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Kassandra Thomsen Photography

Kassandra Thomsen Photography

Aptos, CA
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    Danielle G. Sent on 04/22/2024
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    Kassandra was the greatest--BOOK HER!!

    Absolutely thrilled to share our experience with Kassandra!
    From the moment we met her, we knew we were in capable hands. Her insightfulness about the area not only put us at ease but also added an extra layer of creativity to our special day. We flew in from Chicago, and after having our original plans fold due to weather emergencies, I really don't think we would have landed on our feet with anyone else!

    She made the entire experience memorable. With so few people involved in our special day, I'm relieved Kassandra was one of them. We couldn't have asked for a better photographer to entrust with capturing our memories. She understood our vision perfectly and went above and beyond to make it a reality.

    Thanks to her skill and dedication, we now have a stunning collection of photographs that beautifully encapsulate the emotions and essence of our elopement. Each image is a treasure, a testament to her talent and the magic she brought to our day-- BOOK HER!

    -Danielle & Tom
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    Tanisha W. Sent on 11/17/2023
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    The best experience!

    Kassandra is just the best! We booked her for an engagement shoot and for several hours of our wedding, and couldn't have asked for a better experience. She understood our vision and then took it to the next level (and then some!) with her professional experience and direction as well as her amazing eye for detail and lighting.

    She also has the perfect balance of being professional while also feeling like your friend and having fun alongside you. She was great at blending in with the crowd -- most of the time we didn't realize someone was there taking photos! She also made us feel comfortable in front of the camera and gave us posing tips to help capture those perfect shots that look natural.

    She sent us sneak peek photos recently, and we absolutely love them! The lighting and editing is amazing, and we love how she captured the whimsical details of our wedding. We're now even more excited to see the rest!
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    Wanda P. Sent on 11/22/2023
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    Amazing job!

    Kassandra was very responsive, whenever I had a qu, she replied right away, Her photography was so professional and exceeded our expectations!
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    Brittany Sent on 10/26/2023
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    Best experience working with Kassandra

    We had the best experience working with Kassandra! We are thrilled with our wedding photos and feel she really captured and highlighted all our best moments! Leading up we had prep calls to review the day of plans and vision. We really wanted portraits along the coast and she helped to scout locations and align what shots we really wanted. We traveled for the wedding so it was out first time meeting, and when she arrived she instantly made me feel comfortable and even offered some last minute playlist advice! From there she took initiative to capture the process and completely blend in. When it came time for portraits, she gave light tips that felt natural and easy to follow. She directed guests with ease and really helped to ribose a flow to the events. Aside from the amazing results, she was fantastic to work with! Our guests even commented on how great she was! I am beyond grateful for her creatively, positivity, and professionalism. I hope to work together again in the future!
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    Anne Sent on 11/27/2022
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    Our dream wedding photographer!

    Hiring Kassandra was one of the best wedding decisions we made! From our first call (we talked for an hour and a half!), I knew that we were in good hands. She did an amazing job capturing the joy we felt on our wedding day and for that we are so grateful. Beyond the photos, Kassandra was fun to be around and easy to work with. We couldn't have asked for a better experience. Thank you, Kassandra, for everything!!
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    Raya Sent on 01/06/2023
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    Spectacular

    Kassandra, did an incredible job capturing the most candid moments from my wedding. She is very easy to work with and makes sure that brides wishes and wants are accomplished. She is a natural photographer. I felt so comfortable with her since the very start. I can not stop looking at the photos she took for my wedding. I would hired her 100 times more. Highly skilled and fairly priced.
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    Chelsea S. Sent on 09/12/2023
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    Bride hiring photographer

    Kassandra is an amazing photographer and incredibly professional. Please see a handful of my wedding photos attached and hire her without delay! =)

    I knew having a great photographer for my wedding was important, however I didn't know how much THIS woman was going to become so important to me on my wedding day. Looking back on all the magical memories - I truly don't know what I would have done without her.

    Getting to know Kassandra before the wedding -
    I felt initially she was a good person, detailed and methodical, funny with great energy, adventurous and a professional. She takes her work very seriously and loves what she does. I am more introverted, like to take pictures of scenery, and was honestly dreading the focus on me for the wedding. I hoped I would feel comfortable, and it would show in the pictures that I love my groom, not that I am stressed and nervous.
    Well let's just say... she blew my hopes out of the water:) I cannot BELIEVE the amount of loving adoring pictures I have, the candid shots she has gotten out of me and my whole family, I can see the love between my husband and I and our goofy selves when it's just us two. How did she do that? Our wedding had many locations and sun everywhere. I look through my wedding photos so happy, so grateful for my choice on Kassandra. I can feel the day.... she captured it all.

