4.6 out of 5 stars and 42 reviews Best of Weddings (2x).
4.6
(42)Monterey, CA is home but we are available worldwide.
About this vendor
DC Events & Design is a wedding photography and videography boutique based out of Monterey, CA. Their team of photographers and videographers also love to travel and are available for destination weddings.
To view some of our most recent weddings visit www.dceventsanddesign.com
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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4.6
out of 5.042 reviews
Please DO NOT hire Ernie & Fiona. Our wedding was in July 2025, they were an hour late to our wedding and we have yet to recieve our edited photos and videos. It took months of co...
nstant communication on our end just to get any raw footage. They do not respond back to any emails, texts or phone calls. There are many many other couples who are currently experiencing the same situation. We are very sad and disappointed. They should be ashamed of the lack of professionalism and dishonesty. They also go by another company called Everyday Forever Weddings.
Do NOT book them. All the reviews from recent posts are accurate: we hired them in early 2024 for a spring 2025 wedding. They showed up and did video and photos at the wedding but ...
getting our products from them have been impossible. Since full payments are expected before the day of service, we have no leverage to get our wedding photos and videos. Calls, texts, emails have all been ignored or empty promises have been made. We are pursuing legal action to get our money or product.
Absolutely do not recommend. We hired Ernie and Fiona for our wedding and deeply regret it. Communication has been abysmal, timelines were completely ignored, and we’re still waiti...
ng on a finished product we paid for in full. Our wedding was on October 5th, and per the contract, our video was due within 6-8 weeks. We didn’t receive anything until January 28th—months late—and even then, it was an incomplete version. We submitted our revision requests the next day (January 29th), as their own email instructed. After that? Silence. We followed up on February 12th and were told it would take a week. Followed up again on February 28th—no response. It is now well into April. We have been more than patient. This has been an exhausting and upsetting process when this should have been a joyful keepsake. Instead, we’re left with an unfinished video, ignored emails, and a complete lack of professionalism. We are now preparing to take legal action and pursue this through small claims court if we do not receive the final product as contractually agreed upon. Save yourself the stress. Look elsewhere.
Although we had communication before our wedding day, and the photographer and videographer took nice pictures and videos, we are disappointed with the lack of communication and fo...
llow up with this company. We emailed 30 days ago regarding our concerns about our pictures, and we still have not received a response. We let them know that we appreciated the beauty of the pictures taken, but we were/are disappointed with the responses and turn around times. We had to follow up weekly after our wedding day (in May) about updates for our pictures. In the email after our wedding day, it stated that we would receive our pictures within a week after our wedding. However, we received the sneak peeks over 4 weeks after our wedding day. In that same email, it stated that we would receive our pictures within 6-8 weeks of our wedding day. We understand that May is part of peak wedding season, but our contract stated that we would receive the pictures within 90 days of our wedding day and we received the full gallery 92 days after our wedding day. The day that we received the full gallery, we asked for re-edits, which were allowed per the contract as long as they were asked within 30 days of receiving the pictures. We only asked for re-edits because the filter/editing used for our teaser/sneak peek pictures for the ceremony pictures/portraits were very different from the final gallery, and we liked the style of the teaser/sneak peek pictures more. When we emailed them our concerns, we stated all of this, and that we asked 61 days ago about re-edits just for the ceremony pictures & portraits. Now, it has been 85 days since we've asked, and still haven't received them even though we were told it would only take a few days. We have been emailing weekly since 1 week after the wedding for updates, and we get the same response of "we have reached out to the editing team to get an update," but then we would not get any updates, hence why we would email weekly to follow up. We are sad that we will probably never get the re-edits of our pictures now.
We were so happy with our choice to hire DC Events for our wedding!! They were professional, fun, and skilled at what they do. Kenyi and Mike were superb: bringing liveliness as we...
ll as their videographer expertise to our wedding. We've seen the teaser video, and can't wait to see the finished product! DC Events kept us informed on the process leading up to the big date and we always felt in the loop and understood what was needed of us to keep the process moving forward smoothly. We give them a 10 out of 10!
