pictures turned out. Seriously it took my breath away looking at our pictures the for the first time and they exceeded all of our expectations! Working with Amanda was a true pleasure, and you can tell she genuinely cares about her couples and wants to do everything possible to make your wedding a special day!
Being a photographer myself, I have been a guest at numerous weddings where the photographer is lacking in skills or professionalism. Having been in a wedding party myself where Am...
anda was the photographer, I am able to attest that she is not lacking in any category. The wedding day was both sunny and overcast with interior and exterior shots scheduled. She was able to take advantage of her surroundings and optimize the lighting where ever the picture was taken. I was really impressed with her prep work, and the quality of her pictures. She is especially skillful in capturing candid shots. She gets the shots without being intrusive and goes above and beyond the standard requirements. We had a large wedding party with multiple locations and Amanda was able to include everyone and everything. Her personality made it easy for her to work with the young and the elderly. The proofs were sent out timely and they were top notch. I am only sorry that I did not hire her for my own wedding.
My son and daughter in law used Amanda Iris for their wedding November 4, 2017. She and her assistant were extremely competent, organized and had a wonderful demeanor. The finish...
ed products were so lovely, she/they orchestrated some innovative shots. They were not obtrusive, but did their job with purpose and got the photos that the bride and groom requested. I highly recommend using them for any special occasion.
We chose Amanda to shoot our wedding in November of '17 and could not have been happier with the decision. Prior to selecting a photographer for our special day we spoke to MANY m...
any others comparing not only prices, but more importantly personality. Someone gave me the great advice of choosing your photographer based on someone you wont mind spending the most important day of your life working with. This is what drew me to Amanda. Aside from her catalog of gorgeous photos, her personality was fantastic. Super positive, super supportive and creative with great ideas, but not pushy or dismissive of our own thoughts. We had a terrific engagement shoot and were validated on our choice. On the big day she was professional, fun, supportive, on time and thorough. We received so many compliments from friends and family about how great she was. The photos were hand delivered and she went through each and every one with us to make sure we were happy, an unexpected personal touch. We could not have been any happier with Amanda and would recommend her to anyone for their big day.
My husband and I could not say enough about Amanda. From the moment we met her we knew she was the person for our wedding.She was personable, provided direction and overall encoura...
gement. Not only did we enjoy being with her but our wedding party did as well. Amanda has that type of personality that can make anyone comfortable! We were beyond amazed by our engagement and wedding photos. The color, love, and enjoyment was displayed on every photo.
After receiving a glowing recommendation from a close friend about Amanda Iris Photography, we reached out to see if she was available for our wedding day. Thankfully, she was - be...
cause as soon as we started talking to her, we knew we she was the perfect choice.
Amanda and her team were very fun to work with and brought a great energy to kick off our wedding day. They were well organized, easy-going, and kept us on point the whole time (which we really needed). On top of all of that, Amanda was very creative and got some incredible shots of our wedding party, family, and the two of us.
Amanda was a huge part of what we loved about our big day. Not only because the photos she and her team took will serve as a way for us to relive all the excitement and joy for the rest of our lives, but because she was part of the experience. We were even able to get her out on the dance floor! We are so grateful for her hard work that day.
We've been recommending Amanda to all of our family and friends who are getting married - its an absolute no brainer to make her a key part of your big day.
Thank you Amanda!
Super fun to work with, and quality pictures! Amanda did our engagement and wedding photos. She knew how important outdoor shots were to us, and when it rained on our big day, sh...
e didn't let it stop her from finding a way to deliver what we wanted most.
Hiring Amanda was one of the easiest and best decisions we made for our wedding! After speaking with a handful of wonderful professionals – my fiancé (at the time) and I both overw...
helmingly agreed that Amanda’s fun, genuine, and thoughtful personality and approach was exactly what we wanted to be surrounded with on our wedding day. From our very first intro conversation, to our engagement shoot, to the wedding day itself – there was an ease and familiarity in working with her. It felt like hanging out with a good friend. Neither myself nor my (now) husband are particularly adept at being in front of the camera but over the handful of hours Amanda spent with us for our engagement shoot, she made us feel at ease and even enjoy the process. The same was true for our wedding in September 2017. We had a beautiful wedding day and Amanda and her 2nd shooter Sam were truly professionals in their craft – they gave clear direction when needed but we also felt completely free to have fun and be ourselves. And the pictures…they turned out perfect. We could not be happier with the images memorializing our wedding day. She captured the spirit of the event in every aspect and we have gotten nothing but compliments from family & friends about how fantastic the shots were and how great Amanda was throughout the day and evening. Looking back, we have amazing memories and beautiful pictures all thanks to Amanda! If you’re looking for a wedding photographer – we highly highly recommend Amanda Iris Photography.
