Northern California Wedding & Elopement Photographer

 

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Kind Words

 
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“My wife and I will be forever grateful to Megan!  She is an extremely talented photographer - with a gift for capturing the emotion of a moment, and a rare ability to create pictures which convey the joy shared and love expressed among others.  

Gifted

When we first saw her beautiful photographs, Megan's work spoke to us.  My wife and I reviewed so many web site and we saw so many images of engagements, elopements and ceremonies, but Megan’s work stood out.  We knew wanted Megan as our wedding photographer. She had a very busy schedule in November, so we chose our wedding day based on Megan's availability.  We are so glad we did!!  

Gracious

I found Megan to be one of the most genuine individuals I have ever meet.  She is kind! She is friendly. She clearly enjoys her work - and she enjoys people.  In addition though, Megan is highly empathetic. Honestly, I think that is a key to how she is able capture the connection between a bride and groom or photograph a heartfelt smile of a proud Father of the Bride.

Finding Megan was a blessing for us.  She captured the love we share as a couple, and recorded the spirit and emotion of our wedding day.  Megan is talented, but she is also kind, gracious and the quintessential professional. I am not sure what else anyone could wish for in a wedding, elopement, or engagement photographer.  My wife and I highly recommend Megan. “

Professional

Megan is highly ethical and extremely efficient.  She is a fabulous communicator, and makes contracting easy.  

Friendly

Megan took time to speak with us one evening after we reached out to her.  She was wonderful! We were newly engaged, and had so many ideas about where we wanted to be married.  Megan invested the time to learn about our desires, and she provided options. Megan shared information on venues and timing and many other things.  Even before we had contracted with her, she helped us find our way to the perfect location.

Jarrett & Siranee - The Mountain Terrace - November 2019

 
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“Megan did an absolutely amazing job for our wedding. Literally amazing. A few days before the wedding we did a pre-shoot to get to know each other and the photos turned out incredible. Her and her assistant were easy to hangout with and fun to be around. The day of the wedding they were professional, helpful, and of course the photos were fantastic. 6 out of 5 stars. In many ways, they went above and beyond and delivered more than we ever could have hoped for from a wedding photographer.”

-Keila & Conor - Redwood Elopement - 2018


 

“Anyone getting married knows how hard it is to find the right vendors, especially a photographer. There are just SO many photographers to choose from. It is overwhelming! I feel so lucky to have found Meg early on in my planning and searching process. She was the first and only photographer we actually had a meeting with because my fiance and I immediately knew that she was right for us.

Meg is SO encouraging, supportive, and fun throughout the entire photography process. She makes you feel amazing and confident while taking the photos, and she was incredibly understanding and receptive to all of our ideas and input. When we wanted to incorporate a blow-up T-Rex costume into our engagement photos, she was totally game! On top of that her work is GORGEOUS. I cannot tell you how many compliments we have gotten from friends and family telling us how much they love our photos.

I would recommend Meg to anyone. She is not just a photographer, but someone who really cares about making your day a success. She set up timelines, gave us advice for locations and prep, and she was a wizard behind the camera during the family photos. Not an easy thing with my giant family! Meg was honestly the best investment we made during the wedding. Book her! You won't regret it.”

Julia & Gabe - Stern Grove in San Francisco - 2019

 
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”Choosing Megan as our photographer was the best decision we made. Not only is she incredibly talented, but she was responsive, upfront, and spent time meeting up with us, going truly above and beyond our expectations.

Megan is truly one of a kind. Her talent is amazing and her personality and work ethic is extremely admirable. I highly recommend her. She gave so much great advice during the engagement process and helped us through a lot of our planning process since she has so much experience with weddings.

Also! We got our photobook album stolen, and she sent us another one!! Megan didn't have to at all, but seriously - just an example of how she goes above and beyond.”

Melody & Jon - Palm Events Center - April 2019

 

"Out of all the vendors we had at our wedding, I can 100% say that Megan was the most talented, professional, and fun to work with! She was very communicative throughout the process and made sure to ask me about ALL of my preferences. She knew great spots for our engagement photos and gave directions for posing, making the whole session painless and not awkward at all.

For our wedding day, I really appreciated that she asked me about particular shots I wanted, whether it be group photos or a certain style I had seen and liked. On the day of, she and her second photographer Zeke were incredible. They got so many amazing candid AND posed photographs without interfering in the natural flow of our day. Meg was prompt, efficient, and just so lovely to be around. I had many people in our wedding party remark to me about how great Megan is at her job, and the photos are just absolutely stunning.

I recommend Meg for everyone's photography needs. You are in great hands!”