We used this company for DJ services, and we are so glad we did. Jordan was a pleasure to work with and followed our music sheet to a tee. The ceremony, cocktail and dancing music ...
was perfect, and the DJ helped keep everything on schedule with announcements. Thank you, Jordan!!
Dominic and Drew were incredibly flexible and accommodating in taking photos for our wedding and engagement. They provided helpful suggestions on locations, and took beautiful phot...
os that made the events even more special! We'll never look as good again!
Dominic and his team pay such close attention to detail, prior to our big day we spent time going through timeline of events to ensure our photographer could get all the shots we w...
anted. Grace was our photographer for the day and she was on time and so professional, she is extremely personable and fit right in with our friends and family. We received a sneak peek within a week of our wedding and all our photos in less than a month. Grace’s editing is beautiful and we loved the natural light in all our photos, she was so great at giving instructions for posing. Highly recommend Dominic and his team, they were so accommodating with the changes we had to make due to COVID. Quality and genuine customer service!
I can't thank DC event and design enough for all there help and hard work. They did such an amazing job on my video! It has been a month since the wedding and I am still watchin...
g the movie EVERY day! They were professional and extremely responsive. They were very flexible with last minute changes to start times. You will not regret it if you hire them for your special day!!
We are so happy we worked with DC events and design. The cinematography is incredible. This is a video we’ll treasure forever and share without loved ones. Dominic and his crew are...
so professional and easy going - great to work with. Best decision was choosing DC events and design as our videographer for our special day!
Great company!! DC did a custom package for us because we only wanted drone footage and a few hours! Super professional, great communication, and we got our video in a timely manne...
r! Loved the video! They did a wonderful job! Highly recommend!!
I worked with Dominic to secure a dj for my wedding. Dominic was very responsive and super friendly—a breeze to work with considering I live out of state. Mike was our dj for the n...
ight and he was excellent as well. Especially because my family kept throwing him curveballs and adding surprise people during the grand entrance and speeches, but Mike kept everything flowing smoothly. The music was excellent and my family was dancing all night!
We used DC EVENTS & DESIGN for our DJ service and videography. It was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding! They are so easy to work with and communication was great. ...
They make things as easy as they can be. We received our wedding video the other day and we cannot stop watching it! It was made so well and we cannot thank you guys enough for your time, effort, talent and amazing skills! I HIGHLY recommend them for any of the services they offer!
We got engaged in January and saved the date for October 3rd! It was pretty ambitious for us to plan a wedding in less than a year especially a destination wedding in Big Sur, CA -...
we are a few hours away located in San Francisco Bay Area. We found DC Events & Design through Yelp after reading the various positive reviews. Dominic reached out to us immediately via email and after a few exchanges, set-up a phone call did a virtual tour of their website with me and answered a bunch of questions. Dominic has been such a HUGE help in our wedding planning. He was very understanding of our budget and worked out a payment plan that worked specifically to us. Not only was he very kind, he was also detailed in making sure we knew what we were paying for and also understanding the style of video we were looking for. Dominic was very professional and super friendly which made planning with him and DC Events & Design worthwhile. Steven Darling, our videographer was also great to work with. We didn't know what to expect but he very easy going, making us even more comfortable on camera on our special day. After the wedding, Dominic reached out to us with our video and footage and we are very satisfied. We have gone back and forth regarding edits, etc. of our final video and Dominic has been so patient. We are so lucky to have found such a great company to work with. If youre looking for a videographer in the Monterey area - please check them out! They are talented, professional and so down to earth! They are an email or phone call away and very responsive. Thank you Dominic and Thank you Steven for helping make our dreams come true!
We worked with Dominic for our wedding on Nov. 23rd, utilizing DC Events for both their photography and DJ services. Katrina, our photographer, provided an air of comfortability, f...
or what can oftentimes be an awkward experience, whilst maintaining a high level of professionalism. Our DJ, Jordan, was very open to our ideas, working with us to come up with the perfect score for our wedding. He made himself available for any questions and concerns we had right up until the ceremony and in the end created the perfect score for our wedding! We highly recommend DC Events for any event, as their level of professionalism and quality is unmatched!
