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Elle Alexandra Photography Temecula, California

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Website:http://elle-alexandra-photography-1.showit.site//
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ellealexandraphotography/
The Knot: https://www.theknot.com/marketplace/elle-alexandra-photography-menifee-ca-1024817
Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/elle-alexandra-photography-temecula
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellealexandraphotography/

When clients start searching for reasons why their images aren’t matching up to their expectations (IF they even get them delivered) you know something is afoot. Something is definitely afoot here.

I’ve been told there’s more images that were up but she’s pulled them when being called out on them.

The reviews out there for her are NOT good.  Don’t fall for her standing behind Jesus and Grace.

Update 10/12/18: Both Lesa /Lisa/Elle and her sister Kayla have weighed in on the Facebook Post about this listing and said I’m crazy and the images were obviously just inspiration.  Then they said they took a class from Amy & Jordan who said she could use the images and didn’t need to credit.  There were a ton of other explanations and excuses.  In the end the stolen images remain and they have not removed them.

So I went to Instagram.

More “inspiration” to be found.

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Prince Photography in Irvine, California

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Website: https://www.princephotos.us/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/princephotos.us/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/princephotos.us/
Wedding Wire: https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/prince-photography-irvine/7d47f1a0819ec258.html

I have a feeling there’s more stolen images in their portfolio but I’m not finding the original sources for everything.  Seems like he hit up ISPWP or WPJA for a lot of these. Facebook’s sources tend to be Instagram so a lot of those I think may be stolen but I can’t find sources for.

Some of these images appear across all platforms.  I only am showing the first source but if you are one of the original photographers make sure to check across all the links as many show up on the website, facebook, instagram and wedding wire.

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Choose 21 aka Pick 21 aka Welcome to 21 aka Weddings by 21 aka 21 Moments aka Wedding Masters aka The Wedding Professionals aka Studio 585 in Bethel Park, PA

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Website: http://www.pick21.com/
Website: http://www.choose21.com/
Website: http://www.weddingsby21.com
Website: http://www.welcometo21.com
The Knot: https://www.theknot.com/marketplace/the-wedding-professionals-pittsburgh-pa-661104
Wedding Wire: https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/wedding-masters-san-francisco/60cc57c9a4a7edee.html
BBB: https://www.bbb.org/pittsburgh/business-reviews/wedding-consultant/21-moments-in-bethel-park-pa-71020023

I was sent this about a week ago when a videographer was contacted by a potential client of Pick 21 because they found their name in a few of their sample videos and wanted to know if they worked for Pick 21.  The notification got lost in my Facebook feed and I forgot to go back and source the images.

Flash forward a week and I come across a post by a potential bride of Choose 21 on a local wedding group asking if anyone had worked with them.  When I clicked the link I immediately recognized their website and realized it was the same company from the week before but now they have expanded into my area.

So far I can find listings for this company in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus, San Francisco and the DC area.  There may be more.  Yet, they claim to not be a business that outsources and they have one photography team and one DJ team.

Their main m.o. appears to be photoshopping couples into dramatic backgrounds.

They’ve also plagiarized reviews, seemingly after they were hit with some negative ones.  The bonus is that all of these plagiarized reviews has given them “The Best of The Knot” award for 2017 and 2018.  Shows how much you can trust those kind of rewards.

Update:

In the past year I’ve had countless couples email me asking for help with this company.  They are allegedly no showing to weddings along with allegedly not delivering files.  When they get negative reviews they then stuff their profiles with more fake good reviews.  Be VERY cautious when hiring this company.  They have been going by “The Wedding Professionals” lately but likely will be changing their name again as they did with Choose 21, 21 Moments etc.

Update 2/2019:

They have rebranded as Studio 585.

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Shamrock Photography aka Kevin James Photography in Riverside, CA

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Website: https://www.shamrockportraitsphotography.com/
Thumbtack: https://www.thumbtack.com/-Riverside-CA/service/3022060
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kevinjamesshamrockphotography/ (currently down)

He has removed his Facebook page but somehow hasn’t managed to remove the stolen images from the website.  Of course, that nefarious “website designer” is being blamed.

Update @ 5:55PM EST

He’s changed all of the images on the landing page to stock images.  Still misrepresenting his own work…

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Photography by Synthia aka Synthia Herrera Photography in Upland, CA

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Website: http://photographybysynthia.com/

Website: http://synthiaherreraphotography.com/

This submission came to me last week when I was out of town photographing a destination wedding.  Unfortunately this photographer refuses to take down the images and the images remain on her website a week later.

What made me laugh is that not are all of the images watermarked with her logo (I couldn’t find any images on her website that didn’t have a source out on the internet) but that she even stole the buttons from some other photographer – including the “about us” with their photo.

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