-Jacob & Nikki - Oregon Wedding - 2017


 
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“Megan is absolutely brilliant behind the camera and a pleasure to work with. She went above and beyond for us during the whole process, engagement session and finally on the big day. Megan (and Zeke) were there every step of the way capturing our beautiful memories. We even got to spend another day with her during “day-after” wedding session. To our surprise, she even brought us to a breathtaking place in Kauai and captured some of the most intimate and magical moments. We were completely mind-blown!

Megan is so professional, friendly and incredibly talented. Her attention to detail was on point and communicated very well.

The photos turned out absolutely AMAZING, with so many candid moments captured. Megan also took the time to select photos and layout the wedding album for us. We received numerous compliments from our family members and guests, they were also impressed by her enthusiasm and professionalism.

In a heart beat, I highly recommend Meg’s Marvels - Photography. She’s the BEST!!!”

-Richwood & Mercedes - Kauai Wedding - 2018




 

“We couldn't have imagined our day without Megan! Megan is amazingly organized and has the absolute sweetest personality. We are super awkward with pictures and she made of feel SO SO SO comfortable being in front of the camera. I recommend Megan to all of my friends and cannot wait to have her photograph our future celebrations!”

Barakah & Neil - Napa Elopement - 2018





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“I'll begin by saying that Meg is THE BEST! Arka and I found her on instagram and immediately fell in love with her image tones and compositions. We were planning to have a beach intimate wedding in Carmel and we were so lucky to have Meg as our photographer. She in fact, played a big part in planning out our DIY beach wedding and also our City Hall ceremony.

We first met her during our engagement shoot. We were both very nervous about getting photographed; but within a few minutes we felt so comfortable. She made us forget that it was a "photo-session". We were just having fun! Meg sent us a questionnaire while planning the photo session, to make the experience personalized. Her questionnaire is very well designed and thought provoking. Arka and I have been together for such long time, that we sometimes forget how to cherish little things in life.

Meg and Zeke (the boyfriend and assistant 😊) covered our wedding at Carmel. They were the sweetest duo. Not only are they super professional, hard working and efficient, but they are such amazing people. They scouted the place out and took us to a little hiking tour to capture all the magical portraits. The hike was my favorite part of the day! Zeke even carried my jacket and Meg offered her extra pair of slippers to make the rocky hike comfortable for me!

Finally, speaking about the photos... I'm just lost for words, of how amazing they were! We had such a hard time narrowing them down to our favorites for printing and sharing.They were all so amazing! Meg (and Zeke) captured every little moments and made them look so magical and dreamy and beautiful! Thanks to Meg, we can relive the day over and over again by just sweeping through our photo gallery. No matter what the weather or place is like, Meg knows how to work her magic into her work!

We would be so honored to work with her again! We would totally treat ourselves to Meg's Marvels Photography session, at our next big milestone as a couple!”

Arka & Pratiti - Carmel Elopement - 2018

 

“I was fearful that I would feel and look totally awkward on camera, but that did not happen whatsoever. Meg had an amazing talent and we had a great experience from the first contact and on. Our sessions and communication with Meg was amazing. She made us feel comfortable, like we were dealing with a professional, but who cared like a friend. “

Cindy & Jose - Rose Garden Intimate Wedding - 2018


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“Megan is a diamond among rhinestones. We hired her for a city hall wedding and then decided to shoot engagement photos. Every interaction was positive and professional. She is talented well beyond her years. She has a knack of making it fun and nothing felt posed or artificial. We absolutely made the right decision hiring Meg!”

Amy & Erich - SF City Hall & Sutro Baths Elopement - 2018



 

“Every aspect of working together - from initial meeting, through planning, and wedding day, felt so fun and stress free! (Something I was maybe not expecting after hearing all of the bridezilla urban legends of how awful wedding planning can be.)

The way Meg managed our wedding day experience was above and beyond amazing! She executed phenomenal photos, somehow kept everyone on time, wrangled all of our family and friends, all while remaining so cool and calm and keeping us feeling the same! It was orchestrated with such ease and grace, we could not asked for anything more! Her energy played such a big role in making our wedding day the BEST in so many ways! :) “

Alexa & Brandon - Pescadero - 2019

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“We did a SF city hall ceremony + explored a second location with Megan and loooooved working with her ❤! My favorite part of working with her is that she is not just our photographer for the X hours we’ve booked her, but she went above and beyond to help with every stage of the process to make the day special and memorable.

During the planning phase, she would ask questions to understand what we are looking for and our preferences, came up with ideas that were extremely helpful for us to navigate our options, and then sent us a proposal including a detailed schedule of shots at each location/scene, which not only helped us stay on track on the shooting day, but also made sure we knew exactly what to expect and to prepare for. On the shooting day, Megan was super easy to work with. She was flexible and creative. She would tell us exactly how to pose and where to look. We were just following her lead and having a great time.

We couldn’t be happier with the photos we’ve received. They are so beautiful yet so genuine that we can look back upon and relive the day. “

Yingying & Leo - San Francisco - 2019


 

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