Giovanni Photographic Artist

the best photographer I know. Wouldn't use anybody else!!
May 12th, 2022

Couldnt have asked for a better wedding photographer and videographer! Professional, talented, and great crew to work with. They knew exactly what photos every bride and groom want and did an amazing job. Highly recommend!
Mar 17th, 2022

Nov 25th, 2021

Excellent, hands down the best!
Sep 23rd, 2021

My wedding was on May 26th, 2019. After waiting until I received my albums at the beginning of February 2021 I am finally able to write an honest review. While I can attribute some of that time passed to the pandemic, I cannot allow the pandemic to take the fall for the lack of communication. Let's start at the beginning. Giovanni was fantastic during the planning process. Extremely helpful with planning the timeline of him arriving and receptive to the shot list I provided. Day of: Giovanni, his assistant, Carlo, and his assistant arrived on time ready to shoot! The photographs of getting ready to the church, and ceremony all went fine. The portraits at the venue are now over and we are in the reception. The assistant that came with Giovanni was flat-out RUDE. He ROLLED HIS EYES at my mother because she was enjoying herself on the dance floor rather than at her table taking a photo. He then proceeded to tell me, with an attitude "Your mom doesn't want to take a photo she is too busy dancing." I responded with "Great I hope she is too busy dancing and enjoying herself at the wedding she is paying for. Please move to a different table and come back to her table at a later time." I then received another eye roll. As you can imagine I was extremely unhappy at this point and had no patience for the assistant any longer. The night went on and everything was fine. Carlo was SO great when I wanted to take a few photos with friends and was willing to help us out. Once the reception started I rarely saw Giovanni, he seemed to have disappeared and the only photographer on the dance floor was his assistant and Carlo & his assistant videoing. Ok...whatever. It then reached the end of the night and I swear they just disappeared. No one ever let me know they left and there was just suddenly no photographer or videographer anymore. Ok... fine. The real problems started to arise after the wedding. If you think you are receiving ONE photo before 3 months you are mistaking! I asked for a sneak peak about 2 weeks after my wedding because I was SO excited to see the photos - I did not even receive an email back saying anything. Once your full payment is received there is little to no support from the team. I had to ask what the steps were to move forward with building the albums, no instructions or support was given. COMMUNICATION WAS NONEXISTENT!!!! Every time I reached out I either did not receive an email back or what I did get back was a 1 sentence email about Italy being closed due to COVID. I understand there is a pandemic but there is only so much you can blame on the pandemic. Every-time I asked about the timeline it was suddenly my fault that I did not send back the photos I wanted included in a timely matter. It may have taken me a little longer to do so and I admitted that, but blaming your client is not the way to go. After receiving my albums 19 months after my wedding I was happy to be done with this process. Now, in my contract I should have also received an enlargement and a photo calendar.. I never received those items and Gio never seemed interested in fulfilling those remaining items. If you are looking for photos of your wedding that are posed like you should be in a magazine Giovanni is the photographer for you. If you are looking for a photographer that will bring out you and your partner's personalities I suggest you look elsewhere. If you are looking for a great videographer Carlo was AMAZING!
May 29th, 2021