"Sophie is lovely and extremely talented! Her photography style is natural and whimsical, while being technically sound. The lighting, image quality, and small moments she was able to capture set her above many other photographers in my eyes. She is easy to communicate with and made our shoot feel comfortable and like we could be ourselves (and that says a lot coming from two people who feel very awkward in front of a camera)! HIGHLY recommend."
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Kael + Veronica
"We started with engagement photos in New Orleans. We had a vague idea of the places we wanted to capture, but she put together a thorough sequence of locales and shots by time of day to get the best lighting possible. It worked out beautifully; we started the afternoon walking through the lower garden district and into downtown, spent sunset to dusk on the ferry to Algiers, and finished the night riding a streetcar with the city lights behind us. As someone who’s not very comfortable in front of a camera, I was nervous about how things would play out, but Sophie was a total pro and made it a lot of fun."
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Becca + Dan
"Sophie is amazing! We booked her very last minute after a different photographer cancelled on us due to inclement weather, and she was the calming and talented presence that we needed. The weather was also questionable on the day that we shot with Sophie, but she worked with us to figure a good rain option, and was flexible and easy going when we texted her to change the order of the locations on the way to the shoot to avoid the rain. The shoot itself was SO FUN and not awkward at all, which was a concern I had going in. It just felt like we were hanging out with a friend, who happened to snap the most beautiful and natural photos of us that truly capture who we are as a couple. Book with Sophie -- you won't be disappointed!!"
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Sarah + Tim
"We hadn't originally planned to have engagement photos done, but by chance Sophie was planning to be out near our home in the Pacific NW and we couldn't resist. At first meeting, we knew we had made the right choice and that was confirmed after spending 8 hours together road-tripping to a picturesque spot on the OR coast where she captured the most dreamy engagement photos. If you have a chance to do engagement shots with Sophie, do it! When Sophie arrived at our wedding months later it was like seeing an old friend. She is so kind, funny, and makes is so easy to forget the camera is there allowing her to capture authentic moments and emotions."
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Carol + Julie
"From the very beginning all while communicating over long-distance, Sophie was beyond professional and punctual. She communicated in a thorough, detailed manner. Most notably about our interactions with Sophie, she has a natural ease about her which made my wife and me very comfortable. We laughed a lot with her and never once felt pressured to be a certain way or do something we weren't comfortable with. We haven't been apart of many photoshoots and one of my biggest concerns was looking unnatural or it appearing too staged. Our engagement photos turned out better than anything we ever expected-- so good that we even flew her up to our home in Anchorage, Alaska to shoot our outdoor wedding the following year."
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