Christa Rae Photography

feel comfortable and like we were with friends. We are the most impressed with all of the small moments Christa captured of our friends and family. She was super prepared, having our timeline down to the minute, and was flexible when things inevitably changed during the wedding day. She was very quick to respond to our questions and usually got back to us the same day. We received a sneak peek within 24 hours of the wedding and engagement shoots, and had over 1000 photos of the wedding within two weeks! We have been recommending her to all of our friends getting married in the area, you are in good hands with Christa!

ne's attention for photos. Christa listened to the ideas we had about certain shots and gave alternatives to shots to make sure we had the best photos. We are completely in love with our wedding photos. Christa is very talented and I trust her 100%. I would definitely recommend her for any wedding or event!

ception. We will cherish these photos for the rest of our lives and they make us want to relive the day all over again. We knew we didn't want to hold back when it came to a photographer and after working with her at a friend's wedding last year, there was no doubt that we wanted her. Her work ethic is excellent and she blends in with her surroundings to make it seem like she's not even there, capturing the most memorable moments. When things seemed to get stressful, she was one of the first people to calm us down, saying it'll get taken care of. She also does pregnancy and baby photos, and I know that once we are ready to start a family we will be using her again. 1000% recommend.

comfortable throughout the entire planning process. Before the wedding day, Christa called us to go over the logistics of our day to make sure everything would run smoothly. On the wedding day, she was organized, energetic, and knew how to get things done with a tight timeline. One of the best things about Christa is that she seemed like more than a photographer to us! Not only did she take flawless pictures, but she made sure that our day ran as smooth as possible and that we were able to take in all of the special moments. Christa is absolutely amazing and we would recommend her to any engaged couple!!

ad Christa climbing onto of crazy obstacles and standing in the freezing cold for us. She did all of that with the biggest smile on her face. She made sure she captured the best photos for us. We really felt like we made a friend out of Christa, someone we will always cherish for being such an ESSENTIAL part of our wedding. The engagement photos were absolutely fantastic and the sneak peeks that we received already were breathtaking. Please do not look any further, Christa is the photographer you need for your wedding. Once you book with her, you do not need to worry about anything else. She was the ONLY vendor that I could say that for! Thank you Christa!!!!

r felt rushed. She photographed our wedding by herself and she worked so well with our videographer. We received our wedding album.. and honestly I don't know how she captured all of the moments so perfectly! We were watching the video footage from our wedding and we realized how quickly Christa had to react in some moments to get the best picture... and she did just that! My husband and I are so impressed with the fact that Christa was there for every moment and the pictures really captured our personalities. It was a pleasure working with her and we are so very grateful for all of her hard work!! The photos are amazing and it is so nice being able to relive the day by looking at the pictures. I would recommend her to everyone and anyone in the area!

iends to capture in our photos but Christa handled it all so seamlessly - something we look back on our big day and smile about. Every single one of our photos came out absolutely beautiful. We cannot imagine our day without Christa and her talents! Can't wait to shoot with her again one day :) Thank you Christa!!!

astic during our engagement session that we did in Downtown Annapolis and was very patient with having our two dogs join in the photo shoot. She is a true professional and it is amazing to watch her in action . She is very passionate about what she does and I do not know how she does it all so gracefully. We had a super hot August day and both she and the second photographer took it all in stride and always with a smile. They were able to get so many amazing shots during getting ready, our first look, the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. We had many people in our wedding party and other guests commenting on how awesome she was - she remembered everyone's names and captured all of our favorite parts of the night. Her attention to detail is impeccable and she was very helpful with keeping our day on track - even making sure we got some special photos of just me and my Husband before the sunset. She also was able to provide a sneak peek the day after our wedding so we could see some photos before we left for our Honeymoon. Now that we have our full wedding album back, I am obsessed with all of the photos. The hardest part will be picking out our favorites to print! I am enjoying looking at every single one and seeing the ceremony and reception details, formals, family portraits and all of the candid action to relive our most favorite day! You will not regret hiring Christa and I sincerely hope that we can work together again for any other photography needs in the future.

orry about. It was like she was a second wedding coordinator. She even took a bobby pin out of her own hair to fix mine and make sure it was perfect! You are in great hands with Christa, she is the best!!

e we were asking too much. She also is such a talented photographer, capturing all of the moments and emotions of our special day so perfectly. We loved her natural, genuine style of photography. Our photos turned out too good to be true! We would hire her again in a heart beat, and hope to have her photograph more special moments in our lives! Can't recommend her highly enough.

