I am a recent bride and had my engagement and wedding photoshoots with Donna. I chose Donna because I noticed that she really brought out the light of a bride's face all while getting the structure of a photo so beautifully. I was looking for somebody who did both, and Donna just gets it with every shot. Donna gets how a bride wants to look in a photo.. Brides don't just want art shots where everything else looks beautiful but we don't look good.. We also want to look better in our wedding photos than our average shots. She gets the psychology and makes all the shots into A+ shots and does face, dresses, scenery together really well. I'd love to attach some of my photos, but it's online so I will hold back. My husband and I are extremely satisfied and volunteered to write this review. We want to come back for more life capturing moments and would highly recommend her to anyone wanting to really meaningfully enrich life's all the beautiful moments with their loved ones. read more

I did maternity shoot with Donna! I just wanted to say how much we absolutely love the photos. I LOVE THEM! I especially love the candid moments Donna captured; they feel so natural and truly reflect us. She has a talent and eye for detail and it really shine through, and we're so grateful for the experience. She very nice and made us feel comfortable standing in front of the camera. If I could give 10 stars I would! read more

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10/10! We have had many photoshoots with Donna for the past many years. From engagement, to wedding, to maternity, to multiple family sessions, never once was disappointing. The way Donna captures the candid and enjoyable moment that we have, we can never do it with the camera on our own cell phones. It was our first time being in Donna's studio. I was SO amazed by how cozy and neat everything was in the studio. During our photoshoot session, my 2 yo toddler was having so much fun (and he was running everywhere), but Donna was still so patient and playful with him! Since we kept having to catch him, we thought the photos were going to come out chaotic or us looking sweaty. However, the photos turned out fantastic!! Donna was able to capture all the fun moments that my family had together. If you're still deciding on a photographer with a natural style, I cannot recommend her enough! read more

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Donna captured some incredible moments at our wedding for us! She was very kind and personable and has a real light touch in her photos. She does speak Cantonese in case that is relevant to you (she wrangled my aunties very well). She was also good with a mischievous group of groomsmen who were being too silly ("4 minutes silly, 1 minute serious") so that we could get photos of both moods. Definitely recommend! read more

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Donna was our photographer for our engagement photos as well as our wedding day. She was great at communicating and the photos turned out beautiful! Donna had great suggestions for locations for our engagement pictures. We wanted a DTLA vibe- so she took us around the arts district and a rooftop, which captured the skyline so perfectly in the background. Her directions on where to look and what to do were very helpful to make us not look awkward. The turnaround time for our completed photos was around 1 month. For our wedding day, Donna reminded us the night before via email on what to expect and any reminders. Donna was very quick and efficient with what to photograph and in what order. She was able to photograph everything and everyone we wanted. The pictures turned out gorgeous and really captured the SoCal beach wedding aesthetic that I was going for. The turnaround time for the completed photos was ~ 2 months. Overall, Donna is an amazing photographer and great with making us feel comfortable during the photoshoot. read more

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We've been having Donna taking our family photos the past years and she's been nothing but wonderful! I have an active toddler and she still manages to capture my babies's precious moments. And not to mention I love the aesthetic of her studio. She has cute gowns for maternity photos, one less item to worry about on my end! read more

This is a very belated review of how wonderful Donna was for our engagement shoot exactly one year ago in October and our wedding this past May. I found Donna on Instagram. Her photos and editing stood out to me as her photography of the details, candids and the portraits are all captured in a natural way (not over-filtered, over-edited, or washed out). My husband and I live in Southern California, however our wedding was going to be in Northern California. Luckily, Donna's wedding package includes travel fees within California which made it an easy choice to go with her as our wedding photographer. She was very quick to respond to my inquiry and any questions I had regarding her photography package. She even with answered other random wedding timeline questions that I had throughout the wedding planning process and recommended a hair and make up person for my wedding day. My husband and I have never had a private photo shoot before. We were so camera shy for the engagement shoot, but Donna helped make the shoot seem less and extremely comfortable for us awkward folks! Our wedding party and family members felt the same way on our wedding day. The photos we recieved for our engagement photos and wedding were so beautiful! The engagement photo prints and the wedding album are definitely wonderful keepsakes. I highly recommend Donna Lam Photography 100%! read more

