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    Shari A.

    PSA: Attention all future lovers, hire Carmelisse to capture your best day ever! I have been a huge fan of Carmelisse for years and have followed her in hopes and dreams to have her as our photographer for our wedding, which *fast forward* came true! To showcase her sweet demeanor, she sent us a survey to get to know us as partners and understand our vision. For our engagement shoot, she made us feel comfortable as she played music, helped us pose, and prompted us to flirt with one another to get a great shot. At the end of the night, as it was reaching golden hour in the mountains, Carmelisse brought us a bottle of champagne to toast to our love and photographed us slow dancing as the sun was setting, a core memory that we will never forget. Carmelisse exemplifies herself as an unofficial bridesmaid and I can attest to that! Personally, I did not have a wedding planner since the venue came with a day of coordinator. Leading up to the big day, I confided to Carmelisse about the order of events and details. Similar to the engagement shoot survey, she was intentional and sent us another survey to understand our wants for the wedding day. Until this day, my husband and I credit Carmelisse and her teammate, John, for keeping our timeline in order because without their professionalism we would've been lost. Throughout the day, Carmelisse and John kept us calm and collected with all the emotions of the day. In addition, Carmelisse handled our photo booth, which was excellent quality and our family loved the fact they could do gifs and save the photos directly on their phones. All in all, they were our hype people, our comfort, and helped us live in the moment and enjoy the best day. Carmelisse is our number-one recommendation for any occasion! She is literally an angel and a true artist in her craft. Thank you so much, Carmelisse! I will keep on preaching your brand until the end of time.

    Amy L.

    Booking Carmelisse was the single best decision I made for my wedding. There are no words to accurately describe the kind of talent that Carmelisse has with photography. If you just take a moment to scroll through her Instagram, you will see what I mean. Her photos make you FEEL all sorts of emotions and I am so glad that she was the one who captured my wedding. Aside from pure talent, Carmelisse is also super passionate about her work and she really cares about all her couples. Any little thing you need to know about your engagement/wedding photos, she'll put in detail for you. If you have no previous photoshoot experience, she'll ask you questions and help you create something that's both beautiful and YOU. She really guides you through the whole thing and makes sure that you are comfortable while she takes the photos. She is also the sweetest human being to ever exist! When I received my wedding gallery from Carmelisse I literally cried looking through the photos! I am so so thankful to Carmelisse for capturing all the tears, smiles, and epic dance moves, and because of these photos, I will always remember the way I felt on my wedding day.

    Danielle V.

    Carmelisse was by far the best vendor I booked. My husband and I had initially booked someone else and had a terrible experience at our engagement shoot. I was disheartened and frightened of the whole photo experience after that.... but Carmelisse saved the day! She met with us for coffee and we talked for hours! She wanted to really get to know us and our love story. She truly cared. She made me feel comfortable and had us both laughing during our engagement shoot. I knew she was going to make magic with the photos and oh my goodness... she did! (They were gorg!) Fast forward, Oct 2020.... Our wedding! She kept me calm yet made sure I remembered to HAVE FUN and not stress... Is that even a photographers job? She makes it hers! When I got the photos back tears flooded down my eyes. My husband and I genuinely couldn't believe the beautifulness that she captured. Especially getting married during such a crazy time in the world, you could tell she captured the love we had. I could go on and on but if you haven't fallen in love with all of her photos on her Instagram, you're crazy... check them out. And if you want someone by your side who is not only a "vendor" but a FRIEND on your big day... she's the one. You should consider yourself super blessed if she has your date still available. XO!

    Sucheida D.

    Where do we start, the best thing ever was to hire Carmelisse. She helped us find the perfect location for our engagement shoot and gave us a bunch of advice on what to wear. I'm such a shy person and my husband and I are sometimes awkward lol, but she really capture us being our true selves and we were so comfortable and had so much fun! She literally eliminated any awkwardness. It didn't feel like a photoshoot, she was literally our 3rd wheel. All the photos came out soo beautiful. She also came up with our wedding hashtag on the way home from the shoot. #SheDaONEforKyle Fast forward to our elopement. During the pandemic we had to cancel our big wedding and start planning for other options. She was so understanding and was there for us through all the location and date changes. We ended up eloping at an Airbnb near Joshua Tree and it was the best decision ever! When I received the gallery, I literally fell to the floor. I was in tears! Everything we envisioned for our special day, she captured it so beautifully. She went above and beyond, from all the detailed shots to helping me set up. She also gifted us a custom candle and a keepsake box with our photos and a usb in it. It was the sweetest thing ever! Her work and talent speaks for itself. She by far exceeded our expectations and blew us away. If your looking for the sweetest and a bad ass photographer, hands down she's the ONE! Thank you for being there for us through it all and for creating magic with us. See you in a few months girl. We LOVE you so much !

    Jerelle R.

