Reviews of This Is It Studios Vancouver Event Photographer (Photo Studio)

Shyah YZ

If I could rate 6 stars, I would. Isabella is the type of photographer that brings a sense of ease to the day; she's helpful and gives clear direction -which really takes the pressure off! Whether it's 4hrs or 10, you will be grateful to have someone like her at your side. And once you get the photos..you'll be hearing trying to find that 6th star too.

Helen Chen

We recently hired Isabella for my very special friend's 60th birthday party. Isabella was not only professional but also fun to be around and her attention to details and to top it off she was flexible with her time when we asked if she can stay a bit longer as our itinerary ran later than planned. (of course, it's a given when everyone is having such a great time, right?) Thanks again Isabella for the beautiful pictures you helped us captured at Andrew's birthday party. XOXOXO

rahim valli

Awesome local photographer that knows how to bring out your best! Thanks Isabela!

Sharon Wright

As a photographer myself, when my son was starting to plan his wedding I was nervous about who they would pick as their wedding photographer. As you can guess, the photos are pretty important to me. They chose Isabella from This is it Studios. When I looked at Isabella's website I could see knew how to handle harsh lighting, which you often get at weddings, but how would she be on the actual day, I didn’t know? It can be a stressful day and you want a photographer who brings the stress level down (not up), which Isabella certainly did. On the wedding day her assistant, Oliver, came to our home and photographed the boys. He was so nice and I could tell he really knew what he was doing. I was told by my kids not to interfere, lol, which I never felt I needed to anyway. It was nice to just sit back and let him work. While watching Isabella and Oliver photograph the wedding and reception, I was amazed at how they managed to work, without being intrusive. They worked quickly and quietly. Shortly after the wedding they sent a sneak peek with some images and a slide show. I was blown away with the quality of the images!! I knew they would be good just by watching how they worked, but I hadn't expected what I saw. I’m so happy that This is it Studios was the photography company my son and his wife chose. We now have so many gorgeous photos to help remember that wonderful day.

The Soirée Company

I have had the pleasure of working with Isabella of This Is It Studios for a number of years and don't have anything but positive things to say. She is professional but so much fun at the same time! As event planners, we look for photographers who take a lead at the events we plan rather than look to us to direct photo sessions and Isabella does just that. Try her, you won't be disappointed!

Eric Lee

I hired Isabella for a birthday party photo shoot and I am extremely happy with the photos. She was able to capture the moment very well both for candid shots and formals. I would definitely recommend This Is It Studios for your next photo shoot!

Trevor Marples

Isabella was a tremendous with photographing the recent Pecha Kucha event held at the Vogue Theatre. Images looked phenomenal, sincerely look forward to working with her again!

Keith Ver

We love her! Isabella was very accommodating, professional, and most of all, very flexible! Doing a wedding while on a pandemic is no joke. We were restricted with almost everything but regardless of the restrictions, Isabella's services were not compromised. She still delivered 110%! I was amazed on how she was able to get beautiful shots during the wedding given our limited movements. Not to mention that Isabella even drove us to the church from our hotel! Talking about going over and beyond your services. Isabella's skills and services are worth it or what we call in Filipino, sulit! Thanks again Isabella! I included a couple of our amazing photos including me and Isabella's picture on our way home to the PH. Hehe

Crystal Bishop

Isabella did a beautiful job of photographing my Baby's Baptism. It was a short and sweet event, but she managed to get a lot of detail photos as well as formals and many many fantastic candids of our friends and family especially our new baby girl. The photos came quickly as well! Highly recommend :)

Sarah Jane S. Natividad

Isabella does a great job capturing emotions and candids. She photographed an engagement session for us at our local grocery store Fresh St Market and along with our wedding ceremony at Fleetwood International Church. You can tell she loves what she does because she lets you do your thangg and she snaps away. Her fun words are HelloHi, which for our bridal party will respond accordingly. She made us laugh we made her laugh. It was an easy and comfortable time. Her services truly made our wedding day exactly what we had dreamed of.

