KLK PHOTOGRAPHY

WOW is all I can say about Kristi and her amazing talent! We hired her immediately after meeting with her because her bright personality just fit with us right away. We just received our engagement photo teasers back and they are so awesome! Kristi is such a great artist. We absolutely can not wait to see what she does for our wedding in October! Kristi is, by far, the best investment we've made for our wedding! I HIGHLY recommend this photographer!

UPDATED review:
Our wedding has now passed and we've received our teaser photos from Kristi and I continue to be amazed by her! She is so, so talented and hard working. She worked tirelessly throughout the wedding and was everywhere all at once. But I can honestly say that I don't remember seeing her much during the wedding...a good thing! :) She caught every moment but we didn't even notice she was there - she's that good! I would, without a doubt, recommend Kristi as a photographer. She is sweet, energetic, talented, and a perfectionist. We love Kristi! :)

UPDATED UPDATED review (12/16/08):
We just received our photos from Kristi and I can not tell you how completely blown away I am!! The emotion and beauty that she captured of our wedding day is amazing! Everyone that has seen the photos says they feel like they actually attended our wedding after looking at them...that's how real they are! I can not recommend this photographer enough...her talent, kindness, and enthusiasm for her work is outstanding!!

Kristi is so creative and talented. She did our trash the dress photo session on our anniversary day. We had so much fun doing the session with her. She was really nice and knew exactly what kind of pictures we wanted. She drove us around to five beautiful locations and we got a lot of amazing TTD pictures. We are so happy with the photos and we highly recommend Kristi. Thanks Kristi

To view TTD slideshow:
http://blueskyvideos.com/klkphotography/Ana_Rodrigo_TTD_2

To view TTD video:
www.blueskyvideos.com > enter site > movie gallery > bridal & day after > Ana & Rodrigo (2nd page)

I had my B-pics done with Kristi. All I can say about Kristi is that she is so full of talent and spunk! She was so professional and so fun to work with. She has great energy and you can just tell she is a perfectionist with every shot she takes. My photos turned out wonderful!I would recommend Kristi for all pictures and all occassions.

This girl has MAD talent!!! We Love our Photo's! WOW we are really impressed and so is all our family and friends.
You know when you have a feeling about someone? Well we knew the moment we saw Kristi's work and drive to succeed that we had made a FABULOUS decision in booking her for our wedding day photog. She makes me want to see things the way she does. All I have to say is the proof is in the pictures. She is AMAZING! Oh and wait till you hear her laugh....so adorable!

Kristi was our second shooter for our wedding and we were blown away with her ability to capture our event without feeling like we were being directed or our space was being invaded on. She's down to earth and was a joy to talk to. We cannot recommend her & our main photographer (Serena of Serene Image Photography - both were originally second shooters for Digital Studios) enough! We received all of our professional pictures this last weekend and the attention to detail and the little moments that we hadn't even realized were happening just blew us away.

Kristi of KLK Photography was fantastic! Our original photographer canceled on us later than I would have liked so we sort of ended up with Kristi on accident…maybe things to happen for a reason because I couldn’t have been happier. We love all of our pictures and Kristi couldn’t have been sweeter or more professional. The style and variety of the pictures were great and I can’t say enough about what a wonderful person Kristi is. Not only did our friends and family love the pictures (all 1300 she and her second shooter took!) but they actually thought she was someone we knew personally before the wedding because she was so friendly and easy to work with. I would highly recommend KLK Photography to anyone.

Kristi Klemens is truly amazing! My husband (fiance at the time) and I both agreed that photography was #1 on our list, so we searched high and low before we finally found Kristi. After meeting her in person and seeing her work we had no doubt we found our wedding photographer. We loved working with her! She made us feel comfortable in front of the camera and that's coming from a camera shy person! We loved that she had so much fun behind the camera and was always so excited and eager to start shooting. If you're looking for an artistic, talented, upbeat, sweet, hard working, and passionate photographer - Kristi is your girl! She's a very busy girl, so if she's the one I suggest you book her early.

We <3 Kristi!

