Eddie Mulkeen Wedding Photo

05/15/2008 Posted by js77

It took Eddie just over 2 YEARS and 2 months (and lots of emails, phone calls, prodding on my part) after our wedding to get our album to us. I don’t know how others received this wonderful 5 star service from him, but that’s definitely NOT anywhere close to what we got. I’m amazed actually at how high his rating is on here!! Especially considering I’ve met another couple who had the same lousy service from him. I don’t recommend him to anyone, and as a matter of fact I specifically tell people who are hunting for a wedding photographer to AVOID him. --- Like another reviewer below, it took him FOREVER to respond to phone calls, emails, etc after the wedding with any type of information about the status of our album. And when we finally got our album, it wasn't what we had discussed ordering. The pictures were all there, but it was from a different 'bindery' company. He didn't bother to tell us he wasn't going to order from the original place. --- We had an “assistant” of his taking candid shots and then she was the only one who showed up later at our reception. The photo’s she took at the reception were not good. There were only a few that were worth keeping. The rest had either too much flash, were not in focus, too dark… it was very disappointing. It’s also disappointing that Eddie couldn’t show up at our reception (he did inform us before the wedding, but I don’t remember what it was that was more important than a client contract) when we had booked his “unlimited” deluxe package. So there are no pictures of the bouquet toss and most of the reception like we thought there would be. We barely got a good picture of cake cutting. The actual pictures themselves are decent, but going with him isn’t worth the risk in my opinion. Not a good experience at all. It shouldn’t take over 2 years and be that difficult to get your wedding album – it’s just unacceptable from a "professional". And in the end the album wasn't all that great.

Pros: I didn't experience any...

Cons: Slow, bad customer service

03/23/2008 Posted by junebug123456

One of my co-workers showed me her beautiful wedding album done by Eddie Mulkeen and I was really impressed. I went to his website ( eddiemulkeendotcom )and looked at his blog where many of his 2007 weddings were posted and I could see the variety of his work. My entire experience with Eddie and his co-photographer Jen was just what I wanted. They arrived in the morning at my Parent's home to take pictures of the bridal party getting ready. Eddie and Jen helped us relax and knew just what to do, and he never directed us like we were at a photo shoot. Eddie and Jen covered our day from preparations to garter/bouquet toss, following us everywhere we went and recording everything, putting in at least 12 hours on our day. When I saw my album design projected in his studio I was in tears...My wedding was preserved in an artistic storybook that was many times more beautiful than I had imagined. I had seen the other albums he has made from other weddings and they were beautiful...but this was MY WEDDING and it was preserved beautifully and I could relive the moments with my album. It's different when you are looking at YOUR OWN WEDDING PICTURES, you can really see the artistic eye of the photographer at work. We almost hired a cheap photographer on Craigslist because our budget was tight but thank goodness we didn't. Many of my friends cut corners on the Photography and it was the biggest mistake they made in planning their wedding. We did pay $900 for our wedding cake (but all that's left of it is the Pictures) It's easy to spend on the tangibles but the experience of the wedding photographer and their artistic ability is an "Intangible" that you forget about when planning a wedding. There's always one more thing to buy and if you don't plan carefully you could spend your whole budget before you get to the photographer and have to hire someone who only does it on the weekends and have to live with embarrassing results for the rest of your life.

Pros: Money well spent

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

12/11/2007 Posted by art5678

We had an outdoor wedding at Albertson's Farm in Stillwater and our reception was on one of the Paddle wheel boats on the St. Croix. We had a beautiful sunny day and everything went perfectly. One of our best decisions was to hire Eddie Mulkeen to shoot our wedding. One advantage was that he had been to Albertson's Farm many times in different seasons and we could see exactly what a Ceremony would look like. Our pictures were beautiful and we liked the way Eddie took us and our wedding party from one area to another and got a lot of fun pictures in a short amount of time. When we got back from our Honeymoon we met with Eddie and he showed us a beautiful design for our wedding album that he created on the Computer. We approved it and it was back from the Bindery in 3 weeks. At first we didn't know how much to budget for photography but now that we have our book and the wedding is over we don't care what it cost...we got exactly what we wanted. And one of the best things about hiring Eddie was his confidence and experience...when you're planning a wedding you don't realize how important the photographer is...you're with them all day and if they know what they're doing they can really help you relax and enjoy everything. He's shooting my sister's wedding next spring and I've recommended him to 2 of my co-workers.