Dr. Serena Markham

Isabella did such a wonderful job. She is so humble and creative in her work, always going above and beyond to get the perfect shot. She is very talented and we have so many beautiful and unique photos we don't have enough space on the wall!

Nicholas Schiavo

This Is It Studios is an exceptional resource for all events, campaigns and important moments. Working with Isabella was such a joy and it was thanks to her skill that we got amazing photos of our event and the people in attendance. Would gladly work with Isabella again and I highly recommend for any photography needs you may have!

Danielle Wiebe

Have Loved working with Isabella! She is so professional, she takes amazing photos and goes the extra mile! I would highly recommend her as a photographer! She has worked with us for several of our events and we hope to work with her again in the near future! :)

Margarita Venzon

Isa has been a pleasure to work with from our first meeting to the last. We are so happy with our photos coz they definitely showed how happy we were at our wedding! Lots of candid shots too of our guests that showed how they are enjoying the night as well. She also didn't make my husband feel awkward in photos since he generally does not like the camera haha! Even he liked working with her! I would definitely recommend This Is It Studios for any bride or for any events.

Angeline Maramo Martinez

This is long overdue, but we didnt want to merely provide a rushed, short review for this lady and her efforts :):) THISISIT studios has exceeded every expectation we had for our wedding photographer. Having to pay for our wedding ourselves, we were in a budget, but we still did not want to compromise quality over our target price range. Then in comes Issa - who was not only an acquaintance, but someone who was very professional, well mannered and so easy to deal with. She provided us with samples of her work and right then and there we were impressed. You dont just want quality pictures, you want someone who will lessen the stress of your wedding day and that’s what Issa basically delivered. Me and my husband were not picky with our picture choices, or maybe with our lack of experience in photography, we didnt really know what we wanted. We didnt know what questions to ask, or where to even begin. Issa focused us, made awesome suggestions and the final product was more than we wanted. Every penny we spent was worth it. We didnt really want an engagement photo as well, but very glad we did have one! We were able to get a glimpse of how she handled the photo sessions, and the type of pose we could get comfy with. By the time our wedding came, it was a lot easier. She also provides a second photographer which is great as we didnt necessarily have a big wedding but it was great we had thousands of pics to choose from. We were also very impressed with our wedding album! That was really what sealed the deal for us, when Issa presented us with it. Her pictures are very candid and also colorful, exactly as how i wanted to capture the day. As for her professionalism, very top notch. She even gave us some merchant suggestions - somehow almost like a semi wedding planner. She was prompt in responding to our questions, she was even the one reminding us to update her. Truly highly recommend her!

David Turnbull - TurnFit

We hired This Is It Studio to capture action shots of two of our trainers and a client workout. We wanted this content to give away to our client as a gift for winning 3rd place in her first competition ever. We also wanted to use these photos for our social media. We have had photographers before and we where referred to This Is It Studios by a friend. We are simply amazed at how amazing the whole experience has been. We will now always use there service. The shoot was perfect as we where in a busy active gym and we didn’t want to bug anyone else. We accomplished our 2 hour shoot without disrupting anyone. I was very happy by all of this. Then we saw the finished photos and WOW. We are extremely confident to refer This is it studios to everyone we know now!!! Thank you so much for the amazing work. If anyone reading this wants to know more simply get in contact with me and I can elaborate.

Andrea Ng

I couldn't be happier with the photos I just received from my recent shoot with THIS IS IT STUDIOS! Isabella did an amazing job and I can't stress enough how efficient and comfortable she made me feel. I would definitely recommend contacting her for any headshots or photoshoots!

Franke James

Fabulous Artistic Talent! We are thrilled that we hired Isabella Sarmiento to document the opening of a solo art show in Vancouver. The show was a major milestone and life event for my sister Teresa who is an artist, author and self-advocate with Down syndrome. Isabella's talent in capturing expressions, spontaneous playfulness and the joyful mood of the whole event is evident in the beautiful photos she took. Wow! Isabella was easy to work with, and very professional -- but beyond these basics, her artistic eye for lighting, composition and capturing "the moment" is why I'm so happy that we found her. The results are stunning!

