A. O'Brien Photography

Austin and his wife are extremely kind, funny and great to be around. However, we used Austin for two engagement sessions and we were a little underwhelmed. He did take a lot of photos during both sessions, but quantity doesn't always equal quality. We did get a few photos out of the sessions, but we could tell that there were some lack of editing and post-production skills when we received our final product.

I don't want to discourage people from using his services, because for the price, it's wonderful for any bride on a strict budget. The review below for manologirl sounds true to the Austin we worked with, however, I did help her with editing her final photos, as they were extremely overexposed and required further enhancement.

Austin is extremely professional and courteous and I think he's a pleasure to work with. I hope that his skills will improve over time. :)

We booked Austin as our wedding photographer and we could have not been any happier with our decision! We got two photographers for our engagement session and wedding day. Austin grew up in front of the camera playing opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Last Action Hero"; "Babysitters' Club" and "My Girl 2" his passion for film shows through his photography.

Although he doesn't have a "store-front" office not once did I have problem contacting him. Whether it would be via email, phone, or a meeting in person he was always prompt to reply and never tardy.

He has gone above and beyond to make our wedding run as smoothly as possible. When our engagement enlargements got lost in the mail. He personally hand delivered me new copies 2 days before the wedding. The day before the wedding I decided I need him half an hour earlier, he had no problems showing up to the hotel. He also stayed another half hour after we left the reception to get shots of our guests leaving. All without charge! He's also going to add a couple more shots of our wedding invitations as I forgot to bring them the day of the wedding.

A. O'brien photography was fantastic! He and his wife work as a team, with her doing a lot of the directing, where he focuses on the photo taking. THey are both very friendly and professional, and work very hard to give you exactly what you want. Our pictures turned out great! You can tell he took a lot of time editing and enhancing all of the photos, and gave us a wide selection of poses and styles to choose from.
I'm surprised to see that another reviewer thought he was inexperienced: our wedding was nearly a year ago and Austin was experienced and great with post-production. He gives you a wide selection of styles but doesn't boss you around or get in the way of the ceremony or reception like many photographers do.
I couldn't have been happier with his performance during the wedding and with the pictures we got!

“I was in awe of the beautiful work that you did. I really got lucky when I got you! The lighting, the composition of each shot…were all so beautiful.”

“EVERYTHING looks fantastic….you have managed to really “get” the emotion of the day!”