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We hired Donna to take both our engagement and wedding photos. She is very nice, friendly, professional, and easy to work with :) She provided a lot of recommendations for our outfits and also referred the makeup artists and florists to us. She is also very organized to set the timeline for engagement session and wedding to make sure everything goes smooth on that day. If you are a camera shy person, she is the right photographer to go with. She made us feel very comfortable and guided us how to pose during our sessions. The pictures are very nice, beautiful, romantic, and warm. Donna did an amazing job to capture joy, laughters, and happy moments on my wedding day. We received a lot of compliments from our friends and families. We are really grateful to have her as our photographer. She turned our wedding into a fairytale wedding. Hope to work with her again in the future :) I will definitely recommend her to my friends. read more

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Simply the best photographer. My husband and I hired Donna for our engagement and wedding photos last year. Donna was professional and always responded in a timely manner. She was kind and warmhearted. She was never pushy and made the two of us feel relaxed throughout our time together. My husband and I are not photogenic and Donna helped ease our anxieties and bring out our natural personalities. We have a Shiba Inu we wanted photos with and Donna was so patient. She knew how to capture our dog's attention and get the best photos with our pup. She was very accommodating and also gave useful recommendations leading up to our engagement shoot and wedding day. Her turnaround time for wedding photos were 2 months, but she made an exception and sent us early photos so we could order Christmas cards in time. We loved every photo. Her editing was perfection. She captured and timed the sunsets in the most beautiful ways. Her use of lighting was ethereal and breathtaking. We would recommend Donna to anyone looking for a great photographer. She was genuine, friendly, and very fun to work with. Thank you Donna! We can't wait to book you again for future events. read more

We LOVED working with Donna! At first we were worried that our shyness would make the session awkward. However, It was so much fun working with her - definitely beyond our expectations. Donna patiently guided us on how to pose and made the whole process not stressful at all. We are so happy we chose her to capture our special milestone. read more

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Donna is an incredible photographer. I worked with her for my maternity photo shooting. First of all, Donna is easy to communicate with and quick to respond. Since I was going with my husband, she gave us some suggestions of what to prepare and bring so we have an idea. If you don't have a makeup artist in mind, Donna has a few referrals for you as well. Don't get stressed of finding one. We took the photos at her photography studio, it's a nice and clean studio. There are plenty of props and decorations for different themes. In the package you selected, Donna provides a selections of elegant gowns and dresses for your preference. That's a great help if you don't have one at home. They are all beautiful. It's fun and comfortable during the photo-shooting. Donna taught me how to pose as I was blanked in my mind XD. I really love the theme overall. Thank you so much, Donna! I'll highly recommend her to you if you any events like weddings, engagement photos, maternity photos, and more. She's experienced :D read more

Donna was our photographer for the wedding and we absolutely loved working with her! She was super positive and helped us pose more naturally. She also was able to communicate in Chinese which helped speed groups along faster to make sure everyone knew where to stand or look at. We already received our sneakpeeks and are absolutely in love with them. Her style is very bright and joyful, and you can feel the happy emotions of the day. So excited to see the rest of the photos from the day! read more

It's no wonder why Donna has glowing reviews from every single person here! If all the beautiful photos and 5 star reviews haven't persuaded you already, just reach out to Donna and you'll see why she's such an amazing photographer that anyone would be lucky to work with! :) We found Donna just 5 weeks before our wedding day due to our previous photographer falling through and I can honestly say it was a blessing in disguise. We really liked our previous photographer but we LOVE donna's style, professionalism, communication, and wonderful personality! We had conversations on the phone, and through email and text about what we were envisioning for our wedding photos and she delivered in every aspect - romantic, dreamy, and bright. She made us feel so comfortable the whole time while taking photos and posing and really has an eye for the most beautiful shots. She and her 2nd shooter, Brian, were so patient with our families asking for photos left and right and even taking it for them on their phones! The fact that they could both speak cantonese was also so great for organizing my huge family and all the chaos. We are seriously so obsessed with our photos and our family & friends feel the same way. I am so glad we chose Donna to capture these special memories and can't wait to see the album she is creating for us :) I can't wait to work with Donna again in the future for family photos and would recommend her to anyone who's in need of a professional photographer!! read more

