Karen is amazing! We booked our sons 1 year birthday/cake smash and most recently our family photo session with Karen and absolutely love the photos! We will truly cherish the pictures forever! From the initial contact with Karen it is a pleasure to work with her. She responds quickly, she answers all your questions and provides detail information for each session. Her costs are very reasonable and she offers flexibility in the dates/times and location for family sessions. Moreover she is truly incredible with children. My 2 year old was captivated by her during our family session this fall which made it so much easier for us (we were definitely worried about how well he would cooperate). There is also just something about Karen that is unique. She is such a genuinely warm person and it comes across in her emails, voice messages and in person. She makes you feel at ease the second you meet her and the whole process is just easy because you can tell she loves and is great at what she does! read more

Karen is AMAZING!!! We've been using her for our family holiday pictures for years and she never ceases to amaze me. She is soooo incredibly good with kids, she gets the best genuine smiles and captures such joy-filled moments. Our whole family looks forward to our photoshoots with Karen. We feel so lucky to have found her! read more

Karen is so delightful to be around that I'd be happy to book an appointment just to be around her infectious good vibes! She has done several sessions for my family including a toddler, poorly behaved dog and an easily distracted boy. She has all the tricks up her sleeves needed to capture beautiful moments that depict aspects of their personalities that only a parent might know. I've also seen her handle a line of pre-schoolers (and younger sibs) like a champ. She is simply amazing and her speedy processing and professionalism are icing on the cake. read more

When I was modeling, Karen did a lot of work for me. I was also her nanny! Outside of my wonderful experiences in working for her family I have been fortunate enough to see her work evolve. Karen is such an amazing photographer. She has the eye and knows what to look for in baby photos. I would recommend my fellow friends and all moms to call Karen for pregnancy photos, senior portraits, newborn photos or family photos. Her studio offers a beautiful backdrop and has a convenient location. Her work brings tears to your eyes, it's that beautiful! read more

Karen was awesome! When I reached out to Karen, my fear was that it would be difficult to schedule the session as it's pretty late in the year. Karen made the entire process seamless. She was so flexible with her dates and she already had recommendations for locations on her website. Within 48 hours, we had picked a date and a location. Her text and email exchanges always made me feel at ease and I loved that she was extremely responsive and answered all my questions. On the day of the photo session, my 5-year old gravitated to Karen right away (we all did! Including our golden retriever). This was our first photo session and Karen made it such a wonderful experience for us. I look forward to doing future photo sessions with her! Thank you so much, Karen! :) read more

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We love Karen from Custom Moments. She did such a great job for our daughter's newborn photos (May 2017) and was able to engage our 2.5 year old son as well (he's tough to get to smile for photos, but he LOVED her and all the cool props/trucks/etc she had in her backyard). The pictures are priceless. She was professional, fun to work with and had quick turnover in getting us the prints so we could show them off to family and friends. We are due with our third child in 3 weeks and I already have us booked to do another round of newborn photos soon after this baby is born!! I can't wait to see the results of our growing family. read more

Karen is clearly a magician (or maybe just very talented). With our toddler running the show that day I figured we might get one cute photo of all of us and that would make it all worth it..... and I love every photo she got of us!! Karen, you definitely captured the spirit of our family and of our little boy. Not to mention the darling newborn photos. Again, I'm not sure how you did it!! Looking forward to many more photo shoots with you over the years.... I'm hooked! P.S. I had waited so long to do professional photos because it seems that most photographers are not willing to part with the digital negatives.... I ended up going with Karen out of a good gut feeling, and without even realizing until we booked our shoot that she provides you with ALL of the negatives. I will still order the fancy enlarged and canvas photos, but it's just nice to have the negatives to keep in a safe place for use down the road.... read more

