Anna Delores Photography Reviews
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Jillian B. Sent on 10/24/2022There's a reason they're number 1!
MY GOODNESS, how much time do you have to read this review, because I could sit here and talk all day about Emily and her absolutely incredible team. I will do my very best to keep it concise as I know how valuable time is for my fellow brides :)
My original wedding was planned for June of 2020, and I *magically* found Emily and Anna Delores via Pinterest. I was never a huge fan of wedding photos until I came across hers, and I immediately knew she was the girl for us. Just one conversation with Emily and I was sold - she is so incredibly professional, timely in her responses, made me feel at ease despite the mountain of work ahead of me, and even made recommendations to me about other vendors to use as I had mentioned I didn't have those secured just yet.
Of course, we all know what happened as of March of 2020. As I tried my hardest to hold out, by early May we could see very clearly that the wedding we had planned would no longer go forward. While our other vendors negotiated with us on our cancellation, Emily went above and beyond and told me that we could keep her reserved as our wedding photographer, and we just needed to let her know the new wedding date once it was confirmed. Even though I hadn't the faintest idea when that would be, I knew Emily did not have to do that for us. Just a glimpse into what a special human being she really is.
Shortly after my original wedding date, my dad passed away. This put my wedding on hold indefinitely, up until October 11th of this year. Throughout the 2+ years we waited, Emily became a good friend of mine, and the kindness and compassion she showed me during that time was so special and meant the world to me.
As soon as we picked our second, new wedding date, we reached out to Emily immediately to ensure she was available. Not only did she make the trip up from Santa Barbara to San Francisco, but she was just as excited as we were that the day was finally here! I must also note that while we added on coverage time with her, she did not charge us anything additional for keeping her on retainer, despite all the time that had passed.
The day of the wedding, Emily and her incredible assistant Malaya were absolute angels. They made the day so fun, helped us get over any nervousness, and their pictures are absolutely incredible. We got a sneak peek last week and my family and friends are still talking about them. It felt less like having two professional photographers at our wedding and more like we had two friends there that took the best pictures of us we could have asked for. I did not want them to leave and only wish I could relive our wedding day to spend more time with these remarkable women and their talent.
Rest assured, you won't find a better photographer and you'll walk away from your wedding day with a new friend, if you're as lucky as I was. Emily and team, thank you from the bottom of my heart for absolutely everything and for being the BEST! -
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Hillary S. Sent on 01/08/2023
Blown away!! Thank you so much!
We had a great experience working with Anna Delores Photography! Our wedding photos and engagement photos are INCREDIBLE! Emily was wonderful to work with. She was our main point of contact leading up to the big day and edited our photos to perfection. We had so many questions (seriously, so many) and she answered every single one with patience. Emily is professional, experienced, so easy to talk to, and delivers such gorgeously edited photos that we will cherish for years to come.
Our lead photographer was Alyssa. We cannot sing Alyssa’s praises enough! Alyssa is so incredibly talented, so easy to get along with, and so much fun to work with. Before booking, she agreed to have a video chat with us so we could get to know her. We quickly realized how calming, easy going, and experienced she was and booked immediately. We then met with her for our engagement session and had such a fun time! She made us feel completely comfortable in front of the camera. She is a hype woman extraordinaire, alway encouraging us with compliments! We knew she was the perfect person to have beside us throughout our wedding day. And we were right! We so enjoyed having Alyssa there on our big day. She kept things running smoothly and on time, all the while making us feel so comfortable. She seamlessly guided us, the bridal party, and our family through all the photos during the day. She is a total professional and worked alongside our videographer in perfect teamwork (which is so important).
We were absolutely blown away by both our wedding and engagement photos! Alyssa captured STUNNING photos. It’s obvious that she has years and years of technical knowledge paired with a very gifted eye for beautiful and meaningful images. Alyssa is so talented and we’re so thankful that she captured these important moments. Emily & Alyssa, we truly cannot thank you enough! -
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Stephanie K. Sent on 07/17/2022Simply the best!
Working with Emily was hands down the best decision we made for our wedding day. She made us feel so comfortable and helped us loosen up, resulting in the most incredible images I've ever had of us. Our families and friends couldn't stop raving about how much they loved her too. We got our preview photos in just a day and cannot stop flipping through them. Do not hesitate to hire her (or through her new brand Emily Loeppke)! -
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Nicole F. Sent on 05/14/2022The best decision we made.
