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I'm a Santa Cruz, California based photographer who specializes in wedding, engagement and portrait photography. I'm endlessly inspired in capturing peoples' natural energy and character on camera. Please take a moment to peruse my portfolio!
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Photo Shoot Types
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
Photo & Video Styles
- Classic
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
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Adriane was the PERFECT photographer for our wedding. Neither my wife nor I like being the center of attention, and Adriane made us feel totally at ease.
When we were looking for ...
a photographer, we really liked her style – she not only captures people and moments really well, but also the tiny details that we love (e.g., the trees at the venue, dessert cookies, table settings, etc.).
She knew the venue (Amphitheater of the Redwoods) very well and took us to a hidden spot on the property that made for wonderful candid photos after the ceremony.
Adriane was also really thoughtful and organized on our wedding day. She made sure we thought about whether we wanted certain photos and moments captured when we hadn’t thought about them at all…and many of them ended up being our favorites! She was effectively our guide throughout our big day, making sure we knew we were to move to the next phase, letting us know when her time was near its end for any last photos, etc.
Can’t recommend Adriane enough!
My husband and I cannot stress how lucky we feel to have had Adriane photograph our wedding in June 2023. She was so kind, caring, fun, and helpful throughout wedding planning and ...
on our wedding day. Our pictures are absolutely gorgeous--she documented our day perfectly. Our friends and family could not speak more highly of her presence or her photography.
Adriane was so wonderful to work with for our wedding and engagement shoot! She was responsive and helpful leading up to both and worked with our budget. She also worked so efficie...
ntly on the big day, and the photos came out beautiful!
Adriane is incredible! She was SO easy to work with for our wedding in Santa Cruz and does amazing work. Highly recommend!
Adriane is MAGIC! We were referred to her by a friend and first got to experience her amazingness for our engagement photos....The moments she was able to capture were breathtaking...
and she was so easy to work with! We of course HAD to work with her for our wedding and of course, she delivered beyond our wildest dreams! She is the perfect combination of professional and personal, making every moment shine and every photo tell a story. If you are looking for your wedding photographer, look no farther!
Adriane was absolutely amazing. From the first time we spoke with her she made us feel special and like she was genuinely excited to work with us. My now wife and I were nervous ab...
out being in front of a camera but after meeting with her for our engagement shoot we knew we had made the best decision in working with Adriane. She made us feel so comfortable and was genuinely fun to work with. Come 2020 when our original wedding was planned, we had to make the decision to postpone and Adriane was very accommodating. Last minute we decided to do a small elopement with just our immediate family out of town. Four days before our wedding all the forests in California closed due to extreme fire danger and we had to rush to find a new location. Through everything, Adriane was so supportive and encouraging. Our wedding and her photos ended up being perfect and we couldn’t be happier. We honestly can’t recommend Adriane enough, she is wonderful!
We are so incredibly thrilled to have had Adriane White photograph our big day! Our pictures turned out more incredible than we could’ve possibly imagined. Our guests raved about h...
ow on top of it our photographer was and were blown away with the results. Adriane was so accommodating, fun to work with, thoughtful, creative, and professional. She didn’t miss a beat and captured so many magical moments that we will cherish forever! Look no further for your photographer, Adriane White is the best!!!
We could not be happier that we chose Adriane to capture our wedding day. She was so incredible to work with, and she got so many awesome shots on the day. We also had her take eng...
agement photos which were also amazing! Our house is now a living shrine to us because I love our pictures so much!
She was so patient with me and really took the time to work through the day with me. She was a huge part in planning the timeline of the day, and really worked with us to make sure we were getting what we wanted.
She was such a calming part of our day, and was able to capture so much of the day, without even being noticed by guests! They all said how they barely noticed she was there. She was able to capture so much of the emotion of the day, and our photos are so full of life!
I know there are a lot of decisions to be made when it comes to planning your wedding, so let this be an easy one - hire her!!
We cannot speak highly enough of Adriane. As with all weddings, there are so many decisions to be made, and the decisions we made at every point turned out great. That said, withou...
t a doubt, the very best decision we made was to have Adrian shoot our wedding. As with any wedding photographer we had limited time to ‘get to know’ Adriane. However, the way she handled everything leading up to, and at our wedding it was more like we had a friend who was taking photos of our day. Her low key, yet exceptionally professional, presence put us at ease and made for an incredibly enjoyable day and AMAZING photos.
Adriane was awesome in our engagement shoot and we truly felt like she wanted get to know us and our relationship. Because of this the way she shot our day was special and captured everything in a way that truly reflected us.
We had a bit of a unique wedding venue that entailed a steam train through the redwoods, an outdoor standing ceremony in a confined space and then an indoor/outdoor reception. In the end, Adriane was incredible to work with in every aspect. She was so organized and offered so much helpful guidance leading up to our wedding. She got every photo we could have asked for and so much more.
We know this because we have already been sent all of our edited photos back just 7 weeks after our big day. They are magnificent and we could not be happier with them. Adriane and her shooting partner did an amazing job of capturing the entire essence of our day. From our low key time getting ready, to the challenging outdoor ceremony in the redwoods, to every family photo, to action shots from the reception that we had no idea even happened; all the photos are amazing. And equally as important the way Adriane approached the day instantly put us at ease.
If you are getting married in the Bay Area, and Adriane is available to shoot your wedding, you are making a huge mistake not to use her. Thank you Adriane!
