Pix of Life (Gina and Mike Goldman)

Gina and Mike did our engagement pictures on the USC campus. Gina was great at responding to emails and her and Mike were very nice on they day of. They showed up on time and really seemed to be excited about the different shots they were finding. They're both very easy-going people.

We spent about 3.5 hours shooting (they were doing this for us for free since they were just starting out their business). They had a slideshow of pictures about 25 pictures up by the next week and sent me a CD of the images that they had edited about 2 weeks after that.

Unfortunately, I never got more than those 25 or 30 pictures. And most of those pictures are nice but there are only a few really nice ones. A lot of the images were far away or shot from the side etc. so you couldn't really see our faces. I asked Gina about the other pictures (some of which I was really excited about) and she said that they hadn't come out well. When I asked her to send them anyway, she said that she had deleted them already.

I really don't know how normal engagement photo shoots go but 25-30 pictures, not all of which are great, seemed like very few to me.

However, Gina did seem to have a very creative eye and I do love a few of the pictures. I appreciate them doing the shoot for free and I encourage anyone to check out their website.

Follow up clarifications:

1) I meant to type 2.5 hours and did not realize that I had typed 3.5 hours and I apologize. We began shooting shortly after 3pm and I didn't leave them until about 5:30 pm. This is what I remember. Gina says that we actually started shooting about 3:30 and stopped at about 5:15 and she may be right. I don't recall the exact times.

2) 25-30 was an estimate, it may have been slightly more.

3) A few of the "up-close" shots are blurry in some way. One of my favorites has my Fiance in clear focus but I am out of focus.

This was only meant to be a fair review of this vendor and I do not intend to encourage anyone to not go with these photographers. They are new at this and you can tell from their website that they are getting better each time. There were some pictures I was very happy with and I sincerely encourage anyone to look at their website.

My husband and I had the pleasure of working with Mike and Gina Goldman who shot our engagement in May and our wedding this year on September 6th at La Venta Inn in Palos Verdes. Our wedding photographs are absolutely breathtaking and more than we could have ever imagined!!! Mike and Gina captured every moment of our wedding day beautifully without being obtrusive. I am so happy that we were blessed with such awesome photographers! Like they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words", ours are worth a MILLION!

Our pictures are still online at http://www.pixoflife.com/shows/LAR-show/

We booked Pix of Life right when they were starting up in their business. They have good ideas and a great eye for photography, the best decision of our lives.
They photographered our engagement & wedding day and they took really great pictures. They were fun to work with and they were really professional. We were very happy with our pictures and we couldn't appreciated them more for they're hard work on giving us memorable pictures. They made us feel really comfortable and didn't pressure us to do anything we didn't feel like doing.
With our chaotic wedding and large guest list, they also were able to get so many great pictures with our families.

We never encountered any problems with them, we had a question, they had an answer for us right away. They are truly devoted to their customers
We're so GLAD we booked them, we couldn't ask for anyone better. They're awesome, we highly recommend them!

Check out our e-session, wedding gallery & slideshow

http://www.pixoflife.com/blog/2007_05_01_archive.html#7212021009852714925
http://www.pixoflife.com/wedding08/index.html
http://www.pixoflife.com/shows/CA-show/

Pix of Life is without a doubt the best decision we made during the whole wedding planning process. Mike and Gina were by far the most professional and responsive vendor that we booked for our wedding day. Not only were they extremely helpful throughout the entire planning stage, but they also offered honest advice and came up with some great ideas along the way. Right after we met with them, we knew they were the photographers for us. Their work is innovative, vivid, and truly unique. They really have a great eye for those amazing shots that everyone wants! No other photographer we met with (and we met with quite a few!) came close to giving us what they offered. Our family and friends haven't stopped complimenting our photos. We absolutely LOVE the way our pictures turned out and would recommend them in a heartbeat. We cannot thank Mike and Gina enough for capturing our wedding day! Thank you so much for all of your hard work!!!!!

You can see a slide show of our pictures of our wedding here:
http://www.pixoflife.com/shows/GO-show/

Gina & Mike shot our wedding on 10/13/07 and posted a great slideshow for us less than 2 weeks later! Even though they are relatively new to wedding photography, you would never guess it by looking at the quality of their photographs. I absolutely love the pictures that I've seen so far and would highly recommend them to any couple getting married. They were so professional and fun to work with and had great ideas for shots. I am so glad we found Gina & Mike!

Gina and Mike shot our wedding September 1, 2007. My husband is very very very particular when it comes to art, photography, money sense, practicality and individualism (is that a word?). We spent about 2 months looking for photographers that had the style that we both had in mind. He did not like any. If he did like them they were way out of our pricerange of $1000 to $2000. Finally, my husband found Gina and Mike. He emailed me enthusiasticly all of the info and we booked them immediately. At first we thought it was a joke that they were so affordable. No one in SoCal had the perfect price with the perfect style, except for them. We were thrilled when we found out it was not a dream. They are that affordable and they are THAT GOOD. Emailing with Gina and Mike was always a pleasure and they were always extrememly flexible when it came to us rescheduling engagement sessions and meeting at the site of our wedding ahead of time to get ideas. It has been two months since the wedding and by far the best part of the entire event are the pictures! We cannot believe the shots they managed to capture. My husband and I were totally and utterly stressed the entire day and had minimal time to enjoy ourselves. So it was amazing to see us laughing in pictures and people dancing and partying and the reception looking like a profesional had control of the entire event. They created magical moments with the pictures they took.. We are so grateful to Gina and Mike for giving us memories of a beautiful day! Our pictures are available for viewing on pixoflife.com. Amy and Ken Hyland.

