Anna is such an amazing photographer and person to work with from the initial consultation of what I was looking for to the day of our actual wedding! She was such a pleasure to work with on the day of. I picked Santa Barbara courthouse which I had never seen in person but Anna assured me it was as beautiful as the photos...my wedding date landed on a day when the fires in southern Cali were just starting so I was a bit worried because it was a hazey but anna still delivered still got beautiful pictures! Price was worth every penny! If you are looking to elope she does other pricing then what's on her site. I can't say enough good things about my experience with Anna! I wouldn't change a thing about our big day it was perfect! read more

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Anna did an incredible job with our photos. We got a ton of really classic shots, but we wanted our photos to also capture our silly selves, so she was all in on some specific ideas we had that were a little less traditional. We shot our first look and family portraits at the SB Courthouse, and she was great about knowing locations that made sense with the light we had, and she fought for shots in public spaces as needed. She was incredibly calm and professional, and we felt we were able to trust her decisions and guidance as out-of-towners. Anna got us an amazing teaser set of photos within a few days of the wedding, and our full batch of photos came through a few months later in a lovely and well-organized platform. We have really stunning photos that captured us, as well as the beautiful Santa Barbara venues we love. read more

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WOW WOW WOW!!! We made the best choice ever with hiring Anna to photograph our elopement. She was so easy to work with. It felt like she was an old friend which made us very comfortable and made our experience so much more relaxed. She knew exactly how to position us to get the most out of every shot. Her communication before and after the event was terrific. I was pleasantly surprised with how affordable she was and how promptly we got our images. If you are in need of a photographer look no further! I can assure you Anna is the best choice. read more

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Where do I start... my husband and I truly feel like we lucked out with Anna. We were blown away by the quality of her photos and her use of light. She was very professional throughout the process. It was very important to us to capture the blending of our two families, American and Norwegian. She did so with grace and the details she captured will be treasured for generations. The best part of the process had to have been the sneak peek photos the day after our wedding. Would definitely recommend her! She is a true talent! read more

There really are no words to describe how happy I am with Anna's photography and service. First of all, she is sooooo talented! Secondly, she is so lovely, patient, easy going, and a great creative energy to be around. You can tell that Anna loves her work, and it shows! The wedding photos were one of my top priorities, because I like most brides, wanted photos that I loved, and would be proud to look back on forever. Anna exceeded my expectations. I cherish the photos she took, because they capture our special day, our personalities and emotions that day, and the lighting/angles/creativity/talent she used made the photos turn out so beautifully. I've gotten so many compliments on our photos and her work. Thank you so much Anna! If you are in need of a photographer, I cannot recommend her enough I hope to use her in the next year or two for pregnancy photos (already planning :)) read more

We are so thrilled we selected Anna as our wedding photographer for our Santa Barbara Courthouse ceremony. She did an AMAZING job capturing such beautiful photos. Within two days she sent us a sneak peek of select photos upon which we shared with family and friends. Not only were we pleased ourselves to see such quality photos, everyone we shared them with noted the same. Anna is professional, has a sweet personality, provided good guidance to us on how to pose yet look natural in photos, and she captured wonderful candids too. We also stopped at a local beach to get some beach shots before heading to the reception and we're so glad we did this as Anna got some beautiful shots of us at sunset. I would highly recommend Anna as a photographer for any special event. She's a true talent at photography. read more

Anna was absolutely phenomenal! My husband and I decided to elope and had very little time to organize everything. But we knew we wanted to document our special day, so I knew I had to find the best photographer for the job. The moment I saw Anna's wedding photos online, I knew she was 'the one' for us. It was love at first sight. :) Anna was available and always an email or phone call away. She was early on the day, and ready to get started. She knew the absolute best times for the natural lighting for our the photos. We got married outdoors at Ellwood Trails, overlooking Ellwood Beach, and Anna was able to capture the most stunning sunset. Anna is super organized, and such a professional. She has the best eye for photography and gives her 'models' the best directions. She also loves dogs, and was super helpful with our two little best men, who were a bit overwhelmed at times with everything that was going on. The photos turned out simply breathtaking. That was the word I used to describe our venue, and our day, and it is so wonderful that we were able to use the same word to describe the photos. She absolutely captured the essence of our perfect day, and the essence of us as a couple. Everyone who saw the albums said that our wedding looked like an "A-list" wedding, and that the photos were something out of a magazine. We couldn't agree more. We would 100% recommend Anna to anyone looking to have the best photographer to capture the memories of their special day. read more

I can't recommend Anna enough. I do not like to take pictures but Anna made the whole process fun and enjoyable. Anna made sure that we both felt comfortable and throughout the whole time made me forget we were actually taking pictures. She promised us a fast turnaround on delivery of our pics and to my surprise exceeded the expectation. We are really happy and cannot wait for our wedding day to work with Anna again, as we know our memories will be great with her pictures. read more

