I highly recommend M. Tierny's Photography. I've used her several times and she always delivers with high-quality memorable images. Molly has a true artistic eye and is great with kids. We enjoyed our recent family session with her. Thank you Molly! read more

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We've used Molly as our family photographer since 2016 when we started with engagement photos. She traveled to tulum to do our wedding and has done family photos for our pregnancies and newborns of two separate babies.. I could not recommend her artist, photographic eye more. She's amazing. read more

Molly is the best photographer Julian and I could have ever hoped for on our wedding day. She is full of fun, energy, and great creative ideas for poses and detail shots. She is a fabulous communicator both via email and in person when shooting. And, best of all, she is super quick on turning over photos despite how busy she is getting to be. She posts photos from the shoot up as soon as she gets home. (Seriously, it's awesome!) I was lucky enough to find Molly by chance on an email from Amazon showing discount deals. At first I was skeptical, but after looking though her work online I knew that Julian and I had to meet her. We got in touch with Molly and met up at a Starbucks in Burbank to get to know each other and see if we thought that she was a good fit. This small gesture alone was enough to let us know that she was something truly special. After going over some details about our budget, we booked an engagement session with Molly in Santa Monica. (Did I mention she's willing to travel and muck around under piers? She's the BEST.) There was no question after the engagement shoot. Molly was it for us. :) She kept in communication with us via email and answered our questions/sent us a series of questions to find out what was important for us on our wedding day. She showed up early to set up and get familiar with everyone and started shooting right away. She was an absolute dream to work with - structured, but willing to add poses/shots that Julian and I asked for. She whipped our rowdy group of friends into shape and we have the most beautiful wedding photos now as a result. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say that Julian and I will definitely be recommending Molly to anyone and everyone who asks and we will be looking forward to working with her in the future. Her personality, passion, and skill put her above the rest without a doubt. read more

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We met Molly after getting a special deal on Amazon Local which gave us a great bargain - an hour of photos and we got to keep the full sized digital files (which she sent a link to online). We did a photo shoot with my wife and one year old son. Molly picked some really great locations, and she worked very well with my baby to get smiling, laughing and looking cute. The pictures were bright, vivid portraits of us with a couple candids. We got a ton of shots back from Molly (close to a hundred), and having the full sized digital files have us a ton of flexibility in sharing, printing, etc. Many other photographers require you to pay $5-10 for each digital file after you've paid for the session (which is a little bit of a gotcha to me). We were so impressed with the way the pictures turned out that we hired Molly for our son's first birthday party (which was a big traditional Korean first birthday). Molly was once again charming, fun and easy to work with. We can't wait to see all the pictures from this one! You can check out her portfolio on Facebook to see if you like her style of photography. read more

We could not have hoped to find a more wonderful photographer to capture the special moments of our wedding day. Molly has such a great artistic eye and captured not only the joy of our special occasion, but the incredible beauty of the nature around us. Molly made us feel comfortable and was so easy to work with. She was able to create so many great shots, we felt so many terrific memories were captured on film. We love our photos! read more

Molly is, hands down, the best photographer with whom I've had the pleasure of working. The first time I met her was for my daughter's second birthday photos in July. Molly was incredibly patient with my very shy/hesitant toddler. Her patience and perseverance paid off and we got AMAZING photos of her! She was on time and very professional. In a matter of days, we had all the edited photos she'd taken! I was so impressed by that experience that I decided to use her again for our family photos in November. I was not disappointed! Again, Molly was very patient with my two kids (2.5 years and 9 months old) and did everything she could to get them to warm up to her! Even my husband (not a picture fan), said it was a very pleasant experience. Even though it was the start of what I'm sure was her busy season, we got the edited photos within days of the photo shoot. I am still blown away with all the beautiful shots she got of our family. Molly is most certainly worth the drive from Simi Valley to Pasadena and I've recommended her to anyone who asks! I plan on using her for all my family's photography needs! read more

We were fortunate to find Molly on Yelp! She is a natural with newborns! She came to our home to take the photos which for new parents was a big plus. She worked with our home and found the perfect lighting for the pictures. Our baby was cooperating too so it was a match made in heaven. She was very flexible with the form of payment. Her communication from the beginning to end was excellent. Our pictures were timely and more importantly gorgeous!!! We look forward to working with her for future pictures as our baby grows! Thanks for everything Molly! read more

