About this vendor
Based in Encinitas, CA, Enlightened Scorpio Photography is a natural wedding photographer boasting a striking, artistic edge. Owner Katie Doner has an eye for romance and beauty, using her lens to paint flattering portraits of lovers and friends. Her work is driven by a desire to give newlywed couples elegant images capable of standing the test of time.
A graduate of Fine Arts, Katie has a special appreciation for visual aesthetics, which she incorporates into every session. Establishing Enlightened Scorpio Photography from an innate passion for the craft, she delights in using color palettes and light to provoke emotion. If not preserving intimate wedding moments, you can find her traveling the world, photographing beauty wherever it strikes her.
Specializing in photojournalistic imagery with a modern edge, Enlightened Scorpio Photography is available for any style of wedding event. Katie can cover destination weddings, beach elopements, boudoir sessions, and more, offering tailored packages inspired by you. Among her services, you can enlist a second photographer, multiple locations, hand-coloring, and more.
About Katie
To tell you a little about Katie, she has been documenting weddings since 2005, shooting in New England, Southwest, and Arizona, and California. In 2006 her company was the NBC12 Dream Wedding Photographer and 2010 was voted as the 'top 3 wedding photography company' by Richmond Magazine readers. Katie's company had 8 weddings featured in Richmond Bride and one in Cosmo Magazine. While on the East Coast she photographed just under 200 weddings before deciding to move home to California. For the last 8 years Katie has taken on limited clients, mostly portrait or commercial work and the occasional wedding, while she started her family and raised her children. In Katie's own words, "I'm passionate about my work and I love LOVE. Feel free to reach out to me with your love story and your wedding details!"
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
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Same-Day Edits
- Second Shooter Available
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Reviews
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5
out of 5.04 reviews
Katie and Joey were a dream to work on our wedding day! Katie has a unique prospective when it comes to photography, capturing images that are candid and timeless. The photos were...
perfect!
It's fun to look back at our photos from our wedding; it's been over a decade, and they still hold up as stylish, polished, and fun. Incidentally, that's similar to the service we ...
received from Katie at the event.
Not only did we come away with tons and tons of amazing photos, we've stayed friends with Katie in the intervening years - she was that much fun to work with. Photography can be one of the most obtrusive parts of your wedding; they're up in your face as you're getting dressed, interrupting precious moments to get the right angle, dragging you away from your party guests to get the perfect sunset lighting. If the photographer isn't an absolute pleasure to work with, those interruptions can be quite a nuisance. But a real pro - someone who loves her work, who is passionate about weddings, who is excited to be there - makes all of that process fun. It's one of those things you can only look back at later, realizing that the positive, outgoing, engaged personality of your photographer made such a big difference in the enjoyment of your wedding. They're a key part, and you have to pick that person very carefully.
Katie gets my unqualified recommendation. I'd party with her any day.
And like I said: The photos were gorgeous.
I absolutely love all the photos that Katie took of me! Katie was super fun and energetic! She made me feel very comfortable in front of the camera.
I got the photos back faster ...
than I could have imagined. I would highly recommend Katie! Katie took very natural, artistic, portraits. Her work is timeless and I will always cherish the photos!
Katie was so easy and flexible to work with. She captured our family so naturally and brought the best in our kids. Highly recommend.
Contact
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