My sister used Bella for her wedding, and her advice to me was to LOOK ELSEWHERE. Run as far as you can, was more like it.

First of all, Bella is a chain studio, like McDonald's or Wal-mart. That means no personal service. You don't deal with photographers, you deal with salespeople.

That's all fine and good if you can deliver great images, right?
Unfortunately the images were quite average for the amount she spent ($5000). Very posed, old fashioned shots.

They obviously use photographers who can't make it on their own. Photographers with successful studios do not shoot for Bella.

The photographers were nice guys. Just really boring and cliche. If they cost only $1000, they'd be perfect.

I made an account just to give some luv to my favorite photographer/vendor.
F.C. created the most amazing images for my wedding. His black and whites, especially, are just breathtaking. So classic. He also just won some big award for his wedding photography, so congrats!!

He has this uncanny ability to be everywhere at once it seems. If he missed an important shot all day, I would never know it. I also really loved the albums. They are gorgeous and he puts them online for you so you can send it out to anyone in the world. This really was great for us, since we have elderly family and Europe that were not able to make it to the wedding.

I would recommend F.C. Wong Photography in a heartbeat! He does book up quickly, so definitely try to get in early.