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Sarita Relis Photography

Sarita Relis Photography

Santa Barbara, CA
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    Christopher M. Sent on 05/03/2024
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    Phenomenal photos

    We booked Sarita about 2 weeks before our wedding, she was very professional with communication and coordinating everything. The photos came out amazing and she really knew how to capture the moments.
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    Hilary C. Sent on 04/21/2023
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    Incredible photographer

    Sarita did an outstanding job with our wedding photos. She is very easy to work with and demonstrates a genuine passion for her work. She provided clear guidance to us during our portraits (which I am very grateful for; would not describe myself as a natural when it comes to photos). I would 10/10 recommend Sarita for any wedding!

    Sarita Relis Photography's reply:

    Hilary,
    Thank you so much for this kind review. It was a beautiful spring wedding and you & Sean are the sweetest! I truly had so much fun documenting this day.
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    Carla S. Sent on 06/02/2022
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    Perfect Photographer for my Special Day

    Sarita Relis Photography captured my special day in both photos and video beautifully. From the planned family photos to candid shots, she was able to grab the joy of the day in every shot. She was professional and brought amazingly calm energy to the wedding. I couldn't have been happier with the entire process of working with Sarita Relis.

    Sarita Relis Photography's reply:

    Thank you so much! I so enjoyed working with you and Michael. Your wedding was stunningly beautiful!
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    Bridget H. Sent on 07/11/2022
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    Superb, professional photographer. Highly recommend!

    Sarita is an outstanding photographer and we love the photos she took for us. We wanted beautiful photos that were natural and relaxed. She absolutely captured the magic and joy of the day without making it feel like a formal or exhausting photo shoot.

    Our friends and family are loving the photos too. We highly recommend Sarita for your special occasion. It is a gift that keeps giving.
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    Rafael B. Sent on 04/06/2022
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    Amazing photographer!!

    Sarita is an amazing photographer! The photos came out great and she went above and beyond for my wife and I! Would definitely recommend!
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    Scott F. Sent on 10/11/2020
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    Santa Barbara Courthouse Elopement

    Sarita couldn't have been a better choice to capture our elopement at the SB courthouse. She was incredibly nice, quick to reply and knew the grounds in and out to find all the best shots. We loved her and couldn't speak more highly of her.
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    Anselyn B. Sent on 07/23/2020
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    Sarita Relis Photography - High Quality Photography and Headshots

    Sarita Relis Photography, based in Santa Barbara, spent a lot of time with me for my headshot. Sarita was fantastic, patient and gave me so many high quality images to choose from. Her style and approach made me feel relaxed and at ease. I would highly recommend her.
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    Jody P. Sent on 06/04/2020
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    Professional, fun and beautiful photographs!

    We feel so lucky to have had Sarita Relis take our pictures on our special day. She captured every moment with such perfection that we get to relive the day over again every time we look at them. Her photography is so beautiful and she made group photos fun and easy to manage. Thank you so much Sarita!
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    Vicki Sent on 08/05/2021
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    Amazing wedding / elopement photographer!!

    I am so lucky to have worked with Sarita! She is such a pro. I planned my wedding in one month, and I’m thankful she was so easy to work with. Sarita is prompt with communicating and very experienced with wedding photos. Our pictures are so beautiful!
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    Vicki Sent on 08/05/2021
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    Amazing wedding / elopement photographer!!

    I am so lucky to have worked with Sarita! She is such a pro. I planned my wedding in one month, and I’m thankful she was so easy to work with. Sarita is prompt with communicating and very experienced with wedding photos. Our pictures are so beautiful!
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    Helen L. Sent on 01/16/2020
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    Highly recommend!

    Sarita was our photographer for our Santa Barbara Courthouse elopement. My husband and I are extremely camera shy, but she made us feel very comfortable. We just followed her lead, and we actually had so much fun being photographed! Sarita was very helpful, friendly, professional, and a delight to work with and we felt so fortunate to have her as our wedding photographer. We received our photos back in less time than expected and we are so happy with how our photos turned out. We highly recommend her to capture your special day!

