This was our second time having Summer Rae Photography capture our family photos, and once again she exceeded our expectations. Summer is an outstanding photographer with an incredible eye for detail, and she has a special talent for working with little ones. She made the entire session relaxed and fun, and somehow managed to get beautiful, natural shots of our family--even with two energetic littles in tow. We're so grateful for her patience, creativity, and kindness. We absolutely love our photos and highly recommend her! read more

We absolutely loved our experience with Summer! She was wonderful with our family of four, she recommended a beautiful location, had great communication and made our experience stressfree and enjoyable. I really appreciated how understanding and kind she was with our small children. My husband and I really liked the way our photos came out and were so impressed how soon we were able to receive our link with edited photos. Thank you Summer for being awesome and so lovely to work with. read more

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we love our family photos! great communication, positive interactions, overall highly recommend!!

Amazing experience!! Thank you, Summer, for catching beautiful memories for us to treasure forever. We love our family beach photos so much and they truly turned out way beyond our expectations. Summer was wonderful at helping our kids pose for great shots and not making it feel awkward for us to smile for the camera. She helped us feel comfortable by giving great direction and it showed in the natural candid look of the photos. I also love the lighting she used. They were all edited beautifully. We'd highly recommend hiring Summer to capture your sweet memories! read more

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Summer photographed our family for our annual Christmas card, and she took care of my husband's LinkedIn and my son's senior photos. She was so pleasant and accommodating, and we would highly recommend her (as long as she doesn't get too busy to take our photos next year!). She was very reassuring when I was worried about the more rustic park background we chose and the photos came out great. In addition to being genuine, she was very professional in sending out reminders and invoices and following up in a timely manner. read more

Summer did an amazing job with our son's senior portraits! Very easy to work with, and the quality of the shots were more than we could ask for- especially with an introverted kid who was not thrilled about having to take the time to do this and have the focus be on him. We couldn't recommend her more, and definitely plan to have her do our next family photo shoot. read more

Summer is amazing! Her communication, choice of setting, and photography skills are outstanding. We had to reschedule once due to unforeseen circumstances, and she was flexible and understanding. The photo session was quick and easy, and we couldn't be happier with the way our family photos turned out! Thank you so much Summer! read more

Summer was such a joy to work with and made us feel comfortable in front of the camera. She did a wonderful job of capturing our babies and was very quick with turnaround times. Would highly recommend! read more

We contacted Summer shortly before our baby was born last September so we could coordinate a time to get outdoor family photos with our 2 year old and newborn. She was flexible with times considering we didn't know when the baby was born, and was excited to shoot outside. We met her at a park when our daughter was 5 days old. She had great ideas as to how to pose our little one, and how to capture the beauty of the oak trees, paths, leaves on the ground, rocks, etc. She was so patient, too, considering our 2 year old wasn't in the best of moods. We loved all of the pictures she took, and appreciated how quick she was about getting them to us. Plus we got digital copies so we can do with them as we wish. We will definitely retain Summer again . . . likely when our daughter turns 1 in September! read more

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Summer was a joy and so easy to work with. We had our family tradition of celebrating the Fourth of July on Shelter Island. She was so accommodating to drive down and find a perfect location and lighting. All of our photos are beautiful keepsakes of our family. Thank you, Summer, your passion for Photography shines through! read more

Summer was super kind, communicative and professional. The photos turned out great and I would definitely recommend her and use her services again. read more

We loved working with Summer! My whole family and I have been planning on taking family pictures, but we were struggling to find an affordable photographer. Summer packages are really affordable and her skills are amazing! She was cheerful throughout the whole session and guiding us all the way. She really loves what she does!! We will definitely be contacting her for future sessions. read more

Summer is absolutely the right person to do headshots, family shots, branding shots, kid shots and lifestyle shots - she knows lighting - she understands how to make each person comfortable, capturing their true personality on camera. She is fast and a true master of her craft. Summer is also extremely communicative and meticulously on time with every part of the interaction - from the shoot itself to the edited photos. We had were on a super tight deadline of 1 day for the edited photos and she delivered them ahead of time even though the shoot had over 500 raw photos! Summer is not only talented but also very reasonable with the rates. I can't recommend her enough. read more

Gosh, it's been 4 years shopping for good photographer who can simply capture special moments of our family in photos. We finally found this professional individual (Summer) with great ability to not only able to capture those special moments but making those moments so beautiful in the Old Poway Park last Saturday and we got our photos after 3 days. Summer is friendly, patient and great with kids. We can't wait to have another photo shoot with her in the Spring. read more

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Let me start by saying Summer was amazing! We have been wanting family photos for a while now and I really wanted to find somebody who could capture movement and moments instead of the standard poses. We have a 1 and 2 year old as well and we really had no idea how they would act or if they could even sit still enough for a photo. Summer was so patient and even when our kids weren't having it, she was still able to make it fun and comfortable. Our photos turned out amazing, to say the least. If you want to capture the laughter and light of your families, Summer is perfect for you! read more

