John Branch IV Photography

John was awesome! He is charging way too little for the amount of effort and talent that goes into the shoot! We did our photo shoot at the Brooklyn bridge and it was our first time there. John was super flexible and showed us a ton of spots to shoot at which led to a really versatile gallery (which we loved!) I don’t even remember posing for half the photos he took because we were so comfortable with him and so our pictures came out looking so natural. I would definitely hire him again!

We are very disappointed with the outcome of our wedding photos. This photographer was referred to us, so we trusted that he would do an excellent job and capture the most important day of our lives. The work, photos and attitude we received was not what we had hoped for. I would do your research and meet with multiple photographers — your wedding is your big day! I wouldn’t trust this vendor with such an important day, and we are very upset with the services that we received. Below are a few reasons why:
1) Strangely, family and friends captured many more lively images with bright colors and set up shots with their iPhones, which looked much better than majority of the images we received from our professional photographer (print is better quality too, which is pretty shocking).
2) In virtually every family photo my eyes were closed or the quality is extremely blurry and you can hardly make out the faces. The ones I tried to print wouldn’t print bigger than 5×7 and you can’t see the image well, which is disappointing as we were gifted some beautiful, large picture frames and are unable to use them or have larger prints made. John said this would be fixed if I ordered the prints through him. I find this incredibly hard to believe as I went through Shutterfly and didn’t edit or retouch the photos.
3) Majority of the photos were taken from an odd angle, and random objects are seen in the background, including an ice cream truck, which was expressly promised to be edited out. This of course, could have been avoided had the photographer taken a few steps over or asked us to take a few steps over.
4) Lastly, and most importantly, there isn’t a photo of us (just the bride and groom) that we would be proud to frame. There was little attention to detail, and my bridesmaids had to take time out of their already hectic day to help John stage photos and give him ideas (including the standard dress shot, bouquet, shoes, etc.). We struggled to find any value in the photos.
On the day of my wedding, I didn’t have the time to direct. Since we are unable to rewind the clock on our wedding day, we were hoping to compromise and have some additional editing that was initially promised. However, John has not been very accommodating or pleasant to work with since delivering the photos.
Although we will never have the photos that captured our families on the actual wedding day that we wanted, my husband and I ended up paying for another (amazing) photographer to capture photos of us to recreate our wedding. We are beyond thrilled with the high quality of the photos and we now have the photos we dreamed of. We could have saved ourselves a lot of money and trouble had we went with another photographer on our wedding day. We don’t have a single photo from our wedding day in our apartment, but we proudly display our second photographers work. My biggest advice for brides is to do extensive research when finding a photographer and take the time to look at their previous work. Please don’t make the same mistake that we did.

We are so happy we went with John for our engagement photos! He met us at the location of our choice and was very warm and friendly. Having never taken professional photos before, he made the experience fun and exciting! The photos are amazing and the turn around was very quick! I definitely recommend hiring John for photography work!

I recently worked a wedding with John and was blown away by his professionalism and artistry. He’s easy going and friendly, both wonderful traits to have in a photographer at your wedding. He put the bride and groom at ease and the guests all loved him. He arrived early, worked hard throughout the event, and delivered stunning photos in the end. I would definitely recommend him. Like many talented photographers out there, his work speaks for itself, but what sets John apart is his wonderful personality.

John was the perfect choice for us! He was personal and made sure he knew what we wanted every step of the way. He took beautiful pictures and was able to blend in with the crowd to take some great candids of the night. The turn around was fast and going through our online gallery made us even more sure that we chose the right photographer. His pictures captured so many wonderful moments of that day, and the album included in our package is stunning. He is friendly, professional, and good at this job. Everyone wins. Strongly recommend him!