Concept One Photography

We had concept one provide our Photo Booth at our BIG Greek wedding. In short, they were awesome and we would highly recommend them. I emailed Ryan and talked mostly to him. He is extremely kind, even to a nervous bride that has a million questions, and got back to me really quickly via email or phone. If you are considering a Photo Booth, I would look no further than Concept One :)
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The two guys (sorry names are not my thing) that worked our Photo Booth were SO NICE, they even made sure that we (bride and groom) got a couple of pictures before the night was over. They were the hit of our wedding and all our guests were talking about their photos long after the wedding. We got a phonebook that same night! Shortly after the wedding we had digital pictures of all of our guests. It is a great keepsake.

We used Concept One for their Photo Booth service on our wedding day, August 29^th, 2015. It was amazing!!! People absolutely loved it. John called us before our wedding, and we discussed exactly what we wanted. He then did an excellent job getting people in the booth, and we ended up having more pictures than the photo book can hold! Definitely recommend!!!

We used them for photobooth only. They were able to accomplish what they had to do. Could the service been better? Yes. I was never contacted the week of the wedding– i had to call them and when I did, no one was available to answer. I need to plan things out for the wedding you know? They finally got back to me the day before the wedding after multiple voicemails i left. I e-​mailed back and forth with them with what design I wanted and all other details. Yet when they got to the wedding the design I chose was not even right. My guests even reported to me that at some point, the printer was broken. I mean, we did not really get our money’s worth. I don’t think they put enough effort with us– since they were so busy.

My husband and I used Concept One for our wedding day. We haven’t received the photo proofs yet (too soon after the wedding) BUT! we have nothing but good things to say about this company. First, we had Arnold as our photographer for the day. I have never met someone more professional than him. He made sure he captured any photo I asked for and was attentive to all our needs. He was very easy going and I felt comfortable to let him do his thing while we enjoyed our wedding. Plus he also made sure at the end of the night that we were 110% satisfied before he left. Second, we had Joe as our photo booth operator. He was PERFECT! He was really polite and very tolerant of my guests wearing the photo props on the dance floor. He also made sure at the end of the night my husband and I received our photo album and explained how to access photos online. And finally, the background staff that answered emails (Ryan) was great! His emails were answered the same day, every time for me. All together, Concept One has is together! Super glad I stumbled upon them at a wedding event! Thanks Concept One!

Here is the deal, if you are looking for a photo booth at a pretty good price, I would use them. What you see at the bridal show is exactly what you get (however, don’t feel pressured to sign up for it right then and there at the bridal show special price, they offer the same price all the time, just sign up to be on their email list). Anthony was our photobooth attendant and he was awesome, and the book he prepared for us with all the photo strips is a great alternative to a guestbook! However, when I signed up to get the photobooth, I did so because I thought I was also going to get our thank you cards included in the price and the thank you that they were advertising was beautiful. Don’t be fooled by this! The thank you card that they will advertise to you is stolen from Wedding Paper Divas, and if you ask them to make your thank you like that one, they will not be able to. What a let down. When I asked for my thank you to look exactly like the one that was advertised which they told me they had recently designed for another couple, Sal just told me that «the font was no longer available.» Don’t advertise something you can’t deliver, Sal, and don’t steal from other companies and claim their work as your own. Unprofessional and unethical.

We used concept one for the photo booth for our wedding. The attendant, Anthony, did a wonderful job! The photo booth was very nice and came with a lot of props. Anthony did a great job running the booth and trying to get guests to sign the book they put all the photo strips in for the guests of honor to keep at the end of the night. We would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a photo booth!

Robert was our photographer and he had some very wonderful and creative ideas for different shots of the bride and groom before the wedding and during the wedding. We were very pleased with how easy-​going he was and helpful in coordinating our bridal party for great shots. He truly captured all of the moments I could’ve hoped for with our family and friends. He even took photos in the rain with us! it was worth every minute and he was a wonderful person to work with. We would highly recommend Robert for any bride who would like to have a good time and trust her photographer with capturing special moments!

