About this vendor
Dana, Sally & the Studio 220 team has always been focused on providing High Value to our clients… and we have always delivered by offering high quality service and photos at an affordable price. We also believe in simplicity of pricing, offering comprehensive and easy to understand packages that meet the needs of our clients, while also allowing each client to customize the package they choose with additional options if needed.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
- Second Shooter Available
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
12-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.2021.+9 more.
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Earned by winning 'Best of Weddings' four or more times.
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4.9
out of 5.0175 reviews
Tamika did an excellent job running our large group for our wedding photos. It was a rainy day, and she definitely pointed out little details and ideas to make it all work in our f...
avor. She also took such time to make sure we got lovely engagement photos within a very short time period between then and our wedding. We really appreciated that. Thank you for your great care and help on our big day.
Tamika was great to work with and our pictures turned out amazing!
This is a hard one to write. I wish we loved our photos but we only like them. You do not get any sneak peeks with this company. You do get all of your photos in only 4 weeks but I...
would rather wait longer knowing the best effort was applied. The editing was extremely minimal and that’s not what we were expecting. My husband and I still have redeye in some of our favorites. There were times when I asked if I should fix my dress train but my photographer reassured it wasn’t in the photos, but it is and my under layer is balled up and showing in some of our most important photos. We had planned with our photographer to do golden hour photos of just me and my husband during cocktail hour. Unfortunately, it was very cloudy on our wedding day so these were not possible, but we still asked them if we could get some shots together since there were some that we wanted and hadn’t taken yet and there were not many of just us. We were told no and that we had enough. The only pictures I have of my veil are from during our ceremony. There is only a picture of the back of my dress which I loved, because I was pretty persistent about it. In hindsight, I wish I would have pressed more as it was our day, but I really was trying to be a “chill” bride. I had set up a small “details” box ahead of time and gave it to them verbally saying to use everything in the box (all the usual things), but they didn’t use half of what I asked for. They left out my engagement ring, my shoes, our save the date, and our invitation and I don’t understand why. I have a few other examples but I won't list them all. Overall, there was an extreme lack of attention to detail. For almost $3,000 and the most important day of our lives, we were disappointed.
Tamika and her assistant Katrina were our photographers at our wedding in August 2022. We loved their approach to the wedding day. We met multiple times in advance over the phone a...
nd they were well prepared for our day. They were very good about keeping us on track for all of the photos we wanted to take. We loved our wedding photos when we received them, which ended up being earlier than expected. Pricing was very transparent. We would absolutely recommend Tamika and Studio 220.
Bree did an AMAZING job capturing our wedding. The shots and colors were absolutely beautiful. Dana did a great job walking us through the process, helping with all the details, an...
d putting together a beautiful album! Couldn’t recommend this team more. Our wedding day was absolutely perfect thanks to them!
Bree was our photographer and she blew our expectations out of the water! She was so friendly, professional, and made our day flow perfectly. We have received so many comments abou...
t how great and nice our photographer was from our wedding party and family. Her work quality is so good that when we got our album it was almost impossible to pick out our favorites because we liked so many! I highly highly recommend Bree to anyone looking for a great wedding photographer. Easily the best experience with a photographer to date. Thanks again Bree!
I could not recommend Studio 220 more. I hired Katrina for our engagement and wedding photos. They turned out so amazing, and she captured candid moments as well, which are some of...
my favorite pictures. Our wedding party is a mixed group of colored hair and tattoos, and we felt so comfortable with Katrina. She was able to highlight our love and appreciation to our friends and family. It meant the world.
My husband's uncle, who he was very close to, died unexpectedly very shortly after attending our wedding. Katrina and Dana were quick to provide us with any raw photos of him for a funeral slideshow. It really meant the world to my husband and I that they searched through ALL of the photos looking for him. Studio220 really is above an beyond.
We loved working with Studio 220 for our wedding! Makeen and and assistant, Nicole, did such an amazing job capturing our wedding day! We had done an engagement shoot with Makeen e...
arlier in the fall which was a great way to meet him, get to know him, and made us feel much more at ease on our wedding day. He was very on top of the timeline and both our wedding and family loved working with him too! Even when things out of his and our control went off schedule, he was flexible and made sure we were still able to get the special moments we wanted to capture! In the end, our photos perfectly capture the spirit and joy of the day.
