About this vendor
Award winning international destination wedding and portrait photographer. For more information check out kelibrown.com!
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Film Photography
- Photo
- Second Shooter Available
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2017.2016.
Best of Weddings
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out of 5.040 reviews
Do. Not. Let. Anyone. Else. Shoot. Your. Wedding. In our opinion, Keli is seriously the most bad-a$$, sweetest, most creative photographer EVER (and generally an amazingly cool per...
son). Seriously though, she managed to capture us and our families in the most amazing ways. She made us feel comfortable and confident and we had a ton of fun in the process. Would book her again in a heartbeat. Thanks Keli!
Keli came out to Savannah for our wedding. She was the absolute greatest!- even the wedding guests were raving about her. She got all the shots we wanted and was just so cool the e...
ntire time- not to mention quick and efficient. We absolutely adored her and highly recommend
I truly don't even know where to start, because there's no bounds to all of the positive things I can say about Keli. Our paths crossing was fated and she couldn't have been a bett...
er match for my husband and I. Not only were we completely in love with our photos when they came in, but we had the best time with her on our wedding day. She was such a calming presence throughout the planning process and by the time our day rolled around, it was like being reunited with an old friend. Don't hesitate, you will not be disappointed!
There is not a high enough rating option on this site to explain how incredible Keli was to work with. My wife and I got married in Tybee Island this fall and we hired Keli to do o...
ur wedding and engagement photos. The photos we received from Keli for both sessions were out of this world. Her approach and talent is one of a kind and I could not imagine going through the wedding process without such an awesome vendor like her. Everyone left our wedding remarking how exciting and thrilling Keli was to be around as she worked tirelessly to capture all the moments. The only regret I have is that we can't have Keli hang around us everyday telling us how much of a rockstar we are. If you use Keli as your photographer, I can guarantee you will be making one of the best decisions possible and meeting one of the coolest people ever.
(Disclaimer - we have not seen our photos yet but her style is AMAZING and she's shot several of our friends' weddings and the work was phenomenal so we have no doubts about her ta...
lent behind the camera).
Keli was a wizard with our wedding! She moved things along so quickly and we still felt like she was able to capture all of the shots we wanted. We had a great conversation with her prior to the wedding that put my type-a planner personality at ease. She was no-nonsense on the wedding day keeping things moving and still being really fun to work with. We both felt totally comfortable with her--and our venue and planner were FLOORED with how efficient she was! She's also just a badass chick who we loved being around. There was a perfect blend of fun/funky photo poses and traditional portraits. I'm SO excited to see our photos - I know they're going to be beautiful!
Can I give a thousand stars? Keli is the absolute greatest. Working remotely with vendors was often frustrating but NEVER with Keli. She always responded to me quickly and made me ...
feel like a priority. It was very important to us to hire someone who had experience shooting mixed race couples not just for the pictures but also someone who GOT it (and had the portfolio to prove it). She is all that and more. Throughout the planning process I found the wedding industry to generally lack diversity and Keli was a breath of fresh air in what felt like a stuffy and old fashioned business. She is also very fun on the day and kept everything going in an easy breezy style. We love her. And the pictures are great also lol!
The MOST incredible photographer and favorite vendor we worked with. We live in Los Angeles (my now husband is from Charleston and I fell in love with it so we got married there) a...
nd I was having a really hard time finding a photographer with a similar vibe and style to us. At one point I was thinking I would have to fly someone from LA but came across Keli and her amazing work and knew she was the one. I feel so honored she shot our wedding and kind of can't believe she was available. Highly recommend her especially if you are looking for big city style. Thank you Keli!
THE best best best. Keli is amazing! We live in NYC and had a destination wedding. She was incredible and I loved working with her. She is super on top of everything but has an eas...
y and smooth style so you almost don't realize just how much she is getting done. She was also my therapist throughout the entire wedding process! Our pictures are priceless and we could not be happier. Thank you Kel!
Keli is absolutely amazing. We live in Brooklyn and got married on the islands and were looking for someone with a similar style to us. Keli is a rockstar (but really though) and d...
elivered better than what we could have imagined. This was the best investment we made in our wedding. Totally worth it and love love her.