We used DC events for our wedding and had the dream team: Drew for photography, Steven for videography, and Marcus as the DJ. The whole team was so easy to work with and Dominic (t...
he owner) is very responsive to all phone calls and emails. We loved our photos and our highlight reel made everyone cry. Marcus kept the dancing going for several hours and many guests commented that he was amazing. We had a great experience and would highly recommend the entire team!
Jordan was our DJ for our wedding and he was amazing! Definitely on top of everything and made our timeline of events run smoothly.
The owner Dominic was super quick with respond...
ing and answering any questions or concerns I had. A truly professional team to work with. Highly recommend them!
We used DC Events for our wedding reception DJ. DC Events and Design were amazing to work with. Dominic, the owner, was always very kind, professional, and understanding through th...
e booking process and when we had to readjust our schedule. Our DJ, Jordan, was also very friendly and easy to work with. Multiple of my guests said it was the best wedding for dancing they had ever been to!
DC Events and Design are true artists and are so incredibly talented at what they do! They were beyond AMAZING to work with from beginning to end! Our highlight film looks like it ...
could be a Hollywood movie, and they delivered it earlier than expected! They were professional, responsive, very organized and kind. The videographer we had on our day did a fantastic job not only working well with our photographer, coming up with great ideas/shots, but also respected our time and and let us share our moments together without interrupting. Having a videographer was the best decision we made. It’s such an important aspect of a wedding day and it truly captures every moment of the day that photos just cannot. The final product was everything we wanted and more. You will not go wrong in choosing them to capture your big day!! Worth every penny!! If you are looking for a videographer DC Events and Design are the best in town!!
DC Events and Design knocked the video out of the park. We weren't sure if we were gonna book a videographer initially, but boy am I glad we did. The wedding went so fast and it wa...
s so good to be able to look back and see everything. The video came out so perfect, that everytime we watch it, me and my wife get tears in our eyes. Thank you! I highly recommend them, our video came out just like the ones displayed on their page.
We had Jonathan as our DJ and Steven as our videographer and both were amazing! Our video turned out incredible and our guests were dancing the entire night! Couldn't be happier wi...
th our choice to have DC Events and Design film and DJ our wedding!
DC Events was great to work with. Dominic did great communicating with us and working with our needs and wants. Steven the Videographer was wonderful and got all of the shots that ...
we wanted. The highlight reel came out great and we couldn’t thank them enough.
They were INCREDIBLE. The DC team was attentive, detailed, and so prompt! I felt like they really collaborated with me on what I had envisioned for what I wanted the wedding video ...
to look like and they made it happen flawlessly. Couldn’t recommend them more!!
DJ Marcus did a wonderful job for my Carmel Valley reception. Very flexible and got everyone dancing!
DC Events did a phenomenal job providing DJ services for our wedding in Carmel. From the start Dominic was super responsive, organized and incredibly helpful. Their DJ, Johnathan w...
as perfect. He was great at keeping the crowd lively and played really great songs all night. He was so attentive and I could not have asked for a better experience. If you're considering DJs for your event look no further. You will not regret working with this team!
Dominic, my wife and I go way back... so it was only a natural move to have him. We initially reached out for him to shoot our engagement video, and we were so stoked with the resu...
lts, we had to hire him and his company for our wedding as well. Not only was he able to play guitar for us as we walked down the aisle, he was also our DJ and coordinator... among just being a great resource for everything wedding related. Dominic is a very humble, kind person and extremely easy to work with. We have recommended him to friends we were so happy with everything... honestly can't recommend him enough. The memories make us want to get married all over again.
Dominic and his team member Brandon were just completely amazing! We kept in touch for nearly a year and a half as we planned our wedding and the outcome was beyond what we can ima...
gine! Our wedding highlight video was breathtaking. DC Events and Design takes their job seriously and it shows! The detail of our video was stunning and we are so very happy with the results! thanks again Dominic and Brandon!!! If I could give 10 stars I would!🤣❤👍
My husband and I had the wonderful fortune of hiring DC Events and Design for our videography. We were married on February 27, 2017 on Monastery Beach with our reception at Rancho ...