Emily + Jeff
I have admired Adriane's work for a long time. I was so happy to have her do our maternity session last fall. I had no idea how amazing these shots would come out. Adriane is a tru...
e artist and a professional. She helped us feel comfortable and you can see that in our portraits. These maternity moments are tender and fleeting, she truly captured the love we felt in anticipation of our daughter. I am so grateful to have these memories in the beautiful portraits Adriane captured for us. I highly recommend this amazing woman and photographer. I am planning a wedding in the next few years and hope to have her there too!!!
Adriane is an amazing photographer and we could not be happier with our pictures from our wedding. We are not big fans of being in front of a camera so finding a photographer that ...
made us feel comfortable was a top priority, and Adriane definitely put us at ease. She's more than a photographer in many ways, with all kinds of wisdom and tips from her years of experience to share and was a genuine pleasure to have as part of our big day. Her turn around was super fast, and she has an incredible eye for special moments. Every picture came out beautifully and really captured the feeling of the wedding. Couldn't recommend her more.
Adriane is the best! We booked her for an engagement shoot and our wedding and were so pleased! Here are some of the things we loved about working with her:
1. She responds prom...
ptly to questions via email/text/phone and was on time and professional every time we met with her.
2. She's very flexible - we ended up rescheduling our engagement shoot the day of because of rain.
3. She takes beautiful photos! We have loved looking at our photos again and again, and have gotten so many compliments on them from friends, family, and friends of friends who have seen the ones we posted on Facebook.
4. She doesn't restrict what we can do with the images - we have a password-protected online gallery and can share that with other people, download full-resolution files, order prints from anywhere we want, post online, etc.
5. She's really nice! It's important to feel comfortable with your photographer, and we felt at ease with Adriane right away.
We have recommended Adriane to friends since working with her for our wedding, and we would absolutely book her again!
There is no one else I could imagine having photograph our wedding- Adriane is the best! I love her beautiful style of photography, and working with her was like having a long-tim...
e friend photograph our wedding. My husband and I live in Los Angeles, but wanted to get married in Santa Cruz, and Adriane made everything go so smoothly. From our initial conversation with her on what style of photography we were drawn to, to our actual wedding day, she thought of all the little details.
Our wedding was very DIY, and was a bit stressful during set-up, but Adriane was so easy going and always seemed to be one step ahead of us, and keeping us on schedule. We couldn't be happier with our wedding photos, and have several of the beautiful prints framed in our house as a reminder of our special day. Thank you Adriane!
Adriane is the cream of the crop. When we were looking for a wedding photographer, we needed a 'grounding force', an excellent eye, and a sense of humor. In Adriane, we got that an...
d more. She replied quickly to my initial email, and my phone conversation with her was so smooth and natural, I knew she was our wedding photographer right then.
We're not 'selfie' people, nor do we like people staring at us, so Adriane coached us on how to smile and look normal while a room full of our closest friends and family stared at us. She is a consummate professional, giving us suggestions on how to pose and cracking a joke to lighten the mood.
On the day of the wedding she was there helping direct the insanity and keeping the two of us sane. She even herded our families while we were taking photos, an unenviable task. I never noticed Adriane or her assistant when the ceremony was occurring or during the party - I had other things on my mind that day - but the proof she was there was the amazing photos we received. Every photo we saw was perfect, the lighting, the mood, the faces, she captured everything about that day. We're currently trying to find the best of the best to put in our living room, and we're having problems choosing.
If I get married again, Adriane will definitely be the photographer. I'm kidding.
I would also recommend asking her for doing the 'Vanderpump' pose - she's the best at it!
Adriane is a really great photographer. She has a very distinct and beautiful style. She's very friendly and very organized, which is so helpful when you're planning a wedding. She...
's very receptive to special requests/particular shots, even though she certainly has her own style, which is cinematic and soft-focus.
She delivered a curated set of our photos within a month, which was fantastic. Also fantastic is the fact that she lists her pricing on her website, and is willing to work with you if you are on a budget! Highly recommended!
Adriane is the perfect combination of professional and approachable. We love her! She listened to what we wanted out of our shoot and also came with her own ideas of what would wor...
k with the venue, lighting, etc. I am the type of person that can look weird when I try to smile for the camera. So she worked hard to make me feel comfortable. I ended up relaxing and having fun which yielded her capturing many candid shots which are my favorites. The edited pictures came out classic and clean and showed the best me! I would love to work with Adriane again and would totally recommend her to other couples for their big day.
Adriane was wonderful to work with for my recent wedding, from start to finish. We first came in contact at the Santa Cruz Wedding Expo where her work/aesthetic immediately jumped ...
out to both me and my husband. I appreciated her flexibility when we were booking -- her base package was out of our price range, but she was more than willing to alter the package to meet our budget. And in the run up to the wedding (and after) she was always prompt in replying to emails and answering questions.
At the wedding itself she was beyond fantastic! Not only did she take gorgeous pictures, she was so sweet and professional. I especially appreciated how well she directed us and guests for photos: she was always direct and clear in her communication (on how we should stand, poses, etc.), but was never bossy or pushy.
Bottom line: Adriane was a pleasure to work with, and the end product was amazing. I would recommend her in a heartbeat!
Adriane was hired by my daughter to photograph her wedding in Santa Cruz. Adriane did a wonderful job - she came early, she stayed late, she captured it all, and did it without bei...
ng at all intrusive. Just calm, professional, pleasant - her manner added to the joy of the occasion. And the results were just lovely - the photographic souvenirs of the day will provide great pleasure for years to come! I couldn't be happier!
Adriane has a magical touch! She was fun, professional, creative. Adriane picked out several unique backdrops for our pics, and helped guide us in fun shot ideas. Our pictures a...
re amazing, and by far the most cherished momento of our special day. She was really fun to work with, and the results have led many of our friends to say they wish they had had her at their wedding. Highly recommended!!
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