Selecting our photographer for the wedding day was a big deal for me, I knew the photos were…read moresomething I would always look back on. From the moment I spoke to Holly, I knew she was the perfect person to shoot our wedding day. She was so personable, professional, and made me feel comfortable. One of my concerns was the dark lighting in our planetarium ceremony, but from the getting ready photos to the first look, ceremony to reception, it was all amazing. I literally can't stop looking at them or sharing them. All of our guests were impressed by Holly and her second shooter Ken, who truly left us with an amazing gallery to cherish for a lifetime, we can not recommend her enough!

Holly did my wedding last June, and the photos are absolutely gorgeous! She's seriously incredible,…read morea joy to work with, and so extremely talented. From the beginning she was extremely organized and on top of it. She works with you early on to ensure she understands all the photos you want taken and with who. On the day of the wedding, she captured ALL of the most special moments absolutely perfectly. She spent time making sure to pose us which was helpful, as my husband and I are both typically awkward when it comes to photos I've never really liked photos of myself so I was pretty nervous to get our wedding album back, but we were both in love with the photos. It was so hard choosing the maximum photos allowed for the album, as they were all gorgeous. I ended up paying extra to add more than 50 additional haha. My only regret is not hiring her to take photos of the rehearsal dinner. I think a photographer is one of the most important individuals to hire for your wedding, and I can say with confidence that Holly is the best of the best. If you are considering her, absolutely do it, you will not be disappointed! Thank you Holly for everything!!!

Michelle Walker not only took amazing photos of our wedding, she was an absolute joy to work with…read morefor the entire journey from meeting her to scheduling and twice rescheduling our wedding (thanks go Covid). She brought incredible positive energy to our special day and to all of our communications leading up to it. I had one request to her -- I didn't want to pose or basically know that she was there. We wanted all candid shots. She blended in, captured amazing moments, and never made me feel self conscious (which would have been a big bummer on my wedding day) She also only delivered amazing flattering pictures of me (which is hard because I am NOT photogenic and hate being photographed). She's amazing.

Oh man, where do I begin. I ADORE Michelle. She is sarcastic, witty, and god she's amazing. We…read morehired her for our 7/21/24 wedding, and I hate being photographed. Michelle put me at such ease. She showed up on time, knocked out all family photos, and proceeded to take some of the best photos throughout the night. Within just a few days of our wedding we got a sneak peak email with a handful of photos, and that sneak peak just reaffirmed to me that I had chosen the best photographer. She's someone you want to stay friends with forever. Her photos are magic. I can't wait to see the rest! Also, we chose the two photographer package, and her colleague was so great!! He was just as warm and amazing as Michelle, and it meant we got all angles everywhere in terms of photos. So worth it!

In my opinion, picking a wedding photographer is the most difficult decision in the wedding…read moreplanning process. This is the person or persons that you are, in a sense, putting in charge of your memories. The photos they take and the moments they capture are most likely going to be how you remember your special day. In other words, you've really gotta trust who you pick. My wife and I met with some amazing photographers, whose work we thought was stupendous, but in the end we realized that we didn't want the perfect picture, we wanted more. We wanted a photographer that was going to capture us, in the moment, as beautifully real to the moment as possible. We're not the type of couple that has many photos of ourselves around the house and those we do have aren't posed. We like candids, we like moments, and we absolutely loved our photographer, Megan Clouse. From the second we sat down with Megan she struck us as much more than your typical wedding photographer. She had amazing prints for us to look at and plenty of variety in style of shots, but the thing that jumped out at us was the emotion in her work. Even though we'd never met the people we were looking at, we could feel their joy, their laughter, their embarrassment ... we could feel everything. Her photos weren't what I call the "insert bride here" type, where you can imagine any bride looking pretty in the photo you're looking at, each was truly a moment, even the posed shots. So, if you're looking for more than just great wedding photos, if you're looking for great memories, give Megan a call. She'll make it impossible to forget your special day and you'll have an amazing time working with her along the way. Rainbow boas - 5/5 (Super gay-friendly!)

We just wanted to update our review because we had our wedding this past weekend and could not be…read moremore pleased with Meg!! Meg drove out of her way to come to our wedding rehearsal and snap a few pictures of us and get to know our families the night before our wedding. She was ready to go on the morning of the wedding and despite my frazzled nerves (we were running late), she was so calming and sweet. She was out there in the mud and rain getting as many photos as she could on our rainy wedding day and even drove us to our reception. She was able to herd our rowdy group of guests, 1/3 of which didn't even speak English that well, and was quietly everywhere throughout the day. She even brought her husband along and they worked so seamlessly together. The photographer is not someone you hear much about from your guests, but I had at least 5-6 people stop me to tell me how terrific Meg was at our wedding. (And this is before seeing any photos!) She was so cheerful, gentle, and personable that our guests just genuinely LIKED having her around taking their pictures. Both of our mothers commented on how much they liked Meg and my mom said "she is just the cutest thing!" We woke up the day after our wedding with a gorgeous picture of us in our inboxes as a 1 Day Anniversary gift and just a few days after our wedding, she already has a sneak preview up on her website. The photos? Amazing. I have no doubt we will love our photos when we get them all back. Wedding photography was one of the most important things to us while we were planning our wedding and we are so glad we prioritized our projects and budgets to make Meg part of our day. She is such a great investment and we can't wait to have a chance to hire her again. Thank you Meg!