taking pictures easy and didn't waste any time. She was all over during the reception making sure to get all sorts of shots. My husband and I loved working with her. What we saw so far is amazing and cannot wait to see the rest!! I would HIGHLY recommend her!

lways responded very quickly to our emails and questions and was a delight to work with the day of the wedding. Our family and friends will cherish these pictures forever. Thank you Christa!

beautiful! It is so hard to pick favorites because they are all stunning! She is very cool, calm, and collected and made sure we stayed on schedule and got all the pictures we wanted. She made us feel very comfortable. Even my bridesmaids couldn’t help but comment that day of how great she was. One of my bridesmaids has been in quite a few weddings recently and she said that Christa was her favorite photographer she has worked with!

with my wedding photos, and she got them back to us quickly! I would highly recommend Christa to any bride to be!

phing live music performances and brings so much energy, passion and humor to the task of documenting couples on the most important day of their lives! Cheryl and I had such a wonderful experience working with her! If you are looking for a wedding photographer in or near Maryland, you can't do any better than Christa!

g such incredible moments at concerts and live music performances convinced us that she was the perfect shooter for our special day. We had a terrific initial meeting with her and told her that we wanted her to photograph our wedding before it was over. In addition to how easy she made the whole process of planning our shoot, she was also enormously helpful in planning several other aspects of our wedding, even recommending some other vendors that we ended up using. On the day of our wedding, we did a first look and Christa created some gorgeous shots of us at the Maryland State House, on Francis Street, Main Street and at the City Dock. She did a wonderful job of making the process easy and fun! Once we were at the venue, she faded into the background to capture some wonderful moments during our ceremony and then did a fantastic job of corralling family and friends for some beautiful portraits just outside our venue, the Powerhouse Building on West Street. Once the Reception began, she was capturing the more significant highlights of the evening while also discovering a lot of smaller, more intimate moments between us and our closest family and friends. We were very impressed when we saw the preview shots that she sent us the week after our ceremony. This couldn't begin to prepare us for how astounded we were with the quality of the pictures we saw once she had completed her editing process! We have already looked through the album multiple times and it has been like reliving our wedding day all over again! We were beyond pleased with the spectacular job that she did in documenting the most important day of our lives and have already discussed working with her again!”

the day turned out she would deliever truly fantastic and beautiful photos. The moment she arrived, her professionalism and positive energy created such a natural and at ease environment for not only my husband and I but also the entire bridal party! Christa took all of our ideas and made every one of the happen (even if it meant walking around Downtown Annapolis on a beautiful crisp Saturday=a lot of tourist). Her turn around was unbelievably quick and the quality of the photos were superb! A 100% you will enjoy every photo!!

albums/enlarging will be SO difficult since every single picture was amazing! She was the first photographer I met with, and I knew after meeting her that she was the one. She helped so much through the process and answered any of my questions. Christa is truly one of the best photographers in the area, and we will definitely be using her again in the future for professional photos!

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s the sweetest and so easy to connect with. She did the photography at my sister's wedding and we absolutely loved her that we booked her right away for ours. Her photos are very natural which I love. She has a photography timeline which helps keep the day running smoothly and on time. I emailed her a few sample pictures of shots that I really wanted, and she was very accepting of that and made those shots happen on our wedding day. She posted a sneak peek photo the very next day which is awesome! Since our wedding was on my in-law's property, I knew it was a venue she had never seen before, even though she is from the area. So she came over for a site visit before the wedding just to walk around the property with me and figure out where the best place for photos were so we weren't scrambling to figure it out the day of the wedding. She even drove us about 3 minutes down the road to take more photos during our cocktail hour of where my husband and I met. She really just wants to best for you and will do anything you want. I am so happy we picked Christa for our wedding photographer and can't wait to see all the photos soon!

f the shots we wanted in our pretty tight schedule (we had a packed night!). Christa captured all the fun of our reception, beautiful night shots and so much of the ceremony and decorations that really just passed me by on the day since it's such a whirlwind. I would highly recommend Christa to anyone looking for a wonderful, talented photographer!

photos back to us and her communication is great. I couldn’t be happier with her work and couldn’t reccomend her more!!! Thank you Christa for capturing our perfect day!!

torm event for my wedding day (7/21/18), and Christa came prepared with umbrellas and my pictures are beautiful. I have no hesitations in recommending Christa to anyone for their photography needs. She is the best!