Pros: Excellent work at great price

Cons: none

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

10/21/2007 Posted by minniemouse2

Had a winter wedding. My photos were great. Took forever to get the album. My mum and I really had to put the pressure on him to get it to us. Still took several months. Wore sneakers at the wedding, which seemed a little odd. Also spotted him chugging a can of energy drink in his SUV - I guess that's how he stays awake thru the weddings. I also didn't like that he went over time on the pre-ceremony photos, so there i was outside the worship hall in my gown where all the guests could see me. He didn't seem to notice or care. However he did create a nice list of every shot that we wanted and he didn't miss any. Also seemed patient with the family members during pictures (grandma, etc). Basically he was very responsive when we first signed up with him - always answered his phone, or returned calls, etc. However it seemed after the wedding he was very hard to get ahold of and never answered our calls (caller id maybe?) which was frustrating. He also takes you down in this creepy basement area that is stuffy and makes you look at thousands of other people's pictures. Overall, the pictures turned out nice which is the most important part. but if I had to choose a photographer for my daughter, etc I probably wouldn't pick him.

Pros: Nice quality photos. Took time to make specific photo shot list.

Cons: He is a little cookoo....a few screws loose I reckon.

2 out of 9 people found this review helpful

08/21/2007 Posted by olson1

My wedding was in August of 2006 and I was just a bridesmaid in July at a friend's Wedding that was photographed by Eddie and his assistant. I referred her to Eddie and she got a "Friend of the Bride discount" We had a great time taking pictures at my wedding and that was one of the big reasons I told my friend she HAD to hire Eddie to shoot hers. I've been in 8 weddings and taking pictures was "work" at most of them. The most important thing for us was that taking the pictures would be FUN! and it was. but we also loved our pictures because there was such a variety. AND THEY WERE SO PERFECT! We got a statuesque portrait of me at the altar with my train arranged perfectly (my mom's favorite picture) Eddie actually brought one of his big studio "Window Lights" to take that picture. It made it look like a Magazine Cover with soft window light coming in from the side. Eddie's picture of me at the altar actually looked BETTER than many of the full page magazine shots I've seen. Eddie also retouched the picture to make some of the details sharper and my skin softer. No way I'm a model but I looked like one in that picture. But really the best pictures of the day were taken in a garden after the wedding. Eddie posed us for some pictures but he captured real natural expressions while we were just being ourselves. One thing that we really enjoyed was what he calls "The Dress Rehearsal" also know as an engagement portrait. We started at our church and took a few engagement shots there and we liked one so much we did the same shot on the day of the wedding. He used a "Fisheye" lens which somehow didn't distort us but we could see the entire church including the steeple right behind us. Then we went to Lake Harriet Garden for more pictures. The nice thing about that was on the day of the wedding It was like we "Picked up where we left off" I've been in 9 Weddings and Eddie is the best photographer I've seen for Art, Professionalism, and Personality.

Pros: He helped us relax and have fun.

Cons: none

5 out of 7 people found this review helpful

08/21/2007 Posted by amber1900

My Wedding Album is a Work of Art! We got married at the Cathedral in St. Paul and we just picked up our wedding album. Oh, My God! Wow! It is nothing like my mothers wedding album or even any of my friends. We decided to get a flush-mounted panorama coffee-table style album that is designed on the computer. And it is absolutely majestic. It has a glove leather cover and was hand bound by a bookbinder in Chicago . The pictures were digital and each was retouched to make our skin look great. We have over 100 pictures in our book and they are layed out beautifully. When you open the book each 2 page panorama has a theme and a harmonizing background. Our Formal portraits are facing each other and the background to that page is the stained glass window at the back of the church. A close up of my bouquet was the background for some outdoor pictures of me and my bridesmaids. The album is so beautiful and creative and remains as one of the hand crafted artifacts from my wedding. When I was planning my wedding I really didn't think the Album itself would be so important, but now that it's over I pick it up and re-live everything that went on that day. I'm completely stunned by how beautiful the book is. We even have some good pictures taken by friends that we've framed but it's wonderful to have an entire book that so artistically tells the story of our day from start to finish. Something like 2,000 pictures were taken by Eddie and his partner and then edited down to 200 for us to choose from. We originally wanted about 50 in the book but they were so good we had to have over 100 in our book. Another cool thing that we have is a 3x3 inch Mini Album that is a Clone of our big book. It is exactly the same as our album but pocket sized. I liked them so much I bought 2 more for the moms. It came in a little leather pouch and I can show off my wedding wherever I go. My dress ($3000) My Cake ($1500) and my album were the best money I spend on my wedding :)

