Kaemmerling Photography

John and Michonne took our engagement photos-​they are AMAZING. We had such a blast doing the session and you can see it in our photos. They are fun/​friendly people and have so much talent. We printed a few pictures on canvas and posted them around our wedding. We got compliments from almost every guest and they all demanded to know who did them! Michonne shot our wedding and from the few pictures I have seen thus far, they are FANSTASTIC. I can’t wait for the rest and the album :)

John and his team are inspired artists who are beyond gracious and professional. They are clearly passionate about their work and know how to bring out the best in all who they work with. I felt like a princess and a super model on my wedding day because John attended to my groom and I with his undivided attention and good humor that made all our photograph sessions a breeze. He can catch the magic and the emotion with his artist’s eye and provide the highest quality photos that truly capture the heart of the moment. From posed, to candid, to action shots, he can do it all in a way that tells the story and keeps the moments so they can be forever timeless. John Kaemmerling’s work is truly inspired.

John and Michonne are absolutely delightful and insanely talented.
They captured every special moment of our day with such an eye toward all things beautiful, sincere, candid, and sweet. They must have the superhero power of instinct as they didn’t know that I had recorded a song for my father for our dance, but got the PERFECT photo of him in that 2 second moment of surprise. There were many wonderful pictures of our family and friends looking joyful, and we had fun taking serious and sweet photos as husband and wife.
They were incredibly discreet and went about capturing special moments completely unnoticed. I could not have been more pleased to have them photograph our wedding.

Love John! Amazing photos & great personal service. He shot our wedding two years ago & I’m still raving so that should tell you something!

When we decided to use John for our photography, we thought it might be expensive, but after we got our photos back, we now know why he is so in demand. He has done weddings in Hawaii, (quite a few) and all over. Michonne, his wife was also fantastic. They made us both feel so at ease. Thank you to both of you for making our event the most memorable. We just wanted to say, no wonder he has won numerous awards for his photography! We just didn’t worry about the photography part of the day and you’ll be glad you chose them for all your photography!

Absolutely amazing photography.
John is a patient, creative artist. He understands your vision and creates work of arts that exceeds your expectations. He can assist you in posing if needed. Through his photography, he does not only capture the objects but the ‘emotion’ as well. Arts that exudes feeling absolutely brings itself to a different level in whatever form it is in.

We met John at a vendor event at Kennolyn and I knew after 2 minutes of talking with him that he was the photographer for us! He took our engagement photos, wedding photos, music videos, father daughter dance video, and referred us to a FANTASTIC florist.
I am NOT photogenic and it was really important for me to find someone who could make me look good. John and Michonne are not photographers, any one can pick up a camera and take pictures; they are true artists. They were able to make me look fantastic and along with me being so please at the picture outcome they have become true friends.
My fiancée whined the entire time we were driving to the engagement photo session and after he could not stop talking about John and wanted to know when we would get to see him next!
We have known them for almost two years and hope to be a part of their lives for many more to come. Our wedding photos are to die for and are great memories, they are amazing people, and probably the nicest people you will ever meet.

We have used Kaemmerling Photography for all of our family photos for the last year. We found Kaemmerling photography online while researching for a wedding in the Santa Cruz area. We immediately knew he was the photographer we wanted after looking at his online portfolio. John offered so much more the standard poses that you see from most wedding photographers. We liked how his photos told a story. So far John has done our maternity shoot, the baby’s one and six month shoots, our engagement and wedding shoot. We will use him at least one more time for the baby’s one year shoot. Each time we have worked with John we have ended up with so many fantastic photos that we’ve ended up buying the set instead of just a few shots. The canvas print he made for us is a conversation piece whenever we have guests. Don’t be afraid to come to John with your own ideas, he was always very open to what we wanted and had great suggestions on making the quality of the shots better than we had anticipated.

John Kaemmerling truly is as good as it gets. I went to him for an executive head shot and found that he filled all my requirements: he is professional and good-​natured, he works fast, he knows what he’s doing, he’s easy to work with, and he does excellent work.
I’ll be relying on John for all my future professional photography needs.

