I love connecting with my clients. It's most gratifying to collaborate with you creatively and deliver pictures that you will love. I specialize in portraits, headshots and families and of course, weddings and other special events. I am a headshot, editorial, fine art, wedding and event Western Mass photographer based in Northampton MA working in Boston, New York and the region.
I grew up in Lafayette Park, Detroit the neighborhood that replaced Black Bottom. My mom was a ballerina and owner of a cheesecake and catering business. She hosted and fed the casts of Broadway shows, bands and ballet companies touring through Detroit. Later she owned a blues bar called the Soup Kitchen Saloon.
I grew up in Lafayette Park, Detroit the neighborhood that replaced Black Bottom. My mom was a ballerina and owner of a cheesecake and catering business. She hosted and fed the casts of Broadway shows, bands and ballet companies touring through Detroit. Later she owned a blues bar called the Soup Kitchen Saloon.
Services
Elizabeth Solaka Photography photographs your events such as weddings, Bat and Bar Mitzvahs, Christenings, Sweet Sixteens, anniversary parties, receptions, and fundraisers. Elizabeth Solaka also specializes in Marketing by photographing your event or telling your small business story, including music and theater production and outdoor events.
Reviews (10)
Lindsie Michelle
Nov 03, 2018
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Elizabeth is an extremely talented photographer. She is able to capture “in the moment” and charming pictures that brought our wedding day to life. We will 100% hire Elizabeth in the future for any events or family photos. Not only does she take wonderful pictures, she is friendly, responsive, and easy going. Her work is flawless. She is highly recommended.
Sarah Brewer
Jun 23, 2018
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We had a lovely engagement photoshoot with Elizabeth! She is very kind, creative, and did a wonderful job with our engagement photos, capturing our down-to-earth and calm style beautifully. We are so excited to have her be a part of our wedding day and capture those special moments. We definitely recommend her!
Megan Fountain
Dec 03, 2017
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Elizabeth was a delight to work with. She was really flexible, which helped our wedding day stay stress-free even with many family members running late. She gave us tons of photos--it's so hard to choose our favorites! I love how the colors turned out and the overall "vibe." I'm pretty "meh" about overly-posed and dramatic wedding photography. Elizabeth's shots were genuine, beautiful, and we will certainly treasure them for life.
Rebecca Rosenberger
Nov 08, 2017
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Karla Bee
Oct 06, 2017
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I just got my pictures back from Elizabeth and they are amazing! She is so incredibly talented.
From the moment we first connected she was always responsive and open to all different kinds of ideas for photos. The day of the wedding she completely blended in. There were pictures I saw that I didn't even know she was in the area to take. She has such a great personality and she blended right into the family while we were all getting ready and she made everyone feel so comfortable. She was also so patient and flexible with other people at the wedding trying to sneak in and take photos while she
From the moment we first connected she was always responsive and open to all different kinds of ideas for photos. The day of the wedding she completely blended in. There were pictures I saw that I didn't even know she was in the area to take. She has such a great personality and she blended right into the family while we were all getting ready and she made everyone feel so comfortable. She was also so patient and flexible with other people at the wedding trying to sneak in and take photos while she
Melanie Marshall
Aug 18, 2017
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Working with Elizabeth was an absolute dream. She has a very unique and artistic eye for taking beautiful pictures. Our wedding photos exceeded our best expectations! I have gotten so many compliments, people are so impressed. I don't usually love photos of myself so I was pretty nervous. She was so easy to work with, I felt really comfortable with her. She really captured the joyfulness of the day and the beauty of the spot we chose. I highly recommend her! I couldn't be happier with the results!
Julia Malizia
Jul 26, 2017
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We were so lucky to work with Elizabeth for our wedding. From the beginning she was friendly and easy to work with. She was so calm and on point throughout the whole process. She offered her advice when issues arose before the wedding and the day off she was incredibly professional. She was able to capture every moment from start to finish. I don’t know how she did it. The formal shots were lovely, but the candid shots were why we hired her (and she didn’t disappoint). We received the photos within only a couple of weeks of our wedding and absolutely love them! Hire her.
Liz Possee
Jul 21, 2017
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Elizabeth Solaka is absolutely incredible, and I cannot recommend her enough!
She is so sweet and quite funny, and we got along incredibly! (Which is important - you spend a lot of the day with your photographer!)
Elizabeth is so incredible at catching the little moments that are full of such genuine emotion. We just got our photographs back from her, and looking through them is such an incredible joy!
In addition to being an awesome person to spend a day with, and an incredible photographer, she is also extremely professional and speedy! We were super worried that we would spend our whole day
She is so sweet and quite funny, and we got along incredibly! (Which is important - you spend a lot of the day with your photographer!)
Elizabeth is so incredible at catching the little moments that are full of such genuine emotion. We just got our photographs back from her, and looking through them is such an incredible joy!
In addition to being an awesome person to spend a day with, and an incredible photographer, she is also extremely professional and speedy! We were super worried that we would spend our whole day
Caitlin Hagedorn
Jan 11, 2016
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One of the pieces of advice you're always given for a wedding is, "find a good photographer." Elizabeth is beyond a good photographer, she is incredible. We recently received our wedding photos from Elizabeth and they are absolutely stunning. She captured so many small, beautiful moments as well as the main events. The whole experience of working with Elizabeth is everything we could have wanted and much more. Elizabeth herself was absolutely a delight before and during the wedding. She spent the time to really get to know us as a couple, and to understand what we wanted for the night. We had a
Amanda Zaitchik
Jul 20, 2014
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Elizabeth was my wedding photographer, and I highly recommend her! She is great to work with, dependable, and very responsive and quick, even after the wedding in helping with photo downloads and album work. Her pricing is fair. But most importantly, we were absolutely thrilled with all of the photos. The quantity was pretty amazing and I loved having so many options to choose from, and the quality was there as well; she captured every key moment and got such great shots of all of our family and friends.