It is unfortunate that Molly and I had a disagreement about contracted time and fees the night before my daughters one year party. I booked Molly after finding her on CL and did a test shoot with her and my daughter for her ten month shoot, Molly did a pretty good job, i was very pleased for the price ($100), such a fabulous deal and was able to get so many great shots from that shoot to enlarge into many reprints, canvases and used for a variety of things for my daughters one year party, including a guestbook filled with pictures from the shoot. (I even boasted about the fact that i found a new up and coming photog who was super affordable to others who i knew used a pro for family pics/newborn shoots) Fast forward two months later to my daughters one year party at Maggianos in Costa Mesa Aug 20103 - and not a single shot that i can say i LOVE or any shots quite frankly that look like a pro shot them, granted i only paid $225 for the two hours ($250 minus the $25 discount for being a FB fan) booked but really i felt like she was unprofessional by not doing the very best job she could, a lot of friends mentioned the photos looked like any one of us could have taken them. We even have random shots where you see her sitting around and just holding her camera not bothering to take shots or moving around to get the "shot" I emailed Molly about my frustration, i was shocked that the ten month shoot and the one year party were so different, she said she did the best she could and did offer a small session - that was nice of her, but quite frankly i am so upset that my daughters one year party wasnt captured in a professional manner that really nothing she can do would make up for it. here is a link to some of the BETTER ones, you can judge for yourself: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152150791683906.1073741835.716158905&type=1&l=cd6af8cf31 She explained it was all because of lighting, thats why they didnt turn out great. Key things missing: money shot of the head table straight on without obstructions (people/heads) and head table shot with the FAMILY. In the end, she will probably do a good job for you so long as you dont upset her, she is affordable and because of the lack of experience she is affordable, its a risk you can take if its not a special event, but be very careful about capturing that moment that you cant get back or recreate. I still like her newborn shots a lot, i was really hoping she could be my family photog for years to come, unfortunately my cheap nature and her negative attitude just couldnt make it work. Just manage your expectations properly. read more

EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN A PHOTOGRAPHER My husband and I purchased an online voucher for a one hour session with Molly. BEST online purchase I've ever made. She was very fun to work with and was willing to do whatever we wanted. However, we didn't even need to tell her what we wanted because she covered it all. She made sure we got plenty of photos with lots of various poses, backgrounds, etc. Aside from being a great photographer, she is a pleasant person to work with. I truly felt like she cared about our pictures and she was quick to let us know when we got a great shot. :) Try a shoot with Molly, you won't regret it. read more

Molly just shot our daughter's Bat Mitzvah and did an amazing job. She split her time between the morning ceremony and evening reception and the pictures all look fantastic. She was also just a pleasure to work with and had a fantastic way of getting all the little kids to look at the camera and smile. I would recommend her for any of your photography needs. read more

Great photographer with even greater photos!! I first contacted Molly for my pregnancy pictures. She was very accommodating,since I called her last minute toward week 35-36. It was the end of July. I was huge and it was super hot. She took shots of me and my husband in 2 different location. She did not linger with the time since I was very uncomfortable and we got so many great pictures out of it. We then decided to have a newborn session with her. She came with props and took such wonderful pictures you would never know that my baby was crying 99.9% of the session and would not pose unless we rocked her and tricked her with the pacifier. It was the most exhausting 2 hours of our lives but Molly once again pulled it off with a smile and made us feel great. We love Molly and the pictures so much! We can't wait for my baby's six month and one year photo session. We recommend her to everyone! read more

I found Molly on Craigslist, looking for a reasonably priced photographer to take pictures of my newborn nephew. At first I was a bit wary, because- well, it's Craigslist, but from my first email to Molly, I could tell she was trustworthy. Molly's prices are definitely reasonable and you get more than what you would get from some overpriced photographer. Molly spent about 2 hours taking pictures of my nephew, and was extremely patient when he was crying (which was most of the time). Even though he was in a bad, bad mood, Molly managed to capture great pictures of him. Best of all, Molly provided us with a CD of over 100 pictures to print however many we want and wherever we want. Thanks so much Molly!! read more

