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    KI Photography

    5.0 (27 reviews)
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    My bridesmaids and I. One example of how he knew how to awesomely utilize our venue.
    Victoria R.

    A wonderful photographer from start to finish. He came up to our area, an hour drive, to meet with us before the event. This type of convenience is rare, and I truly appreciated it. He was not pushy with us signing the contract, which we did just a few weeks before our wedding, and worked with us to find a package thing we could do without breaking our budget. The day-of he arrived a bit early, and left a bit late. He made my husband and I feel comfortable, and also was kind to our family, friends, and guests. We went off the list for whom we wanted in the photos, and he worked with it smoothly. He also was very familler with the venue, Hakone Gardens, which was awesome. Hakone is a large venue, and it was nice to have the pornographer guide us rather than be confused with where to shoot. I had issues with my dress, and he helped with positioning it. Brides to be, practice walking around with your dress beforehand. I sure didn't! My mom had to push me into getting a photographer, since it's one of the larger expenses, and I'm so glad I did. More like, we're so glad we did. My husband and I look like models or something! It's so cool. A year ago I was looking at the book Hakone presented us of others who had they photography/wedding/etc done at the venue and I never thought we could match it. But, these photos look like they can go right alongside. I might even send some to the venue. Seriously... so happy. If we had to recommend someone, we'd recommend him. It was worth every penny.

    this photo should be in a magazine!
    Eri O.

    Kristian is so amazing!!! I'm so glad I found him! He knows when and how to capture the right moments. I love that he's very personable and professional too. During our first meeting, we watched a DVD of just his photos and I swear....we started tearing because he captured so many great moments!! He also has very incredible shots that my friend and I kept talking about. The day of the engagement shoot and wedding, Kristian did an amazing job! I swear I didn't even see him during the ceremony. It rained on our wedding day but he definitely knew when to pull us away when the rain let up! He directed us to the right spots and captured great umbrella photos as well as others. I can go on and on!

    stupid-happy, crazy-love, oh yes "I do" indeed...
    Francesca L.

    We unequivocally recommend Kristian! Not only is he professional and talented at his craft, but he is very easygoing, kind, and personable. From the beginning, he made everything so straightforward and simple. We were so grateful to know that we could count on him to take care of this aspect of our big day...once we signed on with him, we both breathed a sigh of relief because we knew he would have it all under control. When the day itself arrived, he was so subtle and skillful in capturing shots, we forgot he was there! After the ceremony he demonstrated poise and patience in working in our compressed time frame to get all the requisite shots of the wedding party and the entire extended family. All this is to say: even before we got our pictures back we were pleased with Kristian and we enjoyed working with him. But ohhh....when those pictures came back, and we saw all of the radiant, euphoric, ridiculously beautiful moments he had captured, we were both close to tears. We were stunned to see the FEELING of our day so perfectly expressed. All of the subtle glances, facial expressions, sweet moments...there they were. We were so grateful to have these tangible mementos of that over-the-moon, once-in-a-lifetime day. We hadn't originally planned on having a professional photographer, but once we saw these pictures, we couldn't have been happier with the choice we made. It was worth every penny. And we love that our picture has been the homepage of his website for a while now! That is one of our all-time favorite shots, that stupid-happy moment right after we were pronounced husband and wife. It has flattered and delighted us to be the welcoming image of KI Photography (even though we know he'll probably *eventually* change the homepage image to let someone else have a turn and all...). Kristian, thanks again for your incredible work. We are so glad we chose you!

    The hills of Palo Alto

    Kristian and his team were great. They were flexible for our pre wedding meetings and great at keeping in touch. When youre planning a wedding, it gets a bit hectic maintaining all your vendors, but Kristian was on top of it and even sent us a Christmas card! During the wedding, I didnt' even notice them but they were still able to get shots throughout the day. What I appreciated the most was he was all about getting shots. We went everywhere and tried all sorts of different things, so when we got all the shots back, we had plenty to choose from! Best of all, we got to keep the master dvds of all images taken that day. We had a bridal party of 16 and I thought it would be difficult to have good compositions with that many people, but he really did a good job setting us up for the shots. We've received numerous praise for the photos and were quite happy with the Kristian's work.

    Brian M.

    We found Kristian on a very short list of recommendations/preferred vendors from our ceremony venue- Hakone Garden. It was definitely a bonus that he knew the venue and where the good locations were. I had briefly polled a few other photographers, but they were all more expensive, more business like- as another person posted- just another wedding, cranking out photos. Not to mention that from the start we liked the photos on the web page, so why keep looking elsewhere? Kristian definitely takes his time with each client and job, and it shows, exactly as other people have said. He gets great shots because he wants to. We put him in a tricky situation, we only had a 2 hour slot at the gardens, which offers a lot of scenery options, plus my parents were keen on having pictures of each family as their experience is that those pictures tend to end up on the wall at home. This meant though that there were a ton of pictures to take in little time, plus we added a cake/champagne after our ceremony which also took away from his time to get the bride/groom and party or other pictures that are sort of the must haves. It has to be hard to navigate between taking up too much time, and having clients that are upset that they don't have all the pictures they wanted. For us, it was a good balance, or else it was properly erred on the side of too many photos. At the end of the day, we felt we ran around the garden taking pictures, got married in 10 minutes, ate a bite of cake, then took some more photos, then left. On the flip side, we have hundreds of great shots, of which he 'touched up' about 50. Since my wife is Romanian none of her family or friends were able or allowed to attend, so the photos are the primary way they experienced out wedding. So we're glad to have lots of pictures opposed to too few. To add to other reviewers- he was early to the venue to get shots of us walking in, and stayed through the end. He was very personable to work with and captured some terrific moments. I wouldn't hesitate for a second to recommend him to a friend. Funny though, contrary to another reviewer, as a more artistic person, I would have been ok with a few more 'artsy' shots and a few fewer portraits. A general word of advice, which has nothing to do with Kristian- never rely solely on your photographer, always have other people taking photos, candids, or even a photo of you getting your photo taken, it's all part of the experience!

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    Katherine G.

    I hired KI Photography for my wedding at Hakone Gardens on 2/23/2014. I am very impressed with the pictures. Kristian is truly talented and professional. He arrived at the location early, and even stayed a bit longer than the duration we hired him for, to make sure he had all the shots he wanted. The pictures were received in a timely manner and were AMAZING! I can tell that he was very passionate about his craft and is very artistic. I highly recommend him.

    One of the candid shots at the money dance with my uncle and grandmother

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    Sweet wedding pictures! Thank you Kristian. He just has that artistic eye that few possess. It is worth the money.

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