Ruby is so talented! I am pregnant with my first child and my husband and I wanted to capture this…read morestage of life with maternity photos. Well, ok, I did and he promised to go along with it. The only issue is that my husband hates taking photos and I had zero experience with professional photos before this shoot. Ruby put us right at ease- I told her what I wanted in a location and she picked the absolute perfect place. I told her we didn't want to look cheesy or like we were trying to hard and we weren't sure how to pose. She guided us through where to stand and what to do and the photos turned out absolutely beautiful. Even my husband loved them, which is seriously high praise! Ruby has an incredible eye for photography. She picked shots at the location that turned out so much more stunning than I ever could have envisioned. She is super open to suggestions of course, but I loved that she was also full of ideas since I was too busy to do the research and really wanted some direction. Another plus is that she's so easy to be around and communicate with. It felt like we were hanging out with a friend and not suffering through a photo shoot. Like I said, this is not my husbands favorite thing so I was really impressed that she made even him feel at ease. We are hooked! We can't wait to hire her for family photos next. We will certainly never go anywhere else for our photo needs!

Ruby was very accommodating in regard to meeting us to take our engagement photos. I never had…read moreprofessional pictures of me and my fiancé and wanted to have photos done to remember this moment. We met at a beach and it happened to be very windy, but it went with the airy, flowy look that I wanted. She is very professional and easy to work with.

As someone who hates taking photos I was dreading the family photo shoot last Fall. A friend…read morereferred us to Jen and I have to admit that she changed the way I feel about this annual tradition. Excellent results made us very happy and the whole experience was both collaborative and highly professional. We were a little worried about the cost, but they offered a wide range of options that let us design exactly what we needed without buying things we didn't need. Highly recommended!

Jen is a gifted photographer. Aside from high-quality work, Jen went out of her way to make us feel…read morecomfortable for our large family portrait session. Not only was our experience fun, our pictures turned out awesome! We continue getting compliments from family and friends. We highly recommend Chesterman Photography to anyone looking for quality photography from a photographer who is fun to work with and makes shooting seem like such a breeze!

Flee did an amazing job with out wedding photos this past May. Due to the pandemic, we had to make…read morequite a few changes to the wedding (i.e., delaying the wedding, changing the venue after our venue shut down, and streamlining the schedule), but Flee was very understanding and flexible. She was able to accommodate requests that we made for COVID safety reasons, and we were able to communicate effectively in the run-up to the wedding even though we were not able to meet in person. On the day of, Flee was a warm and wonderful presence. She was so helpful in figuring out where to set up our first look and family photos, and was so efficient in getting all the photos we wanted done. I have not really ever done posed photos like this, but Flee made my husband and I feel comfortable and nothing ever felt awkward or forced. Everything felt natural and we had so much fun throughout the day. Flee was also very careful given the COVID precautions, and we always felt safe. And the photos! Photography was one of my main priorities for the wedding, and Flee's photos were so lovely. They really make us smile when we go through them, whether it is the posed photos or the smallest details. She also got some amazing pictures of our beloved doggy, which made us so happy. The photographs really are beautiful. I cannot recommend Flee enough! She was truly great and easy to work with, especially during such a stressful time (wedding multiplied by Covid!). I know I am going to have so much joy looking at the photos she took in the years to come.

I've worked with Felicia at FotosByFlee since 2014, and I can't recommend her enough. I first…read morestarted working with her to take photos of restaurants/boutiques/venues/events near BART for the BARTable website (bart.gov/bartable). Not only does she have a great eye for style, she is very professional, meets all deadlines and keeps me in the loop every step of the way. I was so impressed I hired her to take my professional headshot (which I've never done before). She made me feel totally comfortable and I got some great pictures. Can't recommend her enough!

Smeeta and her husband were so fun to work with at our wedding! They were on time, professional,…read moreexperienced, and created an amazing wedding album. They also turned it around in just one month, ahead of our expectations. They gave us a fair price, did high-quality work, and we would absolutely hire them again in a heartbeat.

