Niis Photography

We used niis photography for our engagement and wedding photos. Our engagement photos turned out great with Ethan. We have tons of photos and many of them look great. Some photos were not the most flattering, but hey, it happens. And we received our photos quickly.
The reason for the bad review is this: the contract we signed stated we would receive our canvas print and photos WITHIN 10 weeks of our event date. 10 weeks is tomorrow and we have not heard from Ethan and his team in one month. We received our wedding photos digitally and were very disappointed. Ethan did not take our photos on the wedding day, we had two photographers we never met. They were nice but the photos turned out not as nice as our engagement photos. Many of the photos were washed out. I emailed Ethan and asked if he could fix that (we had many negative comments about the photos stating the same issue-​they look washed out). He said he would do that. He also didn’t mention anything about our canvas print, until I asked him about it. He confirmed which photo we wanted for the canvas print and that’s the last we heard from him. I emailed him a week ago and nothing. I get it if they are busy, but if they can update their Facebook page, they can email back a paying customer. Hopefully we hear back from him soon and get our canvas print and edited photos…
Very crappy to not have our photos or hear anything for this long. :(

Ethan & his crew shot our wedding in July 2015, and still has not given us the video short & raw footage! He has dodged every call, text, and message! This is highly unprofessional & deceitful.
He even was 2 months late giving us the raw pictures. Since he’s not returning our calls, we couldn’t tell him which pictures to edit & photoshop. He has fallen short on every one of his promises.
He turned out to be unreliable & unorganized at the weddin too. He ended up bringing only one videographer even though he promised two. It is this kind of unprofessional behaviour that made us write this review.
Ethan, we want our wedding video!!!
Out next step is to take you to court!
You have 1 week to respond.

My husband and I used Ethan for our engagement pictures and our wedding. He was highly recommended by a friend of ours and I highly recommend him for anyone and everyone! My wedding seriously was one of the most stressful days of my life, but if you look at my pictures you never would’ve thought that for one second. He just has this special technique of making every picture memorable and unique! I have sooooo many pics that I don’t know where to start to print for my photo albums because I just love ALL of them! He makes you look really good and does good angles and has good poses that just flatter you and other people that are in the pics with you! His prices are very reasonable and you can tell with the quality you receive from his pics that what you pay is worth every cent. He is also highly approachable and super nice, which makes it easier to communicate with. :) thank Ethan for everything again! I hope to use you and your photography skills again when me and my husband get pregnant and need a photo shoot :)

Believe it or not, I’m still recovering from my wedding on January 31, 2015. It’s about time I give Ethan and his crew the kudos they deserve.
For those who does not know about traditional Asian weddings… it’s a long, long. did I mention long process? The bridal party literally wakes up at 3 AM to get their makeup done for tea ceremonies that normally start at 8 AM. This was the story of my wedding. Ethan and his crew came at 6 AM as scheduled and they went straight to working until 11 30 PM, which was when my wedding ended. From the tea ceremony, to the church, to the wedding party photo shoot, to the reception, they were always by our side. They’re the definition of dedication and hard work. Ethan, the main photographer, literally rolled around to get that perfect picture for us. Their price was very reasonable. They have different packages you can get. I’m glad we chose him for everything: engagement, full day photography, and videography (my wedding video was like a music video. superb quality! Msg me if you want to see for yourself. :))
Below are some engagement shoots and wedding pictures. There were so many beautiful pictures that I had a very hard time picking them out. Nonetheless, enjoy!

We booked Ethan for our wedding on August 2015. Ethan was a very down to earth guy, his skills was awesome. He is serious about his job and make sure his clients have all the good shots, he has lots of posing ideas for his clients. One thing I was disappointed was the communication, he was not quick to respond, but overall Ethan was a very nice, fun and easy going guy to work with. Definitely recommend Ethan @ Niis Photography!