Anna did such an amazing job on our wedding photos. We loved her style with sunset photos but she can really capture any amazing moment. She really delivered and we have received so many compliments from friends and family. I loved that she sent so many sneak peeks only 3 days after the wedding! We received about 40 and they were all stunning. Once I got the rest of my photos they totaled over 1,000 and they were just as great as her sneak peeks. I highly recommend her. She's not only nice and easy to work with but you will love your photos. read more

I must review Anna today for other SAME-SEX COUPLES to see. Anna shot my wedding (two brides) at the Santa Barbara courthouse yesterday and she is truly an amazing photographer...and I haven't even seen the pictures yet. She made sure that we got all the different poses that we wanted, and many more. She made us both feel very relaxed and I am certain the pictures will be fabulous. From setting to setting she cleared people out of the way so our shots were of just the two of us. The courthouse is a public place so this takes some assertiveness. She was not too shy to ask people to move out of the way. This ensured we didn't waste time waiting for an open shot, and that we hit every area of the courthouse that we wanted pictures in. Love. Love. Love her. Will come back and update when pictures arrive. read more

I literally loved every single one of my wedding pictures!! There wasn't a bad one in the bunch and Anna made sure we had a wide variety of beautiful shots in only 2 hours. I plan to use her again for family pictures in the future! read more

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I cannot recommend Anna enough for wedding photography. After we weren't that happy with our engagement photos from a different photographer, our wedding planner suggested we check out Anna J, and as soon as I saw her use of light in the photos on her website, I knew she was who I wanted. Our planner set up a meeting with Anna so I could meet her, tell her what I wanted, and discuss our wedding. First off, she is the sweetest, most genuine person, with a calmness and confidence I really appreciated. I asked her if she'd ever photographed a wedding at the Santa Barbara Courthouse, where we were planning our wedding, and she quickly pulled up a gallery of a recent wedding she'd shot there. I was BLOWN AWAY. It looked like a magazine shoot! I booked her immediately and was pleasantly surprised by her reasonable prices. Leading up to the wedding, I sent her a family shot list and a few photo poses that I hoped she could capture on the day of. The day of the wedding, she and her assistant arrived early to our hotel, and wasted no time in creatively photographing all the little details (rings, dress, invitations, etc). I sprung it on her at the last second that we had hired a videographer, who had only shot one wedding prior to ours. She was SO professional and kind with them, even when they would accidentally get in a shot or two. She captured all the photos I asked her to, and did so calmly, quickly, and with a pleasant authority that made us feel confident she knew what she was doing. Following the wedding, we received a sneak peek within three days! And the rest of the pictures, hundreds of them, came about three weeks later! While I was looking through them, I was surprised to see so many photos that she snapped when I didn't even realize she was there, including candid moments from the ceremony that I will cherish forever. We LOVE our wedding photos, and could not be happier with Anna and her assistant's work. read more

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Anna J Photography was absolutely amazing! Her photos are stunning and captured so many different aspects of the wedding day. Our wedding was at my parent's house and we were nervous that there wouldn't be enough space or enough different backgrounds to take our wedding portraits and wedding party photos at the property, but Anna had the eye to find multiple different spaces on the property that were gorgeous for all our photos. We met Anna and her assistant for the first time the day of our wedding, and they were very friendly and made everyone feel comfortable while taking photos. Multiple people at our wedding commented on how impressed they were with her efficiency and ease of taking photos. She was very professional and extremely talented. Choosing the right photographer for your wedding is important and we had absolutely no regrets with Anna. Highly recommend! read more

Anna was very professional, kind and creative. Our pictures turned out beautifully and captured the beauty of our ceremony sight wonderfully. She has a candid approach, which makes for easy, natural and great photos. My husband and I needed a lot of guidance in the way of posing and directions, which made the candid approach a bit tough. I recommend being vocal about what you want and coming with "pose" ideas. Overall I am very happy with all our Beautiful and Artful pictures. I highly recommend her. Santa Barbara Elopement recommend her to us and we were so grateful. read more

We were so fortunate to work with Anna and her 2nd shooter Kelsey. Anna delivered high-quality work, sentimental, and personal photos of our special day, family, wedding party, our guests, and my groom and I! They were very friendly, professional, thorough, and respectful of our asks. I actually only met Anna on our wedding day, but immediately connected with her and she had ideas for fun poses with my bridesmaids. The same was true for my groom and groomsmen. It was a very hot and sunny day and Anna worked with the venue to find great locations which showcased the light in a flattering way. She'd even come by beforehand to scope out the venue and find potential places which would be optimal during the time of day during which our photoshoot was booked. Anna did a wonderful job of capturing both live moments, as well as the details of our wedding. She and her assistant split up the different photo opportunities to ensure that every detail was captured! Anna really cares about her clients and delivered both preview images, as well as our complete set of wedding photos super quickly! Thank you Anna! read more

