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    Manuel Ortega Photography

    5.0 (38 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    One of my favorites from our engagement photo session!- Cannery Row, Monterey CA
    Patty V.

    Highly recommended!!!! I Hired Manuel for the first time about 4 years ago to shoot our Family Portraits. In spite that he was dealing with 10 of us in the pictures, he was very patient and took some great Pictures!! I recently Hired him for my engagement Photo Session and my pictures are AMAZING!! His incredible artistic vision allows him to convert the simplest setting into a magnificent backdrop! He is very professional and takes great pride in his work. He and his Lovely assistant/wife Melissa, make a great team and made the shoot very enjoyable and made us feel very comfortable doing it. We loved the pictures so much we are flying them down to Cabo San Lucas to be our wedding photographer.:-)

    Manuel took amazing promotional shots of Reggae Duo "Cool and Easy".

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    If you are reading this stop looking for another photographer! Lorinda is the absolute best. She…read morewent above and beyond with our surprise engagement shoot this past weekend. Coming from Sacramento, I had no clue where to pull off the surprise, but Lorinda had the answers for everything. Which beach to have as the venue, which hotel to stay at, and even had extra outfits for my now fiancé to change in to. We had a lot of family come in for the surprise and she was extremely professional with guiding all of them as well. As for the shoot itself, Lorinda captured our memorable moment with some stunning images. She knew exactly what she was doing, which lighting worked for each pose, she made us very comfortable, and the whole shoot felt very candid. Thank you again Lorinda for everything, 5/5 is an understatement.

    We have been lucky enough to have Lorinda take our engagement photos, wedding photos, maternity…read morephotos, and most recently our birth photography. She has been a staple in our growing family over the past few years and we are so lucky to have such a talented, skilled, creative, and comforting photographer. Lorinda is true professional in every way and always goes the extra mile to make her clients feel incredible in front of the camera and even better once you see the high quality photos. Lorinda has captured so many memories and moments of our growing family and we are so grateful for her and we are always looking forward to asking her to photograph our family.

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    I am so glad I hired Adam for my surprise proposal to my girlfriend. Living in SoCal and having…read morenever been to Monterey/Big Sur, I planned my whole proposal based on google searches, reddit threads, and word of mouth. Being a Big Sur/Monterey local, Adam provided extremely helpful insight and feedback for my proposal. He definitely helped relieve a lot of the stress during the planning phase of my proposal. On the day of the actual shoot, the day-of jitters was overwhelming at times, but Adam's energy and demeanor was very centering. He was patient and gave my new fiancee and I space to calm ourselves, and also knew when to take charge and guide us with our poses. He also had amazing and creative ideas for how to pose and brought us to local, reclusive spots to take intimate photos. Best of all, Adam always had a smile on his face and he made us really think like we were supermodels walking the runway haha. If you're going to do any photoshoot, especially a proposal or engagement shoot, in the Big Sur/Monterey area, I would highly recommend getting Adam!!

    I was referred to Adam through another photographer who unfortunately could no longer capture my…read moreengagement due to a last minute date change caused by rainy weather. From the get go, Adam was incredibly personable, communicative, and had great recommendations on proposal spots and tips on how to propose. We came up with a plan to propose at a secluded cliff and a surprise picnic at the beach afterwards. Adam was more than happy to coordinate with Dreamy Events by Ev and even suggested to push the proposal a bit earlier to accommodate for driving time in order to give us one full hour for photos! Adam delivered our sneak peaks and full album photos in a timely manner. Let me tell you, the photos came out AMAZING and we are so glad to have found him!!! Adam was incredible to work with and we would 100% recommend him to anybody looking for a photographer in the Carmel/Monterrey area.

    Flora Gibson Photography

    Flora Gibson Photography

    (57 reviews)

    We hired Flora Gibson Photography for our Big Sur elopement on 10/22/25, and choosing her was…read moreeasily one of the best decisions we made. We originally found her through a Reddit post in the elopement subreddit, and after seeing her stunning work, we immediately knew we wanted her as our photographer. We even shifted our date just to fit her availability that's how incredible her photography is! From the very beginning, communication was top-notch. We booked her in early December, and throughout the entire process she was professional, responsive, and helpful. Her elopement guide, complete with recommended vendors, made planning so much easier. On the day of our elopement, Flora made us feel completely at ease. She guided us through poses naturally and effortlessly, helping us look and feel like ourselves. Her knowledge of Big Sur is unmatched she grew up in the area and knows all the hidden gems, which made our photos even more magical. We were blown away by her quick turnaround as well. She sent preview photos within 2 days (when most photographers take 1-2 weeks!) and delivered the full gallery within 3 weeks, far faster than the usual 6-8 weeks. And the photos... absolutely jaw-dropping. We were stunned when we saw them. Everyone we've shared them with has been amazed, with multiple people saying they look like something out of a magazine. We truly cannot thank Flora enough for capturing our day so beautifully. We highly, highly recommend her to anyone looking for a talented, professional, and genuinely wonderful photographer.

    Flora was beyond amazing to work with for our Big Sur elopement. She was my biggest cheerleader and…read moremade sure we got some killer shots. The day went smoothly from start to finish and our pictures are more gorgeous than we could ever have hoped for! We couldn't imagine this day without her.

    Jacob Perl Photography

    Jacob Perl Photography

    (6 reviews)

    At the last minute, we decided to elope instead of getting married in Italy. With 6 days to plan,…read morewe used the services of officiant Brian Borgia at "Weddings in Monterey." Brian had several photographers he works with - Jacob's photographic style appealed to us and he was available to shoot a mid-week afternoon wedding. Weren't we lucky to find Perl Photography! Besides fantastic photos, he listened intently and gave us exactly the photos we had hoped for - and another 140 terrific shots! He gave us the rights to the pictures - so none of the expensive packages from other photographers. What we especially liked was his attitude - he made our "after wedding" photos a complete party. We hiked down to the beach and shot some more photos with the waves and rocks in the background. Then a couple of the waves merged into a big wave and we were standing knee deep in a wave. We were all laughing so hard! Apparently Jacob kept shooting - the wave shot is Mark's favorite!

    Jacob was nice, in a sense...yet he simply was not the photographer for us. My husband and I…read morewouldn't recommend him to anyone we care about for that matter...we were the clients that wanted anything BUT overly posed wedding photos. Luckily, we had a separate wedding celebration months later, documented by a different photographer; therefore, we weren't stuck with the awkwardly posed, overly staged photos that we got from Jacob. I'm not sure Jacob is keen on listening to the actual client's desires, versus placing his vision on the project that is in-fact, not his to mold, but that of the client's. My husband and I were ridiculously disappointed in the product produced by Jacob to the point that we don't have ANY photos of our actual marriage ceremony that we can comfortably display, outside of the photos that were taken in which Jacob "ordered" us to repeat "and 'this time follow his instruction" because we didn't walk/display poses in the way he wanted us to and we deviated from his vision and did what we felt to be natural... (long and behold, only those pictures deviating FROM Jacob's instruction turned out to be the few good ones among the salvageable). In summary, If you have a vision that's anything other than overly posed/produced shots, look elsewhere.

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