Kristi Klemens was one of the best decisions I made when I decided to go with her to capture my wedding day. The 2 most important things I looked for in a photographer was a great photographic eye that could capture all the important moments in a pure artistic way, and secondly someone I could work well with. She’s a total sweetheart and so easy to work with. Her sweet and hard working personality is a huge plus on top of the beautiful pictures she produces. My husband (who is a photography nut) and I love the wedding pictures we recently got back from Kristi and Duane (our 2nd shooter). They captured all the right moments, and friends and family have called and emailed to let us know how much they enjoy looking through our wedding pictures.

For me, photography was THE most important part of the wedding process. What is the point of spending tons of money on all aspects of your wedding if it’s not recorded properly? Kristi gave us beautiful pictures to work with, and I could not be happier! Even better, there is so much to choose from for our album, it’s fun to go through them when you have so much to work with. I’ve highly recommended her to friends who have upcoming weddings and I highly recommend her to anyone that’s looking for fantastic pictures with great service. Thanks for everything Kristi!

Dear Future KLKphotography Clients,

Kristi Klemens is an amazing photographer. On our wedding day Kristi really captured all that I wanted and more. You will feel so lucky to have Kristi there on your very special day because all the moments of the day will be captured beautifully and with amazing detail. The photos will go beyond what you imagined. Kristi comes up with fun shots for the formal shots that are not traditional but filled with the personality of her clients and location. She also does a wonderful job documenting the entire day. Kristi’s night shots are more than amazing but WOW!!!! Kristi was our first and only photographer that we saw because of her wonderful personality and of course her gift of capturing the life of the wedding made the choice easy. Even after the wedding day Kristi will go beyond her job to personalize her work to her clients. After the wedding she makes you a slide show of some of your wedding photos to music which will make you cry tears of happiness.

Love,
Miriam Shimazu

kristi takes the clearest, sharpest photos ever, she is so talented and never takes her finger off the take a picture button, you could make a vidio of events off of her disc:) everyone should use her and tip her well, she is way too underpriced for her talent:):):):

I cannot express how much my hubby and I love working with Kristi. We booked her early in advanced for our wedding because after looking at her portfolio, we knew she would be snatched up right away. Her sense of artistic style and fun personality was exactly what we were looking for. We already used her 3 times (engagement, wedding and trash the dress session) and was blown away every time. Photos are truely memorable and Kristi captured every moment of it.

Advice for all the beautiful brides out there...BOOK HER NOW...she's the best! Thanks Kristi!

If you do not have a photographer yet...you can stop looking! Kristi did a fabulous job with our wedding pictures. We were both very pleased not only with her work but also with her professionalism and great personality. Kristi is VERY good at what she does and she is very flexible and accomadating, which is every bride's dream photographer! Everyone that sees our wedding pictures are very impressed, we don't even have to recommend her because her work speaks for itself. Check out her website!

Just have my boudoir picture session done with Kristi Klemens. She editted the pics right after the session and emailed them to me on the second day. The pics turn out to be so AWESOME after her edition. She really is an artist and portrayed the innocent yet sexy feeling that I wanted. Taking b-pic with her is definitely the best choice I've made.

She has a home studio and can get almost any themes that you want. (I liked to have a Japanese theme and she especially bought a wooden room divider and a victorian couch for me). Her style is different from most of the b-pics I saw by other photographers, and I really like her style. She made me look like a model in fashion magazines. She is very creative, talented, energized, and sweet. I changed my outfits about 6 times and had many requests, and she was happy to did all of them (our session was like 4 hour long and could be longer if I wanted).

I was debating if I wanted to take boudoir pictures previously, but now I'm happy that I did it and especially I'm very glad that I chose Kristi to shoot the boudoir picture for me.

If there were more stars, Kristi deserves it. I was recently married, but before that, I had asked around for any recommendations from friends and families for a wedding photographer. None seem to like their photographers that much. Some were too pricey and others, they just didn't get what they wanted. I guess I have to consider myself lucky because then I had to go out on my own and found Kristi.

