Ari Simphoukham Photography

I found Ari after an extensive online search for wedding photographers. His pictures had that very unique artistic yet real feel to them - and that’s what I was looking for! For our special day to be captured in its true essence. Ari was extremely warm, kind and so easy to talk to when I first interacted with him! I was given this one golden advice to chose vendors that you could be friends with and Ari truly fit into that category - he is genuinely a good soul and my belief in good people make good professionals is reaffirmed with this experience. Ari was very flexible and responsive throughout the wedding planning process, always willing to accommodate my requests for extra events and extra hours :) During the wedding weekend itself, Ari got there early, with this big smile on his face and his genuine love for capturing ‘moments’ is palpable! He was never obtrusive but always there to capture every tear and every laugh and I knew early on that he is going to create magical memories for me to hold on to for life...and he only exceeded our expectations! My whole family loved him - how courteous and gentle he’d be despite their million requests and how he worked tirelessly to produce high quality work! His excellence at his job really comes through. Maurice, his second shooter, was phenomenal too. He cried with us at the ceremony! And he had an excellent eye and seemed so good at his job too! Overall, Ari’s pictures are pure magic - each picture tells a story and has preserved that moment for us in the most beautiful way - for which we are so so grateful. His pictures have the most incredible raw and real and powerful quality to them! If you’re looking for someone to do true justice to the magnificence and soul stirring experience of a wedding - then Ari is your man. He will help you capture and only add more to your priceless memories!!
5 7 years ago (17-05-2018)

Where to begin? Ari was our choice to photograph our wedding after extensive research we could not have picked anyone better. Ari is such a sweet guy, and he and his assistant didn't miss a moment of joy at our wedding. The photos were simply spectacular. And he was somehow there for every moment without ever being intrusive. Thank you, Ari - for being such a wonderful part of our best day ever and helping us to capture it forever.
5 7 years ago (01-06-2018)

Ari came highly recommended by a friend, a make-up artist, who is also in the wedding industry. When I first reached out to Ari, he initiated a phone call followed by a Facetime call (since we live far away from each other), in an effort to get to know us and to obtain a good understanding of what we were looking for in a wedding photographer. He invested a lot of time to fully understand our vision and hopes for our big day. Shortly into our phone consultation, we knew that we found "the one". We were specifically very interested in Ari's work because of his highly artistic photo-journalistic qualities of his photos, not to mention his easy-going and fun personality. A few months before our wedding, Ari reached out to us with an in-take form to methodically and thoughtfully collect detailed information about our wedding festivities. Our wedding consisted of a series of three events over the course of two days and Ari was always early to all the events. He was well-organized, professional yet easy-going and fun to work with. His second shooter was also fantastic! I've heard many horror stories about couples who had to wait months if not a year to get their touched up photos. With Ari, on the other hand, we received our finished photos within a matter 2.5 weeks despite his contractual obligation of delivering photos within 3 months. Ari certainly under promised and over delivered when it comes to timeliness. Most importantly, the photos came out beautifully and we love the photo-journalistic qualities of Ari's photos and his ability to capture absolutely magical moments candidly. We would absolutely and unequivocally recommend Ari to anyone for his uniquely artistic and photo-journalistic style, professionalism, flexibility, responsiveness and fun-loving personality. Ari is THE BEST!!!!
5 8 years ago (15-12-2017)

We were so blessed to have Ari capture our wedding day. He is absolutely talented and has a version that shows through his work. When we first had our consult with him we knew that he was perfect for us and didn’t need to look any further. After looking through our photos we were completely right. All of them are gorgeous and he captured every moment we wanted and more. Ari was super easy to work with and listened to exactly what we wanted. We put our full trust in him and wanted him to work his magic which he totally did. He is the best! If you are looking for that special artist that shows beauty and captures moments you are unaware of then Ari is the photographer for you. You will not be disppointed!!
5 8 years ago (24-10-2017)

We feel so lucky that we had Ari to catch all the special moments of our wedding day. The pictures are amazing quality and capture all the most important and beautiful moments of the day. We had Ari and a second photographer and they met us at noon on our wedding day to photograph us getting ready and the first look pictures. We were staying at a house with a lot of friends so it was cluttered but they did a great job making the pictures look great! I am glad that we got them before the wedding to get those pictures to start the day. Then throughout the wedding, Ari and his partner were really easy to work with. They were very subtle and good at catching photos in the moment, not asking us to pose all the time which was great because we really got to enjoy our day. At the end of the night we took some sunset pictures and they really turned out beautifully. Ari has a great eye for lighting and was able to capture the wedding setting in unique ways. Overall we had a great experience with Ari- it felt very natural working with Ari and his partner, they were so patient taking all the group/ family photos that we wanted, and they are also really nice and genuine guys! Also, we got our photos (over 900!) just a few weeks after the wedding and it was really easy to download the photos to my computer in high quality!
5 8 years ago (02-08-2017)