We sent the gallery to my husband's family in Pristina who could not attend. They printed 30 of the photos and hung them at the family home as if they had been there. The work is that powerful.
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We sent the gallery to my husband's family in Pristina who could not attend. They printed 30 of the photos and hung them at the family home as if they had been there. The work is that powerful.
The portraits in the venue garden during golden hour are objectively the best photos of my husband and me that have ever or will ever exist.
Em made a five-minute film about three generations of Italian bread. My father wept watching it. My customers stop me in the bakery to talk about it.
Em filmed our 30th anniversary gala. The interview clips with founding members we did during cocktails — three of them have since passed. Em gave us an archive.
I used three other photographers before Em. None of them flew drones in downtown because none of them could. Em files LAANC and gets it done.
I am Albanian. Em is Albanian. We work in shorthand. He knows what I want before I ask. That alone is worth the booking.
Aerial-only shoot on a Lake Bluff estate that had 1.4 acres. The photos showed the property in a way the interiors never could. Buyer flew in from California.
Brand spot for a personal injury law firm. Em treated the subjects with dignity. The injured clients we featured wept watching their own story.
My grandmother passed three months after the wedding. The footage of her smiling at me during my speech is everything to my family now. I will treasure this work forever.
I had a Pinterest board with 200 reference photos. Em gently told me to throw it away and trust him. Best decision I made all year — our gallery feels like us, not like someone else's wedding.
Two-day tech conference. Em's same-day social cuts pushed our hashtag to trending in Chicago. Brand visibility we could not have bought.
Em's 60-second cuts perform on Reels and TikTok better than anything I have ever paid for. Average view-through 92%. That number is not real for video. Except his.
We did a backyard wedding for 40 people in Glenview. Em treated it like it was a 400-person production. That's the difference between a vendor and an artist.
Got the highlight film back at 10pm on a Tuesday. I had two glasses of wine and ended up crying on the couch with my husband. Three months later, I still rewatch it once a week.
Em's drone work in Class B Chicago airspace is the differentiator. Most operators will not file LAANC. He files for every flight, every time.
Em's 18-minute film about three Albanian-American female doctors is now required viewing at a major medical school's diversity orientation.
Em's 30-second TV spot ran on Albanian TV in Chicago and got our cousin in Tirana to call us asking what we had done. International reach.
Monthly retainer for construction progress photos. Em files LAANC every flight, never misses a month, photos are time-stamped and organized by trade. Professional.
Em made a brand film about our factory floor that my workers ask to be in the next one of. That is a culture win as much as a marketing one.
Em waited through three takes of my father attempting to give a toast in English. He filmed all three. The final delivered version is the second take, which is the most him. I trust this man with my memories.
Em worked with our photographer like they'd been a team for years. No tripping over each other, no awkward staring contests. The coverage map they made beforehand was genius.
Italian wedding, 14 hour day, four locations. Em's feet must have been destroyed. The gallery shows zero signs of fatigue from frame one to frame nine hundred.
The henna night photos are framed all over my mother's house in Amman. She called me at 2am her time after the gallery dropped. She was crying.
Em's twilight exterior on my Highland Park listing went viral on my Instagram. 80K views, 4 buyer leads, sold above ask. The video did the work.
Em treated a $480K Lincolnwood ranch with the same attention as a $2.3M Lake Forest estate. Both came out gorgeous. That is who he is.
I have hired commercial production teams in LA, NYC, and Chicago for 20 years. Em is in the top three I have worked with. And he is the cheapest.
Em's direction is gentle. He doesn't over-pose. The photos look like us if we were slightly cooler versions of ourselves.
The day before our wedding our DJ canceled. Em recommended someone he'd worked with, who saved the day. He didn't have to do that. He just did.
Em covered a private 60th birthday for a high-profile client. Discretion through, no leaks, no Instagram leaks. The client was effusive afterward.