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Donna was amazing to work with. She shot both our engagement and wedding photos, and we absolutely loved how all the photos came out. She was also super easy to talk to in person, and was very helpful and responsive over email/text, always keeping me updated and giving me great suggestions. I reached out to Donna only 3 months before our October 2021 wedding to see if she had availability. We had some issues and fell out with the photographer we initially hired so I was really worried about finding another photographer in time. Donna was so quick to respond my inquiry, and I was SO lucky she was available on our wedding date! I had already known about Donna, she shot one of our friend's weddings and came highly recommended by my wedding planner. I initially wanted to go with a different style and wanted to stay away from the typical bright and airy wedding photographs you usually see, but after seeing our beautiful photos I was so glad Donna ended up being our photographer. I found it really easy to connect with her, probably because we're around the same age. When working with her, you can clearly sense how artistic she is and gave us great direction during the shoot. She was also super helpful in helping me pick outfits from my existing wardrobe for our engagement shoot. She even helped me find and book a great space for our engagement shoot. I loved how she was able to capture us so naturally. And we loved she was able to make our cat look so cute and handsome! During the wedding, Donna was extremely professional and organized. She was able to capture all the important details and guided us throughout the whole day. I definitely felt like she was more than just a photographer and really put in 150% effort to make my day go smoothly. She was great at communicating and directing my family too from the little kids to the parents. Needless to say, our wedding photos were gorgeous and I'm so glad she was able to capture me on the day when I'll probably be the most beautiful I'll ever be in my life. All of this is really just saying how wonderful Donna is, and I'd highly recommend her if you're still looking for a wedding photographer. I'll definitely be reaching out to her again for any family shoots in the future! Thank you, Donna!!! read more

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If your hesitating or debating on a photographer, this is your sign, go book her now! I found Donna through my wedding planner Modest Magnolia. At the time it was a perfect match. I loved her airy photography style and I really wanted to shoot engagement photos in San Francisco. She photographs in SF and LA often, so it worked out that if we planned it during her trips there, she wouldn't charge a travel fee. My husband and I booked her for our engagement and our wedding, but then like many others COVID happened. When we reached out to her to postpone, not once did she give us a hard time or request we put down more money. She worked with us to find a date that fit all our vendors and we are so grateful for her kindness during a difficult time for couples. We finally had our wedding in February 2021. A backyard wedding with our immediate family and our closest friends. It was the most fun I've ever had at a wedding and Donna did a great job capturing everything. The way she captures photos and the light is so airy and light. She came prepared with all kinds of props to be used in the wedding detail shots. She even brought sparklers for us to use. I'm so in love with my photos, that I told my husband I'm booking her for all our life milestones. Wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty https://www.stylemepretty.com/2021/04/20/you-would-never-believe-this-romantic-backyard-wedding-was-planned-in-one-month/ read more

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This is a very overdue review but Donna is such an amazing photographer! We found Donna on instagram and fell in love with how bright, airy, and romantic her photos are. She is very easy to work with, communicative, friendly, and very passionate about her work! Donna helped us choose certain locations and given gave advice when needed! We had her for both our engagement photos and wedding photos and we were 100% in love with our photos. Donna makes taking photos so easy and is able to guide us and make us feel comfortable. The photos on both days were magical and romantic and we can't thank her enough for capturing our happiest moments. We 100% recommend her for anyone considering Donna for photos! The finishing details and touches Donna added to our album was so special. Donna really goes the extra mile for her clients! We can't wait to have her photograph us again in the near future! We love her and her work so much! :) read more

