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    Summer Bear Photography

    5.0 (55 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 10:00 pm

    Services - Summer Bear Photography

    Couples photography

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    Family portraits

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    Veronica P.

    Omg!!!! What an all around great experience!!!!! We were lucky enough to have her photograph our big day! But before that she was nice enough to offer us a free one hour photog shoot for us to get comfortable in front of the camera. The products of both were absolutely amazing. The pictures of our big day were able to be blown up into a metal print of 3 feet with great quality. She has an amazing eye and we look forward to including her into the next great steps in our life.

    Triplets and big brother.
    Crystal S.

    Crystal was absolutely amazing!! Very professional was on-time and listened to what my son really wanted for his senior pictures. Great personality and very responsive to all my emails from day one. I highly recommended and will be booking again in the future when we are in need of more photos.

    Beatriz M.

    I wanted to gift my parents family portraits for their anniversary so I went searching on yelp and found crystal. It was a great choice my parents and family loved the pictures. She was very flexible with the scheduling. We were 12 in total 6 adults and 6 kids and it's challenge to get that many kids to sit and take a picture but she did it ! Wish we would have hired her for our wedding !

    a second later there was a bike flying over the jump behind it and Crystal caught it.
    A R.

    Crystal is wonderful!! Her energy, enthusiasm and thoughtfulness are exactly what you want in a photographer. She went out of her way to get some ridiculous requested shots at my friends' wedding and made accommodations for folks with mobility issues that meant she couldn't have the best even lighting---but she made it work! and had a great attitude about it!! I will definitely be recommending her to anybody that asks me if I know of an excellent photographer. A good photographer makes their work look easy but as an avid amateur I know how much work goes into getting shots, showing up with the right equipment, storing all the files, organizing everything... so much work. I was able to take a bunch of fun candid shots at my friends wedding knowing that the key important shots would be handled. So glad my friends lucked out and found Crystal!! It's always worth it to hire a pro!

    my moment to remember

    Many times Bridal Shows can be overwhelming with vendors are promoting their services and of course, they should do. Let me tell you about my experience having Summer Bear Photography services. As I approach Crystal's Booth (Summer Bear Photography) expecting the same speech from the many other vendors. Crystal takes time and really listens, willing to workout packages that fit your budget, and OMG will travel to your venue. My wedding was in another state she stayed in contact with me assuring even with the pandemic she will attend ready to work. She is awesome... Liz & Randy H.

    Yalda A.

    Highly recommend! Wonderful job with reasonable price. My daughter 2ed Birthday Photoshoot was awesome. Yalda

    Polina H.

    My sister and I decided to surprise our mom with a family photo shoot for her birthday. Since I live on the other side of the country I turned to yelp for help, and found Crystal. She was so easy to communicate with and was super professional and accommodating. It was a multi generational photo shoot and she handled it beautifully. The photos came out great, everyone had a good time and we have some great memories. Highly recommend Crystal for your photography needs she has a great eye, and is a true professional.

    Quick turnaround on select photos that we used in our guestbook and this collage style framing that we displayed at our wedding reception.

    This is the photographer you want for your wedding. She is incredibly fun to work with. She is also very talented and dedicated to her work. I chose Crystal Summer Bear from many photographers on Yelp because she was the most responsive and I liked her portfolio on her website. She was also seemed invested from the start, and she had a competitive price with flexible options that worked for us. I couldn't have been more pleased with our experience working with her. She is very professional and efficient. Even under time pressure she able to get a lot of photos because she could so quickly and effortlessly direct us on how to pose to get great pictures. She's also just a lot of fun. We were practically giggling the whole time because she worked with such enthusiasm and knows how to make the process fun. She does great touch up work and even got us a great sample of photos very quickly that we used as a display for our larger wedding reception a week later per the picture below. I really can't recommend Summer Bear Photography enough. You will not go wrong if you get her as our photographer.

    Second time we have gone with Crystal for our family pictures and we love them. She really puts you at ease and gives great direction will definitely go with her for future family pictures

    Crystal did an amazing job. I still haven't mastered how to stand next to a tree. :)
    Kris D.

    Crystal did an amazing job for my photo session. I needed professional headshots for work and posing for photos isn't easy for me. Thankfully, Crystal helped me out on what to do, where to look & how to feel. The park was busy, but I never felt any anxiety -- it was easy-going & relaxed. The photos came out great, natural but professional. Thanks Crystal!

    Natalie S.

    Crystal is a super-star with kids! She got along so well with our 2.5 year old. Our daughter set through the shot, looked unto camera and was so comfortable that we got all sorts of her fun expressions caught on camera. She is very easy going and knows all the right angles and tricks to make your photos look amazing! Love the experience and would highly recommend Crystal for any occasion you what to memorize.

    Crystal took our engagement photos and will be photographing our wedding next year. We were very happy with the photos she got of us. We had never done professional photos before and were a little nervous. How would we stand? Would we have any direction? Would we look too posed? But Crystal was very helpful. She directed us to stand and look in certain ways that felt natural and looked great in the photos. She timed the photos well to avoid having too many people in the background (we shot at lake Merritt on a sunny evening, so some people in the background were unavoidable) She got us our sneak peek the next day! and our full album in 2 weeks. We cant wait for her to photograph our wedding. We trust that she will get all the great shots :)

    Some photos from our engagement shoot!
    Ruthie P.

    Crystal was amazing! I'm photographer myself so being in front of the camera is not very comfortable for me. But Crystal made us look beautiful! She did our engagement photos in q redwood park in Oakland. We love all of our photos. She was so easy to work with, prices are amazing for what you get! I could not have asked for a better experience. Please book with Crystal you won't regret it!

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    Awe thank you so much!! He was a pleasure to work with:)

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    I had never had a professional photo session done and Crystal exceeded all of my expectations with the shoot.

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