Jiri Smalec

Based in Brno

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I love shooting love around the globe in a documentary style as much as I enjoy taking fine art portraits. I'm fluent in English, Italian and German, also understand some Polish. Let's create something unique together:)

Where are you located? Do you charge a travel fee for weddings not in your location?

Based in Myslik - Czech republic, available worldwide, travel fees to be agreed.

How long have you been in business? How many weddings have you photographed as the main photographer?

2 years full time

Describe your "style" of wedding photography.

documentary & fine art

Do you have a studio where we can meet in-person?

Skype, Whatsapp, Facetime

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1 Fearless Award

Collection 69-A

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10 Recommendations

Jiří was just the perfect photographer for us. He provided us with wonderful photos, capturing moments and emotions, a perfect snapshot of our day. We can highly recommend and appreciate that he was coming to Germany.

NADINE + JOHANNES

Jiri took beautiful photos of our wedding! Every time we see them they take us back to the moments we experienced! His photos are natural and are capturing the special moments throughout the day (and night). We are very thankful that he could be our wedding photographer.

Our wedding was in Norway, and even tough Jiri is based in Czech Republic everything went smoothly. We did the planning via videocall, and he flew in one day before the wedding to be ready.

KRISTINA + LIBOR

Jiri was a pleasure to work with - he is a very kind, humble person and sometimes we felt as if he wasn't even at a wedding. He works very quietly, which we appreciated, but also he was nice to have a chat with. Also, the communication was very smooth. We are just very happy we had found him, we couldn't have chosen a better person to shoot our day. The photos are out of this world and we couldn't be happier. Recommend 100 %!!!

TEREZA + MARTIN

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Jiří is not only an exceptional photographer but also a great person. He's apparently very fond of his individual attitude, before the wedding we arranged a meeting and discussed our needs and expectations. Jiří's approach is professional, yet friendly & warm-hearted. All formalities concerned were dealt with without any problems whatsoever. The photos made us super happy as Jiří is capable of capturing moments seemingly impossible to capture. The way Jiří works perfectly matched our taste and definitely managed to meet our expectations. 10/10.

LUKAS + TEREZA

The photos from Jiri made us the happiest ever!
There are no words to express how profoundly grateful we are for his state-of-the-art work...
The photos are magically full of emotions; love and happiness <3 Our photographer choice was the best decision that we made for our wedding. The feedback from our guests was that Jiri made our wedding looks like a fairy tale <3
P.S. I can't stop looking at the photos - the most beautiful photos that I have ever seen <3 <3 <3

MAGDE + FLORIAN

We found Jirka's portfolio completely by chance and his natural style won us over instantly. He was exceptionally nice over skype, we clicked nicely, which is always important, he gave us plenty of useful tips ahead of the wedding so that we could plan accordingly. Communication was superb, he was very punctual and easy going. We have been to many weddings as guests and some of the photographers can be a bit bossy or obtrusive. Jiri was the exact opposite, he managed to capture everything yet he was almost invisible, he was very nice and friendly to everyone, the portrait session was easy Read More going and the photos are breathtaking! Jiri can really work with natural lighting, his photos breathe nostalgia, softness and fragility. He has the rare gift of capturing little moments and smiles among people. I love every single one of the photos he made! :) We could not have chosen a better photographer for our big day, he was very helpful and accomodationg throughout , and sent us all the pictures very fast. Thank you again!

VERONIKA + MARTIN

When we stumbled upon Jiri’s work it instantly won us over. Candid shots with sense of detail underlined by naturally looking postprocessing, that was the thing that spoke to us. We didn’t hesitate, and got in touch with him. He gave us some useful tips on the ideal portrait session timing and lighting which we didn’t even know we needed to take into consideration. On the wedding day Jiri was very professional, unobtrusive, appropriately dressed and accommodating. He photographed with pleasure anything we and our guests asked him for. Eventually we enjoyed the portrait session a lot and felt Read More very relaxed. We all were blown away by his photos. He managed to capture moments we didn’t even notice during our wedding day. We are very grateful that Jiri was able to catch situations we couldn’t witness. We’d like to recommend him to anyone. Thanks again, Jiri!

MARKÉTA + MIREK

We came across Jiri after our previous photographer cancelled our booking. And we are now so grateful that the destiny crossed our paths. We just couldn’t have made a better choice. Jiri is an amazing photographer with an incredible sense of capturing the right moment and sense of detail. His photos look completely natural and spontaneous. Exactly the way we’ve always wanted to have them. And with all that Jiri was completely unobtrusive so that we barely noticed he was there during our wedding day. Not mentioning the fact that all our guests had nothing but praise for him. To sum it up the Read More result of his work is just wonderful. We are really delighted with his work and can definitely recommend him. If it wasn’t just once and forever, we’d definitely pick him again:) Thanks for everything.

LENKA + DANIEL

Since we have found Jiri's work and had a Skype call with him, we knew that he would be an amazing photographer, as well as a wonderful person to have at our wedding. Before the wedding, he has given us a lot of useful tips, for example how to position our outdoor wedding ceremony for the best experience and light. During the day, he was at every important event and took so many amazing photos, as well as captured every moment and emotion that we missed during the day. He was very professional and we have had a great day. After the wedding, he delivered the photos very quickly and kept us well Read More informed about when our full-res photos will arrive.

We have truly enjoyed meeting Jiri and we are ever so happy that we have invited him to our wedding as a photographer.

MICHAELA + MICHAL

Our pre-wedding shooting and our wedding shooting with Jiri was fun, candid and rewarding. From the very first e-mail it was a pleasure to make plans with him and our initial impression of him being very reliable and uncomplicated was confirmed when we met him in person. We like his photos due to their naturalness and a hint of nostalgia which works perfectly for outdoor and vintage wedding just like ours. Jiri has a talent to be in the right place at the right time, without attracting attention. Thank you for capturing the emotions and special moments of our day – we are very happy with your Read More work.

JOHANNA + AARON