Contracting with Anna Delores Photography was hands down the best decision we made for our wedding. Anna Delores came to us through referral and experience – she shot my best friend’s wedding in 2019. At the time, owner Emily joked that she wanted to be there to photograph me and my boyfriend’s wedding whenever we got married. Fast forward to 2022 and she did just that! As the fearless leader, Emily is a detail-oriented and experienced professional. Before I get to raving about her eye for design and photography skills, I have to call out how much attention she pays to the entire experience. She fully understands the production quality of an event and that collaboration with your other vendors is key to a smooth outcome. She was in constant contact with us throughout the process and offered just enough tidbits of advice so as not to be overwhelming, but also to get us to think practically about our wants. Now, to the photos and services. Absolutely flawless. She made us look like straight up celebrities. Even after receiving the preview photos less than one week after our wedding date (yes ONE WEEK), my jaw hit the floor. It’s true what they say about your wedding day going by in the blink of an eye. I am SO grateful that Emily and her team were there to capture those moments for us so that we could relive them. FYI, we also hired Anna Delores on an hourly basis to shoot a portion of our rehearsal dinner and welcome party. It was so nice to have some seriously gorgeous, professional shots of friends and family that are not of me in my wedding dress. Emily is literally family now – plus she’s cute as a button. We hope to pay it forward and have her shoot my sister and her girlfriend’s wedding some day, too!Anna Delores Photography's reply:
NICOLE! I adore you and Chris and I cannot wait to share your full collection of images soon -- you two are a DELIGHT and your wedding day was perfection. I can't wait til the next time I get to see you both! -
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Jennifer S. Sent on 01/18/2022
Best wedding photographer ever!
Emily and Alyssa are INCREDIBLE! They are both so helpful, kind, responsive, fun, and truly felt like friends! My husband and I were so comfortable and knew we were in good hands. Our pictures captured the day perfectly and we are blown away by how beautiful they are!! Anna Delores Photography is truly the best!! Emily went above and beyond to make sure our wedding planning process was seamless, offered resources, and was quick to respond to any questions we had. Our pictures turned out phenomenal! -
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Jodie S. Sent on 10/11/2021
Highly recommend!
We had Anna Delores photography for our wedding and could not have been happier! They were so kind, professional, fun, and took the best photos ever! My dad says they have to photograph my sister's future wedding! You cannot go wrong with hiring Anna Delores! Request Beckie!! -
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Alyssa L. Sent on 09/22/2021Exceptional Emily!
Emily and the Anna Delores team shot our engagement photos, rehearsal dinner, and wedding. Having now had three different occasions working with Emily under my belt, I can say with utter confidence that she's talented beyond measure, classy and ethical in her business doings, and someone you will grow to consider a friend quite quickly. On your wedding day, you spend a ton of time with your photographer so it's crucial that you enjoy having them around. Emily kept me calm, gave me so much direction, entertained my countless questions, and even kept me laughing through each phase of the day. She exceeded all expectations in every possible way. First, her talent for shooting exquisite photos is unparalleled. She not only takes incredible portraits and candids of the bride, groom, wedding party, families, and guests but she is a QUEEN of detail shots as well. It was really important to us that she captured all of the design and details that went into creating our "summer soiree" and boy did she deliver. The photos are vibrant, artistic, and timeless. Second, she genuinely cares about you and your event. She is so communicative and goes the extra mile to prepare for your day by collecting tons of info on your event for several weeks leading up. It's very apparent that she wants to understand the uniqueness and priorities of your day so that it comes across in the photos. Finally, she even maintains her meticulousness after the wedding. She provides both teaser photos and your final edits extremely quickly. Be sure to order a custom album too because she does an INSANE job curating that as well. Once your big day is over, all you're left with are the memories and photos. So be sure to work with Anna Delores so that you love your photos as much as we do. I can't wait to work with Emily again as soon as possible!!! -
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Christina Sent on 07/26/2021Best photographer, person, friend. We feel lucky to know Emily!
Emily is hands-down the absolute best in the business. She has a gift for photography and creates stunning images at any location, in any setting. We had the pleasure of meeting Emily at a close friend's wedding four years ago in Hawaii. All of us instantly fell in love with her work and with her as a person. She brings such a joyous energy to weddings and has the unique ability to make everyone feel comfortable and act like themselves in front of the camera.
So when we got engaged, the first thing we did was hire Emily and her team at Anna Delores Photography. It was the easiest and best decision we made. She, of course, went above and beyond photographing every detail of our event and each one of our crazy friends on the dance floor. She stayed two(!) hours late photographing our wedding because that is just the kind of person she is. She is always fully present and she consistently works hard to capture those special moments. Every single photo we received from our wedding is stunning.
Hire Anna Delores Photography! It will be the best decision you make. -
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Tamlyn T. Sent on 12/15/2020
Santa Barbara Elopement
Emily at Anna Delores Photography is an elopement angel. Like most brides in 2020, I had to postpone my 200 person, indoor, LA County wedding. I was crushed, but we decided to get married anyway.
Emily was instrumental to my elopement vision. I leaned on her for vendor recommendations since we aren’t from the Santa Barbara area and she absolutely crushed those! She kept me calm when we decided to change our venue three days before our wedding due to weather. Emily was so patient and kind, took all of my crazy phone calls, and hooked me up with the best photographer for our wedding day - Cara! This team is incredible and you can trust that they will always go the extra mile for their couples.
We received our sneak peek within a week of our elopement and our entire album within a month. It’s so hard to pick a favorite because they are beyond gorgeous. Our home is going to look like a shrine to ourselves with all of the photos we are about to print and frame.
I cannot recommend the ADP team enough. We are beyond thankful they were a part of our special day. -
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Amy S. Sent on 09/21/2020Incredibly talented, organized, and fun to work with!