    Not only that but she was the best girlfriend you could ever have on your side, on one of the most important days of your life. She was the one helping with wardrobe malfunctions, she was the one cooling me down in the heat, reminding me to eat, she was the one calming me down as I walked to my groom for first look, she was the one reminding me that we hadn't done our dance yet and time was getting close. Yes I had a wedding planner and my bridesmaid circle, but who I was not expecting to be right there cheering me on and supporting me was my photographer. No one warned me how many intimate moments your photographer is truly in on. You don't know what you need in those moments, with your mind racing and so much moving, but she did. She was just who I needed and more. She was my rock, and I have all the photos to prove it.

    Make sure you get a photographer that cares, like Kassandra. I cannot wait to do another shoot with her and my sister & dogs, and again when I am pregnant someday. Lifelong friend after you go through something like that! I wouldn't trust anyone else.

    Thank you, Kassandra, for everything.
    Love Chelsea and Doug Matheson
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    Patrick J. Sent on 09/14/2022
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    Kassandra is such an amazing person & photographer!

    Wow… Kassandra was above and beyond what we expected a wedding photographer to be. She was extremely professional and gave great tips on how to look our best on our special day, all while being hilarious and keeping us grounded in a pretty stressful day (if I should say so myself). She and Kelsey Currier (our wedding planner) made such a perfect team, and it was pretty much like the Avengers as far as wedding planning teams go. Thank you so much Kassandra, we have all these great photos and memories because of you and your amazing assistant Onawa!!
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    Amy S. Sent on 10/12/2022
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    Kassandra exceeded all of our expectations and hopes for a wedding photographer!

    We had the most amazing experience working with Kassandra. We chose Kassandra for a couple main reasons. First, her gallery is beautiful and we loved her timeless, true to real life colors and crisp looking photos. Second, we knew we wanted to work with her after one FaceTime call where we got to know her better. In that first meeting, she made us feel warm and comfortable while also showing that she would be able to handle all of the different people dynamics and curve balls that a wedding can bring.

    Our wedding day was shockingly cold and extremely windy (think hair blowing EVERYWHERE) with a little bit of rain which none of us expected in mid June but Kassandra was quick to make calls on where we could take our portrait shots, first look pics, family pics, etc. without stressing us out too much. She made us feel relaxed and excited on the day of and reminded us to enjoy the little moments.

    When we got our gallery back, we were blown away. If I could add screenshots of some of the feedback we got from family and friends, I would but to summarize: every one was completely blown away!! The way Kassandra and her second shooter were able to capture every single big moment so well but also capturing the little details and candid shots of our guests brought the biggest smiles to our faces as we went through our gallery. We felt we were able to experience our wedding from multiple different perspectives just from looking at the photos.

    I would highly recommend choosing Kassandra as your wedding photographer!
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    Diana B. Sent on 05/24/2022
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    Above and beyond!

    We've had THE MOST positive experience working with Kassandra for our wedding! From the beginning, Kassandra created a very professional and equally personable environment that allowed us to feel comfortable and confident. As we moved forward to our special day, her attentiveness and attention to detail made us feel supported and excited to work with her. Kassandra's lighthearted and humorous personality made it easy have fun with her on our wedding day and felt inviting to our guests. We are excited to work with her in the future!!
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    Gregory N. Sent on 04/07/2021
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    Incredible Photographer, Incredible Experience!

    Responsive, accommodating, and an exceptional artist - Kassandra's got it all! She made my proposal experience so much easier and special than expected. She quickly responded to my initial inquiry and hit the ground running on ideas, locations, etc. We had a few conversations in which we not only discussed logistics but also emotional expectations! During the proposal, she was so supportive and accommodating to our requests and artfully captured the special moment. But above all, the photographs exceeded our expectations! 10/10 recommend to all!
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    Camille M. Sent on 01/24/2021
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    Kassandra was wonderful!

    We loved having Kassandra photograph our elopement! A friend referred us to her and we were so happy with the experience. She's so fun and open and we love the photos we got from our day. None of our family was able to attend so we're so happy we have Kassandra's gorgeous photos to share our day with them. Thank you Kassandra!
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    Amanda D. Sent on 10/14/2020
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    An excellent choice!! Absolutely knows what she's doing!

