Matt Mendelsohn Creative

Amazing photos! After stalking Matt’s work on Facebook for years I asked Matt to take a family photo and then individual portraits of our kids. The results are amazing, Matt captures light like no other and the pictures are just beautiful. Plus Matt made this a really fun family outing for all involved. Even the dog… because it just wouldn’t be a family photo without the the dog!

Matt is a stand out photographer. Not just from his many years of work in the realm of news and photojournalism but in regards to everything. He also managed to do the impossible. Which was to make me look GOOD in photos he took of myself and my wife. From the time of contacting him, setting up an appoint, and getting everything done, edited, and over to us, he was the epitome of professionalism, and did I mention how awesome his photos are? He loves what he does, and it honestly shows. He takes care with what become memories for a lot of folks, and you can tell people like him back by the number of friends he has gained just by first doing photographs for them. Myself included. I consider him a friend. I consider him a great artist, and in my estimation, the BEST in the NOVA/​DC region. You have an important event you want to remember (wedding, anniversary, birth, kids, etc), you call Matt. You can’t go wrong.

Matt applies his artistic eye and excellent technical skills to the photos he shoots. As a result, he captures unique moments that tell the story of life’s important events. Wedding pictures, baby pictures, family photos, even photos of our beloved dog — all come alive thanks to Matt’s talents. The best!

Matt shot my wedding back in 2002. He is incredibly talented, smart, fun, funny, interesting, affable, highly professional, and an all-​around great guy. I had some time on my wedding day to hang out with him, and I look back on that part of the day fondly because we had such great conversation. And once the day got going, he was the perfect photojournalist — completely unobtrusive yet perfectly capturing the day and its many magical moments. When my husband and I were on the plane heading to our honeymoon, we nervously said, «Umm, do you think he got good pictures? I didn’t see him at all.» When we got them back, we were blown away. I remember showing my friends at work and everyone agreeing they were some of the most amazing wedding photos they had ever seen. He loves shooting kids, which is one of the reasons I hired him since nine of my nieces and nephews (ranging in age from 6 – 13) were part of the wedding. The pictures of them that he captured that day are all-​time classics that everyone in my family treasures, including the kids themselves (who are no longer kids!).
You will not regret hiring Matt.

Matt is an absolutely fantastic photographer (and a pretty freaking great guy to boot!). We hired him for our wedding, and never looked back. His guidance before our big day was invaluable in helping me plan the timing of things. His presence before, during, and after our wedding was calming and welcome. And of course, the most important part, the photographs were absolutely phenomenal. We just celebrated our ten year anniversary, and people still comment on how lovely the photographs are — natural and photojournalistic in style, but gorgeous and special. In fact, we are flying across this country in a few weeks and having Matt take family photos of us and our two children, and I cannot wait!

I don’t have experience with Matt M. as a wedding photographer. Instead, Matt Mendelsohn has done portraits of my children for years. They are on every wall of the house. Like everyone else, we have thousands of images of our kids; taken on phones, on throw-​away cameras, taken by school photographers, by neighbors, etc. Simply put, Matt’s are the only ones that are the iconic images we think of when we recall our kids’ growing up. They’re not snapshots of what the kids were doing that day or what they were holding in their hands. They seem to embody who they were at the time. They are x-​rays of emotions and personalities. I am so so glad they exist!

You know how they say that the first dress you try on is the one? Well, while that was true for me and my wedding dress, it can also be said that the first wedding photographer you meet with is the one! We love our wedding pictures, loved working with Matt, and don’t hesitate to recommend his services to friends.

My family had the privilege of working with Matt to get portraits done this past fall. I’ve also known Matt for quite a while before this but had never reached out to him for a photo session. In all honesty, there have been numerous events since I met him where I wish he could have been there to help preserve the memories. Matt is the best photographer I have ever met. That sounds like a really big thing to say, and it’s true. He is the standard by which I would judge other portrait photographers’ work. The prints that we got from him are now a centerpiece for our home. If you have a chance to work with him, take it.

Matt is a fantastic photographer who works well in any environment. He’s great with kids and has taken great action shots of my kids playing sports. Matt will make just about anyone look great and help create lasting memories for your family.