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    Janelle C. Sent on 06/03/2020
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    Amazingly talented and compassionate professional

    Not only is Sarita Relis an amazingly talented photographer she is also a compassionate, caring, and kind professional. She gracefully puts her clients at ease during their photo sessions and calmly helps them to stay relaxed and smiling during their sessions. Somehow she can relax even the most camera shy! Whether you are looking for a portrait photographer for that perfect head-shot or wedding photographer to capture your special day, I would highly recommend Sarita for all your photography needs. She is a dream to work with and you will not be disappointed with her beautiful photos!
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    Connie G. Sent on 07/09/2020
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    Stunning Photos!

    Sarita is very professional in handling the details. I felt so secure that she would show up and be ready to go. She shot my engagement photos and made us feel so at ease. On the big day, we hardly noticed her moving around, not disrupting what was happening. She was so patient and made everyone feel so comfortable having their pictures taken.n On top of that, we saw preview photos in just a couple of days and the final photos not long after that.
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    Leah K. Sent on 05/23/2021
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    Beautiful Courthouse Wedding Photos

    Sarita photographed our tiny pandemic wedding ceremony on the grounds of the Santa Barbara courthouse. She knows the location well and helped us select a spot to do the ceremony and knew all of the good spots for taking photographs. She took a ton of photos, and we were extremely pleased with their quality and the quantity of great shots she was able to achieve. We felt really comfortable with her and she gave great direction. I will also add that she was really flexible with scheduling—we had to cancel our first attempt at a ceremony in the middle of the pandemic and rescheduled in 2021 on a few weeks notice. We highly recommend her reasonably priced, high quality service!
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    Mary Sent on 12/04/2019
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    Beautiful photos

    Sarita took our elopement photos at the Santa Barbara courthouse. The photos were so beautiful and came out better than we could have imagined. She was easy to work with, responsive, and fairly priced. Would highly recommend!
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    Brizeida R. Sent on 11/29/2019
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    Professional and easy to work with.

    We loved having Sarita as our photographer. She was super flexible, which came in handy when we had to switch our wedding date a few weeks before. She was very nice and easy to work with. She guided our poses and location since she knows the Santa Barbara courthouse like her own studio. The pictures captured sweet and tender moments as well as formal family shots. We had unlimited pics taken in 1.5 hours that I received in a gallery link 3 weeks later. We definitely recommend her!

    Sarita Relis Photography's reply:

    Thank you Brizeida I'm happy to hear that you had a good experience. That you for allowing me to document your special day!
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    Wendy R. Sent on 08/19/2019
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    Very informative, creative, caring and detail oriented. She is an amazing photographer and you can tell she loves what she does!

    Sarita was on time, very knowledgeable of the venue, and a pleasure to work with! She was very fun and creative too! I’m so glad we had her photograph our special day!
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    Caleigh H. Sent on 06/04/2020
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    Fantastic Experience

    Sarita was patient, knowledgeable and produced incredible photographs for my elopement at the Santa Barbara Courthouse. The photos are breathtaking! She captured the day perfectly!
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    Carie Sent on 07/25/2019
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    Creative, flexible, & easy to work with

    Sarita is creative, warm & friendly, and on top of things! We couldn't be happier with our wedding pictures!

    She was extremely responsive and flexible throughout the entire process. We live in the Bay Area, but got married at the SB Zoo, so naturally it wasn't always easy to come down to SB so frequently leading up to the wedding. However, Sarita was so flexible and understanding. She did everything to make it work with our travel and schedules. She walked around the zoo with us to discuss where we wanted certain shots and what our plan was before the big day.

    Her style is beautiful. She blends in with you, your family, bridal party, and guests to capture those candid moments beautifully. All of our portraits came out great, but it was really important to me that we had a photographer who could get those candid moments gracefully. Our wedding pictures really tell a story thanks to Sarita. She made a point to make sure we snuck away from the reception for 10 minutes to get sunset pictures...AND IT WAS WORTH IT! She excels at capturing the light so flawlessly. If you're having an outside wedding, I would HIGHLY recommend you let Sarita work her magic at sunset specifically.

    She got us our pictures quickly, including a few teasers the week after the wedding. She sends it on an easy-to-use platform that also made it easy to share with family and friends.

    On a personal level, she's extremely warm, friendly, and fun to be around. I highly recommend Sarita and can't thank her enough for capturing our day!
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    Colleen Sent on 01/17/2021
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    Absolutely amazing and we are so forever grateful!

