I really honestly wish I could give Rubi, herself AND her photography, way more than 5 stars…read more From the beginning of the process Rubi made my husband and I feel so comfortable and cared for. Going through the whole wedding vendor and planning process was stressful. It felt like every vendor really cared about you until they got your money but Rubi was totally different. She made us feel like her friends. She genuinely cared about us the entire time and never made us feel like just clients. Her work is gorgeous. It speaks for itself. Once I saw her photos from a friends wedding who Rubi was the photographer for, I knew we had to work with her and honestly, it was one of the best decisions we made during our planning process. Between her ability to capture real emotion, her ability to make you feel comfortable in every moment, and her amazing work, I plan on using Rubi for every major milestone in our lives. She also is super quick on delivering your collection which is huge as well because I, being the impatient person I am, was dying to see the photos. As our wedding came to a close, And we were done with the day, I was almost sad to be at the end of our relationship with her. In short, Rubi is everything you will want out of a photographer. Her work is gorgeous and she really cares about everyone of her clients. I could NOT recommend her enough. (I realize this post is heavy on how Rubi treated us as clients vs her work, but that was the exact support I didn't know I needed during this planning process. A vendor who cares is so flipping rare in the wedding industry so I just wanted to drive it home)

Book her now! You won't regret it…read more Rubi met all of our expectations and more. Wedding planning is so stressful but Rubi alleviated undo stress with quick responses to any questions we had. She came prepared with questions to the two visionary meetings to focus in on what we wanted captured and how we wanted the final product to look and feel. Before even meeting her, her portfolio captured me in a way that countless others hadn't. I'm a sucker for rich, moody, cinematic landscapes and Rubi provided just that. Rubi devotes so much time and effort in researching how to uniquely enhance each couple, individual, or family. If you have a direction she will get you there. If you're like me and have no clue what you want she will create magic that you didn't know was possible. She is incredibly easy to work with. She values her clients and it shows in her attention to detail and service. My husband hates taking pictures but Rubi made him feel as comfortable as possible and it showed with his smile and genuine relaxed position on film. I promise she is worth every penny.

Completely ruined so many kids senior pictures by putting several kids in the wrong schools…read moreyearbooks. My son was devastated. These are memories that mean a lot to them and to be so careless.

My son recently took his senior pictures here. This was the first time here because my oldest did…read morehis senior pictures at the other guys. When we drove up we didn't see it at first since it's a small building, but once we hit that u-turn we were able to see it. We were prompt and came at the correct time of our appointment, but when we got there they were shooting a students picture and there was another student waiting inside. We probably waited about 10-15 min before they started on my son's photo shoot, but that's not bad considering other places take longer. The guys taking the pictures were pretty quick. They took him to different areas of the lot to get different backgrounds and poses. Several of my son's pictures came out good and I loved them. The guys were professional and very polite. I was in shock to see some of the negative reviews only because we were treated very well. The gal inside was super friendly also and communicated to us that there was another student in front of my son and was informative on how the ordering was going to be like and what to expect when the pictures were done. I really liked this place. If you're trying to find it, don't drive too fast or you'll miss it like we did. There's not a huge amount of parking space, so just know it's limiting parking and make sure to come at your scheduled time so you don't mess with someone else's photo shoot. I'm glad Stockdale High School was able to get this company, I liked the way the staff was and their professionalism. I would recommend them!

High quality, No BS. Wife is happy, baby was happy and we have affordable expert photos for…read moreannouncements and the grandparents

Absolutely the most amazing person to work with!! I have never meat someone so organize and on…read morepoint with coordinating .i love working with Violet all the time I get a chance! As a wedding photographer I highly recommend her for your wedding needs! Thank you for your hard work my friend!

We love working with Violet with Exclusively Yours. Violet is very organized and punctual. We love…read morethat she makes everything happen so flawlessly. We asked for the bouquet during bride & groom portraits and without hesitation she brought it to us. She gave us our space and time with the couple to get all the portraits we needed and yet kept things running right on schedule. We truly look forward to working with Violet and Exclusively Yours more often in the future.

When I think of a local business I'm most thankful for, the list is rather lengthy. But one…read morebusiness that deserves all the gratitude in the world, especially with this last year being so difficult, is Simply Chic Events. It all started with a cold call requesting Santa for an event. Yes, folks - Irma has the power to summon the big jolly man himself. This Santa was 100% the real deal and even made an appearance with Mrs. Claus! To see adults enjoy the spirit of Christmas like that was an absolute treasure. I knew Irma was my 'event-planner for life' when I hired her to help with a company holiday party a few years ago. Between multiple reschedules and last minute changes she remained kind as ever. What she managed to pull off in such a short time was a magnificent wonderland of a party. The details were nothing short of magical. I'm so thankful for Irma and her crew of superheroes. Her passion for event planning and helping people is why I'll continue to support her business. And also because I can be confident my event will be perfect.

Irma and her amazing teammate, Evelyn were phenomenal!!! The attention to detail, access to…read morevendors, and overall ability to execute every task made my daughter's wedding a dream come true!

