jessica johnson Isabella was such an amazing person to work with for our lifestyle family photoshoot. She was super flexible when scheduling and took the care to find the ideal time of day to take our photos. Her energy during the shoot was invaluable. Lighthearted and fun while remaining professional. She provided direction when we needed and was amazing at engaging our toddler!! Not an easy task ;) The photos came back even better than we had hoped. She captured everything beautifully! Laura Peate Absolutely would recommend and hire again for any special occasion! The quality of her work is just absolutely stunning and the way she puts people at ease but can also help and take the lead as needed to ensure the event turns out how we wanted, just all around a fantastic experience working with her! So happy we found her to capture our special day and those considering hiring her, definitely do it and have yourself an amazing time and incredible photos to remember it all! Thank you, Isabella for absolutely everything! Love your work! Laurie M 100% recommend! Isabella did our engagement and wedding pictures. She made us feel so comfortable and then helped basically direct the wedding day! The whole day went perfectly with her expertise! The pictures are so stunning. We're having trouble narrowing down which of the 900+ pictures to print. Can't wait to look back on these pictures for years to come. Thank you so much! Nick Fosco Isabella was fantastic on our wedding day! Very professional and personable! Stéphanie Major Isabella made me feel so comfortable taking my pictures. She makes you smile naturally, and the results are amazing! She also took pictures of my dog and was able to capture beautiful moments. Thank you Isa! Stephanie Wong How have I not written a review yet? It's been 9 years since my wedding, which Isabella shot (along with the engagement shoot) and 4 years since she did my maternity shoot for my first son. She is a gem of a photographer, so easy to work with and such a kind human being. We even have our family session booked in the fall with her and I don't think I'd pick anyone else to do our photos ever! She's super organized and really on the ball - you will definitely be blown away by the photos you get, I promise! Charlie Ohayon Highly recommend! Such wonderful experiences and the most incredible photos each time I have a session with Ella! Did my engagement, wedding, and maternity photos and they are gorgeous!!!! Will definitely do more in the future :) Melanie D Almost 11 years later and I'm still in love with my engagement and wedding pictures. 💜 Isabella from Ella Photography is simply brilliant!! Em She is literally so amazing and attentive, so nice, knew exactly what I was going for. She was amazing for my wedding. Would pick her hands down for other events ! Erika Arreaza Ella was absolutely amazing throughout this whole experience. Since the very beginning when I initially contacted her she was super responsive and helpful, providing me with all the information I needed. Then when it came time to discuss locations and ideas for the shoot she was very involved giving us suggestions on where it would be good to have the shoot according to our moodboard and the style we wanted. The actual day of the shoot she was INCREDIBLE! We were a bit nervous as it was the first time that my boyfriend and I were doing a photoshoot together, but Ella made us feel super comfortable and confident right of the bat. She's super fun, nice and outgoing. She gave us great direction to make sure our concept would come to life in the end result. We had the BEST time and the photos turned out better than what we could've imagined. 100% would recommend her, she has shot a lot of my friends and we all have had an incredible experience with her. Thank you Ella!
You can book me for a Boudoir session, a Family session or if you need a professional portrait for your online presence. I only take a SMALL number of weddings but am always open to do elopements or to travel. You can even hire me if you need to make sure your social media is ON POINT. I have a monthly subscription for that type of work.
For weddings, you should book me at least a year in advance. Because I only take a small number now, I can book up rather quickly so, if you really like my work… Consider doing it ASAP. For shoots, usually from 2 weeks to a month is good! If it’s a boudoir session you are looking into, and you want an album for a special present, consider two months because printing companies take a while.
For weddings, a 1000$ retainer fee along with your contract is required to book the date (500$ for very small weddings). This deposit ensures that I book you (and only you) in my calendar. The remaining balance is due 7 days prior to the wedding date. These dates are first-come, first-serve.
For sessions, a 100$ fee is required.
Depends on you! If your wedding doesn’t require a 2nd shooter, I work alone. You can however book one at 100$ per hour.
I process orders on a timeline basis. The first weddings of the year will get their photos first. Generally, you should allow 8-12 weeks for photos to be retouched and uploaded into your gallery. My albums take approximately 3 months to complete starting only after the wedding season is done depending on emails responses from you. These albums are custom-designed by me and it requires a little time to get done.
For sessions, it takes about 2 weeks for photos to come back.
