Marisa is an exceptional photographer--is it possible to leave 6 stars?! We had to find a…read morelast-minute replacement for a photographer at our family retreat at Sunriver, and I stumbled upon Marisa on yelp. Not only did she quickly provide us with a gorgeous gallery of photos, but she was hands down one of the best photographers I have ever worked with!! She was professional, efficient and within minutes made everyone feel so at ease and seen! I echo all the reviews left here in her graciousness in working within our needs, her knowledge of the area and locations that fit our needs, as well as her eye for capturing the candid and staging a large, multi-generational family! Thanks, Marisa!!!

We scheduled photos to be taken of our family during our trip to Bend and Marisa was AMAZING! She…read moretook us to a beautiful location along the Deschutes river, helped us decide on colors/clothing options that would fit the venue, was engaging with our young children, and was just overall fantastic. Moreover, our family photos turned out better than we could have ever imagined. If you are ever looking for professional family photos to be taken in and around Bend, I strongly suggest Marisa. Thank you :)

The single best decision we made while planning for our wedding (and there are a lot of decisions)…read morewas hiring Britt. We knew within minutes of meeting her, she was the person for the job. She has a wealth of knowledge around weddings and offer suggestions but leaves the decisions up to you. Plus she's incredibly sweet, fun, calm and professional. We mostly needed help with day of coordination, but Britt did so much more than that! She met with us several times to guide us through the process and make sure all the boxes were getting checked, and was always available and responsive when I asked questions (even via text, in the middle of the day). She executed our vision of decor perfectly, coordinated timing/details with all of our vendors, and we did not worry about a single thing that day, nor did any of our family members need to. We can't thank Britt enough for all she did to make our day run so smoothly!

Britt is the actual QUEEN, ICON, LEGEND, of Wedding Planning!! Britt seamlessly coordinated the…read morewedding of our dreams at a private residence in Camp Sherman with no cell service, several obstacles, and a full venue change for the dance party. Not only did she not miss a single detail of the entire day, she has GREAT taste. She knows all of the best vendors to make your vision come true. If you are high strung and obsessed with the details, Britt will make you feel calm with how organized she is and is great and keeping you and your vendors on track. Britt became my therapist during covid wedding planning and now a friend. There are a lot of great wedding planners in Central Oregon but I assure you, Britt and her team are the best.

We had Reverend Wendy marry us in Brookings. She did such a personalized beautiful ceremony and…read moreeven took amazing photos from our phone and hers!! All the special touches were so amazing!! Can't say enough what a great job she did and what a wonderful person she is!!

Charlene married my cousins at Asilomar beach last weekend!…read more Charlene Murphy is extremely professional, graceful and has a charming personality. She helped my cousins to form their own wedding ceremony and vows that fit their rock star personalities. She has a great deal of experience, advice and location scouting that made their special day unique. Everything flowed seamlessly! I highly recommend Charlene to help make your big day both special and worry free. Check out the pictures on her website of the wedding!

Margie is an incredibly gifted photographer - she takes 1,000s of photos and then sends you the…read moreBEST ones after color retouching them so they are crisp, amazing quality and the color scheme of the photo is perfect. Her eye for framing a picture is superb and she plays well with light/water so if you have the opportunity to do a beach shoot with her TAKE IT. The value is incomparable. She was so patient with kids, dogs- unphased by toddlers shrieking or puppies running amok. She stayed cheerful and even though I thought our pictures were not going to turn out very well - SHE GOT SO MANY AMAZING SHOTS! Holiday shopping is officially DONE because I am plastering these lovely pics on mugs and ornaments - anything that will accept them. I have known her to do showers, birth photo shoots and holiday shoots and every time it is magic behind the lens. Cannot recommend her enough (I have already passed out her info to all of my friends).

Margie is AMAZING! Professional, organized, thoughtful, thorough and communicative - before,…read moreduring and after the event. She is creative and experienced but no stress approach - covered our son's Bar Mitzvah and we are above and beyond thrilled with the results. Highly recommended!!!

