Noelle Adams Photography

s the best photographer/ vendor possible, she made the wedding". She made our day so much fun!! I felt so relieved the day after thinking back on how we spent our time with her (making sure we got all the shots on our list) and I could not think of one person or place that I wish we would have gotten more of. We got everywhere with the perfect amount of time and the day truly felt stress free. I cannot express my gratitude to Noelle enough. She really ran the day (I don't think I checked the time once, I completely left my phone in my room) and was able to truly enjoy myself. I can not recommend her enough, her photos speak for themselves they are stunning!!

he does a great job capturing the feeling of a moment- the smiles, the laughter, the dancing... she makes it feel so natural. From the day we met her at our engagement shoot, we couldn't have felt more confident in the person we would have spending our wedding day with us. Noelle is kind, positive, hardworking, and driven to make sure you get that best shot! We absolutely loved working with her and couldn't recommend her more highly.

d story-telling photography style that gave us the wedding photos of our dreams. If you want gorgeous candid wedding photos with beautiful airy lighting, she is your person! We are so grateful we had the chance to work with her for our downtown Chicago wedding.

for detail and caught little moments and things that were sentimental. I would recommend Noelle to anyone! She is creative, energetic and comforting on the big day!

ts. My husband and I eloped, but decided to take photos at the Lily Pond with my wedding dress. We brought our two dogs for some pictures and she was great with them as well. We all had a blast at the photoshoot because of Noelle - I can't describe how warm, friendly, and easy going she was I highly recommend her!

an in the rain to try and help us get us to our destination. She was very responsive and made my fiance and I feel comfortable while we took our photos. Everyone in my family loved the photos she took. I would absolutely recommend Noelle to anyone looking for a photographer.

photos were so worth it! She delivered a comfortable atmosphere with her friendly personality, excellent backgrounds of downtown Chicago, and even made our experience special by letting us include our dog in some of the photos. We absolutely adore our photos and know she will make other couples feel just as lovely as we did!

looking for a photographer who will make you feel comfortable, personalize the photos to you, have natural, beautiful looking photos then you've found who you should work with! I feel so lucky that we found Noelle to be our wedding photographer. From our engagement shoot in 40 degree cold, rainy day to a sunny 90 degree wedding day - Noelle helped us embrace every image. She was with us all day on the wedding, captured so many amazing memories and always kept us laughing and smiling. As for the finished product, we could not be happier. There are so many important and beautiful photos from portraits to legit fairy-tale looking candids, it's hard to know how we'll display and enjoy them all! Thank you Noelle!!

ade it so easy and fun. She also didn't mind that we included our dog in some of the photos. When it got closer to the wedding, we sent her a list of important photos that we really wanted to be taken that night and she really listened and made sure everything was what we wanted. She captured everything that night. I kept hearing from guests "wow your photographer is kicking butt"! She captured every moment of that night and I am so happy. The photos are BEAUTIFUL. She also has an assistant with her and he did amazing. One of my favorite things that she does is that she sends a "sneak peek" video after your wedding of a bunch of photos and little videos of the important things at the wedding like the speeches for example. I love this about her because I did not hire a videographer and this was just enough and perfect for our needs. Noelle is seriously amazing and we are so very grateful that she captured our beautiful romantic day.

oot. I didn't find many others who included these perks in their basic package. Two weeks after the wedding we received our sneak peek photos and our video. The video still makes me tear up, and this element was honestly what set Noelle apart from other local photographers, and was the main reason we selected her. It's so incredible that she's able and willing to prepare such meaningful compilation of the day - it's such a sweet way to relive the day - and so soon after the big day! We waited about 9 weeks after our wedding for our full photo suite, but that wasn't a big deal to us. For couples who want or need their photos sooner (e.g. for thank you cards) you may consider sharing that with her - she's very understanding and seemed to meet all of our specialty requests. Overall, we are so so so thrilled with how our photos turned out - better than we could have ever imagined. I would absolutely recommend Noelle to friends and family. She's fantastic!

oot, when we felt silly posing, she made it so comfortable and got so many genuine happy moments. On our wedding day it decided to rain the exact time frame we planned pictures. But right before the rain hit Noelle was able to get a lot of great first look shots in a matter of 5 minutes. Then we headed to Union Station and she was able to capture some really amazing shots that made us feel like we weren't at Union Station at all! She was super awesome to work with and great with directing the family and bridal party. I loved that she went around during our reception and got pictures of almost every single wedding guest! The album turned out stunning too and it's something we will cherish forever.

