We used Rachel earlier this month for family photos after our son turned one and we loved her! She…read morewas prompt in responding to my inquiry and her prices and packages are competitive. On the day of our shoot, my husband woke up very sick. He wanted to cancel but I begged him to hang in for a few hours until our session was complete. He agreed but he was irritable the whole time. Our son was cranky and teething and hadn't slept through the night for at least a week. Plus we had just partied for three days with out friends at our family beach house in Moss Landing so I was super tired! To top it off, the weather on the afternoon of our shoot was unforgiving. When Rachel arrived we sort of rushed her through our session because we all wanted to get back home to the Bay. I figured we wouldn't get a lot of good shots but if we got at least a few it wouldn't be wasted effort. She was gracious and patient and gave us just the right amount of direction that we needed since my husband and I feel super awkward in front of the camera. Despite giving her zero workable material, the photos came out gorgeous! (And we received them in a week!) I couldn't believe it. She made something out of nothing and now we have these beautiful and precious photos of our family to cherish forever. We will definitely be using Rachel again! We are so so full of gratitude!

Amazing! My wife and I are overjoyed the photos we got from our session. Rachel was a great…read morephotographer and quickly made us feel at ease in a usually awkward situation.

Ashley is a professional! She spent hours with us on the beach to get the perfect maternity shots…read more We have received so many compliments on our photos by her and are really looking forward to our newborn shoot. I can't say enough great things about our experience. Kelly Enghofer

If I could give 10 stars I would. Took some engagement photos with Ashley at shark fin cove in…read moreSanta Cruz. Let me tell you these photos look amazing. Ashley definitely knows how to catch your good side. Photo shoot didn't take long at all, and she got there early. Two thumbs up for Ashley. Thank you

Annie is the ultimate professional. She took my son's Senior Photos & they are beyond our…read moreexpectations. Annie was kind, fun & made the entire experience enjoyable. PLUS, I have amazing photos & lifetime memories

Her photos are average for a professional photographer and they're overexposed. She treats her help…read morelike trash. She charges twice what other photographers charge. She's the only photographer allowed to submit senior pictures to Monte Vista Christian School - so monopoly. She's rude to her clients. She's tries to be Nordstrom's but is more Pic N Save. She firmly deserves one star.

(Formerly known as Michelle Zuniga Photography)…read more My wife and I used Michelle as our wedding photographer in late December of 2007. She was great to work with, had competitive rates, and showed genuine interest and care for saving the events memories digitally. She even included 3 wallet sized photo albums free; one for each of our mothers and one for us.

Can I tell you I love Michelle? Well I do. I love her. I…read morestarted planning our wedding in 2008, and had gone through every photographer I could find on The Knot and Brides. I did google searches. Everything. I hate standard wedding photography. Crap that looks overly posed and nasty. And then I cam across Michelle on the last day I could look for a photographer - my husband, then fiance, said I had until the end of February or we were going with his first choice. I looked through her website, and oh bolly bolly oh my golly! SHE is what I had been searching for. Gorgeous shots of people, nothing overly posed, every shot looking like a dear friend took the picture. They captured the essence of each individual and I felt like I was there, like I understood how the people in the pictures felt. That was all I needed, I sent out an email. Two seconds later, Michelle had responded. Here was a vendor who was used to using technology, she told me I could contact her on gchat and since our schedules were packed we could conference call our first meeting. I nearly cried. The day of the teleconference came. The only question I really had was, do you make any provisions for military, what if my husband got deployed unexpectedly. She reassured me, we would not lose our money, she would hold onto it and reschedule. She also reassured me that she would shoot until every last major event in the wedding was captured. She wouldn't just take off. That was it, we hired her on the spot. We also hired her (for an insanely reasonsable fee - think Crazy Eddy sells electronics) for our engagement shoot. We wanted her to get to know us and vice versa. She was amazing and incredibly fun to work with. We were all geared up for our wedding in 2008 when the worst news came through, my husband was being called up for service early. We had to postpone everything. I was running around contacting vendors, family, bridal party. Trying not to melt down, and when I called Michelle she was so sweet and understanding. When we rescheduled our wedding for late in 2009, I called Michelle. She was so excited to work with us again. And so was I. She is so incredibly professional - Annie and Bill were out of town on the day of my wedding so she asked her friend David Esquire to fill in. I never even knew that there was a problem. She just handled it, like a dream vendor. Again, on the day of the wedding, Michelle was professional as can be. She was there on time, and even tolerated the fact that I didn't get her her shots list until that morning. She was funny and energetic (a difficult feat when it is raining and so cold you can see your breath and it is an outdoor wedding). She was like a ninja, I don't ever remember seeing her, but when she gave me the pictage link to our wedding photos, there were all these amazing shots she had taken. She took these amazing shots of us too, posed me perfectly, hid flaws played up assets. Honestly, I don't think of Michelle as my vendor. I think of her as a friend. Every major photo op I have in life will be shot by her or her studio. Heck I even added her on facebook. If you pass her by for another studio (maybe with the exception of Esquire Photography because David was pretty cool himself) you are a total fool. Studio Z will capture your wedding day exactly as you saw it, exactly as you experienced. And really, isn't that what a photographer is supposed to do?

