Shout out to Sandy Emerald Gate Martinez @ Emerald Gate Studios for outstanding Videography and Excellence! Sandy helps entrepreneurs create incredible videos and pictures for our businesses. I am very pleased with Sandy's work - Loyal client here. Highly recommend Sandy's work for anyone seeking videography or photography https://emeraldgatestudios.com/ read more

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Sandy Martinez from Emerald Gate Studios is AMAZING! She deserves 10 stars! She is that good! She came highly recommended. I hired her to photograph a private party of 60 guests at a restaurant in Berkeley and I booked her for 3 hours. Sandy is super easy to work with, she is a true professional, I explained what I was trying to accomplish with the photos, which was to have momentos to give to my party guests. She understand, really GOT it and went to town.She did not need any hand-holding, she weaved her way thru the guests taking photos as she went, she was unobtrusive and captured such sweet moments. The setting was a bit on the dark side, but she adjusted for that and the resulting photos are phenomenal! I have already recommended her to other friends and clients -- Sandy is photographer extraordinaire! read more

You won't find a more personable, professional, fun, creative photographer/videographer than Sandy! HANDS DOWN THE BEST! J Your wedding day is already stressful enough, you don't have time to babysit your vendors! You meet with Sandy ahead of time, tell her what you want to capture, for example if there are any special family members, etc. that you want highlighted and then she and her creative and organized mind takes it from there and the output is PERFECTION!! Every year on our anniversary, we watch our video and I cry again and again! Hope you use Sandy for not only videos but photography as well!! read more

Worked with Sandy MANY MANY times and I look forward to working with her again. She's pleasant, a joy and extremely talented. She kept the party going AND kept a very professional attitude towards myself AND my family. A few years ago I was on the Oprah Network and Sandy filmed my World Premiere. It was a very upscale, atmosphere with an easy attire sort of evening. Sandy meet me their early and started to work. She was thorough an explained everything that she was doing. I found her work to be outstanding and extremely wonderful. I would definitely hire Sandy again without hesitation or reservation. As Tina Tuner would say, she is "Simply the Best...better than ALL the rest!" read more

Absolutely loved working with them, they worked around our Maui budget and gave us exceptional service. Awesome from every "angle" They made my husband and I feel very important and customized images to whatever we liked. it was pretty cool that we received our hard copies as DVD Movies w/ the look of an awesome film. extremely friendly, personable, and willing to help me with whatever myself and husband wanted. Learned from these two very talented ladies from the referral from our photographer, we flew out our photographer and these two ladies and did not regret it one bit. The turn around took a little longer than expected but it was worth every minute and day of wait. We also chose our own music which they customized to our liking in the video. Would I recommend them to others? HELL YES! read more

Sandy Just completed a photo session for my Daughter who came with a few challenges...1. she is 17months 2. she has medical equipment attached to her 3. She was totally off her NAP schedule, uncooperative and more interested in tearing up the set then giving up a smile!! Sandy was patient, professional and creative with our session. She was not taken back with the medical aspect and gave 110% even though we came in on a promotion special! I haven't even seen the pictures but i have complete confidence just based her performance that they will be Stellar!! Thank you Sandy!! We will be back in for More sessions "on nap schedule though" you rock with that lens girl! oh yes another plus is that I as a special needs mama I appreciated the cleanliness of the establishment and i even peeped out the Disinfecting Wipes, you know they are used when they are at arms reach..and the hand sanitizer too. When dealing with public places Germs like to hang out but guess what Yelpers...they are not hang out in your Pictures!..if you go to Sandy. Thats all:) read more