nd liked her work so we reached out and met her at a coffee shop so we could all get to know each other. She was sweet, caring, and took the time to really get to know us and our story. She was always responsive, in touch, took the lead on giving us a general timeline for the day when asked, the list goes on. We really weren’t sure where we wanted photos and she provided us with some of her favorite spots, example shots, etc. Our engagement shoot was a blast and by the end we were laughing, sweating, and in the happiest of moods! She got us our engagement sneak peek within a week and they were wonderful photos. The day of the wedding, Noelle arrived early and immediately started shooting photos and capturing the day! She even took on action shots of all the guys playing basketball the morning of! She and her assistant were just so sweet, SO patient, great at communication, and worked so hard the entire day. I have never seen a photographer commit to as long of a day as she did and she always had a smile on her face. Our entire wedding party commented throughout the day how amazing she and her assistant were. After the wedding, she sent us a photo slideshow to music and a sneak peek within a week and a few days. To say the photos were incredible is an understatement!! My family already booked her for my sister’s wedding. My parents loved her as well and are so impressed with her work. Again, we highly recommend Noelle! You will not regret it! Thank you for letting us relive our special day through all your amazing shots, Noelle!

st summer. I had told her about a wedding nightmare I had. My photographers battery died and she didn’t have backup. assured me it was okay because she had the iphone5. Noelle assured me her phone was better than the 5, but in all seriousness she always has backup batteries not to mention backup cameras. She is so organized and luckily, we never had to resort to iPhone photos (nor has she ever). Our engagement pictures were great. My HUSBAND, dog and I had such a great time. Noelle was so loving and patient with our dog, Yela. Working with her was such a great experience. She was so fun and really made an effort to get to know us. Our photos were beautiful. They were a mix of posed and candid. WEDDING DAY OH MY GOSH! I cannot put into words how amazing Noelle is… She is the sweetest person and brings such warmth to the room. She is a blast to be around and truly cares about her couples and makes such an effort to get to know them- and their families/ friends. We got so many compliments on how wonderful she was (this was before people even saw her photos). Noelle was standing on top of tables, window ledges, climbing through branches and trees to get the perfect shot. She is basically a ninja. As soon as Noelle sent us our sneak peak I posted a few pictures and the compliments continued to roll in. The photos are STUNNING. I could not be happier with our photos. Within half a second of watching our sneak peak video I was in tears. Everything was so beautiful. Noelle captured so many moments that we will cherish forever. We saw 12 photographers prior to Noelle. We knew she was the one as soon as we met her and couldn’t sign our contract fast enough. She has been great this entire year with following up and answering questions. My husband and I both come from divorced families so we had a LOT of family photos to take prior to the ceremony and Noelle took every single one of them. She was so organized and prepared. With confidence and a huge smile on my face I highly recommend Noelle Adams. Noelle, thank you again and again for everything. We love you and are so thankful we found you. You took all my worries away.

d. It was us living in the moment on our wedding day!

he was so great with making sure nothing was too posed and we were having fun and genuinely laughing and smiling the entire time. You can tell how much she sincerely enjoys working with couples! Our wedding is not until next summer but we know our wedding photos are going to be incredible.

id moments I was looking for. The price is right and affordable considering all she does, the talent and all that's included in the packages. I am obsessed with the video slideshow she provided us from our wedding day. I don't think I've had dry eyes any time I've viewed it. Definitely reccomend.

made sure every shot was impeccable. Beyond that, she helped us to feel very comfortable in front of the camera and kept us smiling and laughing all shoot long! It definitely showed; every picture captured our genuine happiness, and we couldn't be more grateful for her skills and professionalism. We love our photos and are so happy to have these memories as part of our Wedding journey.

