Perfect Picture That

Avoid this photographer at all costs! Jay photographed our event last year and the pictures were great. That’s why we hired him again this year. However, the photos we got back this time were terrible. The lighting was bad, the composition was bad, and some were even out of focus or overexposed. When I approached Jay about this, he made all kinds of excuses about how it was a poorly lit room and he didn’t have adequate space to work. According to him, the pictures are fine. However, everyone I have showed them to finds in unbelievable that a «professional» photographer would deliver such work to a customer. He didn’t even bother to crop or color correct them. I asked for a refund, but again he dug his heels in and said he gave me the best pictures he could given the room conditions. He even said our critical comments were «rude». So very unprofessional.
These are the comments I received from others who saw the photos:
«I’m so sorry. I can’t believe the back drop pics are not even centered!»
«Wow, he really dropped the ball. A lot of these could be so much better with a little cropping, but it’s pretty unbelievable how badly composed these are. I’m so sorry, Jason. What a disappointment.»
«Pretty bad. It is so unfortunate that we leave our memories in someone else’s hands and they blow it… and they get paid for it! Just isn’t right.»
«Did he even look in the lens when he took them? I’m so sorry»
After my repeated complaints, Jay offered to re-​edit the pictures, but has not delivered any edits as of 5 months later. When he found a negative review I posted on another site, he sent me a hostile email calling me a b***h and other choice words and rescinded his offer to make the edits. (Odds are I was never going to see those anyway).
If you want to preserve your memories, look elsewhere for a photographer. Jay at perfectPictureThat is not your guy.

Jay did my mother’s 70^th birthday party pictures in Chesapeake Va. Had great props and wonderful customer services. The pictures are definitely memories for a lifetime.

I found Jay Sykes on line (
) and hired him for an Autoimmune Disease Walk in McLean Virginia Jay worked with me so well through reschedules (twice) and low turnout for the walk. I can certainly tell you that no matter waht the job, large or small Jay will give his best He made me think we were filming the Pope or something… He was timely, insightful, unobtrusive, and totally professional. I can’t wait to see the photos and video. Jay is one excellent photographer Highly recommend him.