A Place In Time Photography

I picked Jen because her website had a ton of great pictures and valuable advice. She is quick to respond and was very helpful. She made my husband and me very comfortable in front of the camera. It was great that she had lots of suggestions for poses, because I am pretty clueless. She was fun to work with, and we got a lot of really nice pictures. You can tell she loves what she does!

Jen was very attentive to details. She was able to make recommendations for location /​time /​poses. We even got to pick the shots that we wanted to keep. We hope to have a chance to return to Maui to work with her again. We actually ended our photo shoot early and did not need the full time because we were getting tired. If t was up to Jen I think we would have had even more shots. She is a true professional,

Jen was fantastic! We so enjoyed our pictures with her and they came out much better than we could have anticipated. We laughed, smiled and really got some great photos. We’ll definitely be using her when we come back to Maui with our kids! Thanks!

Anyone… looking for the best photographer on Maui… look no further! Jen Rogers is the consummate professional, has an amazing creative eye and will make your pictures look gorgeous! We were referred to Jen by a top Realtor in the Napili area and had just finished a massive remodel on an oceanfront home. She spent several hours insuring that she captured the essence of the home and came back a 2^nd time to get the best possible shots of the ocean, on a sunny day. Her prices are fair and she is a joy to work with… cannot recommend her Services highly enough and the results were excellent!
Lynda ML

The rave reviews are correct. Jen was professional and prompt in her communication. Her photos were excellent, and she made all of us comfortable every step of the way. We ended up with some great shots. We go to Maui every few years and I will be going back.
(the photos were taken in June 2014)

The best on Maui.

Jen is an amazing photographer and very easy and professional to work with. I would highly recommend her.
We selected her to take family photos in Maui during Spring break 2014 because of her excellent Unilocal reviews. When I contacted her she was responsive and professional. She made it very easy to get everything booked, deposit paid, location picked out, etc. She also got us the sneak peaks and photos quickly.
Upon meeting her for the shoot, we immediately liked how friendly, kind and easy she was to work with. She was great with our 6 year old!
Most importantly, the photos are STUNNING. She absolutely captured the beauty of our surroundings and our connection as a family. We have had many family photos taken and these are by far the best.

When I was looking for someone to photograph our family on our trip to Maui I immediately checked Unilocal for recommendations. Jen seemed like the best bet and I emailed her as well as a few other photographers. I heard from Jen first and she was the most reasonable with a fantastic portfolio. I liked that she had experience with kids, as we have an infant. She was really patient with our baby and our attempts to soothe her. She directed us on shots and choreographed the pictures when we didn’t really know what to do besides stand there and smile. She has a great vision. Her pictures were beautiful, we will always treasure them. The turnaround time was also fantastic.

Yesterday we spent the evening with Jen photographing our 3 year wedding anniversary. It was really hard for me to find a reliable photographer until I found Jen. She is sweet, talented, accommodating, trustworthy and made it so comfortable for my husband and I. We both highly recommend her and can’t wait to keep coming back and documenting our love story through her.

I can’t begin to tell you how pleased I am with my experience with Jen. She is such a good communicator and would email me promptly. She is very kind, great with small kids, and easy to get along with. She took her time with out photo session and offered great suggestions to make our pictures turn out the best they can be. There was a potential storm coming and she was very flexible with rescheduling to avoid the storm. Our pictures turned out great and the CD came in the mail quickly.
I highly recommend families looking for a photographer in the Maui area.
Thanks Jen for timeless family pictures!

We just returned from a lovely two weeks in Maui to find the photo album that Jen sent us as an «extra» for the package we purchased. It was a great nice touch, with a nice note from Jen to boot. After doing a lot of internet research for photographers, we chose A Place In Time based on the beauty of Jen’s photos, and her glowing reviews. From the moment we first conversed by email to the surprisingly quick delivery of our CD and photos online, every dealing we had with Jen was flawless. She is beautiful, kind, witty and made us all very relaxed… no small feat when dealing with two teenage boys. She has a lot of passion for her work (and for animals, another passion of hers!) and the quality of her photos is top notch. I was amazed how relaxed and happy we all look in our photos, which is a direct reflection on Jen!
I enthusiastically recommend Jen and A Place In Time, and look forward to seeing her again when we next return to Maui!
Mahalo!

