Carly Michelle Photography

It's honestly hard to know where to begin with reviewing Carly, as she is so wonderful in every way! I found Carly on Instagram more than five years ago and continued to follow her, always in awe of her gorgeous work. After we got engaged, she was the very first vendor I contacted, and I was thrilled to hear that she was available on our wedding date. I was so excited and so certain that she was the best choice that I think I signed the contract less than a week into our engagement! We could not possibly be happier with our choice to work with Carly. She is professional, kind, ridiculously talented, organized, thoughtful, and a true expert of her craft. She is also incredibly personable and made everyone in our wedding party feel so relaxed and comfortable, which shows in the photos! I am generally a pretty "Type A" person who prefers to be in control of everything :, but working with Carly, I was able to sit back and fully trust her expertise. I knew that whatever photos she captured would be amazing, and boy was I right! Even after following Carly for years and being well aware of her incredible talent, we were not prepared for how magnificent her photos would be. Carly has a way of capturing real emotion, genuine facial expressions, and true joy that is honestly remarkable. I have never seen wedding photos like hers, striking a perfect balance between gorgeous artwork and genuine emotion. Looking through our photos brought us right back to the best day of our lives. Everyone who has seen the photos has been blown away by them. We will treasure these photos forever!

We were sooo excited that Carly was available for our wedding day! My sister recommended her to me she was her top choice but was unfortunately booked for her wedding. She made us feel so comfortable at our engagement shoot and she was amazing on our wedding day. She instantly makes you feel like a friend of hers. The quality and style of her photos are the best I’ve ever seen. We love all of our pictures so much and will cherish them forever! She got all of them back to us so quickly after our wedding as well. Thank you so much Carly!!

WOW! Where do I even begin? From the day we had our first meeting with Carly we knew we needed her as our photographer. She is incredible in every possible way! She is so organized and so easy to communicate with in order to plan out our day perfectly. It ended up raining on our wedding day, but she convinced us to still go outside for pictures and risk it. It was COMPLETELY worth it! She brought umbrellas for everyone that were clear and perfect and the pictures are breathtaking. She captured every single moment of the night! She created a perfect timeline for the night that allowed us time to get all of the pictures we wanted and still enjoy our cocktail hour. She even went the extra mile and called me the week before my wedding to ease my mind about a plan B in case of rain. She made me feel comfortable and confident all day long! She is the best of the best!!!

Carly was a DREAM to work with! There's a reason she was the first vendor we booked and we cannot imagine our day without her. She thinks of everything. From helping us with our timeline, to her great personality, helping me with my veil, and making us feel comfortable in front of the camera-she does it all! Carly is exceptionally talented, words can't describe how obsessed we are with our gallery-we're totally speechless! We cry happy tears all over again looking through our gallery-Carly captured our day perfectly. From our engagement session to our wedding day and beyond, we had so much fun working with Carly and I cannot recommend her enough! She is truly the best. Carly-we can't thank you enough!

There are so many amazing things to say about Carly and her work. She is beyond talented, organized, professional, kind and she makes you feel like the best version of yourself when you are in front of her camera. She ended up being so much more than a photographer on our wedding day. She truly kept the whole day flowing and on time and brought such a positive attitude that calmed everyone. Our wedding would have not been as perfect as it was without her. The pictures she captured are the kind of pictures that you really dream of. I am absolutely in love with how our gallery turned out and I am continuing to get non stop compliments on her work. You NEED Carly for your wedding. The quality of her work is truly amazing and I am still blown away by how quickly she got our pictures back to us. Thank you so much Carly!!!

Carly was such a joy to work with. From our engagement photos to our wedding day she captured every moment perfectly! When we first met Carly at our engagement pictures we were SO happy that we also had the pleasure of having Carly photograph our wedding. She made the photo session so much fun and it felt like we had known Carly for years! We knew that wedding day would be so smooth with Carly by our side. On our wedding day Carly was so personable, joyful and professional throughout the long day. When I wasn’t sure what to do in terms of weather conditions and deciding on where to take pictures I asked Carly and trusted her advice fully. It was so nice to have no stress regarding pictures! Carly sent us a preview of our photos from the wedding and she is a true magician!!! We had a few pictures that were taken in a conference room and you wouldn’t even know it. We have our engagement pictures printed and posted all over our house and we can’t wait to do the same with our wedding photos. We are so thankful that Carly was able to capture our day - the best day. We’ll forever cherish these photos & they are perfect thanks to Carly.