Molly was our wedding photographer. I saw her shot online and love her creativeness. She shot our engagement photos on the beach and Malibu and they were absolutely stunning. The beach was PACKED but she made it look like we were alone on an isolated beach. It was amazing. The wedding photos were fun and creative and she also did traditional family shots. She made all of us look good. We also had beautiful candid shots of guests having fun at the wedding. The wedding was a blur, it went so fast, and I loved reliving it by looking at all Molly's shots. We had about 100 people at the wedding. She worked alone and seemed to be everywhere. I highly recommend her. She made the whole photo process fun and easy. read more

Molly did our newborn photographs and a family session and I really enjoyed both sessions. She was very patient and spent a lot of time with us. I love and treasure the photos she captured. Thanks again Molly! Can't wait to work with you again! read more

Molly is wonderful and easy to work with. She's very friendly and makes you feel comfortable. If you want a location shoot and you don't know where to go (like what happened with us), this experienced photographer has some great ideas! And the photos do not disappoint. You will have priceless treasures after your photo shoot with Tierney Photography. read more

Molly is great! I found her when looking for a photographer to do a newborn shoot. I wasn't able to schedule until my daughter was about 6 weeks old already and a lot of photographers I looked into charged outrageous amounts and many were not even willing to do it at that point (since she was older than 2 weeks). Molly had no problems with it and was still able to get tons of great shots. We did my daughters 6 month photos with her as well and they came out amazing. I love how her photos look real and how she doesn't need to use a lot of cheesy props. Her prices are so reasonable too and she offers great deals on her Facebook page. Hoping to keep using her for our family photos for a long time, I only wish I had found her a lot sooner! read more

I just downloaded the photos from my daughter's birthday party and, as expected, they were lovely. I first met Molly a few years ago, when my sisters-in-law and I decided to hire a family photographer for our mother-in-law's birthday. I forget how my sister-in-law found her but Molly photographed all 17 of us (adults and kids) and did such a great job (my mother-in-law was thrilled!) that she's been our go to family photographer ever since. She's taken beach photos with my family the past two summers and she's photographed my daughter's birthday parties for the past few years. I've worked with a lot of photographers since having kids and Molly is my favorite. She's easy to work with, friendly, cheerful, talented, no hassle.....and her photos are beautiful! Exactly what I want in a family photographer. (And I've looked at her wedding photos online - they are quite fabulous as well.) read more

I am a musician, singer-songwriter, and I needed some artwork which includes photos for a CD cover. Molly was a total pleasure to work with and very creative. We had a great photo shoot going to various locations and am totally pleased with the way the pictures came out. She has a certain "urban" sensibility which worked so well with me. I am already recommending her to others! read more

Molly is the best! We have worked with her several times over the past 2 years! I was not prepared when my first baby came 6 weeks early, but I called Molly and she was super friendly and lucky for us had plenty of available times to schedule a sitting. She also traveled over an hour to our house, so we didn't have to take our brand new baby out. We have not used anyone else since. We now have 2 babies! We have done 2 newborn sessions, a maternity session, 2 6 month sessions, a 1st birthday/smash the cake session, baby head shots (which helped land a target add), and family shots in all of those sessions. She is so sweet, and her pictures are AMAZING! Our house is running out of room, because I can never choose, I love all of her prints! She also has great specials! Molly is the BEST! read more

Molly took our maternity photos this past weekend and I could not be happier and excited about the wonderful photos she took. It was a real pleasure working with her- she was very professional, creative and timely. It has only been two days since we had our session and she has already sent me our photos. You can really see how much she loves what she does, as it translates into every photo that she takes. She made this experience magical and I will be seeing her again once our little one is born. Thank you Molly- Hope to have you capture each and every special moment in our lives. read more

WOW!! Molly is a my photo superstar! I purchased a session with her through LivingSocial.... and didn't have a clue what to expect. I was actually kinda nervous not knowing anything about her before buying the online deal. One phone conversation with her put all my doubts away. She was so sweet and accommodating and took a lot of time to answer all my questions. We met at the park of my choice and she was early and ready to go! We planned to take some family photos with my husband and two year old daughter as well as some maternity shots. The vibe was so relaxed and natural and she worked wonders on our crabby daughter who had just woken up from a nap. She was so patient with her and got her to laugh and smile. She captured some amazing candid moments of the three of us, as well as some beautifully posed shots, all while giving great direction and even stopping to fix my hair when it wasn't looking right. All the photos were sent to us online (350+ full sized photos). She even took the time to touch them up and make many of them into black&white. I couldn't be happier with how they turned out. Great lighting and colors and composition. They are works of art that we will treasure forever! We are looking forward to using her when our newborn baby arrives and probably for years to come! read more