and experience running her own business shines not only from each photo taken but from Christa's presence behind the camera as well. At our initial meeting, she worked with me to find the best package for what we had budgeted for photography. Throughout the engagement, whenever I had a question, Christa responded very promptly and with extremely helpful suggestions. We had some unique ideas for our engagement session involving two locations that were not super close to each other, and Christa welcomed these with open arms and made our vision a reality. It was no different for the wedding day. We met about a week beforehand and had the opportunity to walk through our venue space together, which cleared up any last minute questions I had and made me feel calm, cool, and collected about our timeline/day-of game plan. Christa and her 2nd shooter met us at the hotel for getting-ready photos, and were very patient when the bridesmaids and I got behind schedule to make it to the first look location. Once we got there, there were 3-4 other wedding parties at the same spot taking photos! Christa, unfazed, knew exactly where to place us and you'd think we had Federal Hill all to ourselves! We had so many wonderful areas to take photos at our venue, and Christa made the most of them so that we have a variety to choose from! We even sprung a last minute getaway car exit on her, and she stepped right up and made all of those photos look perfect, as well. If you're looking for a professional photographer who is easy to work with, knows the Baltimore/Annapolis area well, takes beautiful photographs, and can organize large groups of people quickly and smoothly (we requested a group photo of ALL our attendees), look no further! Thanks Christa!

touch. It rained the day of our wedding and Christa was prepared with an alternative location already in mind for the first look, and she brought enough clear umbrellas for the entire wedding party to stay dry and still get super cute photos outside. Christa Rae really made our wedding an amazing experience and all our photos turned out more beautiful than I could have imagined!

pictures we received from our wedding day were amazing and everything we imagined. Every tiny detail (flowers, invitation, etc) was captured and she made sure the pictures you wanted were taken as well. I would recommend her as a photographer to anyone. She is truly a talented photographer and I am so happy with all the pictures we received!

s at the wedding :P She has a true gift and I would (and do!) recommend her to all of my family, friends, and any stranger I meet. I'm over the moon at the final product but that is just a small part of it - Christa was amazing the whole year and a half leading up to our wedding, from engagement photos to questions immediately answered any time day or night to the wedding day to our pictures. Thank you Christa!!!

r wedding and a larger sneak peek a few days after our wedding! We got our full gallery within 3 weeks of our wedding! We highly recommend Christa!!

were ready for certain pictures, but still kept us on our photo schedule. I also appreciated how proud and excited she seemed about her own work as she would happily show me a preview of a couple of shots she got on her camera screen as we went along. This made me feel more confident that things were going well and I think the carefree bride and groom feelings came across in the pictures we received. I thought taking the pictures would feel like a bit of a chore on the wedding day but we honestly had so much fun doing it. A positive attitude and environment can change everything! We also worked with Christa for an engagement shoot which I would highly recommend doing. The engagement shoot gave us some practice with posing and what to expect for the day of. On the wedding day (even though it was almost a year after our first shoot with her!) we felt like pros and were very comfortable. This is saying a lot, especially for my new husband who has always been very camera shy - you would not know it from looking at the pictures we received! She understood how to work with us, she was attune to our theme and the poses we liked best, I honestly could go on and on about how happy we are that we chose Christa to be our wedding photographer. The only question I'm left with is how many wedding pictures can you hang up in your own home before people think you are nuts? We could not be happier.

ryland and Christa spent a lot of time with us reviewing the venue and photo opportunities, as there were many to choose from on the island. Christa answered all our questions, leaving us feeling very comfortable and always answered them promptly! I️ reached out to her many times at odd hours as I️ was burning the candle at both ends....... She even responded to one of my late evening texts while she was at one of the many music venues she loves to attend. Christa was the first photographer my daughter and I️ met and the last....my daughter didn’t need to look any further. It ended up being the easiest and best decision of all our wedding planning decisions. Christa is adorable, talented and easy to work with. We would recommend her as your wedding photographer. We wish you the best Christa Rae!

ppy moments for us. Very responsive via emails and texts, and quick in getting the photos ready for you as she definitely understands how eager her clients are to see those photos! She would rather work late at night to get those photos ready on time, so I was particularly impressed & appreciative for her hard working attitude. Also, she was pretty flexible with our schedule and location. Overall, great quality of service, very easy to work with, and lots of fun!!

ted and did it within a strict time frame! Save yourself some stress and reserve your date with Christa. It will be your best decision.

but that single photo was incredible. I can't wait to get see the rest! She was nice but capable in herding my loud distracted family for group photos. Thank you Christa for providing quality service at an affordable price!