Matt is just wonderful! He has been photographing my family for years. First when my son was born (his idea — not mine — and the best idea ever!) and then again of our extended family years later — not an easy task. He is a true professional and his photos are absolutely beautiful. You can’t go wrong with Matt!

I’ve known and worked with Matt for a decade now. His work is incredible. I can’t recommend him highly enough for portraits, weddings, special events — anything!

My oldest is 8 years old and since he was a baby we’ve doing family portraits every year. Matt absolutely was the best photographer we have every used. He was able to capture the personality of each of my children and produce family photo’s that are amazing. We will be using Matt for years to come. Highly recommended.

The fotographer is amazing. I googled him and after meeting with him I was impressed with his credentials and his demeanor. He certainly wasn’t the cheapest but he had the most impressive body of work. We hired him for our quinceanera, and did he deliver. My daughter unfortunately takes after her mother-​inlaw. She will hopefully have a successful career in radio. However Matt turned her into a cinderella and we couldn’t be any happier with the photographs. Mucho Gracias hombre and stay thirsty!

The best. He did gorgeous shots of our chamber music ensemble a few years ago that we continue to get compliments. Then just recently, out of the goodness of his heart, he shot some pics of my daughter and her boyfriend, because due to a snafu they didn’t get prom shots taken. They were thrilled to have photos by someone of his caliber. Sometimes I look through his recent wedding shoots just because he makes all his brides look stunning!

Matt is/​was an international AP photo journalist that captured the most prolific World events, and now works to capture the biggest events in your World. He is not only talented, but a kind guy that does the right thing. I’m an admirer of his work but have never been able to pay for a session; however, he knows how much I love his photos. I ran into him at sunrise at the Cherry Blossom Festival and he snapped a few freebies of my dog and I, just because… Even at 5am, fresh out of bed, no make up and groggy… He captured the moment perfectly. Not a glamor shot, but a shot that shows the joy and beauty of real life. That’s Matt. (Disclaimer: this story is to demonstrate his kindness and quality work, not devalue his work. It is worth every penny and when I have a major photo-​worth event come up, I’ll be saving to book Matt.)

Matt Mendelsohn is the very best photo-​journalist in the business. He did our wedding ten years ago; has done our family pictures every other year since then; and we have recommended him to everyone we know. If you want to capture your most special life events, you want Matt and his camera nearby.

Matt photographed my wedding, and since then we’ve gone back to Matt several times for family photos. What sets Matt apart from other photographers is not only his work product (which is better than anything I’ve seen elsewhere — from a perspective of pure ego, it is incredible seeing yourself and your loved ones in photos that are truly works of art) but his process. He is beyond easy to work with. He’s a joy to work with. Flexible, imaginative, creative… great communicator. Matt shuns the tired notion of the obvious, trite posed photos, and instead captures the «magic» in the surroundings and his subjects.

We engaged Matt for our wedding in May of 2000 and at least one follow up photo shoot.
Always patient, great with kids and fussy adults. His style of photography is fantastic, realistic and can capture the true personality of the subjects. Highly recommended!

Matt has been doing commercial photography for my Pilates studio for years, and we get compliments the creativity of our marketing almost every day (thanks Matt!!). Additionally, I just didn’t love my wedding photos. A friend of mine had hers done with Matt and I had major photo envy. So two years after my wedding, my husband and I got decked out in our wedding clothes and went out with Matt at sunrise to shoot the most fantastic photos ever.
Matt is a wonderfully talented photographer and a really fun person on top of that. I’ll always use him for any professional photographs. Could not recommend him more.

Matt is honestly one of the best photographers in the DC area (if not the whole east coast). I had seen examples of his work at Kettler Iceplex where my daughter played hockey, and loved the way he captured the children on the ice. I followed him on Facebook, and began watching all the wonderful examples he posted of various types of work from weddings to portraits to advertisements.
We (finally) hired him for spring portraits of my daughter at the Tidal Basin with the cherry blossoms, and simply put: they are breathtaking. The light and backdrops he chose were perfect. His ability to capture my daughter’s personality was awesome. I can’t wait for another excuse to hire him for family portaits throughout the upcoming years. I think once you hire Matt, you’ll be hard pressed to go to another photographer.