Richard Wood Photographics

Richard Wood is not only an amazingly talented photographer (check out his website), he's also a great person to have around during the chaos of a wedding! His costs are incredibly reasonable for the Napa Valley, and in my opinion, a steal for the quality of photographs you get.

Aside from his photographic responsibilities at the wedding, Richard played a big part in helping me during the day. When getting ready, he was instrumental in keeping things - and me - calm (it was getting really crazy - people kept popping in my room). During pre-ceremony photos, I felt faint; he made sure I got plenty of food, and made sure I ate it! After the ceremony, he helped my bridesmaids do my bustle! During the cake-cutting, he showed my husband and I how to properly cut the cake, and do the toast.

He has a great personality, very outgoing and friendly (and not too bad looking!). My bridesmaids just loved him.

I am so glad we chose him. I'm not sure how I would've been during the wedding if he wasn't around! HIGHLY, highly recommended.

Richard is fantastic! Unfortunately he was not available for our wedding date. He did however help us find someone even though he wasn’t available. He went above and beyond, with many phone and e-mail communications making sure we found someone to fit all our needs. He has a coalition of photographers he works with in the Napa Valley. We love Briana, whom he got us in touch with! I know we would have loved Richard too based on my experience with him, his work on his website and the reviews I read about him!

If you are looking for the perfect combination of patience, exuberance and talent - Richard Wood is an excellent choice. His ability to effectively calm not only the bridal party, but the entire family, is extraordinary! Not only does Richard project his calm, collected persona onto others, he also takes amazing photographs! During all of the wedding chaos, it was great to have a devoted photographer that took it upon himself to capture all of the great moments without any need for direction. My husband and I are so impressed with Richard's photographs; we are already planning an anniversary photo session! We were married at V Sattui Winery in Napa on October 4th, 2009 - Richard was a perfect addition to our fairytale wedding. Thank you, Richard!

Richard Wood is AMAZING! He is the most calm easy to work with guy I have ever met. He totally kept everything "chill" and knew exactly what was going on. I hadn't realized he would be such a part of everything around us. He was really organized. He was also really fun to work with. He kept me calm. The most important part was the final product. The pictures were stunning! He captured everything plus some on our special day. I am so glad we hired Richard and would recommend him to anyone. Don't hesitate, you will be so happy to work with him.
He is an absolute professional but in the coolest way! We were married a year ago at St. Francis Winery in Sonoma.
Thank you, Richard!
Trudy and Michael.

Richard is an amazing photographer! He was incredibly helpful throughout the planning stages of our wedding (destination wedding at Auberge du Soleil in Napa), and offered helpful suggestions on different wedding photo ideas for our big day. Richard was wonderful to work with - so easy going, helpful, and relaxed! He captured all of the important moments (plus more!) during our ceremony and reception, and was able to turn around our pictures in just two days!! His photo sharing website is genius and we absolutely love the pictures!! We can't wait to receive our disc and start working on our wedding album. We highly, highly recommend Richard for any of your photography needs! :)

We absolutely love all the photos and we are so happy with everything Richard did. They look absolutely fantastic!! Everyone we have showed them to has commented on what a great photographer we had. I really appreciateed his talent, and professionalism and ability to work fast and bring out the best in everyone. We can't wait to get the disk and start printing pictures. If I know anyone needing photography in California, I'll be sure to send them to him because he was just wonderful! Worth every penny!!!

We had are wedding in Sonoma California 09/17/09 and hired Richard Wood as our photographer, we are so happy with our choice!

Richard Wood is an amazing photographer but more importantly you can sense he really loves sharing your special day, he took the time with us to cover all bases before the wedding day, he has been great in always being available for questions. It was a true pleasure to have him part of our wedding experience. Another very important point for choosing Richard is that we payed a flat rate that included ALL pictures on a CD and he also offers a website for $14.99/month where ALL our pictures are posted and accessible to anybody we choose to send the link, user name & password, they can even download the pictures from the site...WOW that is so convenient , our friends and family loved it!!!!

I also did a special shoot the day before the wedding with Richard, this is a new service he is offering for brides to be, it was a surprise for my "husband"...OMG I was more nervous about that shoot then the wedding! But Richard did such a great job of making me at ease I ended up relaxing very quickly and had a blast! The pictures turn out really great. Don't forget to ask him about this you wont be sorry:)

Thank you Richard!!!!

Tracy & Phil

We knew that Richard must be good because we see him at so many of our weddings. A look through his portfolio confirms it. He is a true artist, as well as a really nice guy. The Eloquence String Quartet highly recommends Richard Wood Photographics