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Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
- Second Shooter Available
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2012 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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out of 5.014 reviews
Could not have asked for a better experience! Dan and Kari were not only amazingly kind people to spend our wedding day with, they are truly gifted at what they do. We have never b...
een one who loved standing in front of the camera nor do I have cute, candid, natural looking moments. They were so encouraging at making you feel good in front of the camera which made the photoshoots fly by! They also, to my personal amazement, were able to capture beautiful, candid moments that have helped us relive all the special moments that we were feeling on our wedding day. They have a great eye for placing you in scenery around you. They were so easy to work with and helped us come up with an itinerary for the day, taking into account what the light would be like at certain times and knowing where the direction of where light would be coming from. We got married in during COVID and our plans changed very quickly. Dan and Kari were so flexible working with us to come up with a new creative vision for our wedding and giving me hope in the midst of chaos. Kari did my makeup and carried make up with her all day for touch ups, which was a huge plus! My Husband and I were truly impressed from the moment we met them. Fantastic communication, photos, video and experience! Highly recommend!
Hands down, without a doubt 5 stars. Dan and Kari were great and SO much fun to work with. They made sure that my fiancé and I were having a great time and enjoyed every moment of ...
our experience with them. They are super flexible, professional and are worth every penny spent. We look forward to having them capture our big day! Thank You Dan and Kari for the time and effort you put into each moment, the passion you have for you work and being amazing people. We are so blessed to have you capture one of the most important times of our lives. 💜 Lindsay & Sam
This team is amazing! From our engagement pictures to our wedding pictures to our video, everything was amazing! It all turned out better then we could have ever imagined. They a...
re easy to work with, make you feel comfortable and are just all around great people. Which was a huge plus because my fiancé was not looking forward to pictures and he did great with them. I highly recommend them for your big day!
We can look at our photos and immediately find ourselves feeling those moments all over again, reliving them through the beautiful photos and film captured, and that is what we wan...
ted when looking for our photographer! Dan and Kari were absolutely amazing. The teaser video of our intimate ceremony displayed for our larger reception party, evoked so much emotion from all of our guests and really helped make them a part of that day! We were given so many compliments on the video and how wonderful Dan and Kari were. They were the perfect addition to our beautiful celebration. We are so grateful to them for all their work to make our day so special and capture the beginning of our future!
My now husband and I couldn't have been more blessed by Dan and Kari of Ballesteros Photography. Our engagement and wedding pictures are treasures to us as they perfectly captured ...
the day. Dan and Kari went beyond and above in making us feel comfortable in front of the camera, being thoughtful with every photo taken, and swift in getting our pictures back quickly. We can't recommend them enough!
We are so happy that we chose Dan & Kari as our photographers. Photography was at the top of our list of important details that we wanted to focus on in our planning, and after ...
running the vendor gauntlet at the bridal show & pouring over portfolios, we were immediately taken by Dan & Kari's booth. They have an eye for their craft that makes their photos stand out from the others, and we immediately scheduled a meeting with them. We are so glad we did! Our wedding photos are so unique and creative, with lots of interesting textures and depth-of-field tricks that many wedding photographs just don't have. All of our guests and even the staff at the venue pulled us aside to tell us how great our photos turned out, as Kari & Dan got them set up to be previewed on a monitor at the reception. These two have the gift! I really couldn't give them a higher recommendation because we feel we chose the very best photographers on the coast and it shows in the final product.
Our wedding would not have been complete had we had not gone with Daniel and his wife Kari. They have a very creative eye. We chose there top package because we did not want to mis...
s any precious moments. These two are an amazing team who knows what they are doing. I would highly recommend Ballesteros Photography.
Dan photographed our wedding on Nov. 3rd. I cannot say enough great things about him and the process. He really worked with us with our budget and instantly we felt at ease talking...
with him. He came down from SLO to Santa Barbara a day early to check out the location and even made an amazing video of our rehearsal. Our wedding party and guests kept commenting how unobtrusive he was. Dan was also a really calming force for me when it was getting a bit stressful. He took our pictures so quickly so we could get to our guests and enjoy our reception. He immediately put pictures on Facebook and we had our online gallery within 2 weeks! Most of all, his photographs are amazing! I cannot get over the beauty, love and happiness that shows through them!
I wish there are words to explain the magic that Dan and Kari create with their camera. They are not only amazing photographers but also amazing people. You can tell that they trul...
y love their craft and each other. I can't imagine having any other photographer for our day. And if you don't believe me, just check out their site! There is no price I wouldn't pay to have them photograph every event in our life!!
Since the moment we took our engagement photos Daniel showed us his gift. Not only did me and the groom felt surprisingly at ease during the shoot, but when he showed us the scene ...
through his eyes we were thrilled. This engagement photo success just made the day of the wedding go so smoothly. He makes it fun and he produces 100%. We asked a lot of him and without any hesitation he made sure he met all of our expectations in a quick time frame. We have heard other photographer horror stories and we couldn't have been happier with our decision. He and his wife also impressed all the guests that the have asked for cards. even the ones that don't live near us.
We knew for the moment that we meet the photographer and his team, that he was to one to book. The photographs are stunning and he and his team are so friendly! We were so impresse...
d that we booked him for our international wedding in Africa!
I can't tell you how awesome Daniel is. This pictures he takes are just magical and he's so fun and easy to work with. He's relaly creative and you can tell he's always thinking ab...
out how to make the next shot something spectacular. I'm recommending him to everyone I know. You would be lucky to have Dan as your photographer, for your wedding, enagement or any other event!! We're having one of our engagement pictures blown up to hang in the house, because it's like a piece of art, not just a photo of us.
Daniel truly works magic with his camera. His photos are AMAZING! He was extremely professional, courteous, and prompt. We had wedding pictures in hand less than 2 weeks after the ...
wedding. He is an artist with an incredible eye and his enthusiasm is infectious! We love our wedding photos and would highly recommend Daniel to anyone!
I researched photographers for quite sometime mostly because we were on a pretty strict budget and wanted to get the best bang for our buck.
I can't say anything bad about Ball...
esteros Photography! I knew that photography was going to be one of the most important aspects for me in our wedding. I wanted to relive the experience through my pictures and Dan did an incredible job in doing that. He was so much fun to work with!
Dan had an incredible vision for our day and we got so many amazing photos! He scouted out our sites ahead of time and found the best places to shoot. He was very accommodating and easy to get a hold of of. Definitely the best choice I made during my wedding planning!
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