White Willow Studio

Has ANYONE been able to find them
Or anything else out about them?! We literally just want our pictures and everything we were promised for the $ 5,000 we paid– it still makes me sick years later to think of it!

Oh goodness! I know I’m two years behind the last review, but if someone comes across this I’d love to hear an update. I was a subcontractor with this company and it was the WORST experience dealing in weddings and I too got ripped off. I was never paid for 1 wedding I shot and another one I edited. After having trouble getting paid I had 3 upcoming weddings. I didn’t hear back from her so I assumed something had happened and I was never compensated for that business lost too. I shot some of their first weddings and I knew something was up because they had a very hush-​hush work model (using phone numbers that relayed to other numbers, not listing their address on their website, contractors not being allowed to contact couples, etc). They first started taking advantage of contractors because of the poor economy and offered employee benefits and high wages. At the time in 2011 I found out their main shooter was 18-​years-​old. They’d dupe any shooter. I found out later they were deceiving couples too by taking video samples from OTHER companies and presenting them to couples as if representing their own company. They would promise couples extravagant packages by showing them a work sample from a company not of their own, such as an Indian wedding that probably took a team of 3 – 4 videographers, and then Kay would send me out on a solo shoot and the couple expected the kind of quality from a team of 4 people from me alone… unfortunately I found out she was making these kinds of promises after a few weddings and I would’ve never agreed to those weddings if I knew she was making promises that I knew she couldn’t keep. I also found out through the Chicago network that she pulled similar stunts with other videographers. I thought I was crazy for a while, but more of the same stories kept surfacing: she’d oversell and misrepresent her portfolio by stealing material from other companies to get deposits, she would send a videographer out to shoot it, and when or if the couple was dissatisfied she’d let go the shooter, keep the money, and post another craigslist ad for a new videographer and do it all over again.
I found out a lot of this after the fact from other videographers on other shoots and it was always the same story. A lot of people got ripped off, clients and contractors. I read that they skipped town. Were they ever caught and and forced to pay up or imprisoned? I’m very curious.
Kay is a very unstable character. She slanders other companies and individuals in order to distract from her schemes. The last time I saw her I went into her office which was 50 miles from my home because after two months of asking for my paychecks she didn’t return any calls. I sent a signature-​required letter asking for my paychecks and the signature came back with some unidentified handwriting. I then went into her office, and the only way for her to respond to me was by me posing as a potential client to set up a meeting (this was late sept 2011). This was the first time I’ve had any contact with her after my paychecks never came mind you, and the first time I see her and her husband Tony, they called the police and told them they wanted a restraining order. The police of course told her that they can’t do a restraining order on someone who was only there once and I wasn’t causing a disturbance. Not to mention this was the first communication I had asking about my paychecks. They never intended on paying.
These people are very very troubled and I can only imagine the heartache that they caused a lot of newlyweds. I even heard a story that she tried doing work at a past business in Arlington Heights and she showed up on a studio manager’s door throwing bricks and stones at a house because she demanded to be paid for work that she never did. She has an explosive personality with constant mood swings. My heart really goes out to the victims that she stole from.

We also had a bad experience with White Willow Studio. They came to our wedding 9÷4÷11 but we never got the full wedding video (just a clip on Vimeo). I have been trying to reach Kaylea through Facebook, etc. and at one point she did respond and tell me she would get us the video but never contacted me the day she was supposed to drop it off and then her Facebook account was removed and we haven’t been able to reach her. We paid $ 1800 but what we really want is to get our video! If anyone is able to find them or get any satisfaction, please contact me!

Hey all. I was a subcontractor DJ for this company and was booked for several weddings that they backed out on as well. I exchanged a few e-​mails with Kay on Facebook and then was deleted and blocked.
I can say the last I saw of her she was on facebook under her name reversed… Aelyak Skoorb. I’m very sorry for what you have all went through. I myself had several dates I believed I would be working with this company. After a few successful dates they became ghosts.
Hopefully anyone who can track them down can get proper reimbursement… but based on their name changes and such I have a feeling they have moved on to the next town.

I also am suffering from this company. I got married in August and still have no pictures and they are nowhere to be found. Has anyone had luck taking legal action?

We have paid White Willow over $ 4000 to only get 800 pictures and a 5 minute clip of our wedding… No prints like we paid for. No final Video like we paid for. We will be going back to court these people are disgusting for praying on the happiest day in people lives.
***DID ANYONE ELSE NOTICE THAT THE OWNER TONY HAS REMOVED HIS REVIEW! I AM GOING TO FILE PAPERS NEXT WEEK TO TAKE THEM BACK TO COURT IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO ADD PLEASE CONTACT ME!!!***

We are frustrated as well. My wife and I have returned from our honeymoon and they are no where to be found. No phone numbers, not responding to emails.
Not a pleasant experience