Chris is a master at his craft. He produced outstanding photos, at reasonable rates, and goes above…read moreand beyond to provide excellent customer service. My husband and I did an outdoor photo shoot with Chris at a park in our neighborhood. Although I had to drag my hubby there kicking and screaming, he ended up really enjoying our shoot...Chris was great at putting us at ease and made the whole process painless.... He told us to wear solid colors (not prints), suggested the best time of day for the shoot, scouted the best location for us using google maps, made sure he arrived early and was completely set up before we arrived, thus not wasting our time. Both my husband and I independently told Chris that he works magic...he managed to make even us look good! (that may have something to do with his photoshop magic).

Words cannot fully express how much we adore Chris and just how talented he is. We were blessed to…read morehave him do a family session for us at the park and honored when he captured our wedding day at a winery in Castro Valley. Our home is adorned with his work and people constantly comment on our wedding photography. Chris makes everyone feel comfortable and he works so well with kids. One of my wedding vendors couldn't believe how her work was highlighted by his photography and said she'd never had someone take such amazing photos of her work. Thank you Chris, we look forward to more sessions in the future!

Amber is by far the best photographer we have ever experienced. Being in the military, we have…read moreexperienced photographers all over the country. She knows what she is doing! She tells you what poses to do, makes you feel comfortable, and takes you to the most beautiful places. Not only have we used her for our wedding photos, but we have used her for our family Christmas photos now too now that we are back in the area. She is quick to respond, has amazing editing taste, and is willing to listen to what you want as for poses, editing, and your style. She is also willing to travel! She flew to our wedding in SoCal. Amber is just truly amazing and the sweetest person. I wish I could give her more stars...

I met Amber McHugh at a local Bridal Fair and was not only in love with her albums but also her…read morepersonality. I had to have her photograph our wedding. Amber was so nice, humble, understanding and easy to work with. In fact, I had to reschedule my Fall wedding due to a sudden family death and she made sure she was available for our Spring wedding. Before the big day, Amber and I went over the wedding timeline and I shared the type of pictures I wanted captured (getting ready, ceremony, formal family portraits, candid, reception, dancing, etc). On our wedding day she went with the flow on every delay that occurred and any challenges that may have come up. During our ceremony, we didn't even notice her taking photos which was important because we were in Church. The photos she was able to capture throughout our ceremony and reception were amazing! We were so pleased and happy with the photos when we received them it was difficult for us to decide which photos to leave out of our album. She truly captured every highlight of our special day. Another thing we loved and a huge reason we went with Amber was her impressive eye for composition, lighting, and overall detail and her knowledge of photography. Our photos and album were beautiful. We were even able to order additional album copies for our parents at a really reasonable price. I would absolutely recommend Amber to be your photographer for any special occasion... She truly is amazing!

Great business, on time to the spot we were taking photos, they beat their expectations on photo…read moreediting and delivery. The photos turned out amazing!!!!

Cathy is Amazing! I asked her to take Back to School pictures for my kids instead of Lifetouch…read more I'm so pleased I did. Her photo's are much more personable and I got a much better photo of my kids than I normally get with Lifetouch. Also, her prices are so much more affordable than any school picture service. On the day of the photo shoot, my oldest did great however my youngest was very shy and unwilling to have her pictures taken. Cathy went above and beyond to make my daughter feel comfortable. She then offered her camera to me to take her photos! Who does that?!!?? Folks, Cathy Kurtz does, that's who!!! Cathy is very professional, sweet and kind, open to any type of family photo shoot I'm interested in, and extremely patient with her clients. I loved working with her and will definitely be calling her again for her services! Thank you Cathy!!!

Christine did an amazing job on my photos!! She responded within 30 minutes to my inquiry,…read morescheduled the Photoshoot the same day and returned my photos to me within 48 hours of the shoot! She is amazing and extremely responsive! As a single mom, it was a bit tough to coordinate the photos but Christine took care of everything! I highly Recommend her for any Photos you may need!! I will most definitely go back to her in the future.