ly name before. She issued a copyright compliant because we tried to give examples ON GOOGLE of our unacceptable wedding photos. Beware brides. SHE THEN REMOVED HER GOOGLE ACCOUNT. If she did 200 weddings and there are only 14 reviews there is a reason. She still WONT GIVE US OUR WEDDING ALBUM. IT is now 6 months later and she wont give us our album. Its sickening. We were not happy with our experience. We hired this photographer and she offered to shoot FREE engagement photos for us. We should have known. After shooting the engagement photos, the images sent to us were ok, not great, but after some feedback regarding what we wanted she was able to fix them. We thought that was great, that we had worked out the kinks and she would have an idea of what we would like for the wedding itself. Our first view of our photos was in the video she made, which I will admit looked fine, but a video slideshow can hide a lot of errors. For our rehearsal dinner, the photographs we received seemed more focused on random stuff and not our monogrammed desserts of the Odyssey BOAT! Mainly, pictures were taken of children and a few relatives, but many guests were not captured at all. To this, the photographer will point to the contract stating "not every guest will be photographed," but realistically, it would be nice to have a wider variety than just a handful of the people that were there. To start, we told the photographer that we were not interested in black and white photos. When the sneak peak gallery was uploaded, there were black and white photos, and we again told the photographer we were not interested in black and white photos. And when we received the usb with our curated images, there were many in black and white without their color counterparts. Given that it takes effort to convert images from color to black and white, I am very confused as to why this was done. Ignoring this editing choice the photographer made, there are technical problems with the photos we received. The color temperature on the images is way too orange, which was not addressed despite our specifically pointing it out on some of the sneak peak images. While the images are all shot in 300 dpi and therefore technically high quality images, there seems to have been a problem with selecting the focal length because many of our images are blurry despite the high dpi. The response we got to our complaints was "no one has complained before". We wanted to hire a third party photo editor to see if we could save some of these images. The 3rd party photo editors we have talked to recommend that we use the raw images for the best result, so we asked this photographer if she could provide them, to which she responded the contract says no raw images. She trying to kill any chance we have at salvaging some photos. She is personally culling the raw images, so it is entirely possible there is a photo in there that would mean the world to us, that she thinks is meaningless. It seems like maybe (and this is just conjecture) she was overwhelmed during the night. Ask her to see family images outside the church. She photo shopped my husbands head because he wasn't looking in any due to her not giving directions. We are still devastated. We had to hire another photographer at our cost.

I cannot stop going through the album Noelle sent us. Her talent is absolutely fabulous and beyond what we could have ever asked for. I could go on and on about her and I will... Noelle is super easy to work with and has such a warm and inviting personality. We had a blast working with her and look forward to spending more time with her at our wedding. Noelle was AMAZING with our dog who came with us! Right from the beginning she showed interest in our dog and expressed how excited she was to not only shoot with our dog, but that we included her. Noelle, thank you so much for these stunning photos. You are the best!!! We appreciate you so much and are all so happy we found you. We knew right away when we met you that you were “the one” and our album just proves we were right on that! Bottom line- I highly recommend Noelle! She’s wonderful in every way and just a complete joy to be around!! :)

HIGHLY recommend her.

snow for our engagement shoot, and it basically didn't snow in Chicago the winter of 2017 into 2018, but we had to pick a date for our engagement shoot as we wanted to use them for our save the date. We decided on MLK day, and sure enough, it snowed A LOT....and it was freezing. In our contract we had a "2 hour engagement shoot," but always going above and beyond, I think we shot a total of like 6 hours that day? We told Noelle we wanted "urban chic" outdoor photo shoot, and Noelle scoped out amazing spots and our photos are amazing. We wanted a photojournalistic approach, and Noelle delivered. We got our wedding sneak peeks back and of course they are nothing short of amazing. I am anxiously awaiting the rest because the photos that we have seen are gorgeous! Not only is she talented, but she is really sweet and kind. She's not "pushy" at all, and makes sure you are comfortable the entire day and she is so professional. We had our first look at Board of Trade in Chicago, which is such a popular spot for Chicago wedding pictures! Noelle somehow managed to grab the most perfect spot in the middle of the street while other photographers were shooting their parties on the sidewalk--I felt so lucky to have an amazing photographer! And she brings an assistant with her the day of the wedding, and we were lucky enough to have Morgan who was with me basically the entire day. She is so amazing, too! I don't have enough kind words to say about Noelle. Her work is outstanding and for reference I was about to pay more than double the price for a photographer than what she charges with work that is subpar to hers. She is a steal and will definitely not disappoint.

an Noelle. We took photos in downtown Chicago in what we were expecting to be warm(ish) spring day. Boy were we wrong! It was in the 30's with strong wind. Yet, there we were, in our spring attire trying to take engagement photos. Noelle did an amazing job navigating us quickly and efficiently in and out of buildings to her favorite spots to stay as warm as possible but also get some great shots! The best compliment we received on one of our engagement photos was from a lady who said: "I thought that photo was a magazine cover." It is a true testament to Noelle's beautiful, timeless style (and my beautiful fiancee). If all businesses ran like Noelle's, the world would be a much better place.

