Artistic Wedding Family Portrait Photography Rochester NY, Essence Photography, substanceoflight.com

 I want you to be completely happy with your photographs! I make a promise that your images will be priceless and have real emotion. I aim too exceed your expectations. My reputation is the life blood of my business. I want to work with people who value professionalism, creativity, and the highest quality. By offering these things this is how I earn and keep my clients.

 Please Contact me and we can discuss how I can capture the most memorable moments of your life. Here are a few comments from previous clients.


Greece Area Engagement Session Photography Testimonials

Brianna wrote… My husband and I worked with Essence Photography this past year, 2012. They shot our engagement photo session and was also there with us from the beginning until the end of our wedding day. We both can truthfully say that we are 100% satisfied with his work, and our entire experience with Chad and Jolene. From our very first conversations, we were immediately put at ease, we knew that we were in good hands! Our engagement session was amazing, we had so much fun, and felt relaxed. They allowed us the freedom to be ourselves, while guiding us with their own unique creative touch and the pictures came out AMAZING!! They COMPLETELY captured everything we wanted and more in our photos. Our wedding day was very much the same experience, we were extremely happy with their work. Chad and Jolene were with us from morning until night, enabling them to capture every one of our important moments. We have heard this is not always the case with professional photographers. We felt like our images were just as important to them as they were to us. The results were priceless, and we enjoyed every moment of our experience!


Wedding wii Lacee and Ryan Chad Michaels Photography Rochester NY1 300x231 TestimonialsLacee wrote…  He captured the emotion in every special moment, making each photo uniquely ours. Our house is filled with many, many photos of his. When taking our photos he made us feel so comfortable, creating the most outstanding candid shots, and even for the typical photo’s we never felt rigid or awkward. He helped us to feel relaxed and natural, even with our little niece, who is four!

 What we especially liked was how his photos were tailored to us. He let us lean in our own direction and style, for example there were some special photos we wanted such as a kiss under the veil at the mansion, and of us playing the Wii  in our gown and tux at home (it may have sounded silly but he gave us exactly what we wanted). He took our vision, added his creativity, and made our shots very special and gave an elegant feel to the photos. We recommend him to everyone. And he is someone we will continue to trust with our memories.


reception bridal party photograph buffalo ny Testimonials

Aubrey wrote…  From the beginning Chad was willing to give us the time we needed to get the shots we wanted. He was just as excited to work with our 1950′s theme as we were. You can tell from his work that he has a very quick eye, and he was able to capture the most genuine candid photos. We especially loved the scenes he picked for our engagement pictures. They looked like genuine time period photographs. We felt very comfortable working with him. We love his work and he was able to give us memories that will last forever. I would say he was able to capture the essence the moment, and emotion throughout the day. We will definitely come to him again with any family photos in the future. Truly a great photographer. I recommend him to everyone! Contact him today and you wont be sorry, I wasn’t. Thanks so much Essence Photography!!