Zi Studio Inc

Zi Studio provided photos for our daughter’s Christening. His team did an excellent job!!! The CD-​Rom, Photobook, and related material he prepared were outstanding. As an experienced amateur photographer myself, I can honestly say, Slav’s studio surpassed my expectations. His prices are competitive and well worth it. He is tops in his field, truly artistic, and in my opinion, the best in Chicago. Book him while you can!!!

We hired Slav Zinger to be our wedding photographer less than a week before the wedding! What a fortunate choice! Slav was professional, helpful, and took great photos of our wedding at The Grove in Glenview. The cost was well below other quotes we received. We’re sure you’ll be thrilled with his work.

Our wedding planner referred us to Slav Zinger and one other photographer. I met with Slav first, and he made a great first impression. I was also very impressed by the photo books and studio he makes them in and can’t wait to make ours. After I met with Slav and saw his work, there was no reason to even meet with the other photographer. Needless to say, we hired Slav to photograph our wedding, and he was an absolute pleasure to work with from start to finish. He is easy to get a hold of and always responds to emails quickly. With all the stresses that come with wedding planning, we never had any with him. On our wedding day, he was awesome! He had another photographer with him named Vadim; both are extremely professional and do whatever it takes to get the shot they want. My husband and I really appreciate all of their hard work, as it was a long day! We couldn’t believe how many pictures they took; they really captured all the moments or our wedding day. I’ve also ordered some prints, which have been beautiful, and I always receive them quickly. All in all, we are extremely happy with Slav Zinger and Zi Photo Studio and would highly recommend him for any photography needs.

I ordered a 12×12, edge-​to-​edge, seamless wedding album from Slav (the owner of Zi Studio) through his business website Luxeo Photo Albums. He was a pleasure to deal with from start to finish. We got the album, ahead of expected delivery, we were ecstatic about it’s quality and finish! It will be a wonderful heirloom of our wedding and we are very happy we found Slav!

Slav did my wedding several years ago. Here is my experience broken down into categories:
Cost: 3 – 4 stars. For Russian photographers he is pretty middle-​of-​the-​road price-​wise, which is much cheaper then typical american photographers. He also works ALL DAY (from getting dressed in the AM to about midnight) for that price.
Quality of Photos: Solid 3 star. Nothing special but didn’t ruin my day. Good group shots, clear images. Unless he has changed up his style in the last several years, I would not expect anything especially creative or artistic.
Personality/​ease of working with him: Prior to the wedding and on the day of the wedding, perfect 5 star. Came on time, easy to reach, etc. AFTER the wedding, 2 stars would be generous. My biggest problem with him and the main reason I would recommend my friends to work with someone else was the business ethic after the wedding was over. He mislead us about what was included in the cost of the package (even though we made it quite clear as to what we were expecting) leading us to incur unexpected costs for our photos. Even in the attempts to resolve the issue, the «deal» we would agree upon would change after we have agreed upon it. I sorely regret not putting EVERY detail in writing and making him sign it.