We booked Ethan for our engagment and wedding photos. We were very happy with our engagment photos, they were absolutely wonderful.
Ethan offers reasonable pricing for the quality of his work which is exceptional. The day of our engagment shoot we were out most of the day, to locations that he picked that were absolutely breath taking.
He provided us with our edit photos about 4 weeks later 600+ images all gorgeous.
We are excited to see the results of our wedding day photos

I wouldn’t give Ethan any stars if that were possible on Unilocal.My wedding was in August and I booked Ethan in March. I met up with him, signed the contract, and gave him the deposit. I never heard from him again until mid July — about 15 days before before my wedding (in the busy midst of wedding preparation). He informs me he would not be available as my videographer! His emergency was that his brother was getting married last minute in Canada and that he would be on the road! What a lame excuse! I knew it was a lie but what can you do. He just didn’t seem to care anyway. He returned the deposit money but no other compensation. If it were the other way around you know you would lose more money that close to the wedding date. I don’t know if the real reason was because I didn’t book him as a photographer too and he may be getting more money from another couple who booked a bigger combo package. But save the hassle and not book him from the start as you may be scrambling to look for any available photographer/​videographer good or bad that late in the summer. You know all the good ones within your budget would be booked by then already. He was a disappointment and very unprofessional!

Okay… long over due, but I am FINALLY going to write this review that Niis photography deserves ! We had our wedding back in January and we booked Niis photography maybe 5 months before our wedding. I was on a hunt for a photographer for our wedding ! We live around San Gabriel valley, so I looked far and wide for a photographer who can provide us with the BEST quality and unbeatable prices !
Ethan, was the one that I communicated through email/​text. Thank you Ethan ! For answering all my crazy questions. Ethan was seriously amazing ! When we had our first meet up, we didn’t know how he looked like. My fiancé (now husband) was worried that he was an old guy. NOPE ! We were so wrong LOL super nice young guy ! Loved his examples and booked him on the spot.
On the day of our wedding, Ethan was on time. Him and his assistant got to work right away, even though my bridal party plus myself wasn’t ready. It was seriously a LONG day, which Chinese wedding isn’t long. With a western ceremony, tea ceremony, bridal party session, then reception. Ethan did such a AMAZING job ! I didn’t have to worry about them at all the entire day. They worked perfectly well with our videographer. During our bridal party photoshoot, man… he had us doing so many different poses. He was sweating and getting down and dirty on the dirt. He just wanted to capture that perfect shot.
Seriously !! Brides to be ! Look no further ! Ethan from Niis photography is your wedding photographer ! Our final pictures came out so beautiful ! I had many family and friends compliment how beautiful our pictures came out ((: they even loved their wedding «thank you» cards. It was so cute !
Overall, I highly recommend Niis photography to other couples. Ethan was amazing ! He was professional and very fun to work with ! They offer other photo sessions and videography so please check them out. You won’t regret it !

We had a family photo shoot with Ethan. We are very pleased with the amount of pictures that he did — DOULE AMOUNT of what he promised with same price. Of course, he was on time and great personal to work with as others review said.
We’re glad that we can now cherish our moment by these wonderful pictures.
Expect to wait about 2 – 3 weeks for edited photos.

Ethan did a great job with our wedding photos. He gave us what we were looking for. He knows how to direct you with posing and had beautiful use of lighting. Thank you!

I and my husband hired Ethan as our wedding photographer on our wedding day last March. Ethan is easy to work with and he is very accommodating to all our requests. He is very talented and very skillful in taking the best shots. His pictures are just so nice to look at. :) We are very happy on how our pictures turned out.

Ethan is a very nice young man. He captured a lot of nice moments of my little nephew, my sister and I! I would highly recommend him!

Ethan is a great, fun, and friendly photographer! We had him capture our wedding day on video and everything turned out fantastic. Would highly recommend Ethan.

