Maypole Studios

Hiring Bethany for our wedding was one of the best decisions we made!! She was absolutely incredible to work with and we couldn't be happier with our wedding photos. As two people who don't love being in front of the camera, she did an awesome job making up feel comfortably and capturing the best of us. She was so easy to work with, which was so great while planning a wedding during a pandemic. I'm still in awe of our engagement and wedding photos and have had countless complements on them from friends and family. If your wedding photos are important to you, hire Bethany ASAP!!

I literally cannot say enough good things about Bethany. We first met her back in 2019 when we started planning our (doomed) June 2020 wedding. She was incredibly flexible with us throughout the entire planning process and was willing to put up with not one, but TWO date changes.

Her work on our engagement photos was gorgeous, and I can't wait to see how our wedding photos turn out. Bethany has a gift for capturing candid moments that really highlight who you are and what you care about, which was the biggest thing I cared about with photography.

Not only is her work incredible, she is

Don’t even think about it. Bethany is the person to work with for wedding photos. She is so kind, easy to talk to/work with, and amazingly talented. I have known Bethany for awhile and I knew even before I was engaged she was going to be my wedding photographer! We were lucky enough to have her photograph our covid wedding ceremony and our wedding reception a year later! Trust me… you need to call her and book her ASAP!

Bethany was amazing! She captured my surprise proposal to Mary and then helped capture our surprise party after. She is super easy to work with and responsive via phone/email. She clearly has been doing this for a long time, as she was incredibly knowledgeable about great locations in Chicago and the best way to secretly capture our moment. I would highly recommend her to anybody!

Hire Bethany and don't look back. She is an extremely talented photographer and a pleasure to work with. Especially during these uncertain times, she continuously worked with our updated wedding plans and always maintained a positive attitude. Can't thank her enough for making our wedding day so memorable.

This review is exactly 1 year late (7.13.2019), how embarrassing! Bethany and her co-photographer Jon were beyond amazing and did an incredible job capturing our wedding day and it's essence! We also had a fantastic time during our Engagement photo shoot! Not only is Bethany a seriously talented photographer but a kind soul and wonderful human being. From the first day we met her she was warm, down to earth and knowledgeable, making us feel right at ease! As soon as we left our initial consultation meeting, my husband and I knew we wanted Bethany to photograph our wedding! We are not photogenic

We are forever grateful for Bethany at Maypole Studios! Bethany captured the love we have for each other and the love and laughter of our family and friends in each photo. The slideshow Bethany sent was so beautiful and touching that it moved us to tears...she caught every treasured moment! I started to select all my favorites, but they are truly all my favorites!

On our wedding day, Bethany came all the way out to the south suburbs for the ceremony and back to the city for our downtown venue. The rain totals that day were over 3 inches and Bethany happily offered us a photo op the next morning

Bethany is THE BEST!!! I'd give her thousand stars if I could.

Photography was the most important part of my wedding planning, so I spent weeks/months searching for the perfect photographer for us and she was the one! I loved her style because she well captured candid moments and not too posed, colors were beautiful, and loved journalistic approach. I worried about feeling awkward in front of camera before our engagement photoshoot, and I honestly don't know how hours went by. Bethany made us feel so comfortable, and we just had so much fun!! When we got our engagement photos, I looked

My husband and I worked with Bethany and Jon at Maypole Studios for our wedding in Chicago on August 18th, and I can honestly say that they were the most amazing people for the job! My husband and I are usually a bit camera shy, but Bethany and Jon immediately put us at ease, and made the entire event so much more enjoyable with their presence. All of our guests could not stop raving about how amazing they both were, and what an absolute joy and pleasure they were to work with. If I had to redo my wedding day, I would without hesitation hire them again, and am so happy how they helped make our

My husband and I absolutely loved working with Bethany and her team at Maypole Studios. Bethany is incredibly talented; she has an innate ability to take pictures that made both of us and our surroundings look fantastic, while also completely natural and authentic. I've never seen photos that accurately capture and reflect people's personalities--until I saw Bethany's work.

Neither one of us love getting our photo taken, but Bethany immediately put us at ease. We loved our engagement photos, and our wedding photos blew us away. She captured some truly special moments, and the photos

I honestly don't know how anyone could even give less than 5 stars to Bethany! She was absolutely wonderful to work with. My husband (ahhh!) was lucky enough to know Bethany beforehand and once I saw her gallery I immediately said YES! She was very easy to communicate with, open to any and all schedules/changes/anything you could throw at her. She went through and made sure to get the names and lists of photos of the people we had invited and it really gave that personal touch.

