Rochester NY Wedding Photographer - LifeShare Photo: Highlights from 2008...

Hey there people... I hope you all had a wonderful New Years! 2009 is looking to be another fantastic year.

So as I look back at some of my work from 2008 and figured I'd put together a slideshow for y'all! There were some really awesome moments. So many so I coudn't fit them all in. The slideshow contains select images from each of my weddings from last year. Enjoy!

Comments from our clients:

"Lou, WOW, WOW, WOW.....

There are seriously no words to express to you just how much we LOVE the pictures. They are amazing and way more than we could have hoped for. We are so happy with your caliber of work and will recommend you to everyone. :-)

They are soooo good, we seriously can't get over it! I don't even know what else to say....we're probably going to go look at them again right now. :-) " - Ashley, Oct 2008

"The pictures are amazing! I am so unbelievably impressed with both you and Art... not only do I not remember seeing either of you taking any of the pictures, I recieved many comments on how professional you both were... You really did capture all that I had hoped you would on the big day! I wanted candid, off the cuff, raw emotion and smiles and tears and all of the wonderful things that people DON'T typically see in wedding photos. When I was researching photographers I kept in mind that anyone that I got in touch with would have to understand my desire for spur of the moment. Jody and I both LOVE to have to have raw images of our friends and family... the moments that we live in while they are happening. Our fridge is plastered with them! You did that for us and we could never be more grateful. As we looked at our photos we laughed hysterically, smiled endearingly, and even shed a couple amazingly happy tears! You have accomplished our goal and we are forever indebted! Thank you Lou and thank you Art." - Meredith, Sept 2008

"Lou! The pictures are gorgeous! You guys did a wonderful job. We are very happy with the quality. The reception shots are fantastic! You definitely captured the moment. I love the detailed shots as well. I definitely had laughing moments while looking through them as well as sentimental smiles. They're all lovely. Thank you again for everything!" - Shana, Sept 2008

"Those are without doubt the best wedding photgraphs that I have ever seen, so it was worth getting some printed. We mostly got those of our two daughters, but also some of the bride and groom. Particularly the one of Geoff lifting Melissa in the vineyard. Casa Larga should be using that on a brochure! Great work!" - Chris, Guest of Geoff and Melissa's Wedding, Aug 2008

"Lou. The pictures of Melissa and Geoffs wedding are absolutely awesome! I have shown them to everyone who comes into my office. The blog makes me cry eachtime I watch it. (100?). The photos are like they are in motion. We are so happy with them. You were very professional and enjoyable to work with. Thank you again for capturing some very special moments on our daughterswedding day." - Robin, Mother of the Bride, August 2008

"Ahhh!!! Lou!!! Thank you so much! I wanted to check out your site just to see what was new, and imagine my surprise when I see our album as a spotlight. I have received nothing but compliments about our album from everyone who looks at it. Thank you again." - Meg, March 2008

"I LOVE THEM!! I wish you could here the screaching sound I'm running around the house with :) They are beautiful!!!! Thank you so much." - Melissa, August 2008

"We LOVE the pictures!!! I have spent the last three hours going through them... yes, for a third time! :O) You guys did a great job! You did an amazing job of capturing our wedding day, feelings, and emotions! Thanks." - Ashley, Aug 2008

"Lou--Thank you so much for the great pictures! It was really hard figuring out what pictures to order--they were all great. I joked that I wanted to just make them into wall paper and wall paper a room with them! There are just so many pictures that I could see up on my wall! Everybody raved about them! Thanks again!" - Misty, July 2008

"Thanks so much Lou! We LOVE the pictures. It's amazing how you were able to capture everyone and everything with only two photographers. They're beautiful and I can't stop looking through them." - Sarah, August 2008

"Thank you again for everything. It was amazing and I owe you for the wonderful job and patience both of you had. Please feel free to give out my name, number and email for references if you want to... The photos were fabulous... we love them. " - Kirsten, August 2008

"Lou was the best thing to happen to our wedding. Our pictures are always amazing with him and he is such a great guy to work with. I can't imagine finding anyone better. " - Wedding Wire review by Kirsten, August 2008

"I just love the album!!!! And thank you so much for printing the rehearsal pics as well, I didn't know that you will be doing that, so it was a great surprise!

