" Monika was a pleasure to work with. She made us feel very comfortable which made the photos extremely natural and went out of her way to please us. She is very critical of her own work and prides herself on making sure she is presenting you with her very best. I have referred four people to her and they have been very happy with her as well. I just adore her and plan to use her again very soon!"
-Jenny Fletcher (Fall '03)
"Although she was very professional, our session with Monika was so much more fun than with any other photographer we had ever used. We were able to choose our own location and with her help and suggestions we found perfect backgrounds and surroundings for our pictures. The quality of Monika's work came through as we have some of the best photos we have ever had taken of us. We were very happy with the final product and plan, not only on having Monika take care of our future pictures but telling our family and friends about her as well!"
-Blake and Lauren Greene (Fall '03)
" Monika took us out to the beautiful Duke Gardens on a Sunday afternoon. We hired her to shoot our engagement photos. Everything went well at the photo shoot, she brought two cameras and shot color and black and white film for us. Monika helped us with all the poses and we felt comfortable working with her the whole time. Kris and I anxiously awaited the final proofs. When she delivered the pictures to us, we couldn't have been more happier with them. We've even decided to use one at our wedding in June for our guests to sign. Thank you Monika for such a great job."
-Celestie and Kristopher March (Spring '04)
"What Great Work! Monika you are such a great photographer; the pictures are great!
- My sweet 8 month old was baptized in April 2004. Monika came out to take pictures of her in her gown and of the family and the photos turned out just fabulous. Monika took B/W and color photos and she captured everyone so beautifully. Ella Ann's birthday is in August - are you booked! I highly recommend if you have a special occasion, make it really special and memorable and get Monika to capture it for a keepsake."-Betsy, Joe and Ella Ann (Spring '04)
"Let me just start by saying, Thank you! Joe and I have been so pleased with your work! You have been such a great and fun person to work with. You captured our ceremony and the emotions that were flowing, so perfectly. During the reception you were able to capture the good time that we all had.
We loved the fact that you were able to scan several of our pictures and put them on your website so that we could see them a few days after our wedding. It was a great way to see and share our pictures so quickly with our family and friends. I really feel that your website represents the wonderful work that you do.
It has been such a pleasure working with you. We will definitely be contacting you again to take our family pictures. I can not express to you how grateful we are for the great job that you did at our wedding and reception. We never hesitate in recommending you and your work to anyone. Again, thank you so much!"
-Joe and Lora Ladd (Summer '04)
"Thank you so much Monika! It was a pleasure working with you on our engagement photos. Austin and I really appreciated that you made us feel so comfortable and you were so creative! We were so glad that you were able to get the photos on your website so quickly and we couldn't wait to see the rest of the proofs! We loved working with you and we can't wait to have you take our wedding photos. We will definitely recommend you to our friends and family!"
-Shelly Taylor & Austin B. Sansbury III (Summer '04)
"We had so much fun doing our maternity photos with Monika--we wanted to celebrate the "gift" in my belly and had fun finding creative ways of doing that. The joy and excitement my husband and I felt was beautifully captured on film and we will treasure our maternity photo album forever!"
-Mary & Christian Hansen (Summer '04)
"When we hired Monika as our wedding photographer, we knew we were making a good decision. She's a great communicator and made our wedding day run very smoothly. Her photographs will be wonderful mementos of that special day. You can tell that photography is a true passion for her."
-Erin & Jason Williford (Winter '04)
"We couldn't be happier with our wedding photographs. We had used Monika before and loved her work. She is creative, professional, dependable, fun, and very talented at what she does. I love that our photos don't look like any others I've seen--she has a wonderful eye for capturing private moments and the emotions behind the faces. Thanks Monika for giving us photos of these memories that will last a lifetime. We will certainly use you again and refer you to others!"
-Katie & Nate Howard (Spring '05)
"It was wonderful working with Monika surrounding the time of our wedding. She takes much pride in her work and provides the very best for her clients. Her flexibility and relaxed approach made our portrait sessions fun! Every picture in our album truly captured the essence of our wedding and we could not be happier with them. We have found our family photographer..."
-Edana & Anthony (Summer '05)
"Monika was easy to work with and a lot of fun. She didn't try to force us into artificial poses but let us be ourselves and focused on capturing the moment. And it showed in the photos! Our friends and family have loved having professional-quality, artistic photos of us as a couple and as soon-to-be parents."
-Rich and Christa Hogan (Summer '05)
"Thank you so much for doing our engagement pictures. Dave and I really enjoyed our time with you. I love the way you caught us when we were just being natural. The pictures are so artistic and that was exactly what we were hoping for! The website pictures of us are so great too. It's great to just email friends and family your web address so they can see some of our pictures! The album turned out beautiful!
-Maribeth Bridges & David Priest (Summer '05)