My family recently had a wedding (not mine… but my niece). She hired Niis for videography to capture the wedding day. I’ve been to a handful of weddings and worked with many weddings before as I previously worked in hotels in events. My number one thing is attitude and quality of work.
I know my niece had a horrible experience with the first photographer she hired, she ended up firing him and hired someone else 1 week before the wedding (yikes!). Lucky for her… her bad luck ended with that terrible photographer she fired.
On the day of the wedding, Ethan showed up on time, professional, nice and did whatever he had to do to make sure he got everything that was important on video. Asian families are sometimes crazy at weddings… blocking videographer and photographers… too many iphones, ipads in the way! I was impressed to see Ethan and his crew manage to capture the ceremony in one piece without pissing off any family members and blocking their gigantic iphone 6 from taking photos of the bride and groom.
One thing that is really important about photographers or videographers is the ability to be a fly on the wall and being able to capture exactly what is necessary for a beautiful video or photo. I don’t remember seeing much of Ethan and his team with heavy equipment or being in people’s space. I do remember the video he captured on the dance floor and the energy of the crowd was epic. The scenes at the park before the wedding was beautiful, so much fun watching it and I know the bridal party had a blast.
Ethan also took fashion photos for my niece and they are absolutely stunning. Loved the scenery he picked and the quality of the images. Overall I think Ethan’s great, easy to work with as far as I am concerned and competitive pricing like what everyone else had mentioned.
I see 1 negative review from someone who is unhappy about a cancellation or not showing up for an appointment. I don’t think it’s fair to review a photographer without actually having bad pictures or actual experience to prove for it. It would be like giving a restaurant a 1 star without eating there first. =/​Just saying!

Ethan did my graduation shoot. Love that he is honest and straightforward. He pays close attention to detail to get great shots. He is also very patient and listens to what I want, also gives his inputs throughout the shoot. Thank you!

Ethan’s photography and prices were great. A lot of people have great experiences with Ethan. I just only wished we had the opportunity to have the same experience. Only if he followed through.
We first met up with him so we can get more information. There were a few things from the first meeting that gave us some hesitation, but we decided to go with him for his photography and his prices. Come on, we’re Asian and we love a good deal. That might have been our down fall. He showed up half an hour late and ill prepared. We’re the type of people that looks at everything. Being half an hour late and not prepared means the person is not professional. Looking back, I wished we trusted our gut, but being Asian got the better of us. Now, we’re paying the price for it.
We were scheduled to meet up to give him our deposit and sign some contracts. My husband messaged him to confirm our appointment. He responds by saying that he had to CANCEL. CANCELLED because he had an emergency. My husband asked him what the emergency was. Ethan replied by saying that his second photographer isn’t available on that day and had to BACK OUT COMPLETELY. It might even be a lie to cover something else, but the fact of matter is, he went against his word. It’s great that he backed out before we gave him the deposit. It would have been BETTER if he mentioned that his second photographer was unavailable the moment we gave him the date, so we didn’t have to waste all this time. Now we’re 3 months away from our wedding and we’re looking for another photographer. Completely, utterly unprofessional.
If you go with him, just be okay with everything being by his word. And no, we wouldn’t recommend him to even people I don’t like, obviously.
UPDATE: This is in response to the reply below since I cannot reply to its inaccuracy.
WOW. He was late because of traffic is understandable, but we took notice that he wasn’t on time.
We did expect an immediate confirmation when he agreed to take pictures of our wedding. In the emails he said he was available. When we met up, he said his second photographer and he was available. Not once did he say he have to check with his second photographer. He did not take a few days. He took a month to cancel.
Ethan did try to contact us, even through Unilocal AND I replied. I have my emails to prove it. It wasn’t a discount because he couldn’t take our pictures. It was in response to this Unilocal review. The kicker, he wanted it to be removed in return for the discount.

Ethan was the perfect choice as our wedding photographer. Ethan was attentive and open to particular shots we wanted and was also very helpful in posing/​positioning us. During our engagement shoot, Ethan was constantly scouting for ideal spots and angles in his every shot. His friendly and casual approach helped put us at ease in front of camera.
On our wedding day, Ethan and his assistant worked so well with our videographer in capturing every moment of our special day. He was everywhere but yet never in the way of all the hustle bustle. His dedication was apparent as he positioned us in every niche and corner of our cute venue to ensure we have all possible shots before we ran out of sunlight. Working with Ethan was easy and fun from start and finish. We really appreciated his ability to capture every detailed moment of our special day. We ended up with so many shots to choose our preferred angles, lighting, and posing from each time he positioned us.
Ethan was always prompt to respond to any inquiry and continued to remain available after he has sent us our photos to make sure that we are completely happy with our edited shots.
We highly recommend him to all of his potential clients!

