Bellagala Photography

If we could give more stars -- we would! Our photographer from Bellagala, Angeli, was a perfect fit! She kept everything -- from the engagement pictures to the wedding -- fun and professional. She has a great eye and delivers amazing pictures. She really cares and it shows! She was great with her communication and got amazing pictures while being unobtrusive to our guests.Bellagala's website was also a great asset to us for their photography! Their web page has a great tool for determining which style of photography you like and you could browse their current photographers. Bellagala even sent us a DVD montage set to music of our engagement pictures right before Christmas last year!All in all, there is no way we could have been happier with our photography!

Bellagala was GREAT on every level. The people in the office were great to me - even when I had to make some changes after I had signed agreements. The DJ (Andrew) was awesome and kept everyone dancing all night long. Our photographer (Heidi) was great as well. I have a very large/difficult family and she was able to get through all of the photos we requested.I would recommend Bellagala to everyone (and already have). I will use them again for future events.

Bellagala was the best choice we made for our wedding day! Not only was it a huge time saver to have one vendor for several services but they were awesome to work with and everything was beyond our expectations. We would highly recommend them to any couple planning their wedding.

Bellagala was wonderful to work with! Sari was very helpful and knowledgeable while we got it all coordinated. Aaron, our DJ, and Randi/Mike, or photographers, where fantastic to work with! They were very helpful before, sitting down with us to talk through what we wanted. The day of, they really kept me on schedule and made sure we got exactly what we wanted!The party was awesome and the pictures are fantastic! Thank you!!

Both our photographer and dj were through Bellagala and they both were EXCELLENT!! Randi was our photographer and was such a pleasure to work with, everyone in the group loved her! Our photos turned out amazin; we had over 700 to choose from!! Jermey was our DJ and he was another perfect fit for our group. He kept the night moving and did a great job mixing it up. Bellagalas staff is so easy to work with , the booking process was a breeze and anytime I had a question they responded quickly. I would recommend them to anyone who wants one less thing to have to worry about on their BIG DAY... Thank you Bellagala!

Bellagala is a great company were you can find a variety of services for your wedding in one stop. Jason was our photographer and he was amazing!!! He was able to creatively capture the emotions of our wedding day. He was great to work with for our engagement pictures and on the actual day. He had good ideas for us and also took our suggestions. The coffee table album that they put together was fabulous!

The whole Bellagala team was wonderful to work with! We had several things change during the course of our planning, and they were there to help every step of the way. They created packages to fit our budget, and helped ensure we had the most service for our money. They kept me updated at every planning stage, and when it came to the day, it could not have gone better. Our photographer (Troy), helped us to relax, have fun, and trust that our pictures were going to be beautiful. He and his assistant were not intrusive at all, most of the time we didn't even realize they were snappy photographs. Plus they had very creative ways of capturing the 'feel' of our event and the people who were a part of it. I really cannot say enough about this company as a whole.

Both our photographer and our DJ were fabulous. We got over 800 pictures and 8 hours of photographs to commemorate our special day! Our DJ played what we wanted and what our guests requested and people danced all night! It was great! It was easy to book and easy to work with. Bella Gala took care of all the set up and take down and I didn't have to worry about a thing! I would recommend this group to anyone who wants an easy, affordable low-stress way to set up their wedding.

Our photographer Troy was fantastic! He made us feel very comfortable and came up with great locations for our engagement and wedding pictures. His pictures are very creative and he is a fun guy to spend the day with. We would recommend him to anyone. Our DJ Andy did a great job too and respected all of our wishes and requests.

The photographers at Bellagala were able to capture our wedding day without becoming intrusive. We hardly noticed that they were there! We especially appreciated the candid shots that made our photos more 'real.' The staff that came out to our events stayed longer than we expected them to and was able to photograph some great moments at our reception's dance. Highly recommended.

I am thrilled with our photographer, Troy Kivel booked through Bellagala. We were able to look through a ton of portfolios all in one place- what a timesaver, plus they have a range of price points, which is nice. Working with Bellagala was a dream, they responded to all inquiries and stayed in touch up until the day of the wedding. Our photographer, Troy was so great to work with, he was professional and likeable and made everyone feel comfortable in front of the camera. I would recommend Bellagala and Troy in a heartbeat to anyone needing a photographer.

Bellagala was very fun to work with

Bellagala provided our sound system for outdoor ceremony and DJ. Very easy to work with, everything went well.

Bellagala offered good deals for a DJ and Photography package. The DJ was friendly and created a good atmosphere. The photography was good although a few pictures turned out blurry. The provided us with a choice of photographers as well as two photographers for the day. Overall I was very pleased with the price for the quality of work done.

Randi our photographer was great, she made everyone feel at ease. Although we are still waiting to see our pics, i'm sure they will look great.

Bellegala was a great service to me at my wedding. They provided photography and a dj and I was very impressed by both. My photographer was wonderful and very professional allowing the day to go by smoothly. The dj kept everyone dancing all night! I would highly reccomend Bellegala.

Randi is the best photographer! It is a little pricey, but well worth it. Not any more than many of the of the other photographers out there. The only thing that would make it better is if we could have received all the photos taken rather than just 100 per hour. We love our photos and love Randi. My husband had really wanted to use shotguns (unloaded of course:)) in his shots with his gm and even since they couldn't do it in the city Randi took them to her house just to make sure he could have exactly what they wanted. I couldn't have asked for a better photographer!