We are still waiting on how the photos turned out, but I must just say:
Tamika and the Studio 220 team were amazing! Our biggest priority was finding someone we'd vibe with on our...
wedding day and add to our experience of the day. Tamika got us out of our shell and was a total pro, her partner (Erin I believe), was very hard working and helpful as well!
Our family members were very impressed with Tamika too. We would strongly recommend working with this company based on our experience.
Tamika and Nicole were incredible and made our day so special. Our pictures are amazing and we feels so grateful to have worked with them!
Makeen and Adam were phenomenal! They took beautiful pictures and made us feel very confident and comfortable on our wedding day. We received endless comments from our wedding gues...
ts about how lovely the two of them were when they photographed the day. Makeen also did our engagement photo session back in the fall and he was absolutely amazing then too. Studio 220 was very easy to work with, communicative, and one of our favorite vendors!
Every single person that we had the joy of working with at Studio 220 was just the most amazing! Katrina was literally the most fun to work with. She has the best personality and t...
ook time to understand our family and how to really capture all of our personalities in our photos. Her assistant, Gabi, was equally as amazing, as was Dana. Our photos are beyond expectations, we're incredibly grateful to Katrina and Gabi for capturing all of the beautiful moments throughout our day.
Tamika was our engagement and wedding photographer and I cannot rave about her and her assistant, Nicole, enough. My husband and I are not big picture takers, and we knew finding ...
a photographer we could trust and be comfortable around was crucial. Tamika made us feel so comfortable and tailored our wedding day perfectly. Our pictures turned out beautifully and I received so much feedback from our guests about how much they LOVED Tamika and Nicole and I couldn't agree more.
Tamika and her assistant were easy to work with and had great ideas for photos. All the photos turned out great and they even edited my fathers tooth back in that got knocked out t...
he day before.
our photos came out great and we loved Tamika!!! They had great service and quality at an amazing price!
Studio 220 was everything we needed for our wedding. The process was seamless and personal! They helped us to select our photographer based on our wedding style and personalities a...
nd she turned out to be the perfect fit. Unlike other options we looked at, the price was extremely affordable with no catches!
Studio 220 went above and beyond for everything. We had Tamika as a photographer for our engagement and wedding photographs. Erin was our second shooter for our wedding. They both ...
did so well. We had a lot of littles on the day of our wedding and knew exactly what to do. I recently got my photographs back and I am in love with all of them. Highly recommend Studio 220
We met Sally at a bridal fair, and she was my favorite photography vendor there. Not only because the photographers at Studio 220 all shoot beautiful pictures but moreso because sh...
e took so much time to get to know us and what we were looking for. In about 10 minutes, she learned our style and was able to recommend four photographers with beautiful portfolios. We selected Jen, and she was incredible! We had to reschedule our engagement photos three times because of the weather, and she was so accommodating. She pushed us a little out of our comfort zone to get some beautiful pictures.
When we had to postpone our date twice due to COVID, Jen and Dana in the office were so responsive and got us rescheduled easily.
Working with Jen was a dream! She is so friendly and gave great direction for all the photos we needed to have taken. Our second shooter Gabi was also so amazing to work with. She complemented Jen so well, and everything went so well!
Jen had timelines down so well, and we kept to her timeline perfectly until my ring mishap. I lost my grandmother’s ring during golden hour photos, so we took about 20 minutes to find it. It was in my hair the whole time. She and Gabi stopped photos to help me find it which I appreciated so much. During the ceremony, I knew Jen and Gabi were taking photos, but they did such a great job of blending into the background that I had no idea they were even there!
Jen knew exactly which photos I wanted, and she got everything. I’m so excited to see how our photos turn out!
I felt a little bit clueless of how to approach finding a wedding photographer, so I did a lot of research before reaching out to anyone. Studio 220 kept showing due to positive re...
views and generally great work.
When I finally reached out, they got back very promptly (thanks, Dana!) and we were able to get the ball rolling pretty quickly. I love how there are so many photographers with their own unique style, which made it easier to find the right fit with Katrina.
We ended up working with Katrina for both an engagement session and the wedding and couldn't be happier with our choice. She was so warm, personable, and fun! I literally just gave a word-of-mouth recommendation to a friend yesterday.