Molly did such a wonderful job photographing our wedding this past July. We were trying to keep everything low budget and I wasn't planning to have a photographer at all, but I am SO GLAD that we changed our minds and decided to hire Molly. Not only do we love the beautiful photos, but she was also a real pleasure to work with. We are pretty camera shy and I was worried that the whole experience would be awkward, but Molly did a great job of giving us instruction and putting us at ease - even when it came time to deal with our entire extended families she was great at controlling the scene and making sure we ended the day with great shots. During the reception she completely disappeared into the crowd and managed to get photos of all of the guests without us even noticing she was there! I cannot recommend Molly highly enough!!! read more

Molly was the best photographer I have worked with. I have worked as a photographer's assistant in the past and even hired many other photographers and she was by far the most professional and above all patient photographers I've ever dealt with. She was punctual and even provided a engagement mini photoshoot prior to our Wedding. Those shots gave us the confidence to know, no matter what happened at the wedding or went wrong. We knew the thing we'd have to remember were amazing pictures that she'd take. We still keep hearing compliments from family and friends over how amazing the pictures are. read more

Molly did our first photo shoot in 2010 for me and my daughter when she was 1 year old. She is amazing and captured so many memories over the years. I have asked her every year since then to shoot for my daughter's birthday parties. She always produces a good mix of candid and non-candid shots. Her prices are reasonable and she's willing to travel too. The quality of her work is top notch and her response time to give you the photos is so quick, usually in a week. On top of all that, she is professional, flexible, and easy to work with. I would happily recommend her to anyone looking for a great photographer! I'm definitely a fan of hers and I'm so happy to have found her through my friend who recommended her to me. read more

I found Molly on craigslist and I am very glad I did. We ordered a package from her for our daughter's first year. She has done such a great job! She is very easy to work and flexible. The prices are very reasonable considering the high quality work she produces. Also she is willing to travel. A great example is when we had an unexpected move and we still had 2 sessions left with her she told us to let her know when we have our daughter's first birthday party and if she is free she would be willing to come to Sacramento to take pictures. She kept her word! She was able to come to our daughter's first birthday party to take photos. I am so grateful for that! I highly recommend her. read more

Molly did my daughters first birthday pictures... She was amazing. She was patient with a newly walking baby. We never felt rushed or hurried. Molly really takes her time working until she feels she got outstanding pictures! read more

Molly is awesome! We have shot with her for my daughter's 3-month and 6-month photos and are looking forward to booking her again at 9-months and one year! She is so patient and skilled. She also has a quick turnaround. The pictures she has captured are definitely some of the highlights of our digital treasures. read more

Molly is the best!!! She has been photographing my daughter since she was 3 month old. This coming week she'll be doing her 1-year shoot and I am so excited...we're heading to the beach! Molly is patient and will absolutely work with you in whatever environment you chose. She's very creative and always comes prepared with props. She also edits and sends you a CD of all the pictures she captured within the same week of your shoot....awesome!!! Prices are reasonable. You will not be disappointed. read more

Molly took photos at our daughter's first birthday party and my husband and I were very pleased with the results. Molly is very pleasant, polite and professional. Will definitely use her again! read more

I cannot say enough good things about Molly. I met Molly after buying one of her deals on Amazon. My husband and I were more than pleased with our maternity session. The shots she took were amazing! In less than hour she was able to get an abundance of awesome pictures. She truly is talented and I highly recommend her. We plan to have her take pictures of our newborn once he arrives. Thank you Molly! read more

I bought a Amazon voucher and couldn't have been happier with the results. There were 10 of us, 7 adults and 3 children under 5 years old. Molly had her work cut out for her and she accomplished all we wanted and more. She is artist and has a good eye. She captured some amazing moments and put everyone at ease. She was quick and efficient--it was painless. read more