It's hard to put into words what an important part of our day Ely was. We hired Ely for our…read morebackpacking elopement on Broken Top and he more than rose to the occasion. My husband (!!) and I have never had professional photos done and are not incredibly comfortable in front of the camera. Ely set us at ease and made us feel like we were spending the day with a friend. By the end of the day, he had us posing like pros! Ely directed our day and created structure like a true professional, but was ever-present for spontaneous moments. I truly can't imagine the day without him. He will absolutely be our go-to photographer for any future needs. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Ely! You are the best of the best!

My son & his bride hired him to take photos. He did. He…read moredelivered beautiful photos of their wedding (thank you for taking our group 'all plaid' family photos!), two weeks and 3 days later. I just couldn't wait to post them to share online. Oh, and before that, we got the video of their wedding, put together by the bride, so we got a little peak of what to expect! I've already posted the 'day before wedding and the goodbye to Bend brunch', so there's 2 part to my album. Thank you so much, for making everyone LOOK GOOD, comfortable, and had a good time, on that special day!

Choosing Caitlin as our planner was the single best decision we made for our wedding. I always…read moredreaded the thought of planning a wedding because I can be very indecisive but Caitlin made the process downright enjoyable. Our wedding turned out to be far beyond my expectations and that is largely due to Caitlin and her team. I could say a million good things about her but some of the things that stand out the most are: -She is an excellent communicator and made us feel supported through the whole process. -She has strong relationships with vendors in the wedding industry. Each vendor she recommended to us was absolutely amazing. She did a great job of matching us with particular vendors that she knew would match our personality, style and budget. The team of vendors she brought together for our wedding day created the perfect event! -Her design style and taste is incredible! She listens to what you envision and comes up with a gorgeous, chic design that will blow your expectations out of the water. She has the ability to work with a wide range of colors and design styles so each wedding she creates a look that feels unique to the couple. She is especially talented at working with linen patterns and textures to create an elevated look. -She is extremely experienced, professional and knows the industry in and out. She is able to answer any questions you have regarding things like contracts with certainty and honesty. -On the day of my wedding, her and her team made the entire event run flawlessly. She kept me calm and checked in with me and my husband throughout the day to make sure we had everything we wanted or needed. Caitlin was everywhere at once. It was incredible and I don't know how she does it! I was able to fully enjoy my day because I knew that Caitlin had everything taken care of.

We had a great experience with Caitlin. We got married at Nestldown on 10/18/25. She made the day…read moreabsolutely flawless and connected us with the best vendor team for the day. The day turned out stunning and her team helped with all of our DIY stuff as well which was really helpful. She did unlimited video planning calls which was really nice. About a month out the stress was gone because all the decisions were made and it was all planned and just connecting with out vendors of our final calls. Thank you Caitlin and her team for helping make the best day of our lives magical.

The woman who owns this business Valerie at Jiffy Notary is a psychopath and I do not use this term…read moreloosely. She refused to follow the instructions clearly laid out by the customer ahead of time, she lied to me about what she actually completed and how it was done and she got her money and left me with a mess to clean up. I have to find another notary to actually get the job completed properly. She is not to be trusted, she is always taking phone calls when right in the middle of something on her end, she does not listen to what is required. DO NOT USE THIS NOTARY IN BEND OR!! or you will be sorry. All she cares about is getting paid.

Very friendly, quick to respond to my request & good communications back-and-forth. I've used Jesse…read moremobile notary twice once while I was in BTC, and then at home absolutely appreciated the efficiency and quality.

Renae was so WONDERFUL to work with for our wedding and professional! I love her style of…read morephotography so bright and beautiful! She was so professional, patient, she accommodated all of our requests, Renea is a dream to work with! We definitely recommend Renae, 5 stars!! Thank you for capturing our special day!