We got married on 4/25/15. Emerald Gate was awesome. They worked with us to customize a wedding package with a price that fit our budget. They were really flexible too - we wanted to make some changes about a week before the big day and Sandy let us add a second shooter to the package and additional hours for what we thought was an awesome deal. She also added some last minute DVDs/Custom boxes to our order so we could gift them to a few extra family members after the wedding, which they all loved! Within 6 or so weeks of the wedding, we received BEAUTIFUL, creative videos (8min & 50min) of our wedding and the DVD boxes the videos came in are awesome! We got SO many compliments on the video that was posted online, so we are not alone in our feelings about the quality of their work. They showed up on the wedding day early ready to go, and were totally on top of our crazy schedule. The only issue we had was during our evening reception...my husband and I wanted the room lights to stay dimmed and they turned them on brighter a handful of times. It was a miscommunication and they of course stopped when we asked them to...we just couldn't figure out who was turning them on for the first half of the reception. We would absolutely hire Emerald Gate again. Sandy's videos really speak for themselves. Having the memories on film from our wedding day, with all of our friends and family celebrating with us, is truly priceless. I'm so glad we chose to get a videographer and that we found Sandy & Emerald Gate. I will definitely be recommending them to others. read more

There are so many amazing things to say about Sandy and her team!! I fell in love with her work while watching her work at a friends' wedding and then when we (then fiancé, now husband) watched the finished product we knew we needed to book her! The story was done so beautifully and it made me ball like a baby! We booked an appointment and met with her, we booked her right away! She was very organized in our meetings and helped us with a few things we had not thought of and had some additional great ideas! She is located in Castro Valley but she has no problem travelling, as we got married at the Grand Island Mansion in Walnut Grove. We also booked her for our rehearsal dinner which was the Thursday before our wedding in Sacramento. For the rehearsal dinner, we went with a fusion video (still photographs and video). We highly recommend doing this as it really does add to your finished product to have the whole weekend captured. It's is definitely great to be able to look back and listen to the family speeches. When the weekend finally came, she went above and beyond. She was early and basically spent the whole day with us. The best part about Sandy and her team was that you almost do not even notice she is there, which is exactly what you want when you are camera shy (like my husband and I). When we finally received the video... I really have no words for how it made me feel. I will say my husband and I were both speechless and we both cried! I have to admit, I have watched it A LOT (in fact, I think I want to go watch it tonight)! She really is the best at what she does! She picked the perfect songs. She made our wedding weekend into a movie. The rehearsal dinner, the trailer, the motion picture and a bonus video she put together! My advice to any bride is to make sure you really think long and hard, take a look at your budget, sit down and discuss her packages and what you can afford and then make Sandy a priority vendor. You will never regret it. Since our wedding (July 2015) we have hooked up with Sandy on three more occasions to take family portraits.... I have found our forever family photographer. She is amazing at what she does and she makes you feel so comfortable. When we are with her, it's like hanging with a friend. :) read more

Sandy is very professional and caring regarding her photography. :-) She makes everyone feel at ease and it shows in the photos she produces. She took the time to make sure every photo had a special meaning. I would highly recommend her to my family and friends! Sandy you are the best! read more

Sandy Martinez and her crew created the most amazing wedding film for us! I hired her after seeing some of her work posted on her webstie. I wanted something different than the traditional, cheesy wedding videos everyone else has. I wanted something upbeat, modern, and fun! Sandy delivered just that! This wedding video is one of the best investments I made. The day went so fast I didn't remember much of what went on and felt like I missed out on so much. This film brought back the beauty of the day, and is by far the coolest wedding video ever! All of my friends and family have commented on the quality and uniqueness of the film. Honestly, I couldn't be more grateful to Sandy for doing such an amazing job. read more

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We loved working with Sandy and Emerald Gate Film. We are wedding planners from the bay area and we had a wonderful destination wedding in Maui that we worked together on. They worked our Bride and Groom's budget and they were absolutely amazing to work with! They are professional and really care about the clients and listen to their needs and wants. They customize each package for their clients. Everyone loved the video clip they created! Can't wait to work with them again soon! read more

Sandy did the video for our wedding and was fantastic! They were there on time and were so easy to deal with and helpful on what's a very busy and stressful day. The video done was incredible! We really couldn't have asked for better. read more