Pros: One of the best parts of my wedding Totaly expert.

Cons: none

4 out of 6 people found this review helpful

07/30/2007 Posted by ljennifer488

Mr. Mulkeen asked that I update this review as I now have my wedding album. There were some issues I had with this business. (1) I was very disappointed when I went to look at our wedding pictures to find out Mr. Mulkeen did not take many candid and reception pictures. I ordered the deluxe package which states “I am your photographer all day long...sometimes for 12–14 hours.” However, Mr. Mulkeen stayed only half way through the 1st dance. I didn't get pictures of the grand march, bride getting ready, dinner table settings, father/daughter dance, toasts, etc., which is exactly the type of pictures on his website and in his example albums. I anticpated having a huge variety of photographs. Mr. Mulkeen did add some of my friends photos to my album, however, I did not get the other photos described above, which I really wanted in my album. Mr. Mulkeen told me that my album was going to tell a story. Because he did not take these pictures described above, my album does not tell a story. (2) My wedding was 8/06, and I finally received my finished album 10/23/07! It was a lot of work to get Mr. Mulkeen working on my album. I originally gave him 20-some page layout of what I wanted to include in my album in 1/07; I didn’t get to see a completed draft of my album until late 8/07! I emailed/called him repeatedly asking for a status! Mr. Mulkeen openly admitted (after he gave me the draft of my album) that completing the albums in a timely manner was not his strong suit. (3) He provided me an example of an album that he "just completed" in 6/2007. The album was for a wedding that was a month after my wedding! (4) It was also difficult getting him to respond to my complaints. I emailed/called him asking why his assistant didn't show, and it took him nearly 3 months respond! Although Mr. Mulkeen and I talked about the issues, it's not going to bring back that day. To conclude, I did get my album with a few good shots, however, it was a bad experience!

Cons: unprofessional, disorganized, slow to respond, (I would have wrote more above, but there is a limit of 2000 characters)

1 out of 7 people found this review helpful

07/24/2007 Posted by ebodelson76

Our pictures turned out very nicely, very good variety of candid and posed shots. We got the shots we wanted.

Pros: Good quality/variety of images.

Cons: N/A

5 out of 7 people found this review helpful

11/29/2006 Posted by alisonhart

I originally met Eddie and his associate at the January Wedding Fair in The Convention center and was impressed with the unique design of his albums. His work is all digital and he designs each page in the computer. and has a bindery assemble the pages into beautiful leather covered albums. They were really head and shoulders above anything we saw at the wedding fair. He actually sees his work as 50% graphic designer and 50% photographer. His photography totally rocks and the albums he designs are stunning. We spent under $4000 and got a beautiful 30 page custom designed album that is one of the most important memories from our wedding. We spent a lot but we got a lot of value for our money.

Pros: Quality

Cons: none

6 out of 8 people found this review helpful

11/27/2006 Posted by suzannemodesto

My wedding was 6 months ago, and I am still reeling about my photographs. The images themselves are fine, but the mannerisms of the photographer made things so stressful for us! I found many other photographers that were less money with the same quality of pictures, but we went with Eddie because photography was the most important investment on our day. We learned the hard lesson of why you need to make sure your photographer's personality matches yours. We weren't too excited about him, but thought that his reviews were great and his work was beautiful, so it was worth it. Unfortunately, it wasn't.

Pros: images are great, but not extrodinary

Cons: photographer's professionalism = ick

2 out of 8 people found this review helpful