Kaemmerling Photography was absolutely phenomenal. My husband and I got married in January of 2009 in San Francisco. We had a night wedding and John and his wife didn’t skip a beat. They work well in all types of environments (church setting, very windy night in SF, no daylight). They have such a gift for capturing moments and working with all types of lighting. From the second we met him, John totally made us feel comfortable. It was such a pleasure working with him and Michonne prior to the wedding and on our wedding day. They are both very professional. Both my husband and I couldn’t have been happier with the photographs. I can’t speak highly enough about them.

I don’t know how you would choose a photographer for your event, but when you check out this web site you will find that you just enjoyed an hour of free entertainment.
I’m totally sold, and when I have my next event Kaemmerling Photography is hired.
please check out their web site. You’ll love it.

We had the absolute pleasure of working with John & Michonne Kaemerling for our wedding photography (and a year later with our pregnancy portraits). I could not rave about them any more– they are wonderful, caring, and so skilled at what they do. They are an absolute joy to work with, and are so professional and you can trust that your pictures will be amazing. Highly recommended!

My husband and I are so blessed to have had John and Michonne as our photographers for our wedding. While planning our wedding, everyone told us that the most important thing you can do is get an amazing photographer — and we did. These two are phenomenal. They are such nice, warm, and thoughtful people. They didn’t interrupt the flow of the day. Everyone says our pictures are the most beautiful wedding pictures they have ever seen. I would recommend them to everyone. I can’t imagine ever being happier with our photos. Thank you both so much!

To say that Kaemmerling is an absolutely, unbelievably, fantastic photographer is an understatement. In my wildest dreams, I never hoped to have such wonderful photography for my daughter’s wedding. His artistic eye, expert photographic skills, talented editing combine to make him the best photographer I have seen to date.
After the wedding, I got so many positive comments about everything in the wedding. It was perfect in every way. After sending the email with the link to the photographs, the emails started flying about how incredible the photographs were. There were over a thousand shots, and people who didn’t even make it to the wedding said that they looked through the entire slide show and were in awe of the quality.
My future daughter-​in-​law sent the link to her mother to demonstrate how important it is to hire a professional photographer for her wedding in southern California. My friends said that there are professional photographers and then there are professional photographers, and she will not likely find anyone who comes close to Kaemmerling.
I might also add that it is a pleasure to work with him. He is one of those people with a perfect disposition and always has a smile on his face. He keeps a low profile, and you don’t even know the wedding is being photographed.
I am so glad that I found him and made the perfect choice. I hope you do too.

I have not only had the pleasure of working with John and Michonne but have also had my children’s pictures taken by them. Kaemmerling photography is definitely one of the best photographers in all of California! Their calm but fun personalities are easy to warm up to so much so, people forget that they are there. I work with a lot of talented and professional photographers and I can truly say that Kaemmerling Photography is one of the very best! Not only in the photography but in the way that they work with the client.
I never hesitate in recommending Kaemmerling Photography to any and all clients and friends! You get what you pay for!

I really loved our photographers, John & Michonne Kaemmerling. They are very positive to work with. From day one, John and Michonne were very professional and their work is consistently good. They offer alot of value for their overall cost and package compared to alot of bay area photographers. They take very traditional portraiture type work and it comes out beautifully. I think they are wonderful people and the photos they produced were beautiful. People still compliment us on how gorgeous the photos were.
However, if you’re looking for more of an artistic approach to photography, they are not as creative as some photographers that I’ve seen samples from and they are not as experienced with photoshop as I would have expected photographers to be. But their style is traditional/​portraiture, so that is what you would expect from them.
I think our video montage was very well put together, however, the video footage wasn’t as polished as it could have been.
For overall professionalism, customer service, value and consistently good photos, I give them five stars. For creativity, after production touch ups of photos, and videography footage, I’d give them three stars.
I’ve attached some of my favorite photos from the wedding. Judge for yourselves.