My friend and I interviewed Kristi and we LOVED her work. Then we love her even more as we got to work together. She's so nice, fun and very hard working. The wedding photos she shot for me captured pictures as I imagined they should be. Heck, I don't think of myself as a pretty person, but darn those photos I received from Kristi,...well, I can't help but share them. To me, they are magazine quality and people who have seen them all said the same thing. Her editing is also very flattering. It's so funny that my friends have photo envy because mine is so great.

For anyone who is looking for samples of her work, you're welcome to look at my wedding photos at klkphotography.com/blog. Mine is Trang and Justin. I don't know, I just wanted to write a review so people can have the same satistisfaction I have with Kristi. I really can't say enough to explain what a great person and a terrific photographer she is.

Kristi Klemens truly has a special talent! My husband and I got married in September 2009 in Sydney Australia. We simply could not go past Kristi, even when compared to local talent in Sydney. kristi's professional and amazing eye for detail truly captured the atmosphere of our wedding day. Since showing friends and family the beautiful photos, the comments have been unanimous "wow I have never seen wedding photos as beautiful as these" "OMG who was your photographer, they are truly gifted"

Thank you again Kristi, for capturing such beautiful memories for Omari and I that we will cherish for the rest of our lives!

I would recommend Kristi Klemens 100 times over than any other photographer!

My husband and I immediately connected with Kristi Klemens. She worked with us for multiple photo shoots over year leading up to our wedding. She was eager to answer any questions we had and was always professional and fun to shoot with!

Kristi was so awesome from day 1. I had interviewed several photographers in So Cal, but after my first meeting Kristi, I was sure I wanted to go with her. Her portfolio was amazing and she was super friendly and easy to get along with even from the beginning! She was open to different ideas for the engagement shoot and tried to be as flexible as she could in the midst of her busy schedule! Her wedding photography style was exactly what I was looking for in my wedding photos -- she provided all the "traditional" wedding shots as well as really artistic portraits that I was really looking for. After our awesome e-session as well as wedding day experience, we decided to do a Trash The Dress shoot with her. The result was amazing and I could not have asked for anything more in my photographer. I've posted several of my wedding photos by Kristi on my personal blog, and all my friends RAVE about how great the photos turned out. Very highly recommended!!

Lovely perfection. From even before our engagement, my husband and I had settled on Kristi at KLK Photography. Knowing her from our Michigan past and following her success and ability to take wedding photography to a new level, we were more than blown away by everything she has to offer. With as busy a schedule as she keeps, she manages to always respond promptly to questions, phone calls, and emails, all with a sweet and smile attitude....she cares deeply about capturing the style you want to create, and she captures it effortlessly. The images she provided with us from our special day are continually looked at daily. She went above and beyond what we hoped for, and after all the planning, it is such a relief to have such great memories to be able to page through. Kristi and Paul were so easy to work with and were always helping with every part of the day, be it from suggestions in how to move efficiently and sneaking us away for a little bride and groom shoot.High praise for such a wonderful girl, and spectacular photographer.

Kristi is AMAZING!!! My husband and I were blown away by her artistic capabilities, the quality of her photography and her passion for what she does! I really believe Kristi is one of the best in her craft and professional style. Being a perfectionist, I became a true bridezilla during the wedding process and would not settle for less than the best. My husband and I knew we had to have her do our wedding after seeing our the work she did for a friend's wedding, and I am 110% certain that we chose the right photographer. We will cherish our photographs forever. Not only is she an amazing photographer, her personality is also effortless and amazing. LOVE HER!

Kristi is a joy to work with and exceptionally talented. I found her to be outgoing, funny, patient and creative. She instantly made me feel confident and at ease. I am incredibly happy with the quality of the photos and the album. Kristi rocks!

Kristi Klemens is fantastic!!!! We absolutely loved working with her! Her photography is amazing!!!!! She captures not only the inner beauty of those that she is photographing but also the love between them. Her books came out fabulous and she is such a joy to work with. I give Kristi an A+++++++

I absolutely loved working with KLK Photography. Kristi and Paul were such a pleasure to work with. Kristi really has a way of making you look your absolute best in all of your pictures. I just love her creativity. Her photographs are so much more than just a picture. They are more like art. Kristi and her husband Paul were such a joy to work with. I really liked how they find a way of capturing thousands of pictures without you or your guests ever realizing that they are there. I would definitely recommend KLK Photography to anyone. You won't be disappointed.

