Rick van der Valk Photography

Excellent photographer! We have worked with Rick numerous times because he truly is the best in the area. Love his unique shooting style. He is also the nicest guy you will ever meet. Be prepared to laugh the entire photo shoot and feel completely at ease. Can’t wait for our next session with Rick!

We hired Rick for our son's wedding after seeing him working at our cousin's son's wedding. Rick was so attentive, creative and just so nice that we knew he would be a perfect fit for us. Leading up to the wedding, Rick constantly communicated with us to ensure everything would run smoothly and as the weather started calling for rain, he had various other options...just in case. Rick and Allison were simply awesome and we couldn't be happier!!!! They took so many beautiful, thoughtful and amazing pics, they thought of everything!!! So happy they were part of our kids' special day!!!!! THANK YOU!!!

We hired Rick as our wedding photographer in 2014. I found him online and loved his style, and when we met in person I knew he would do the best job. We adore our wedding photos, Rick was phenomenal at getting everyone to relax and have fun which made for some great moments. He is personable and professional, which is why in 2016 my sister chose him to shoot her wedding and we hired him again in 2017 to do our family photos. I can’t recommend him enough, he’s absolutely amazing!!

We recently used Rick for our engagement and wedding photos and we couldn't have asked for a better photographer! Rick had so many cute and unique ideas and was so upbeat he is an absolute pleasure to work with. We received our pictures quickly after the wedding and I was blown away. He has great attention to detail and I would highly recommend! Can't wait to use him again in he future

July 15, 2017 Rick and Lou were amazing! I could not have asked for better photographers. They showed up on time and ready to go! To say the least, we are not very photogenic people… and thought it would be awkward having people follow us around all day. From start to finish they made us feel extremely comfortable in front of the camera. Both with extremely infectious enthusiasm made it fun for everyone. In the morning Lou was with the boys and Rick was with me, capturing everyone getting ready. During the ceremony, reception and dancing you would have never known they were there. They were very stealthy and amazed me with the precious (and funny) moments they caught when no one knew. As it turned out, my wedding had to be on one of the sunniest and hottest days of the summer. Because of the severe heat, everyone’s patients were growing thin during the family photos. Rick and Lou worked very quickly to get everyone done so they could take off to party in the AC. Even with the heat they were troopers and never showed any signs of slowing down. We received the photos back from Rick very quickly and they turned out wonderful! We wanted some traditional and some creative and that is exactly what was delivered. Rick and his team have done several of my friends and family’s events. He was the only “for sure” thing I wanted for our wedding. I was willing to move my wedding date to accommodate his schedule (thankfully I didn’t have to!) I would never hesitate to recommend him and his team to anyone. You truly will not be disappointed! Thanks again Rick and Lou! Hope to see you again soon!

My husband and I were lucky enough to win a free engagement photo session with Rick in June of 2018. Rick traveled to our cottage to take our engagement photos which was such a special day & we had such a great time shooting with him and truly loved the result. We didn't hesitate to book Rick for our wedding this passed June of 2019. Rick is very creative and helped to make us feel comfortable in front of the camera. He works so well with everyone & is a pleasure to have at your special day. The photos Rick took perfectly captured the happiness of our special day, we are both so happy to have such candid and beautifully shot pictures to look back on. Not to mention Rick spent extra time at the end of the night making sure to capture all of the fun beyond what we had expected! We would definitely recommend Rick and will book him again for future shots :)

Rick is absolutely amazing. My husband and I used him for our engagement pictures and our wedding! He has been so flexible with us during these Covid times - he's been wonderful at adjusting his schedule for us and staying very communicative. His talent - well that's just a whole other story! I fell in love with his work after seeing his website, and even more after he did our engagement shoot. He has such a great eye for landscape and being able to have us pose naturally. Rick is also extremely joyful to be around. He is so naturally happy and fun. He is so friendly and I always have a great time chatting with him. He makes you laugh so during the pictures you're not forcing anything; everything is genuine! I'm looking forward to working with Rick again in May (hopefully Covid will be gone by then!) and many more of our life adventures. Thanks Rick for making us look so good, and making it so memorable and fun!

When my husband and I were searching for a wedding photographer a close friend made the comment “you have to get Rick, he is amazing!”. They were 100% right, I can’t say enough good things about Rick and his team. He is very professional, his work is incredible, and he made my husband and I feel so comfortable! Our engagement photos turned out amazing, Rick was able to capture all of our emotions and was more than happy to include our fur baby in the session. We recently had our wedding and were able to see some sneak peak photos which are (to no surprise) beautiful, we can’t wait to see the rest!!