Donna was amazing and awesome to work with. She shot both our engagement and wedding photos. The photos turned out outstanding and we received a lot of complaints. Donna was so professional and gave us much helpful advices during the planning process. She is very responsive via email/text. I didn't hire a wedding planner and Donna also helped us to accommodate the event timeline which is a big help to us. She also recommended us good videographers. On our wedding, they were so professional and make the shooting process smooth and prefect. Donna was able to capture all happiness moments, she did her best to take every good shoot and find prefect background for us. We are so in love with every photos and also the album she made for us. Thank you so much Donna. Our wedding day couldn't be so prefect without you. read more

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I am completely and utterly obsessed with every single one of my wedding photos and it was all because of Donna and her team! When I found Donna a while back, it felt like I struck gold! I had a very specific vision in my mind - airy, natural yet glamorous - and I needed someone who understood the importance of a Chinese tea ceremony. She was able to capture all the most beautiful moments through my crazy schedule of a day and provide us with something that I'll treasure forever. What we enjoyed more than our professionally styled photos, were actually the sweet and tender moments she caught of our family and friends. Photos are meant to evoke emotion and feelings and the fact that I could get a sense of what the person was feeling in those photos made it even more special. She truly is a gifted photographer. Donna as a person and professional is impeccable. She's truly so kind and generous with her time and made it so easy for my husband and I. Our family alone is quite large, but our wedding was even bigger...the fact that Donna was able to keep herself so composed, professional and patient throughout the process speaks volumes. She was also efficient and thoughtful with our time and made the long process of photos a lot less tedious. I much appreciated her continuous energy and positivity as well. Also brownie points for the fact that she could speak cantonese, which made things a lot easier for my husband's family who's first language isn't english. They were a lot more comfortable in front of the camera because of her. Don't hesitate in booking Donna. She's incredibly responsive, her photo selection process is seamless, and her photos & album are SO gorgeous. HURRY NOW!! read more

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We had our photos taken by Donna for both engagement and our wedding. She is the most patient and artistic person！ Donna is sooooo amazing!!!! Our engagement and wedding photos came out beautiful! We have gotten sooo many compliments and have recommended Donna to all of my friends for weddings, family and maternity shoots! read more

Words cannot even begin to describe how lucky we were to have Donna photograph our wedding day. I found Donna on Instagram and immediately loved her style because it matched the romantic and elegant yet soft aesthetic I was looking for. I immediately contacted to inquire her availability and was relieved to hear that she was! She's very easy to communicate with and responds within a day. I was a little worried at first because we didn't do an engagement session with Donna. We actually didn't even meet until the actual wedding day! Let me tell you how incredible Donna is when it comes to taking my inspirations over emails and turning them into reality. I am a type A person who needs to be in control of everything but on the wedding day, I was so overwhelmed that I had to put my trust on everyone else. I trusted Donna and she delivered 1000%. Donna is the prettiest and petite person I have ever met and I was amazed how well she lead the team! She took charge, was so calm and went above and beyond to get all the shots I asked. The day went perfect because I didn't have to worry about how the pictures would look. I completely trusted her work and when the pictures came back a few weeks later, I knew I made the right decision. Everything we discussed over email was exactly how the pictures turned out, only much better than I imagined!! Donna also mailed us our photobook and it is something I will cherish forever. She took my vision and brought it to life. I am so grateful to have these moments captured forever. Thank you Donna and I hope we get to work again in the future! read more

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Donna was recommended to us by a family member and we had a great experience with her! As a wedding photographer, she was professional and made us feel at ease. She asked us for input on what photos/group formations we'd like and captured the day perfectly. We loved how our pictures turned out and inquired with Donna about creating a photo album. The album was then delivered in about a week and came out beautifully! read more