I highly recommend Emerald Gate Films for your photography needs. Our experience with this company was nothing short of amazing. Sandy was professional, patient and a joy to work with. My fiancé and I had no idea what type of photo shoot we wanted or had any specifics around location, style or poses that we envisioned. However, Sandy arrived prepared and full of ideas and caused us to be reassured and comfortable. Sandy has such an amazing talent for capturing 'moments' and her energy and passion comes across in the photos. We loved our engagement photo session and found ourselves very satisfied with the outcome to the point of being obsessed with viewing our pictures. We can't wait to start a family and have Emerald Gate Films involved in that journey. Thanks again for the wonderful experience. read more

I highly recommend Emerald Gate Studios!! Very professional, quick to respond, extremely nice, and you will love the results. My expectations were exceeded and I am beyond pleased. Sandy created an amazing video and logo for my company. Her creativity is out of this world amazing. Look no further, Emerald Gate Studios is the best choice. read more

Please read if you want to be blown away by an amazing show of customer service and please view our wedding for film excellence. Planning a wedding is usually stressful for the bride, not so much for the groom. Well that notion doesn't apply when the groom works in the event planning/catering industry. My beautiful bride Quisha let me handle the stressful things, because she knew that I would make her special day with me amazing. I knew most of the vendors for our wedding, but I met Sandy from my then fiance's sister in law. They went to high school but hadn't spoken in years. That was good enough for me. Sandy and I met at Starbucks in Dublin and talked for at least two hours. I told her our story of us meeting in junior college, me proposing on the Brooklyn bridge because it was her favorite bridge, and of course we talked about my love for roses. Sandy shared her story and through her telling her story, I saw her passion. Sandy met with us whenever we needed, even on her birthday. I made sure she saw everything from the Bently Reserves Ball room to the Presidential Suite Quisha would be getting dressed at Le Meridien Hotel. She and I met again to go over a final review of our vision and she told me me not to worry, that she had my back no matter what. What she didn't tell me was how amazing her first assistant Christie was. The day of the wedding came and I was uneasy. I knew Sandy was with Quisha but I didn't know how I would be taken cared for. My little angel came in the form of Christie. I looked at her and said "game time". She nodded and said, "I got you groom". When I needed a certain shot she was there. When I was unsure about a certain look she took over. Most importantly when I needed to close my dressing door and pray, she dropped to her knees and prayed with me. I get chills remembering that moment because she put me above everything, and you cant pay for that passion. Finally I remember standing at the alter saying my vows and I can recall Christie in the wings filming, I knew she was there and I winked when I was done. She smiled because in that moment I knew she was concerned about me and I was letting her know that the groomzilla she just met, was ok. Thank you both and whoever reads this, view either the trailer or the feature to see what excellence in filming really is. 9/14/14 was the start of a new life with my wife and an amazing first meet with new family Sandy and Christie. read more

Sandy you and your assistance where awesome,,,,,, Both ladies where professional in every way from being on time and patience ,,, As we all know weddings(8/24/13) can be a little hectic, but you both made this and incredible experience!!!!!! The two of you where remarkable to work with, thank you,,,,,, Heaven The wedding Planner read more

My recent "headshot" photo session with Sandy could not have been more delightful. What pro! As a radio announcer, I am NOT comfortable in front of camera, but Sandy made the experience so much fun. The joy and passion she has for her work is evident by her contagious grin and laugh. She instantly made me relax and smile naturally for the camera. She had the proofs back to me within hours, and the final re-touches back a day or two later. You can see the final result right here on Yelp with my profile photo, she made me look fantastic! If you need a photographer for ANYTHING: a family portrait, baby pictures, senior class photo, wedding, videos, website, you name it, she's THE ONE! read more

Amazing Job!!! Highly Recommend! Our wedding was captured beautifully! Sandy is very nice and very easy to work with!

