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    Summer Rae Photography

    4.9 (28 reviews)
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    Carolyn C.

    Amazing experience!! Thank you, Summer, for catching beautiful memories for us to treasure forever. We love our family beach photos so much and they truly turned out way beyond our expectations. Summer was wonderful at helping our kids pose for great shots and not making it feel awkward for us to smile for the camera. She helped us feel comfortable by giving great direction and it showed in the natural candid look of the photos. I also love the lighting she used. They were all edited beautifully. We'd highly recommend hiring Summer to capture your sweet memories!

    Heather H.

    We contacted Summer shortly before our baby was born last September so we could coordinate a time to get outdoor family photos with our 2 year old and newborn. She was flexible with times considering we didn't know when the baby was born, and was excited to shoot outside. We met her at a park when our daughter was 5 days old. She had great ideas as to how to pose our little one, and how to capture the beauty of the oak trees, paths, leaves on the ground, rocks, etc. She was so patient, too, considering our 2 year old wasn't in the best of moods. We loved all of the pictures she took, and appreciated how quick she was about getting them to us. Plus we got digital copies so we can do with them as we wish. We will definitely retain Summer again . . . likely when our daughter turns 1 in September!

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    Joanne T.

    Gosh, it's been 4 years shopping for good photographer who can simply capture special moments of our family in photos. We finally found this professional individual (Summer) with great ability to not only able to capture those special moments but making those moments so beautiful in the Old Poway Park last Saturday and we got our photos after 3 days. Summer is friendly, patient and great with kids. We can't wait to have another photo shoot with her in the Spring.

    Summer is extremely talented and has such a good eye! If I could give more than 5 stars I would! We did a mini session and we felt very comfortable right away. She was very patient with our 7 month old, and we got some great shots. Will definitely be going back for another session, plus her prices are extremely reasonable for such quality. Thank you Summer

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    we love our family photos! great communication, positive interactions, overall highly recommend!!

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    Thank you so much Amy! It was a lot of fun!

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    I could not be more pleased with my choice - Summer did a wonderful job and our whole family is so pleased with the photos!

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    Katherine is the absolute most amazing human being on the planet - let's start off saying that…read more She's the biggest sweetheart and shooting with her is a breeze because she makes you feel more than just "a client". Her work is amazing. This is my 2nd shoot with her and I probably wouldn't go to anyone else in the Cali area. Being from out of town it's scary to work with someone you're literally meeting the day of but from the first moment everything clicked flawlessly. I currently have 3 of her photos in my office and there's not a single person that doesn't come in and compliments them! If you're considering her - just go ahead and book .. you'll be happy you did!

    This review is not specific to their photography skills - we did not end up using them as…read morephotographers. Here's my story: I live in LA and there is a well-known wedding photographer who is also named Katherine Rose. Katherine Rose (LA) shot our very good friends' wedding two years ago and also came highly recommended by one of the partners of 100 layer cake that we're also very close with. I looked at Katherine (LA)'s portfolio via a link sent to me and my fiancé and I loved her work. We chatted about photographers over dinner one night and decided to go with Katherine Rose, so from my phone I googled her name and was directed to Katherine Rose (Escondido)'s website unbeknownst to me that there were two wedding photographers with the same name. I emailed Katherine Rose (Escondido) specifically mentioning all the people close to us that had recommended her and how excited we were to have her shoot our wedding. She did not acknowledge nor tell me that she didn't actually know any of the people who I said recommended her. Long story short, I signed a contract and paid a $1k deposit for the WRONG Katherine Rose. I discovered my mistake when we decided to push our date back a couple weeks. Of course, I'd already signed a contract and given a "non-refundable" deposit. Katie did give me back 60% of deposit, which of course per the contract she didn't have to, but it still left me feeling pretty disappointed. I felt misled. However.. I'm also very grateful that I discovered the error before the wedding and was able to book the Katherine Rose I intended to book.