I dragged my now husband with me to one of those bridal shows. He dreaded it but I’m so happy we went together because we ended up with a great deal from Concept one photography. We were looking for a wedding package that had the photography, videography and photobooth. We stopped by Concept one booth and greeted by their friendly staff they weren’t pushy and their package looked great. We tried out their photobooth and decided right there to put a $ 50.00 deposit for the package. A few weeks later we met with Sal at his office in Bloomingdale he thoroughly explained the package and even gave us a timeline for the wedding day start to finish. We were sold! Sal was really easy to get in contact with and the photographer, videographer and photobooth person were in contact with me the week before.
Arnold our photographer was a God send. He was absolutely so accommodating and the pictures he took were absolutely beautiful! He helped a lot of the staging of the photographs and directed my bridal party. He had a lot of great ideas for poses and at our reception he was at our beck and call if we wanted certain pictures. We just received our wedding album and it is beautiful. The pictures are gorgeous!
Steve was our videographer and he was great as well. I didn’t even notice that he was there (which is a good thing right?). We haven’t received our video yet, but we can’t wait!
Our photobooth was so fun! Our guests enjoyed it especially the kids and the album was a great souvenir.
Overall, concept one is a great vendor! The quality of the photos were amazing and the service was top notch! Thank you Sal and your concept one staff for our great memories!!!

Wow where do I start? It was a great experience overall from my initial consultation to receiving the most beautiful wedding album in the world lol I interviewed over 7 photograph companies for my wedding and I went with ConceptOne. The service and price and package was great! Our photographer was great she was with us practically all day and had a blast she said. She took about 1700 pictures!!! It was hard selecting pictures for the album but when I saw the album I was so happy with the end result. Sal is a great guy to work with and very helpful, I would definitely recommend! I just wish i remembered our photographers name.

We used Concept One for our wedding this past Saturday (3÷21÷15). Overall, we really enjoyed working with them!
During the planning process, we worked with and spoke to Sal. He was very receptive and easy to get along with. We went with a package that included a photo booth; so we had two people to work with on our wedding day.
We LOVED our photo booth attendant. There was a last minute change with this, but it was seamless! Just because I was so excited and had so much going on that day, I didn’t realize until after the event that our attendant was Ryan, Sal’s son! Great guy! He was personable, and made sure we were content with the hours we had set up for the photo booth. He wasn’t hovering over us, and gently reminded my husband and I that we needed to get in the booth as well. Nothing but praises for Ryan!
Our photographer… well, he was ok. He was great with contacting us before the event. We even sent him a zip folder of specific pictures we wanted. He accomplished some of these, but not all — there weren’t pictures that were appropriate for church! He arrived on time (always a plus!) and took plenty of photos of the girls and me getting ready. That is kind of the end of the good I have to say about him. After our church service, he took SOOOOOO many pictures, even after being told by me and my husband that we were DONE, and kept us there so long, that we missed ALL the other stops we wanted to make for FUN pictures! The stops were all close by, intentionally, so we didn’t have to be driving all over creation! After the church, we had to go right to the reception. While at the reception venue, he was not listening to us! I cannot say how many times we told him we were done with being pulled from the party to take more annoying posed pictures! In an email to him I clearly stated we like posed pictures, but this was extreme; and the poses should have been of our guests as well. Whenever we told him we were done, and at times we were terse with him, his response was, «I’m just doing my job.» I even replied once, «Yes, and I am paying you. We are done with this.» It’s almost like he went overboard with pictures at the reception in an attempt to «make up» for what we missed with fun pictures… except they still weren’t fun!!! I honestly couldn’t have been happier to have his time to end that night!
We obviously don’t have our pictures yet, it has only been three days since our wedding. His pictures may end up being wonderful, but I will still have the complaint that he doesn’t listen! If you use Concept One, I would honestly say you might want to avoid ROBERTO D.
The company is GREAT — and I would suggest them to anyone. We just were NOT happy with our day long photographer. I will remark on photos once we see them.
**Update (6÷19÷15) — we received all of our photos and are honestly pleased with the overall result. Even though Roberto is still not top on our list of things that were exceptional regarding our wedding overall, pictures themselves are great quality. We definitely sat there groaning about many of them, because they were not what we wanted, but there were enough to make us happy. We are now beginning to pick the photos we want in our album.**