After all the prep and planning, when the big day comes and goes, all you have left to remind you of how amazing it all was (besides the lifetime of love and laughter with your ne...
w spouse of course :-) is your photo's and video's, which is why picking your Wedding Photographer is a major decision. Wow Wow Wow is all I can say about Keli. For starters, you need to remember that whomever you pick is basically going to follow your around like a stalker from when you are in your underwear getting ready right down to your sweaty dance moves near the end of the night, so you really want someone who you are comfortable sharing the entire day with. Not only does Keli feel like your long lost best friend at first meeting, you will actually feel the urge to call her for coffee for a catch up when its all over! My husband and I first met with Keli last summer after checking out her website and loving her work. We wanted to have a face to face meeting before booking, just to get an idea on personalities to make sure we would all gel on the wedding day. I think we booked her before our coffee even arrived. She did an incredible job on our engagement photo's and now she has just featured our wedding on her blog today and the photo's are unbelievable. We haven't even gotten our full set of photo's yet, but I am sure if they are anything like the ones she featured on the blog then they will be amazing. She has a magical way of capturing the sweetest moments of the day and has made our wedding photos look like some kind of disney fairy tail! Keli's manner is very laid back and chill, you can't help but relax around her, and she does a great job of moving it along during all the formal photo's when all you really want to do is grab a drink!! I just can't say enough about Keli, if she is available for your wedding date then you should book her asap before someone else does!
This chick is the coolest ever. Definitely the best decision we made for our entire wedding was booking her! Her photos are our prized possession and she was awesome to have at the...
wedding. Everyone loved her. She is golden to us!
Keli is unbelievable. We knew we wanted to book her immediately after speaking with her! She is a true artist and a unique voice in a sea of photographers who all looked the same t...
o us. She was just easy to work with and was not rattled at all by our bad weather! Top notch photographer and also she is a very cool person (almost too cool for us!). Thank you Keli! Jeff and Caitlin
Working with Keli was awesome! She makes things fun and light and takes photos that capture who people really are. She sees people and is able to tell their stories through photos ...
so wonderfully. Couldn't more highly recommend someone!
Working with Keli was the best experience. She is shooting all over the world and we felt so blessed we got to have her!! On top of being so talented and creative she is super prof...
essional, and was always responsive which I loved right off the bat. Definitely hire her!!
As you can see from everyone else's reviews, Keli is incredible. She is a serious pro, had a firm grasp on the entire wedding day but was so laid back and fun. Our pictures are wor...
ks of art and we are so thrilled.
Keli is such an amazing photographer. She is so down to earth, and really loves what she does. She beautifully captured the best day of my life!
I don't even know where to begin or how describe how valuable Keli was (is!) to us! She was the greatest help, most fun and all around best vendor we worked with. She is offered us...
insight for things she did not have to and was generally a great sounding board for everything. Most importantly she is the greatest photographer and our pictures could not be better! Everyone kept telling me to invest in the photographer because that is the only thing you keep after the wedding and I am so glad I listened to that advice!
Keli was so fantastic! She captured our wedding in a way that it now tells a story of our magical day. I often go back and look at pictures of or wedding day and she captured all o...
f the details, emotions, expressions and we will forever be thankful! Very professional and LOVE her style!
We were so fortunate Keli was available for our wedding! She is incredible. We are not "cookie cutter" people and were looking for someone unique to capture our day and vision. Ke...
li did that and more. We could not be happier with our photos or our experience.
Keli is the best. Hands down. Period! She was the best decision we made for our wedding.
Keli is incredible. Working with her was the best choice we made for our entire wedding! Bottom line: she really knows what she is doing. She was a consummate professional (very re...
sponsive on all correspondence which is very important to me) and always had great insight to offer us not just on photography but on the whole wedding, which is not something she had to do but was so generous with her time. But most importantly she is a great person and we loved having her there! She went above and beyond in every way and I highly recommend her. Worth every penny!
Keli is the woman you want behind the camera when you want your best self captured. She genuinely cares about the people she is shooting and is great at capturing the people in a r...
elaxed, natural way. We had so many frame worthy pictures from our shoot, that we became that couple with photos of themselves all over the house! HA! Thank you Keli!!
Keli is INCREDIBLE! She has been there to shoot all our major life events, wedding, maternity and newborn. She is an amazingly talented photographer and person. She is able to capt...
ure the perfect light, natural poses, and the perfect mood and emotion. I couldn't be happier with the work she has done for us.
