Eric Graf Photography

My brother used Eric for his wedding in Louisville, KY many years ago, and Eric came highly recommended by him and my mother (who is extremely difficult to please). Since my wife has her own professional photography business and shoots weddings, we wanted to make sure we chose the right person for the job, and we are so happy that we made this decision for our own wedding!!! We even paid extra money for Eric to travel 4 hours and put him in a hotel for the night because we wanted him to shoot our wedding, and it was truly worth every penny. The photos are hanging all over the house, and we love them all. I would choose Eric again in a heartbeat for our wedding.

My husband and I got married about 3 weeks ago and chose Eric to do both our engagement and wedding photos. We did searches and met with numerous photographers and it was very clear that not only was Eric the most talented out of our search, but also incredibly professional and helpful.
Eric was very flexible with scheduling our engagement photos! He took his time with trying to capture the best moments and gave us good advice about areas that would work well for photos, as well as taking pictures in areas that we wanted. Our engagement photos turned out incredible! Most who saw them agreed that they were the best set of engagement photos that they had seen.
As for the wedding day, Eric was great about meeting with us for an extended period of time before the wedding to go over everything that we wanted for our special day, as well as giving us great advice about the timeline that would work best for photos. He was there exactly on time for the day of the wedding, stuck to the schedule and helped to keep us on track. He has given us a few preview photos and several people have commented that they belong in magazines.
Eric has a true gift of capturing the moment in a beautiful, artistic way. He is a true artist in what he does and the photos that he takes. His ability to use lighting to enhance the photos is one of a kind. If you would like an amazing photographer, with a truly unique eye, an ability to capture precious moments and stay on the timeline you come up with, you cannot go wrong with hiring him! I don’t see how anyone that hires Eric could be disappointed!!! Bravo.

I knew I wanted Eric to be my wedding photographer long before we were even engaged. He did the photos for a friend’s wedding that I was in, and after spending the day with him in that capacity, I knew we wanted him to do our photos as well. He was the first vendor that we contacted, and was very prompt in responding. He was always very professional, yet treated us as friends. Our entire experience with him was very pleasant from all of our correspondences and planning, taking engagement photos with him, the wedding day itself, and getting our photos afterwards. He was very detailed and specific with what his services included, and gave me the freedom to be very specific with what we wanted as well. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a great professional, yet fun photographer.

I am not one for many words, so here is a brief run down for why you should not hire Eric Graf:
1) At the meetings he held with us, when we told him what our plan for the wedding was, he criticized our plans and tried to have us change our wedding (you are the photographer, why are you thinking about this?)
2) He suggested that we pay him to come earlier, and so since he was the photographer and he knew how long it would take him to take photos, we agreed that we would pay him $ 100 for 30 mins more at the beginning. During the meeting, he assured us that he would get there before the 3:30pm start time in order to set up and be taking photos no later than 3:30pm. I was in my room getting ready at 3:30 with my friends, and he was not there to take the photos. He came late by at least 10 minutes. Now, normally 10 minutes is not a long time, but when you pay somebody $ 100 to show up 30 minutes earlier, eating away 10 minutes is a big deal. Also, it is more than the money, it is the photographs that he missed.
3) Lack of professionalism. If you read the reviews and his owner’s response, you can see what I mean. He blames being late on the weather (there were thunderstorms forecasted all week, and that day it was raining before 3pm, so all he had to do was look outside and factor that into his time). Also, he contacted my wife and tried to pressure her into taking down her review. When she politely declined and said that she stood behind her review and that it would help other brides-​to-​be make an informed decision he began soliciting reviews (you can see the number of filtered reviews at the bottom of the page). I don’t know any other business that would harass a customer about taking down a review of their service.
Lack of professionalism is probably the biggest no-​go. He did agree to give me the raw files, but overall, when you act like an ass, I can get photographs from somebody else who is just as talented who doesn’t have an attitude.

Eric is fantastic. Seriously amazing. I was crazy specific about the caliber of our photographer, and looked at tons of options. I was blown away at how professional he was throughout the process before, during, and after. In addition, the photos far exceeded even my highest of expectations.
I almost paid to fly Eric out to my brother’s wedding just so they could have a similar experience. Unfortunately it didn’t work out due to their budget.
If you’re on the fence, choose Eric, you won’t be disappointed.
I’d also like to add, there are always some bride-​zillas out there who are completely illogical and emotional. I would take their opinion with a grain of salt.

Eric Graf Photography photographed my daughters wedding November 2007 in Lexington Kentucky. To date Eric is the best wedding photographer that I have experience. His professional manner and artistic eye have been a great part of my daughters special day!!! Thanks Eric!
Elizabeth D.

It is very common for brides to review their wedding vendors. I did not feel it was unfair of me to voice my complaints in this way nor did I feel that it was necessary to address my complaints with the photographer before writing a review. I reviewed all of our wedding vendors. And yes, he had the audacity to contact me in private and «suggest» that I edit or remove my review. The fact that he found it appropriate to contact me with anything other than an apology for his behavior astonishes me. We are happy with the pictures, although we did not get all of the shots we wanted.
As for the facts…
1) According to my clock he did not arrive until approximately 3:40pm (we paid him an extra $ 100 to start at 3:30 instead of 4:00). Rain was predicted for that day and could have easily been accounted for. No other vendor had trouble accounting for the rain.
2) There was no misunderstanding… he called at 10pm 48 hours before the wedding to go over the revisions we had discussed.
3) There were other aspects of the wedding that he took issue with besides the justice of the peace, that were not at all related to the timeline (i.e. using an i-​pod instead of a DJ).
4) And yes I think it is unprofessional to eat food intended for guests. We had arranged for a separate boxed meal to be provided for him by the caterer, as he had requested. (You ate the brownie for energy… are you kidding me? You just thought no one was looking).
His attitude detracted from the day. There were even other people who commented on his attitude/​behavior. BOTTOM LINE: I would NEVER hire him again.
And for those of you who think I am a «bridezilla» go ahead and take a look at my reviews of our other wedding vendors, most are 4 and 5 star reviews.
UPDATE:
7÷5÷11
MY HUSBAND AND I COULD NOT BE MORE DISAPPOINTED IN THE SERVICE THAT WE WERE PROVIDED AND WITH THE WAY THIS PHOTOGRAPHER CHOSE TO REACT TO A NEGATIVE REVIEW. I BELIEVE MOST BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD HAVE SIMPLY APOLOGIZED AS OPPOSED TO HAVING SUCH A DEFENSIVE REACTION. THERE WAS NEVER ANY APOLOGY OR ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY, DESPITE HIS CLAIMS, ONLY EXCUSES, AND AN ATTEMPT TO PRESSURE ME TO CHANGE MY REVIEW. HE ACCUSES ME OF BEING MALICIOUS IN FLAGGING SUSPICIOUS REVIEWS. Unilocal WOULD NOT HAVE FILTERED THESE REVIEWS UNLESS THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE SUSPICIOUS TOO (HE ADMITS TO SOLICITING THEM. Unilocal OFTEN FILTERS SOLICITED REVIEWS). I HAVE NEVER BEEN TREATED SO POORLY BY OR SEEN SUCH A DISPLAY OF IMMATURITY FROM A BUSINESS OWNER. LOOK AT THE OWNERS COMMENTS AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE ATTITUDE. ASK YOURSELF WOULD YOU WANT TO HIRE THIS PHOTOGRAPHER?