Em interviewed me about why I started my women's fashion line. Watching it back, I sounded like I actually knew what I was doing. He made that happen with editing.
Em's video on my Lincoln Park listing got us three offers in five days. The pacing he uses for luxury walkthroughs is consistently better than every other vendor I have tried.
I was uncomfortable being directed in front of a camera and Em could tell. He stopped giving instructions and just let us walk and talk. Those are the photos we chose.
Italian sunset, espresso bar in West Town, the whole vibe was effortless. Em gets light better than anyone I have hired.
Three minutes about my grandfather's espresso recipe and how it became our brand. Em captured the soul of it. My grandfather watched it three times and could not speak afterwards.
Em color-grades for brokerage consistency. Every listing video I send him comes back looking like it belongs on the same channel. That matters when you have a personal brand to protect.
Em photographed my own home when I sold it last year. I would not have trusted anyone else with my listing as an agent.
Em's 30-second spot for our spring menu ran in our paid social for three months. Best-performing creative we have ever run. Our culinary director called the food cinematography "porn" and meant it as the highest compliment.
Brand film about my tailoring shop in Little Italy. Em's camera work on the hands at work — basting, pressing, fitting — feels like a documentary about a vanishing craft.
Em did our holiday card session in 15 minutes flat because my son was about to lose it. He still gave us 35 final photos. We use Em every November now.
The detail shot Em took of my grandmother's necklace, the one she gave me to wear, is the photo my entire family asked for prints of. I had no idea he had even photographed it.
Eid family photos in our backyard, all six of us in coordinating outfits. Em delivered the gallery in nine days. Eid mubarak indeed.
Got the gallery five weeks after the wedding. 847 photos, every single one of them edited beautifully. I spent four hours scrolling through it the first night and cried twice.
Em delivered exactly what he said — 900 photos in six weeks, perfect color, print release included. No surprises, no upsells, no nonsense. Refreshing.
My buyers can tell when listing photos are honest versus manipulated. Em's are honest. That builds trust before they walk in.
Em's aerials of my West Loop development closed the construction loan. The bank had not seen progress documentation that detailed before.
I am Greek and my husband is Albanian. Em filmed both ceremonies with equal care. My mother said the Greek dance footage made her feel like she was on Naxos again.
A 22-minute film about Italian-American Chicago. Em's footage in the old Taylor Street neighborhood — what is left of it — is a historical document now.
A founder profile for a women-led real estate brokerage. Em's framing centered my story without making it feel like a lecture. Won me my LSA spotlight feature.
Em's film of our heritage night will live in a national museum archive. That is the kind of work he makes.
Spot for our Ramadan promotion got 200K organic views in two weeks. The food shots are obscene. Customers brought their phones in to show staff.
Booked Em to second-shoot a major industry awards show. He was faster than my A-camera operator. Hired him permanently after that night.
Em's film about my design practice helped me move from freelance to a six-person studio. The film is in every proposal we send. It does the work of three salespeople.
My Albanian buyer base trusts a brand they recognize. Em's production quality lets me present that brand. He is a quiet partner in my business now.
I gave Em a list of seven specific moments I wanted captured. He got all seven plus about forty others I never would have thought of. The first-look footage is my favorite thing I own.
Em's author portrait runs on the back of my novel. My publisher said it was the best author portrait they had received in five years. The book is doing well.
White balance consistent across every room. Verticals straight. Windows exposed. No fish-eye distortion. This is the bar. Em meets it every time.
Em made a documentary about Palestinian-American families in Chicago. The footage of the elders is now their grandchildren's inheritance.
Em's drone coverage of our charity golf outing was used in three sponsor decks afterward. Sponsorship for next year up 60%.
Em filmed our annual fundraising luncheon. The keynote recording quality was good enough to use in our grant applications. Real production value.
Smooth gimbal motion the entire run. No drone footage that looks like it was shot by a teenager. Just professional, clean, MLS-ready in 48 hours.
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