Contacted him off of Craigslist and he was unprofessional from the start. He pretty much just said…read more"Congradulations" (sp) and "Yes." He didn't give me any information regarding payment or the location or the time. Fast forward 3 weeks of radio silence to 3 days before my event and I asked him "so.... are we still good?" No response. The next day, he emails me and tells me that he double booked and will no longer be able to make my event unless I hold it 2 hours earlier. I ask him if he can send someone else, or an assistant.... radio silence. Luckily I found someone else at the last minute, but I definitely lost sleep over finding a photographer for this big life event.

I sent Mr Mendez a request to shoot a house for me. He was very quick, responsive and the photos…read moreturned out great.

Cebolla Mendez Photography provided us excellent photos for our business websites and we could not…read morebe more appreciative. Juan was a joy to be around and is more than willing to help you with any of your photo requests. We will be recommending him to anyone else who may need his services.

I've been meaning to write this review for years but have never gotten around to it. What I have to…read moresay is Steve has photographed me and my siblings since our graduations. He's done senior portraits and most recently he did my wedding. Avalon is truly the best in the business. He always delivers stunning photos in a reasonable amount of time. But I have to say the "Crown Jewel" of Avalon is their reliability. Steve was LITERALLY hit by a car on the morning of our wedding.....and he STILL CAME TO PHOTOGRAPH IT! If a car accident won't stop him from doing his job to the best of his ability then nothing will! 10/10 Recommend Avalon.

Best wedding photographer ever. During my search for a wedding photographer, I called several…read moredifferent photographers in the area. Steve at Avalon struck me as extremely knowledgeable, as he was able to answer my barrage of technical questions with ease and confidence. It was clear that he has been doing photography for a very long time and really knows what he's doing. At some point, I had a phone conversation with another wedding vendor in Chico that made me call and book Avalon immediately after I hung up. This wedding vendor asked which photographers I was considering, and when I listed Avalon, she said that she had gotten married herself just the year before, and hired Avalon to do her wedding. As a wedding vendor in the area, she is familiar with many of the local photographers, and said that Steve is the best. So I called him right away to book him. I am VERY happy I did so! Steve at Avalon did my engagement shoot and wedding photos. For the services he offers, he is very affordable. The other photographer, Alicia, who helped shoot the wedding, also did an amazing job. They are both extremely kind people, and very professional. They had lots of tricks to get people to smile and laugh genuinely, and captured so many sweet and funny candid moments. Also, I can't say enough about the lighting--the lighting in the photos was incredible! They knew exactly where to position everyone down to the inch in order to work the setting to the best advantage. I have gotten so many comments from guests saying, "Wow--your photographer was so good!" or "They really knew what they were doing!" I've attached some examples of the amazing photos that Steve and Alicia took. Thank you so much to Avalon for capturing my wedding so thoroughly that we won't ever forget a moment of it! I can't wait for my next excuse to hire you again!

One of the best experiences I've had with a photographer! She was very quick to get back to me…read moreafter I reached out to her about a session for my daughter and I and she was so nice about everything and was able to get me booked for a session right away. She is really good with kids and made both my daughter and I very comfortable during our session. She also got my photos back to me within a couple days, which is the quickest I've ever gotten photos back from a photographer. And our photos turned out amazing. Definitely recommend!

From the owner: Editorial imagery for intentional couples who want to be fully present and preserve every detail of…read moreyour wedding day. Your wedding day is about celebrating your marriage with your closest friends and family and enjoying the curated experience you've carefully created. You don't want all the details to fade, you want them elegantly captured in a way that is worth framing. You want those stunning portraits as well as a relaxed, no-pressure environment to truly be present and enjoy your day. You need a photographer who will a calm, joy-filled presence and help you to truly celebrate your connection. I specialize in capturing full day celebrations, true-to-life natural editing, off-camera flash, heirloom albums, Polaroids, and couple/engagement sessions. Not getting married? I also do individual or couple portraits that help you feel confident and love the way you look. Let's create something beautiful together!

I know this is a bit late for me, but our family, 9+1 including grandkids booked with Leah…read more(actually, my wife did). We were more than happy with Leah and the way she approached the sessions; all the way from meeting, location, process and ultimately, fantastic photos. Leah was very professional and accommodating with different requests for family groupings, etc. Could not have been happier.

I have a long standing tradition of having portraits taken of myself and my daughter every 4 years…read more This year found my active-military daughter, and new son-in-law, stationed in California; this complicated our long-standing New England based tradition. Thankfully working with Leah was an absolute pleasure! I'm so glad I found her. Her professionalism and patience with working out the logistics of coordinating our session from across the country went above and beyond. Our pictures came out beautiful and our whole family loves them. Leah has a great instinct for capturing special moments. It was a truly wonderful all-around experience. Thank you, Leah!

During the photo session I felt I had more photo ideas than Andrew did. It showed inexperience I…read morefelt. But he was more than willing to work with my ideas and try his best. My photo session was only meant to be an hour long but he took more time to make sure he took lots of photos that I would like. I did the photo session just because with my bf for no special reason. So the out come of the photos were fine with me. I probably wouldn't use him for my engagement photos or wedding. Until he got more experience.

Andrew was such a pleasure to work with. He had some great suggestions for locations for my outdoor…read morephoto shoot with my fiance. We had so many great selections to choose from in our photo gallery. He took more time than we paid for and was very open to my ideas. i look forward to working with Andrew at my wedding he jas a gift for capturing excellent photos without being in the way. Thank you Andrew

We had a family mini session in Chico, CA and it was perfect. We got photos of the four of us and…read morethe kids solo. I am so grateful to Audrey for capturing my family so beautifully. We even tried the tik tok trend to "skip" as a group and it came out cute and was fun, Audrey was up for the challenge. Christmas cards are out and photos are being framed for the house. Thank you Audrey.

Audrey is a wonderful photographer who really knows how to work with families in creating a calm…read moreand easy experience! 1 year olds are not the most cooperative when you need them to be, and she managed to get our little boy to laugh and smile and focus on the task at hand. But that is all just a big bonus to her photography style and skills and her natural feeling edits of photos. We will definitely be using her again in the future!