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Brant Bender Photography offers professional wedding photography services to couples in the San Diego, California, area. Brant has an artful eye for composition and pays attention to the tiniest details, beautifully illuminating each couple’s unique love story. He is dedicated to providing couples with treasured images that will last a lifetime, focusing on elements such as lighting, location, and posing to truly make each image distinctive.

Services Offered
Working with each couple, Brant makes sure to capture the must-have images for local and destination weddings, engagement shoots, and trash-the-dress sessions. Brant Bender Photography is covered by liability insurance and commits to only one event per day. Couples who book his services also have access to additional hours, multiple location shooting, and the services of a second shooter, if needed. Brant shoots in contemporary and photojournalistic styles, offering couples their final high-resolution images in the following formats:

  • Albums
  • Canvases
  • Digital files
  • Flush-mount albums
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Save the dates
  • Thank-you cards
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Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for your wedding photography services?

$2,900

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Digital Files

What is the price of your most popular wedding package?

$3,900

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

2nd Shooter
Add'l Hours
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Digital Files
Prints

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Contemporary
Photojournalism

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Prints
Proofs
Save the Date
Thank You Cards
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
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Brant Bender Photography receives high praise from multiple reviewers for their exceptional service and stunning wedding photos. Reviewers appreciate Brant's professionalism, organization, and ability to make couples feel comfortable and relaxed. His responsiveness, attention to detail, and helpful suggestions throughout the planning process are also noted. The quality of his work is highly regarded, with reviewers describing the photos as beautiful, capturing the joy and special moments of the wedding day. Overall, reviewers highly recommend Brant Bender Photography for wedding photography.

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Brant Bender Photography receives high praise from multiple reviewers for their exceptional service and stunning wedding photos. Reviewers appreciate Brant's professionalism, organization, and ability to make couples feel comfortable and relaxed. His responsiveness, attention to detail, and helpful suggestions throughout the planning process are also noted. The quality of his work is highly regarded, with reviewers describing the photos as beautiful, capturing the joy and special moments of the wedding day. Overall, reviewers highly recommend Brant Bender Photography for wedding photography.

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Kaeli F. Sent on 02/24/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Outstanding, fabulous, creative, professional!

Working with Brant was truly such a fun experience. We had the pleasure of first meeting him as my husband and I were getting engaged at Rancho Bernardo Winery. He was there taking all the pictures of our very special and intimate moment. The thing that I loved most about working with Brant is that he does such a good job making you feel comfortable in intimate settings like while you are getting engaged or wedding pictures. He is a fly on the wall, but also is boosting your model confidence by giving you pointers on next poses! Deciding to work with him again to take our wedding photos was a no brainer! He went above and beyond to get the most amazing pictures of me and my husband and also was so diligent to make sure that he got photos of everything we told him we wanted photos of. His pricing was also very reasonable and was worth every penny, I wanted to make sure I had great photos to look back on forever. He was very organized the day of and brought a printed list of what we wanted and checked off each picture we had requested. He was also really good at helping us with our timeline and making sure everyone was taking the pictures quickly while still maintaining a fun atmosphere and quality photography. Did I mention he is really fun to work with!!
Choose Brant to be your wedding photographer, you will not regret it!! He also got our photos back to us within a week and 1/2 of our wedding!!
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Brianna Sent on 10/15/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Loved working with Brant!

We felt so comfortable with Brant from the first call we had with him and that made such a big impact for us on our wedding day. My husband and I aren't very comfortable in front of a camera but Brant and his team made it feel easy. We also appreciated how flexible he was with us when it came to creating the right photography package for us/our budget and how quickly he got the photos back to us after the wedding. All around, so happy we got to work with him and we're thrilled with how our photos came out!
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Abbey A. Sent on 09/26/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Couldn't have asked for anything more!

I met Brant over a decade ago and knew back then that I wanted him to be the photographer for my eventual wedding day for a few reasons...

First, I had seen his work and thought it was gorgeous. Having seen the photos from our engagement session, our rehearsal dinner, and wedding day, I still believe that. He made the spaces we used look even more beautiful than I could have imagined and was always sure to subtly grab us for great photo opportunities. He is a pro so when I say quick, he is QUICK, which you don't realize how wonderful that is until the day of and you have a list of 20 group shots to get through.