    I knew I wanted Carmelisse since the day I saw my friend's engagement photos, it was so beautiful. And I actually met her during high school and remembered I loved her personality. So when I finally got a hold of her I told myself I needed her. She is worth every penny that I decided we didn't need a videographer which was the best decision ever! We are from Vegas so Carmelisse was so patient and took her time to always communicate well with us. She prioritize us when scheduling due to the limited time we had coming to California. We also had to reschedule our wedding due to COVID-19 and she was so easy to work with this mishap. Her photos are unbelievably beautiful that it was so hard to limit the pictures I used for the save the dates. And what I love about Carmelisse is that my husband and I gets awkward trying to look lovey dovey and she got it out of us without feeling awkward. Her techniques are so cute in action and loved doing that roadtrip with her to San Diego to do the engagement photos. The day of photos with the help of John were unbelievably easy. They knew the timeline and got us through it without taking away time from spending the wedding day with family. I told her because I had a debute, the one thing I regret from that and that I dont want to happen in the wedding is to spend too much time on photo taking and events that us as a wedding couple could not sit down and enjoy everyone's company. And they definitely made sure that did not happen, Carmelisse thinks quick on her feet. We found amazing spots and got the pictures with decent time that we were able to walk around our reception and spoke with everyone. She and John were literally like family at the wedding. They took amazing shots without getting in the way and honestly at the reception I didn't even notice them taking photos half of the time. But when she delivered the rest of the photos I was amazed on how they caught all the beautiful candid photos. Carmelisse is amazing and in high demand so scoop her up if you can. You can tell how much passion she has doing her job and how much she enjoys it. She worked well with all my vendors with ease. Also we grew up by each other and I get the pleasure to see all the photos she took with people I knew from high school and college. Let me tell you this, she is so talented and its not some lucky good photos. If you get to work with her im pretty sure the most difficult thing about her is that there are so many amazing/beautiful pictures that you sit there struggling which photos to use on the save the dates and which photos you want to enlarge to put on the wall of your house. You won't ever regret working with her, I wouldn't have picked anyone else to capture our special day! - Jerelle

    Elaine E.

    My Fiancé and I hired Carmen to do our engagement shoot, and let me tell you...... We were SO incredibly happy with her entire work! We asked her if she can help bring our vintage / Roaring 20s vision to life, and she did just that, plus more. She knows how to make the couple feel very comfortable in front of the camera, and she knows how to capture the best in-between moments and interactions. Not only is she talented, creative and amazing at her craft, Carmen is also one of the most genuine, sweetest people you will ever meet. We had so much fun working with her; we didn't want the photoshoot to end!! We look forward to working with her again for a maternity shoot *hopefully* in the near future :-)

    A wedding is perhaps the most important event in one's life, and for me and my wife, we both knew from the start that we wanted pictures that we could enjoy and hold onto forever. We knew from the moment we saw her work, Carmelisse was going to be the one who we wanted to capture our special day. Carmelisse is incredibly skilled and knowledgeable at what she does. She's patient in every aspect, and makes you feel comfortable every step of the way. Our Engagement and Wedding Day pictures came out perfect, and it's something we'll be able to cherish forever with our family and friends. We get compliments on how amazing our pictures are, especially with all the details. If we had to do it all over again, we'd choose Carmelisse 100%. You won't be disappointed!

    Awesome coffee table album, usb and super awesome thank you card!
    Jeffrey Y.

    Carmelisse is amazing. We love her style of photography and wouldn't have wanted to go with anyone else. We live up in NorCal but decided to have the wedding in SoCal so wanted to pick a photographer in the area for the wedding. We had an initial discussion with Carmie and enjoyed her personality and energy which made us decide to work with her for both the engagement and wedding. She worked with us and even adjusted her schedule to accommodate us regarding engagement photos. Vanessa and I don't love taking photos but Carmie was able to make us feel comfortable and we had a great time. During the wedding her and her 2nd photographer were extremely fun and were able to capture all of the exciting moments. (Even if we didn't notice they happened) Definitely recommend working with Carmelisse!!!!!!

    Cindy T.

    My fiancé and I LOVED working with Carmelisse. She made us feel comfortable and gave us so much direction. She is kind and easy going and made the experience so much fun for us. Our engagement photos came out so beautiful and we got some really funny ones that showed our personalities. I love that she truly captured who we are and the love that we have for each other. We highly highly HIGHLY recommend her for any of your photography needs!

    Maica D.

    Carmen has an eye to capture exactly what you want. From location to outfit styles and colors she will be there to walk you through it all! (Mood boards galore!) The thing that I love about Carmen, aside from her photography skills is that she is up for and adventure. She will throw out ideas and locations that you wouldn't have thought of yourself. As far as capturing pictures she does an amazinggg job! Her photos tell a love story of you and your partner/family without making you feel uncomfortable. The whole time you're there it doesn't feel like the attention is on you(& that's huge for me). She snaps the photo at the perfect moment so anyone who sees it will be in awe. Th photos turned out beautiful without actually looking like we were directed to pose. If you're on the fence about booking just do it! You won't regret it :).

    Raiza B.

    We loved Carmelisse so much! When we first met with Carmelisse we were kind of shy since both Aaron and I are super shy people we were worried that we'd feel so awkward when we were getting our pictures taken and we'd end up looking like we're trying too hard, but Carmelisse totally made us as comfortable and damn did our picture look sooo good. she really does capture everything naturally. Carmelisse was very professional, sweet, and very understanding in regards to posting my wedding from May to August due to Covid! My bridesmaid were all wishing they found Carmelisse when they got married. Lol thank you Carmelisse for making us look like models! RaiRon loves you!

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