Christine did spring pics at my daughter's school. School pics generally are like a fast food meal…read more But not with Christine! She really took her time with each student to talk with them, make them feel relaxed and happy, and captured the best pictures. My daughter, who never likes her pics, absolutely LOVES her picture! Thank you Christine!

Kristy shot both out maternity and newborn pictures and we could not be happier with her creative…read moreoutlook, professionalism and her very sweet personality. She was so very patient with our daughter waiting for her to sleep to get her prefect shot and was never frustrated with the timeline. I will tell all my friends about her, highly recommended.

We have had a very frustrating experience with Kristy G Photography. I would not recommend working…read morewith her. She took photos for my child's preschool. We ordered photos in May. Despite multiple email requests and promises that photos were sent, we are now nearing the end of August and still do not have any photos. We had to make several requests for the digital images to be made available. She claimed that they were available on multiple occasions, but not until months later was her website changed to allow download. Very unprofessional and still unresolved.

Lisa is amazing!…read more She just shot my Daughters newborn pictures. She was so patient with her, even when my sweet little girl pooped all over the place and when she needed to take a break to nurse. Her studio is full of amazing props, it's literally eye candy! First, I chose an antique looking bed with a chandelier and after Lisa posed her, my baby looked so beautiful I couldn't help but cry! Next, we tried a different pose in a bucket that my little one was not having. Instead of ending our session on time Lisa put her in a wrap and took more photos so we could have more to chose from. She went above and beyond, and I couldn't be more grateful! Lisa is truly an artist and incredible at her job. I am so happy to have found her!

I would definitely not recommend Mona Lisa Photography…read more She agreed to do my daughter's one year photo shoot (1 year/cake smash) and over the course of 5 weeks, I sent messages to follow up and confirm the session and she never responded back. Photo session was to take place on 11/19/16 - it is now several days prior and I've spent the last week scrambling trying to find an alternate photographer that will fit our needs, budget and with last minute availability to do a 1 year / cake smash photo session this weekend. While I found another photographer to do the shoot, why not just tell me you are unavailable, too busy or not interested? This is totally unprofessional and unacceptable. Backstory: I had initially reached out to another photographer named Valerie to see if she was available to do the photo session. She was not - however, she referred me to Mona Lisa Photography. I contacted Lisa on 10/6 and she replied that she was pretty booked but that she will do what she can to get me in. On 10/7 she responded that I was confirmed for the photo session on 11/19 and asked me what theme I had in mind. I sent a couple photos of ideas I had in mind, along with some questions about the smash cake she provides as I needed to know whether I needed to order that myself. Receiving no response, I sent another message a few days later on 10/10: "Hi, just following up with you to make sure you can fit us in on the schedule for 11/19. Thanks". No response received from Lisa, however, on 10/11, Valerie (the photographer I initially reached out to) emailed me: "Lisa asked me to email you on her behalf. She forgot her phone in her car so she could not contact you herself. She said yes you are on for the cake smash on 11/19. She will contact you later." Lisa never contacted me later to follow up. On 10/25 I sent another message: "Hi, when you figure out the schedule for 11/19, can you let me know what time so I can plan our day? I will be bringing some props that I ordered for her birthday for the photo shoot. Thanks" . No response. On 11/6 I sent another message: "Hi, just following up again. Are we confirmed for 11/19? If so I need to know what time, I need to make plans that day. Also need to find out about the cake...whether I need to order one through my cake girl or not. Thanks". Yet again, no response. Even though I was 99% sure this was a no-go, I decided to reach out one more time, as a good faith effort -- this time by sending an email to Lisa through her website (the only other avenue I was aware of to contact her) on 11/11, asking for a response - any response. My message ended with "The courtesy of a response would be appreciated". And yet again, no response. How is this acceptable? While I appreciated her trying to fit me in her schedule initially, if she couldn't do the photo session or didn't want to do it, say so! Over the course of 5 weeks I've tried contacting her, numerous times, giving her the benefit of the doubt, to ensure we were good to go for my daughter's 1 year photo shoot, and she never had the courtesy to even respond. How anyone can expect to run a business like this, whether it's full time, part time, or just on weekends --- is beyond me. Happy clients are what make a business successful and while I am sure she has other clients who were happy with their experience, I had the total opposite experience. I have no doubt she does great work -- her cake smash session photos are so cute -- unfortunately ours won't happen.