I worked with Daniel to help plan my surprise engagement to my girlfriend (now fiancee) and let me…read moresay - his reviews were SPOT ON. He is absolutely wonderful to work with. He was able to intake my wants for a more private location for my engagement and on near Carmel-by-the-Sea on the beach and he absolutely nailed it. I had a surprise engagement planned where I had a picnic set up (via the service Pillows and Picnics) - Daniel was able to coordinate well with this service to help pick a spot that felt private yet was easily accessible. Daniel was there every step of the way from the planning phase through execution. Daniel then was secretly there to capture the moment and produce absolutely wonderful photos. We then went on a small tour with him to his "secret" areas of Big Sur where we took wonderful photos without the big crowds. Truly working with Daniel made an already very big moment in our live absolutely wonderful with photos and memories to carry with us for a lifetime. If you need a photographer that will pay attention to all the details, be there every step of the way, and produce absolutely top notch outcomes - Daniel is your guy! Thanks Daniel for being part of our wonderful life event With much gratitude - Greg and Mai

Daniel took our proposal / engagement photos, even coordinating with my fiancée on locations and…read moretiming of the proposal. My SO had asked for a more intimate, outdoor area to propose at, and Daniel recommended an amazing hidden spot by the cliffsides of Big Sur. Kudos to the amount of coordination, especially when there is no WiFi / cell service in Big Sur, necessitating a lot of planning beforehand on timing, location, backup location, etc. What we most enjoyed about working with Daniel is how natural and fun he makes it - I often feel awkward taking portraits / photos, but I didn't feel uncomfortable at all during the session! He gave some guidance on some poses / things to do, but otherwise we loved how he could just capture intimate moments! Moving to Garrapata Beach, we managed to catch an amazing Golden Hour that translated to some epic photos! Turnaround on the photos was surprisingly quick - we got engaged on a Saturday and the photos were ready by Monday! The photos turned out so fantastically that we decided to not do another engagement photoshoot. Part of the package my fiancée got included a champagne bottle for us to enjoy! Would recommend working with Daniel for pictures in the Big Sur / Monterey area - we hope to work with him in the future for family portraits with our dog!

I highly recommend Kelly at Poppy and Pebble Photography!! She recently took our family photos…read morewhile we were vacationing in Santa Cruz. I searched for weeks trying to find just the right kind of photographer for our beach session and when I came across Kelly's photos I was SOLD! Her work is amazing, beautiful and very artistic! When we got our photos from her we were blown away. Kelly's work is amazing but so is she as a person! She is just the sweetest, patient, fun loving person. She made our photography session very enjoyable. She managed to get great photos of our little kiddos too which isn't the easiest task. Our kids love her and every time they see the photos they say, " Kelly took those, we like Kelly!" :) Don't look anywhere else for your photographer in Santa Cruz Kelly at Poppy & Pebble is the BEST!! Thank you Kelly!

I highly recommend Poppy and Pebble Photography for any event you may have and specifically Ms…read more Kelly Overduijin. She is a highly professional photographer and artist. She photographed my son's graduation at UCSC. She had studied days before the place and had determined the lenses she would use, the places the pictures will be done, beside all the pictures of the ceremony itself. The lighting, the exquisite moments she captured are just as amazing as the photographs that you see in National Geographic. For a ceremony which goes so fast, planning and professional eye will determine the quality of your pictures and ultimately so much of your memories of any special day. Kelly is extremely professional and has a great eye for artistry and every single picture is a painting, alive and translating that specific moment. Her commitment to a great work was underlined by the extra hours she spent with us to capture the graduation diner, and her swift follow up to get the pictures to us. In summary, very professional, very artistic, and pricing very reasonable! Thank you Kelly!

My husband and I were so anxious anticipating the arrival of our first baby! Alex is just wonderful…read moreat capturing moments. She just has a way of freezing time. Every time I look back at our maternity pictures I get butterflies again! She was born to do this. Worth every penny!! It's like she isn't even there. She is down to Earth and makes taking outdoor pictures feel like a walk in the park (literally). She just gives off waves of positive energy! What a beautiful experience. The pictures are amazing! I gave her an idea of what I wanted but let her do her own magic. I trusted her professional suggestions... She exceeded my expectations. I thought I was going to really like the pictures. But when I saw them I cried from emotion (plus pregnancy hormones)! They were perfect! If my words don't convince you, look for yourself!

Alex is such a wonderful photographer! She has a calming, professional presence and an eye for…read morestyling photos. She's also wonderful with kids, which is very hard to come by. I highly recommend her services for anything from weddings to family portraits.

Sam was the single best choice we made at our wedding. She is the type of person and photographer…read morewho can't help giving her all to anything or anyone she touches. Our wedding fell in love with her and her sister by the end of the night and I had maybe 10 guests ask for her contact details. She is professional, personable, and has such a good eye. We couldn't have done it without her and we are so appreciate of her! If I could give a 10 star rating I would!!!

I couldn't be happier with choosing Samantha and Liz for our surprise engagement photos. They…read moreworked with me in coordinating and planned this day perfectly. They are so nice and got a lot of our photos to us that night to share with family and friends. The rest of the photos were done for us so fast! If you have any question who to hire, hire Samantha and Liz!!! I will hire them for every special day/photos we need from here out! Thank you for capturing this perfect day for us! Christie and Anthony