On the day of, Bethany brought a second photographer, Josh, who ended up not only being great at shooting photos

Let me start off by saying that my wife and I had differing opinions on the importance of hiring a photographer for our big day (luckily I won the battle :) ). From the initial meeting, Bethany made us feel comfortable and confident that she was the perfect person to capture our big day. Her charming demeanor and patience helped ease my wife's mind and ultimately made it an extremely positive experience for all involved in our day. With very little direction, she exceeded our expectations and we were both amazed how she fit right in with our guests and we truly felt like she was a natural

Bethany was amazing! I was an out-of-town bride and she was referred to us by a family friend. She was so accommodating and came to my house the week of the wedding since we weren't able to meet before and went with me to the wedding site to do a walk through. I was so grateful for her doing this because it made me that much more confident on my wedding day. She was so fun and with so much positive energy. When we got our pictures I was floored. Not only did she capture the events of what seemed like a whirl wind of a day, but she captured the joy that was felt by everyone who was a part of

If you are questioning which photographer to book, stop right now and book with Maypole Studios! We cannot say enough wonderful things about our time with Bethany and Jon and how beautiful our photos turned out. They were so laid back and made us feel at ease with the entire process. They truly captured our personalities and our love in the best way. We are still in awe over our photos and are so fortunate to have such amazing images to look back on years from now to relive our big day. Thank you Bethany and Jon for everything! You are truly talented!

BETHANY IS AMAZING! My fiance and I found Maypole Studios Photography on a website naming the best Chicago photographers (this was for our engagement shoot, so of course we wanted the best). Bethany was extremely responsive, charming, and easy to talk to. We spent almost all day with Bethany and felt like we were hanging out with a friend.

I also want to highlight that Bethany picked the most creative spots for our photos. Picking out spots to shoot can be hard. We gave Bethany a few suggestions for spots we wanted to shoot at, which we did, and Bethany handled the rest. She knew the theme of

Bethany is the best!!! 2 years in a row we've gotten our family pictures taken with her and we couldn't be happier. She had some amazing locations to choose from and was SO great working with my crazy toddler and getting her to smile and be engaged. Highly recommend!!!

We eloped but wanted to be able to document our special day. We couldn't have asked for anyone better than Bethany to be our only "wedding guest". She quickly made us feel at ease; it was like spending the day with an old friend. It was a rainy morning and she showed up with clear umbrellas that made for some great props. If we could do it all over we wouldn't change a thing. The photos are beautiful and captured moments we will cherish forever.

What can I say? My beloved and I hit the freakin' JACKPOT with Bethany. Our little big day was just for us and the photographer was the only one we invited. From before the ceremony to sharing cupcakes with us at our house post-wed, Bethany was a fountain of joy. She got to know our "weird" in a short period of time, captured the moments that brought us such incredible joy -- moments we were moving too fast and too giddy to see -- and delivered the most personality-filled, truly US photos of our elopement that we could have ever imagined. We are overjoyed. Oh, and if you're

My daughter's wedding pictures are incredible! Bethany clearly loves what she does and it comes through in every picture she takes. She is so good at catching a moment, a feeling, a laugh, a look.......! Both biographical and choreographed pictures are amazing. Bethany is fun, pleasant and enjoys what she is doing which made even the most camera shy guests feel comfortable.

We just wanted to take a moment and extend our thanks to Bethany for capturing such a special weekend of our lives.

Her insight, candor, and warmth put two incredibly awkward and camera shy people (well maybe not Joe) at ease through all of this and her continual encouragement to take a step back and savor those small moments together was appreciated.

Both of us was sincerely touched by your generosity and patience when photographing the tea ceremony. My husband insisted we use you as a photographer and I can see why. You exceeded our expectations and we are so happy we chose you!

Tony &

My wife and I worked with Maypole Studios for our wedding and engagement photos. We wanted a photographer who could capture our personalities and display a positive energy from our photos and Bethany excelled in both of those aspects.

Bethany exudes a calm confidence during her photo sessions. She makes you feel at ease that she's going to capture exactly what you're looking for without any pressure to pose or present yourself in any specific way. I've been in wedding parties for friends where I feel like I'm a mannequin for the photographer and have to conform to their "

Wedding planning can be extremely stressful, so I am going to give all you bride-to-bes out there some advice that will make your lives a lot easier: STOP researching photographers. You've found the ideal person in Bethany from Maypole Studios.

I met Bethany a year ago when she photographed the wedding of one of my best friends. Having Bethany on hand during that day was great: she was fun, flexible, and totally on top of her game. It was great working with her. And then I saw the photos. And I was BLOWN AWAY. Truly, I have never seen anyone capture such beautiful wedding photos before.

Bethany is a unicorn queen. We were introduced via a friend who had her photograph their wedding and restaurant opening. My fiancé and I had JUST got engaged and we looked through her photos and we were immediately sold! Her personality and fun-loving attitude was exactly what we were looking for on our big day. She gave me so many referrals for flowers, dj, hair makeup: she was basically my wedding planner and photographer all in one! A literal angel.
Her extra photographers the day of had the same awesome attitude as her; much appreciated when the stress hits. Her locations for couple shots