Cañada golf course.
Working with Dominic and his team was amazing from beginning to end. Our final product was absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you, Dominic and Team, for making our day so special.
There are hardly words to explain how happy we were with DC Events& Design. We used their Photography, Videography and DJ services for our wedding and any expectations we had were ...
more than exceeded. To start, the admin staff was extremely helpful and organized when we booked our date. They were friendly and made sure that all of our questions and concerns were taken care of. Our photographer, Ashley, was phenomenal and so talented. Her ability to capture all of the most important moments was invaluable and we were so happy with the final set of pictures. Steven created the most perfect video we could have imagined and we still get goosebumps watching it. Our DJ, Vincent also did a great job keeping our guests on the dance floor all night long. We couldn't have had a better experience with DC Events & Design!
My husband and I used DC Events for our wedding videography and are extremely happy with the final video. Dominic was excellent to work with. Professional, patient and really has a...
passion for what he does. I would recommend DC events.
I hired DC Events & Design for our wedding in September of 2015 for DJ services and photography! Brent was our DJ and throughout the whole process he was completely professional a...
nd easy to work with. My husband and I had a list of songs we liked so he could get a feel for the type of the music we wanted at or wedding. The most important thing for us was that people were dancing the whole night! And Brent did just that! He kept the events going the whole night and all the guests engaged! Everyone danced the night away and he played an amazing variety of music! Thank you so much Brent!
Chris was our photographer for our wedding. He was also very professional and had great ideas for differs photos. He was also extremely flexible with going between two locations to get before photos of myself as well as my groom! He didn't get offended at all either when my lovely younger sister instructed poses from Pinterest haha! We haven't received the final product yet but he did take a few photos on his cell phone and sent them to me and they are AMAZING!!! We also received several complements from our guests that he was very mobile throughout the reception taking in action photos of everyone!
The owner Dominic even stopped into our wedding to make sure all was running smoothly! We absolutely would not have had such an amazing experience with out DC Events & Design! Thank you so much Brent, Chris and Dominic!!
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This is the most PROFESSIONAL team an...
d services I have EVER done business with!! You'd be making the BEST decision of your life on the biggest day of your life to book with DC Events & Design for your wedding or any other event!!!
In my opinion if you do not choose DC Events & Design for your wedding photography, videography and DJ services, then you are making a mistake and most likely wasting your money.
Thank you Dominic, Jonathan and Cole at DC Events & Design!!!!
This was the company with the best prices, employees with the best personalities and absolute best skills in the industry!!! After researching more than 15 companies I found none better than DC Events & Design.
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My fiance and I decided to use DC Events and Designs for their DJ and photography services for our wedding and could not have been happier. The photographer Cole looked over the ve...
nue before meeting with us and knew exactly where to take the best photos in Big Sur. Jonathan was awesome in mixing the right music for our reception, calling me a few weeks before to make sure he knew exactly what we were looking for in music genre and mood settings. I completely trusted them to do their job and make my wedding run flawlessly. They did a phenomenal job and we knew we could trust them to make our wedding day all we had wanted and more.
I recommend DC Events and Design for all your event needs!
Best DJ & MC services we could have asked for! Dominic and his team were amazing to work with - responsive, professional, helpful - everything we could have asked for on our weddin...
g day and more! They helped with the planning, worked within our timeline and requests, and we couldn't be more grateful.
We used DC Events & Design to film our wedding day. They are not only professional but they use the latest technology to provide excellent images. My husband and I were very comfor...
table with the videographer and it was a lot of fun! We absolutely love our video! We also referred at least two of our friends and they booked them and were extremely satisfied with their results.The owner Dominic has a passion for what he does and I believe it reflects greatly in his work. If you are considering whether or not you should hire DC Events and Design, please take my word for it! They are worth every penny!