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    I selected True Photography to shoot my engagement photos and wedding day. We had Pauleen as our…read moremain photographer for the wedding, with Myro as the second photographer. Both Pauleen and Myro are incredibly talented and professional photographers. Pauleen helped make us feel entirely at ease in front of the camera with her directions and constantly hyping us up. On our wedding day, she knew all the best photo spots at our venue and was able to get us a wide variety of photos for our couple's portraits. Myro did a fantastic job getting photos of all our guests during the cocktail hour. We had several guests compliment how friendly he was and how many people he captured. In the background leading up to our wedding day, the True Photography team helped put a photography timeline that aligned with our wedding coordinator's timeline. This helped ensure we got all the photos needed included first looks, couple's portraits, family portraits, etc. No special moment was missed by the team throughout the wedding. From first looks to dancing at the end of the night, we the full story of our wedding day captured!

    Customer service 10/10! True Photography & Video did a fantastic job capturing our wedding day!…read moreDuring our meetings and email exchanges, we felt supported and valued! True team helped us create a thorough timeline while offering suggestions/clarification so we knew what to expect and see the vision! Alex, Sheryl, and Dillan were assigned as our wedding day True team! Alex kept us on track with getting important photos and staying within the timeline. Alex was clear on posing directions and had such a calm demeanor/communication style that helped me feel reassured. Sheryl was our second photographer who captured the best candids and fun moments (e.g. one of the groomsmen had his shirt off and I didn't know until we saw the photos! HAHA). Dillan was here, there, and everywhere to get the best angles for our first dance, games, and guest reactions. Looking at our photos, I'm floored with how beautiful they turned out! The wedding day came and went like a flash, but now we have sooo many photos to remind us of the happy and heartwarming moments from that day. Excited to see how the videos turn out! Highly recommend considering True Photography & Video!

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    Last fall, we got our friend's wedding announcement in the mail. A good friend would call their…read morefriend and say "congratulations!" but what did I call to say? "WHO WAS YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER?" Oops! My bad. Sorry, friend -- by the way, congratulations! Enter Erin Leigh of http://www.thebowerygirl.com who I instantly booked a session with. My husband and I went mini-golfing for our photo session 'cause we're cute like that...and it was incidentally that day in San Diego that was like 107 degrees with 100% humidity. Oops! My bad. The camera has never lied so beautifully. I mean, it was 107 and we're out mini-golfing -- you can put 2+2 together and realize we looked and felt sweaty and DISGUSTING...but the photos somehow came out incredibly! We are blessed with many friends who are amazing photographers, but Erin took one of my single most favorite photos of my husband and I of all time which I will attach to this review. & shooting with her was a blast!!! Ask Erin Leigh about her super cool heirloom techniques like daguerrotype! Or just google daguerrotype and then stare slackjawed while you think to yourself: "holy shit, there's a photographer in San Diego who can do this? DO I REALLY LIVE IN A CITY THIS COOL?" The answer is: yes & yes.

    Erin is a well-kept secret that shouldn't be! When I sent my recent engagement shoot to a friend,…read morethe rapid-fire reply I got was a request for her number to do their family photo shoot. She's *that* type of good. In fact, I learned about Erin from someone else's photos, too. The way she captured the light and the unique background of how they met in their engagement photos stayed with me for years. (Let's be honest, how many other people's photos do you remember? Exactly.) That was back in my jaded single days, when I didn't bother to save photographer names! Luckily, it was my turn to start The Great Wedding Photographer Hunt and someone sent me Erin's way again last week. Fate! My fiancé and I are not the posey posey traditional wedding photo types. To be honest, finding a wedding photographer was at the top of my Dreaded Wedding Tasks list. I was nervous about meeting up with Erin (and here I thought first date jitters were done!), but she was so understanding and fun in the initial emails that I started to warm up to it. Next thing I knew, we booked a Sunday shoot and ended up laughing our way across San Diego, snapping pictures in secret locations I can't believe she found. She had creative ideas and was so easy to be around that when the pictures came back, I was stunned at how much I saw ourselves in them. She hadn't just captured us looking our best, she had captured us *being* our best. Everyone who has seen the photos has been impressed at how real they seem (and yet, flattering, ha!) She is solid talent, and the fact that she's an absolute pleasure to work with is just bonus. Trust me, your search is done. This lady has a gift for photography and I can't wait to entrust her with capturing the most important day to come. I'm doubling down on Erin. I'm not sure if this is a fan letter or a Yelp review, but do with it what you will, Yelpers!

    Summer Rae Photography - eventphotography - Updated August 2026

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