There are not enough words to describe how grateful my family is to have had the opportunity to have Karen take our family's photos! My children are 8 and 10, so the notion of getting all dressed up for a family portrait wasn't their idea of a great afternoon... Enter Karen. With her gorgeous personality and caring manner, she guided us to this wonderful, rustic area, made jokes with my kids, had them doing super fun kid stuff, and had all of us cracking up, which made for a ton of relaxed, and naturally happy photos. When I saw the actual pictures, I had tears in my eyes as I looked at each and every single one. I can't believe the way she captured my daughter's youth and innocence, as well as her maturity, and becoming a young lady. One of my favorite pictures is one of my daughter blowing these little "fairy crystals" out of her hands, like she was making a wish, super creative!! She captured my little boy as the adventurous little guy that he is, as well as the loving kind-hearted young man he is becoming. As for my husband and I, she captured so many moments of us being so proud of our kids, loving each other, and loving our family. When you ask my kids, "Did you have fun getting your family pictures taken?" They will both shout, "Yes!" And then they will tell you all about the laughing, playing, tickling, and how much fun that they had on their adventure with Miss Karen! When you ask me about my photo session with Karen, and the resulting photos, I will tell you that I never dreamed that my family could be captured in a more natural and beautiful manner. I cherish the creative and loving way that she arranged us in all of the photos and will treasure these moments for many, many years! Thank you, Karen! read more

Karen did a wonderful job on our family photos! It was a fun experience, and she was very fast and efficient given our tight schedule. We met at Hap Magee Ranch Park on a lovely day, and she was great with our 11 and 9 year old kids. We will definitely cherish the pictures for years to come! read more

Karen is great!! I got a newborn package from her when my baby was born. The session did not go as smoothly as we hoped as my baby was too alert and did not want to sleep. Having said that, Karen still got some really great shots of her and us together. She felt bad for us as she could not take as many shots and offered to have another session when she is 6 months old without extra charge. We just completed our second session with Karen and the photos are awesome. My parents were visiting and also took part at the photo shoot. My baby just loves her and kept smiling for the camera!! The best thing is that Karen edits the photos and give all of them to us on a memory stick. My parents also love the photos of them with my baby. read more

We love Karen! She is so creative, and she is able to see great photo opportunities at every turn. She completely disarms her subjects and makes them so comfortable they can truly shine and be themselves. Karen has been taking photos of our kids for over 17 years. We cherish each and every moment captured in time by this amazing and talented photographer. Don't go anywhere else! read more

Karen Henrich has been our family photographer for 2 years now! All i can say is she is amazing!!!!!! She does an incredible job! Love the Quality of it... Her wonderful ideas! Her fantastic shots! Her Kindest personality, everything I Love about her! She gives us a lot of memories to cherish forever by just capturing my family's life! I am happy over to the moon of Karen's Work!!!! read more

There are certain times in life when you meet people and right away there's a chemistry there's a connection- when we first met Karen We felt as if I had known her forever. This is our second time using Karen for baby photos I originally used her for newborn photo session and just again recently for my babies six-month photo session. She is awesome and does awesome work I wanted to write this review six months ago but being a new mom and juggling a new baby and a job time gets away from you and the little things that you really need to do and on the back burner. But not Karen Karen belongs front and center because she is not only great at what she does she loves her job! Here are two reviews and one;) Our first session with Karen- I had just had a baby and of course like any other new mom was so excited to get newborn photos! of course being a new mom I felt a little overwhelmed the first couple of weeks ;) and as far as scheduling anything forget it I couldn't stay on schedule for the life of me - I contacted Karen and she made the whole process so easy. She explained us that the best pictures would be around 10 days old so the baby would still be sleeping and could easily be manipulated for all the poses- I was a little nervous considering this would've been the first time she left the house ever know I had my mom and my sisters come along for the adventure!!!! When we arrived at the studio Karen made us feel so comfortable she has a cutest studio with the best little outfits I had ever seen! If you are anything like me and browse etsy for those cute little headbands and a cute baby outfits just stop now! Karen has done all the work for you and has the best headbands and the best baby props I have seen!!!! We dressed up our little munchkin in various different costumes - she handled the baby was such ease that she made us feel extremely comfortable- The entire session took about an hour and a half to two hours and we were able to get her and at least 5 to 6 different little outfits ! It was great I got my newborn session I made my baby book, and I was happy! Now fast forward six months to yesterday- We contacted Karen almost 2 weeks ago for the six-month photo shoot she got us right and without any hesitation- and we really appreciated that knowing how busy her schedule is! And again with my million questions I texted her and asked her what to bring. She gave us some great suggestions on what to wear and what the baby should wear so the pictures can come out great. I completely trust her coming from her years of experience he really knows what she's talking about! Again she did the whole shoot with such ease! Sayeh just loved her ! I had brought with me a bag full of different little outfit for her to change into but once again used all of Karen head pieces which are to die for! We got in at least five outfit changes and manage to get all the group shots we wanted also before she got too fussy . We even stopped for a little milk snack for Sayeh to be able to extend the shoot a little bit longer . Karen is just so accommodating. Karen made the whole process so simple ! I was having so much fun I really didn't want the session to end! We cannot wait to see what the pictures look like! We can't thank you Karen enough for being there to capture such awesome moments. If you are looking for a great photographer for newborn session, baby or family shoot look no further! She is not only great at what she does but she's an amazing person so friendly so kind and so genuine! She loves what she does and you can tell it shows in every picture! read more