I could not be more thrilled with our experience with Jen/​A Place in Time Photography.
While planning a trip of a lifetime (our entire 11 member family altogether), I researched photographers here on Unilocal,and hands down, Jen appeared to be our best choice.
And she was. From start (booking/​deposit) to finish.
Among my large family we had 9 adults & 2 children. And a couple of strong personalities. Jen was completely professional & relaxed, and put our whole group at ease. She got SO many good shots! And moved us around to 4, or 5 backgrounds, getting as much variety as she could. The pictures look amazing.
I am so grateful to Jen & her amazing artistry with her camera lens & editing skills.
I would & have, highly recommend A Place in Time Photography, on your next trip to Maui.

Can’t say enough about how great Jennifer was to work with and the quality of the photos she did. We did family photos with our two kids (youngest being 8 months). She was very patient and the kids loved her, making our photos a success.
We followed her recommendations on timing and location and she was spot on. She even had some sample pics posted to share within a few hours. Thank you Jennifer!

I picked A Place In Time Photography/​Jen Rogers for two reasons:
1) I liked the photos on her website: It was exactly what I was looking for for our family portrait.
2) Her wonderful Unilocal reviews: I mean, come on, 15 of the 16 reviews gave her a 5-​star rating! That really says something about a business!
And now I’m happy to add another 5-​star review for Jen! Jen was entirely professional, helpful, friendly and fun from the moment I contacted her via email through the photo session and even in contact afterward. Jen asked what we were looking for in the photos; helped us to pick the best beach site that fit our needs; and was so warm and welcoming when we met her in person that we all felt comfortable with her.
Jen is very efficient also. Our sneak preview of photos was posted within a couple of days, and then our entire session was completed and available for us (with copyright release) within our week’s stay on Maui. When we arrived home after two weeks the photo disc and album were already waiting for us.
I will tell anyone and everyone traveling to Maui to book a session with Jen and memorialize the trip! I’m so very glad we did!!!

TL;DR: Jen is probably a professional from a competency point of view, but I question her values and her professionalism when it comes to treating her clients right. Strongly suggest you be cautious when dealing with her business.
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Full review:
Be careful before you sign The Contract. Take a photo after you sign any piece of paper.
My wife was so excited about the whole thing — it was our 5^th wedding anniversary and our son’s first b’day — she thought she was signing a Terms & Conditions sheet when she was handed a paper and a pen in the last minute right before the shoot. Little did she know she signed an ‘order sheet’ which _​apparently_​had a checkbox selected to pick the most expensive product: all photos in original.
How could someone ‘order’ something without knowing? I’d expect the ‘seller’ to make it very clear that the signature is for an ‘order’ for what amount etc before handing out a paper and pen and asking for a sign. No copy of this paper was given to us upon signing. She sent it over email after about a week in one of her last emails.
On the other hand, in a copy of the receipt we have for proof of deposit paid (the only copy of any paper we have from her), it clearly states that all orders will be placed after the photoshoot is over. So the 2 sheets of paper were contradicting: one saying my wife ordered all photos before the photoshoot, and the other saying orders will be placed after the photoshoot. When we tried to reason with her about this miscommunication, she threatened that she would go to court and e-​mailed a copy of the signed contract. My wife and I were appalled at the way she was handling the situation. We went ahead and sent her the money from a moral obligation upon realizing what we signed up for and not because we were ‘scared’ by her intimidating demeanor: that piece of paper wouldn’t hold in the court of law if she had dragged it along that far in any case.
During the time on the phone before all this I mentioned that I’d like to take a look at the photos before ordering. She kept saying I can have all the photos. Never did she mention she is going to charge $ 525 before I could see what I am ‘ordering’ — how could we order 25 photos or 50 photos (from the 150 or so photos in total) without looking at all of them? Which 25 am I ordering? It doesn’t make sense and it’s not the norm. Typically clients are sent a low-​res album to peruse and pick which ones they’d like to order.
A few times during the shoot she would lose patience and say things like «you can stand anywhere… I don’t care» — and this is the person that charged a $ 200 sitting fee. A sitting fee is not worth paying for when all you are going to do is take them around the hotel the client is staying in and ask them to stand how ever they want. True, she did give some good hints at times but I can tell you that was for a total of 5−10mins out of the 2 hour photoshoot and it was at the very end. Generally during professional shoots the photographer cracks jokes (it doesn’t matter if they are good ones or not) to try and make you laugh and make you very comfortable and relaxed… in this case we mostly had faked smiles and very less emotions for the most part because it felt a little awkward. And yes, squinted eyes since the sun was right on our faces (generally you can face away from the sun and use a good flash to get enough exposure on the shots. I use a 580 EX-​II which works very good in these situations and she had a pretty similar model flash: a 480 series)
The photos we received in the end didn’t look any artistic/​professional. I don’t think it was worth the money or time spent with her. For what it’s worth I have pretty good gear myself (5d mark iii, a bunch of lenses, and a 580 exii) for my personal use and I took very similar if not better photos around the island that we shared with family and friends. Even though we paid her for her work due to moral obligation because we ‘accidentally ordered’ her photos we don’t plan on printing/​sharing those pictures with anyone because we didn’t enjoy the experience.
Let me finish by saying that your mileage may very well vary depending on what your expectations — or lack there of — are. What’s mentioned here is from our own experience with her.