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The short: I have a working relationship with Donna for 2 years now, and I would choose Donna Lam in a heartbeat time and time again to capture my wedding. Highly recommended! The long: My husband and I first discovered Donna through our coordinator (Milk Events, also highly recommended!). Donna had the style that we were looking for at a price point that wasn't going to break the bank. We chatted with Donna over Zoom since we were in NorCal, and she had so many great insights on colors, flowers, details to best capture the style and design that we loved so much in her photos. She was a true expert, helping us see our wedding vision come to life. Within that weekend, we booked her for our wedding 15 months later. Then.. COVID happened. My husband and I postponed the wedding from May to September, crossing our fingers that by then, everything would be back to normal. Donna was super flexible with the postponement, responded quickly with her availabilities so that we were able to secure all our vendors and venue within a few short days for our new date. Then fast-forward to August, COVID was still around, and we just had the second wave in mid-July, sparking concern about having a large scale wedding. With 6 weeks left to go, my husband and I decided to completely change up our wedding, and through all of this Donna was super supportive. She never questioned the potential of switching venues and driving 1 hour away from LA, she was totally ok with us splitting up our original 7 hour wedding coverage in two, and most importantly, she never said "no" but worked with us instead. On the day of our COVID wedding, Donna was a true professional. She was prepared with props to help bring the day to life with all her detail shots. Although she had never been to the venue before, she had also done her research, and with her creative vision on photos, she had endless photo ops for us. She was quick and efficient with her time, but also offered her assistant to stay an extra hour to help us capture more photos. We went home super happy with how the wedding turned out and looked forward to our photos. A month later, we got the photos for review and loved so many of them! With the remaining hours of our original contract, we decided to take newly wed photos in Palos Verdes, 1 hour away from San Gabriel Valley for Donna. Again, Donna never asked questions about the distance, and embraced our location, even having never been there. On the day of, we went to two different locations, one of which required a hike down and up. Donna was worked great in these locations, and didn't mind the outdoors at all. Just like our wedding, our photos were ready a month later for our review. As part of the package, Donna also included a photo album. We selected our photos and Donna brought everything back to life in print from. The album and presentation completely blew us away. As she said to us in our first meeting, details matter, and she also took this to heart on how our album and how it was packaged. I'm a sad that our journey with Donna has come to an end now 2 years later. But just so everyone knows, Donna also does family portraits too! Wedding featured on Martha Stewart here: https://www.marthastewart.com/8039375/california-micro-wedding-donna-lam?slide=09830592-bc57-4a7d-bc02-01e03d981945#09830592-bc57-4a7d-bc02-01e03d981945 read more

We first heard about Donna from a friend that had used her for her engagement photos and wedding day. I saw her work and immediately fell in love and knew I wanted to work with her one day. 2 years later, I am planning my own wedding and knew exactly who I wanted to use as my photographer. We booked her immediately. She is super responsive and easy to work with. She was helpful through the entire process (the entire year of planning) and made suggestions which I greatly appreciated. We booked her for our engagement photos in April 2019 and our wedding for November 2019. We did our engagement photos out in Claremont Wilderness Park. It was a really windy day and my eyes kept watering. I was worried that my photos wouldn't come out great since I might be blinking haha. But our photos came out beautifully and it made me excited to work with her on our wedding day. Our wedding day, I had originally just planned to have all our photos taken at the venue/restaurant. But Donna suggested going to Oak Canyon Nature Center to do our first look so we would get both indoor and outdoor photos. I am glad she did! After our first look, we did shots at the venue, had a small (30-person ceremony) and then family shots with extended family. I have a large family and Donna commanded the crowd so well. She may seem small but she has a big voice and was able to control the chaos for me. All while allowing some people to take iphone pictures and then her and her assistant taking their shots for me. We didn't hire a videographer so the album really meant a lot to us. Since it would be our memory to look back on. She recently delivered our album and we were in awe. We went through the album page by page and relived our wedding day. She captured our day beautifully. We couldn't be happier and she is worth every penny. She is talented and creates such a dreamy romantic feel. We look forward to working with her again! read more