Karen at Custom Moments took some beautiful photos of my family a few weeks ago. She was patient with our baby and very helpful in trying to get the best shots with a sometimes whiny baby in tow. Her studio is a great place to shoot the photos as she has many props and great background areas. Don't leave your family pictures to just anyone! Thank you Karen! read more

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KAREN IS THE BEST!!!! She is absolutely a dream to work with. This being our first experience with doing newborn photos we didn't know what to expect. Well let me tell you that she exceeded our expectations to the max. From the very beginning Karen was responsive to emails. Even so that when I first emailed her to inquire about her services, she was on vacation and rather then letting me sit for days on end with no response, she replied to me letting me know that she was on vacation and that she would get back to me as soon as she was back in the office. Which I greatly appreciated. All of Karen's directions on how to prepare for the day were spot on. Which you can tell that her directions are derived from her experience. Karen was extremely patient thru the whole time with her. We never felt rushed or pressured to try and get our baby to calm down. As she said once when I apologized for our cranky little girl she said "Its not like you know what she wants, she's only 5 days old." Which made us all laugh and relieved me of my irritability. When our little one needed to be fed she let us relax in her studio. The whole day was very relaxing and memorable. Not to mention that we got some beautifully adorable photos to remember our little peanuts first days in this world. Karen's props that she has are amazing. Im sure that Karen and I could have kept dressing up our little girl for hours and hours. However my feisty little girl was soooooo over us. haha I will be recommending her to anyone looking for a newborn photographer and family photographer. We look forward to working with Karen again. Thank you Karen for an amazing experience that we will always remember. read more

Karen was great! We took family photos at San Ramon Gardens this fall. She handled our 4month old with exceptional calm as well as our dog!! The pictures were great and she had a quick 1 week turn around. I love that she gives you all the photos on a flash drive and you are able to order prints at your own discretion. Thanks for a great experience Karen. We will see you next year!!! read more

We originally had Karen take our son's newborn photos about 1.5 years ago and more recently had her take had our daughter's newborn photos. The photos were beautiful for both and we couldn't be happier. Karen is a wonderful photographer and really took her time with both our kids. She's incredibly warm and was just so great with both our babies. Looking forward to having her take more family photos in the future for us. Highly recommend her! read more

Karen has been capturing our family photos every year for the last 4 years and I would never ever use anyone else. She is absolutely amazing! I don't know how she captures such unexpected amazing moments but she does! She knows how to work with very young toddlers (our son was about 18 months old during our first photo session) as well as older ones (he is 5 now). And we get sooo many great photos after every session. She doesn't make you buy prints from her, just gives you a flash drive and recommendations on the sites where you can get then printed in small or large formats, etc for cheap! Thank you so much Karen! read more

Karen has been photographing my family for the past 14 years. Not only is she remarkably creative and talented, but she is also ever so patient. We have had more than one occasion where my kids were not cooperating and she takes the time and effort to connect with them and get them to smile. She has done everything from a newborn shoot, literally hours after we were home from the hospital, to my oldest son's senior pictures. Every year she does family pictures for our Christmas card and goes out of her way to provide new locations and props so they are never the same. We have never been disappointed with her work. And to top it off, her prices are very reasonable!! I highly recommend Custom Moments and Karen Henrich!! read more