Second, I knew I wouldn't be comfortable with just anyone photographing me all day, and Brant's friendly but calm positivity has a way about him that makes you feel incredibly comfortable. He and his 2nd photographer spent all weekend with me, my (now) husband, our friends and family, and they were both just as much a part of the weekend as everyone else (because we wanted them to be, he would never impose).

There were times I thought, "oh man, this special moment would be so wonderful to have captured" and I'd look up or over and Brant was already there snapping away.

Third, when I originally met with Brant to discuss the possibility of him coming to Vermont for our wedding weekend, we talked about general wedding details and traditions. We did not want to nor did (in my opinion) many of the wedding reception traditions. I bounced ideas off of him, asked him if I was missing the importance of a couple traditions I was planning on skipping, and he provided incredibly helpful input. Additionally, he gave me some ideas from other weddings he had done that I had not heard of. That continued through the wedding weekend itself and I cannot put into words just how helpful that in itself was. I did not have a coordinator so I was planning every single detail on my own, which becomes even more difficult when you're unable to be at the property or plan layouts for anything until the week of. I was and am extremely grateful for the insight and support he provided.

Furthermore, when it came time to rehearsal, I went directly to Brant to ask if he thought my plan of path to the aisle was a good one, too long, too short, etc... He suggested an alternate route that would be better (and pointed out why) for pictures and oh my gosh, was he right. The pictures turned out so incredible. He is never pushy but there to provide helpful suggestions if and when you need them. And I needed many of them (and he was right every single time).

I will admit that I was a little stubborn in the things I wanted for my wedding -- I had worked events in a past life and knew what would make the amazing celebration we had envisioned -- but my family and friends didn't always agree with a couple of my choices. Flying a photographer out to VT from CA was one of those things they didn't agree with me on....at first. By the time the rehearsal dinner was over, everyone was raving about both Brant and his second photographer. They saw how he moved through the crowd, naturally got good group photos both candid and posed, and is just an all around great person who happens to be the best at what he does. By the end of the weekend, both sides of the family were admitting I was right to fly him out and that Brant "was worth every penny and more" and really, could not stop saying how amazing he was. And he really, truly was.

I couldn't imagine anyone else photographing my wedding from the day I first saw his work and I'm so glad I stayed stubborn in that. My husband and I would not have had the absolutely perfect weekend we did, or have as many beautiful photos as we do, if Brant had not been there, truly.
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner

Real Weddings

Caitlin & Jake
53 photos · 10/27/2018
Mary & Anthony
88 photos · 10/28/2017

Professional Network & Endorsements

4 Endorsements
A Dream Wedding by Sharon Cole A Dream Wedding by Sharon Cole Wedding Planners

Brant and I have worked together for many years, and I love that I get the opportunity to tell everyone what an amazing photographer he is! Brant goes above and beyond every clients expectations. He is such a pleasure to work with and the photos really show his talent. Sharon Cole - Wedding Planner with A Dream Wedding by Sharon

Carmel Mountain Ranch Estate Carmel Mountain Ranch Estate Barn & Farm Weddings

Brant Bender is a great photographer and a great person to work with. He's very professional but yet he's so down to earth. He'll make any couple feel at ease which equals to great pictures!

Ceremonies by Bethel Ceremonies by Bethel Wedding Officiants

Brant is not only a very talented photographer, but he is so easy-going and fun to work with. As a fellow professional, I trusted him to take my professional head-shots for me, and he did a wonderful job. Not only was the quality of his work terrific (and I get compliments on them regularly), but he made it a fun process. As a result, he captured my personality in his shots, rather than being something I am not - and that was important to me. I am thrilled I went with him for this - and I now see why his brides/couples enjoy working with him so much!

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Brant Bender Photography frequently asked questions

Brant Bender Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Digital Files
Brant Bender Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Add'l Hours
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Digital Files
  • Prints
Brant Bender Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Contemporary
  • Photojournalism
Brant Bender Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
Brant Bender Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Save the Date
  • Thank You Cards
Brant Bender Photography is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.

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