The short version of this review, and the most important take-away, is that you should 100% book Katrina Amante for your wedding if you want to work with a photographer who is friendly and easy going, and who will capture all the beauty and joy of your special day.

Now, for the long version! Tom and I came across Karina Amante's website and reached out almost a year before our February 2024 wedding. I’d told Tom that photos were one of the top three most important things for me for our wedding and we loved what we saw online. We did an engagement shoot at The Row in DTLA and had such a great time posing and chatting with Katrina, who we learned was a previously a professional dancer! Katrina brought great energy to our engagement shoot and was full of ideas, some of which felt a little silly in the moment, but they made for really wonderful photos. During the shoot, I felt comfortable and like I was in really good hands. And when we got the gallery of images back, we knew immediately we were working with the perfect photographer.

Fast forward to February 2024. In advance of the wedding, we worked out a timeline. Katrina was bringing a second shooter for the 10 hour gig and the timeline broke down who would be where and capture what approximately when. I am a planner and seeing this level of detail really helped calm my nerves. The day of the wedding, Katrina and her second shooter Allie arrived at the bridal suite before noon and after getting situated, split up to divide and conquer (groomsmen were in another part of the hotel, while the ladies remained in the suite). Katrina and Allie (who is also a complete delight) were a constant, but not at all obtrusive, presence on our wedding day. And so much of that day is a blur now…it went so fast…but when I look at the hundreds of images in the gallery Katrina provided, I am transported back in time.

And that’s really what we want from a wedding photographer, right? Someone who captures the energy, excitement, and love from the best day of our life and lets us relive it all again and again. Looking at my gallery, thinking about the albums and prints I want to make, I feel so grateful to have found the perfect photographer. I can’t begin to thank Katrina and Allie enough for the gift they’ve given us.

Katrina was SO incredible. Not only were our photos absolutely perfect, but she was so amazing to work with. My husband and I are not good at taking pictures and were definitely worried about posing for our pics. But Katrina and Brian were so professional and helpful and amazing. They really made us look good and captured the day so we can revisit it for the rest of our lives. I literally cannot recommend Katrina and her services enough! :)

My son and bride hired Katrina because they loved her photography portfolio and felt she was creative - She is responsive to correspondence, timely, professional, friendly and put everyone at ease. Her photos are gorgeous and the Happy Couple could not be any Happier with their wedding photos