This is an embarrassingly long overdue review from our October 2021 wedding at the Berkeley City Club. Where to even begin with how amazing Amy was and how much we loved working with her and our final photos….

A bit of backstory… like so many, we were supposed to get married on 10/10/2020, but Covid forced us to postpone an entire year, which made things a bit complicated for our vendors and us. Our original photographer ended up pregnant shortly after we postponed with a due date roughly a month before the new wedding date, so we were in a bit of a scramble to find someone to take her place. Miraculously, the stars aligned, and Amy was actually free on our date! She immediately got to work getting to know us and familiarizing herself with our vibe and our vision. To be frank, I was dealing with some mental health issues (who wasn’t at that time!), and she very gently and kindly dealt with my decision fatigue and untimely emails. Leading up to the event, she was professional, on top of everything, and answered my rambling frazzled emails with no snark and all kindness.

On the big day, she was on time, brought an excellent second shooter, and captured every single thing I had wanted (and honestly, it’s more impressive when you realize that she basically read my mind because I was not a good communicator.) She dealt with my bonkers family and friends and showed no signs of annoyance when she was trying to herd my family for portraits. I do not fancy myself as very photogenic, but I was beyond happy with all of my bridal pics, and our bride and groom photos looked totally natural and not forced or staged (and we are not folks that take fall photos yearly in almond blossoms, so we had no idea what we were doing!) The candids were fantastic, fun, and captured the mood of the whole event, and we love them.
We had been really clear with her that since we had eloped and because we had waited so long for the event, we really did not want to have to “disappear” from cocktail hour for photos and wanted to spend as much time with our guests as possible. She made it happen! All portraits were done before the ceremony (our request) and we only had a couple quick snaps in between the ceremony and cocktail hour but spent almost the entire time with our party.

The bottom line is that we found Amy to be worth every penny. I’d be surprised to hear that there was someone in the bay area to be as “totally worth it” as she was in terms of wedding vendors. I would highly recommend her and we are so happy that we went with Amy because we will treasure these photos forever.

Amy was great. She helped me with ideas for the proposal and was a true professional about it all. The photos she took were amazing, capturing one of the most important days of my life. Amy made it a very fun process for my fiancé Katherine and myself. I would recommend Amy to anyone, she’s great to work with.

My fiance hired Amy to capture his proposal at Castello di Amorosa Winery in Napa. Not only was Amy able to accommodate his request last minute (2 days before) but she helped my fiance plan the proposal and perfect pictures. I now have so many photos to relive that moment. Aside from her amazing photography skills, she is professional, friendly, and overall a pleasure to work with.

Amy captured our engagement. She was incredibly flexible with our ever changing schedule. Surprise engagements plans can change at the drop of a hat, and with the unfortunate fires in Napa valley our engagement location changed several times. Once we finally found our location Amy was welcoming, creative, professional and enthusiastic. We felt at ease with her guidance throughout the entire photo shoot. She sent us a "sneak speak" a couple hours after the shoot. Which we were incredibly excited about. The sneak speak gave us the opportunity to announce to our immediate family our engagement. The finalized photos came earlier than promised and simply "wowed" us! We would definitely recommend Amy to anyone.

My now fiance hired Amy to take our engagement photos during and after the proposal and she did an amazing job. Amy was extremely friendly and easy to work with - even spending more time and taking us to a second location that she found on her own to ensure we got the perfect shots. All of the photos she took are absolutely stunning and really capture the special moments we had on that day. We were also extremely impressed by Amy's attentiveness after the photo shoot - she turned around initial photos really quickly for us to share with friends & family and then scheduled a full reveal where she walked us through the entire gallery, even offering to edit any photos once we'd digested them all. Could not recommend Amy more!

Amy captured the beauty of our special day and exactly how it felt to be there. We are still in awe of how beautiful our photos are! Not only are the pictures absolutely gorgeous, but Amy has the warmest, kindest, personality. We had an intimate elopement with some family members in our presence, and for a bunch of people not used to taking pictures, Amy made us feel super comfortable... like she was an old family friend. She took time to truly get to know my (now) husband and I before the event, which meant the world to us. The whole process with Amy has been an absolute pleasure.

We clearly picked the right photographer when we picked Amy Little. Look through her photos, and you'll find life, energy, vibrance. After looking at other photographers' photos, it was very clear who we liked the most.

Her website has a ton of info, galleries of past shoots, upfront pricing information, etc. Throughout the whole process it was very clear she was an experienced professional, knew exactly what she was doing, and could handle it all so easily she never added any stress to anything.

She was very willing to work with us on our particular plans. We started with a several-hour family hike in the rain and 20+mpph winds, and she was right at home in all of it. She scrambled up a steep and wet rocky slope at one point to get the right angle for a shot, and got everyone arranged in photogenic locales with good lighting. Our event was much more focused on movement and doing things, and her photos worked really well with that. We looked through her other photos though, and she seemed equally talented wtih still lifes, black and whites, and whatever else suited the different occasions. What really stood out though is how genuine all the photos felt- if you're looking for a bunch of photos where everyone lines up and says cheese and looks the exact same they do in thousands of other photos, she's probably as good at that as anyone. But, if you want photos where each persons' personality comes through, where there's laughter and joy and tears, that's where Amy really shines, in capturing the genuine interactions between people.

I can't rave about her enough. She never once added stress to the event day, did a lot of things big and small to make everything go smoothly (from finding a new shoot location when the weather ruined our first choice, to setting up chairs when we had to move from one room to another, to adding some combinations to the portrait list that we'd overlooked, to being at ease in conversation with family members across all ages and cultures and political groups and everything else). The photos turned out really well, with fast turnaround well-within what the contract said. She even gave us a few early ones we could use for a family Christmas card.

Check out her website; it has all kinds of photo samples, upfront pricing and availability information, and nearly anything else you could ask for. Her photos speak for themselves. We're very happy clients.

Amy exceeded all our expectations. She captured the personality of our families within creative playful emotive images. We will always treasure the photographs Amy took as family heirlooms hopefully to last for generations. One top of all the great photographs, Amy added to the good vibes and fun with her humor grace and awesome presence. The woman got down on her belly on a ranch to get the shots for heaven sake. Highly recommended and adored.

Amy was great to work with! She captured some great moments and made the experience truly unforgettable.

I had planned the engagement as a surprise, but needed to reschedule last minute as the Kincade Fire prevented us from doing the shoot at our originally planned winery. Amy was very flexible about changing locations and arrived promptly to capture the special moment. Highly recommended!

We first met Amy when she photographed my sister's wedding in April 2018. She is a blast to be around and helps make the entire wedding day more enjoyable. Not only is she a pleasure to hang out with, her photos are amazing! I could not have asked for a better photographer. Amy's photos are the perfect blend of perfectly staged moments and hilarious "bloopers". My entire family is trying to think of another event we can have just to invite Amy back! Hire Amy. You will not be sorry!