ut her through a friend and then got to see her in action at that friends wedding. She managed to capture all the moments without being in the way or making her presence super obvious. She offered suggestions but also listened and asked a lot of questions to make sure she knew what we wanted. What sold us on Noelle is that she includes a video of the speeches and ceremony. This was crucial for us since we wanted a videographer for those parts of the wedding, but did not want to pay for a videographer. We would highly recommend Noelle and really enjoyed working with her!

h her for ours. Not only is her work INCREDIBLE, she is very personable, funny, and professional. We liked having the engagement shoot so we could get used to being photographed and also got comfortable with Noelle. Noelle creates a unique wedding "trailer" with shots from the wedding and clips from the toasts and speeches that she has available a week or two after the wedding as a teaser and reminder of how awesome the wedding was and what we could anticipate from her printed work. We received a photo album that is gorgeous and everyone who saw our prints raved about how perfect they look. Her photojournalistic style captured our day as a story. You will be 110% pleased with Noelle with her creativity and artistry but also her easy going personality. Thank you Noelle!!!

olio because her work seemed to capture real moments and emotions - it's not overly posed & cheesy, and it doesn't try too hard to be artsy. We met up with her and she was absolutely lovely in-person, clearly so passionate about her work, and the way she described her style was just what we were looking for. She was the only photographer we met with, and after that meeting we had no reason to explore anyone else. From there, Noelle did an absolutely amazing job throughout the entire wedding planning process. Our engagement photo shoot was FUN and we ended up with so many amazing photos... narrowing down for our save-the-date was so difficult! Her work at the wedding itself has already left us speechless. Within just a week of the wedding, we already received our "sneak peek" photos and video slideshow. The quantity of photos ended up being far more than just a "peek", and every photo is amazing and captures the happiness of the day so perfectly. We've already had so many friends & family reach out to tell us how wonderful our photographer was, and we haven't even seen half the photos yet! We absolutely cannot wait to get all of the photos and our album. Finally, not only is Noelle an excellent photographer but she's also incredibly dedicated, a hard-worker, offers great value for the money, and is willing to go above & beyond for her clients. You cannot go wrong choosing Noelle!!

e knew she was the one. After our engagement session, I was absolutely amazed. She made my now husband enjoy taking pictures!! That’s a talent. Noelle has such an incredibly creative eye for capturing beautiful moments. I have received so many compliments on my engagement pictures. I have Noelle to thank for that. I have complete confidence and trust in her. I did not have to worry about one thing on my wedding day when it came to photography. Noelle had everything planned out and it was perfect. Noelle made sure to get any must have photos and went out of her way to make sure everything was amazing. I cannot say enough good things about Noelle. Noelle made the entire day more enjoyable and so much fun. Just take a look at her work, it speaks for itself. Everything is so genuine and real! I cannot thank her enough. Noelle puts in so much time and work.

e within my budget range that had the elegant, natural style I wanted - until I found Noelle! After our first meeting, I was also thrilled to find out that she's also incredibly nice and easy to work with. I knew I immediately wanted to hire her for our wedding. Through our engagement shoot and our wedding day - Noelle was there for it all. She doesn't charge by the hour or make you feel stressed or awkward. She makes sure to get your "need to have" shots but also clearly follows her eye to capture the story of your whole day. I can't tell you how many compliments I've gotten and I am completely in love with the final product. The photos are even more stunning than I could have imagined and truly bring our love story to life. Do yourself a favor and hire Noelle!

he travel in our package. She took photos for nearly 12 hours on our wedding day, and we are so happy with how they turned out. We love our wedding video, and thought it was so unique and special how she includes audio and video with the still photos. She perfectly captured all the best moments from our day! I highly recommend Noelle and we hope to work with her again in the future.

azing skills. I cannot recommend her enough and look forward to book her for my family photos in the future :)

stened and asked a lot of questions to make sure she understood what my daughter and son-in-law wanted for their special day. She is easy to work with and very creative. Her photographs capture different locations in Chicago with textures and backgrounds not often seen. Our pictures capture the entire day and look like they came from a bridal magazine layout. We would highly recommend Noelle.

er work. The video that Noelle put together was stunning. We had so many compliments and a lot of people said they cried :) Engagement pictures were a blast and a great way for Noelle to get to know us and us to get to know Noelle. We would absolutely recommend Noelle!