Kristi was the first vendor we booked and loved her back then and love her even more now! Kristi has been a joy to work with leading up to our wedding day.She, Paul Bennett (of Blue Sky Videos), and our 2nd shooter, Melissa McClure showed up early the morning of our wedding day and immediately started shooting. Because of timing, sunlight, etc, Kristi and I decided to do away with traditional pics after the ceremony and chose to shoot pre-ceremony pics and a first reveal -- we couldn't have made a better choice! Mu husband and I were able to spend a few hours alone taking pictures before the walk down the aisle and before the madness of the reception - where literally, you have zero time alone to just relish in the fact that you are married and talk about the day's events.Kristi had teasers in my inbox within 48 hours after our wedding! Now it's the long and impatient wait until all our pictures are done -- but I'm positive they will be worth the wait. If we were to plan all over again, I'd definitely book Kristi Klemens and Melissa McClure all over again!

I can't believe I took a whole year before writing this review for Kristi. However, the service that I got from her is SOOO AMAZING that I still can't stop talking about her to all my friends! We got married in Sept 2009 and we in fact did not hire Kristi to be our wedding photog. Unfortunately we had a VERY BAD experience with our wedding photog which left me extremely unsatisfied with our wedding photos. In order to make up for that, we decided to find another photog to do a "trash the dress" session and Kristi was the one we ended up picking! She is so nice and easy-going - we had an instant connection with her right after the 1st meeting with her. And not to mention that she is extremely flexible and in fact met us in San Diego (where we lived at the time) even though she works in the OC area. We wanted to do the TTD session before the weather got cold, but both Kristi and we had really busy schedule in the next couple months so we never firmed up a date at the beginning. In November, we were able to find a free day which Kristi was supposed to be free, and contacted her and she immediately said OKAY even though we didn't give her too much notice (something like 3 days in advance)! The day of the photo shoot.... it was SOOOO AMAZING. She is EXTREMELY talented! I'm quite shy in front of camera but she made me very comfortable and could just be myself. We wanted a combination of different backgrounds which meant traveling to different locations. Kristi was extremely accommodating and took us from Laguna downtown, to the Montage beach, and then ended in a field with cool scenery and lighting in San Juan Capistrano. I finally felt so relieved and happy that we had shoot almost everything that I had in mind. Just a week or 2 later, Kristi had finished editing our photos and they came out ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! We are so in love with all of them.... so much more than our wedding photos! We are so happy that we decided to do the TTD shoot with her and would DEFINITELY recommend her to anyone!

Kristi is an amazing photographer! We really could not be happier with the photos from our wedding and our engagement shoot--they are unique, artistic, beautiful. Not only is Kristi extremely talented, but she is also very easy to work with. It was important to us that our photographer blend in with our guests and friends because we've been to weddings where the photographer basically orders everyone around--well, Kristi was so friendly and easy-going that most of our guests assumed she was a friend! Of course, we still wanted her to get wonderful pictures of moments we remembered and moments we might have missed--and she more than surpassed our expectations on that count as well! I don't know how I'm going to pick among the photos she sent--they are all so good! Any photographer can take one excellent photo--Kristi gave us hundreds of excellent photos! Best of all, Kristi really listens to you and works with you. We didn't want that many pictures of us--we wanted her to focus more on getting lots of pictures of our guests having fun. We figured we'd sacrifice getting that amazing picture of us, but we didn't have to--Kristi was able to get lots of beautiful pictures of us and then, as we wished, get lots of great pictures of our guests as well. We also had a fairly untraditional wedding and, unlike some vendors we talked to, Kristi was completely excited about our ideas, and made sure to get lots of pictures of the different things we incorporated that were special to us (she brought two wonderful assistants to make sure she didn't miss anything). The best recommendation I can give is that everyone who sees the pictures says, "wow, you had a wonderful photographer"! And I feel proud for finding her! Kristi is fantastic--I'd recommend her to anyone (I've already recommended her to a friend for whom I'm going to be maid of honor in a few months).

