I wanted to like this photographer especially because my best friend used him for her wedding and had a wonderful experience and wonderful photos. My experience was less than satisfactory. I wish I would have spent the extra money to get a more professional and qualified photographer for my wedding. He was late. He is not responsive to emails. It took two months to get our photographs. We didn't even get a couple of teasers, and I know my two other friends that got married in the same season got their teaser photos the next day from more competent photographers. Then two hours before he was contracted to arrive, he calls to tell me that he doesn't have the second photographer that we paid for to photograph my groom and his family who were 15 miles away from me and the ceremony venue. So now we have ZERO photographs of the groom getting ready with his dad who is an elderly gentleman. Additionally, some of the photographs of our wedding are BLURRY! Or my bouquet is blurry in some of my favorite ones and it just ruins the picture in my opinion. AND some of the pictures feel OVER EXPOSED. My wedding dress had beautiful layers, and you can't see it in the pictures. It's like he put the brightness on full. He was supposed to refund us the extra money we paid for the second photographer and has currently not done so. Bottom line: DO NOT HIRE THIS PHOTOGRAPHER in my opinion. Spend the extra money on someone more competent and professional. read more

Photographer Adan - overexposed in my opnion. You can't see the tiers in my dress - Photographers Near Me

our wedding was on March 2021, and we paid for a package that included all photos, video and a framed photo. We included the engagement pictures on which he did not show up. He forgot about our scheduled appointment. We gave him another chance for the wedding due to the timeframe but after the wedding he completely stopped all form of communication. Adan has continued to scam people. Be aware. We believe he is out of business due to the inactivity of his social media and website. Please see below for picture of his business logo. I would not doubt that he created a new company to run to avoid legal problems and bad reviews. read more

Adan is amazing! I met him at a bridal convention and entered in his drawing for a free engagement photo session. Normally when you hear free you think, "what's the catch?" I must say I was a bit skeptical, but Adan genuinely gave my fiancee and I a truly free and AMAZING engagement session! He is very artistic and makes sure he's getting the best shots. We chose a beach location and Adan worked with us on the slippery rocks and in the cold. He kept shooting for 3hrs until he got the best shots. We were only able to see a few shots during our session, but they were so beautiful even before any retouching. You could tell by the way he utilized the light and set up his equipment that he knew what he was doing. He is fun to work with and makes you feel comfortable and relaxed. His pose suggestions are creative and fun. He got my fiancee (who is NOT a dancer) to try out a couple fun dance moves for the camera. We just had our session today, so I can't speak on the final product yet, but I will definitely update my post once we get the pictures. Based on overall experience so far, we highly recommend Adan. Check out his website, he has a really nice portfolio. He does everything from weddings to portraits. read more

See all

I really wanted to like Adan. I won a "free engagement session" we had our pictures taken, met up at his home office in South Gate and showed us the DVD he made for us. I didn't like them at all my fiancee liked them so we gave him a deposit. BIG MISTAKE. As he was my first vendor and I honestly felt pressured by him when we met up, and I didn't do my homework I figured I still like his work. I will work with him, maybe it's just me. A week later I called and txt him (got a new phone so don't have those messages to show) letting him know that I didn't like them and if he could retake them. That all we wanted was like an hour or two with him, and no DVD, just photos. I told him the clothes I was wearing didn't suit me too well and I wanted a retake. He said "yes, your clothes were to loose and it didn't look too good. I usually tell my clients to wear more fitting clothes and bring 2 extra change of clothes" I thought well that would have been nice to know before you took the pictures. So he said "I usually charge $300 for engagement photos, I'll retake them for $150" I said "Ok". But I didn't really agree I figured he would let us work with him and retake them again at no charge. But whatever. After thinking about it for a long time we set a date to retake the photos and decided to give him another shot, and tell him we didn't really like the photos and talk about a solution. He sent me an email confirming the time and where we were going to meet for the photos.I confirmed with him the time and date but let him know we wouldn't be taking photos that day. That we wanted to talk to him first and that we had gotten into a car accident and had a few setbacks. He replied "sorry to hear that" and right away cancelled our appointment. Saying how all of a sudden he couldn't keep the appointment because he was leaving out of the country and didn't have time for us anymore. That got me really upset because when he knew he was going to make money and charge us $150 to retake photos he was available, and as soon as I told him we wanted to talk he couldn't keep the appointment. So we decided to just cancel with him, we made another appointment, as soon as he came back "out of the country". In the meanwhile I reviewed the contract and noticed he charge us $124 for taxes. TAXES??? He doesn't even have a business license (I looked him up), or seller's permit. Of course the contract said the deposit was non refundable. Which is normal. When we get to his house and express that we want to cancel, ALL OF A SUDDEN he is willing to work with us and do another engagement session FOR FREE. Too late buddy, I ask him why he charge TAXES and he gets irritated and says "what does that have to do with anything". And I say well because "you charges us taxes and I looked you up and you don't have a business license or seller's permit, you usually have to have those to charge taxes. Because if you are charging people taxes and keeping that money that is incorrect" And he raised his voice and got upset and said "I HAVE EVERYTHING FOR MY BUSINESS! MY TAX PREPARER TOLD ME I HAD TOO SO I'M DOING WHAT HE TOLD ME TO DO" He then said "You know what it's better that we don't work together, let's just cancel, and I'm sure you know the deposit is non-refundable" We said "yes we understand that, look it's not that we don't like your work we do we do like it. It's just how you handled the situation and how just now you are trying to work with us. We just want to cancel." He said "Ok", so I we all signed a cancellation form. My fiancee was still upset about the taxes and called him a week later, letting him know it would only be fair to refund us those $124 for TAXES. He said ok and sent us a check for $124. Moral of the story is, do your homework, if you don't like something say it upfront, don't settle, and if you feel pressured something is wrong. And ultimately READ THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU SIGN. read more