Belen Garcia Zurro

Isabella is fantastic and so easy to work with. She took pictures for one of my work events, she has an excellent eye for details and she captured all the stories and moments of the evening. I'd recommend her 100%!

Joshua Tiong

We worked with THIS IS IT STUDIOS for our engagement photoshoot. Isabella was great! She helped us conceptualize our half day, making it feel like she really wanted OUR story to come out in the pictures. Though we are both awkward in front of the camera, she made us feel at ease and helped us enjoy the process. We've gotten tons of compliments about the great photos to date and extremely happy to have them. Would highly recommend and work with Isabella again :)

Rodrigo Boldrin

Fantastic and personable photographer!

Amanda O'Mara

We reached out to this company for a corporate event. Isabelle was quick to respond and tailored our request within a reasonable budget. Every ask came with a small portfolio of how they've worked with similar events. The whole team was very accommodating and responsive!

Mitchell Steinke

Exceeded our expectations!

Landon Krentz

Very professional and communicative. Isabella will make sure that your time is well worth it. The photos she's taken are absolutely stunning and very forgiving on the eyes. Well done.

Ellie Moon

Loved spending time with her to create meaningful memories of our family :) There wasn't any rush and she spent her time to capture the right moments and made sure we felt comfortable and at ease! Highly recommend!

Sumit Galhotra

Isabella Sarmiento helped cover the Women Deliver 2019 conference, the world's largest conference on gender equality. As a communications professional, I have worked with about a dozen photographers for events, and Isabella has been the best! Not only is her photography work so strong, she is also so kind, respectful, professional, and reliable. Isabella was able to blend herself in so well with our conference attendees - young and old hailing from over 160 countries. She was nimble and hardworking all through the long days and was always on her toes to make sure we didn't miss a good shot! I would wholeheartedly recommend her!

Divya Sawhney

It was a great pleasure to have Isabella come in and work her magic on our photographs. She was extremely easy to work with and understood what we were looking for. I completely recommend her to anyone and for any kind of event. She has a great eye and patience. Would love to hire her services again. A very sweet and professional person.

Jacqueline Hanson

Isabella is wonderful to work with! She is extremely personable, friendly and professional in all of the elements involved in photographing a wedding. From our first meeting with her when we saw her portfolio, to our communication leading up to our engagement shoot and then the wedding, she was very organized and really made us feel comfortable in knowing what the day might look like. It rained during our first look and wedding party photos - but her and her photographer partner were awesome and were willing to take lots of photos in the rain and also found us some great spots inside our venue. We love the mix of formal and candid photos that we received, and the album she designed turned out beautifully. We are very happy with THIS IS IT STUDIOS, thank you Isabella!

Loren Thompson

I was very happy with the photos and service Isabella provided. Her ease and professionalism was very reassuring and made the whole process enjoyable. Thank you Isabella and I will be sure to use you again in the future.

Faye Smith Agency

Fabulous product photography! Great communication. Efficient.

Alex Piros

Isabella is a top notch photographer. I hired her to take pictures of some of my own print work and she delivered the most amazing pictures. She was a pleasure to work with, always communicative and her back-end photo delivery system works perfectly. All in all an amazing experience!

Christian Johannsen

We had a great experience getting our family photos taken at the Loft. Everyone felt at ease during the photo shoot and the resulting photos are now garnishing our walls.