After seeing numerous examples of her photos on here I decided to use Ave Nocturna for a set of family photos. I talked to her about wanting a vintage feel and really loved the way...
she did our set. They turned out beautifully!!! I keep recommending her to everyone I know because I love them so much!
Keli is YODA. You need her. She truly guided us through the process and made us feel great on the day of. When I saw our photos I almost fell off my chair! I couldn't believe that ...
is what she was doing in that camera of hers! Hire her.
Hands down the best. She is a master artist and has the background to back it up. It makes me really scared to think we almost had a family member take the pictures!! Repeat after ...
me: you get what you pay for. SERIOUSLY the ONLY THING left after the wedding is the pictures. Even if your budget is small (like mine was) the most important thing is the photography. Highly highly recommend Keli!
This Woman. Is. The. Best. My fiancé and I had both attended and been in a ton of weddings in the last few years. Many of the photographers from those weddings were pushy and did n...
ot really respect the ceremony leaving a generally bad taste in our mouths about wedding photographers. Enter: Keli Brown. She shot a wedding I was a bridesmaid in and I immediately became her groupie and even changed our wedding date by 2 weeks so that we could have her be there. We are thrilled with our photos and are fans for life!!! I still stalk her blog looking at everyone else's pictures :)
Hiring Keli is like commissioning a piece of art from an art gallery. Amazing work and an amazing artist. She loves her clients so much and you can tell not just from the work but ...
from who she is. The absolute best.
We eloped, but wanted someone to be there to take beautiful photographs and document everything in a stylish and creative way. We looked into different photographers but they all w...
anted us to buy a package that we didn't need and did not understand the spirit of what we wanted. Basically- they were all really "in the box". Keli not only got it but made it better than we could have ever imagined! She not only did the pictures but she also ended up being our legal witness (and bought us a bottle of champagne!). These photographs are so special and we will always cherish them.
BEST DECISION WE MADE FOR OUR WEDDING. I cannot say enough great things about Keli. The photographs are amazing and she was fantastic to work with. She is very charismatic, has gre...
at personal style and everyone at the wedding raved about her. 2 of my engaged bridesmaids hired her the day after our wedding! We are forever thankful for our gorgeous photos.
I can't say enough good things about Keli - her personality, her artistic style, her love for her clients - it's all top knotch. She has an incredible ability to take something nor...
mal and mundane (like my kitchen floor) and turn it in to art. We have used Keli for several sessions and we can't wait for the next one. You can't go wrong with this chick - except for coveting her entire wardrobe ;)
Keli's work is incredible and stunning. She knows how to make you feel comfortable and at ease when working with her. There is no question as to who will be taking my wedding photo...
s. Keli is FABULOUS!
"Wow, best ever" is an understatement. We did an engagement session with Keli and since then, I continue to follow her blog because I can't wait to see the next session she posts. ...
From babies to weddings, I am taken by the beauty and emotion she captures in each shot.
Keli is amazing to work with. So talented, professional, fun and hardworking that I hope we'll soon have another reason to work with her!
Keli has a brilliant eye and captures the most amazing moments you wouldn't even think to ask for. Not only is her work impeccable, her presence will calm any chaotic situation whi...
ch any wedding or special event has plenty of. I have worked with Keli on several occasions and will absolutely hire her again!
When my fiancé and I were looking for a photographer after we got engaged, everything we looked at seemed really typical and expected. We wanted someone to make art and we hit the ...
jackpot when we found Keli. She did an incredible job, delivered amazing photographs and is a really cool and interesting person. The best decision we made for our wedding was hiring her!
Keli manages to capture each candid moment and make it into a statement of art. She does this in the most natural way and makes you feel so at ease in the process! She made me feel...
(and look) far more glamorous than I typically am. And, as a result, she has become our family's photographer for everything: bridal portraits, my sister's DC wedding, maternity shots, newborn, my son's 1st birthday, and a session with my extended family. It wouldn't be a family event without Keli there to document it so beautifully!
Keli is a super star!!!
Keli is AMAZING to work with. She is truly an artist, which can be seen in evey image she captures!! Her photos are timeless!
Ave Nocturna took anniversary photos of my husband and I. They are the best pictures we've ever had made!
I plan on using Keli for my daughters wedding photos.
Keli's sense of s...
tyle and creative art are amazing!
Keli is beyond fabulous. She is incredibly professional and easy to work with. She has a gift for making everyone she photographs feel at ease. And the final product, the photos...
, are stunning.
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