Thank you Anna for our wedding photos!! You guys, it was a thousand degrees on our wedding day and Anna HUSTLED. I felt so bad seeing all the sweat pour from her face (thank you.) An hour before our ceremony a terrible microburst storm hit Santa Barbara (think upside down tornado with 80mph winds) totally derailing our schedule at the courthouse for photos. The grounds were flooded and covered w ants, luckily Anna knew the grounds well and took some great photos of our wedding party and for our bride/groom portraits. Wished we could have had more time and shots of more spots at the courthouse, but it was totally out of Anna's control since everything was pretty much flooded. Did I mention this whole time her spirits never dropped?! That's a lot of pressure on a photographer I'm sure especially when the Bride and Groom are told they need to move their beautiful rooftop wedding in doors into an overheated BASEMENT at the Canary which they overpaid for! Ha. That's another review. Anna did an amazing job with all the stresses of the day being thrown at her. Thank you for everything! read more

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Thank you Anna for our daughter and son-in-law's beautiful engagement and wedding photographs! Absolutely breathtaking!

The first time I saw Anna's photos was on www.santabarbaraelopement.com when I was looking for a quality elopement package online. I am super picky about my wedding pictures. I didn't want cheesy wedding pictures with bad lighting, unflattering angles and backgrounds. I didn't expect every picture on there to take my breath away. I was literally speechless by how beautiful they were. They looked like high quality pictures from bridal magazines. I knew immediately I had to have her as our photographer. I felt extremely lucky and privileged when I found out we were able to book Anna. I seriously don't know how she did it, but she magically made my husband and I look beautiful, elegant, and timeless in our nearly 300 photos. She was super patient the entire 2+ hours of our photo shoot even when she had to tell us how to pose most of the time. We never had a photo shoot before and felt really awkward but she made us feel really comfortable and still made us look natural in photos. Some of the natural poses/sunlight and rustic background looked like they were scenes from movies like Lord of the Rings. Anna was super thoughtful. accommodating, and professional on our wedding day. For the ceremony, she let me stand on the side that showed my flower in my hair that was originally the groom's side. I was able to share poses I loved on a Pinterest board with her and she kept checking those poses on her phone throughout the photoshoot to make sure she captured all the poses I wanted. She also stayed past the 2 hours we booked her for without any complaints. I was completely flooded with compliments from family and friends once they saw our pictures. They even made some of my friends want to retake their own wedding photos with their husbands! I literally cannot choose my favorite ones to develop because I love so many of them. I'm already thinking of booking Anna for another photo shoot in the future when we start a family! I highly recommend Anna to be your photographer! read more

Anna photographed our October 1 2016 wedding in Santa Barbara. We were so happy with her work. She's delightful to work with and her photos are beautiful. The way that she uses light is so lovely and gives the photos such a soft quality. She was also great about getting our photos to us in a reasonable amount of time. She gave us a sneak peak within a few days and that was so amazing! read more

Anna was such a a sweet, fun and personable photographer. She made us feel beautiful and the sneak peak pictures we received the following days after our wedding were stunning! She is amazing to work with and an amazing photographer !! Best of luck to you always Anna ! read more

If I could give Anna 10 stars I would without hesitation! Anna literally captured our wedding day in ways that I never thought possible. She is so artistic in the most simplistic ways that literally took our breaths away when we got our sneak peek photos! I shared a few with my sister and mom right after receiving them and both of them were brought to tears just reliving the love that Anna captured literally four days ago. I am so beyond grateful that Anna was able to shoot our wedding and can't wait for the rest of the shots! Thank you so much, Anna and Clarissa for making our memories last a lifetime! read more

I also found Anna through santabarbaraelopement.com. We were planning a wedding in Sedona, AZ in November. Leading up to the wedding our coordinator was asking us about chanting and vortexes and I just knew the venue was not right. My fiancé suggested Santa Barbara, and with only two months to go we cancelled Sedona and found our savior, Shauna Timmons via her webpage (mentioned above). Featured on her pages are various beautiful, upscale images including some labeled "Santa Ynez Tuscan Villa" (Sunstone Winery) that caught our eye and sold us on using Shauna. I wanted to make sure our photos would be of the same quality featured on the site. When Shauna offered Anna, the same photographer who had captured those same wonderful moments from the winery, we jumped at the chance to work with her. Anna and I easily coordinated our ideas via email and she was extremely responsive. Our wedding day was everything we hoped it to be and Anna captured our perfect day beautifully. She has a wonderful demeanor and she also focused in on the little details that could have so easily been erased or forgotten from the day! Her attention to detail and creativity are amazing and we are so pleased with the photos. A few days after our ceremony, she sent us a couple of "first glimpses" and they were stunning! Shortly there after we had a lot to chose from. Some of her more creative poses that felt awkward at the time were the ones we loved the most. She also photoshopped a few for us at no additional charge. Anna's pictures are every bit as quality as those photographers charging exorbitant rates and plus you are able to keep the digital images and have them forever. There are so many fun albums you can create through Shutterfly and other applications. She makes the two hours of photography go by very quickly and is respectful and not intrusive of your private moments. I would very highly recommend Anna's photography for any event! read more