We had a great experience with Kaitie for both our engagement and wedding photos. She is really easy to talk to and immediately made us comfortable. She's great letting you play and giving you a few prompts/tips to get some amazing photos! We loved the variety of styles we got (film, digital, black and white, and color) and really felt like she listened to us and heard our priorities to capture the type of photos we were looking for. The film photos are especially stunning! On the day of, her entire team was awesome, and Kaitie even stayed a little late after our contracted 8 hours to capture some of the final moments for us. We had a great time with Kaitie as our photographer and now have the most beautiful photos to look back on!

Kaitie was a pleasure to work with from the very beginning. Super professional, very fair pricing, communicative, collaborative, and beyond flexible. She listened to what we were looking for and delivered so much more. When I tell you I am ADDICTED to looking at my wedding photos, I really mean addicted. She has a wide range of photography styles and we are able to see our wedding from a variety of perspectives. From the film, semi-blurry, candid shots to the professional portraits and family shoots. I love that I have such a a big selection of styles of photos to choose from and admire. Thank you, Kaitie!

I seriously wish I could give Kaitie 10 stars. We cannot sing her praises enough! She is the absolute BEST!

When we were looking for a photographer, our main priority was hiring someone who was able to perfectly encapsulate the candid moments. When we found Kaitie, we immediately fell in love with her photography style. After we met over Zoom, we knew she was the one.

We hired Kaitie for 3 different shoots: an engagement shoot, our courthouse elopement shoot and for our actual wedding day. My husband and I are not generally comfortable in front of the camera, but Kaitie does an amazing job of making you feel so comfortable. Her photography is absolutely gorgeous – her framing, the lighting, editing, style, etc. She captured our love so perfectly.

She is an expert at capturing the formal photos, candids and the party photos. She helped keep us on schedule, especially with our family and wedding party photos. Her friendly energy put everyone at ease and everyone felt comfortable with her.

We got our preview photos the next day and were so in love and ecstatic – they were perfect. And we had the best time going through the full gallery – we couldn’t be happier with how everything turned out.

We love Kaitie so much and love her work so much that we even bought an engagement photo shoot for our best friends as a gift. We could not sing Kaitie’s praise enough – you will not regret hiring her. It will be the best decision you make!

Kaitie Brainerd is an amazing photographer. She gives great direction and is efficient when she shoots! She photographed our engagement shoot last year, our mini wedding this year and will shoot our large wedding next year! Her images are so light and dreamy. Kaitie is the real deal, you’ll love her and your friends and family will love her too. When we needed to postpone, she was so understanding and could not have been easier to work with. Look no further, you found your dream wedding photographer!

Kaitie is an absolutely amazing photographer! What I love about her is her ability to capture people in such an organic way!! When I was looking for photographers, I kept looking online and didn't feel like I connected with anyone's portfolio. After seeing Kaitie's website I knew that she was the right photographer for our wedding. Our wedding photos and engagement photos were even beyond anything I could have ever imagined!! She has the most amazing eye for framing and capturing my husband and I in a relaxed way! I would recommend Kaitie over and over again!!

We hired Kaitie to be our wedding photographer and we are so happy to have chosen her! She was really responsive to our initial request and was very accommodating to our budget. We decided to do a mini engagement session with her as a way to get to know each other. The moment we met her, we immediately felt at ease. Her friendliness and easy-going attitude helped relax us throughout the shoot as we are not really comfortable in front of the camera. During the wedding day, she managed to capture many beautiful shots without interrupting and distracting the event. She was so patient with many of our crazy family members and their request for pictures. All and all, she played a big part in the success of our wedding. We could not have been happier with our experience with Kaitie!

After viewing Katie’s work, we were very excited to hire her to photograph our wedding. When the day came, the experience couldn’t have been better. Posed photos were handled efficiently and comfortably, and she handled everything from a crying child to a temperamental zebra with no fuss. She was near-invisible during events, never getting in the way of any guests or participants. And most importantly, the pictures turned out beautiful! Absolutely worth every penny, I would recommend her to anyone planning a wedding.

We were so lucky to find Kaitie Brainerd as our wedding and engagement photographer. She has an artistic eye, technical knowledge, skill, ability, and a great personality that makes her really fun to work with.
We feel like a lot of wedding photos look the same, so we set out to find someone that could give us something unique. Kaitie understood exactly what we were looking for and had the creativity and knowledge to bring them to life. She used a mix of digital and film cameras, and even employed a vintage large format film camera that really set photos apart from everyone else. She did a great job of covering everyone we needed her to at the wedding and didn’t let anyone fall through the cracks. She was a hero getting all the kids in the family three years and younger in the same picture!
She fit in very naturally on the day. Guests even commented that they loved her. By the end she felt like family. We can’t recommend Kaitie highly enough.

We used Kaitie as our photographer at our wedding in Santa Barbara, CA. We found her on The Knot as we were looking for affordable yet top rated photographers. She responded promptly and worked with my husband and me to find an affordable package that fit our needs. This included her and an assistant. We paid through Venmo, which made life easy.

I explained that I wanted a "paparazzi" style photographer - constantly taking photos of all moments. I explained that I had attended weddings where I observed the photographers take a photo or two and then stand back for several minutes. Wasted and lost moments. She delivered.

She also made sure to check in with us prior to the wedding to get a list of all photos we wanted taken with our family/wedding party. Again, she delivered.

Four days after the wedding, she sent us a few sneak peek photos, which I thought was extremely sweet of her. The final product was impressive. She sends you a link via email that you can access at your convenience and download to your laptop/cloud as you see fit. I uploaded mine to google photos and then shared my photos with my family and friends with ease and speed. This makes it easy for them to print/save whatever they want.

Kaitie was the perfect wedding photographer. She had a great demeanor and made everyone comfortable. We could not be happier with the end product!

She was very flexible throughout our event. Since we do not live in southern California, we weren't able to do engagement photos like a lot of people do, or show Kaitie the venue (a backyard) in advance. We very much took a "winging it" approach to the big day. But no matter - right when she arrived, Kaitie scouted out all the options around the house and neighbor's house, and made a quick and excellent decision for where to take family photos at that particular hour of the day. Then she came to a local scenic viewpoint with us for couples photos. She navigated traffic and pedestrians to take some true gems there.

She was also very quick to catch fun moments throughout the event, such as a local cat making a brief appearance during a toast and family members seeing each other for the first time in a while.

Highly recommended.