Barrie Fisher Photographers

To future marrying couples! My honey and I decided to have a small, backyard civil ceremony in Vermont last October. At the very last minute, as in a week before, I found Barrie Fisher's ad in Vermont Vows magazine. I loved her work, contacted her and in no time she responded. Barrie was not put off by the short amount of prep time I had left her and she even worked within the budget that I had set. When Barrie came to the house she was already shooting as we opened the door. It was like we had known her forever, like she was a family friend. It made everyone extremely comfortable, and meaning it in the nicest way, as the ceremony began I hardly noticed her snapping away! She was able to blend in and capture our special moment. The pictures speak for themselves in terms of quality of work, but Barrie's personality was truly delightful making the experience so much better. My family couldn't stop talking about how great she was! I would more than recommend Barrie Fisher for your special occasion, wedding or otherwise!

Barrie took our engagement photos a couple weeks ago, she was great to work with. She made us feel very comfortable and is friendly and easy to talk to. We were really happy with how the photos turned out and are looking forward to having her shoot our wedding. If you are lucky you will meet her cute dog!

We had a great experience with Barrie and would definitely recommend her to friends and everyone else. We had a very small wedding, just the two of us, and it was very important to have beautiful pictures to share with family and friends who were not present.

Barrie has a wonderful, exuberant energy that made our wedding so much more special! She really figured out who we were and worked with our vibe - the photos are just so much "us". We did some shots that seemed crazy at the time but the results were amazing! She turned the photos around in a super short amount of time and we left Vermont with our pictures in hand.

We have been getting endless compliments on our photos from everyone and they really turned out so much better than we had imagined. Working with Barrie was a fantastic experience; she's a great person as well as an amazing photographer.

Barrie was fantastic. She has everything you need and want in a wedding photographer, and more.
As we all know, your wedding is one very special day. You can't put it on pause and you can't re-do it. Barrie has the personality and skill to manage all the comings and goings, people and moments, to not only get the pics you want but also capture the moments you don't see but know are happening all around you. We also had some unexpected weather challenges, not to mention the craziness that is a wedding, and she handled it all with calm and joy. Every photo I got was fantastic and every moment captured re-tells and re-lives the story of our day - yahoo.
Her forms and contracts are fairly detailed and I would encourage anyone to pay attention to it all. It's a busy life for everyone and Barrie manages most of her administration and logistics via these forms. It's all there, you have to deal with it. And she was always happy to talk with me anytime.
Bottom line she is professional, personable, skilled and talented and I would recommend her without reservation.

My wife and I had our wedding this year and Barrie was our photographer. She made the posing part of the photos(formal pictures) very easy and about as much fun as possible while smiling for an hour.
During the wedding she got perfect shots of the key moments, walking down the aisle, first kiss, walking up the aisle and maybe even me shedding a tear or two. During the reception she was turned invisible and was able to blend in and take amazing pictures, that where both candid, sometimes very candid and the quick pose at the tables.

I can safley tell you that if you go with Barrie, one part of your special day is good to go with no worries.

Barrie was a total dream to work with and she will magically capture all of the moments of your wedding! Barrie and I spoke several times before the wedding so she could get a sense for our day, timeline and all of the shots we wanted to make sure we captured throughout the day. She followed our game plan to a tee and the results were amazing. The night we got the link to our pictures my mother, grandmother and I stayed up for hours going through each and every one of the 900+ pictures. She perfectly captured our wedding and it has been really tough to pick only 100 pictures for our wedding photo book (there are several hundred that are our favorites). Barrie is a fabulous photographer and a wonderful person, you can not go wrong with her!

Barrie is absolutely awesome! From the moment we met her I just felt like I knew we were in good hands and we couldn't WAIT to work with her. She was helpful and organized throughout the process and really knows how to get the job done. We just felt so at ease with her and I think that is so important with your photographer because you spend a lot of time with on your wedding day. We just got our pictures back and there are too many to choose from because they all came out so nice! Both of our families commented on what a pleasure it was to work with Barrie and how well the pictures came out. We couldn't have asked for more and we would absolutely recommend her to anyone! She's great to work with and just a genuinely good person (:

Barrie is an absolute dream to work with. She instantly made me and my fiance feel so comfortable and at ease around her, which allowed her to capture genuine smiles and intimate moments beautifully. She offered us a complimentary engagement photo session which gave us a great sense of how she works before our big day. My finace did not want to take engagement photos at all. He was worried he would feel awkward taking posed photos. Barrie's demeanor, playful attitude, professionalism, and down to earth attitude made our engagement session a ton of fun! My fiance actually enjoyed himself!
Barrie was a sleek ninja on the wedding day. She captured thousands of beautiful moments without ever being obtrusive. She was always in on the action without detracting from the moment in any way. Barrie understands people and makes their beauty translate with every photograph.
Barrie was by far and away the best vendor we hired for our wedding. The flowers, food, cake, and clothes last one day, but the photographs last forever. Barrie's photos are worth every penny, and the experience with Barrie is absolutely unforgettable. If you're getting married in Vermont and want beautiful, professional photos that capture the essence of you and your loved ones on your wedding day then book Barrie Fisher.