First off Karen deserves way more than 5 stars. We recently went for our daughters newborn photoshoot. After looking at her website I knew going in that she was amazingly talented but the icing on the cake is that she is also warm, kind, professional, and magically able to put both fussy babies and hormonal new mothers at ease. Booking the appointment was a breeze as she is very timely in her communications and answered all my questions which were many as I was a bit nervous as this would be our first outing after returning home from the hospital. When we arrived Karen could not have been more accommodating, calming, and patient as our little angel was being quite the diva that day. The end result was that we have gorgeous photos that perfectly captured our sweet and silly little girl and I can not imagine any instance where the experience could have been better which is 100% due to Karen and her sense of humor and soothing demeanor. Karen's instincts are incredible and the expressions she captured make these photos ones we will cherish for a lifetime. If you are shopping around for a photographer for your baby or child stop now and call immediately. I'm a tough customer- ever so slightly germaphopbic, ocd, and type A, and I brought my wonderful crazy family along (think My Big Fat Greek Wedding) to boot. Karen welcomed us all with open arms and we all left with smiles and I a new lifelong photographer for the rest of our daughters special milestones. Thank you Custom Moments! read more

Karen is amazing! My friends have been working with Karen to photograph their little ones/families for the last few years, so when the time came to capture pics of my new little guy and my 2 year old, the choice was obvious. We did newborn/sibling pictures in Karen's home studio and had a great experience. My two year old daughter is very shy, but she took to Karen immediately (even let her pick her up within a minute of meeting her, which never happens!). Karen was kind, patient and just awesome at what she does; and the pictures (which we received within a week of the shoot!) reflected this. I would HIGHLY recommend working with Karen and am looking forward to doing a family shoot with her in the fall. read more

I have used Karen, an exceptional photographer, for over 10 years. She has taken photos for my website, school portraits, and personal family pictures as well. My children are excited to see her every year and her photos are the only ones worthy enough to hang on my walls. She has an amazing personality and creative eye that makes it easy for all..even for the kids you think would never smile:-) read more

Karen is the BEST!!! She did our maternity photos and newborn. Our daughter was crying for a good hour and Karen got our baby to sleep. This being said, Karen was able to change our daughters outfits and positions. She was so patient and our pictures turned out amazing! I can't say enough good things about her and her work!!! read more

I originally hired Karen to do my pregnancy pictures. She did an AMAZING job. Since then, she has done multiple family photo shoots. All 4 of my kids LOVE her. She is energetic and passionate about her work. She is very reasonably priced and is always on time. Not only is she our families' photographer, but I now would consider her a friend. read more

Our family had a wonderful experience from start to finish with Karen Henrich! She was warm, patient and funny with our kids at the photo session which brought out the best in their personalities. The proofs were ready extremely quickly and Karen was readily accessible to help pick the gems. We now have her gorgeous photos up in our home and will be sending out Christmas cards soon with Karen's beautiful photo of our boys. We would highly recommend Karen and Custom Moments! We will treasure her photos for years to come. read more

Absolutely amazing photographer! We always love our photos & come back again & again because of her reasonable pricing & beautiful work.

We have worked with Karen multiple times and she's fantastic! She has taken both family shoots as well as shoots of each of our boys individually (birthdays, newborn, etc.) and we have been beyond pleased with the outcome each time. She's flexible, creative and willing to work with each family's needs. Our family loves working with Karen so much that my older son calls her "Karen the Picture Lady!" I would highly recommend working with Karen to capture your special moments. read more

These past few days have been consumed with sharing pictures with our family and friends. We are overjoyed and thrilled to be sharing the wonderful photographs that Karen took of our newborn and family. We have received numerous compliments. They are speechless at the quality and creativity of Karen's work! We just can't seem to take our eyes off of it. Most especially, her professionalism and wonderful personality was extremely refreshing. We knew we had the best photographer when she truly made my family feel like the world revolved around us that day... and even her prompt reply with the high quality cd and prints has confirmed her dedication to her clients. My 4-year old son continues to rave about how much he truly enjoyed her presence. I would definitely have my future family photos with Karen. The quality of her work and the passion she has truly shines through. Without a doubt, she is the best! read more

We feel very fortunate to have found Karen... She was our photographer for both of our children's newborn photo sessions. She completely exceeded our expectations both times. Truly has a knack for working with newborns and the patience to capture those very sweet moments where they are in peaceful slumber. Her creativity is endless and she has come up with some awesome props and backgrounds that were very customized and meaningful to us. We were also so impressed this second time around with how she worked her magic to get our very energetic two year old boy to take the most adorable pictures with his newborn sister. Both times we worked with Karen, we have had a hard time narrowing down our favorites as she took so many great photos. She simply is the best! read more

