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Jon REIS Photo & Design Jon Reis Photography is a full service all digital photo studio offering studio portraits, wedding photography, scanning, photo restoration, image retouching service, and professional custom printing services in our state of the art digital darkroom. I graduated from college with a yearning to tell stories with pictures. I worked for a decade in the 70's and 80's for a variety of newspapers and magazines before launching my studio in Ithaca, New York in 1982. Since then, I have become well known to provide a wide range of photographic services to consumer and commercial clients in Central New York.
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We provide pigmented ink-jet prints (sometimes called Giclee prints) up to 17x22 inches in a color managed digital darkroom. We give old photos a new look by removing bends, scratches, or aritfacts and restoring color.
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Trevor Jones
Mar 26, 2022
Jon and Matthew were a pleasure to work with and did a terrific job. They were quick to respond and very flexible in arranging and delivering a professional portrait on very short notice.
Minister Tashkovich
Feb 25, 2022
On behalf of the Seal & Serpent Society at Cornell University, I am writing to give Jon a strong recommendation for the amazing work he did retouching/restoring photos that were many decades old. You can literally see the images "pop" off the page -- very life-like. So impressive compared to how they used to look!
Heidi Lovette
Dec 06, 2021
With a new job, it was time for my first professional head shot and I could not be more pleased with the results from Jon Reis. Great set up with pros who are experts at putting you at ease so that you look your best. I was given lots of choices to choose from and then opted for the additional expert touch-up service - well worth it! Great local gem for all your photo needs.
Alice Huang
Nov 26, 2021
I had a very positive experience working with Jon and his assistant, Matthew, for a business portrait. Appreciated the covid safety protocols that the studio put in place. Jon has a great eye for detail and is talented at putting his subjects at ease. I appreciated Matthew's thoughtful retouching job. All in all, I found the studio to be very accommodating and professional. I would highly recommend!
Neil Gandhi
Nov 26, 2021
Jon Reis worked with our alumni organization to capture the exterior of our historic property via drone videos as well as a 3D interactive tour of the interior. These were ultimately used to upgrade our website. I would highly recommend Jon Reis and our day-to-day contact, Jacob. The entire experience felt like a partnership - they were thoughtful, consultative, responsive, collaborative, and knowledgableable with creating compelling visuals that can be translated to a website.

Their level of preparation pre-filming ensured ideal output as possible given the variability with Ithaca weather: e.g., making repeated visits to test times with varying light, etc. Jon Reis operates with the highest levels of professionalism and expertise.
Edison Tenecela
Jun 14, 2021
Great people, great service. Definitely would recommend to anyone.
Susan Ottenweller
Apr 03, 2021
I needed a portrait photo to accompany a publication on a very short notice.on a very snowy day. Jon Agreed to give me an appointment. He and his Assistant Jacob were great to work with.friendly, lots of safety protocols, able to put me "at ease" and a good system for selecting the photo I preferred. They emailed me the photo file that very day.and I made my deadline. I highly recommend them.
April Anson
Dec 03, 2020
Jon Reis photography was a GREAT experience! Jon was very responsive - he returned my phone call right away and got me in the very same day with his assistant, Jacob. Jacob was kind and made me feel incredibly comfortable and took AMAZING pictures. This is the third time I have had headshots taken, but the first that I really love. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
Akshay Suresh
Oct 19, 2019
Excellent service with quick response time (24 hrs.) for supplying high quality photos. In addition, Deidre and Jon were friendly and extremely helpful during the photo shoot.
Isabella DiFranzo
Mar 26, 2019
Jon has recently taken my professional portrait. He is very experienced, detail-oriented and fun to work with. He does a superb job with the lighting, and converses and leads you to great poses and facial expression in the photo shooting. He and his team are extremely efficient. I got my photos taken first thing in the morning, selected my favorite copy right away, and received the final copy in the afternoon. More importantly, the final copy is stunning! I highly recommend Jon's service.
Yunetta Anggiamurni
Jul 28, 2017
Jon and his team were professional and such delight to work with. I appreciated Jon's attention to details: from the lighting to posing, he and his staff were professional and knew exactly what they were doing. The final results were truly beyond my expectation. I would highly recommend Jon and his photography work and services. Thank you, I am a very happy client!
Julia M.
Jun 15, 2017
Jon and Heather photographed my wedding and they were both absolutely wonderful! Jon was great about being in touch leading up to the wedding, making sure he got a good idea of which shots were important to us, and on the day of the wedding everything went smoothly. He and Heather both blended in perfectly to the vibe of our wedding. Both my mom and I were commenting on how we barely barely even noticed there were photographers there.

Less than 24 hours after the wedding, Jon sent along ten preview shots, which was such a treat, and the photos are Wonderful! A great mix of well-thought out posed pictures and exciting candid moments -- none of which I even remembered being photographed in -- such is the amazing stealth of Jon and Heather : Both of them were lovely to work with and the photography itself is just what we were hoping for -- capturing real, natural, human moments on our big day. Highly recommend!
Jaime W.
Dec 19, 2016
Jon is a very experienced and talented photographer who is equally adept at producing a perfect a senior portrait, capturing family moments and life events, and creating beautiful pieces of photographic art. We have been customers of his studio for several years and couldn't recommend him more highly. He is an absolute pro and delightful to work with, you won't be disappointed!
Zoe Zimmerman
Jun 03, 2016
Jon captured exactly what I was looking for for my business portraits and head shots. He was very sweet and easy to work with. He listened to my high maintenance requests and produced photos exactly to my liking. I additionally loved how the selection of photos was done immediately after the shoot. In the past, it has taken at least a week for photographers to bring me in to chose the photos I liked most, which they then would edit, making the time I actually received the final product to be weeks out. I had my edited photos to me about 2 days after the shoot! Overall, great, great experience. Highly recommend.
Alison Hardgrove
Apr 08, 2014
Absolutely wonderful. We hired Jon Reis to photograph our wedding and the pictures were even more beautiful than we could have imagined. The contact and service level was excellent from the very beginning and all through the planning, and we got a lot of great feedback and ideas of good places to shoot after our ceremony. They really know the town and venues.

Our photographer for the event itself was Jimmy, and he was fantastic. Additionally, the photo turnaround time was very fast, which is ideal for excited newlyweds! Can't recommend highly enough!