Santa Claus at Seaport Village & Photography by Eileen H

I miss Eileen… the photos she got off my girls our 4 years stationed there I will cherish. She met my second born at the Christmas shoot and watched both girls grow seeing them twice a year. Her Santas look like the real deal and are sweet as can be. .and her easter bunny is so amazing. Great prices. .she’ll remember repeat customers. .worth every penny

This is the best place we’ve been to for Santa. Last place we went to, we bought the USB and we were only given one photo to choose from. This place let us have all the photos they took on the USB. Another place we went to only had a metal-​type of background, so I didn’t like it. This one is decorated very nicely. I recommend it here, but you do have to make sure you plan to be there at least an hour; like most Santa places.

Awesome Santa experience with enthusiastic photographer and helpers. Santa Lady and crew takes their time with your littles so there is a little time to warm up, if needed. I’ve been going here for several Santa & Easter Bunny pics for four years. :)
The line can be a little crazy on the weekends so if you can, try coming midday during the week. No line today and it was great! This Santa is LEGIT! Loved the real beard, gold trimmed glasses and he was just wonderful with all the kids. I was prepared for another Santa disaster with a keepsake photo of my terrified child on Santa’s lap. Instead we got a joyful photo to treasure! This had everything to do with their patience and skill level. Thank you for a great experience! Happy holidays!

There was an hour wait to see Santa which I totally expected. My two year all son did amazing he was having a blast waiting in line up till the very end. We where next and I don’t know why but my son started screaming and yelling. So he was very upset. Eileen didn’t even try to make him smile. She snapped 4 pictures and she said I quote «Oh well looks like you wont be getting a smile this year.» After waiting for an hour we where in the gazebo for maybe 2 minutes and four pictures.
After reading all these great reviews I was really bummed out. We are not a family made of money, being able to take pictures with Santa this year was a huge deal and I expected my little boy to be taken care of, that its what all the reviews said.
He was not, it was like she didn’t want to deal with us.
If we are able to do this next year we will not be coming back to Sea Port Village if Eileen is the photographer.

What a great place to visit and have your Santa picture taken with such professional people!

Eileen truly is amazing and the only person that would actually get the kids to smile! She takes her time with the kids and as a result you get great pictures. I highly recommend. She also has the easter bunny! You must go to her next year and Easter time!

This is not the place to go if you want a quick, reasonable Santa picture. After waiting in line for 50 minutes we left. We had arrived 20 minutes before opening and the line barely moved. I question the thought process of needing the full Santa experience. I was hoping for a brief interaction and picture. If that is what you want, this isn’t the place.

Best Santa experience ever!!! My two year old loved Santa and Eileen got one of the best pictures of my son I have! Thank you for making our Christmas so magical!

Going somewhere else next year. It’s a fun event for our family to go to Seaport Village for Santa photos… until we see the results. We went for Santa pictures last year when our son was a newborn, for Easter, and again for Santa this year. After wanting to love her, we just don’t. Maybe we caught her on all of her bad days? We basically paid a boat load of money for the same poses and got better pictures on our own before and after the shoot. The Easter Bunny was a huge disappointment, with a petitie lady (it seemed), with a high pitched voice, dressed in a Trix costume. The Santa this year sat there and just pawed at my blouse in our pictures and it was SO not worth the money. I look at my friends’ Santa and Easter Bunny pictures with envy. I don’t expect my child to be glowing with joy in each and every one, but at least a variety of poses. Why pay $ 40 for the same shot 9 times? No wonder we’ve never had more than 1 or 2 families waiting in line before us. We wanted to make it a tradition, but moving on…

We went to Santa at Seaport Village… and we will go there from now on!
Eileen is awesome with kiddos who are scared of the man in the red suit! She knew the moment we walked into the gazebo that our little one would have a tough time and told us exactly what to do. After a moment of cries on Santa’s lap… we got some great smiles! Eileen knows what she is doing :) AWESOME!
We saw Santa A — and he is awesome! The backdrop has a nice and cozy warm feeling.
The value is great!!! We opted to buy just the CD… and we got 8 digital high resolution photos for $ 20! Gotta love that! This is a big improvement from last year’s experience at the Mission Valley Mall which was 1−5×7 for $ 20.
See you next year Santa Lady!

My Daughter has visited with Santa «A» 3 years (this will be her 4^th year). The pictures are so fantastic and Santa takes his time to listen to the wishes. It’s awesome to have the same Santa year after year!
Eileen is great with kids. My niece is autistic and Eileen was so patient with her.

Dear Santa,
I can explain… really I can…

Love Eileens photos… she is so good with crying kids (which is mine) and patient in helping you get the perfect shot… she even made one of my kid screaming on the Easter Bunny funny! (Oh yeah she also does Easter Bunny, besides Santa!)
Thanks Eileen for catching some holiday photos to remember, view, and cherish for years to come.
PS: I also love that Eileen gives you the option to own the photos she takes for you to reprint and share with family, friends, and facebook, at a VERY affordable price.

I found «our“Santa, almost 5 years ago. We have been going to Eileen ever since. Eileen is a wonderful lady that truly LOVEs her craft and her clients. We are so utterly devoted to her Santa Photos that we recommend her to everyone. Top it all of she has THE SWEETEST Santa (s) around, Wonderful and great with the little ones.
Where can you go and have someone remember you year after year.
Beyond the wonderful spirit her prices can not be beat, with great quality.