Robin Gaucher Photography

My company, Simpson Housing, recently revised our website and I utilized Robin to shoot new head shots for our executives to be utilized on the website. Robin was very professional throughout the entire process from accommodating our schedules to the shoot itself. She creatively staged the photos outdoors so that the photos didn’t look like the typical corporate head shot but something more friendly and relaxed. The actual sessions were quick and east]y for those getting their photos taken and the end results are perfect.

Robin has become family to us! She has been with us the entire journey of our family– from our engagement and wedding to our twins’ first birthday and everything in between. She is a beautiful photographer who is extremely easy to work with.
I’ve received countless numbers of complements on our pictures and have had her create several books for us to archive all of these special occasions for us. They are memories and pictures I will treasure forever.
Robin’s laid back attitude and artistic eye are the prefect combo. I have never felt rushed or uncomfortable with her. She truly is an Atlanta gem.

It has taken me awhile to write this review because I was so very disappointed by Robin’s photography services that I wanted to allow myself to calm down before writing a review as to not be hasty or let my anger get the best of me. It has been 2+yrs. since we used Robin as our wedding photographer and I am still devastated.
Our search for a wedding photographer led us to Robin due to her very low and reasonable prices. We had a tight budget for the photographer and she fit it perfectly. When we went to meet her, she was friendly and professional and her photos looked pretty good! The price is what really sold us but meeting her sealed the deal.
We had her do our engagement photos and we LOVED THEM. They came out great, she captured us perfectly! She was a bit quiet, not offering too much guidance which we didn’t like but the final product was great so we decided to go with her.
When our wedding day arrived, I must preface with saying we had A LOT of family drama, things had not been going well and I was STRESSED. I let Robin know this when she arrived and explained to please make sure during photos to keep my family and the grooms separate… she did manage to do this, which is about he only positive thing I can say..
The rest of the day however was a nightmare. When she arrived at the bridal cottage she took very few pictures of us getting ready, of me and the bridesmaids, of my dress-​really, none of the ‘typical’ pre-​wedding shots. No shots of the rings or the shoes or the bridesmaids in their cute personalized tank tops that I made-​NOTHING. I honestly don’t know what she was doing — but the point is, I shouldn’t need to know, I shouldn’t have had to keep tabs on her and make sure that she was doing what I hired her to do. I was stressed and busy and it wasn’t my job to make sure that she was capturing all of the little moments that I couldn’t focus on… but i guess I needed to be doing just that, because she captured none of it.
Next issue was her assistant-​she brought her teenage neighbor/​babysitter who was NOT a professional and had NO IDEA what she was doing. Robin spent more time trying to direct this kid as to how to hold the equipment than she did focusing on the bridal party. The ceremony pictures were okay I suppose but nothing amazing. Honestly, the amateur photos that friends took were far superior. I have not one picture from the ceremony that I have printed or have on display in my home.
Onto the post-​ceremony shoot-​AWFUL. Again, she spent so much time trying to guide her assistant & gave NO DIRECTION as to where people should stand or what pictures to take. One of my bridesmaids made a quick list last minute of family combinations & she directed the ENTIRE thing. I have no pictures with my sister who was the MOH, but I have a thousand pictures with the flower girls who I barely knew. My husband has a picture with each of his groomsmen, yet I have NONE, I repeat, NONE with my bridesmaids. The pictures that she did take were so-​so at BEST. Pictures of my husband and I… there are TWO good ones, that’s it, TWO. Now for the kicker.
We move inside to the reception & I guess she was upstairs taking scenery photos or something when her teenage assistant had a minor seizure. As we were sitting down to dinner, Robin comes up to me hysterical that she MUST go to the hospital with her but if I insist, she will stay. I was a bit overwhelmed having this hysterical women begging me to go to the hospital, so I said, go, go, go, please go ahead, it’s fine. Perhaps it is my own fault for saying that, but I believe professionally, she should have never put me in the position to make that decision. If she HAD to go, she should have had a back-​up photographer come. But she left & we have no professional photos of the reception. Thank god for our friends who managed to get some great pictures, still nothing compared to what it would have been like to have an ACTUAL photographer there.
Post-​wedding, my Mom was rightfully angry, as was I, & requested half the money back since Robin was only there HALF the time. Robin refused. She argued with us and insisted that I TOLD her to go so she was not required to give the money back. She did not edit our photos or give us a book or prints. SHE DID NOTHING. I have basically no pictures from my wedding day & horrible memories from her. It is a photographers job to capture beautiful moments so that we remember our special day forever & Robin truly stole that from us. I cry as I write this because it still hurts to think about-​however I have moved on & try to focus on appreciating & being grateful for the photos that friends took BUT I DO NOT recommend hiring her-​it was a terrible experience. She is unprofessional, rude, & left us with horrible wedding day pictures. I would hate for another bride to go through this. My advice, spend the extra money and hire someone else. Email me for examples of her lacking skills.