I don't mean to take anything away from the many physically blessed and ?hard working? models out…read morethere, but since Smeeta makes EVERYBODY look like a model, you have to wonder how much of that beauty actually comes from behind the lens. Her photographs are art. They go way beyond just a picture of a person's face, and somehow grab the entire aura surrounding the subject. They are striking and beautiful! And she's fun too. So hire her before she gets all famous and too busy.

Elisabetta did amazing work at our wedding. We had to plan from afar so we met first via skype, and…read morewere really impressed with her photography and vibrant personality! She was so fun to work with, even in 105 degree August heat... she captured all of the summer glow & lighting in her shots, we hardly remembered how hot it was looking back! She gave us a sneak peak wedding slideshow which completely captured the vibe, music and emotions of the day - which was very important for us because many dear people couldn't make it (plus being Italian made my husband's family feel at home). Absolutely beautiful work, all the family reported back to me the same impression. Tanti baci bella xoxo

Lilly is simply amazing. This review is coming after our engagement photos because I'm too excited…read moreabout her work to wait until after our wedding. I want to shout from the rooftops how fantastic her work is!! Do yourselves a favor: stop opening tabs and tabs of photographers (we all do it) and spend time on Lilly's site getting to know her work. We were particularly drawn to her photojournalistic, candid, raw, magical style. In the interest of time, here are our top 3 reasons for why Lilly was the right choice for us: - Quality of product: Our jaws fell to the floor when we saw our engagement photos. She captured the funny moments, the romantic moments, and above all, our personalities. I don't know how she does it, but she knocked it out of the park. We did our session at a location she'd never been to, and where I spent every day of my childhood. She was still able to capture everything perfectly, like she'd known the place for years. - Transparency: her pricing is very straight forward, extremely fair, and her response time is quick. No complicated add-ons, things we didn't need, no haggling required, etc. - Personality: We "met" via Facetime before signing the contract, and it felt like meeting an old friend. This carried over to our engagement session and it felt so natural and fun the whole time. Vic is great, too; they are a fantastic pair. I can't wait for our wedding, and a big part of that is because I know Lilly and Vic will perfectly capture the moments to help us remember the day for the rest of our lives. I feel so lucky to have found Lilly, and sincerely think you will too.

We used Taken By Light for our engagement and wedding after a friend booked them for their wedding…read more Of course after our engagement shots were posted some other friends asked for Taken By Light's contact information. We got a ton of compliments. Their work is amazing and creative, not the typical catalog type portrait shots. They are so personable and easy to work with it's like we became friends during the process.

I am eternally grateful that my wife hired Taken By Light to photograph our wedding reception. We…read morewere impressed with their playfulness, professionalism, and attention to detail. We also hired them to take a family photoshoot by the Ferry Building before the reception, and their photos were artistic, crisp, and helped tell our story. They come highly recommended.

Suzy Clement is that rare photographer who is not only an expert at her craft but knows how to…read morebring out the best in her subjects. Perhaps its her passion rubbing off... We retained Suzy for our wedding and she really captured the celebration in its entirety. From portraits to action shots, color and black and white, Suzy was professional and also fun to work with. After the wedding, we worked with her to figure out the best photos to turn into gorgeous photo albums. Take a look at her site to get an idea of what she's like. Without hesitation, I'd recommend her as your wedding or special event photographer. Feel free to message me if you want anything in specific answered!