Donna is amazing. I had 3 different photographers for my wedding. Day of in San Francisco Tea ceremony in Los Angeles And Donna did our engagement session She blew all the other photographers out of the water. She is patient, warm and encouraging. We had a long session and after hours of shooting, we were starving and tired. She was always focused and professional. We are super happy with her work. Highly recommend. read more

Donna was an easy top choice for us. Her work spoke for itself. It is romantic, it is sweet, it is soft, it is timeless, but most of all, it is real. She simply captured happiness and froze it in time. We felt so so uncomfortable going into our engagement shoot, neither of us are much picture takers and hate attention. But in no time, Donna made us feel so at ease in our own skin to the point where we felt like we were just hanging out and goofing around like any other day. She was gentle but directive, patient but with a mission, and had a plan but went with the flow. We absolutely loved our pictures, and just feel so blessed to have found her. She's a true professional with incredible artistry and craftsmanship through her lens. She is organized, prepared, responsive, and incredibly supportive.Go with Donna, give her all your money, you won't regret it. read more

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We found Donna from looking at our friend's family portrait album and fell in love with her light and airy style, and hence we booked her for our family portrait with our toddler and grandparents. She was very patient with our 3 year old and the photos came out beautifully, everyone was praising the outcome. Later the year, we booked Donna again to take maternity photos and she accommodated our desired style plus her own professional touch, the photos were amazing again m! We look forward to more photo sessions with Donna in the future with our growing family. read more

I love Donna!!She did my LA engagement and wedding photos and they came out amazing! She's super sweet and patient and I feel so lucky I found her! I wish I hired her for my Asia wedding cause she's that amazing! I plan to have her take my maternity photos and family photos in the future! Thank you Donna for capturing such precious moments of Nay and I :) And omg the ALBUM is sooo beautiful!!! I knew it came with the wedding package but I didn't expect it to be so pretty!! Donna definitely put in a lot of effort from beginning to end! I never write reviews on yelp but I had to for Donna!! Her work is honestly outstanding and she's relatable, sweet, and easy going. But she's also professional! I'm going to recommend her to all my family and friends when they get married because she's seriously the BEST! read more

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LOOK NO FURTHER! If you're in the market for a photographer to capture the story of your engagement, wedding, or family, hire Donna!Though she's based in LA, she was more than happy to travel to the Bay Area for both our engagement session and wedding. Our family and friends have hired Donna for their engagement shoots and weddings in the past, so we knew we were in great hands for ours. She's the sweetest, and on top of being so so so nice, she's patient, compassionate and flexible. For our engagement shoot, we compiled a couple spots down in Carmel and Monterey to do our shoot over the months leading up to it, but a couple days before the actual shoot, we wanted to add one more shooting spot- a local library that my (now) husband and I studied together a lot at while dating. Donna was more than accommodating and suggested that we can do a quick shoot there before heading down to the locations we had originally agreed upon. Those turned out to be some of our favorite photos from the shoot. Donna goes above and beyond for her clients- from suggesting certain outfit/color choices to make your engagement photos everything you've ever dreamed of, to checking in with you every step of the way to ensure that you have everything prepared for not only your shoots with her, but your big day. You can tell from watching Donna work that she LOVES what she does and always strives to capture the most important and candid moments to turn into unforgettable memories for her clients. Her turn-around time is unbelievably timely, and she creates timeless and BEAUTIFUL printed albums shipped to your door as well. So so so many more wonderful things to say about her and her team, as you can see from all of the other reviews! Don't hesitate to reach out and to hire Donna because she books fast! A friend who inquired over a year in advanced was unable to have Donna photograph her wedding because she was already hired for the same day! If you're looking for a photographer who is professional, prompt, has an eye for bright, romantic, and breathtaking photos, she's the one. We're so grateful that we were able to have Donna photograph our engagement and wedding journey, and definitely will not hesitate to hire her again in the future! Thank you Donna for everything, you're awesome! read more

