Patrick Roddie Photography

Patrick Roddie was totally incompetant as a wedding photographer. We have almost no usable pics from our wedding day. A few of our guests even complained of him taking too many pics of their wives. Very creepy guy. And be careful if you have an open bar… he’ll be the first one in line.

Whoops. The wife just reminded me. My bad :(
We went through heaps of photographer interviews for our wedding late last May. We were definitely on a budget and my initial thoughts were, «Why do we even need a photographer? There’s 200 people of which 197 will be holding their camera phones and taking pictures throughout the day».
Then my wife found Patrick. Her and I met at Burning Man, there was going to be fire dancers (ourselves included) at the wedding, and some guy who takes awkward pictures of semi-​nude couples holding babies isn’t going to be able to take pictures of fire dancers at a wedding.
Patrick has been to Burning Man.
Patrick has photographed weddings.
Patrick knows his s**t!
We got dozens of professional photos including some of the fire dancers and they were as good as, and in most cases better than, every other professional photographer out there. Five of them are now framed in our new home.
Thanks, Patrick… I’d recommend you to anybody.

Patrick made our wedding photo experience fun and completely crafted it to our personalities. Could not have had better service or better company for our special day.

Don’t let Patrick ruin another wedding!!! I paid him $ 6000 for a wedding package and he never fulfilled my agreement. I received a box of pictures that I could have paid an armature $ 500 to take. I never received a wedding book or anything else listed on his package. I have talked to him and he agreed on the phone that it wasn’t his best work, but never did anything about it. And not only was it armature work, but he never gave me what I paid for in the agreement and has never refunded me a dime.
We had a huge wedding and he told me he could handle it because he did the Books and Borders family wedding. He didn’t handle it. He didn’t know how to pose the wedding party. The absolute one picture I told him not to miss, the first kiss, he missed.
Do not let him ruin your wedding!!!

Here is the April review for Patrick.
I was a photo-​phobic, aka, scared of camera targeting me.
The only people could successfully taking pics of ME (not those with fake smile or miserable looks) is my father and Patrick. This does not mean that Patrick is old or authoritarian. To the contrary, it shows the child like mellow gentle nature of him and his amazing ability to capture your inner light (said in a new agey way).
I do not want anyone else takes my pictures after I had two photo shoots with Patrick.
I highly recommend Patrick for those who want to see his or her true nature and feel shy about it consciously or unconsciously. It is… Therapeutic.
Forgive my psychology oriented review, Patrick, cannot help with it.
Ripple

We cannot speak highly enough about Patrick’s work and his contributions to our October wedding. In fact, we are already exploring a private portraiture project with him.
He made the wedding day painless, being ever present but never intrusive. His work is beautiful, his follow through terrific, and with every thing he does, he brings the highest artistic and professional standards.
Should Prop 8 be allowed to stand, I can think of no one else to call to shoot our annulment.

I owe this review to Patrick from a long time ago… Patrick, here it is finally, forgive me.
For the longest time, I have perceived myself to be very awkward when it comes to the way I look. It has only been over the past couple of years that this view has somewhat changed. Perhaps it was because of certain events in my life that changed drastically (for the better) and forced me to look at things in a different light. Perhaps it was because I started noticing that I would be complimented (not in a rude way) by random people for how I look. All I know is that I did not feel as awkward as before.
Having said that, I thought that I would capture this point in my life with pictures of myself. Not in the spirit of being conceited… just wanting to capture what I looked like at a time when life just clicked. So I searched on Unilocal for a photographer and came across Patrick Roddie. I went to his website and was so impressed with his portfolio. All the pictures he took did not look staged or too «posey.» They were simply beautiful pictures.
On
of the «photo shoot», I felt like that I had absolutely no business to have pictures taken of me. However, Patrick (and his wonderful cat, Xena) made me feel confortable so that I could just simply be me. He took numerous photos both inside and outside, playing with the lighting and background to get different shots. Patrick even offered to make up a picture book for me as well as provide all his shots on CDs, in both black-​and-​white and color.
After all of that and seeing the results, I have to thank Patrick. I hope he knows that I can look at those pictures and see someone beautiful, and realize that it is me. Thank you for that gift.
I highly recommend Patrick if you want some amazing photography. He is extremely talented and loves his work. You will not be disappointed.

