Karen Leah Photography

Matches Made In HeavenWe are so thankful to have been referred to Karen (and her husband, Brian). They are wonderful, hardworking and loving people. The moment we met Karen at our first meeting to discuss what she offers we knew she was the ONE. We are forever indebted to Karen and Brian because we got much more than what we paid for.Initially, we did not want to have an engagement session; however, Karen insisted that we have one so we could get to know her and get use to her style/positioning. We had a blast! On the day of our engagement session (in Pasadena, CA) Karen and Brian arrived an hour early to get the lay of the land, which by the way is their style…to get to the location early to get comfortable, get ideas, etc. They put a lot of effort and pride in to their work and its shows. The engagement session lasted just over an hour but it flew by because we were having so much fun. Karen takes the main shots she wants while Brian takes action shots of the process. Let me stop here and say…Karen and Brian love each other and have a great time working together. You cannot help getting energized by their love. The engagement photos were amazing. We highly recommend an engagement session.During the months leading up to the wedding Karen was in constant contact with us. When we came up with photo ideas, or she did, we would email back and forth. About a week prior to our wedding, Karen went to our wedding location to scope out different areas, look at the lighting, etc. She is truly invested in her work and does what it takes to create a great finished product.On February 6, 2010, we were married at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Everything was perfect and went according to plan. When we look at the photos Karen and Brian took it brings tears to our eyes because they captured the energy, excitement and love throughout the entire night. We were having so much fun that time was flying by…we decided at the last minute to add two more hours of photographs and Karen and Brian were kind enough to stay. They capture some great night photos.Finding each other was a match made in heaven; finding Karen and Brian for photographers was a match made in heaven; and Karen and Brian are a match made in heaven. We highly recommend hiring Karen and Brian. You cannot go wrong with them. Christine and Chaz,Fans of Karen Leah Photography

Karen was a great person to work with. Very helpful, understanding, focused and flexible in working with me to get the best photos.

Karen & Brian are awesome. I can't imagine my wedding without them. They were so much fun!!! They make you feel so comfortable, it's like having your friends taking pictures for you. They have the greatest ideas, and they also love to hear yours. I will recommend them to everyone I know!!!

Karen is an easy person to work with and is willing to go the extra mile for you. I have never seen a photographer that climbs trees, rocks or couches to get the shot she wants. Karen was actually early to start our session which made things really easy for us. Karen is very understanding of brides and what they want. The only thing I have to add is for you brides, if you want a particular picture taken let your photographer know because they can not read mines. Thanks Karen we have beautiful and a lot might I add of pictures to treasure for years to come.

We are so pleased with our photos! While photography was really important to us, we were not looking forward to having our photos taken (weÂ’re not the most photogenic people); Karen and her assistant made this process a lot of fun for us (and made me feel pretty while hiding everything-arms, back, etc-that I didnÂ’t want in my portraits). She really worked with our budget and we got a lot for our money. We were really happy with the quality of work and the amount of photos we received.

I spent weeks following lots of photographers blogs and met with quite a few of them. My wife and I met with karen and really "clicked." shes very comfortable to talk to and asked lots of questions about our wedding. She made us feel completely at ease and we were confident she would do a great job and we were right. Karen and her assistant were great. They made having our photos taken fun. They really got along with each of our families and our entire bridal party. They coordinated everyone and made sure we got all the photos we asked for and more. She had some great ideas (and even went up a tree at one point to get them). The actual photos are amazing. She made all of us look incredible and got photos we didn't even know she was taking. She really got everything we envisioned

Karen did a wonderful job photographing our wedding! Her bubbly personality put everyone at ease, and we could relax the day of our wedding, knowing that all of the little details were being captured. We highly recommend Karen.

