TK Photography

Veronica was amazing! Our cake smash mini session went by smoothly and she was so patient with my daughter. The pictures came out perfect and were sent within a week! I have recommended this place to my friends and will definitely be returning!

When my daughter was born in May, I knew I wanted to have family portraits. I was scared of how my son (3.5 at the time) would react as portrait sessions in the past have been a nightmare. My son has autism and getting him to pay attention to anything other than Thomas trains is a huge challenge. Thomas (Photographer) used this to his advantage by perching Thomas (Train) atop his camera to get some amazing shots of our growing family. Thomas’ work is beautiful and clean. I never look at our family portraits and think «I wish this wasn’t there.» He has an eye for detail and makes sure that the client gets what they are looking for. Never in our two sessions did we feel rushed. He did an incredible job and I cannot wait to have my daughter’s 1^st birthday photo’s captured by TK.

I have worked with TK Photography for several special events. Their customer service and creativity is always amazing. I love the fact that they are a husband and wife team. It is apparent that they each bring their strengths to the table and work together very well. They are always prepared, arrive early and ready to go, capture a wide variety of special moments and details, deliver extremely high quality images and are available for any follow up questions or needs our clients may have. I look forward to working with TK Photography in the future. They are truly the best in their industry!

This is solely on customer service, not their work. Certain negative reviews before on how this business treat their customers might be misleading. I say this because, from my personal experience Tiana has answered all my questions and concerns. She’s a joy to talk with (even through emails) and helped me with questions I had. If their work is as good as their customers service, this place is 5 stars to me.

We have been using TK Photography for over 3 years to photograph our family. We have always received incredible customer service, honest pricing and a quality product. Thomas is always punctual and flexible… both things that as a busy mom I absolutely appreciate. He works hard to get the shots we want and never gets worked up or frustrated if the kids are not behaving. I love the fact that i receive my images in a few weeks and can publish and print them however I choose.

I have to say I was really excited about the prospect of using TK Photography. I have a co worker who turned me onto Bump Club and TK. Also one of my new mom friends from Bump Club just booked. I emailed Tiana sking for additional information and a call. She responed with completely different pricing than what everyone else who had just booked with TK had just recieved. Over $ 200 more. I asked her to call me to discuss and she continued to email. As a conversation that would have taken 5 minutes has now been a week of email back and forth. Tiana also kept impling I could not afford their services. My point was I didnt feel I should pay $ 200 more than everyone else. I respect if prices went up however I asked to cut an in studio mini session out as I would not be using it and if that would change the price. Tiana then emailed me that this was not a fit and the relationship was now strained. LOL. My response was becasue I asked for the reduced price they had given to everyone else or if they would not do that to elimate a session to take the price down they felt this was strained. Tiana took it very personal. I again said this must be miscommunication and maybe she was misreading the tone since it was email ans she sould give me a call so we could clarify. Instead of her calling she had Thomas call. He talked over me the entire time and kept telling me how they have so many clients and are booked all the time so I really do not matter. He felt I was bulling Tiana into giving the reduced price and he was unwilling to take money out of his own pocket for my baby session. WOW! Is all I have to say! So their pictures appear to be great but just do not ask any questions about pricing! I feel bad customer service. Glad I will not be giving them my money.

Thomas may be the second luckiest childrens photographer in Chicago. The first luckiest award goes to Bella Baby Photography because they worked out a sweet deal with Prentice and come knocking on your hospital door just a day after you’ve delivered. And who could resist taking/​ordering pics of their sweet newborn? Not I?
As for why Thomas is so lucky…
He photographs all Bump Club Chicago and Beyond* events, which are full of both expecting and new moms. And if you happen to be a V.I.P Bump Club member (like yours truly) you get a discount from TK Photography.
Months ago I was planning Baby R’s 1^st bday party and was on the search for a photographer. I was jumping for joy when I found out that because of The Bump Club I could have TK Photography there for only $ 100.probably the most inexpensive part of her 1^st bday bash.
Sadly Thomas himself was already booked for a wedding that day, but his wife & photo assistant Tiana was available. And Tiana did a great job. She was very quick to respond to all emails before the party. She captured every precious moment at the party from family pics for 30 minutes before everyone got there to Baby R’s first bite of cake. And she was an absolute pleasure to have at the bash.
I’m not the most patient person so I was going a bit crazy waiting for the photos. It took about 2 ½ weeks to get the photos, but when I saw them it was worth the wait. They also put together an adorable video montage that I watched about 80 times.
Definitely a good use of 100 buckeroos. TK Photography may be lucky to have access to so many new moms thru Chicago Bump Club, but we were very lucky to have them photograph Baby R’s 1^st bday,
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Let me begin by saying that I have taken my child/​ren to nearly every commercial portrait studio in Chicagoland. I was drawn in by advertisements of low prices. After having pictures snapped by an untrained, unskilled, 19yo who could barely work the register, let alone take quality photos of my children, I was promised by friends that if I just tried their Sears, Penney’s, insert commercial studio here, I would love it. It never was the case. I always ended up spending twice my budget for lame pics in front of a cheesy back drop. I quickly reached the end of my rope. My search for a photographer began. I posted a photographer wanted ad on CL and was inundated with responses. (Nearly a 80 in 5 hours). I quickly weeded out those that did not respond with a link to a portfolio, were out of my price range, clearly did not photograph children, etc. Thomas was my top choice. I contacted him and we set up a contract. He came out to my home and took tons of photos of my kids individually, together, and us as a family. My kids were a handful that day and I was a little worried as to how the photos would come out. He emailed me a link to the photos and a disc of them in the mail (per our contract). We were STUNNED! The photos were remarkable to say the least. My children looked so natural and not canned. The background editing he does is amazing. Your eye is instantly drawn to the subject of the photo. We just received our photos from a recent session and I am compelled to share my praises. (I’ll be honest though, there is a small part of me that wants to hoard his abilities for myself.) I have found Thomas to be a skilled photographer who operates in a professional manner for reasonable prices. Thomas will have a lot of work coming his way from our family.