Well, they say you get a year to do everything after your wedding so here it goes right on the…read moredeadline ;D I'll start by saying I've never written a review for ANYTHING/ONE before. But I cannot say enough about the experience we had with Ashley through this process. We started off shooting our engagement pictures in San Francisco running all over town to get the perfect shots. Mission accomplished :) Then, when it came time for wedding day, I threw my team for a loop and switched up my wedding coordinators last minute. Ashley was so supportive and made me feel at ease because "they got this"...The day went off without a hitch. We had a list planned out ahead of time to make sure we got all the must-have pictures. Everything was planned out and smooth because we had talked about it all ahead of time. I didn't have to worry about a thing! I can't say enough about making sure you have great vendors and Ashley dePencier Photo, Evermoore films, Bakersfield Country Club, and Freestyle Mike were the DREAM team. I also wanted to add that Ashley had taken some pictures of one of our family members who recently passed away unexpectedly. She was gracious enough to go through her files and give me this picture for us to use for a tribute to her... I randomly asked her for this picture with a ridiculous deadline of like 12 hours to get it and she still made it happen for us. This says a lot about her generosity and commitment to her clients. I hope this helps answer some questions for future brides, mothers, etc.

Ashley did our maternity photos and our newborn photos and did an amazing job at that! She will do…read morewhat it takes to get a great shot. I watched her lay on the ground to get that beautiful light that comes at sunset right behind us and stand on chairs top get a beautiful overhead shot of our baby. In addition, she worked with what our goals were to get the photos we wanted. She helped us pose props that we wanted and had really creative ideas. Finally, her turn around time was awesome. She was really on top of getting our photos to us for Christmas cards which was much appreciated. Best of all, the photos were gorgeous. We have them throughout our house and are happy to have our family captured so perfectly.

Tracey did an AMAZING job coordinating my wedding making it a day i will forever remember. It was…read morebeautiful and everything ran smoothly. Thank you Oh So Purdy Events for your great services!

We hired Shannon for full service wedding planning and also used her for the florals for my…read moredaughters wedding. We worked with Shannon for almost a year planning the big day and finally this past weekend it was wedding day! Shannon and her team completely knocked it out of the park! The wedding was absolutely breathtaking. Every single detail was absolute perfection. The florals were stunning and we could not be happier with her service. I will most definitely use her for my other children's weddings and events. I read the other review on here about her being pricey, but I say you get what you pay for. If you are looking for perfection she is definitely going to provide you with just that.

I'm really having a hard time writing this post because I just don't like to be negative. I like to…read morelearn from experiences and move on with my life. My intentions for this post are to help other brides learn from my experience. Since this vendor does not allow reviews on her Facebook page and another bride told me her yelp review was somehow removed... I'm going to go ahead and write my review here with hesitation. Our (my fiancé and I) had an amazing first meeting with Shannon Lee-Hough (shannon Hough Events). We were very impressed with her ability to just pick up the phone and call vendors when she found out we needed a DJ for our wedding. We ended up hiring her and put a deposit of $2250. We were looking forward to having less stress with this planning process. Well, she gave us two quotes over the next couple days which were both $5k or more for deejay services. We thought that was quite high and even joked that possibly she was marking the prices up. Then I went to her about cake tastings and invitations. While she was pressuring me to use her for floral services by telling me that she had another bride interested. She set up a cake tasting for us. I thought she was setting up two, but she only set up one and had the baker dropped the cakes off at our house. (She blamed this on me.) I had told her I don't know what I need to do and I wanted to be treated as a 5 year old because I want my hand to be held, but she still thought it was necessary to ask if I just wanted the cakes dropped off. I said dropping off is fine. I was currently stressed about her doing florals for another wedding. My wedding was at 11 am. How could she possibly do floral for another wedding? The cakes were dropped off at a different time than she told us and we were at another appointment. (Invitations, again another vendor we found on our own and made our own appointment). She's texting us asking why we aren't there? Uhm, because they aren't supposed to be there for another two hours. When I asked about invitations she literally sent me contact info for two invitation vendors for me to contact on my own. That's frustrating, but okay. So I get in contact with them but I'm annoyed by the questionnaire. Can I just see some samples? We decide to just walk in to a local vendors to see what they had. They were the sweetest mother and daughter and were just extremely helpful! I saved the best for last!!! Floral... I set up a meeting with her and she did a beautiful mockup. Just gorgeous! We were excited to have our wedding planner and florist all in one. One less vendor to have to find! A couple of days after our appointment Shannon sent us a PayPal request for $5,500 for our floral deposit. That seemed quite high so we asked her for an estimate on our floral and she said she couldn't give us one because we didn't know all the details yet and she wanted to do another mockup for $300. Wait... what? So again, I request an estimate. The response was $18,000 + so I talk to a friend of mine and they were shocked too. She doesn't have a store front and all the overhead that comes with that and they told me I needed to ask for a breakdown. They were actually shocked that she didn't send one. Well, being that our big centerpieces were almost $800. Shannon sent another PayPal request for $4,000. (She was lowering her deposit amount) I got a gut feeling. Something I couldn't explain. we decided to tell shannon to go ahead and let the other bride know she's available to do their wedding. This was stressing me out. We finally went to shannon and expressed our concerns. I was feeling like my wedding planner was more concerned with getting hired for floral design than actually planning my wedding and relieving stress. To our surprise, she offered a refund. We sat down that weekend and thought: we don't have a wedding planner, we don't have florals, we haven't decided on inviatations. We are more stressed now then before we hired her. It's probably best for us to take that refund, move our date, and move forward from there. We expressed this to her over text (that's her preferred communication method) she tried to call me but my tonsil was swollen and it was difficult to talk. Monday morning she sent us a text letting us know she will not be refunding us. WHAT?! She proceeded to tell us why we should be happy with her. No matter what I said she argued with it. Finally, I told her that if she wasn't going to give us our money back then she needed to call our vendors that we had already called and set everything back up. I don't Think she was expecting that. I think she thought she was just going to walk away with $2250. Things got really ugly from there. I'm sure she can say plenty of bad things about us, but she's supposed to be a professional and she certainly DOES NOT behave that way. There are many other things I could say, but my energy is gone. I can't put any more into this person.