We absolutely love Arika and cannot recommend her enough!! Arika shot both our engagement photos in January 2022 and wedding in November 2022 (we also used her videography services). For me personally, photo/video are one of the most important services/vendor to choose for a wedding. It’s so important to find someone who can make the wedding of your dreams come to life and capture it so perfectly that you can remember the exact moment/feeling/emotion just as it happened on the wedding day just by looking at their photos. And that’s exactly what Arika did, she is a phenomenal photographer and absolutely crushed it!! I am still in awe of her work and how incredible her photos are. The airy lightness yet bold color of her photos are exactly what we were looking for! My husband and I instantly clicked with Arika when we first met her during our engagement photos. She is super personable, fun, easy-going, and energetic. Leading up to the wedding, I made some last minute tweaks to the photography timeline - I really appreciated how responsive and flexible she was, and always made me feel at ease.

I cannot stress enough how important it is to have an amazing photographer. Not only a photographer with expertise and talent, but also someone you really connect with who is a great person. My husband and I had a blast at our wedding with Arika and her husband, who was our videographer. They made everything so fun and stress-free. I had a few poses I really wanted to do which Arika captured beautifully and then it was so nice to have her direct us and guide us with poses, etc. so that we didn’t have to worry about anything. You can tell how experienced and talented she is (she definitely knows what she’s doing!), and you can tell she really cares about making your day special. There were two moments where I got a little overwhelmed with the magnitude of the day – Arika noticed and came up to me and told me to breathe and to really soak in the moment and to not rush – it was exactly what I needed to hear without even realizing it and I just felt so grateful in those moments to have Arika by my side. We highly recommend Arika for gorgeous, authentic photographs and a really fun, relaxing experience!

There are not enough words to describe how amazing and talented Arika is. Her photography is gorgeous and she was so good at helping us pose and she made the experience so enjoyable with her fun, easygoing personality. During our reception, we asked her to take a group photo that turned into about 15 different group photos and she handled the chaos like the champ that she is. She got us sneak peak photos the morning after our wedding and of course they are amazing and I cannot wait to see all the photos soon. I can’t wait to use Arika again in the future for professional family photos.

You should hire Arika for two reasons:

1) She is soooo helpful throughout the entire process. She gave us excellent recommendations for other vendors and was such a wealth of knowledge and a pleasure to work with.
2) Her work is absolutely PHENOMENAL. We got married on Saturday and by Sunday night Arika had sent us a "sneak peak" of what she had taken. This sneak peak was over 150 photos and all of them we BEAUTIFUL! I have been showing everyone them for the last four days. I am so happy that Arika was available to be our photographer. Her photos are bright and happy and my husband and I (as well as our family and friends) have been gushing over how pleased we are with the final product.

Truly, do yourself a favor and send Arika a message. She is PHENOMENAL!