Barrie was absolutely wonderful to work with. She was extremely professional throughout the entire planning process, flexible to our needs and responsive. The day of she was fantastic! She was able to organize people without being intrusive and got some amazing shots. She was so quick and efficient which I greatly appreciated, and I didn't feel like my whole cocktail hour was spent taking pictures. I LOVED my experience working with her. Our pictures and albums turned out splendidly and are such nice memories of our special day.

We cannot even begin to express how much we LOVED working with Barrie Fisher! Shortly after sending an inquiry to Barrie Fisher Photographers, I received a phone call from Barrie. We were so impressed with her photos on her website, and after speaking with her and hearing her philosophy on wedding photography we both knew she was EXACTLY what we had been looking for in a photographer! Barrie truly has an exceptional gift- her photos have left us speechless! Her ability to relate and blend her style to those she is photographing is amazing! The day of the wedding the formal pictures went so smoothly, She was able to organize us wit out "over-posing" us which was what we wanted from our formal pictures. The extent of her skill really shines through in her portraits and candid photos. Her charisma and style made Eric and I both SO comfortable that the photography time was great fun! We were SO pleased with each and every photo. Barrie was able to capture the spirit and memories of that day perfectly. In addition her assistants are fabulous! Most of the guests did not even realize there was a third photographer! I would recommend Barrie 100% over- in fact we look forward to using her in the future for photos.

If you are seeking a detailed, creative, personable photographer to capture the essence of your wedding ambiance then Barrie Fisher is for you. Her artistic professionalism captured the beauty of my daughter and son-in-laws emotions at their wedding in beautiful Manchester, Vermont on June 30,2012. Within 6 weeks (as promised) all photos were on line for us to sort out and before I knew it, I had my album completed and beautifully and artistically arranged.
From start to finish, Barrie was quite the professional with a wonderful comforting and reassuring personality whose craft captured exactly what we wanted. We had a great experience.

Barrie Fisher hands down made our wedding experience better than we ever could have imagined. Here photography is absolutely gorgeous. She is SUCH a talented photographer. But what made Barrie so special to me and my husband was the energy she brought to work and to her relationship with us. We connected right from the start when we felt the deep passion she had not only for her work but also for her relationship with her clients. From her vast experience, we knew she understood the nerves and the stress and the sensitivities that go into a bride and groom's planning of a wedding, as well as the big day itself. She was a calming presence through it all and fun as hell. So many of guests even commented on how cool, considerate, fun and professional she was. And after the wedding, we received our proofs in very timely manner, and she was extremely professional and flexible and helpful during the process of choosing photos for our main album and parent albums. The photos were absolutely gorgeous and even our guests can't stop talking about how beautiful the photos are. We love Barrie!

As mother of the groom I found Barrie very easy to work with. She was very helpful with picking out images for the parent's album and I felt that she had a good eye for putting the images in a good order of events.

"Barrie did an amazing job as our wedding photographer 14 years ago, and she was the perfect choice for a family photo session with our two boys (aged 10 and 7) this past summer. We opted for a casual setting, Barrie led us to a variety of outdoor settings in Vermont on a beautiful August day. She interacted wonderfully with the boys, keeping them happy and engaged in the process throughout. And the pictures are fantastic. We recommend her with no reservations and with great enthusiasm.

Barrie was a JOY to work with - her style, knowledge, and enthusiasm made our wedding day pure bliss! Her incredible photographs captured all the special moments and even the small details - I highly recommend Barrie and look forward to working with her again for future family events.

Barrie and her crew photographed my surprise 50th birthday party. She did a truly magnificent job in capturing all the details as well as the overall spirit of the event. She is so easy to work with and fun to have around, it was like having a close friend there with a camera. And she is so talented, the finished album was beyond my highest expectations. Barrie is a true joy to work with and I highly recommend her for any and all events.