Here are some other comments that I have gotten from people recently about your photography:

"The pictures are amazing!"
"A beautiful, happy bride! Your personality really comes thru in the photos!"
"Wow, those pictures look fantastic!!"
"What gorgeous photos!" (from the Country Club events manager who has seen hundreds of weddings)
"That was truly amazing!!! I've never seen anything quite like that before, looks like it took a tremendous amount of planning with getting the right scenes, cake, church, dress, and Photographer. It truly turned out PERFECT."
"Those pictures are AMAZING!!! The photographers are incredible... they capture the best stuff and use great lighting and angles." (this comment was from Kristie from Buffalo, who sat at the dinner table with you).
"The pictures all turned out absolutely great. I really enjoyed looking at the pictures, thank you for sending them to me. Is the photographer a friend... I might want to hire him if we have a special occasion. He is really good."

Lou, thank you once again, for creating such perfect documentation of that awesome day for Burk and me (and my parents, who appreciate your work just as much as I do). By the way, it takes a lot to impress my dad and he is really smitten with you :) Ok, is your head big yet? Good, it should be, you are great! Keep in touch! And let me know if you need any customer feedback for any postings or listings or competition entries (hehe), I would be glad to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. :) " - Lucy, July 2008

"Lou, Wow the photos look awesome. We are so happy with the work you have done. There are amazing. Thanks Again." - Johanna & Nick July 2008

An email sent to Lucy (July 4th Wedding) from a friend - "I looked at the pictures of your wedding on-line. I am speechless! The pictures made me cry. I can only imagine what it was like to see you guys in person at the wedding. You both looked so much in love with each other. The pictures came out fantastic. The photographer did a great job capturing you guys without the pictures looking posed (fake, rehearsed, with no feeling, etc.). Instead, the pictures really captured the feeling that was happening at that particular moment in time (in subtle ways). It looks like you guys had a great wedding. I am so happy for you."

"Lou, I've been getting similar responses from a lot of people. Apparently you are making a lot of people teary-eyed :) Thank you for making my friends cry, hehe :)" - Lucy

"Lou, before I even saw a single photo of Jeff and Misty's wedding, I wanted to drop you an e-mail to thank you for your work. I was impressed with your humbleness right from the beginning at the rehearsal. You were able to quietly control the "chaos" after the ceremony with the family pictures. We had many guests comment on how you were taking your time to get the "right" shot and they also couldn't believe how many pics you were taking. You couldn't have missed a thing. It was a treat to see you guys enjoying yourselves at the end of the night with the Cha-Cha Slide. We were blessed tremendously the entire weekend and I wanted to thank you for being a big part of it. I can't wait to see the photos. Grace and Peace, (Jeff's mom)" - Mother of Groom July 2008 Wedding

"Oh my goodness! I just saw the slideshow!!!! it's awesome!!! thank you sooo much! The pictures are amazing!!! You are sooooo talented!!! I am soooo ecstatic right now! Everyone is just in awe when they see the pictures! My friend said she will hire you when she will be doing her 5 year photos :) Everyone is in love with your work! Thank you!" - Lucy & Burk - July 2008"

"Thank you so much for everything! You guys were so great to work with. The pictures look amazing. We had such a great time! By the way, we have had so many compliments about the pictures, everyone thinks they came out great! We are so happy with them, we can't wait to see the album! Thanks again!" - Kate & Jon - April 2008

"Lou. We are thrilled with the pictures from Meg and KC's wedding and reception. They are fantastic and I was very impressed that both you and Art were basically 'invisible' to the guests. It was a great evening and your pictures captured it to a 'T'. I still think the greatest point of the evening as far as the photographers went was looking up to see both of you doing a line dance with the wedding party and guests and all the while snapping pictures. Now I call that going above and beyond. Thank you so much for the professionalism and the phenomenal pictures. Lucy, the proud mother of the bride." - Meg & KC, Mar 2008

"I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pictures! They turned out SO well. :-) And I know the family has been checking out the pictures because I got phone calls and MySpace messages this weekend from everyone." - Meg & KC, Mar 2008