Studio 220 was a dream to work with. Dana is personable and organized; she answered all of our questions promptly. our photographers were Makeen and Jorge, and they were super chil...
l and fun. I can't wait to see our finished photos. I highly recommend Studio 220 and Makeen.
We absolutely loved working with Studio 220 for our engagement and wedding photos! Dana was amazing in getting everything set up for us and managing things on the backend so that e...
verything ran smoothly! We had Katrina as our lead photographer and we LOVED her! She is so experienced, organized, and just simply amazing at what she does - you can tell she truly enjoys it! She was SO fun to work with and kept us on track with my wedding day timeline - she made us feel so at ease in front of the camera. I cannot recommend her and Studio 220 enough!
We had Katrina for our engagement pictures and as our lead photographer for the wedding day, along with Aaron on the wedding day - they were amazing!! Katrina was very organized fr...
om the start and made the process easy and stress free. She knew how to help you relax in front of the lens even if you weren't the most comfortable. Katrina and Aaron were troopers during our hot wedding day - they made it so fun and helped us forget the heat for a couple minutes. Be sure to request them for your big day!!
My husband and I had Tamika as our photographer and hands down best photographer we could have had. She made sure we were on time and wasn’t afraid to put the grooms men in their p...
laces when they got a little rowdy. She was positive the whole time and so friendly. She really got to know us and made us feel comfortable while taking photos. Hands down best photographer I have worked with and 1000% recommend her!!
Cannot say enough amazing things about this studio and their photographers!! First of all, Dana (the office/studio manager)... what a professional, communicative, and kind person. ...
She went above and beyond to communicate with us and was very quick to respond to our needs. We had to postpone our wedding due to COVID and she helped us in navigating all of the changes. On what was supposed to be our wedding day, the studio put together a slide show of our engagement pictures with some sweet words of encouragement and support. This studio cares whole heartedly about their couples.
The Photographers (multiple):
Engagement: Bree was amazing! Not only was she sweet and kind but captured our love in our fall engagement session. We were unfortunately unable to use her for our actual wedding day as the date we postponed to was already spoken for. BUT the studio took great care of use and offered several replacement photographers for the wedding day.
WEDDING: Corinna, wow, another kind sweet soul. She also captured our love perfectly on the day of our wedding. Her assistant (HIGHLY recommend two shooters on your big day, btw) was amazing as well. I feel bad as I don't remember her name, I think it was Nicole. Between the two of them we got many amazing pictures that we will cherish forever. Both of these ladies were extremely easy and flexible all wedding day (as of course we had more bumps on our big day besides COVID).
We got our photographs back earlier than the deadline they gave us. Highly recommend this studio as they were responsive, kind, and extremely reasonably priced. Would give 8 starts if I could.
Studio 220 was beyond our expectations. We worked with Katrina and her assistant for our wedding photos. They were there from the beginning to the end. They made sure they took pic...
tures that we wanted and if there were any impromptu pics we wanted they were more than happy to take them. When we seen our photos we were beyond ecstatic. They caught perfect moments during the wedding. Also when looking at the editing, it was top tier. We couldn't be any happier. We would definitely recommend!
I would recommend working with Tamika and Studio 220 over and over again! Studio 220 was far and away the highest quality and most affordable photography studio I could find to pho...
tograph our August wedding. Tamika is professional, fun, kind, and extremely talented. My husband and I were nervous about looking awkward in our pictures since we're not used to being professionally photographed, but Tamika was so good at making us feel comfortable and truly capturing our personalities! Studio 220 truly helped make our wedding day special!
We had such a wonderful experience with Studio 220! They did both our engagement session & wedding. Dana, the studio manager was always incredibly responsive to questions and alway...
s did it with a cheerful heart. She truly cared about our experience and wanted to make it perfect and stress free. Tamika and Nicole were our wedding day photographers and they did an AMAZING JOB! We opted against a videographer and I do not regret that decision as they so perfectly captured each special moment on that day.
If I did it all again, I would choose Studio 220 10 out of 10 times!
