About this vendor
Based out of Huntington Beach, CA, CLS Photography specializes in capturing wedding days in a truly authentic light. Owner and lead photographer Cassandra Stephens specializes in capturing candid moments and delivering an experience that is fun, authentic, spontaneous, and full of love. Her open and bubbly personality contrasts with her dark and moody style to accommodate her newlyweds with a distinctive vision.
Cassie grew up with a passion for art and documenting moments, she continued to chase this dream and in 2015 she founded CLS Photography. She loves being surrounded by the excitement and beautiful chaos of a wedding event and capturing all of the incredible instances that unfold throughout. She focuses especially on the candid and romantic moments between couples, weaving their tale of romance into a wedding masterpiece.
CLS Photography offers a range of expertly crafted wedding packages that include services such as engagement shoots and additional hours. Cassie is ready to jump in to direct group shots and facilitate portraits, but otherwise, she loves to work discreetly, documenting the day in the most natural way possible. She is always up to travel and would love to hear about your destination wedding plans.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Boudoir
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
Awards and Affiliations
2022 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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4.8
out of 5.011 reviews
BOOK HER! I honestly mean it when I say she delivered exactly what I wanted. One of our first conversation was how I wanted our photos to be moody, romantic, and candid. When I tel...
l you Cassandra deliver it I truly mean it. Her tips are so helpful and she makes you feel comfortable. Within the first few minutes of talking with her I knew I was going to be in love with out photos. As a couple who also doesn’t know how to pose she is going to make your experiment that much more exciting. Cassandra is your hype girl!! I would book her again and again. So happy that she was recommend to me.
Cassie was very friendly and receptive when we met her in person for our big day. She had the 2nd shooter with her who shadowed her capturing different angles from the events going...
on.
Her overall portfolio and style matched up to what my husband and I were looking for. Our wedding was darker and moody feeling, and so are majority of Cassie's other jobs. She is able to capture the beauty in the darkness and really highlighted some things that you'd never think to pay attention to.
She came prepared w/ additional props to put out with our rings and invite making the images that came of these items extraordinary. The colors were rich and saturated. It's always much appreciated too that the photographer knows little tricks like she did to help enhance scenarios.
My one drawback for the 5th star was only because our portraits w/ our different family members didn't come out as clear as we had hoped they would. It wasn't all her fault though as our event timing was a little hard to capture some details from afar without good lighting and the fact that some of our guests couldn't keep it together and synchronize their facial directions. Lol.
Overall though, Cassie was awesome! A little hard to get a hold of in the beginning, but her work pays off in the end.
Cassie was our photographer for our June wedding! She delivered more photos than expected and they came out phenomenal! We are very happy with the moments she and her second photog...
rapher, Nicki, captured! Our family and friends have also commented on how amazing the photos turned out. We got 10 preview photos three days after the wedding. She took charge nicely of our large family at the wedding. If you are looking for someone to take creative, beautiful and spontaneous photos Cassie is your gal! Thank you so much, Cassie!
ur ttimelinef or our day was set back about a half an hour all day when she wasn't set up for photography until 30 min after we were supposed to start which was stressful for us. & Our photos did take the full 8 weeks to get back after the wedding.
If you are looking for someone to take badass engagement pictures Cassie is your girl! From start to finish she was responsive, gave great recommendations, and made us feel so comf...
ortable the day of.
We wanted something different and unique and Cassie’s delivered!
DON’T SLEEP ON USING CASSIE!!!
Cassandra ‘Cassie’ was professional, creative and great with crowd control 🙂 She captured all the emotions during our vow renewal. I highly recommend her.
Cassandra was the most attentive, responsive, and professional photographer I have worked with. As someone who works for a venue, I can truly say her work is one of the best I’ve s...
een. Personally, she was a blast to be around and I definitely gained a friend. I booked Cassandra’s services for my mom and dads vow renewal. She is the only photographer that picked up the phone to understand my needs more than what I had given her in the original inquiry. From that moment (and after reviewing her portfolio beforehand), I knew I needed to have her capture this event. I hope she knows she has built a relationship for life - that I will always recommend her to family and friends and will be inquiring for my future events!!
Cassie, of CLS Photography, captures gorgeous, candid photos of your wedding day. She responds quickly during the planning process and arrives on time. We had a very small, backyar...
d wedding, but she was still able to capture some very dramatic and beautiful photos of my husband and I despite the quaint setting. She is very talented and I would highly recommend her!
You will get your perfect wedding photos with Cassie - guaranteed! Not only is she amazing to work with, but her quality of work is unmatched. Don’t miss a chance to work with her!...
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Cassie was awesome. My wife and I eloped and decided to do it in Colorado Springs; Cassie was helpful through the entire thing, gave us some good options. Things went a little craz...
y with the scheduling at Pikes Peak so we ended up doing our elopement at Garden of the Gods. And it was amazing, she did such a great job! She made my wife and I feel comfortable and we both had a lot of fun. Our pictures ended up coming out so beautiful, she captured every perfect moment!
Could not be more happy with our experience in person and the GORGEOUS pictures that resulted! Cassie is warm, fun, and talented and made taking pictures so fun! Could not be more ...
happy with our experience in person and the GORGEOUS pictures that resulted! Cassie is warm, fun, and talented and made taking pictures so fun!
Cassie was so kind and welcoming and made my fiancé and I so comfortable in shooting our engagement photos. She ended up stepping in for a photography friend who couldn’t make our ...
session at the last minute, and I couldn’t have been happier with her. She posed us in awesome ways we never would have thought of and the pictures turned out beautifully! We had a hard time deciding on a photo for our save the dates because there were so many great ones to choose from! Would highly recommend her for all your wedding photography needs.
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