Suzy was the most expensive photographer of all the ones we interviewed. We hired her anyway…read morebecause wedding photos are very important to us, plus we liked the talent she demonstrated in her sample photos and thought that she would do a good job on our wedding at Pebble Beach. Well, the end product was disappointing because it didn't seem like she put in full effort to do our wedding, for whatever reason. Perhaps our decor wasn't up to her other clientele's standards? She missed a lot of details that I would have expected from a wedding photographer - example: there were no (I mean, ZERO) pictures of our dinner menu, from appetizer to entree. There were also zero photos of our band. If you looked at the photos she took of our wedding, you'd miss the fact that we even had a band. She also only took photos of our guests' tables at the reception because we saw her and 2 second shooters often standing around cradling their cameras instead of taking photos. Even then, those were simply posed photographs, not actual candids of guests talking, etc. Had she put in more effort, she would have at least caught some photos of our dinner entrees. Incidentally, we spent a big part of the budget on the food, so it was pretty bad that we had no professional photographs of it. Finally, the deliverables were less than stellar. We told her since the beginning that digital copies are extremely important to us, and since she shoots part of her photos in film, she would have to make sure that the scanned copies are sent to us. The first set of digital images she sent us were 600x800, barely web quality. I asked her to send us the original sized files, and all the black & white scanned images had grains all over them. In some of the photos you can even see the evidence of lint/dirt from the scanner. I asked her to re-scan the b&w images, and she sent over a 3rd set. The rescanned copies still had a lot of issues on them, but she refused to fix them further. She also didn't bother to edit the other photos, so the only edited ones we had are the small web-sized images. To this day, I am sad about the look of our wedding photos. We could've hired a number of other photographers and ended up with a better outcome. ***UPDATE*** Seeing that Suzy has responded to my review below - After this many years, I get nothing out of sharing my experiences, so I am not writing this out of "confusion" that I was at one-time happy and later changed my mind (in fact it usually is the opposite). I think saying that there were images in a "favorites" folder as evidence for my "satisfaction" of her work is a poor reason. I created a "favorites" folder to share the photos (which, mind you, I paid $80K for back in 2006) with family and friends. What should I have named it instead, "Photos that suck less"? What I named the folder has no relation to whether I was happy with her work for what I paid. If I wanted to go for lower expectations, I could've paid much less. And to say that it was our fault to not communicate that we wanted images of our dinner was rather ludicrous and offensive. Shouldn't it be a no-brainer that the couple wishes to have the dinner documented? If a wedding photographer doesn't inherently know it's important to capture photos of something as mundane as the entrees served at your wedding, do you really want to hire this person?

Melanie may be my sister, so I may be biased ;) but I can tell you that she has always had a knack…read morefor anything creative. She sees things differently than most people, she sees the true beauty in nature, the honest beauty in people, and knows exactly how to capture it. Melanie as a person is the most loving, caring person I know. She will make you laugh, cry with joy, smile, and make your wedding or occasion that much more exciting. She has a way of bringing such energy around you, you cant help but just be happier! Just look through her pictures and you will see that it is different than most other pictures taken...to me they seem richer :) ....on a personal note, Melanie, I love you so much, and am so so proud of you, and am looking forward to continuing to support you and your work, and cant wait to see what is to come! Your big sis Missy :)

Melanie James and her company Image Escape was the perfect choice for our wedding photography. Our…read morewedding was everything that we ever dreamed of and more, and Melanie's shots captured all of the precious moments. From the details of the wedding decor to the family group shots and friends "getting down" on the dance floor, we were able to re-live our once-in-a-lifetime occasion through her pictures. As most couples, Jonathan and I wanted to be brought back to this cherished time and remember all the fun and joy that our wedding weekend had to offer. We put a lot of time, energy and personal touches into our wedding, and wanted those details to be saved in time forever. In a hiring a wedding photographer, you only have one chance to get it right. With Melanie, we got exactly that! Through her photos, Melanie captured the heart-felt emotions of us getting ready, seeing each other for the first time, walking down the aisle, participating in the ceremony, and rocking the reception celebration. She also has a keen eye for landscapes. Melanie used the natural surroundings as inspiration and backdrop for fun and creative pictures with pieces of our wedding decor. For our couple shots, she took stylistic and classic photos around the ranch (even braving the bees in the garden!), and made sure that we didn't miss the beautiful light of sunset together. Melanie was prepared yet flexible, on time for every event, and even went the extra mile to be there for the dress rehearsal. While I love ALL of our photos, those are some of my favorite and most intimate of the bunch! When it came time to execute the family group photos, Melanie was efficient and very helpful with the shot list. After the event, Melanie was timely with getting me the photos and had edited them to include multiple color variations of each. I love having our shots in natural color, sepia and black and white. Each version holds a different emotion, and the time and care that she took to perfect each shot is awesome. Our wedding was last July, and I still get chills of delight going through our photos! Jonathan and I are very happy to recommend Melanie James and Image Escape to do the photography for any event. And, definitely more weddings!