FANTASTIC SERVICE FOR A GREAT PRICE!!!
I have nothing but positive things to say about Concept One. From the very first meeting almost 2 years ago with Sal (Owner) to today as i was thanking him for our wedding album, the customer service has been nothing but stellar. Sal has always been very easy to get a hold of via email and phone (he provides his cell phone number to all clients, which not many people do). He or Ryan have always been very helpful and informative whenever i had a question, and i had a BUNCH! I know that Sal and Concept One works with tons of brides but when Sal was talking to me I felt like i was their only client because of all the attention i received.
The packages they provide are either ala carte or all inclusive (what we chose) –photo, video, and photo booth and come with engagement announcements, place cards, and wedding album, for a FANTASTIC price!
Our photographer was Arnold and you can tell he was a seasoned pro! He was great at his job, was funny and attentive and captured all the right moments. The pictures turned out way better than I could have ever expected.
The photo album, we received today and it looks very professional and perfect! The layout is great and it looks high quality.
All in all i am completely thrilled with Concept One, Sal and the whole team. Truly the BEST customer service out of all the photographers i met with (8 to be exact!) and truly stunning pictures. If i could give them more than 5 stars i would. Ill make sure to keep recommending them to everyone i know!

Don’t use them the are awful ruined my weeding day no stars the photographer wasn’t very good didn’t take many pictures and didn’t make up for the one he should of sal the Owner for get about him he just wants ur money he will tell u anythingcccccxxxxx

First of all, thank you for sending Steve as our attendant. He uploaded some pictures onto CapsuleCam for our wedding (he didn’t even know anything about this APP, he learned and did it… he helped people with the props… he reminded people to write something meaningful onto the bride and groom’s scrapbook (which my daughter adores)…Steve was remarkable.
The only thing I wish could have been done better was that Mickey Finns wanted him to set up in a corner that was out of the way… I wish he was more in sight… because after people had a few drinks and noticed he was there, people started to line up and EVERYONE LOVED IT!!! We all had so much fun with your photobooth. It was private enough so people would have fun. My daughter’s dress got stuck on the chair (it must have moved on her gown) and she yelled… STEVE! He came running and removed the chair. It was sooo funny! He was soooo helpful and worked hard.
He stayed for about 50 minutes over what we contracted him for and it only cost $ 50, how reasonable! However, we really had no choice, the line was so long by this time, and our guests were having so much fun that this was money well spent. In fact, the DJ played his last song (especially for the bride and groom) but no one danced, not even the bride and groom, because everyone was by the photobooth!
Thank you for Sal & Concept One for sending Steve! He was on time, helpful, gracious and simply the best!

We used Concept One for the photo booth at our wedding. They were less expensive than a lot of the other companies we found, so we decided to give them a shot. They were very easy to work with and professional. Joe was the photo booth attendant at our reception. He did an excellent job! He set everything up before cocktail hour so that there were no disruptions and everything was ready to go by the time people entered the room. Everyone who took photos in the booth got to keep a strip of their photos and then an identical strip went into an album for us to keep. The guests signed notes next to their photos. Joe put the album together and gave it to us at the end of the night. It is an awesome album and it’s so much fun to go through and remember the great memories from our wedding night! It’s also great to see all of the pictures of our guests having such a great time at our wedding!

I recently was at a wedding where Concept One was doing the photography. I had to write a review because they were such nice people and so much fun. They had set up a photo booth inside the hall and it was a big hit with the partygoers! Such a fun idea! The photo booth concept has been updated with props and computerized images so the quality is much better than the old time photo booth! I would definitely recommend this company as they really added a lot of fun to the reception without being too obvious or taking over. I can’t wait to see all the photos!

WOW! we went to a wedding show in downers grove today and looked at all the photo companies and while my aunt was being offered a photo booth for 200 $ more than the girl next to her I said well why isn’t it the same price, it was the same exact package… The son of the guy offering said he’s my dad and the owner so he can do that… I am not racist but they were of Indian decent and so was the other ladies who were offered 200 $ less… I said no we want the same as they were offered and then the owner (dad) said it was because they were getting married on a sunday, I was polite and asked the ladies when the wedding day was, SATURDAY in December!!! So once again I said well my aunts wedding is on a saturday too just like these ladies and the guy said «move along» lol I don’t think that is good business and will be contacting the wedding expo as well because I was not the only person this happened too… Hopefully the other couples (2) others who heard what happened will go on here as well…

We used Concept One for our photobooth for our wedding reception. Communication between us and them were quick and responsive. They set up before any of the guests arrived for cocktail hour which we appreciated, and the photobooth was such a hit with our guests! The guys operating the booth were really nice and did a great job putting together our scrapbook of all our guests’ pictures with their messages. I highly recommend using them if you’re thinking about renting out a photobooth for your next party!