I don't even know how to put into words just how wonderful Kristi Klemens is! She traveled to St. Lucia for our wedding and provided us with 4 days of beautiful pictures that we will always cherish. The quality of her work is exceptional and I have never seen wedding photos as beautiful as ours. I have friends who had gotten married before us that said they wished their wedding was after ours so they could've stolen our photographer! I feel bad because they liked their pictures until they saw ours! Kristi was always in the right spot at the right time. There were moments that I cannot believe she captured because they happened in a split second and the pictures were just stunning! Every emotion my husband and I felt, as well as our guests, was reflected in our pictures.On top of her phenomenal work, Kristi is just an awesome person. She blends into a group very easily, but always remains professional--a very tough line to walk. It was quite impressive! She is super sweet and so pleasant to work with.I highly highly highly recommend Kristi Klemens to anyone who is looking for a photographer. Whether it's for a wedding, engagement shots, pregnancy pictures, or any important event in your life. Her work is a step above the rest and I promise you will be super happy with your choice. Thank you for EVERYTHING Kristi!

Kristi Klemens is an amazing photographer!! She was by far the best investment we made for our wedding. She is incredibly talented and diligent, has a great artistic eye, and has the best energetic personality. We didn't want the standard cookie cutter, posed wedding photos so Kristi was the perfect choice for us. She is artistic, photojournalistic, and creative. I would have no hesitation in recommending KLK Photography!!

WOW is all I can say about Kristi and her amazing talent! We hired her immediately after meeting with her because her bright personality just fit with us right away. We just received our engagement photo teasers back and they are so awesome! Kristi is such a great artist. We absolutely can not wait to see what she does for our wedding in October! Kristi is, by far, the best investment we've made for our wedding! I HIGHLY recommend this photographer!UPDATED review:Our wedding has now passed and we've received our teaser photos from Kristi and I continue to be amazed by her! She is so, so talented and hard working. She worked tirelessly throughout the wedding and was everywhere all at once. But I can honestly say that I don't remember seeing her much during the wedding...a good thing! :) She caught every moment but we didn't even notice she was there - she's that good! I would, without a doubt, recommend Kristi as a photographer. She is sweet, energetic, talented, and a perfectionist. We love Kristi! :)

Kristi is too fabulous to describe. She clearly has a passion for what she does and it shows. Many photographers are good out there, but her love for her works trumps all the others. I was impressed with her prices and her quickness to getting back to me when needed. The compliments are still coming in on our wedding pictures, and already many of my friends have booked her from just seeing our pictures. If you are a bride unsure of who to use for your photography you must give Kristi a call. A wedding is a once in a lifetime event that you don't get to "do over". So make those photos fantastic and ones that you will want to show off for a lifetime!

To Whom It May Concern,

Kristi was our photographer for my outdoor wedding in July of 2007. She did an amazing job. Here photos were absolutely brilliant. My bride and I want more artistic photos and she delivered. I can't say enough about her, she is a very talented individual. Every person who has seen my wedding photos can not believe the are wedding photos, they look more like art. I highly recommend her to anyone wanting an artistic and creative photographer. One more important thing that I don't think consider is a photographer presence at the wedding. During the ceremony and the reception, I didn't even notice her. She was never in the same spot, she was also running around taking photos from different angles. I have been to other wedding where the photographer will disrupt the reception in order to get photos. Not Kristi, she works around everyone and captures moments as they happen. All I can say is she will capture every moment and detail of your wedding and present it in an creative package.

I was not able to use Kristi for my wedding (we had already booked our photographer when we found her), but I was so excited to have Kristi shoot some beautiful boudoir photographs which I was able to give to my husband-to-be on our wedding day. Kristi is just amazing with a low-key style and a very artistic eye. Her portraits are just amazing and she has a lot of fun with what she does. I hope to work with her again and recommend everyone to her wonderful work. This girl is AMAZINGLY talented!

Kristi Klemen is one of the most talented wedding photographer I know! We interviewed about half a dozen photographers before we found Kristi. Her work is like a piece of art... beautiful, edgy and unique. We're both so glad we found her! She was the perfect person.. sweet, fun, and talented!

