TJ. Salsman Photography

TJ was beyond outstanding! I just proposed to my girlfriend in Napa Valley and had TJ capture the engagement. His pictures are incredible and he captures the emotional feel of the moment. He was extremely professional to work with. He coordinated with the Vineyard where I proposed and made sure everything was seamless! All I had to do was show up, propose, and enjoy the great pictures!

My grand plan was to ask my girlfriend to become my fiancé on a trip planned in Napa. The trip was in disguise as her birthday trip, but it was much more. We started the celebration at Scribe Winery, my favorite in all of California. All I needed was a photographer to pose as a blogger doing a piece on Scribe to interact with us, that’s when I searched Unilocal for someone. TJ was the first to call me back, had competitive pricing and was thrilled to take on the role as local blogger. The plan was executed flawlessly, TJ was a perfectionist with the shots and I was thrilled with the final product. He was the last key to my plan after having the entire winery and friends in on it. Thanks for a truly memorable experience, now captured on some pretty amazing photos. I highly recommend TJ for your wedding or engagement shots. Fun to work with as well! We both thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

If you are looking for a photographer who will listen to you, be creative and artistic and catch the «perfect» moment, TJ Salsman Photography is it! He has an incredible eye and an attention to detail that I have found lacking with past local photographers. You will be happy you choose TJ to photograph your special day.

We are from Houston and were looking for a photographer for our Napa Valley elopement. I wanted to make sure I got creative, artistic shots that weren’t too posed. Our hotel sent me several suggestions. When I saw T.J.‘s work, I knew I had found the right person to capture our special day. His vision and uniqueness was truly inspiring and I loved the fact that he used nature and the beauty of our surroundings as much as possible. He is a true artist and professional. Thank you for capturing my vision and our love in your work.

There is no one better. TJ is an amazing person and an amazing photographer. He has a profound respect for the importance of the wedding day and he takes the time and care in advance to sort through your priorities and to schedule the day’s photography accordingly.
TJ is also about finding exquisite moments and quickly framing them. He has an eye for intriguing backdrops, perfect lighting and his editing is fine art.
Take time to explore his portfolio and know that beyond the website, he is all that and more!

Engaged couples, look no further, T.J. is THE photographer for your wedding! My husband and I were very fortunate to have T.J. document our wedding day this past June. There are thousands of wedding photographers here in the bay area, the market is seriously competitive. But T.J.‘s work stood out the most to us because his pictures are bright (lots of natural lighting), warm (precious and emotional moments nicely captured on camera), and natural (candid shots rather than posed).
After meeting T.J., we knew right away he was the one. T.J. used to be a newspaper photographer… he had documented many historical moments all around the country before switching gear to wedding photography. Because of his background and experience, he’s amazing at capturing special moments and telling stories thru his photos. We absolutely LOVED all the photos T.J. took for us! Our wedding was during the day, outdoors in the garden with a fountain, lots of green. Through his lenses, he framed the beautiful venue around us, reflected the amazing colors and natural beauty of the venue upon us. He captured so many tender moments throughout the day… each picture told a story of its own.
Now about T.J. — he’s not only talented, but also super nice, easy going, responsive, flexible, down to earth, hardworking, and was willing to do what it takes to make us happy. He also works fast — turned around our wedding photos within 1 month! We truly enjoyed working with TJ and will keep telling the world about him!

I am so happy to have found T. J to document our small destination elopement in pictures. The photos are truly awesome and exceeded my expectations by far. He captured the mood of the day perfectly and transformed my vision of the wedding day into images I want to look at again and again. T. J was very professional and responsive from the time I contacted him the first time to the moment we met at our wedding day. He got the eye to find the perfect location in a bliss just minutes after he arrived, made us feel very comfortable during the shoot and was a joy to work with. Even so he was very busy he still sent me a few images just the day after. I highly recommend T.J. Salsman photography for special events.