Where to begin? My fiance and I fell in love with the video style on Emerald Gate's website. After talking to Sandy over the phone, we fell in love with her personality, her vision, and her accommodations to video our wedding. Sandy and her team split up and began filming our wedding day from 8:30am until midnight. Sandy, with me in Petaluma and her team in San Francisco, then to Treasure Island where our reception took place. What's more, is that Sandy and her team captured the most incredible moments...moments that we did not even realize her video team was around to witness. Words cannot describe how thankful we are. So far, we have only seen our 2 minute highlight and even that is enough to make my husband and I re-live the happiest day of our lives (and write this review!). The only regret I have is not using Sandy and her team for photography as well. By far, Emerald Gate was one of the BEST wedding vendors we had for our big day. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU! If you want amazing videography that captures the most memorable days of your life, look no further. Emerald Gate is simply the best. read more

I decided to contact Emerald Gate Films for a corporate 20th anniversary party. Sandy and her team were easy to work with, creative and produced an exceptional product. Sandy was able to take outstanding video that was full of detail. She was able to capture our anniversary party beautifully. Our finished DVD unquestionably turned out well, our entire team was very satisfied and impressed. I will surely use them again for any future media needs as well as refer them to friends and colleagues. read more

Sandy did our wedding video and we are beyond happy with the results. She had a quick turn around and she gave us a link to share with our friends and family, a movie video, and the raw footage video. The movie video was so awesome! She captured all the highlights of the day and all the special moments. Being the bride and the groom, our wedding day just flew by and we were so busy with being in many places at once, we really didn't get to see the interaction of our guests, their reaction, and all the fun people were having. Sandy captured all those moments for us and we got to see the real feel of the wedding. Another point I really like about the way Sandy work is that she connected with our photographer before the wedding to strategically plan out how they would work together to get the best shots, and to be sure both activities ran smoothly. I thought that was great planning and it shows her experience. She had a lot of creative ideas and she got our vision right away. Most of all, we liked Sandy as a person from the first time we met her. She has the warmest smile and her happy energy is contagious. She was the first videographer we talked to and after our initial meeting, we canceled all other appointments, we knew we found the right person for us. We cannot thank Sandy enough for her great work, and so happy we found her for our wedding. One of the stress in planning a wedding is finding the right vendors for all that we needed and we had no stress with the video. So if you are planning your wedding, or any events for that matter, we highly recommend Sandy. read more

Sandy was able to take my visions and put them on film. She took the ideas in my head and made them a reality. She jump-started my YouTube singing channel by creating an authentic looking first singing video of mine (Marco Valencia - Whatever My Love), which gained viewers. They were blown away by the styling and cinematography. Her editing had my audience wow'd and still, to this day, refer to that debut video on my YouTube Singing Page. If you are looking for that authentic visual style, not only is Sandy at Emerald Gate Films a great way to go, but she will work WITH you to create a joint effort amount to a masterpiece. read more

We had a family photo shoot with Sandy two weeks ago and it was amazing. We did the photo shoot at two locations. One was at my house and the second was at a park. Sandy and her assistant were awesome. She had to shoot six boys that range from the ages of 1 to 16, as well as 5 adults. She was so patient and kind with the boys. She made the day very funny and easy. We were so worried we were not going to get good shots with so many young boys. Needless to say Sandy was great with them. She knew how to make them smile, and how to keep them entertained so they weren't bored. There was not one tear shed that day from the kids or the parents! I would reccomend Sandy and her crew to anyone looking for amazing photos. read more

If you're looking for a videographer then look no further because Sandy with Emerald Gate Films is the right choice for you! Sandy helped me to create an amazing video for my sisters wedding. In lieu of giving a maid of honor speech I thought it would be unique and fun to create a video/speech. I am a horrible public speaker so this option just HAD to work. Sandy took my little vision and gave it life beyond my wildest dreams! After just one brainstorming session we had a timeline in place and ideas galore. Sandy guided me through every step and made sure all of my questions were answered. The video was a surprise to my sister. She was blown away along with many of our family and friends who watched the video her at the wedding. It's a week later and I am still receiving compliments on Sandy's video. It was such a personal and special project. Only an artist like Sandy could have created this masterpiece. read more