    Sarita Relis’ Photography service is outstanding! Our daughter and son-in-law were married in 2018 and engaged a-year-and-a-half before their wedding. The journey in planning our daughter’s large wedding was a very exciting one from start to finish but definitely required some great organization and scheduling. Naturally, one of the most important aspects of any wedding is having lasting memories in beautiful photographs. I had talked with several photographers during the planning stages. They were all really nice and professional people; however, something extra special stood out about Sarita Relis. My husband, our daughter and I had a connection with her right away. She was extremely caring and professional and understood all of our desires and concerns in hiring a great wedding photographer. Once we agreed to use Sarita Relis’ Photography service, we were off to a great working relationship together!

    From the get-go, Sarita was 100% available to us via phone calls and emails. My husband and I live 3-1/2 hours from Santa Barbara so all of our communication had to be done via these two routes. Sarita was always so very helpful in answering my many, many questions or helping to clarify any concerns any of us may have had. Our daughter also had regular communication with Sarita, allowing the two of them to easily discuss any particular details or specifics regarding the photography for the day that may have been extra important to her as the bride.

    On the day of their wedding, Sarita and her associate photographer, Sarah, were so amazing in every way! They each were busy carefully and beautifully photographing every special moment of their Big Day! These two professionals were working all afternoon and evening and were 150% dedicated to their job and making sure that this wedding was going to be the best ever in photography for the bride and groom, families and friends! Both Sarita and Sarah were so congenial and so helpful and gracious the entire day.

    The wedding gallery that Sarita put together online for us after the wedding day was simply beautiful! She had all the photos of the entire wedding day categorized and numbered, which made it so easy to refer to later on when selecting prints. Once my daughter and I decided on the specific photos we wanted for our two albums, Sarita was right there again helping us with questions and selection options. Sarita ultimately created absolutely gorgeous wedding albums for us! Every photo we selected was designed so artfully on each page and the very high quality of material used for these albums made them all the more beautiful and so very classy in appearance. Plus, the laboratory Sarita uses is of very high quality in the images they produce. My daughter and I also ordered some individual prints of various sizes which we also ordered from Sarita and her lab. Again, the extremely high quality of the images is perfect.

    I can’t say enough wonderful things about the excellent, professional, top-notch, and very caring service and support we received from Sarita Relis personally, her great assistant photographer, Sarah, that day and the excellent teamwork of these two women and the overall Sarita Relis Photography services! Did Sarita’s company deliver the lasting memories in beautiful photographs of my daughter and son-in-law’s magnificent, joyous and very magical wedding day? You better believe, IT DEFINITELY DID! And I would most certainly highly recommend the Sarita Relis Photography service to all!
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    Justina Sent on 09/08/2018
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    Choosing Sarita as our photographer was the best decision we made for our wedding. The photos came out so amazing and were better than I had envisioned. She is polite, professional, and made sure she got the specific shots I we had requested. We highly recommend her to others.
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    Stephanie Sent on 09/19/2018
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    Sarita did an amazing job photographing our small wedding ceremony at the Santa Barbara Courthouse!!!! She was so professional and really took the time to capture the best shots and gave direction when needed. We couldn't have asked for a better photographer for our special day. Sarita was the absolute best and highly recommended her to anyone who needs a professional photographer.
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    Rachel Sent on 08/18/2018
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    We couldn't be happier with how our wedding photos turned out! Sarita did an excellent job of catching our love, laughter, nervousness, and excitement. She gave off a very relaxed yet professional demeanor, taking interest in us & our story, which I felt helped her truly capture the moment. I know with years to come we'll look back on those photos remembering what a joyous day it was. Highly recommend!!
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    Lillyan Sent on 07/14/2017
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    Sarita is so incredibly talented, kind and easy to work with. She took our engagement photos and did our wedding photos this past May in Santa Barbara. She took a personal interest in our love story and ensured to capture those beautiful moments in both the engagement and wedding pictures. She is extremely professional and very knowledgeable about timelines and the locations of our shoots. The photos are breathtaking! We look forward to asking Sarita to capture many more of our special moments.
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    Megan Sent on 01/17/2017
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    Sarita did an amazing job with our wedding! She was flexible and responsive to our needs, and offered great ideas and feedback on our plans for the photo sessions with our family and wedding party day of. We really appreciated how well she was able to wrangle our large family and wedding party to get all the shots she knew that we wanted. On top of all that, she was friendly, her rates were really reasonable, she was easy to communicate with, and the pictures came out GORGEOUS. We highly recommend Sarita to anyone looking for a great wedding photographer!
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