North Arrow Creative - Glen Carbon, Illinois

Amanda R.

RUN! Do NOT walk to book North Arrow Creative! If they are unavailable for your date? Change your date!

In all seriousness, working with Kyle & Rachel has been a DREAM. They are the BEST humans; kind, professional, accommodating, efficient (we got through family pictures SO quickly, my mind was blown!), and most of all, FUN!

As someone who's been in many weddings, taking pictures can be miserable. Anytime we're with K & R, the time flies, and we have an absolute blast. Our guests and bridal party also raved about how great they were to work with!

Their photos are incredible. We did engagement photos as well as wedding photos with them. I typically don't like taking photos because of my weight, but the photos K&R take always leave me feeling confident and beautiful. They use very creative & gorgeous locations, and really go above & beyond to get the shot!

Their communication and organization are top tier. We got our teasers in record timing. All of our guests were blown away and jealous that they didn't experience the same with their photographers!

I'm SO glad we stumbled upon North Arrow Creative, and I can't recommend them highly enough!! We will be using them for all of our photography needs in the future!

Mike B.

If you're in the market for wedding photographers, North Arrow Creative is the only name you need on your list. Rachel and Kyle are absolutely phenomenal. While we already had engagement photos, they offered a free photoshoot so we would be comfortable with their shooting and communication styles the day of. We took it as an opportunity to show ourselves in clothing and environments that were more casual and reflective of our personalities than our original photos covered. They were fantastic, and some of our favorite photos to date. During that shoot, we connected with Kyle and Rachel as friends, with all of us almost forgetting the reason we were at the bar in the first place.

We couldn't have asked more for our day of photos. They listened to everything we wanted, and their additional team members were professional and courteous. We could go on all day, but the photos speak for themselves.

Even after the wedding, their continued communication in making sure we knew when our photos, videos, album, etc. would be coming in was impressive. They are dedicated to every client and stick with you through the whole process. We opted in for the seven minute video - it was the perfect length and encapsulated all of the highlights from our big day.

These guys are truly the best, and we would recommend them to anyone!!

Katie S.

My husband and I absolutely loved working with Rach and Kyle for our engagement and wedding photos! They were very communicative and helpful throughout the planning process. From the time we met them at our consultation to our wedding day, they exuded the knowledge and creativity to achieve our dreams. Beyond that, the photos they captured at our engagement session and on our wedding day were absolutely stunning- we’ve gotten endless compliments from family and friends! I cannot recommend them enough!

Brianna M.

Rachel and Kyle are an amazing team when it comes to wedding and engagement sessions. They get the best angles and make everyone feel comfortable and relaxed, producing the best natural photos. We could not be happier with our photos. Rachel is also incredibly talented with bridal boudoir. Not only did she make me feel beautiful and comfortable the whole time, she made it fun. I was very happy with the results! All of the photos taken by Rachel made me feel confident and beautiful in my own skin. She is truly so incredible to work with, and the quality and quantity of photos received was amazing. Would highly recommend to anyone wanting high quality photos and an overall high quality experience!

Claire L.

My husband and I had such a wonderful experience having Rachel & Kyle do our engagement photos! They were booked on our wedding day but captured our love
so beautifully for our engagement photos. From beginning to end, they were always very attentive and responded promptly to any questions we had. We immediately noticed that they exude confidence, knowledge, and artistic vision in all that they do. They have the props and skills necessary to work with lighting etc. They made us feel very comfortable during the session - not only that, but they were SO much fun and have a way of making you feel like they're your friends, not people you just met. They were a total dream to work with - if you want the highest quality photos and to have fun doing it, 10/10 would recommend North Arrow Creative!!

Jackie H.

We LOVED working with Kyle and Rachel for our wedding! Beginning with our first phone call, they were so personable, kind and knowledgeable. Throughout the process of preparing to shoot our big day they asked us numerous questions that prompted us to think about details we had not yet considered. As an interfaith couple, we had many Jewish components within our wedding ceremony. They were knowledgeable about the different traditions and already had ideas for how they could best capture those special moments (see Ketubah and breaking the glass photos!).