We had a great experience with Jen and highly recommend her services. She is very responsive, and was quick to turnaround our pictures. On top of that her prices are very reasonable.
I wanted to get family portraits done during our Maui vacation. Jen did a fantastic job, even though my kids were starting to melt down towards the end of the session. I was thrilled that I got to see the digital prints before our vacation was even over! Thank you!

I actually found Jen through another photographer on Maui who recommended a Place in Time when he wasn’t available. I always hold industry recommendations in high esteem and contacted her to do a 1.5 hour portrait session for my family when we were visiting Maui. Jen responded quickly and answered all of my emails (there were a few!) right away even on the eve of our photos when I couldn’t remember where to go. She made us feel comfortable even though half the family is nervous in front of a camera and listened to what we were hoping for. Even the guys couldn’t complain when we were done with our shoot, she made them calm down and took some funny candids of them being boys.
The photos look great and it’s difficult to pick one to frame. They were edited quickly and in my drop box account within the week. I don’t have any complaints and only having glowing recommendations for her work.

My wife, 2 year old son and I took a trip to Maui. We wanted to have some pictures taken to capture our son at this really cute age he’s ate. We found Jennifer here on Unilocal.She was great to work with. She took some very nice pictures under difficult circumstances (getting a two year old to smile). We had the final pictures in less than a week.
Thanks for helping us capture this time in our son’s life!
Would definitely recommend her.

We used A Place In Time Photography on our second trip to Maui. We realized on our first trip to Maui that we had some great pictures but none with the whole family together. We had such a great time that we had to go back. We decided that since we loved the island so much that we needed to have great pictures to remember our great vacation.
We called Jen on a recommendation of a friend. She made the whole experience fun for us and the kids. She took excellent pictures, was on time, was very reasonable in her price, told us exactly how to pose and got our pictures to us very quickly. It was a great experience for the whole family and my kids still talk about how fun it was taking pictures with Jen. It was a vacation with pictures that we will never forget.
I can say with great confidence that Jen will take great pictures for you and help complete your Maui vacation. She is friendly, fun, punctual, and efficient. We feel we received a great value and have pictures of our family that exceeded our expectation.

During our recent visit to Maui with our 18 month old, I realized I had to get some professional portraits taken during this amazing, once in a lifetime vacation. We may go back to Maui again, but our daughter will never be at this incredible age again!
I searched on Unilocal and called several photographers out of the blue. It was a Sunday afternoon and (surprisingly) three answered the phone — one of them Jennifer at A Place in Time. I got a great feel for Jen right away and hired her to come out the next day (on a holiday — Labor Day — no less). She was professional, reasonably priced and I loved what I saw on her website — great eye for detail, wonderfully talented photographer.
Our experience from the moment we met Jen in person was superb. She’s fantastic to work with, prompt/​early to appointments, sincere and warm. Our daughter warmed up to her right away, giving smiles she has withheld from many other professional photographers! The location was incredible and our photos are priceless treasures. Jen delivered the goods and then some. She had a link to us with all photos viewable online within days. A mere day after that, we received her package in the mail with all photos on disks PLUS a lovely little photo album with printed shots of Jen’s favorites from the 125 shots she took. We LOVE our photos, we loved working with Jen and we will definitely be calling her for another family shoot next time we’re in Maui!
A million Mahalos to A Place in Time Photography. A fantastic investment to capture and cherish your magical Maui vacation for all time.