Preserve Studio

Warning: Services never Rendered

This review is way overdue but we had waited a while due to legal proceedings that resulted in a judgment against Preserve Studio. Unfortunately, Shannon and Preserve have not yet fulfilled their judgment. Here’s what happened: February 2019, we had an engagement photo session planned with Shannon in Lodi. We had left San Jose in the morning to meet her by the agreed upon time. On our drive to Lodi, Shannon text us informing us that she would not be able to take our photos due to meds she had taken. The same morning and prior to this text, however, we had confirmed on time, location, we even talked about outfits, and which colors to wear as the weather was a bit cloudy which would make the pictures turn out better, according to Shannon. The day before the shoot we also had made our second installment payment (we had engaged her for engagement photos and wedding photos). Interestingly, as soon as payment was cleared, Shannon cancelled on us, breaching terms of our contract. Shannon refuses to refund us the 3,700 we had paid her for services that were never rendered. We both engaged lawyers, but as we were coming to a settlement, she ghosted her lawyer as well as us. We took Preserve Studios to court on advice of legal counsel, and we won. However, she has not responded, has moved or changed locations, has not filed her required statement of information with the Secretary of State, and is considered a suspended business. She claimed that she did not have the funds to pay us back. However, she posted about her world travels on social media and continues to do so. We’ve made attempts to reach out to no avail. She is a complete fraud and not trustworthy whatsoever. She took our money and has traveled all around the country and the world while we got nothing.