"Lou. You moved us, with your art. Each photo captures a different emotion, and as most couples know, your wedding day covers the spectrum of emotion. They are more than just pictures. As someone who loves photography, it was so important to find the right person to cover our wedding. From our first meeting last summer to the last click of the shutter on the dance floor, you put us at ease. These photos are incredible! They're more than we could have asked for! Since you posted the gallery on-line, our phones have been ringing with raves of your work...A lot more tears have been shed, it was such a beautiful day....Thanks for capturing every second!
Mahalo! (Thank You in Hawaiian)" - Sara & Eric, Feb 2008

"Hi Lou. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL! We love the photos very much..the slide show made my mothers and I teary eyed :) " - Lindsay & Brandon, November 2007

"Everything looks great...we love them! Thanks so much! It was really great of you to bring the photos directly to the house! Thank you so much for the prints....we love them and I had no idea how pretty the CD would be! I love that they have pictures on them! Everyone who has seen the photos online have told us how great they are, and how impressed they were that you guys were able to capture as much as you did of the day/night so thank you for that!!!" - Kristen and Patrick, October 2007

"I've told all my friends you are the hardest working wedding photographer I have ever seen! You captured every moment, you were everywhere; yet, you were so unobtrusive. If my daughters were to marry I might have to bring you to Philadelphia!" - Bride's Aunt of October 2007 Wedding

"We are very happy with everything you did for us. The pictures came out beautiful and we were very pleased with how fast we got the link to our online slideshow and photos, as well ast the actual printed photos. Friends and family have commented multiple times about how beautiful our pictures look and what reasonable prices you offer. Thanks for everything you did for me and Caleb. " - Alyssa & Caleb, Sept 2007

"We are so pleased with the pictures. You truly captured our joyfulness that day. Your pictures are treasures we will have for a lifetime. Out of all the people we worked with for the wedding, you were by far the easiest, most prompt, and had the best follow through. Thank you so much for all you did for our day" - Kristen & Jeff, Sept 2007

"Thank you is such an understatement when we try to tell you how pleased we were with your work! We were blown away by your professionalism, your sense of humor and your ability to capture the perfect shot each time. Thank you again and we will be referring you to everyone we know!" - Amy & Franco, August 2007

"As I browse through these photo’s, trying to find one for the newspaper and Christmas, I feel like your my new best friend. Such is the feeling I get due to the fantastic way you have captured this wedding and made it so a part of our family’s history is recorded. To anyone who is looking for a photographer……how can you skimp on this part of your event? You hire the Historian to record the moments…ooops that would be the Photographer. " - Cathy, Mother of Bride for July 2007 wedding for Katy and TJ.

"Just wanted to say that I received the wedding pictures I ordered of Kirt (my son) and Cheryl that you took in July 2007 in Buffalo, NY. The pictures are really spectacular. I especially like the way you capture the candid poses that are somewhat non-traditional from the typical wedding shots. Thanks again & great job!!!!" - Pat

"Lou, and his assistant were fantastic. The fact that they enjoy their work makes it that much more enjoyable for everyone. They were willing to work with us to get as many complicated or interesting or weird shots we wanted. Even though our ceremony site packed a tight schedule they made sure to capture as much as possible as fast as possible. He went out of the way to speak with the priest and ceremony coordinator to be sure not to offend or get in the way while still getting the best angles and lighting possible. He has done everything in his power to make sure we are satisfied with his work and I thoroughly recommend him to anyone seeking a truly dedicated and professional artist." - Katie and Steffin, July 2007

"Absolutely beautiful Lou!!! I love them! I cant wait to show everyone!!! Thank you so much!!! There are so many I like I cant even begin to pick favorites yet!! We thank you so much for perfectly capturing our wedding! It was really fun working with you, and we greatly appreciate your creativity. Honestly, we dont believe we would have been satisfied with anyone else, because it was your work that gave us all our wedding picture ideas in the first place!" - Heather & Brian, July 2007