This is a difficult review to write, both because we had such high hopes for Barrie Fisher Photographers, and because we are so sorely disappointed with the result. From the 700+ photos Barrie gave us, we will fill a small album with fairly decent prints. However, we struggle to find frame-worthy photos, and there are certainly no shots that we truly love. Sadly, there’s not a single presentable photo from the ceremony vows, the ceremony readings, or the first dance, all of which we consider highlights of the day.
Here’s what we were promised in our contract and conversations with Barrie: all wedding photos within 4 – 6 weeks of the wedding, the “top 20” photos in advance, a video montage, and photo retouches upon request. Here’s what we received: all photos a full 8 weeks after the wedding, no “top” photos in advance, no video montage, and a denied request for touch-ups. When we submitted a request for touch-ups, she wrote simply, “I will be unable to do that,” and “I did the best I could with the day.”
Here are some of the particulars: the day of our wedding was stormy. We understand that gray skies present a challenge for a photographer, which is the reason Barrie cited for the poor quality of the formal shots. Even given the weather conditions, there were a number of things she could have done differently. For example, the formal family shots were taken against the backdrop of a stark, bleached sky. However, camera settings can be adjusted to reduce background brightness and uncover texture in the clouds. Also, had she simply turned us to face the other direction, she could have used the backdrop of lush greenery instead.
For some of the formal bridal party shots, fortunately she did use the greenery for background instead of the gray skies. However, even those are disappointing. Virtually all the shots are either crooked or oddly cropped – such as cutting off one person’s arm or the bride’s bouquet, or including only a part of people’s torsos while filling the rest of the shot with an unremarkable background. Individuals in the photos are also poorly spaced, as Barrie made no attempt to uniformly space people out.
Many of the reception photos look like amateur party shots you’d see on facebook, rather than a professional’s work. Very few small “moments” were captured, and as we mentioned, there’s not a single decent photo of the first dance.
After Barrie refused to do the photo touch-ups we requested, we had no choice but to purchase our own photo editing software. In all, we spent over 90 hours making the corrections she either said were impossible (such as fixing the bleached skies), or that she promised to do, but did not (such as removing a bruise from the bride’s arm).
Throughout our wedding planning process, we made an effort to maximize our low budget. We made a decision together that the photographer was one area where we wouldn’t skimp. The photos were a key part of the wedding for us, as they’ll be passed down through the generations. Albums of other weddings on Barrie’s website are beautiful, so perhaps she had an “off” day at our wedding. Even so, we would have expected better customer service from her, including an expression of desire that we be satisfied with our end product, or a willingness to work with us to make some adjustments to the photos.
We paid Barrie over $3,000, thinking we were hiring a top-of-the-line photographer. Instead, we paid a top-of-the-line price for an absolutely mediocre product and poor follow-up customer service.

Barrie Fisher was a complete pleasure to work with. She was easy to deal with, responsive, and a complete professional. Her pictures captured our wedding day into a perfect memory. Every image told a story with amazing detail whether with vibrant colors, cepia tones or black and whites. Barrie was able to find the mood and emotion in every shot. My wife and I loved our finished album. It was beautiful and we will cherish it always! We would recommend Barrie wholeheartedly for any special occasion.

We discovered Barrie Fisher through one of my business associates in Manhattan - because we had guests from all around the world we wanted the photography to be spectacular, and that is exactly what we got! Barrie's energy, wisdom, and visual expertise are second-to-none. We feel so fortunate that we had the opportunity to work with her - the photos of our wedding party and guests are incredible, and the landscape shots are breathtaking. Barrie, thank you so much! Words alone cannot describe your amazing talent......

Barrie Fisher photography was absolutely fantastic. The photos she captured were beyond superlative, and although her prices are quite high, given the quality of the work, it was worth every penny. Barrie, herself, is just a wonderful person, really fun, kind, and completely professional. She was great at capturing incredible photos of everyone, from kids to grumpy, generally non-photogenic adults, and would not hesitate to crouch, lie on the ground, climb on chairs, make funny faces at kids or do whatever it took to get a good shot. She was completely unobtrusive, and just melted into the crowd so half the time you didn't even know she was taking photos - which is great, because I don't like getting my picture taken and tend to blink a LOT (ruining most photos) when the camera's in my face. The quality of her sample portfolios were above and beyond anyone else we looked at, and we just got back our own professional photos and were blown away by how beautiful they are. My only complaint, again, is about the cost: the online service she uses is ~very expensive~ ($10 for one 4x6!!) and none of the images are downloadable. We are wedding-broke and will just have to wait 3 years before we can get the rights to our photos for free. Even so, I would not hesitate to recommend her to everyone for high-quality, artistic wedding photos. Seriously, skimp on the flowers and cake if you have to, but the photos are something you'll have for a lifetime! We dropped getting a videographer to be able to afford Barrie, and do not regret it one bit.

Barrie was wonderful to work with and really captured special moments throughout the day. Having attended many weddings since getting married myself, I can say that she is one of the hardest working photographers out there. She was here, there and everywhere, working hard to get the best shot. She won't be the photographer standing around and missing those moments!

Barrie captured breathtaking photos and has such a fun personality! She is so great to work with.

Barrie is an amazing photographer, capturing the entire event without an obtrusive personality. We love her fun loving spirit and enjoy working with her at every opportunity.

Great to work with...a true professional