Karen has been capturing the "moments" of my children and family for 13 years. She has the amazing ability to take ordinary moments during the shoot and turn them into extraordinary pictures that capture the true essence of the personalities of a family. The best part is that she can get it all done in a quick 1 hour shoot. You end up with an amazing array of great shots you can't even believe she got on camera. The best ones are the ones she takes while she is just having a casual conversation and putting everyone at ease. She also has an incredible knack for backdrops and positioning so that you get the look of not being so posed. As I look back on all the years and all the pictures I have amazing memories of my kids that are priceless! I can't thank Karen enough!! read more

Karen is the BEST and the best treasure I've found in California!!! I hit the jackpot with her! She did my maternity pics, newborn pics, 3 & 6 month & birthday & our family Xmas pictures. I cannot express enough how special and beautiful each picture is! We feel blessed that she is able to capture the happiest moments in our lives for us. Baby is so lucky to have the most talented photographer take pictures of her!! Thank you Karen!!! read more

Karen is AMAZING!!! I have been through a handful of photographers and was ready to give up when I met Karen. It is extremely hard to find someone who is patient with a newborn, 1 year old, 2 year old, 3 year old and 4 year old, not to mention grandmas and grumpy grandpas. Karen will spend as much time with you to get beautiful shots. She takes the time to connect with each individual. My kids look forward to seeing Karen and playing with her. They absolutely adore her as do I!!! You will not be disappointed with Karen. I am so thankful to have met Karen and even more honored she photographs my family. read more

Karen has an eye for capturing priceless moments. She's been our family photographer for two newborn shoots and has a natural talent for the job. Not only does she capture a moment, but she also captures personality. She is gentle, patient and funny! I've thoroughly enjoyed my time spent with her and you can tell she genuinely enjoys and cares about her work. I look forward to working with her for many more years to come! read more

Karen is fabulous! We have done three photo shoots with Karen and have NEVER been disappointed. She is really great with kids, has a ton of patience and really listens to what you want to do! Her props and poses are always current and fresh and she really takes the time to get to know you and your family so she can capture it on film. read more

We used Karen/Custom Moments because friends recommended her for my daughters senior pictures. She was incredibly professional and very easy to work with. We decided to incorporate family pictures too and she made that very easy to do. Her ideas were creative and her pictures were beautiful. We had so many great ones to choose from. I would highly recommend her to anyone and will use her again for my younger daughters senior pictures. read more

Karen has been taking our family pictures for over ten years now. I like to think I have the cutest kids in town and Karen shows everyone else how I see them. She has a tremendous amount of patience. When my little guy was much younger she charmed him with a little song and perhaps a jelly bean or two (only after asking, of course). Karen has been able to capture beautiful photos for us when we gave her very limited time. I cannot say enough great things about her. Plus her newborn shoots make me wish I had a baby - they are so cute! read more

Karen is awesome! Her pictures are precious, she is so easy to work with and her prices are affordable. We have done 3 sessions with her and we feel so comfortable with her. I feel like we are hanging out with a family member when she takes our pictures :). Karen also goes out of her way to make her pictures priceless. Her background has rustic and creative props that add to pictures and her heated cottage in her backyard is perfect for pregnancy and newborn pictures. Also, Karen really tries hard to accommodate her clients. This fall, Karen went out of her way to pick up balloons for my sister who was announcing she was having a baby boy in the picture. Karen is outstanding and I would recommend her to anyone! Thanks Karen for capturing wonderful memories! read more

Karen is amazing. We took our holiday pictures with her along with our six month baby and english bulldog. She had so much patience trying to get our baby to stop crying and our dog to cooperate with the photoshoot. We had a couple outfit changes as well for our baby and she didn't mind at all. The pictures turned out really well! We are very happy with her work and would highly recommend her to our friends and family. read more

This review is long overdue. Karen has been our family's photographer for years because she is superb! She makes the very challenging job of coordinating family members and pets seem easy because she is so calm and personable. Even when our baby/toddler has been uncooperative, Karen has managed to capture every precious good moment. Karen's delightful personality helps us enjoy the photo shoot and that, of course, leads to better pictures. Also, she has great props which she adds to regularly, so the fabulous backdrops never get stale. We feel so lucky to have found Karen! read more