"We can't say enough about how beautiful our wedding photos were. We were actually excited to return from the honeymoon in anticipation of seeing Lou's photos. We were shocked and pleased because neither of us has ever looked that good in photos! They were a blast to work with, with their spunk and creativity, we felt like celebrities in a photo shoot! We had many people comment on our "Ninja" Photographers who seemed to be everywhere at once - and challenging each other to get an even better shot than the previous one! Just about every photo is a favorite photo, and that says a lot." - Jessica & John. July 2007

"Hi Guys, It’s me the brides mother…Cathy. Your pictures are fantastic, of course I cry every time I look at them, so it takes awhile to see everything. I have forwarded this to many people and recommended your services. It’s well worth the money, you captured this event to the T. You know the kids planned this wedding down to the last detail. It is a lot of hard work, when it was over the whole thing was accomplished and done. Then we thought what if the pictures don’t do this perfect wedding justice? Well, I should not have worried. You’re the best, and your the final piece of the program and it was perfectly and professionally done!" - Cathy, Mother of Bride for July 2007 wedding for Katy and TJ.

"Lou, we were really grateful that you were willing to be our Photographer. The pictures were fantastic and as each day goes by I enjoy looking at them even more and I know that in 50 years that they will be something that our whole family treasures. When I look at them it's almost as if I'm reliving the whole event again. These are just my words but I know that Steffin shares my sentiments. " - Card from Katy (Bride of July 2007 Wedding)

"We just got back from our honeymoon and were so happy to look through some of the pictures that you had already posted. I just wanted to let you know that both of you did an amazing job, and that you have really made us both very happy. We couldn't have picked anyone better to capture the day for us!! You captured all of the little details and the intimate moments that allow us to relive the day, and view it in a different perspective as well. So many people commented on your camera work, and those that you showed some of your shots to were doubly impressed. Thank you again for everything, you were PERFECT!!!" - Eva & Josh. June 2007

"Hey Lou, I got the pictures you I ordered of the Gorman-Yang wedding. They're really great. And I have to say, you made the whole process really fun for everybody. We all talked about that at the reception. Thanks again!" - Ben (Guest of Katherine and James. June 2007)

"Lou, you are the absolute best! I cried when I saw our pictures. You did such an amazing job!!! They are so beautiful and way better than we could have ever hoped for. We are so incredibly fortunate and thankful to have had you photograph our wedding. We will highly recommend you to our friends and family! We can't wait to have children so that you can photograph them too! :)" - Debbie & Jason. September 2006

"Working with LifeShare Photo was a pleasure. In a world of high pressure wedding vendors, they were a breath of fresh, creative air. Their style was friendly and helpful and the results were fantastic. We loved that they really blended into the background on our big day and yet were always there to beautifully capture all the big moments." - Courtney & Matt. - September 2006

"Just a note to let you know how beautiful the pictures are from the wedding. You and your assistant do great work. I especially love the black and white shots of the children. We had several comments about how nicely you moved about the crowd and never really got in anyone's way. We really didn't know you guys were there! Thanks so much for a wonderful selection of pictures!" - The Williams - Aug 2006

"We were very pleased with your work for our wedding photos! In fact, we strongly recommended you to one of our friends to consider you as their wedding photographer." - Sung & Marcus - July 2006

"Mary and I just wanted to let you know how thrilled we were to have you photograph our wedding. We were very impressed with your professional attitude and your willingness to work with us on all of the different photos we wanted taken. You captured every moment perfectly at the wedding, as well as the reception. Thank you for the contribution you made to help make our wedding day last for a lifetime." - Mary & Bill - Oct 2005

"We hired Lou to shoot our wedding and reception back in May '05. Not only was I extremely pleased with the quality of the pictures, but the turnaround time was unbelieveable. We had pictures to review as soon as we got back from our honeymoon. It was a pleasure working with such a professional, creative company like LifeShare Photo. I'd highly recommend them to anyone that's looking for a good photographer. " - Amy & Brad. - May 2005

"We're not really sure how to thank you... we'll start by saying IT WAS WONDERFUL! The work that you did was incredible. We are so thrilled how everything turned out. You truly made our day - Our Day! Thanks!" - Debbie & Doug - Oct 2004


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