See all

I met Adan at the pasadena bridal show in September 2012. I won my engagement photo session with him for free. $300.00 worth of photos and such. My fiancé went with me to met Adan and to look at his photos before the shoot. He was so impressed with his work that he wanted to go with him as our wedding photographer too. The day came for our engagement shoot. We choose Point Fermin in San Pedro. The weather threatened rain but we got lucky and had no rain. The photos came out perfect! We couldn't have asked for a better photographer. His prices are very reasonable and he will go to which ever location you choose. I can't wait for the wedding photos after getting my engagement ones back. We have had so many complements regarding our photos. Thank you Adan! read more

Photographer Adan is the complete package! We were extremely appreciative and pleased with Photographer Adan's work, character and attention to detail. He is great about helping you realize what your vision is and identifies your expectations from the beginning. He'll will go above and beyond to try to make all things possible for you. You can expect him to be responsive to all of your concerns/questions. Also has an amazing ability to take photos that capture you in an artistic and natural light, and has great instincts on what makes a great photo and will work with you on what photos fit you versus taking the "staged" wedding photos. Photographer Adan is who you are looking for if you want a photographer that knows how to capture all the details of your day/event!!! Thank you Adan!!! Cecilia Wedding: 05/27/2012 Services Used: Photography read more

I had the pleasure of doing business with Photographer Adan for our weeding couple months ago. He was very professional and has awesome ideas when it comes to taking great pictures not mentioning very good quality as well. We like that he is really easy to work with and very punctual he makes our weeding a lot easier since we did not worry about the photos for one minute. He had some ideas for our engagement party that we tough it was weird but when we sold the photos completely change our mind and trust him right away and we knew we did not have to worry about the weeding photos at all. Adan thank you so much for making or weeding easier and for all your help. We highly recommend Adan. Wedding: 06/23/2012 Services Used: Photography read more

We used Adan last year for our engagement and wedding photos. We were trying to stay in budget and bought an online package. BIG MISTAKE! Adan showed up two and a half hours late to our engagement session! His excuse was traffic. Then, to top it off, he was almost an hour late on our wedding day!!!! I have no pictures with my girls and I getting ready and he didn't even call! My bridal party had to call him and this time his excuse was car problems! He contaminated what is the best day of our lives and we can never go back and capture those moments, sadly. We ended up in court and won our case against him but nothing will ever replace what has been lost. Our judgement, even though we won, was a joke. Don't get involved with this photographer unless you want a similar experience! read more

I'm a wedding planner and I have worked with Adan several times. He does great work and has never been late for any of my events. I'm very strict with the vendors I work with and I make sure they know this is a very special day for the couple getting married and they need to be professional, on time and give their 110%. Adan has proven to be an amazing vendor and in fact he is on my vendors list, and believe me I don't refer just anyone to my clients as I only want the best for them. I do not make any commissions from him the reason that I refer him is because I can trust him, and in this business that says a lot. A wedding is a very special day and the bride and groom deserve only the very best. My advice to all couples is: look any vendor's work and if you like what you see, then set up a meeting and always compare 3 vendors of the same category so you know what to expect from each one. Do ask questions as many as you need and make sure you feel comfortable with that person. Adan has everything mentioned above. read more