Jenny did the photos for my wedding, and even a small, backyard affair to comply with COVID-19…read moreregulations looked so magical and familiar through her lens, that my new husband and I aren't even sure we need to re-do a larger, traditional wedding next year. On top of being so phenomenal with my old and new family the entire day (you wouldn't believe how great she is with children), and making everything pain and stress free the day of, afterwards was even more refreshing and delightful. She's helpful, communicative, and had her final edits done so quickly; it really was shocking. I don't know if there's a way to reccomend her highly enough!

Loved every photo! Jen was professional, patient, and flexible. She did an amazing job capturing my…read more4 month old. Highly recommend!

What can I say about Cindy , Jay and J'cyn. There are the most professional, funny, on point…read morephotographers I have ever hired. They become so involved in there work, that it's hard to get them to take a brake. From the moment they arrive to the time they leave, none stop. Cindy & Jay - amazing- your personality fits your person. And let's not forget J'cyn, he's also very hard working. The behind the scenes is amazing to watch. They go that extra mile to get the perfect SHOT. As seen in this picture, running across the street to get the shot. Amazing and professionalism to the fullest. Would recommend them to anyone. Thank you again.

I got engaged a few months ago and started the wedding planning process. I had no idea what I was…read moredoing and it all felt so overwhelming! I was searching for a photographer and was a little nervous in doing so. The pictures and capturing our moments are so important to me and trusting a complete stranger to be able to do that for me was a little scary. Well I went online and searched and found B. Israel Photography. I messaged them and Cindy messaged me back right away. We chatted for a bit about what we wanted, what they could do for us, and the cost. The price was right on. Not the lowest bid we got, but not the highest either; in the middle and super reasonable for all the extras we would get! I checked out their website and WOW....the pictures on there looked AMAZING! I knew right then I had to have them, so I booked them that same day! Yesterday we met Cindy and Jay for the first time for our engagement pictures. They had found a park that had some beautiful scenery and great light for our shoot. We were super nervous going into the shoot because we had never done this before. We didn't know what to expect or if our personalities/visions would mesh. However within minutes our fears were put to rest! Both Cindy and Jay were absolutely amazing, super personable, yet professional and down to business. Within minutes we were laughing and joking around with them and they really made us feel comfortable in front of the camera. Jay is a bit of a perfectionist (which we loved) and would position us in places where the light hit us just right. When he got the shot he wanted his whole face would light up and you could tell that he truly enjoyed what he was doing. While we did some posed pictures we were encouraged to be natural, move around like we normally would, and to just enjoy the moment. Cindy would help to make sure that while striking a pose, or anytime we moved, that our body's looked natural and that we looked the best we could look in each position. While they didn't show us our photos at the shoot, there was one pose I really wanted. Jay was able to capture that picture, showed it to me to make sure I liked it, and we took it a few times to get it just as I was imagining it in my head. I was blown away. The raw pictures already looked perfect with the light streaming through the trees, and it didn't look posed but like he had secretly captured us in a moment! I can't wait to see the final version of it!!! Today was a huge success. Cindy and Jay were so much more than what we expected. You could tell that they knew what they were doing and truly enjoyed the shoot as much as we did! I can honestly say that I know our engagement pictures and our wedding pictures will turn out amazing because of their knowledge, skill, and ability to make us relax in front of the camera. I can't say enough good things about this duo and would HIGHLY RECOMMEND them to anyone looking for any type of photo shoot (engagement, wedding, family, baby, etc). Can't wait to work with them again on the wedding day!!!!!