Studio 220 was fantastic. We got all the images that we needed, along with images that were fun and artistic. Bree and her assistant Gabby were laid back and made the day fun and g...
ot great images to remember our special day. Would recommend to anyone. Great pricing as well
We had a great experience with Studio 220! Before selecting the studio to do our wedding photography, we were able to view galleries of Studio 220's various photographers' work to ...
determine which specific photographer fit our style. We loved our engagement shoot, and appreciated Murphy's experience to help build our timeline for the day. On our wedding day, the photographers helped ensure that all our requested shots were taken and we love what they captured! We appreciated Studio 220's reasonable prices and quick response times throughout the process. We would highly recommend Studio 220!
When we started researching photographers, we quickly learned that there was a huge range in terms of pricing for this service. Studio 220 provided exactly what we were looking for...
and was much, much more affordable than a lot of other options of comparable quality. We worked with Sally to book everything which was really easy and then worked with Andrew and Bonita the day of our wedding. Andrew was our main contact and he definitely got our non-traditional approach at our planning meeting about a week before the wedding. He and Bonita were able to deal with our loud, chaotic families and friends. To be honest, they sort of blended into the background so well I forgot they were there once the ceremony started. At the end of the reception, we wanted to get a few pictures with friends that we had forgotten and Andrew stayed a little longer to capture a few more images which we really appreciated. We loved the final photos we received and can't wait to start printing them!
Liam was exactly the type of person we needed in a photographer. My husband and I felt at ease with his confidence leading the photography and getting exactly what we asked for in ...
our shot-list. He was thorough while keeping a level-head as we ran behind schedule. I would highly recommend Studio 220 because they work with what you envision and need in order to capture the most amazing memories. Also, the post-wedding day process was also easy and quick. We got our proofs and final images back in a timely manner and are really satisfied with our experience!
We just finished our engagement session about a week ago with Tamika. She was SO much fun, so professional and really just "got it". She let me bring forth all of my ideas and hel...
ped us to make them our own. She made us feel so comfortable throughout the entire experience. I've done a few photo sessions in my day and I have never had this much fun. Even my fiance said he had a great time! I can't wait to have her there on our big day!
What an amazing choice for photographer! We selected Studio 222 because they were within our budget, and there’s always that fear that “budget friendly” will mean “poor quality”. F...
ar from. We worked with Lynsey for our engagement and wedding photos, and she was wonderful. She made us feel comfortable, and made it about him and I. If she put us in a pose we weren’t comfortable with, we’d let her know and she would roll with it. She’s kind, she’s talented, and she was a joy to work with. Our photos captured the best pets of us and our day, and I couldn’t be happier with her work. We will absolutely keep her in mind for all future photography needs!
My husband and I had a great experience with Studio 220. We chose Makeen based off of his portfolio and he did such an amazing job with our engagement session and wedding day. We p...
lanned our wedding while living in Texas and Makeen was so helpful with phone conversations, answering questions and making sure he new every detail of the wedding day. He was so down to earth and easy to work with. Dana, the studio Manager was also such a delight, she was incredibly helpful and so sweet to chat with.
The only reason I didn't give 5 stars was the wait for sneak peaks, based off of friends' experiences with their photographer I had just assumed sneak peaks would be shared with me just days after the wedding, so I reached out and asked about them the timeline. I was told sneak peaks would be shared 2 1/2 weeks after the day and the full portfolio in 4 weeks. I didn't end up getting any sneak peaks, but I did get the full portfolio at 3 weeks. I was really hoping for just 5 edited photos a couple days after so I could share them on social media.
That surely doesn't stop me from recommending them and I would love to work with them again!
We have such beautifully photographed memories to look back on thanks to Makeen and the Studio.
Wow! We had a wonderful time working with Aaron for our engagement photos and on our wedding day. His directions are very clear and he knows how to make you smile! I was very pleas...
ed with they way he can simply adjust poses to create lovely images. The edited photos were returned so quickly I almost couldn't believe it. We also did our photo booth through Studio 220 and loved the experience. Being able to get the digitals texted and photos printed on hand was great. Also, they are so affordable but you don't lose any quality.
Working with Studio 220 was an easy decision, their website and staff are amazing. We were able to partner with Lynsey as our photographer for engagement photos and our wedding day...