the joy of our wedding day! During our photographer search, Noelle was the most down-to-earth and personable photographers that we met with. Her pricing was also very clear and easy to understand. There wasn't the "you have to buy each individual picture", "the album is $X hundreds more", "I don't take a shot list", "I will only photoshop X number". Photographing weddings means quite obviously more to her than making money. Then there was the day of... We truly felt like our best friend was taking our picture that day. She made us feel so comfortable and it shows in our pictures (lots of kissing and smiling!)! She also stayed THE ENTIRE TIME, even after we extended it an hour, at no extra cost (what a trooper)! The wedding video she creates for you after your wedding is one of the most unique things we saw from a photographer in our search and avoided us spending thousands on a videographer. It's the perfect snapshot of our day and has me crying (happy tears of course) every time. Thank you, Noelle! Not only do I have amazing photographs to remember my day, but I also have an incredible new friend and am lucky to have met you!

ted to work with us than the others. Working with her during the wedding day and seeing the final product only solidified our initial hunch. Not only were the photos phenomenal, but the video she put together for us was also fantastic. Pretty sure it brought tears to the eyes of quite a few family members. We needed to put our wedding together in a three-month timeframe, and honestly could not have done it without Noelle’s help. She was able to meet with us, set a wedding day schedule, and pick out some locations for our photos all within a week’s time. On our wedding day, she definitely went above and beyond our expectations. She came with a plan, and even scoped out our hotel for some cool locations to shoot. She also served as the calming presence my wife needed after a makeup fiasco. We are very happy with the experience we had with working with Noelle, not to mention the excellent photos. If you’re looking for a quality wedding photographer that is truly enthusiastic about your big day, look no further.

line. I looked through her pictures online and thought she had a great style. We met with her before booking and instantly felt comfortable with her. Noelle is extremely professional but also very friendly. We booked her after meeting with her, reviewing a contract and looking through some more of her work. For our engagement pictures, she did a great job suggesting the time of day to shoot and what type of outfits to wear. We suggested a few locations for pictures and she gave us her input on what she thought would work best. When we started shooting, we honestly had NO idea how to pose/smile/etc. Noelle did a great job facilitating the pictures, without making us do a bunch of forced/awkward poses. Although I will say, some of the best shots were definitely the ones were I thought we were going to look SO cheesy. Definitely trusted Noelle to get some great shots of us and loved that she provided just the right amount of direction. On the day of the wedding, Noelle showed up ahead of schedule and was right on time with us throughout the day. You kind of barely notice she is there which was great- she was busy getting all sorts of great shots! The formal church photos turned out great and she was very patient with organizing our large families, but kept things moving along at the same time. We took some pictures outside at a local forest preserve and Noelle was definitely a champ for shooting us outside for an hour in the middle of a Chicago winter. We were all cold and anxious to get inside so Noelle moved along at a very efficient pace, making sure that we made the most of our time. And let me tell you, it was worth it. The pictures outside turned out gorgeous. Absolutely beautiful winter wedding pictures. One thing that I didn't realize Noelle was going to do was record our vows and the speeches at the wedding. Being able to watch those moments back after the wedding is truly invaluable. We didn't want to do a full videographer for the wedding so this was just the perfect amount of video. It captured those really special moments that you want to remember forever. Throughout the process, Noelle was always in constant communication with us. If i sent her an email, she would always respond within a day. I thought that her pricing was very fair and the packages she offers are great. We knew we wanted a great photographer but didn't want to break the bank. I think as far as Chicago photographers go, she is a great bet for that. The package that we booked with Noelle included a photo album. She does all the layout work and then runs it by you for any formatting/picture changes. It was a nice touch at the end to know that I basically had a ready made album for my home. Another awesome and unique thing that Noelle does is make a video with the images from your wedding. She sent that to us about two weeks after our wedding and it was honestly the best. I've watched it more times than I care to admit. It's the little things like that which put Noelle over the top. Overall, cannot recommend Noelle enough. In fact, I already did to some friends and family. She was super great to work with and our pictures turned out absolutely amazing. We will treasure them forever.

t we were looking for and we were so impressed with the final product. I had wanted to have three different scenes for the pictures; the city skyline, Chicago theater and the industrial look. I loved that she had taken the time to find the perfect location for our industrial theme and I couldn't be happier with our photographer. She is very knowledgeable and easy going it made the experience easy and fun for us. She was able to capture perfect moments of us. We are going to be using the pictures taken by Noelle for the save-the-dates. She was also able to create our favorite picture and make a save-the-date for us. She has so many great ideas, it was a pleasure to work with her. She let us be ourselves, made us feel comfortable and was able to help direct us because we are somewhat shy in front of the camera. I would defiantly recommend her for any occasion photography!! If you are looking for quality and professionalism then she is the one =)