We went with Northern Elk for photography and videography for our September wedding. Things started well, we chatted with Slav over the phone before signing a contract and paying a “non-refundable” $700 deposit. I didn’t think much of this dollar amount since we were getting a good deal on both services. As we got closer to the wedding though, communication completely dropped off. I asked him to confirm how many employees he would be bringing and he responded that “if all went to plan” it would be 3, but the response inspired little confidence. He later said he’d come to the wedding ceremony space sometime in August to familiarize himself with the location but never actually committed to a time to come see. I messaged him on July 26th to see if we could narrow down a date and he said he’d “get back to me next week.” But he never did. I followed up two weeks after we spoke last and got no response. Then another week went by, and still nothing. I tried calling him, the call went straight to voicemail. Tried messaging him on both his personal and business instagram accounts, sent him emails, and absolutely nothing, not even an out of office. So finally, with only 32 days until the wedding and a photographer that we assumed at this point had taken our deposit and ran, we had to book another photographer to ensure we had photos of the big day if this guy never turned up. The new photographers I spoke to asked for the name of the photographer that ghosted us (Slav) but I said I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt and hoped he’d get back to us, be reasonable, and provide us with a refund so I didn’t want to speak badly on his name. On august 21st, after almost a FULL MONTH of silence, he got back to us and said that he’d just been busy and that it was normal for photographers to not respond for months at a time. He even has the audacity to say that since I had sometimes taken a couple days to respond to him, a month of silence is justified. I told him that the radio silence made us question if he was going to be reliable for our wedding and he told us we “should just trust him”. I don’t know this guy, we have had other flaky vendors, I don’t implicitly trust him especially after not hearing from him. I asked if we could please have our deposit back and he said no. I told him I’d be willing to let him keep $200 of the $700 we paid him as an administrative fee. He said no. Instead, he told me that he was “sorry I felt” the way I did and that he was still willing to shoot our wedding. However, our faith in his professionalism had completely corroded at this point, and I didn’t trust that we could rely on him to get the job done and not disappear on us again, especially since we already had to book another photographer. He tried to justify his unwillingness to refund our deposit by saying “it has already been spent making arrangements for your event” but since he couldn’t find it in himself to respond to a simple email, I find that very difficult to believe. To his credit, he did encourage me to leave an honest review since “it wouldn’t kill him” to have others know our experience. And that if I had taken the time to listen to his life story, I wouldn’t have cancelled. Technically and objectively speaking, he did not break the conditions of the contract that I naively signed. So there is little legal recourse. But he did absolutely break any kind of trust that we had in his abilities and any faith we had in him getting the job done. So, lesson learned the hard way. Please learn from our mistake and take your business elsewhere.

Slav is absolutely lovely. He's professional, creative and gets things done without making your day feel like a movie/photo shoot. Now we have this amazing video to watch with friends and family! Highly recommend.
Our video: https://youtu.be/PGecxQOsjxU

Slav is so wonderful to work with. His turnaround for our wedding video is very quick. I was in awe of all the shots he had. Highly recommended!

We are so grateful to have had them capture our day & just be there with us on our special day. Slav, Anton & Christina were a delight to work with. I felt guilty running around without checking on them but they were so kind to reassure me & keep calm. - When the video & photographs arrived: It was wonderful & everyone simply loved the video. They captured our day how we had discussed & the way everyone remembered it. - Thank you so much & we wish you more success in the future! :)

It was an absolute pleasure working with Northern Elk. They were very accommodating and flexible, especially given the restrictions in place due to Covid. Their work is absolutely stunning and the video and photos exceeded our expectations. They captured our special day in a way that really exemplified true professionalism and artistic work. I know that we will be looking back at our video and photos for years to come and we will always be reminded of how truly happy we were to be surrounded by loved ones. Their work truly captured the essence of our special day. We would absolutely recommend their service.

Wow! What a find! We absolutely love our wedding video! Slav did such an incredible job of capturing the beauty of our day and we forever grateful to have this memory to look back on for the rest of our lives. Could not recommend highly enough!!

I hired Slav to do the videography for my wedding on August 24, 2019. I really wanted to find someone whose videos had the right vibe. I noticed in my research that a lot of videographers have a nice camera, and nothing more. So many videos are random shots back to back, and I wanted something special. When I came across Slav's videos, I knew his style was exactly what I wanted to capture my wedding day. Slav has a way of getting the best shots, and capturing emotions. Two things that I specifically requested were: less "getting ready" shots, WEDDING shots & to have all of the raw footage for my ceremony & all speeches. Not only did Slav do exactly what I asked, but he had absolutely everything done and returned to me in under 3 weeks! I'm so happy with my highlight video, and all of the footage he provided to me. Thank you Slav for capturing my special day, and for capturing every beautiful moment!

Slav was so easy to work with and flexible during our wedding day, and he was able to capture every single second of the day. Our highlight video captured the best moments and I wouldn’t change anything about it!

Northern elk films made my wedding day stress free and fun! The communication was great and they responded in a timely manner . On my big day they arrived to my house early and it made me so relieved and so comfortable . They took all the pictures and for really good shots of me and my bridesmaids . They were so receptive to some of the ideas and poses we wanted to do. At my actual venue they were amazing they captured the room and all the small details that I wanted. They were great with the time they had and made sure to remind me how much time I had left with my package and offered to stay later if I wanted . Overall it was such a good experience and they made me so stress free. Once I got my pictures and videos I was beyond happy with everything . The video captured my whole day perfectly and actually made some people tear up because of how beautiful it was .