. She was SUPERB! She was flexible, calm, thoughtful, professional, and above all stellar at what she does. Both times working with her was a dream. My husband isn't super comfortable with being in the spotlight, with Lynsey's directions, she was able to get him comfortable and relaxed to get all the important shots. Dana on the office/logistic side of things was also fantastic to work with. She is very timely with communication and great with follow up questions. All around best photography biz in town!
We had a great experience with Studio 220. My sister also used them for her wedding day. We talked with Sally, the owner before choosing a photographer. She was very helpful! We di...
d do a engagement session, so we could get comfortable in front of the camera and meet our photographer. Jenn, our photographer, was amazing at our engagement session and wedding! I could not have asked for someone better. We also had Bonita as our second shooter. We had just met and she was friendly and funny! Studio 220 was a reasonable price and you get the same product if you paid more. I would recommend Studio 220 to anyone!
I absolutely loved working with Studio 220 for our big day! Dana had great communication and answered ALL of the questions I had. Lynsey was our photographer and she did an amazing...
job capturing our big day! My husband and I loved working with her. She knew exactly what we wanted and was able to help guide us to get the perfect pictures! Would highly recommend going with this company! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
We had Bree for our wedding photographer this past summer and I was blown away with the results! She also did our engagement photos last fall that we used for our save the dates. ...
It was easy to plan with her and make adjustments as needed. Being flexible the day of the wedding is really important and she captured everything I could ask for and more!
Beyond grateful for the very talented photographers at Studio 220. Not only did they offer reasonable prices but went above and beyond to make our special day as perfect as possibl...
e. Keeping us on schedule while creating a laid back and fun atmosphere so they were able to capture beautiful candid shots. WE COULD NOT BE HAPPIER
YES! All of the yes! Dana is awesome with Studio 220 and Makeen Osman our photographer was INCREDIBLE. So fun and insanely talented. Totally worth every penny!
Studio 220 did our family photo session as well as head shots! They were super impressive with how quickly the shoot went! We had 2 outfit changes with 3 different locations in a...
n hour and a half AND I have 3 boys, so you can imagine what a miracle that timing is! I loved how flexible the photographer was when my 7 year old pitched a fit! She just moved on to photograph the other 2!
Our images are THE BEST we’ve ever had! She caught the most beautiful un-posed moments! It’s the REAL us-just prettier! We won’t use anyone else! Studio 220 did a fabulous job!
I can’t wait to do our sitting where she’ll even help us figure out where in our house to put the photos along with size! I would never have time to figure that out on my own!
Bree was amazing and put us at ease throughout the whole process, would highly recommend!
They were a great company to work with and produced very nice photos
Our photographer was Bree and she did an amazing job. She kept us on track with our schedule through the whole night and we love all of the pictures she shot. Highly recommend.
Studio 220 came highly recommended to us by 3 couples who used them prior to our wedding. We had high expectations and I am thrillled to say our expectations were met! We loved wor...
king with Studio 220 and with Kathleen! She was amazing! She made sure she understood what we were looking for in our pictures! She did an amazing job capturing our day! Studio 220 was both easy to work with and reasonably priced! We have recommnded them to all our friends!
Bre was so easy to work with and captured our day exactly how we hoped to remember it!
Studio 220 stood out to me based on their pricing alone, which was lower than similar vendors and we received the rights to all of our photos. We chose their photographer, Liam, wh...
o has a lot of experience doing weddings. I was thankful for this, as I did not have a wedding planner, and Liam provided a ton of helpful insight. Not only that, he is a native of St. Paul where we had our wedding and he knew the surroundings very well. On our wedding day, Liam treated myself and my husband like royalty and he took control to make sure we received everything we wanted, and more, for pictures of our wedding day. Our guests loved him! They thought he was funny, controlled each group so well, and was very professional. We couldn't be more pleased with the pictures he took for us and for the service provided by Studio 220!
We just received our photos and they are stunning! Our photographer, Kathleen, and her assistant photographer Theresa were wonderful! Kathleen also shot our engagement photos and t...
hose were beautiful as well. You will not regret booking Studio 220 - and Kathleen in particular - for your wedding photos!
Lynsey and her co photographer were amazing! I cannot wait to get the pictures back but if they are anything like our engagement shots, they will be wonderful. She was very knowled...
gable and good at making sure we were all in the right place and made sure to get the photos we wanted as well as ones we didnt think we would want!
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