Having Kristen photograph our wedding was a dream come true! I originally found her IG about 1.5 years out from our wedding and instantly fell in love with her work. It is bright, timeless, and so classy! We knew her work would compliment our black-tie wedding perfectly! She is very experienced in the wedding industry and knew all of our vendors which made planning so much easier. We loved having vendors that have worked with each other, because it created such a cohesive environment. We also loved that she included an engagement shoot with the wedding booking. It made such a difference on our wedding day and made us feel so comfortable with her! After those 3 hours, we felt like we knew her forever. Our wedding day was perfect, and I have no doubt that Kristen played a role in making it the perfect day for us! She made sure we were able to truly be in the moment and enjoy every second. I didn't have to stress about what pictures to get or where to be because she knew exactly what we wanted without us even mentioning it! It was incredible!! After getting our teasers (THE NEXT DAY!!) we knew we needed a physical copy of our pictures in an album. They were STUNNING - so timeless, polished, and bright. She truly puts her all into her work, and you can see that in the photos. We love how she was able to capture all of our favorite moments and especially how she took some incredible candid shots of my grandpa (those are some of my favorites). We love reliving the day through her work. Kristen is THE BEST and we are so honored that we had her photograph our wedding

Kristen Solis from Kristen Marie Weddings + Portraits was absolutely incredible! She and her team captured the most beautiful photos for our destination wedding at Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa & Casino. From our very first conversation, Kristen was awesome, very knowledgable and so easy to work with. The pictures that she and her team took on our wedding day were breathtaking and the finished photo albums were nothing short of amazing! We would highly recommend Kristen Marie Weddings + Portraits to anyone looking for a truly professional photo experience! Philip & LeAnne Pestrichello

Kristen is incredible at what she does, and my husband and I would love to work with her again for our future life milestones! We feel so lucky to have found her and had so much FUN working with her. Professional and caring, she is also an artist whose gorgeous photos will tell the story of your love in a way that feels like *you* and capture memories that you and your loved ones will cherish for a lifetime. Her natural, classic style and easygoing personality made choosing her the easiest decision of our wedding planning journey. If she is available for your wedding date, do not hesitate to book her! Once you do book her, get ready to enjoy complete peace of mind in the days to months leading up to the big event, knowing your photos will turn out beautifully and that on the day-of, you can be totally present with your spouse-to-be, family, and friends.

If helpful, we’re happy to share specifics about our wedding planning experience with Kristen, which was excellent from start to finish:

- Discovery / Booking / Packages: After finding Kristen on Instagram while searching for Las Vegas-based photographers, we fell in love with her work—we were struck by how she brought out the unique personalities of each couple, each one just looking so good! It gave us hope that we, who have never considered ourselves photogenic, could also look that good! (Lol! But seriously) We reached out using her website form, and within a couple days, she responded over email, patiently answering our questions and inviting us to a Zoom intro call to learn about potentially working together. On the call, we felt immediately at ease with Kristen. She asked a couple questions about our story as a couple (e.g. how we met) and our plans for the wedding (still rough at the time), producing an example timeline specific to our event. Afterward, she shared a couple package options that were customized to that timeline, from which we ultimately chose one with fewer photography hours (since we weren’t doing as many traditional reception events, e.g. toasts) but with albums (one for us and 2 smaller parent albums). I should also mention that before we booked, Kristen held our wedding date for 3 months while we finalized our venue contract, and we are so grateful for her generosity!

- Engagement session: Kristen was able to accommodate our engagement session 11 months before our actual wedding date at a time when we would be in Vegas from out-of-state. She helped us pick our location, noting which site would be less ideal weather-wise given the time of year. My husband and I had never been photographed professionally, and despite having read Kristen’s handy wedding planning guide, weren’t quite sure what to expect. Kristen started by posing us in a close embrace, which made us feel safe and comfortable. Over the course of the next 90 minutes, we relaxed and started to enjoy ourselves! The session gave us a new way to express affection for each other—power-posing is A Thing, so I guess it’s no surprise that romantic poses can stir up the feels too! Kristen shared a handful of teasers a couple of days later, and the online gallery was available within the week. The results blew us away—the lighting, the posing, the candid expressions of joy and love she captured—we were over the moon! We used our favorite in our Save-the-Date, posted a mini-version of the gallery on our wedding website, framed more to hang in our home, used another photo in our invitation and a framed one as our alternative guest book for guests to sign the frame.
- Planning: 1 month before the wedding, we had a check-in Zoom call with our wedding planner and Kristen to review the timeline, our family shot list, and what items my husband and I needed to bring for the day of for things like detail shots. Kristen also provided helpful guidance around decisions like which direction to face when starting our First Dance in order to optimize the shot of our final dip!

- Wedding photography: This is where we really had fun!! Being photographed by Kristen and Kayla with our closest friends and family as we celebrated in such a beautiful setting was more special than we could have imagined. Kristen and Kayla took great care of our entire wedding party, often checking in verbally to make sure we were doing okay, and after the sun went down, even bringing over my jacket when they noticed I was shivering outside on that unseasonably cold Vegas evening! The next afternoon, we were amazed to receive tens of teasers from the wedding, which felt like a complete album! 3 weeks later, again faster than expected, we received the full online gallery, and were overjoyed to relive the wedding and experience the rest of the night through Kristen and Kayla’s eyes. In addition to the formal family portraits (where everyone even in our 21-person shot looked fantastic of course), we really enjoyed the candid shots of our friends and family dancing. Kristen and Kayla did an amazing job including most everyone in the reception coverage; our family was so impressed yet again and grateful to have so many happy memories captured.

- Albums: After reviewing / approving Kristen’s proof, we received the albums in the mail today, and they are simply WOW. The photos are already gorgeous on a screen, but viewing them on high quality print arranged skillfully by Kristen, we are being transported back into the story of that evening. Magical! We cannot wait to enjoy these with our families for years to come.