Summer is extremely talented and has such a good eye! If I could give more than 5 stars I would! We did a mini session and we felt very comfortable right away. She was very patient with our 7 month old, and we got some great shots. Will definitely be going back for another session, plus her prices are extremely reasonable for such quality. Thank you Summer read more

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I thoroughly enjoyed working with Summer. We shot our family pictures over at Lake Hodges and they turned out absolutely beautiful. She arrived early so she could tell us the exact location of where's park. We ended up shooting in about 4 different locations and our son had one outfit change. She has a great eye for lighting and poses and her patience with our 6-month old son was impeccable. Our pictures were edited and posted on our personal private gallery within 2 days of taking the pictures. She was very nice and very professional. Lastly, her price was phenomenal! Very reasonable if you ask me. We will most definitely be using her in the future. read more

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Summer helped my sister and I create the best Christmas present for our mom. She was so sweet and fun during our shoot and helped us feel so relaxed and natural in front of the camera. My mom has never cried more tears of joy than she did for your "sister shoot". I love that she even prints some pictures out for you after as well, and edits and sends the gallery back to you so fast. We will definitely be coming back to her for all family pictures. read more

summer was simply the best! If you want a kind, understanding, profesional and patient she is the right photographer ! She made us feel so comfortable and everything felt natural during the session, that I would work with her any day!!! And the photos... STUNNING! read more

Summer did a great job on our family pictures. She was great with the kids (2 and 5) and got beautiful shots. I would definitely recommend her! read more

I used Summer Rae for our Wedding about 5 years ago and to this day I still think about the lack of bride and groom photos we received. Let me start by saying Summer is very sweet and I believe she was new to photography at the time. I thought we were getting a good deal and decided to give her a try after being referred to her by our wedding coordinator. Soon after our wedding began I noticed her lack of assertiveness and direction and she looked around as if she was already defeated before the night began. The most frustrating part was that I had to create the "flow" and organization of photos on my own wedding day. This should NOT be the job of the bride. I went into this trusting my photographer and not thinking I had to worry about my photos. I even made a document of who I wanted in the photos and examples of photos I wanted. Instead of enjoying the pictures I was busy making sure we got everyone in the right place and in the right group after the ceremony. Since I had spent so much time with that, I barely got any good pictures with my husband since we did not do a "first look." My father in law had requested a picture with his son (my husband) and Summer said she was busy doing Groomsmen photos....well, because she didn't take advantage of that photo opportunity, they did not get ONE picture together, a father and son should have had at least ONE photo together of the wedding. Many of pictures turned out great, but all in all my biggest regret was not paying for a more experienced photographer. After the wedding we reached out to Summer for some type of compensation. She refused to refund us any of the cost and instead offered us another photo shoot. However that would have cost us MORE money to rent the tux again, pay for hair & makeup, get my dress clean, etc. I truly hope Summer has improved over the years. Looks like she does very well in private setting- portraits, family photos, etc. but a 150+ person wedding seemed to be too overwhelming for her at that time. I do hope with more experience over the years she has gotten better in that setting. read more

Thank you Summer for another great experience, with awesome photos. We could not be happier with the results! Highly recommended, especially great with small children! read more

Summer did an amazing job! She has an awesome vision, and truly blew us away. We're so impressed with our engagement photos! She was a pleasure to work with. She helped us with our poses, to make sure everything looked right. She was very friendly, and had the photos back to us quickly. She's also very reasonable. Overall we had a fantastic experience! She's very sweet, professional, and extremely talented! We highly recommend to anyone who needs a photographer!!! read more

We had a fantastic experience getting family photos done with Summer a few weeks ago. My daughter just turned one and so we wanted some photos taken to mark the occasion. We had them taken in the evening at the beach, and they came out really nicely. Summer was always quick to respond to emails and text messages, and she got the photos back to us really quickly. As with most photographers I found it's not the cheapest thing to get done, but for special occasions it is definitely a worthwhile investment. read more

I had been searching for photographers for my son's senior pictures and had been putting it off since it seemed like such a chore. Once I hopped on Yelp and took a look around I found Summer! I could not be more pleased with my choice - Summer did a wonderful job and our whole family is so pleased with the photos! Summer responded very quickly and we were able to set up a shoot within the next week. She is very flexible and provided some great suggestions for location. We ended up meeting at Lake Poway for the shoot and it was a very relaxed and easy-going session which made for some fantastic photos of my son! I had the digital images within about a week and was able to download them for use right away. The price was very reasonable and Summer is such a pleasure to work with! We will definitely be booking her services again and we highly recommend her! read more

Summer is amazing. From her artistic eye to her professionalism in dealing with our large group. The final product surpassed our expectations. Thank you for capturing our natural expressions. read more