We had an engagement session prior to our Wedding day and during that session Kyle and Rachel helped my husband and I become more comfortable in front of the camera (we are both quite awkward!) and gave us feedback on poses. Due to all they did in the engagement session, our photo taking on the day-of went so smoothly! Rachel and Kyle were also immensely flexible and quick on their feet. It was quite busy in Forest Park that day, but they quickly thought of several spots we could go that would be less busy and where we could take our pictures. They also are COMMITTED to their vision and will do whatever they need to, including standing on questionably secure objects and laying on the ground, to get the picture!!

And don’t even get me started on their final products… we are in AWE every time we look through our photos. They captured so many beautiful moments, both formal moments and the inbetween silly moments. They truly captured the beauty and magic of our special day and we could not be more grateful. Thank you, thank you Rachel and Kyle for sharing your talent!

Ryan K.

We hired the North Arrow team for our engagement shoot and our wedding, and it was the best decision we could have possibly made. As a full-time photographer myself it was a huge challenge to find photographers that I was truly excited about and trusted, but the North Arrow team exceeded all of my expectations!

At the engagement shoot, Rachel & Kyle were light hearted and super fun to hang out with. It was a fantastic choice to book the engagement shoot and get to know them and their shooting style ahead of time! The photos turned out SO beautiful and they truly managed to capture the essence of our love and joy for each other.

During the wedding the team brought a shot list we'd previously discussed but were open to changes and on-the-fly requests and ideas. They were also incredibly kind and flexible as our schedule changed throughout the day. During the shoots we genuinely felt seen and heard - they were very attentive and really made sure to capture the shots we were hoping for. The team was also fantastic at giving directions and setting up our group shots despite having a sizeable bridal party! During the reception they magically showed up at every significant moment, no matter how small, and yet were never in the way.

We are so grateful that we found them and can't wait to hire them again in the future!!

Star R. (.

I had already hired the amazing duo that is North Arrow Creative multiple times for portrait, career/lifestyle, and engagement photos, so I knew they were going to knock our wedding out of the park, but I was still just absolutely blown away once the photos came back!

First of all, we got our preview gallery back much faster than I was expecting, and my husband and I were both so in love with the pictures! Honestly, if those preview photos were all we got, we still would have been over the moon. They were stunning, and captured the feel of our day perfectly. When we got the rest of the pictures back, I felt like I was once again reliving the high of that day, they transported me right back there, and were so, so beautiful (and funny! some of our guests' candids were hilarious, which we loved!). There was a great mix of posed and candid photos, and both Kyle and Rachel are great at directing you for poses and just generally making you feel at ease. No posing knowledge required!

They were great to work with through the whole process leading up to our wedding - they carefully listened to what both me and my partner wanted out of our big day, what moments were important that they capture. They provided us with a very detailed schedule for the day of the wedding as well, which we and all our vendors appreciated. They were endlessly patient the day of our wedding when, of course, family & friends started demanding group photos of them that weren't in our plan (and Kyle & Rachel only proceeded with the additional photos as long as it was okay with us as well, which we appreciated).

I can't wait to order an album of our wedding pictures now - I had actually ordered an album of our engagement photos from them a few weeks before our wedding in the hopes that I could use it as a guest book. Kyle & Rachel, being the amazing people they are, took that small turn around window and made it happen - editing dozens of photos and arranging them into a beautiful guest book/album for us. They even got it all done with a couple revisions I had requested. The book arrived on time, and it was absolutely stunning - very high quality, and will be a keepsake we treasure for a long time. I can't wait to order something similar for our wedding photos - the only hard part will be choosing a mere 30-ish photos from the hundreds of amazing photos they gave us.

I really couldn't be more happy with North Arrow Creative's work, you can't go wrong with these amazing people!