Dominic was amazing to work with! We ended up doing a destination wedding in Mexico and not only was he so easy to work with but he flew out there with no hesitation and worked wit...
h our budget! He is so passionate about his job that you can see it in his work. His drone captured all of our fun memories and the beauty of the venue! Within 24 hrs of landing back home he started working on our video clip and it was done in 2 Days! All of my friends and family have said the video clip is the best they’ve seen yet. We also received all of our wedding videos within a week. Dominic is so incredibly talented I’m so happy we ended up choosing dc events and design!
Stop your search and book DC!
Dominic and his team are some of the best in the business! We used their DJ (big shoutout to Jason, he was incredible!!!) and videography services. ...
We planned our entire wedding from out of state and they made the process seamless from start to finish.
All of our guests (spanning multiple generations) had a great time and were out on the dance floor. The DJ/MC can be one of those wedding items that people push to the side but trust me when I say just how important it is to have an experienced company who listens and understands what you are looking for. Your guests will most likely not remember the florals and linens you obsessed over, what they will remember is having a good time and that begins with the DJ!
Four months after our big day and I still watch our wedding video a few times/week because I can’t get over how DC captured every moment so perfectly. (Our families were in tears the first time watching it!) Steven worked effortlessly with our photographers and at times I forgot he was there because he was so unobtrusive during those moments you want to be in and enjoy.
One of the best decisions we made for our wedding was hiring and trusting the team at DC!
My husband and I were convinced we did not need or want videography of our wedding. Sounds really silly right? Thankfully our married friends convinced us otherwise! We found DC Ev...
ents & Design after watching what felt like hours of wedding videos online. We picked a video randomly on their site and as luck would have it, it was actually a video of a wedding at our venue. We were absolutely blown away by the quality and the cinematography. This "wedding" video could have easily passed for a silver screen movie trailer. We watched a few more videos and we were certain we had struck gold.
We knew we had found the one after chatting with the owner Dominic who was warm, thoughtful and professional. We choose their midrange package to receive a highlight reel of the day and added an extra hour of videography to accommodate the timeline of our festivities. The entirety of the booking and payment processes were easy and we never had any trouble getting a hold of Dominic for questions. We had the pleasure of having Steven Darling video our actual wedding day and he was everything you could want and more! He worked hand in hand with our photographers and was thoughtful of his presence throughout the day. He took a variety of shots and angles for the day and even broke out a drone for aerial footage.
We received our wedding video 6 weeks after our wedding which is an amazing turnaround. There is no better way to describe it than to say that it was perfect.
If we can offer any advice for your wedding: get videography, a highlight reel is the perfect way to big day and of course: go with DC.
We had an amazing DJ. He got and kept the party started.
A-MAZING! Dominic was great, and Jonathan the DJ was fantastic. My whole party loved the music Jonathan played during everything. We had many changes throughout and Jonathan just r...
olled with the punches! Couldn't have asked for a better DJ!
What made it even more miraculous was, one of my friends was originally planning to be my DJ, but he flaked at the last minute (1 week prior!) Dominic was helpful and luckily had Jonathan available for me. Excellent pricing, you get more than your money's worth with these guys!
We really enjoyed working with Dominic(boss) & Jonathan(DJ)! They're nice, knowledgable and willing to accommodate our requests. They helped us setting up the schedule of our big d...
ay, and provided suggestions. That really helped us and made our preparation less stressful.
During the big day, Jonathan did a great job as MC. He kept everything on schedule and adjusted everything when necessary. Overall, without him, our ceremony and reception couldn't go well as it was. Thanks, Jonathan!
If we could give them more stars we would! We had Jonathan as our main DJ and from beginning to end he was amazing. He not only played the music we listed but talked to us about ou...
r general tastes and added some within our general genre's! He also was able to download anything our guests requested which made for some fun dances and sing alongs! My dad was sore from dancing so much. Amazing time thanks to Jonathan.
I told my now husband all I wanted was a pretty dress, the beach and to dance with him. I loved how much I was able to dance with him!
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798 Lighthouse Ave #107, Monterey, CA | Monterey, CA is home but we are available worldwide.
DC Events & Design