Donna and her supporting photographer were great to work with for our wedding day. Check out her Instagram for photos and her style--lots of lightness in her photography! Our favorite photos are our sunset pictures, with the soft golden glow. Don't miss those photos with Donna. - She made us feel comfortable through the day and all the pictures. She would inject energy when we were getting tired and made the groomsmen more eased. - Choose Donna, and you'll get a responsive vendor who delivers in a timely manner. She was super low maintenance through the day and we didn't need to worry about her. - For us, it was important to have a vendor who could speak chinese and work with family if needed. She knew the nuances of Chinese American weddings. Her rates worked well with us also for the chinese american wedding day marathon of AM to PM. Her photos will be our treasure for the rest of our life. read more

Donna was our wedding photographer introduced through a friend. After reviewing some of her work, we decided to ask her to take care of our engagement and wedding session. Engagement was about 5-6 hours and we were allow to pick three places to go to. She is nice enough to ease our tension and help us warm up to get better smiles and poses. She gave us ideas in props too, which is our responsibility to get. For wedding session, she and her partner follow us throughout the day from the chinese tea ceremony to church ceremony then to the reception. With great patience and quick reactions, they were able to capture our precious moments. I would recommend donna to my friends and family for her excellent service! Overall: professional, nice and fun to be with, affordable. read more

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Donna and her colleague were excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed working with them. They were very courteous to all of our families requests and the photos are great. She has a great website to access your photos later on and the communication channel was always open. Thanks a lot! Renee and Kevin read more

This review is extremely overdue but COVID-19 quarantine has finally given me time to write this well deserved review for Donna. I remember I found Donna through Instagram and after comparing what felt like 100 photographers, my husband and I decided to go with Donna because of her photography style, reasonable price, and excellent customer service. We wanted a photographer that took photos in a warm and light tone. Her pricing was super reasonable compared to the quotes we received from other photographers. Donna is a great communicator not only through her e-mails but in person as well. During our engagement shoot, she made us feel very comfortable in our own skin and gave great direction on how to pose. On our wedding day, she took so many beautiful photos that I could cry looking at each one (happy tears). To this day, after almost a year, I am still looking at my photos very, very often. An added unexpected bonus for us was she was able to communicate to our family in Chinese. I didn't think how important this was until the day of our wedding. Lastly, Donna's presentation of our wedding album and packaging is truly something special that you can tell she put a lot of thought and TLC into. Donna, thank you so much for capturing this huge milestone in our life! You gave us something to remember for the rest of our lives. read more

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Our journey with Donna began when I first stumbled upon her work while browsing on Instagram back in 2018 and immediately fell in love with the style of her photos. They were romantic, dreamy, and natural - everything I had envisioned my wedding to be :) so I knew that I had to reach out ASAP. Communication with Donna was so easy because she answered all of our questions/concerns right away and she was very thorough. We really appreciated that especially during wedding planning! Donna ended up taking our engagement photos in March 2019 in cloudy San Francisco. I remember feeling a bit bummed out that day because it was so windy and cloudy and we already had to postpone a previous engagement session due to the rain, but Donna somehow did her magic and made it work. When we received our engagement album from Donna, we were so blown away. Even though we didn't get the natural sunlight that we wanted, the photos turned out beautiful. Fast forward to our wedding in October 2019, we experienced a power outage at our venue and it was another cold/windy day. It was a very fast paced and chaotic day as well and Donna continued to remain calm, patient, and professional with us and our big families! Needless to say, our wedding album was everything we imagined it to be and more (yay for sunset photos!). We were soooo happy with how our wedding photos turned out and our families/friends were also blown away by Donna's talent. Choosing Donna as our photographer was one of the best decisions my husband and I made during our entire wedding planning process. I hope that when this pandemic we're going through is finally over or has subsided, all engaged couples can go back to planning their dream weddings and choose Donna as their photographer. She is seriously the best and you'll be in good hands! read more