    SUCH a pleasure to work with. She is so personable and has a gift for making sure I (and my fiancé) felt relaxed in front of the camera. She has an amazing eye and an even more amazing manner when helping wrangle crazy family members or helping me pose just right or whatever needs to be done to get beautiful photos that captured our day and our personalities. She was able to come in and get strait to work without needing to bother me so that I could enjoy our wedding. Couldn't be happier.
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    Josh B. Sent on 04/10/2020
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    A work of art, in a work of art

    Never in the course of human events has one photographer meant so much to so many.

    Kassandra is the best photographerS in Santa Cruz county, which puts her in the running for best photographer in Northern California.

    Her professionalism, humor and most importantly her eye for detail is phenomenal.

    I would trust her to photograph all of my families life events.

    Gotta give a what what! Hoot hoot, got got, photographic.
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    Kulia Sent on 04/14/2020
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    Family photos, multigenerational & dog too 😊

    I can’t believe how great the photos of my children came out! They are naturally shy & not always photogenic. It felt like they weren’t really listening, but clearly they were! We got several sibling photos, individual ones, candies, some posed ones that don’t look posed, ones with my mom & kids & a really fantastic shot of our fur baby. ❤️ I have a large print-about 18”x35” hanging on my wall & I get compliments all the time.
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    Monica S. Sent on 05/04/2020
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    We hired Kassandra to photograph our wedding.

    I found Kassandra on a friends IG after she hired her for a family photo session. I knew as I was planning my wedding that she was the one I wanted. Her lighting is dreamy and her ability to capture authentic candids is amazing.

    She’s a delight to work with, professional and kind. She was prepared and made me feel so relaxed. She thought of all the details and had great ideas. She was able to see things that needed to be moved or capture a shot at just the right time.

    We requested that she be there to capture the moment and that we did not want to be pulled away for traditional posed shots. She did just what we ask for and exceeded our expectations.

    Friends were so impressed by her work that they hired her for family sessions.

    Kassandra is amazing, if you are lucky enough that date you want her is available, you better set up a deposit! You won’t regret hiring her but you will regret not getting her If you can.

    Not only is she our wedding photographer but she has became a life long friend.
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    Bradford L. Sent on 04/13/2020
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    Kassandra is highly skilled professional!

    Kassandra was the principal photographer for two events with me and she is extremely knowledgable, talented, reliable, and gifted with her craft. Could not recommend her enough!
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    Medina A. Sent on 04/16/2020
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    Amazing! Captured the perfect memories and made a life long friend!

    I absolutely LOVED working with Kassandra! She was definitely one of the best, if not my favorite, vendor I worked with for my wedding. She captured all the details that made my wedding special to me and love that I have them to look back on since it’s so hard to pay attention to them all on that day. We had a big wedding party and I understand it’s not always the easiest to capture everyone and keep everyone on schedule but she did it. She made multiple trips to come meet us, and scope out our locations and was just so professional. 11/10 recommend.
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    Richelle R. Sent on 04/11/2020
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    Flawless Photos. Amazing personality. So Happy.

    For those of you reading this considering Kassandra as your wedding photographer... she rocks and here are a few reasons why:

    -Her personality is hands down the #1 reason we loved working with her. She is someone I laughed with, happy cried with, and really enjoyed just being around her. She is sweet, but also direct and to the point, so she can make sure to capture the moments she needs to capture.

    -When first meeting her she finds out your style/goals/ what kind of photos you want; and she makes sure to capture that for you.

    -She was early/on time for both our first meeting and on the day of wedding day.

    -She dressed professional and blended in with our party perfectly.

    -Her style is calm, cool, and collected (never demanding, but clear if she notices something that would be a great shot) Her style would blend into any kind of wedding or atmosphere she is in.

    -She does high-end fashion photography also, so she has an eye for specific shots and very cool “kodak moments” that are not posed/planned (which turned out being a lot of my favorite photos from our day).

    -Our pictures captured our personalities, which I think is because she got to know us through our first meeting and any communication prior to our wedding day.

    -She balanced getting a good amount of shots of my husband and I, our son, family, friends, and all of the personalized treasures we had on our wedding day. Looking back at our photos gives me the feeling I had on our day, good feelings, happy feelings, and brings me right back to that day which I think was one of our main goals; to relive the day by looking through the photos.

    Kassandra did an excellent job capturing our day. Every photo was flawless, really. And that’s why I do not hesitate to recommend her for any of your photo needs; she will make sure to capture it for you.

    Ps- I would like to add we had a couple of friends have her as their wedding photographer after us and they were just as happy as we are.
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