I'm not always the easiest person to please and very much want it my way, but I couldn't have asked for a better photography if I'd grown one myself!!! She met with us, she asked us just as many questions as we asked her, she was geniunely interested in how we met, about our wedding, and about us. We had met with other photographers and it was all about how they work and not so much about our vision. Karen was just the opposite, I felt like it was more of a personal friend shooting our pictures than hired help. I had certain visions and am a photo hog, I wanted it all from the first brush of makeup to the cutting of cake and didn't think one photographer was enough and Karen's response was no problem. I wanted the rights to my pictures, no problem. I want to be in many places the day of the wedding, no problem. I love you but I don't want to be intrusive to anyone, no problem. And of course my day and my pictures, were no problem. I have over 1100 pictures and now my only problem is that I want to share them with all of our family and friends and trying to find the best way to share them!!! Ok, really not a problem, but what a great problem to have! LOLWe took engagement photos in down in Corona del Mar and you'd think she's a contortionist and she climbed the rocks, balanced along the edge, got in the water and even got us onto the lifeguard tower!!! Like I said I'm a control freak and of course wanted certain pictures, like our names in the sand and us, the sunsetting in the background and different outfits just to guarantee we had the right picture. Karen was excited throughout and snapped pictures even when we thought she wasn't, some of the really nice ones are just the two of us gazing at each other talking. Ahhh, it was beautiful!It was a beautiful day and I have beautiful pictures to prove it!!! Karen did her magic and sent them to us on a cd, we quickly picked our favorite and our "save the dates" were magnets from the photo shoot which everyone just loved!!!! The day of the wedding Karen followed me around while Courtney followed my fiancee and family. I cried just at the preshots, we all met up at the Garden Grove library for family photos, which I can't wait for the holidays to start sending them out!!!As a bride you miss certain moments and it's so great to have such beautiful pictures to fill in those time gaps. I opted not to video tape our wedding day and feel Karen was the right person to capture our special day. I can't thank her enough and strongly recommend having her capture your special day. I am forever greatful for her!

Just top notch, wonderful work! Karen was professional, went out of her way to communicate with us multiple times before the big day to get a feel for who we were and what we were looking for, arrived early, put me and my family at ease, added fun and joy to the occasion. And all agree that the photos are absolutely fantastic!

I had the most fabulous experience working with both Karen and Brian. They were so fun and you can really tell they love what they do. This is portrayed not only in personality, but in the work they do! My husband and I worked closely with Karen for our engagement and wedding photos. Not ever having done this before, we didn't know what to expect, but know now we couldn't have had it and better. Everyone at the wedding commented on how they they were running around making sure to capture absolutely everything and everyone. Everyone loved them! The work was absolutely amazing and I would never use anyone else. Karen answered every question I ever had and was very quick to respond. I felt very comfortable with working with her. We will be using her in the near future as our first baby is born =0)

Amazing work and the time it took to get our pictures was really fast. The quality was amazing and the price was exceptional! Very happy and pleased with the work and everything.

Karen is everything you want AND need in a professional wedding photographer. The pictures she took for our wedding(s!) give us so much pleasure (you can see a few at: http://www.karenleahphotography.com/blog/archive/00000023.html). She is gifted at getting that fabulous 'moment' shot while being utterly unobtrusive. She sets up and takes great portraits and skips around quietly capturing all those little details that are the essence and atmosphere of the event. She shoots a ridiculous number of images and works hard on them all.Perhaps the best thing, however, is that Karen makes the photography bit of your wedding so much fun with her bubbly enthusiasm that it shines through in the faces of everyone in her pictures.The only bad thing is that she's so good it's hard to get a slot in her schedule... I recommend you book early!

Karen & Brian went out of their way to take our best pictures. They did a really good job. I highly recommend them!

Karen was very personable and fun to be with, while still maintaining total professionalism. Both our bridal party and our guests were impressed with her ability to get pictures that were right in the middle of the action without being in the way of it happening. We have many wonderful memories of our wedding, from both sides of Karen's camera.

Karen was absolutely fantastic. She was very professional, punctual, and the work she did was flawless. I would highly recommend her to anyone!

We were very happy having Karen Leah as our wedding photographer! She is great to work with and very attentive to our needs. We "interviewed" other photographers before her, but she's the only one who made us feel comfortable--like talking to a friend (which I feel is important) and her photographs were very professional and beautiful. She took TONS of photos so we didn't feel like we were missing any shots! I love that the photos she takes tell a story and they are not just the usual posed photos. We couldn't have asked for a better photographer to capture our special day!!