You get all of the photos from your wedding day (or shoot) that I deem “awesome”. That means that unless the flash didn’t pop, the photos are blurry or you aren’t mid-blink, you will get it. Typically that’s approximately 50-70 photos per hour booked. This number isn’t guaranteed though. The number of photos depend of SO MANY FACTORS, including length of contract, Lighting on the day, number of guests, venue decor, etc.
Well, I don’t know about other photographers but, I’m awesome I’ll be there on your wedding day not only to take your photos but to HELP YOU as well. Need a glass of water? I’ll go get it. Need better shoes to walk on the grass? I’ll give you mine. Don’t remember what’s next? I’ll let you know and keep you on track! I’m there for you guys. I’m not a fly on the wall as I like to be involved. So, if that’s the type of photographer you are looking for or have a really hands-on planner, I might not be the person for you. But I know a bunch of photographers who are! feel free to ask for recommendations.
Absolutely! If you book with me, I’ll have a 90-page guide that you’ll receive for free to help you get everything on track! I also write blog posts and send out newsletters to help you throughout the year.
I love photographing the “getting ready” part. Love love. I typically start 30 minutes with the groom then, go with the bride for 1.5 hours. That gives me enough time to photograph the boys getting dressed, the bride getting her makeup done while the girls get dressed and then everyone helps the bride put on your dress. I typically end when the dance floor opens.
No, sorry! The RAW images (.nef) are just for me. There’s several reasons for that : Images are taken in RAW format so that they can be edited in my signature style (which you see on my website). Without that editing, they are really boring photos. They also need the proper program and plugins to be previewed and edited and they would be completely useless to you. Just an icon on your computer. They contain copyrighted material that is only to be used by the owner. And finally, if you do have the plugins to see them… they are really yucky to look at! they are usually dark, flat in color and uncropped. Really not fun to own.
Of course! It’s never too late to decide to invest in an album. However, the opposite can’t be done. If the album is already in your contract, it cannot be removed after it’s signed. All albums must be paid in full before the album can be sent off to print.
No. My packages are prices for pick-up at the office only. The reason being that I cannot predict where my clients are going to be from. I wouldn’t want to charge 200$ for shipping if some clients will go pick up their albums. It’s not fair, right? For that reason, all shipping must be paid before I send it off to you.
For the family portraits at weddings? Yes. A month before your wedding day, I send you a form to fill out so that I can get all the details and schedule of your day. I like to come prepared. Included in that, there’s a family list that I want you to think about and then create so that the day goes smoothly and we don’t forget any important portraits with family/friends. As far as candid moments however… no. Why? Because those moments cannot be created. If I have a list of specific moments that I’m looking to capture and that I need to think about not forgetting, that means that my mind is occupied and I might miss authentic moments that are *naturally* happening. You don’t want that! Weddings are all very similar, those “moments” that you want me to capture are probably going to happen naturally. Don’t worry about it so much! Unless it’s something like “My grand aunt is very shy, please make sure to get at least one photo of her” or “my shoe laces are very important to me, please get one of those” Then… I agree… Give me a SHORT list.
Of course I do! On the day of the wedding, I work with 2 cameras (one main and a backup) and also shoot on dual-slot cameras. That means that my cameras have two cards at all times: the main and a backup. In case one card was to corrupt (yes, it happens) there’s the second one as a backup.
I would probably need to be extremely sick (or have COVID) in order not to make it to your wedding day. I’m talking missing an arm or something. *knocks on wood*. If ever it does happen, there’s a solution. 6 years ago, I built a network on wedding photographers in Montreal and invited them to join a Facebook group. Since then, we have grown and became friends. We share industry tips and tricks, learn from each other, go out for drinks and… cover for each other if someone needs it. In the case where I were to be very sick and unable to make your wedding day, I would call on 300 professional photographers in that group and make sure that your event would be covered with someone with the same style and mentality as myself. I would then take those images and retouch them to match the style you expected. In the extreme off-chance I were NOT to find anyone available, you would get 100% of your money back. Including the retainer fee.
I absolutely have a contract and you should never work with someone who doesn’t have one.
When you book, a non-refundable retainer fee has to be make in order for me to reserve the day for you. If the case that you need to cancel your wedding day, you can get that fee back if we are more than 10 months of your day. That’s because there’s still a chance I might be able to book that date. If we are less than 10 months however, that fee is NON-REFUNDABLE. Your balance is due 7 days before your day. That amount only becomes non-refundable in the circonstance that you would need to cancel 3 days (72 hours) before your day.