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Paulina was simply superb. We had a maternity photo session in nature with our toddler and not only was it a very memorable, fun experience, we are also delighted with the stunning photos.
What we especially liked about her were the following points (and we've had experience with multiple photographers in the past):
1. Great communication. From the first contact she was very communicative and responsive, respecting our wishes but also being very forthcoming with helpful suggestions and directions, e.g. wardrobe choice that goes well with autumn colors; at the beginning of the photoshoot she explained her style and how we can position ourselves with respect to one another to show a closer emotional connection in the pictures.
2. Good choice of location: she suggested a beautiful location off the beaten path, which allowed us to have our photo session undisturbed by passers-by and which formed a wonderfully colorful autumn backdrop for our pictures.
3. Skilflful control of lighting/color: she has a deep understanding of natural lighting and color, and how to capture the best lighting by timing the photo session well and picking spots where to position us.
4. Easy-going, friendly personality. Like other reviews said, from the beginning it's like meeting a very good friend, and you're just hanging out together having a good time. You're almost forgetting that you're being photographed, so no forced smiling on pictures--you're just being captured having a good time with your family and a new family friend. The joy shows in the pictures.
5. Great with children. Our toddler always tended to look grumpy/disaffected in previous photo sessions and we have come to accept he's not one to smile for the camera. Not with Paulina. Very few minutes in the photoshoot our toddler warmed up to Paulina's friendly, outgoing personality and glowing smile. He kept wanting to play with her and it's visible in all the pictures how he genuinely had a great time during the photoshoot. A tall order for a photoshoot with a toddler who is supposed to be in his terrible twos!
6. Good eye for detail and composition. She picks out details and moments and manages to capture the love and joy of our family with beautiful compositions.
7. Quick turnaround time for photos. We got our high quality processed pictures within a few days after the photoshoot, which we were very happy about.
8. Enthusiasm for capturing unique moments. This last point I find the rarest of qualities in Paulina that I believe is essential in a photographer. With other photographers we've had in the past, it's often noticeable that once they've captured the formulaic shot they wanted in their mind, they tend to be disinterested in shooting more photos in the same setting and urge you to move to a different scene to get their next formulaic shot (even when our toddler was spontaneously doing something supercute and in my mind I go "Dang, why didn't the photographer capture that?"). Not with Paulina. She went with the flow, and observed our natural interactions, and enthusiastically kept on capturing the unique moments along the way. So when our toddler became fascinated in playing with the autumn leaves and kept wanting to gift them to the adults, she captured the joyful expressions on his face while holding the leaves. It's these unique unscripted moments that were captured so adeptly that made our photoshoot especially memorable. All because of her enthusiasm to capture our precious moments, rather than just going for the next formulaic shot.
In all, we were extremely happy to have her as our photographer, and can't wait to have her to do a newborn photo session with us as well.