Gina and Mike are the best photographers! They shot our e-photos and wedding photos, which turned out even better than I could ever have imagined!! They have a great eye and are true professionals. Book them!! A +++++

Gina and Mike are a pleasure to work with. We did our engagement photo session with them and were extremely pleased with the results. The session was fun and the photos were unique and beautiful. They’re talented and creative, and we were pleased to have such a great variety of looks to choose from when picking a photo for our save the date card. Our wedding day was their first shoot after coming home from a multi-day photography workshop and they incorporated some of the new techniques they learned into some of their shots for the day. They are professional and easy-going – exactly what we were hoping for on a day when there are so many other things to cause stress! We received our wedding photos recently and love them. We highly recommend Pix of Life!

My husband and I wanted to give a big shout out to the FANTASTIC work Gina and Mike Goldman from Pix of Life did for our wedding!!!They were professional, very easy to work with and very creative!Everyone of our friends and family is IMPRESSED with the wonderful pictures and the slide show. We could not have asked for more... In fact, even the people who were not able to attend, said that seeing the pictures made them feel like they were there, which we think is one of the biggest compliments you can get as a photographer. Because that shows that you not only captured all the detail, all the many important moments, but were able to bring the pictures alive :-)

Gina and Mike were both just fantastic and the quality of work they delivered is just amazing and speaks for itself.

We could truly not be happier with their work - they both have a wonderful eye for details and compliment each other perfectly with different approaches and angles!We highly recommend Gina and Mike - you will not regret it :-)

I agree with all the positive reviews previously posted by other brides. From the first time I contacted Gina, she was very attentive and promptly responded to all my e-mails and phone calls.

Gina and Mike took our wedding pictures (June 22) and we are extremely happy with the way they turned out; a blend of candid and posed photos which perfectly captured our wedding day. Less than two weeks after the wedding, they posted a slide show to share with our friends and family and soon after we received a CD with all the proofs. We also ordered a flush mounted album beautifully designed by Gina.

I had a great experience working with them and I highly recommend them. Check their website www.pixoflife.com to see their work. They have tons of new wedding posted on their blog.

My FI and I got our pics taken by pixoflife.com early March, the "Engagement Package" on their website. I could NOT be more pleased! They were very professional, patient, and tons of fun to work with. I have dozens and dozens of awesome photographs and memories to last a lifetime! They truly captured our excitement of being new to LA and wanting to share the beach and palm trees with our friends and family! :) The package of prints and the gorgeous leather CD album came within two weeks, and the quality and diversity of shots was phenomenal. I highly recommend them to anyone! Email me at 060907 at gmail.com if you'd like sample or for more info!

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to say that Mike & Gina are SUPER GREAT photographers! We recently had our wedding photogrphed by them (May 26) and our pictures came out Perfect! They did such a GREAT job of capturing the candid & posed shots! Everyone LOVES our photos and wished their wedding pictures came out half as good as mines =)

I've recommended them to all our family and friends... and maybe in a few years i'll have them photograph us renewing our vows ^_^

If you check out their website www.pixoflife.com the photographs will speak for themselves! We couldn't ask for better photographers!!!

Mike and Gina Goldman, owners of Pix of Life, saved my wedding!

Like most brides, I was stressed out about picking a wedding photographer. I wanted great photos but I didn't want to pay half my wedding budget to get them. The web and bridal magazines for Southern California have tons of BAD photographers for cheap, and tons of really good photographers at really high prices (one site I saw charged up to $30,000!!!).

I saw their photos for the first time after they shot the wedding of my best friend's sister. They are AMAZING!! My first thought was that I wouldn't be able to afford them...their work was too good. But their prices are more than reasonable. After meeting them, I hired them on the spot.

I couldn't be more pleased with my wedding photographs. I feel like I hired one of those $30,000 photographers!! My wedding album is artistic, glamorous and beautiful. Pix of Life made my wedding!! I am so grateful to them.

Don't just take my word for it...check out their website and look at their great photos. Their engagement photos are wonderful as well. I have already personally referred 3 brides who are getting married soon. Don't pass up Pix of Life!

Sincerely,
Kerri Frank, M.D.

My fiance and I recently had e-pics done by Gina and Mike from Pixoflife. They are relatively new to the wedding photography business so they are trying to build their portfolio and they were able to offer us a ridiculously great deal for our e-pics. We weren't sure what to expect but we loved working with them. They were so easy to work with and Gina is the sweetest person. We thought we would be uncomfortable in front of the camera but they made us feel so good with them that most of the time we really didn't even realize we were being photographed.

They were able to send us a sneak peak of the shoot a couple days later and had the complete package shipped to us within 2 weeks. We loved their style and the colors came out so great.

They no longer offer that special pricing but their prices are still unbelievably reasonable for the quality that you receive. I know they have several weddings booked for this year so their experience and portfolio will only get better from here.

We loved working with them and we highly recommend them to anyone. :D

Mike and Gina recently photographed our wedding at the beach and did a beautiful job! Their website initially caught my attention due to their photojournalistic approach and creativity, and we are so happy that same style came through in our wedding pictures as they captured the story of our day. They delivered more than we expected for such a reasonable price, posted a photo gallery and slideshow within a few days so we could preview the pictures, and got us our proof package very quickly. Gina is a dream to work with (thoughtful, attentive, very responsive). We HIGHLY RECOMMEND their services!

We had our engagement session with Mike & Gina from www.pixoflife.com the day after Thanksgiving and not only were our photos a bargain, but we absolutely loved them! They were really colorful and creative and Mike & Gina did a great job making us comfortable, we felt like supermodels! They were also very professional and had our photos processed in less than a week. I think the pictures of us and all the others on their website speak for themselves.