Pink Lotus Photography

We just recently booked Amanda of Pink Lotus Photography for our annual family photo session, and she was fabulous! The day we booked was rainy, but because of a time crunch, we needed to move ahead and get the shoot done. Amanda was a trooper, and showed up ready to go, with a smile on her face! She was great with our toddler, and we even managed to get beautiful shots of him smiling (this is a rarity!).
As a photographer myself, I’m very picky as to who I choose to capture our family memories, but I can say, with all honesty, that I was not disappointed in the slightest with Amanda’s work and professionalism. The photos were received were priceless and we can’t wait to send them out with our holiday cards this year!

My husband and I were so happy to find Amanda as our wedding photographer. To this day I still think it was a lucky fluke because it was kind of last minute. After special circumstances we were scrambling to find someone who was still available and within our budget too, and we found Pink Lotus online. Amanda responded to us quickly, we loved her portfolio and it seemed like she had a really great eye and unique style.
We chatted with her via Skype since we were planning our BC wedding from Edmonton. She made us feel totally at ease and answered all our questions. We knew we wanted to sign with her before we hung up on the chat.
Amanda and her friend Amber were stellar on the wedding day. I was not a calm bride by any means, but they were extremely patient even when we were running behind and reminded me to relax. I think my favorite part of the day was doing the portraits with Amanda. She makes it so much fun and you can still be yourself as she’s snapping away. We really liked her creativity and that she put us at ease. And I seriously felt like a princess for a day :)
We received our wedding photos relatively quickly too, given that she was swamped with several other weddings at the same time. What I really liked was when she released «teasers» of our photos every now and then after the wedding, it’s like a little surprise every day before you get all of them! She is also really great about responding to messages quickly and keeping in touch.
The photos turned out amazingly and we are so glad we found Amanda. Thanks for everything, Amanda, you rock! We will definitely think of you for *other* special life events :)

Amanda you are a gem! I am so happy with our wedding photos and your photography. You definitely out did yourself. You are such a wonderful and easy person to work with. I am glad we found a photographer who blends with our expectations. I definitely can tell this is not only a job for you. The oohs and ahhs with every shot you take, the endless photos you do to get that perfect shot, and the way you are open to our ideas. It is really nice to see someone so passionate in what they do. I love how you never forgot and always counted down with us to our wedding day and always willing to give advice and help. Thank you once again for everything. You are not only a great photographer but a great person and I wish you all the best especially to Pink Lotus. You deserve it!

I was contacted by Amanda shortly after I posted my first review on Pink Lotus Photography. She was very apologetic about the situation and really wanted to make it up to us. She contacted Dealfind to ask them to give us a refund and arranged for a photo shoot for our family as soon as possible.
We had our photo shoot and were quite pleased with the results of our pictures. We also found Amanda to be pleasant and professional.
This situation with Amanda reminded me of a documentary that ran a while back on CBC Radio about these daily deals. Some of these companies do not do a good job preparing the merchants on what type of rush to expect after the sale and do not suggest limiting how many sales (photo shoots) to make, so the demand overwhelms the supply, and usually the customer and merchant both lose something. The only winner is the daily deal company (e.g. Dealfind).

I can’t speak for the photographer or the quality of photos that are provided because I never got the opportunity to use the services.
After purchasing an hour photo shoot with Pink Lotus Photography through «weddeals» I was successful at contacting them via email the first time then heard nothing back for awhile. Eventually I heard back from «Mauricio Chandia» and it sounded promising. I didn’t hear back for several days and by then the weekend in question had gone and passed.
I emailed another THREE times over the course of several WEEKS … 5 or so. I kept excusing it because the summertime is such a busy time for photographers but after a grand total of 7 emails sent by me and a total of 3 emails sent to me from Pink Lotus Photography I decided enough was enough. I bought the deal in March, emailed immediately and in July I sought a refund.
I contacted PLP for the refund initially and, of course, heard nothing back. I contacted weddeals for a refund and by then the «30 day refund» policy had come and gone. I’m out $ 45.
A complete lack of communication. Extremely non-​professional people running this show. Very unimpressed. If this business is so busy they can’t return repeated emails then they should not have signed up with weddeals to sell photography sessions.
If you want to book an actual appointment and not waste $ 45 (or much more), I suggest you go with another photography «business».

My fiancé and I booked Amanda to take our photos, even thought we hadn’t really sought any references, but we liked what we saw on her website. We weren’t sure what to expect, but we just knew we wanted some engagment photos.
We were so pleasantly surprised by how the three of us clicked together, right from the third photo or so. We had Amanda for an hour, and we walked around parts of Stanley Park, and we had a great deal of fun on our photo shoot. When we got our photos back, fairly quickly, I might add, we were so impressed — we loved them! Our friends and family did, too; we have received so many compliments on our engagement photos.
We already had a photographer for our wedding, or we would have loved to have had Amanda take our wedding photos, too.

I hired Amanda of Pink Lotus Photography to take photos as well as create a photobook. She has advertised and partnered up with a lot of group deals and the reviews I could find seemed to be okay! She was very enthusiastic and responsive at first and made me feel at ease as we corresponded over email and text. However, I was not happy with the professionalism of the shoot and how the photos turned out. From the photos that I showed to other friends with formal training, the consensus has been she probably doesn’t have any formal training — just a nice camera. I didn’t receive the photos on a CD as we agreed and she didn’t deliver on making a photobook. I didn’t hear any responses from her several attempts to get in touch or an offer to refund a part of the money I paid for the services we agreed on. As sweet as she is, she didn’t deliver on our agreement and I am overall very disappointed. I unfortunately wouldn’t recommend her services to any of my friends.