I had the pleasure of having Kaitlyn photograph my October 2013 wedding and I couldn't be happier…read morewith my decision. Kaitlyn was AMAZING. She got every shot i asked her to get and her attention to detail is fabulous. She caught every moment, every emotion and every small detail of our special day. The turn around on our pictures was faster than i expected and the photos are just beyond perfect. Thank you Kaitlyn for capturing our memories in such an amazing way!

I've have been to many professional photographers, but I definitely have to say that Shannon is the…read morebest I've ever had when taking portraits. OMGosh, she has been my "family" photographer for almost two years. She has watched my little girl grow with every session she has done. We were her "starter" family as she called it. She has a great personality and she loves her "job" I don't think she thinks of it as a job though. More of a passion. She loves photography, she loves preserving history in a photograph. She will bring your memories to life!!!! I am so grateful that she has such a wonderful gift. She also has become my "mentor" in the photography field. So I definitely would recommend her to any person, near or far, to contact her for a consultation, if you are looking for a great photographer. I have seen her work other than what she does for my family and it is brilliant.

This is an overdue review. Shannon was our wedding photographer and I had a great experience with…read moreher. Before going with Shannon, I of course looked into other photographers to find out what my options were. After some research, I had to hire Shannon. Her portfolio shows well and she's passionate about her work. Taking pictures on your wedding day is very intimate. We felt so comfortable working with her. We have photos that we will cherish and wouldn't have them if it weren't for Shannon. Thank you very much!

We had the pleasure of working with Rebecca for our Covid quickie mini wedding in Santa Cruz this…read moresummer, July 2020. While Rebecca wasn't the original wedding photographer we hired, she was asked by our photographer to come shot our wedding due to last minute scheduling issues (no fault of Rebecca or our other photographer). While I can't speak to the hiring process or pricing with Rebecca, I can speak to her professionalism and beautiful photos. Rebecca was willing to drive down from Napa to Santa Cruz on short notice, showed up on time, was very easy to work with and put us at ease during our time shooting with her. Post wedding, Rebecca was communicative, kindly send us a preview of a few photos since she knew we were anxious to post them and delivered the final photos in a timely fashion. We were very pleased with our photos and our whole experience with Rebecca. I have no doubt that if you hire Rebecca, you will have a wonderful experience with her and will cherish the beautiful photos she's able to capture.

Rebecca was our wedding photographer and it was one of the best decisions we made! She is a very…read morewarm and kind person which made it easy for us to feel comfortable in front of the camera. Many people I spoke to said their biggest regret about their wedding was not choosing a better photographer. Well you can't go wrong with Rebecca! She was able to take some of the best moments of our lives and make them into a beautiful still version we can keep forever. We also had some "interesting" moments on our wedding day but she took it all in stride. :) Can't recommend her enough!

Megan was the photographer for our wedding this past May and I can not say enough good things about…read moreher persona, skill and approach. We had a very low key wedding day. It was up in Inverness with about 20 people. We wanted to capture the moment but not have the typical staged shots of bride with mom, bride with mom and dad, bride with best friends etc etc etc. We wanted it to be natural and more documentary. Megan did just that! She blended in found the right shots and captured the day just as we hoped! Prices were inline with others and in the end we felt like we got a great value. I would absolutely recommend Megan as well as user her again. Obviously not at a wedding but any other special event! :)

Wedding planning is...well, ugh, for this girl over here. You depend on the competence of others…read moreto execute your ideas on the big day. Listening is key for everyone. Megan is a dream. DREAM. We did our walk through with my husband, who had chosen her and already knew her work. She is a great listener with a wonderful, easy, personality. Most importantly, she totally listened and delivered. I wanted something more documentary style than typical weddings. I asked her to please capture moments as opposed to good sides and soft focus non-candids. But we also needed a lot of formal pictures for our families. She totally listened. She totally got it. She was a relaxing and encouraging presence the day of the wedding. After our formals, i honestly did not notice her presence, but she was there for hours capturing the wedding. Exactly as we asked. Megan is great. In this highly competitive profession with tons of choices, you can rest assured that Megan Reeves is the person you want at your wedding. Wonderful. Spot on.

Derek and Kayla are an absolute dream to work with! From start to finish they were helpful and…read morehands on. Derek and Kayla did our photography and Kayla and her team at Detailed Dreams helped plan our wedding. I couldn't recommend them enough. Derek and Kayla have a way of making you feel like you have known them forever and they are very professional. The wedding went seamlessly and we are so happy with all our photos! Couldn't have asked for a better dream team.

Kayla and Derek were the photographers for my daughter's wedding in July 2024. As the father of the…read morebride for my only daughter, I looked forward to sharing my thoughts with the attendees, our family and friends. I took the time to write a touching speech and delivered it on her wedding day. People came up afterwards and told me how moved they were with my speech. When we got the pictures and video back, to my horror and disappointment, there was a big hole in the video where my speech was supposed to be. Once I brought it to my daughter's attention, she was in tears and I was extremely hurt. HOW COULD THEY MISS SUCH AN IMPOTRTANT SPEECH??? Arguably the most important speech of the reception and it is gone forever. She reached out them and they apologized and offered very small refund. Kayla and Derek ruined the most important speech of my life! I have been planning it since my daughter was born and spoke to her about it her entire life. I called and asked them to return my call and they didn't have the decency to return my call. I'm appalled and angry and I would not recommend them for anything, let alone the most important day of my daughter's life. Instead of beautiful memories, our family will remember this for the rest of our lives. You should be ashamed.