Donna was recommended by my wedding planner and I must say she was one of the best recommendations. My engagement/wedding photos turned out so beautiful! We even got to bring our fur baby to our photoshoot which made it so much more meaningful to us. She was really helpful with giving me suggestions on what to wear for our engagement shoot. I never been in a photoshoot before so I was really nervous. She made me and my husband feel so comfortable and we had so much fun taking photos. The best part was receiving a very beautiful wedding album from Donna. We loved everything about it, it brought so much memories and a little bit of tears. Everyone in my family loved the photos. I would highly recommend her to any of my friends/family! Thank you Donna for everything, we really appreciate you and your work! read more

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I found Donna's gorgeous work through Instagram and knew I wanted to book her for my wedding. Leading up to the wedding, she was so communicative and helpful with planning logistics/timeline for the ceremony and reception. I did a city hall ceremony which she has experience in and she was really helpful regarding the logistics. Every single question I had was graciously and patiently answered by her. On the day of the wedding, she was so kind and easy to work with. A top notch professional. Can't recommend enough :) read more

We hired Donna for our boutique hotel/beach side wedding and for the price point, I think she really does an awesome job. She is professional and efficient, and her work is really beautiful. About 3 weeks after the wedding, I was already able to preview our wedding photos online. About 7 weeks after the wedding, I already have the complete finished photo album in my hands, which I can tell she really took time & effort to put together. Pros: - affordable - beautiful work - mostly a vintage/vingette style, softer, more romantic - package includes a gorgeous photo album - two photographers included - easy to work with - communication was not a problem - she's great at suggesting various poses and even brought us sparklers to help get some interesting shots - personalized USB with photos included Very few Cons: - i forgot to ask for a solo full length dress picture and didn't realize it wasn't included until too late - I didn't get the ideal beach/sunset shots i wanted since it was half cloudy - To help get more variety in photos, sometimes she will ask you to like, do something funny. I'm really not into doing the "funny" faces and neither was my bridal party. I do understand that this is sometimes necessary so there's more variation in the photos and whatnot. But had I known this in advance, I probably would have just asked for more candid shots rather than the posed ones read more

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Donna is one of my favorite vendor to work with during the whole wedding planning process. I had trouble deciding on which veil to get, and she was kind enough to give me advice when I asked her. During the wedding, she is so patient and has a great working attitude. She was great at capturing those candid moments at the wedding, but also gave us space. Sometimes during the wedding, I didn't even realize she was taking pictures! She was very prompt, and delivered the photos within the time she promised. Our photos looked amazing! we are so in love with them, couldn't help showing them off lol. I will truly recommend Donna for any events that need photography. read more

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You will never be regretful to choose Donna as your photographer for your wedding! She's very nice and patient, and the photos are amazing! The price is reasonable and the album is so pretty with good quality. Great experience with Donna! read more

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Donna has been such a pleasure to work with - her attention to detail and her kind spirit made everything such a breeze. If you are on the fence about a photographer, don't go anywhere else! read more

Donna is extremely phenomenal! EVERY SINGLE photo that she takes speaks to you as you look at it--from the choice of background, color theme, sweet and soft interactions--I'm not kidding, I still get goosebumps when I look at the photos that she took for my engagement session! She's very straightforward and easy to work with. My fiancé and I were quite nervous and tensed at first but she slowly guided us into the mood. She gives simple and easy-to-do posing instructions (which is important for people like us who have trouble posing naturally LOL). Her professional skill of using natural lighting and capturing the most natural facial expression is incredible, she is exactly what I want for a once-in-a-lifetime photoshoot! On a side note, Donna is super thoughtful, genuine, and patient with her clients! She would plan out the photo shoot locations way in advance with you to match the themes you want for your photos, and for people like me who do not live in LA, she would even give you suggestions for local makeup artists and bouquet florists! That really saved me a lot of time researching and I'm beyond satisfied with the artists that she recommended! She's also very efficient and accommodating--she only took one week to edit my photos and she even edited extra ones for me to compare and choose too! Donna will not disappoint you, trust me, she is worth every penny every second every breathe in your life, and her magnificent work will undoubtedly blow you away! read more