Renae has been a dream to work with throughout our engagement and wedding. The most important thing…read morefor me in planning our wedding was choosing vendors that are easy to work with. Renae has been flexible with our engagement shoot and even moreso for our wedding. She provided a written guide to help us figure out the timing and outfits for our engagement shoot. We had so much fun throughout that day because she had such a great attitude the whole time. The photos were touched up quickly and we absolutely loved them. Due to the COVID-19 situation, we had to make very drastic changes to our wedding and Renae was there for us. She was able to capture our first looks with each of our parents and she took excellent photos throughout the night. I knew that I wanted to book her as our photographer because she uses and has great lighting in her pictures. You have to love working with her because she makes so many positive comments when taking pictures. You seriously feel like a million bucks. Her photos have a good mixture of close-up vs. faraway shots, pictures of key items (i.e. wedding bands with the bouquet, etc.), and fun vs. romantic shots. I highly recommend working with Renae if you want to work with someone with a positive attitude that's flexible and good at what they do.

My husband's 80th birthday party went off flawlessly. David was incredibly helpful, attentive to…read moredetail, and a true professional throughout the entire process. I had quite a few specific requests, and he handled every one of them with patience and professionalism. He arrived promptly with all the equipment ready to go, and everything was fully set up before I arrived, which made the day completely stress-free. The slideshow was a huge hit -- everyone loved it. I highly recommend David for any special event.

TLDR: Hiring Star Production DJs was my biggest wedding regret. I wanted to leave my own wedding…read moreearly because I was so embarrassed about the DJ. Spoiler: They don't actually mix music - they just press play on a Spotify playlist/control the volume. It all started with the fact that I couldn't get anyone to talk to me until the week of my wedding. I chased them down a few times leading up, when I finally got connected to Jim aka "JIMBO" about three days before the event. I had some interesting/unique requests (it was a multicultural event, so needed to mix music from 2 different countries) that I wanted to clear by and hear the perspective of a professional DJ/mixer. When speaking to Jim, it felt like he was not listening to my requests or questions. He talked over me and just kept saying "how easy it was going to be." I had to just give in at some point and hope he got the gist of what I needed, but I obviously still had reservations after our call. It turned out I was right to have them. At the wedding, he disrespected my father when he asked for basic things (like, "it's getting to be dinner, please let the guests into the reception space, who are older and need to sit down"), instead Jim only wanted to listen to my mom, who was naturally busy and couldn't always be on deck to answer his questions or give direction. Jim didn't interpret any of our social cues correctly - he cut off the dad/daughter dance after about 30 seconds...even though it was really emotional and clearly we needed more time. (The crowd literally boo'd when he cut us off and my dad was like "not yet!") Jim routinely interrupted our most special and intimate moments, like when my now-husband and I were catching a moment just the two of us "backstage." He just waltzed in and started talking about his wife ... like bro, we're trying to just have a moment here? Also, the equipment he brought was plain faulty. Music stopped playing at multiple points in the evening. Dave, his manager/owner of the company, tried to pass this outage off as a "memorable moment" when my friends jumped in to sing and cover up the awkward pause. As if we had a choice when the music blows out mid chorus. Most of all, I was disappointed that there was no mixing involved--THIS is what a DJ does! Instead, Jim just stood there for 2 hours and pressed play on a Spotify playlist that I made. He didn't have a mixer or a turntable, he didn't do any remixing, dropping, transitioning, or anything else. I could have done what he did -- and charging more than 1,000 dollars for that is just unjustified. Leading up to my event, I spent hours filling out the online form that was provided and purposefully wanted to schedule and intro call way in advance to ensure my bases were covered. I also wanted to know about their mixing capabilities in advance (turns out there were 0 capabilities). And when I asked Jim about where his mixing equipment was the night of the wedding, he basically said, "oh I don't have the software for that, it's too expensive." When I raised this to Dave, he was like "your music requests were fulfilled." Sure man - but I didn't just hire some guy to press play and monitor the volume dial! My 5-year-old cousin could've done that. At the end of the day, it is not just about playing the songs I asked for--that's the literal bare minimum. On top of this, I had to frequently prompt Jim to make announcements about dessert, etc. Very annoying. Again, it just felt like we all had to work veryyy hard to keep the momentum going during the dancing portion of the party, which I was looking forward to. Lots of our guests can vouch that Jim was sub-par. We all started to feel the need to leave my wedding when we had 2 hours still left in the venue! And that's just a damn shame. When I raised all of the above to Dave, he provided 0 recourse. So do yourself a favor and hire someone else.