Wedding Photography

Congrats on choosing the love of your life!

Now, it's time to celebrate and preserve every beautiful moment of your journey together. In an effort to inspire our first conversation, explore the customizable wedding and portrait photography services below, designed to capture your love story in a way that's uniquely yours.

My why

I can help because I've been there. As the daughter of a strong single mom, I grew up

understanding the value of love, resilience, and seeing beauty in life's imperfect moments. Capturing your deep connections, raw emotions, and unforgettable memories that make your love story so special are my passion because every woman of strength deserves joyful moments her family can relive for a lifetime.

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I Do Collection

Here's a peek into photography from weddings and couples sessions.

Highlights

"Home is whenever I'm with you."

4 - 8 hours starts at $2750

Wedding Coverage

planning and editing time, 10 sneak peeks delivered in 1 week, all the best edited photos delivered within 6-8 weeks, presented in an online gallery to download

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1 hour starts at $575

Couples Session

At 1 location, 1 outfit, 10 sneak peeks delivered in 1 week, approximately 100 edited photo files delivered in 4 weeks, presented in an online gallery to download

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destinations

Want us to travel to your favorite place?

This includes anything outside of Alameda County. Pricing for destinations is the same, except the client is to cover travel fees such as: lodging, airfare, rental car, bridge toll, and/or mileage at .70 cents/mile.

Thank you for imagining the possibilities of collaborating and creating something memorable together.

Next steps

Let's Chat

Like what you see? Fill out a contact form here to ask me anything and schedule a free 30 minute planning consultation. Please share your love story, vision, and questions.

Custom Proposal

After our call, I will share your custom proposal that meets your unique needs. Every proposal includes Val as the lead photographer, a photo timeline, 1 hour site visit, and beautifully edited high-resolution photos ready to download in an online gallery. The online gallery also provides an option to purchase prints and framed artwork.

Make it Official

When you deliver the signed contract with a 50% non-refundable retainer, your date is officially saved.

jamie

“You can see the cinematic quality in some of her shots carrying through from her videography background.”

Val is dependable, organized, and easy to work with. She is particularly great with natural light photography. You can see the cinematic quality in some of her shots carrying through from her videography background. I highly recommend working with her!

Nicole

“Your communication, kindness, clear dedication and love you put into your work impressed us the most!”

I would show the photos to let them speak for themselves and tell them how lovely, organized and easy you are to work with.

STACEY

“She captured our day so beautifully with close-ups, candids, details of our flowers and venue.”

Val was absolutely wonderful to work with. I swear I thought I would never forget anything about that day, and while all the feelings remain strong, I know some memories have begun to fade, which makes these photos even more special.

SHANNON

“She got us our pictures back less than two months after our wedding and put together gorgeous albums.”

We are so glad we hired Val to be our wedding photographer! She has a great eye and our pictures came out beautifully. We couldn't be happier with them! She is also extremely professional and reliable. We definitely recommend working with her.

kaveri

“She had a whole timeline prepared for us and made sure all our preferences and concerns were heard.”

We chose Valarie for our city hall wedding photography and she did an absolutely fantastic job! From the get go - she was very quick to respond to our emails, she took the time to understand what we wanted, and created a clear proposal accordingly. She also sent us the sneak peeks and the pictures right on time as she promised. We cannot recommend her enough!

Robert

“I have to say that Valarie did wonders for my girlfriend and I during our photography session.”

She helped out on finding good positions to shoot in and was adjusting on the fly. I felt very comfortable from the beginning with my experience on the beach and all the photos came out professionally finished.

Ready to Begin

Let's work together, yeah yeah yeah!

Cheers to having something to celebrate! Are you excited to capture your sun-kissed love story? I adore meeting new people, and I would be thrilled to capture the spirit of who you are together as a couple.