Lance Oliver Photography

My husband and mother and myself vacationed on St. George Island the first week of May 2018. We wanted beach pictures made and looked at several photography websites. Lance Oliver's website looked exceptionally nice and the pictures that were featured were beautiful. I contacted Mr. Oliver and found him to be very personable and his prices were very reasonable.

He met us at the beach and proceeded to take pictures. When we received our CD showing all our pictures, I was amazed! We loved every photo. The color, the poses, the beach, we couldn't have asked for better. I selected the ones for printing and Mr. Oliver was very prompt in sending them. Since I have the disk, I can print all or as many as I want.

If you are needing a professional photographer, I highly recommend Lance Oliver Photography. His professionalism, plus a great sense of humor, made it a fun and rewarding experience. Thanks Lance!

My family has been using Lance Oliver Photography for many years. Anytime we have a special occasion to document (weddings, graduation, wedding anniversaries, family photos) we always call Lance Oliver Photography. Lance is willing to travel to various locations to capture those special memories. He traveled to Troy, AL to take photos of my MS graduation ceremony and we took pictures around Troy University campus as well.

He photographed our wedding at Mexico Beach, FL and we have had photos takes at Panama City beach as well. The quality of his photography and skill is exceptional. I would highly recommend Lance for any occasion.

Lance did our wedding and I could not have asked for a better photographer. I am actually very into photography myself, so needless to say I was very picky when it came to who I would have photographing my wedding. After looking at a ton of over priced places we found Lance. I was a little skeptical at first because of his pricing being so much lower than most other places. However, I was extremely pleased with the outcome as well as his presence at the wedding. 10/10 will recommend and 10/10 will use again.

I have been availing of Lance's services since well over fifteen years now. He took my first professional headshot that helped me a lot over the next few years of my career. Absolutely a charm to work with. Highly recommended.

Great Man! Great! Photographer! I am a photographer and I did not use Lance for our Wedding as it was 6 hour drive for him. I was at a Wedding Lance did for a friend of mine and his work was Outstanding. Wishing he had been closer to do my Wedding pictures and some other photos I needed.

I needed headshots for a course I'm taking so I didn't want to spend a lot. But they were to be used for my LinkedIn profile so they needed to look professional as well. I went with Lance due to price and quality. I am a terrible picture taker. I hate them. Lance did an excellent job, made me feel comfortable and everyone loved the photos. I received a ton of compliments and would definitely recommend Lance Oliver Photography.

Love all our pictures! Lance was punctual, delivered the photos on time, communicated very well and was easy and fun to work with. He even gave me what I asked for! Typically photographers only give you what THEY want you to have. Definitely recommend Lance Oliver Photography!

I could go on and on and maybe even write a book on Lance BUT I won't! I wanted a beach bikini photo shoot and I emailed lance and he responded within an hour! We set up a time and we emailed back and forth prior to the shoot! He gave me ideas and I sent him ideas as well! The day of the shoot was very FUN! The morning session that we originally booked was rained out within the first 30 minutes!

We rescheduled for later that afternoon! I obviously had several outfit changes and changed in my car with air running (I have blackout windows) but Lance has the patience of Job! He was fun, interesting to talk to and visit with and EXTREMELY TALENTED! All of my pictures are great! He has a VERY up to date camera and lens! I would definitely recommend him and will definitely be using him again! His prices were great as well!

It was the worst service I'd ever received! Never come back!

Photo quality: The camera used was a Nikon D70 which was fine back when it was manufactured in 2004-2006 however because of the older sensor quality and the lower light in the venue all of our photos are dark with odd shadows. Photos of events taken by guests using their cellphone cameras came out much better than the photographers images of the same event and angle.

It does not appear that he used a rapid shooting technique so we have quite a lot of photos with eye closed or abnormal facial expressions. His price was very reasonable however the images we received could have easily been done by a friend using a newer point and shoot camera. We will have to Photoshop and try to correct as many photos as possible but will be using cellphone images and point and shoot images from our family for the album simply because their color and contrast quality is superior.

Photographer professionalism: When I called 2 weeks before the date to confirm with him, he said that our wedding was not on his books. I forwarded his confirmation email to him and after calling me by 4 different brides names in spite of me repeatedly telling him my name, he found the contract in his cancelled jobs folder. He again called me by another brides name and said that my mother had called and cancelled the photo contract.

I had to tell him several times that I was not that bride and that he had cashed my deposit check and confirmed the booking. Eventually it got figured out but imagine the panic with only 14 days until the wedding! Lance said some unusual things to guests and made a few of them uncomfortable. He kept showing guests photos on his cell phone and seemed to talk a lot.

I had said that there were not going to be any preparation photos since there was no wedding dress but he barged into the closed dressing room, without knocking, while my family was getting ready and were dressing my 10 year old daughter.