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Jessica Maher Photography is a wedding photography service based in Santa Barbara, California. The woman behind the lens, Jessica Maher Gallup is a Santa Barbara native, wife, mother and entrepreneur. Jessica has vision and passion for capturing real emotion, true love, authenticity and intimacy. Utilizing light, line, texture, color, architecture and nature, she provides an artistic array of stunning photos for her clients, telling the story of their wedding day, start to finish. She describes her work as "traditional with an edge", saying "your grandmother will love your photos as much as your coolest, edgiest friend will. There's gotta be something for everyone in every album I create".

For Jessica, incredible photos are equally as valuable as a five star, luxury client experience. She is conscious of the fact that its YOUR wedding and she always says "if you want it, you got it"! From the most intimate of elopements to the lavish and large upscale celebrations, Jessica brings her best every time. Not only will your wedding day be filled with love and memories, but Jessica's calm and confident nature will put even the most anxious of Brides & Grooms at ease, ensuring your day is as fun, relaxed and beautiful as possible.


Services Offered
Jessica Maher Photography offers wedding packages that suit her client’s desires. Her services include:

  • Additional hours
  • Destination/travel
  • Engagement shoot
  • High-resolution images
  • Liability insurance
  • Multiple locations
  • One event/day
  • Second shooter
  • Toning
  • Video
  • Wedding portraits


Other Services
She also offers couples other wedding-related items as well as non-wedding related services. She offers:

  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital files
  • Flush mount
  • Matted prints
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Save the date
  • Thank you cards
  • Gatherings
  • Commercial
  • Artwork
  • Boudoir
  • Family
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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

2nd Shooter
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Digital Files
Proofs

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

2nd Shooter
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Digital Files
Prints
Proofs

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Contemporary
Natural
Photojournalism

What photography services do you offer?

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

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Matted Prints
Prints
Proofs
Save the Date
Thank You Cards

Reviews of Jessica Maher Photography

Larissa
Larissa Sent on 02/13/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Phenomenal Knowledge

Jessica is beyond amazing. Very knowledgeable and willing to go above and beyond what is expected. Would highly recommend her.
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Anastasia Sent on 12/14/2018
5 out of 5 rating

Delivers on beautiful photos & a great experience

Jessica is bubbly, fun, energetic and professional. She is exactly what we were hoping to find in our photographer! She captured moments of a day that I have difficulty remembering each detail because it flew by. I am extremely camera-shy and she helped me loosen up& get out of my own head. ( which is no easy feat ) I highly recommend her for engagements, and weddings. Hopefully one day, we can say the same about maternity & baby photos too!
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John Sent on 12/07/2018
5 out of 5 rating

An absolute pleasure

Jessica made our wedding day easy. We had all the mandatory pictures we absolutely wanted to capture and Jessica made it easy to capture them all and made sure we got everything we wanted. Jessica’s personality is loose and funny and an absoulute pleasure to work with. Not to mention the pictures she takes are amazing.
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Sarah Sent on 12/04/2018
5 out of 5 rating

We could not have asked for more in every way!

Jessica and her team were incredible throughout the planning process, the day of our wedding and support after. We are so in love with all of our photos and are beyond happy that she truly understood our vision. The day of, she was the best at wrangling, directing, supporting us as the bride and groom, the wedding party and even vendors. Overall, we are so thrilled with the photos but ultimately, the lasting impressing was her cool attitude and calm personable demeanor. We literally still gush about how she was our favorite person we worked with on our wedding!
Kaycie
Kaycie Sent on 11/03/2018
5 out of 5 rating

LOVE my photos

Jessica is amazing! Her photography is beautiful and I was very impressed by the quality of our engagement photos and wedding photos, so many great photos to choose from. She was also very responsive when it came to answering my questions and always responded to me quickly. She was fun to work with and also made sure I got all the style of photos I wanted. I highly recommend Jessica!! It's a great feeling to love your wedding photos and feel 100 percent happy with my experience with her. Thank you for being awesome! :)
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Katherine Sent on 08/15/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Jessica is absolutely amazing. She had my fiancé and I figured out and took the shots that’s were perfect for us. Our engagement shoot was great, boudoir photos were gorgeous and sexy.. he was very surprised and happy! Our wedding photos were everything we wanted I seriously don’t know how We’ll choose our favorites. I couldn’t of asked for a better experience and quality of work. I can’t wait to contact her for future events/family photos. Was really a worry free experience and when it comes to weddings that’s gold!
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Katie Sent on 07/19/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Jessica is amazing! We absolutely loved her. She shot our wedding in May. When choosing a photographer, it was really important that we found someone with a good personality since they would be with us pretty much the entire day. We loved Jessica once we met her. She had amazing ideas, was super professional, and was so on top of it the day of the wedding. I would highly recommend her! Your pictures will be beautiful!
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Amanda Sent on 01/06/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Jessica was a pleasure to work with and provided consistency in our Engagement, and Wedding+Reception photos. Her communication during her creative process was clear and after getting a feel for our style, she worked her magic! My now husband and I are super in to tiki-theme and she truly exceeded my expectations putting together the perfect tiki-bar/tropical engagement shoot. Our wedding and photos on the beach were so special and feel true to ourselves; she also chose the best unique photo spots that would be fun to revisit sometime. Our reception party was at the historic Cabrillo Bathhouse and she tied our beach theme in to this making the special architectural touches of this building really pop in the photos. Not only is she talented, she's fun and wholeheartedly cares about the end result and overall satisfaction her photos bring. She is timely and we were even looking through the photos while on our honeymoon. Thank you Jess, hope to work with you again in the future!
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Lydia Sent on 09/20/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Jess is the best. I absolutely loved having her as our wedding photographer and could not be more thrilled with how our photos turned out.
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Lauren Sent on 09/08/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Jessica was our choice for our engagement shoot and for our wedding and we are extremely happy with the images. She is extremely professional and has an ease about her that made us all feel comfortable. She's flexible with any plan and went above and beyond. 5 stars from us!
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Professional Network & Endorsements

1 Endorsement
One Sweet Day, Weddings & Events LLC One Sweet Day, Weddings & Events LLC Wedding Planners

Jessica Maher Photography is top notch! She is super energetic, personable, fun, and most of all makes our clients feel at ease! We LOVE this company!! She has great communication (both in emails/calls/text and in person!), is flexible when things don't go exactly the way we have mapped out and is always a team player! We love working with her and know our clients are going to love their photos!

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Jessica Maher Photography frequently asked questions

Jessica Maher Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Digital Files
  • Proofs
Jessica Maher Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Digital Files
  • Prints
  • Proofs
Jessica Maher Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Contemporary
  • Natural
  • Photojournalism
Jessica Maher Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Boudoir Shoot
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
  • Video
  • Wedding Portraits
Jessica Maher Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Matted Prints
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Save the Date
  • Thank You Cards
Jessica Maher 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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