C. Robinson Photography

We created a relatively simple list of pictures for her to take and she missed a few important shots unfortunately. Really not sure how that happened and no explanation was offered.
She also never gave us the album she promised she’d make. I called her for months to try to get the album. It looks like other reviewers have had the same problem. Rather than sue her, I figure she just deserves a bad review so that other people are informed.
The reason why she doesn’t get 1 star is because some of the shots did turn out decently well.

We got married in July 2010. We have not received our album, not even a CD of our photos– absolutely NOTHING! Cynthia does not return phone calls or emails. Unfortunately, this seems to be a common theme here. Now we are looking into going to small claims court.

This is a longg over due review.
Cynthia was our wedding photographer in 2006 at Mare Island. She also performed our engagement pictures in SF, which turned out great. However, beware!!! She did NOT fulfill her obligations by giving us our pre-​paid family photo albums. I emailed, called and she did not return phone calls or emails. I turned her into BBB, and am getting ready to file small claims action because she owes us over $ 600.00 worth of albums. She told me that she no longer is using the «online company from italy» to make the albums, but she refused to pay back the money that she got. We only received a photo CD of all of our prints (thank God) but never received our paid albums. She is extremely unprofessional and will push you to pay in full. BEWARE. She acts professional and seems to care, but then steals your money by not fulfilling the contract… she’s done it before and looks like she will continue.
Her office is out of her home in SF. She should be ashamed of herself by taking advantage of one of the most important days of people’s lives… their wedding day.

I would not recommend her for wedding photography. She was really unreliable and never fulfilled our signed contract. However, she is more reasonably priced than some others. If you go with her, just make sure you don’t pre-​pay.

Cynthia is great. She photographed our wedding and the pictures she took were amazing. Her prices are also very reasonable. Cynthia is extremely talented, very easy to work with, down to earth, very professional, and has a great personality. She pays lots of attention to details and makes sure everything is done perfectly. For our wedding, she spent a great amount of time exploring the venue, came up with very artistic ideas, and took beautiful pictures that created an amazing wedding album. Everyone at the wedding loved her and I strongly recommend Cynthia.

She was wonderful. I posted an ad on CL for a wedding photography and got tons of responses. She was the best price for what we were asking for. Not only was the price in our low budget but the pictures turned out great. I would definitely recommend her and use her again.
Loved Cynthia!

«My husband Alan & I greatly recommend Cynthia as a photographer. We hired Cynthia here in San Francisco for our civil wedding at City Hall, in February 2007… which was a very intimate wedding, as we were having our „real wedding“ in Rome with all our families and friends in May 2007. We had an instant connection with Cynthia. We felt so at ease with her, and can’t tell you how important that was for us, as we obviously didn’t want our special moment to feel awkward with the intrusion of a stranger behind a camera. And then, the real magic happened: We saw the photos she took! They were stunning! She caught the most intimate, natural moments… We honestly did no expect anything so special. We used a series of those photos for our wedding invitations to Rome and have gotten nothing but amazed reactions out of them! She has a true gift. We couldn’t imagine our real wedding to be happening without Cynthia to capture it anymore, she was coming with us to Rome! The rest is classic history. The most beautiful wedding we could have ever dreamt of and the most amazing photos to show for it (dvds, albums…). Cynthia has an incredible work ethic, she is well travelled and adjusts to the most uncomfortable last minute situations that abroad travels can bring: Cynthia’s luggage was lost and didn’t arrive until after our wedding was over?! (Poor Cynthia) She didn’t let the jet-​lag nor having to wear the same outfit as she wore on the plane to our wedding affect her mood nor the quality of her work. She is a true professional, and we are forever grateful to have had her at our side for the most blessed moments in or lives. We feel she’s a part of the family now! THANK YOU Cynthia.» Since then, She documented our first pregnancy and is now about to take our little baby girls first pictures… We trust Cynthia with our most precious mile stones in life. ~Deborah & Alan

Cynthia photographed BOTH of our weddings (quickie at city hall, then the big proper family wedding), and the photos are absolutely beautiful. She was so discrete, we barely even knew she was there, and then we couldn’t believe how well the photos turned out!
Cynthia’s photos are so artistic. Sometimes I’ll be looking at them, and I’ll just be struck by a picture of an exterior or a cocktail! Needless to say, the photos of the people were even better.
Cynthia is a sweet lady, and she has great energy. We loved having her be a part of our weddings, and all of our guests thought she was terrific.

Cynthia photographed our wedding in January of 2007. She told us that we would receive the items that we ordered a few weeks later. We paid for an album that was NEVER delivered. To this day we still do NOT have photos from our wedding in the album we paid for. We also have not received a full refund from Cynthia either. Using Cynthia Robinson Photography for our special night was a HUGE mistake. A wedding is something that happens once in a lifetime and it would be nice to have the photos to remember it by. Cynthia then promised us a full refund on the album’s which to no surprise we have not seen yet either. I would not ever want anyone to go through what we have. Cynthia should be ashamed of herself for not following through on her promise to us.

My God son used this photographer nearly 3 years ago for his wedding and she has still not fulfilled her contractual obligations. She was to provide a photo book that they paid $ 500.00 for. She did refund $ 200.00 after 2.5 years of complaining but still owes $ 300.00, she refuses to respond or pay. :(
BUYER BEWARE!

Cynthia did our wedding photography, and gave us incredible value compared with other quotes we got from a number of photographers in San Francisco.
Our package included an engagement shoot, a guest book with pictures from the engagement shoot, a ton of 4×6 photos, a wedding album, a DVD with all of the digital photos, and a free website to view low-​res images (and share with friends). She working mainly with a Canon 20D digital camera.
Cynthia was generally quite professional and and easy to work with, though we felt a little pressured by her at the reception. Since she’s tech-​savvy it was easy to make the selections for the 2 albums through a website. We were very happy with the albums, and with the quality and artistry of her work; we would have liked to see more close-​up photos and a little less of the fish-​eye lens.
When I wanted to change the layout of the wedding album (which she had emailed us as a PDF), she made adjustments along the lines of what I asked without complaint, saying she wanted above all that we would be happy with the end result. It took a little longer to receive the album than we’d expected, but that’s a minor complaint in the scheme of things.

There are no words to describe how Cynthia took care of the couple I coordinated the event for. When I found her online, she was one of three photographers I had lined up to meet with. The moment the couple sat down to meet with her, they already knew she was the one and had asked me to cancel the other photographers.
She was probably the most discreet photographers I have ever seen. I barely even noticed she was there! I had to look for her just to make sure she’s eaten at the reception. Her work is amazing. The pictures she had taken for the couple’s E-​session came out so sweet and brought out the lovey-​dovey side of them – which nobody has ever seen before. She’s like family to us now and I hope I can bring more business to her in the future. If I could give her 10 stars, I would!