T.J. was a great photographer to work with through the wedding planning process. After considering a bunch of different photographers with my now husband, I kept looking at the images T.J. featured on his website and those posted on other sites that referenced his work. He was also referred to us by our planner after we had looked a several prospective photographers. After meeting with TJ, my husband was sold! We sort of knew what kind of coverage we wanted during the day and opted for not only all day coverage, but also a second shooter for the day of. Our second shooter was Sarah who was very fun and energetic!
T.J. definitely listened to our thoughts on what kind of shots we like. We did an engagement session with him and the results were amazing. I highly recommend opting for the engagement session so that you can get a feel for how he works! On the day of the wedding both TJ and Sarah were great to work with. I cannot wait to see all the shots! My husband and I are chomping at the bit after seeing a few preview shots of our big day! If there’s anything you want to invest good money in, it’s definitely the photography!!!

TJ is a true artist who came recommended to us via our fantastic wedding planner, Sonja Beazley Burch (Intimate Weddings-​Napa). We had our wedding September 16, 2012 at the Beazley House in Napa and the day was completely perfect. TJ felt like part of the family that day– an incredible personality and true master of his craft. We had our reception on the Napa Valley Wine Train; a personal dream of mine was to have a black & white photo of my husband and I kissing on the back of the train with a «Just Married» banner on the back– a timeless photo that would represent the love and excitement we felt on that day. I can proudly say that my husband and I now have three framed differently captured photos of this picture, each uniquely exceptional, but similar image framed in our new home. We also have a few other of our favorites around the house & our perfect wedding photo book in our living room. It was a pleasure getting to know TJ the weeks before our wedding as we were planning our destination wedding with our «wedding team» (TJ, Sonja, & Jocelyn, my hair & makeup artist from Bella Bridal) from New Jersey. He was extremely speedy in delivering the complete edited photos & even helped us out by quickly delivering a few edits we could have in time for our wedding celebration back home (which got MANY compliments). We certainly hope TJ will photograph our family photos in the future… hopefully soon :)

TJ was an absolute JOY to work with! We really appreciated his professionalism, sense of humor, flexibility and mostly his creative eye to provide us with pictures that totally knocked our socks off!!! We loved having TJ be a part of our special day. We’d DEFINITELY recommend him to anyone in the Napa area!

The one good thing that has come from having my Facebook account was finding T.J. Salsman. T.J. is unbelievably talented. First, he is an amazing person, extremely easy to talk to and work with. Second, he is truly an artist who loves his craft. The moment he began shooting us at our engagement session, I knew we were in good hands. This realization was proved true as my engagement photos were magnificent! The background in each of our photos looks like a set: simply stunning. T.J. has an eye for beauty and it comes through in his photos. I was so happy with our engagement photos that I had hoped my wedding photos were going to be just as spectacular. They were, of course, and then some. The photos from my wedding bring tears to my eyes every time I look at them. They are gorgeous. Thank you T.J. for capturing our wedding so beautifully. You are a gifted photographer and we were so happy to share our day with you. Thanks again for everything. :)

A friend referred TJ to us for our wedding and I am so glad that she did! From our first phone call with us he took the time to explain the process and answer any and all questions that I had and followed up with me the next week to see if I need anything else.
When it came time for our engagement photos he listened to our suggestions to create amazing photos that both of us absolutely loved. I am a little shy with the camera and he captured both of our personalities and you could see our feeling’s/love for each other in his pictures.
On our Wedding Day he was so patient with our family pictures (we both have huge families) and took the time to be creative in our bride and groom portraits. All the little details that I had incorporated into our wedding were photographed along with all the special people in my life. He truly captured every special moment from our day!
I can’t thank TJ enough for everything that he has done for us and we have decided that he is our photographer for life!

We were very picky with who we wanted to photograph our wedding, so when we met with TJ for the first time, we knew by the end of the meeting that we wanted him to photograph our wedding. He provided us with more than what we could imagine. Our engagement photos came out amazing and with only a sneak peek of our wedding day photos, I know that we made the right decision.
He was there capturing every special moment and we will be thanking him for it every time we look at our photos.
Thanks TJ!

TJ photographed my wedding at BR Cohn winery last month and did an amazing job. He attended our rehearsal the night before and found a second photographer who could take shots of the boys getting ready while he was taking pictures of me and the bridesmaids. He’s incredibly professional, but also clearly passionate about what he does. TJ just seemed to always take the extra step to make sure we were happy. The pictures of the wedding are GORGEOUS and he captured so many special moments. I couldn’t be happier.