Trout Buesser Weddings

Allie R.Jul 2026

Trout was a mixed bag of an experience, but the highest praise I can give is the care he showed in making things right when things went wrong. I'm revising my original review because our experience, while initially disappointing, ended on a much better note. There were some significant issues at first, including poor communication and an incomplete delivery of the work we had agreed upon, to name a couple. To his credit, Trout took accountability for any and all shortcomings, responded promptly, resolved the outstanding issues, and provided the additional photos that had been overlooked -- I would be remiss if I did not note that our wedding was in October and it took until July to fully resolve everything, but to Trout's credit, he cared very much to make things right. I don't believe our experience is necessarily wholistically representative of what every couple can expect when choosing to work with Trout, therefore I would weight it accordingly. That said, the challenges we encountered felt substantial, especially given the importance of a wedding photographer's role. In the end, we truly love the vast majority of our photos that Ryan (his photography partner) took, and because of the effort Trout made to address all of the issues that arose, we were able to come away feeling at peace with the overall experience.

Maren W.Oct 2025

Trout was the perfect pick for our elopement photography! He was kind, helpful, and has an excellent eye. We are in love with our sneak peaks and would recommend Trout to anyone planning a Colorado mountain elopement!

Yuchen N.Aug 2022

The initial communication with Trout went as well as expected. He was friendly, responded on time, and we quickly agreed on a fair price for his photography services (an engagement shoot, and wedding). For the engagement shoot, Trout showed up early to scout the area, and was okay to work with. The main issue that we experienced was he didn't have the skills to properly pose people; my fiance did not feel comfortable with the way he posed us, and this was reflected in the pictures. Either way, we asked for a few photos to be delivered within a week so that we can use it on our save-the-dates. He delivered those photos as promised, and things seem to be going well. This is then where things fell apart. After the initial photos were delivered, we didn’t hear from him for almost 2 months. At that point, we tried to get a hold of him via email, text, and eventually Instagram. He finally responded about 2 weeks after the initial email and multiple texts saying the photos would be delivered Thursday of that week. He eventually delivered the photos on Friday. For reference, I have a background in sports journalism and studio fashion photography, and I have shot 2 weddings myself. Trout delivered 19 photos for a shoot that lasted a little under an hour. The contract says that he typically delivers 40 photos/hour, so this was well short of that. Even then, the photos delivered were very generic and lacked the variety that I expected. The photos were all taken from a medium focal length; there were not any close-ups, wide-angles, ect… In addition, the editing was consistently too warm and oversaturated with our faces too dark resulting in having to edit the photos again myself. Also, many of the delivered photos were from the same spot shot with the same focal length making them feel like duplicates. We tried to make this right by asking if he could deliver more photos. After an email, and phone call, and a week passing by, he has only done so because we sent a termination of contract email. As expected, he would not refund any of the 50% deposit that was provided. I’ve already made peace with that, but hopefully this review would give you any insight into what working with Trout is like. So in summary, if you just want a couple of generic “pretty pictures” that you can post on Instagram or use on your dating profile, then Trout may work for you. But his lack of professionalism, communication, photography, and editing skills would not make him a good candidate to photograph any events of significant importance. Update: To Trout’s credit, he has become much more responsive and has tried to make amends after this review was posted. These amends included sending us all of the RAW images from our engagement shoot (375 images total), and a refund of $200 (out of the $1800 that was for the retainer). Thus, I changed the rating from an original 2-star to 3-star. However, the original criticism still is valid. Prior to terminating his contract, we didn’t hear from him, and it would be weeks before he would respond to an email. In addition, he has addressed the criticism of his editing describing it as his artistic style. I do understand that argument, but it is also portrait photography. Simply put, there are strong guidelines that should be adhered to (ie. faces should be bright and clearly visible).