out the whole process. She actually cared to know the back story of how my husband and I met, and our story of how we came to be. She had great recommendations when it came to my wedding timeline as to what usually works best, and was very helpful every step of the way. When wedding day came, it was a rainy and kind of gloomy outside, but Christa still captured such beautiful photos! She was a trooper and hung outside in the rain with us in order to capture those important moments, all with a smile on her face. I loved that she had such attention to detail throughout the whole process as well. If my necklace was crooked, dress not laying right, lipstick smeared, ANYTHING...Christa picked up on those small things and helped me to correct them in order to make things perfect. Christa has an incredible talent and is a truly genuine person, who is a pleasure to have around on such a big day! I would highly recommend her!

our decision. She took our engagement pictures as well and they turned out beautifully. One of the easiest decisions I had to make during this whole process. Her personality sold me as I wanted someone who was calm and nice, knew what they were doing, but weren't bossy, and really had a passion for photography. Christa checked all of those boxes. She knew the right angles, when the sun was setting to get good backgrounds and all the best places to take pictures at the venue (and our engagement shoot). We got our photos back very quickly and they turned out better then I could have imagined. Highly recommend her for any photo shoots!

dding and in June She will be doing my best friend's wedding in June. I am so honored to be working with her again so much, but also for my maternity photos in the late winter. Christa is a wonderful person to work with and a great joy!

s our photographer for our wedding in September 2017. She is so professional and personable! Her prices are affordable for fantastic quality and experience! She has great ideas and is always so excited to be there to help you celebrate your day. She takes so much joy in sharing each moment of your special day with you. And she's makes sure everything happens in a timely manner so that you can enjoy your time with friends and family as well as each other. I highly recommend Christa as your wedding photographer.

time with our guests. Her magazine she sent after we booked her was super helpful in planning the timeline and had a lot of great ideas. She even met with me twice to finalize any and all plans. I would recommend her to anyone looking for a wedding photographer!

age points of the ceremony! She captured all the pictures that we wanted, even making sure we got the poses I had posted on Pinterest (despite me emailing her only on the morning of the wedding to tell her I had created a board!!). We couldn't believe we got the edited pictures back as quickly as we did - nor could my friends who have been married. The pictures are gorgeous and have us reliving the day over and over with huge smiles! The only problem is we can't decide which photos to print!

ents perfectly and did a great job of capturing the atmosphere of the whole day. I would highly recommend that you use Christa Rae Photography for your photography needs.

mailed her and she kept our wedding day as smooth as possible. I would highly recommend her as your wedding photographer!

ge points of the ceremony! She captured all the pictures that we wanted, even making sure we got the poses I had posted on Pinterest (despite me emailing her only on the morning of the wedding to tell her I had created a board!!). We couldn't believe we got the edited pictures back as quickly as we did - nor could my friends who have been married. The pictures are gorgeous and have us reliving the day over and over with huge smiles! The only problem is we can't decide which photos to print!

I spent hours swooning over all of them. She captured so many incredible moments and our photos were absolutely stunning! I would 100% recommend Christa to anyone looking for a wedding photographer. She beyond exceeded my expectations and I am so glad we chose her to capture the best day of our lives!

edding! Our engagement shoot was wonderful--my Husband and I are both camera shy and she made it very easy and casual all while taking great shots of us. Our wedding photos are absolutely spectacular. Five months later, and I still have the tab open with our photos to look at them whenever I get a chance. Christa did such a wonderful job capturing every moment of our special day and I am so thankful for that. I highly recommend her! You will not be disappointed!

I sat looking through all the pictures, we felt like we were reliving the day. She is highly recommended!!!

ould contact us back. We were beyond thrilled when she not only reached out to us but also quoted us an extraordinarily reasonable package price. Things only got better from there. With less than seven days before the "I dos," Christa still set aside time to speak with us to get to know us as a couple. She got on board with all of our must-have shots and, on the day of, executed them to perfection. Her photos of the ceremony capture the feel of the moment perfectly, and her portraits of the family are formal without feeling stilted. She got our wedding party to relax a bit, too, for some more casual shots that are among our favorite. The photos of the reception turned out just as incredible. A sampling of her work from our wedding can be seen on her blog: http://www.christaraephotography.com/barn-at-springfield-farm-wedding-maryland-photographer/ My husband and I are so grateful to have found Christa and would absolutely recommend her to anyone looking for bright, genuine photos of your special day.

ence. Christa was so professional, easy to work with, friendly and personable. She really put us at ease while we were being photographed for the session. Within ONE day, she turned around some of the photos and shared them with us! I wasn't expecting that at all, so it was a nice surprise when I saw some teaser photos on her FB page. We will definitely be using Christa in the future for many events I would highly recommend using her services for anyone who lives in the Baltimore/Annapolis area. You'll be glad you did!