Louis K

We had our photo shoot during the winter, unfortunately, didn't get a chance to write a review until now. We wanted to do an on mountain photo shoot at Whistler with our snowboards. However, were doubtful that we could find a photographer that could accompany us all over the mountain and not just the typical tourist spots, while still capturing high quality photographs in the manor we had in mind. Fortunately, we found Isabella and she was the ideal photographer to take our pre-wedding photos. We were literally able to use the any area of the mountain as our backdrop as Isa was capable to follow us with her equipment and capture all our ideas into the perfect picture. We were excited during the entire photo shoot as we were getting exactly what we wanted and we weren’t disappointed when we got all our pictures developed. Isabella was very professional and beyond patient with us. She also had great input because of her thorough experience with outdoor shoots and her perceptive nature as a photographer. We would recommend Isabella without hesitation, especially if its outdoors.

Bettina E. Bergendahl

At 32 weeks pregnant, you don't necessarily feel your best. You're tired and bloated and achey, but as a first time mom, you are still strangely compelled to commemorate this time when you most closely resembled a whale. Enter Isabella! She was recommended to me by a friend. Honestly, being the center of attention in photos makes me nervous, and she somehow put me and my husband completely at ease. While she also suggested other potential locations, she had no problems at all taking these photos in my apartment where I requested, because it's where we feel most comfortable. She knew what time to schedule the shoot so that we would capture the best light. And the photos! I could not have imagined better ones. They accurately captured the wonder my husband and I felt as soon-to-be parents, and best of all, they incorporated our firstborn (our dog!). Every now and then I pull them out and get a little misty-eyed. We'll definitely use her again, for a fun family shoot or maybe for a future maternity shoot. Thank you so much for capturing those memories!

Aisling Breen

Isabella was wonderful to work with! Our wedding pictures turned out amazing, and I'm in love with our photobook. On the day of, we barely noticed that she was there (which was what we wanted). She kept everyone organized during the family photo time, and ensured we got the pictures we wanted. THANK YOU! Would definitely highly recommend to anyone looking for a wonderful (and easy to work with) wedding photographer.

Natasha Gilbert

Isabella was fantastic to work with for my wedding day. The photos were stunning and she went above and beyond to ensure she captured the essence of the day.

Judy Dill

Isabella was great to work with! Very professional and friendly too. My daughter and I felt comfortable right away during our session, and she captured our event beautifully. So happy with our photos and glad we chose Isabella!

Madeleine Davidson

Isabella is one of the best photographers I've worked with - personally and professionally. She captured photos of me for my business (headshots and website content) which aligned with exactly the vision I was looking for. She made me feel super comfortable and had me laughing the whole time - which is how I feel most natural. Our paths have also crossed at mutual client events and her event photography exceeds all expectations. The value she brings with her final product is what will keep me hiring her for future engagements.

Lizann Hedalen

Our experience with Isabella and This Is It Studios was beyond our expecation. Her service was amazing and so professional. From start to finish she set out our guide lines and answered my emails promptly with extremely good information. The photographs were marvellous and she had captured exactly what our family wanted. Dealing with babies, toddlers and 6 year old, plus parents is not easy but she did it with poise and pleasure. The photos are all keepers. I cannot recommend anyone better and would definitely use her again. Thank you so much.

Carmela Beatrice Alora

Being able to REALLY understand what clients want to capture on their wedding day is probably a skill that not everyone can have. Isabella covering our big day is something that my husband and I will be forever grateful of. Despite all the changes that we had because of the restrictions, she remained patient and responsive to all our questions. She is very kind (I can't stress this enough!) that she even helped on some other wedding stuff. Isabella did more that what she had to and we really appreciate that. When she said that she is flexible, she really meant it! She was very professional. She is punctual and very courteous. Working with her did not feel awkward at all. She knows her craft very well. The photos reflected everything that happened on that day - the laughs, the tears, weird faces, and everything in between! It's exactly how we hoped it would be. Thank you so much, Isabella!

Lara Jane Manalo

Isabella Sarmiento is an enormously talented photographer with a tremendous future ahead! I recently had the pleasure of working with her. She possesses more than just talent and she is a wonderful person with a unique sense of humor! I HIGHLY recommend Isabella and her skills for any future photography projects.”