Amanda was the best decision that my wife and I made throughout the entire process of planning our wedding. We knew that our wedding photos were incredibly important to us, so I di...
d my research when it came to finding a photographer. We reached out to roughly 25 local artists and studios in search of the perfect fit for my wife and I. We knew from our initial conversation with her (in which she hosted us at her own home in Philadelphia) that she was the one. Amanda made both of us feel amazingly comfortable at every step of the way. It started with our engagement photos, where Amanda brought both my wife and I out of our shell and delivered the best experience along with phenomenal photos that we still gush over almost two years later. Amanda was there for us whenever we needed her from day one all the way up to our wedding day. She built a flawless timeline for our wedding day, starting in the early afternoon all the way through the end of the night. Our wedding party and families were filled with many different personalities, looks, and comfort levels. Amanda catered to absolutely everyone. She captured every highlight of the day as well as endless candid and behind the scenes type shots that blew us away. Everyone who had the opportunity to meet Amanda throughout the course of the day has come back to us asking where we found her and how they can get in contact with her. That is the kind of person she is and the kind of immediate comfort level that she is able to build with her clients and their friends/family. Her photographs simply speak for themselves. They continually bring us to tears and are the perfect reminder of our day that we will hold on to forever. Amanda becomes so much more than just your photographer. I could not recommend her enough. Not only is Amanda incredibly talented at what she does, she is a phenomenal person to be around and have as a resource at every step of the process. Outside of your spouse, your photographer is often the person you spend the most time with on the day of your wedding. Amanda is the person you want by your side.
Amanda is exceedingly talented at capturing romantic photos of couples, but if you or your partner wears glasses or if you’re interested in including others (such as a bridal party...
) in your wedding day, she is not the photographer for you. In our first meeting (15 months before the wedding), she told us that she limits the number of weddings she does per month so that she can be refreshed for each client. Then, she showed up at 1PM on our wedding day tired from the wedding she worked the night before. I had originally told her that I wanted to wear my glasses so that I’d look like myself on my wedding day and that our bridal party was huge (9 on each side). Our family portraits include green reflections on the faces of the people who wear glasses. When we asked her to fix this flaw in the photos, she told us she could get us a quote. During the bridal party photos, Amanda made snarky remarks to a groomsman about him not smiling even though he has a facial palsy. The groom and I rushed over to correct her and try to reorder the bridal party so that his "better" side was facing the camera and she seemed annoyed by the delay. When we received the final photos, I was understandably upset that the majority of the bridesmaid photos only include 6-8 of my 9 bridesmaids. When I asked Amanda for the wider shots as it would be hard to use photos with people missing, she replied that it was her artistic decision to shoot and provide "close-ups" of some girls because it was more intimate than shots with everyone. Artistic decision does not cover who to include in the photos, she literally decided that my sister-in-law didn't fit her artistic vision and left her out of most of the group shots. So offensive! I could list ten other examples of ways Amanda disappointed us, including taking zero pictures during our cocktail hour, not complying with our request for a prep meeting in the months leading up to the wedding, and missing the groom’s reaction during our first look; but I’ll leave it at this: It’s very embarrassing to have multiple people ask you after your wedding (including your own mother) where you found your photographer and why she was so rude on your wedding day.
Amanda was absolutely amazing! Incredibly talented and also fun and easy to work with. My husband and I were impressed with the way she took the time to get to know us before work...
ing with us. She was a great listener and was open to any ideas we had regarding our big day. Also, she is great at coaching and teaching us how to pose for the camera. From a business perspective, I very much appreciated her attention to emails and texts - she never left us hanging and was 100% responsive the whole time. We loved working with her and are so in love with the pictures she produced for us :)
Amanda Iris Photography was one of the best choices we made for our wedding day. I’ve always enjoyed photography so finding an incredible photographer was very important to me. Fro...
m the beginning, my husband and I felt so comfortable and knew we were in great hands. On our big day, Amanda captured countless perfect moments all while being so incredibly honest, professional, and hilarious. We even had guests later comment about how awesome she was. Amanda cares deeply about her couples and will go above and beyond for them. We HIGHLY recommend her! Thank you so much, Amanda!
We had a great experience working with Amanda for our August 2017 wedding. We picked Amanda not only because of her quality of work, but because of my first meeting with her in...
person to discuss wedding photography . She was warm and welcoming and professional, even sat down before I decided to book her and put together a potential timeline for the day of. The timeline helped me plan my wedding day and figure out exactly what I wanted out of wedding pictures and we continued to use that timeline throughout the whole process. She was always available to answer questions and continue to touch base with us throughout the whole wedding planning. We recently got our pictures back and they are amazing, and they capture the tiny details, the small moments, and obviously big moments of the night, we can't wait to share them with friends and family!
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