Next to Me Studios

Chris is absolutely amazing!!! He is an awesome photographer with taste and has great personality:) We want to do another photo shoot with him!

My husband and I hired Chris and Jordan to capture our wedding day, and they were by far our best vendor decision.
I knew that we couldn’t afford the price of the all-​inclusive packages that most photographers of their high caliber charge, but Chris and Jordan worked with us to put together a package in our price range that didn’t jeopardize losing those special moments.
Our wedding photos are amazing. I think they belong in some kind of well-​known international magazine. And I usually don’t think that highly of myself! In addition to being incredibly talented (there’s nothing I could say to describe their work-​check out their website), they are just fun and awesome individuals. You don’t want to be around people that make you tense on your wedding day. Chris and Jordan are a warm and charismatic husband and wife team that say funny things like «Babe, quit hogging the such-​and-​such lens!» while they’re telling you how good you look.
And they worked on their wedding anniversary! They sacrificed their special night to capture ours, and now we share an anniversary day.
My Mom cries every time she looks at our wedding pictures… full disclosure, so do I. We’ll be calling Chris and Jordan again when we start having kids or something.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

I cannot recommend Next to Me Studios enough. The quality of our wedding photos and the personal care they put into their work tremendously exceeded our expectations.
I was incredibly methodical when searching for our wedding photographers. My wife and I agreed that we wanted to have the highest quality photos that our budget would allow, and my initial search started from a spreadsheet of around 40 photographers in San Diego. I spent weeks researching and getting to know so many of these photographers, and I was surprised in the end how easy it was to choose Next to Me Studios.
From the start Chris and Jordan have been intentional, punctual, artful, and above all genuine in running their business. My wife and I were delighted. The photos were beautiful; they received nothing but praise from our friends and family. There were so many memorable moments they captured that we struggled in deciding which ones to print. Choosing them to be our photographers was one of our best wedding planning decisions by far.

Wedding photos were my biggest priority for my wedding, I wanted photos we could cherish forever but photographers who wouldn’t make my camera shy husband cringe throughout the whole process. We shopped around for photographers who were budget friendly yet still had beautiful pictures. Chris and Jordan were everything we wanted wrapped up in a package named Next To Me Studios ;)
They are extremely quick with responses, they want to make sure you are comfortable and happy every step of the way, and they are extremely down to earth.
We loved how they managed our day, took beautiful shots, and fit in perfectly with the rest of the crowd.
We are in love with our photos and are so happy with our choice in Next To Me Studios. I would highly recommend them to anyone. Stop shopping around, this is your choice.

These photographers have captured my girls entire little lives from newborn up through our most recent family shoot. We have for the past three years had them do a photo shoot with our family every six months. They also have done my sisters wedding as well as many friends wedding/​family shoots. I have never seen a bad session come from them. they go above and beyond to get the shots that best portrays your family or your occasion. I specially love they go on location for all kinds of shoots. We have had them take our photos at parks, and in Old Spanish Village as well as in our home! LOVE THEM. They are also amazing with babies/​kids and so very kind! You will not be sorry when you hire these two!

If you are looking for photographers that personalize your moments and capture the unexpected, then Chris and Jordan are perfect.
After stressing out about finding a photographer that would be affordable enough for our wedding budget, my cousin brought that one of her husband’s friends is a photographer and to take a look at their work. I loved what they had done with my cousin’s maternity pictures, and since they were newer, they hadn’t really had wedding experience yet. Once I contacted Next to Me studios on their website, Chris emailed me back next day inquiring about what I was looking for and if my husband and I wanted to meet for drinks to talk more about it.
After going over everything for my vision and what I wanted to capture, since the brides opinion is the only one that REALLY matters, I knew I wanted to give Chris and Jordan a shot. We did an engagement session with them about a year before our wedding. I have to say, it was one of my favorite experiences as a couple. We got to know how Chris and Jordan work, as well as they did with us, and my husband and I got to show our love for each other. I didn’t know I would have so much fun, and I only expected great things from then on out! The engagement pictures were done being edited and sent to us within 4 weeks, and they were absolutely amazing. So much that the pictures were focal points in some of the wedding. I knew I couldn’t wait to use them to capture the little moments on our special day.
About 6 months after our engagement pictures, my family wanted to do a family shoot, and those pictures were great. They both caught the quirky, weirdness that is my family and I love what came out of them.
The day of the wedding, both Chris and Jordan had an itinerary to follow that I had given them a week prior. They showed up at 2pm as requested and just started taking pictures from the get go. Now with the wedding, I wasn’t able to see everything that was at tables or outside, and they caught EVERYTHING I WANTED without even asking! The wait time on the pictures to be edited was longer, about 10 weeks, but they did a wonderful job. The great thing about it, We have the copyright to them, so we can print them and not spend a ton of money paying for pictures for gifts!
I cannot wait for more pictures that we can do with them, and I would recommend them to anyone who is looking to have fun and enjoy their day, especially for a wedding.
Chris and Jordan THANK YOU! You both made our wedding more memorable than you could imagine. We look forward to working with you more in the future.

Next to Me Studios were absolutely the best fit for our engagement and wedding photos! They were wonderful at helping us feel comfortable in front of the camera and making sure that we got the shots that we wanted to. They asked many questions to help capture our style and incorporated that into our photos.
Jordan and Chris are so warm and the kind of people you instantly become friends with. It was so great to work with both of them because they can both take the same shot in different ways and the quality and quantity of pictures definitely shows that! They are incredibly gifted and I would recommend them for any type of event you want photographed!
NTMS is dedicated to making sure your big day is captured perfectly!