We found Carly on Instagram and could tell she was talented, but we continued to be blown away by her every step of the way! Carly was extremely easy to work with, caring, professional, and so calm even when the day is chaotic. A wedding day can feel busy and stressful, especially with changing weather conditions, and Carly is very zen and positive no matter what, so she was so wonderful to have with us throughout the weekend. We are fairly camera-shy people, and from the start when we took our engagement pictures with her, she made us feel so comfortable and natural and made us look better than we ever have before. Also, she is very communicative, and we were consistently incredibly impressed with the turn around time for the preview and album. Carly and her team really captured the beauty and joy of the whole weekend, and I am so grateful. I would HIGHLY recommend Carly to anyone because she’s not only a joy to work with, but she will make sure you get the most beautiful photos of your special day- you will not be disappointed!

If I could give 10 stars, I would!!! I've never written an online review in my life, but I've been so excited to write a raving review here of our experience with Carly. There are no amount of words that could even come close to adequately describe how amazing Carly is. Having Carly as our wedding photographer was hands down the best decision we made. She is super personable and was such a calming presence every single step of the way. She is so kind, experienced, highly organized, detailed, knowledgeable, and did I mention a calming presence? Sean and I are two people who typically feel extremely uncomfortable in front of a camera. Carly totally put us as ease and every photo she took of us makes us look incredibly natural. Out of all our vendors, she was by far the most responsive- always responding to my emails and questions so quickly from day 1! And the quality of her pictures... yea, I'm speechless just thinking about them. Every single photo she takes is stunning and just on another level. Her talent and brilliance shines through in every single picture. We were in tears when we saw our wedding preview album and our jaws were on the floor with how beautiful and breathtaking each and every picture came out. No amount of words in the world could describe how incredible and talented of a photographer Carly is. Her ideas for different photo backgrounds, ability to capture the most perfect lighting, attention to detail with positioning for not only us but the entire wedding party, her patience in adjusting my dress for every picture, and the different angles of her photos are absolutely beyond amazing. She even sent us our preview album just 2 days after the wedding- INCREDIBLE!!!!! Carly is not only an amazing photographer, but also genuinely an amazing person. We felt like she was a trustworthy friend on our wedding day. We truly enjoyed our time working together, and we miss her now that the wedding is over! We could never thank you enough, Carly! We also want to send a giant thank you to Eva! She was so great to work with on our wedding day and was so easy to talk to. She did the most incredible job taking pictures of all the groomsmen. Her ideas for the group shots of the guys were so awesome and fun, and every picture she took is stunning. Also, thank you SO much for saving the day with your knowledge and help in placing the boutonnieres on all the groomsmen!! Who knows how that would've turned out without you!! Thank you for helping our group of ring bearers with their boutonnieres too and for being so awesome with them! Carly and Eva, you guys make an incredible team and your talent is evident in every photo. We could never adequately express our gratitude to you both. Thank you so much, Jacquelyn and Sean

From the second I saw Carly's photos on Instagram, I knew we had to work with her for our wedding. She was the very first vendor we reached out to! During our engagement photos, it couldn't be more clear that we picked the right photographer - the photos were so natural and beautiful, and she put us right at ease when she was shooting them. She is truly a pro and brought us to the most beautiful spots in Newport for the perfect photos. Our wedding was postponed at the very onset of COVID and out of all of our vendors, she was the very first to reach out and help us through it, and she was so organized and just incredibly kind to work with during over 2 years of delays. On our wedding day, she was such a nice, calming presence to have around and helped us with so much more than just photos - I was debating between two pairs of earrings to wear and looked right at Carly to figure out which one I should go with and I have to say, the choice was the right one by far!. She captured the day just perfectly and blended in seamlessly, our family and friends all look amazing and natural not posed in the photos, which I love. And of course I have to mention, she did an AMAZING job photographing our wild and energetic dog during both formal portraits as well as when he made a crazy run down the aisle, I was so happy to see so many beautiful photos of him smiling, it warmed my heart! We got the most beautiful photo previews the night after our wedding and I really appreciate that I had her photos to share so soon : She did a phenomenal job capturing detail photos of the florals and beyond and looking through the album it truly transported me back to the day. We are so lucky to have worked with you, Carly, you are so talented!