I loved Kristi and her work! ! cannot tell you how many of my friends and family members loved her photos and said it looked like it came right out of a magazine!

i really like this place.they have amzing service and very nice photos

Dear future photography client,

We would like to recommend Kristi Klemens as the photographer for any special event you have planned. Kristi photographed a very special event for us in August 2006 - the baptism and naming ceremonies for our twins.Many family and friends commented, as did we, on how great she was to work with on what turned into a very long day, which stretched from 11 am to 11 pm, Her sweet and unobtrusive nature fit in perfectly with the intimate mood of the occasion. Her warm and charming demeanor allowed her to interact with the guests to capture all of the important moments of the two celebrations.

We have exceptional pictures of all aspects of the ceremonies and reception: formal photos before and after the church baptism, the baptism ceremony itself, the later naming ceremony at our house, our guests, toasts, formal family pictures, beautiful portraits of our twins, close ups of the special elements of the event (food, flowers, baptismal certificates) etc.

Kristi has a very special gift that is evidenced in her work - she is able to capture the essence of her subjects. She did an amazing job framing the photos and using special effects to capture the magic of the moment. Several look like commercial photos from a magazine shoot! She caught us not only in "the moment", but in many little moments, as well. And she did it in a way that was timeless and yet unexpected. She enabled us to have a better sense of what the events were like, as a whole, since the day itself went by in somewhat of a blur.

The best investment we made that day was for Kristi's services, because now we can be reminded of the spirit and happiness of the occasion any time we want.The pictures were more beautiful than we could have ever hoped for. We would unconditionally recommend Kristi to anyone trying to capture the special moments of an important event.Best wishes in your planning of your special event. Our hope for you is that you hire this very talented woman, whose photos have the rare ability to capture the joy contained in your heart.

- Dr. and Mrs. Don Waldrep

May 04, 2007

To Whom It May Concern:

This letter is our personal recommendation for Kristi Klemens. Kristi took photographs of our engagement session and most importantly, our wedding. Her quality of work and professionalism are exceptional.

Throughout our wedding planning process, my wife and I were having difficulties finding the right photographer, as we were seeking a certain artistic style, and not just a person who took regular pictures (which we found most “wedding” photographers to have). When questioned about their work, these photographers became very defensive and had told us that it was impossible to find the style we were looking for in a wedding photographer. They were correct, until we met Kristi.

Kristi’s work proved to be more than what we could ever have imagined! Her pictures captured every emotion in our special day, from nervousness and excitement, to the tears of joy, to the crazy festivities of the reception. It was amazing to see the amount of pictures she took because she was barely noticed by our guests, yet somehow, she captured everything and everyone with her camera. Her work is so beautiful that the images she took can be used in greeting cards – we actually used some for our thank you cards.

Kristi was also very professional in her work. Her bubbly personality made it very easy to convey anything, unlike other photographers we met who had bigger egos than most professional athletes. She willingly took the shots we wanted, but knew when (and how) to advise us of her opinions in making the pictures look better. In short, we were completely at ease with her, yet confident that she would do an amazing job – which of course she more than did! And although the reception ran longer than planned, Kristi was flexible enough to stay longer than what was originally agreed upon, without giving us a hard time about extra hours and/or costs.

It was truly a pleasure and blessing to have Kristi as part of our wedding! She played a monumental role in making it a very special and memorable day. We will definitely seek her again for our future endeavors, and would happily recommend her to anyone that needs a photographer. We guarantee that they will not be disappointed.

Sincerely,

DJ and Nerissa Yuhico

Kristi is one of my dear friends and a very talented photographer. I met her when I was just starting out as a wedding photographer and have been in awe of her talent since then. She has a well developed eye and is incredibly talented. I am honored to know her and thankful for every time I get to shoot with her! She ROCKS!

Amazing Photographer! Kristi has a unique artistic eye with a modern edge and a vintage elegance. She will capture moments in time which will be cherished by all.Denise EmpeyHair, Make-up & Accessories

I've had the pleasure of working with Kristi on several occasions. Her eye for creativity is amazing and she is a total sweetheart!