Andrena Photography

Dina is an incredible photographer. From the moment I stumbled across her website and saw her vibrant, artistic and bold photographs, I knew I had to have her. I didn't even meet her in person before I booked her - just based on our phone conversation and the portfolio of her work I knew I had to have her. Dina was warm, funny and knew so much about Indian weddings it put me immediately at ease. I am not Indian so she actually ended up teaching me a few things. We exchanged tons of emails about our wedding and she really took the time to not only understand what we envisioned for our wedding day but also to get to know me and my husband. Its been six months since our wedding and we still exchange emails.

Dina was wonderful on our wedding day and captured all the important moments with over 2500 pictures. She also brought a second shooter to help capture the day. In fact, Dina is so dedicated and passionate about her work, she will be genuinely upset if she can't capture the right photographs (due to time, lighting, etc ). She really strives to please her clients and it shows in her work. I would absolutely recommend Dina to anyone (Indian and non-Indian). Her pictures speak for themselves so if you have any doubts about hiring Dina, visit her website and blog.

Dina was the very first vendor that I KNEW i wanted to work with when I first got engaged. Photos were a high priority for me because I knew that I would have those forever and look through them many years to come. I loved her work because it captured something truly magical, romantic, and emotional in photos and her photos of the brides had this breath-taking, classic, candid, and elegant feel to them!
When I first met Dina, I knew she was perfect- Dina is warm, friendly, sensitive, funny, and honest. My husband and I are, at most, semi-photogenic (I only have one pose and smile). Dina helped make us laugh and comfortable in front of the camera. More importantly, she would tell me if I had my fake smile or how to strike the most flattering pose. I appreciated these corrections while we took the photos so I didn't have to see one single bad picture (of the 3000+ images) of me or my husband from our wedding and engagement photos! Dina would help guide us in what poses and where we should place our arms, hands, head, and it made the shoots so much easier.
There was a fire on PCH when we got married so the traffic caused delays in our timeline, causing us to miss scheduled time to do our bride/groom photos. Dina graciously offered to re-take our photos if we got dressed up again, which we did a month later and it was so much fun working with her again! Dina wanted to make sure our wedding photos were perfect and she did everything to make sure that it happened. While Dina does alot of Indian weddings, our wedding was a traditional wedding and I cannot say how amazing and how happy I am with her work! If I could give Dina more than 5 stars, I would!

A perspective that few Photographers will ever master - You are blessed if you can book her!