I first met Patrick as a model for his hips book. I’ve always been a huge fan of his work, but he absolutely blew me away as our wedding photographer. We just got married at San Francisco City Hall on the first day of legal same-​sex weddings. Patrick skillfully captured all of the excitement and historicness of the day. As a person, Patrick is a really good guy. He made us feel comfortable and he was not at all intrusive. He somehow managed to both give us our space so we almost forgot he was there, and simultaneously he didn’t miss capturing a moment. In addition to the artistic and stunning photos he took of us, he was also kind enough to tell me when I had a string hanging out of my dress or a lipstick smear on my face and other little details that we were very happy to not have captured forever in our wedding pictures. We couldn’t be more happy with the photographs from Patrick. We will treasure them forever and we have Patrick to thank.

after searching for a concert photographer who did not specialize in celine dion, ted nugent, or jam bands at the great american music hall (services exchanged for baked goods), i found patrick right here on Unilocal.yea!
patrick is extraordinarily professional – he researched our performance space before returning my phone call (which came only half an hour after my query), and also took pity on a poor classical music non-​profit with very reasonable fees. i had to give a number of limitations and guidelines based on musical cues in the concert and sensitive artistes, so he brought along an assistant who is also a musician to be thoroughly prepared. he fully captured the evening, from warm-​up to concert and then reception – each part with very different conditions and requirements. so he’s versatile, too! also, i needed immediate galleries (for press) after the event, and he came through over a holiday weekend.
but most importantly, patrick’s photos are beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. he has a particular talent for candid shots – he finds the most emotional (or bizarre) spot in the room and frames it, and it’s terrific.
also check out his hip book! that’s a book of hips-​the-​body-​parts, not necessarily (although probably) a book that is hip.

We hired Patrick to photograph our wedding. I found him on Unilocal and turned out he had photographed another friends wedding years ago. After meeting him and seeing his work, I knew he was the right fit and it was one of the best decisions I made. He was with us for the entire day and captured the true essence of the celebration in a broad array of beautiful candids. If you want formal shots, Patrick is not your guy. He caught so many beautiful moments I could not believe — my husband hugging my dad, my divorced parents smiling looking at grandchildren, my in laws, moments between me and close friends. Everyone told me after how good he was, that he was everywhere and his pictures nailed it. And since I got the pictures, the compliments have flooded in with even a request for photography lessons. Best of all, Patrick is great to work with. We will definitely use him again when we need a professional photographer.

patrick is a really nice guy with a great eye. he’s easy to work with and very creative!

Honestly, I am having a hard time writing this review (I don’t know where to start) because from start to finish Patrick was amazing to work with and the product he delivered was awesome. I was speechless when I saw the images.

Patrick is an extremely talented photographer. We loved his work for our wedding. We appreciated that he wasn’t the run-​of-​the-​mill dumb wedding photographer and loved everything he did. He works well with natural light and has a keen eye for beautiful pictures. He also did our engagement party. We recommend him with no reservations… He is now part of the family — he fits in so well with whatever the party may be — ours was an extremely intimate setting (20 people).

Patrick did an amazing job of photographing our modest Indian wedding of approximately 300. It was his first time at an Indian wedding, but amazing felt at home with the whirlwind that an affair like that can be. He is a simply amazing photographer who has a keen eye to capture the moment. (Sometimes you don’t even realize that there was a moment till you see it in his photograph… it is as if he crafted it!) He fit comfortably into all of our events, which allowed him to capture those private moments impeccably (He looks dashing in a kurta too…). Most photographers may have gotten annoyed with the demands of aunts and uncles pushing him one way or another, but the entire time Patrick was cool amidst the chaos and amenable to anything.
We continue to hear from so many friends and family about how amazing, beautiful and fantastic photographs we have. Thank you Patrick for giving us memories captured for a lifetime.
So be your fabulous self, and get Patrick to capture it.

We got a fantastic result with Patrick… our photos not only were technically great, there is a clear artistic style that is very unique to Patrick. Our particular situation was that we just wanted to mark a point in time (my wife’s pregnancy), we were really on the fence as to whether or not to use a pro since I consider myself somewhat handy with our Nikon D70. Looking back now, we are both so glad that we decided to use Patrick, the images are truly amazing.

Patrick Roddie is an extraordinary photographer. His is a candid, free-​form style which catches the imagination, and his subjects, in a manner unlike any other photos of people I’ve seen.
I highly recommend Patrick; he is a joy to work with!