Hi ladies!

We used Photo Souvenir for our wedding in April 2013. I have to say, they were professional (for the most part) and easy to work with, English speaking - all good qualities when dealing with a destination wedding. The best photos we received from the wedding are from the 1 hour session we had with Renaud after the ceremony while everyone was at Cocktail hour. So, in 30 yrs, we'll have nice framed shots of us, our wedding party, family, etc. I will say that during that hour Renaud didn't take the reigns and tell our families who was needed and when. Instead, my husband and I had to direct our families (Kids first, now siblings, now parents, etc) it was annoying.

We had a rain delay and at our outdoor reception we had to race inside and have an additional cocktail hour while the ballroom was set up. It was fun, not planned, and the entire 100 guests had a fun time hanging out. Guess what, we couldn't find our photographers anywhere! Guess they took that hour to eat their own dinner!

However, I REALLY have to complain about Photo Souvenirs lack of any true photo talent. I feel as if I had given the expensive DSLR cameras to my brother or sister we could've had comparable results. I feel this way especially when seeing the quality of photos my friends have from their weddings (weddings in the Northeast USA). The photos and ESPECIALLY the video(!!!!) were not the best out there.

-unoriginal photos
-the video is decent. It's edited in weird parts. It's also unoriginal and uncreative. It's put to music that I didn't choose (he didn't even ask me).
-lack of creativity (no wide angle lens, no depth, lighting was the same in all indoor photos, not enough action shot, everyone is poised)
-Crucial photos missing (not enough ring bearer/flower girl photos) and only 1 photo of my brother who was our officiant and marrying us!
-Didn't feel like he did what was needed/go the extra mile

Compared to the gorgeous photos that I've seen my friends have from their weddings, I felt that Photo Souvenir did the bare minimum. If you can afford it, pay a few thousand dollars to have a better photographer come in from Santo Domingo or bring one from home.