Marlon Taylor Photography

My husband and I reached out to Marlon after he was highly recommended by my sister, who also used him for her wedding. Before booking, we met with him to go over our vision for our wedding photography, and right away we felt comfortable and confident that he would bring it to life. On our wedding day, Marlon did exactly that—and more! We absolutely love our photos; they turned out even better than we could’ve imagined. He captured the energy, emotions, and little in-between moments so perfectly. We’re so grateful for his talent and professionalism, and we truly can’t recommend him enough!

My now wife found Marlon Taylor online and after looking through his website and portfolio, we knew we had found our guy. As a photographer myself, I have high standards and knew what we were looking for in our own photos. Marlon specializes in candid photos, and ours came out amazing. We love that he captured real moments, along with the usual photos. He went above and beyond for us, giving us numerous artsy images along with just a wonderful personality and attitude.
He was more than willing to accomodate our requests, and if we ever need a photographer for an event again, he will be our first call. He made us and our guests feel completely at ease on a day that would usually be stressful.
Thank you Marlon!!

Marlon was excellent in capturing our special day with all the chaos included. He was early, he was very receptive to our needs--and we're very thankful that he was available for our late booking!

Marlon is great, he made our experience smooth and super enjoyable. His work is beautiful and his recommendations as well. Thank you again for everything and I will be more than happy to recommend you.

Marlon is so nice and accommodating and made sure we had all of the pictures we wanted taken at our wedding. He’s great at listening to why the client wants and is great at helping with suggestions if we weren’t sure about something. His pictures came out so good and we can’t wait to see the rest! I highly recommend him for photography!

We are so happy we came across Marlon on Facebook a couple of months before our wedding. Immediately, we were attracted to the amazing photos he shared and submitted a request regarding his availability. Prior to finding Marlon, we reached out to a couple of photographers through a Yelp and Wedding Wire searches. By the time we spoke to Marlon over phone, we knew he was the one because of his friendly and approachable demeanor. We liked that he asked us to provide a couple of photography styles we liked so that he can do the same for us, that shows us he's really open to making sure we get what we want.

On the day of the wedding, Marlon arrived a few minutes early to check out the area. We were most happy when he immediately hit it off with our videographer (another vendor we hired) and the both worked together like a team. We liked that they both shared ideas of style and poses and complemented each other when they were working on our shots. We let Marlon know we wanted more photos of us together with friends and family...and he made himself fully available throughout the ceremony and luncheon for us to bring him around for photos. We were also extra thankful for Marlon staying behind for an hour after our designated end time to help us take additional couple shots and shots with friends.

As promised, we received the digital link to all our photos 5 weeks after our wedding. We received 1300+ shots and were extremely delighted and love all the moments he captured for us. Thank you again Marlon for making our special day extra special in many ways.

Marlon was prompt had great books and photos and a wonderful personality. He is very accommodating and really approachable. We both cannot wait to work with him for our wedding day and engagement photos.

One needs more than a good camera to take a superior picture and whatever that “more” is Marlon has it. He is able to capture the essence of a moment in all his pictures.
My daughter Michelle and Tony were married on December 1st last year. As the wedding planner I wanted to make sure that everything was the best that it could possibly be for this momentous event. After my first conversation with Marlon I felt confident that he would be able to work with Michelle and Tony and entertain some of their innovative ideas. I was right. The engagement photo shoot pictures were beautiful, diversified and really showcased the couples personality.
But the wedding pictures! Outstanding.
What impresses me most about Marlon’s photos is the depth and quality of the emotions that the pictures convey. Because Marlon considers each celebration he photographs with originality he focuses on details that are exclusive to your event, therefore allowing each set of photos to be unique.
Marlon is a professional, personable, creative, talented, photographer who I highly recommend to anyone.
Many thanks Marlon. The pictures reflect the effort and commitment you put into photographing Michelle and Tony’s wedding.
Debra

We had the pleasure of experiencing Marlon's work during my brother's wedding a few years back. We knew he would be a perfect fit for our wedding event this past December. Marlon listened to all our crazy ideas and accommodated them without hesitation. In addition, he also provided great recommendations that ended up being some of our favorite photos/moments of our very special evening. I always tell friends who are planning their wedding to interview in three's (cake, flowers, photographer, videographer, DJ, etc...). This is the one instance I can say confidently you only need to meet with Marlon to know you have chosen the perfect photographer for your very important day.

Booked Marlon for our engagement shoot & wedfding. We went to UCIrvine (where we met), and we went to the park at UCIrvine and brought our dog! We spent about 2-3 hours or so at the park, getting different shots (much harder with a dog). Afterward, we asked if it was okay to do another location, somewhere with some older buildings, and he was totally fine with that. We asked him if we can drop off our dog, and do an outfit change, and he was totally fine with that. We decided to go to Downtown Santa Ana! We shot around in a bar we liked, on the sidewalk, and down some streets with brick buildings. He was very easy to work with all day. I didn't even notice, but our contract with him is only 4 hrs of engagement photos (we probably did 5-6 hrs!), but Marlon did not charge us anything additional or say anything. He just says as long as we are happy with the photos, then he was happy. I love that he was not trying to charge us for everything, and was just trying to do the best job he can.

Amazingly, we took the engagement photos on Sunday, and he literally sent me a link with all of the photos (with his edits) by that Thursday/Friday!!! HOW DOES HE DO IT ALL WITH A FULL TIME JOB??! I have no idea, but I was very happy to see them! We got to use the photos for our invitations and wedding guest book. They looked great as well!

Fast forward to our wedding -- it was very easy to schedule with him. To let him know what time we needed him, and he showed up right on time. You make a final payment to Marlon the week before your wedding, so he requested us to Venmo him the amount. He met us the day of right on time!

He stayed with us almost all night. He got all the photos we wanted, and the photos came out great!