Emily is amazing! I'm so happy we hired her to photograph our COVID-19 micro-wedding/"elopement". She made the planning process so much easier thanks to her knowledge about the local venues and vendors and experience in event coordination. She is super friendly, responsive to emails, and easy to work with. On the day of our wedding, she made sure to give gentle instruction to help those of us less accustomed to posing for pictures, but she always made us feel at ease and kept us laughing — and the photos came out beautifully. It's rare to find someone who is equally talented at both the creative/artistic side and the organizational/planning side, but Emily truly excels in both areas. I highly recommend her and her team and I hope I get a chance to use their services again in the future!
Thank you, Emily! -
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Ashley Sent on 08/09/2020
Look no further; book anna delores photography
Book Anna Delores Photography IMMEDIATELY. Emily from Anna Delores is a genius artist. Not only is she personable and delightful to work with/plan with/ and be with, but her photos are also magazine-worthy. Everything my husband and I felt on our wedding day was captured by Emily and made beautifully evident in our photographs. The best decision we made (besides marrying each other) was booking Emily. I cannot say enough; people who have seen our photos cannot say enough, and I will forever feel grateful for this company. You may be hiring a photographer, but by the end of the day, you will have a very, very talented friend. -
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Susan Sent on 11/24/2019Emily and Beckie are the absolute best!!!
Choosing the ADP team (Emily and Beckie) for our wedding was hands-down the BEST decision I made during the entire wedding planning process!! I truly cannot say enough about how amazing Emily is, and I legitimately miss her now that the wedding is over. She and Beckie brought such an incredible energy to our day, and we had so much fun with them! All of our family and friends also commented on how upbeat they were and how easy they made the entire picture process. And then the pictures themselves are just to die for!! Obviously I knew Emily was talented, but the pictures just took my breath away. The emotion she captured in them is so powerful that one look brings me right back to those moments. You can feel the joy in her photos and I think a lot of that is because her personality creates such an incredible space for her couples to be at ease and in love. She was one of the first vendors I booked and was so helpful through the planning process. She had recommendations for other vendors (found my floral designer through her) and was also an amazing sounding board for other vendors I was looking at. The ADP team is just amazing, and I could go on about them forever! -
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Christina R. Sent on 12/19/2019Best decision
My husband and I agreed early on in our wedding planning that the venue and photography were our top priorities. We were so lucky to find Emily at Anna Delores; she was such a pleasure to work with. We were introduced through our wedding coordinator and knew from the first phone call she was the right fit. She had no shortage of time to discuss our vision for the day and details and even went so far as to send us sample timelines for us to review early on in the planning process. On the day of our wedding, she effortlessly guided the entire wedding party, family and guests through photo shoots, yet somehow remained nearly invisible in the background for more candid shots of the festivities. Not once did we feel the weight of her job (which was not a small one given that it was our big day), and she always made us comfortable with pleasant conversation and frequent laughs. We definitely had a couple snags during the day, including a situation getting to the ceremony! But again, Emily never let us feel the weight of it. We received several complements from family members both during the day and afterwards. We highly recommend Emily for your wedding! -
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Nicole Sent on 02/07/2018I am 88 days into wedded bliss and totally miss being in wedding planning contact with Emily of Anna Delores Photography. When I first got introduced to Emily via my wedding planner, Emily and I talked on the phone for an HOUR!! Emily's energetic personality and knowledge shined through that convo, and I knew she was the one I wanted to work with - I didn't talk to any other wedding photographer vendors. Part of the package is an engagement photo session, which is a huge perk. Not only did we get amazing engagement photos, but using that hour session, Emily guided Nathan and I on some tips for taking photos, that would come in handy on our wedding day and make taking photos come more naturally. During the planning process I had a couple great check-in convos with Emily that brought down the normal stress of being a bride. On our wedding day, Emily and her second shooter, Felicia, captured the most amazing pictures that display the perfect story of our wedding day. We completely trusted Emily and Felicia on their ideas. Nathan and I spent three hours looking through our photos and there were several times where I had tears in my eyes saying "oh my gosh!!! They caught that moment too?!?!"
Emily, you should be very proud of Anna Delores Photography. You are the sweetest, super talented and brought the BEST giggles and energy to our Wedding Day. Thank you again for capturing the best day ever!! Miss you!!!!!
Lots of Love,
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Cory Sent on 08/19/2017Our wedding was 1 week ago, and Emily was amazing! Our venue was on a remote ranch and was not the easiest to access, but Emily was there both for our rehearsal and arrived early on our wedding day. She was nice enough to take pictures even on our rehearsal day so that we were able to get pictures in different parts of the ranch. She is easy-going and personable, and helped coach us so that we were comfortable when taking pictures (as it didn't come that natural to us!) During our reception, she blended in with the crowd, taking shots of guests while looking like she was having a good time herself :) Our families were so impressed by her ability to remember everyone's name. She went above and beyond her role of a photographer by helping with little details such as keeping us on schedule, checking in on us before the ceremony, and even helping to bustle my dress. Our sneak peek picture she sent us is breathtaking, and I can't wait to get the rest of our pictures back! I couldn't be happier with our decision to hire her as our wedding photographer and would be sure to use her again!
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