We are so fortunate to come across someone as talented as Ethan! We are so happy with his work in both our engagement and wedding photos.
As an artist/​painter, I am very particular about certain image details and presentations. Among them are lighting, angles, colors, and overall compositions. Ethan not only can capture all of these elements well, but captures «the moment’ of each events, which I find not many pro photographers are able to achieve.
Ethan’s photography was exacty what I was looking for… someone who can beautifully capture the essence and emotions of the subject as well as make it fun, whimsical, and beautiful. Not only is Ethan a gifted photographer, he has a very patient and warm personality. He went out of his way to make his clients happy and capture scenes that they want. If there were photos that we didn’t like too much, Ethan did a tremendous job photoshopping them too!
I wanted our engagement photos to have a lot of nature and rustic feel to it. Ethan spend almost the entire day on a road trip with us exploring such places. We absolutely love our photos, and it had a lot of different diverse backgrounds.
For our wedding, Ethan followed us (the groom and bride) the entire time. It was a very long day since we had the traditional tea ceremony, western garden ceremony, and reception. Ethan stayed to the very end of the event, capturing all the candids and wedding events.
The only thing we didn’t have is a 2^nd photographer, because while Ethan did a great job taking every photo angle of the bride and groom, there was no one else taking photos of the rest of the party.
Overall, we would highly recommend NIIS to all of our friends and family! Ethan has a great personality and was extremely professional and fun to work with. If there were events down the road, we would hire Ethan again because of his amazing work and professionalism. Our engagement and wedding photos looked like still-​life watercolors. Thank YOU NIIS for capturing our special moments!

I have never had a better experience with a more dedicated and talented photographer. Through friends and social media, I was able to see the portfolio built by NIIS team and could not help but admire the talents behind each photo. Knowing how much I love NIIS’ photography, my boyfriend planned a photo session for our one year with one of the very best photographers of the team — Ethan. We took a full day to shoot, walking in heels for hours nearly killed me but the experience with Ethan was extremely joyful.
He made us feel so comfortable in his company and showed us how to pose or what to do. You don’t need to be professional models to have great quality photos! Ethan made sure to capture us at our best angles. Poor guy even rolled around on the ground, carried all of our bags (because it would be more «efficient» for us, he said), and walked miles without any complaints. He was actually even more enthusiastic than my boyfriend and me! I don’t think you could put a price on such dedication and commitment.
I was worried about how we would turn out in pictures, quite honestly. Neither my boyfriend and I are photogenic people, and I have recently gained a little weight lol I don’t know about everyone else but for us women specifically, this is a big concern. But we put complete trust in Ethan, because I think if he can’t make us look good, it just means nobody else can or that we’re just ugly. hahaha. Another note, Ethan will wander off to find more great spots for pictures and leave you to comfortably change into different outfits (if you wish to) so you don’t have to worry about a single thing — «Pretend like I am invisible», as Ethan kept telling us. He’s truly talented, nice, and humble. If you want special events/​moments of your life captured in the most beautiful way, I highly recommend Ethan and the Niis Team! Thank you, Ethan for being so great at what you do!

Ethan and his staff recently shot my March wedding and were incredible! I did a same did video edit and the results were phenomenon.
Here’s why they were so UUHHHmazing!
1. Showed up on time like he said
2. Extremely competitive pricing, if you add the video, you get a great package deal
3. Weren’t Intrusive at all, I forgot they were there
4. Quality of photos were great! My husband and I are such weirdos and I was scared no one would be able to capture it so beautifully but these guy’s did!
5. He had plenty of poses for us to do
6. Friendly, super nice crew
7. ACK everyone cried looking at our video, and I can’t stop watching it.
8. He picked up on what I valued dearly (my son) and incorporated his significance into our video, along with our wedding of course.
9. OH and the Quality!!! Such great photos!!! AHHH Can’t get over it
Pretty much planning on using them again for any future family photo shoots, thanks again Ethan! I love them!
Here’s a video that NIIS Photo produced for our wedding day!