We had a wonderful experience working with the personnel from Bellagala. We planned our wedding from long distance, and the staff were great at working us to provide the best options for signing contracts, meeting personnel, obtaining information, etc... from halfway across the country. I communicated with staff primarily through email and the responsiveness was prompt. The service providers (photographers, DJ, hairstylists) were fantastic. They accomodated our requests and were easy to work with. We definitely would recommend the services to anybody.

They give discounts for multiple services, as well as a consultation. Photography still needs tweeking; sometimes we didn't get our pictures and had to request them again. Sometimes they didn't return my messages. But I think these are things that anyone would find at any vendor. Overall, this is a first class organization and I would do business with them for sure.

They had a reasonable price and good DJ. They have a lot of music on their website so you can make playlists or do not playlists beforehand. Also they have many DJs on staff so if yours gets sick or something happens then there’s always a backup. Also they have you fill out a long profile so they can match you to the most compatible DJ.

Bella Gala did my ceremony music, DJ for the reception, and my photography. They are a bit expensive I have to say, but totally worth the money. For the music I got to select what I wanted to make my special day flow. If they didn't have it and I could provide it they arranged to make it work. The DJ continuiously checked in with us throughout the night. It was a grand reception. The photography packages were great to choose from. We got our engagement session included and got a 10 hour package. We even got all the proofs and copyright to the discs. They were flexible and the photographers were great and open to ideas. I highly recommend them.

Bellagala provided our phtographer (2 actually) and videographer (2 also) and I was very happy with both services! We had one wrinkle when the photographer who did our engagement pics left the company not too long before the wedding and I actually found out from her and not the company first but they explained she just left and they weren't sure what her status was until they found out she had been emailing her clients. Somthing wasn't right there, but they immediately sent a photographer with a similar style to meet us and offered to do another engagement shoot for free so we could get to know her. She was fabulous (Randy)! The one thing I wish they would have done was sit down with us and come up with a photo list. I know I should've/could've done this one my own, but in all the last minute hustle it got dropped. I still had great pics and didn't miss anything but I wish I would've thought through things a little more.

I have very mixed reviews for Bellagala because I used their DJ and photography services. The DJ was WONDERFUL. Everything was excellent with the DJ Bellagala provided us with. Photography was another story. Our photographer was a wonderful person, very fun to work with. Our engagement pictures at Minnehaha Falls turned out awesome. Everything went great on the wedding day, I felt the pictures were going to be to die for. We received our pictures back after the wedding and they were all great except for the pictures inside the church that we took before the wedding. All our family pictures were out of focus on the right side of every picture. Group pictures, family pictures, individual pictures - they were all out of focus on the one side. It's been hard to get pictures printed larger then 4x6 because everything is so out of focus. Bellagala wasn't into working with me at all on the problem. They said they were supposed to be that way. NO WAY would any bride want their photos to be out of focus. They finally agreed to refund so - not much of our money. But I would rather have had not out of focus pictures. I will add that the rest of our photos were phenomenal!

The people at the "home office" were great to meet with, but wish they had provided better guidance on chosing the particular photographer from their list of many. 16 of the 19 photos on my submitted "wishlist to be taken" were never taken (including a complete "new family" photo). I wasn't impressed with the clarity/sharpness of many of the photos, and care wasn't always taken for what was in the background (like a line of parked cars that could have been lawns & trees with a slight shift of angle.) The photographer wasn't familiiar with our venue, and didn't check it out in advance, showing a lack of professionalism. Paid too much to be so disappointed.

Buyer beware!I used Bellagala for my photography and was hugely disappointed! The photographers we pretty unprofessional - they didn't bother getting hardly any images of my guests, and none of my family outside of posed family portraits. And the worst part is they the "lost" those family pictures so I didn't get ANY of them! A good photographer would have noticed this and made sure to get more at the reception. And of course we hardly had any from the reception either!And when we expressed these issues to Bellagala we have had a heck of a time getting them to respond to our complaints other than to send a canned email saying we could purchase the rest of our photos! (Which, btw, would be impossible since they're claiming they're gone for good.) I really had high hopes for great pictures of my special day and am extremely disappointed in the whole ordeal. I will never get these memories back and the offer from the company is really lackluster.

Bellagalla did not provide my wedding with good photos. They were mostly of peoples back side, and when my father and I entered the church, they were out of of focus. Also, as my husband and I said our vows they were so far away that we could hardly view who was there.I tired to salvage the good photos from our day to create the photo book per our contract, however, when I went to request it, Bellegalla said that we did not pay for it so we did not get it. I finally provided credit card receipts that we did pay for it after 8 weeks of back and forth. They finally said we would receive the photo book in 4 weeks. however, it has been 8 weeks, and I have not received it. I am so sad we relied on this organization for our wedding photos, since it is one day we cannot recreate.

My photographs are horrible. I spent over $3000 for this photography service and did not get my money's worth. I was supposed to get some photo albums with my purchase, but do not even have enough good pictures to make an album. Even though I spent over $3000 they are only willing to refund me the $650 which is the cost to them to make the albums. So really, no skin off their back and they are not willing to admit to any wrongdoing. According to Troy, our photographer, (who is also the general manager of this company) he thinks our photos are "exceptional". I beg to differ and will be filing a complaint with the better business bureau. I will also be telling everyone I know and every venue I can find on the internet what a horrible job was done and how unwilling they are to fix their mistake. Only the most important of my life, why should they care when they've already got the money?

Bellagala is an amazing business, they have really gone above and beyond as wedding vendors. Their collection of wedding services is top-notch in the Minneapolis/St Paul market while still providing reasonable costs to clients. One of their photographers worked a wedding at Five Event Center and the pictures are amazing, there are even some posted on WeddingWire. I highly recommend them!