About this vendor
Winner of 'Couple's Choice Award' for 2017, 2018, & 2019. Green Valley Photography is a full-service wedding photography company based in Charlotte, NC. I am Daniel Valverde, owner and lead photographer of GVP. I have been a professional photographer since 2008 and started GVP in 2012. My work has been featured in over 30 wedding blogs and magazines. I work alongside my wonderful fiancée, Tiara, Creative Director & Web Designer. We have a beautiful daughter, Karina, whose smile lights up the world, and two cats, Ollie and Draco.
We provide a complimentary consultation to answer questions and to show you the products that are included (and potential add-ons) in your package. Our basic wedding package includes 8 hours of wedding day coverage, an engagement session, 10x10 Italian leather photo albums, edited photos via an online gallery, and the couple's choice of a 16x20 print.
What I love about wedding photography is getting to share in your special day and capture the connection between you and your partner. Just about every wedding photographer will also tell you this with pride: "I love, Love!"
Details
Business Attributes
- Hispanic or Latinx-owned Business
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
3-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2019.2018.2017.
Best of Weddings
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5
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Very professional, friendly, and adaptable.
Daniel did the photography for our granddaughter Sam's wedding. He sent Sam information in advance as to what to expect and what to have available for photos so there were no surpr...
ises. He visited the venue in advance to plan for the best areas to shoot pictures. He worked well with the other vendors on the wedding day and due to advance planning all the posed photos flowed seamlessly. He tried to accommodate all of Sam's wishes for photos and the results were awesome. We would definitely recommend Daniel and Green Valley Photography to others
First of all, the photos and the photography style are so beautiful. Me and my husband love every pictures Daniel took, even the ones with crying faces :) Daniel and Andrea were re...
ally helpful in accommodating us with sudden changes in our time and place during our ceremony, working out every detail of our session down to every minute of it, finding spots for my silhouette photo request even when there is no sunlight, and the candid photos from the dance floor are just amazing! We are very thankful of their dedication, and not to mention the easy download for the whole wedding photo album and easy to share to my family that lives across the ocean. Overall, it was a wonderful experience to work with them..
So happy with every single one of our photos! Daniel and Andrea were amazing and such a great help. My wedding guest raved about them the very next day saying how much fun they wer...
e and how they were and how they were in the right spot at every moment. They even helped me in my panic when I found out our outdoor ceremony would be inside do to the rain and we came up with plan B right away.
We first met Daniel and Andrea at the Bridal Show in Charlotte. They were approachable and we had a good conversation at their table so they stood out to me right away. We met with...
them again a week later and they helped us take our ideas for our ceremony and work out the logistics so they could become a reality. We made a timeline together with everything that we wanted to do and made sure we had enough time to take pictures of it all. I had a lot of family coming to this wedding that I haven't seen in years, and Andrea called out the names from a list we made to make sure we got a picture with everyone. On the wedding day, it was so busy and there was so much happening, I wouldn't have remembered who was supposed to be in each picture, so I was VERY appreciative she was there. Daniel and Andrea were able to do all those family photo combinations and keep things moving when it easily could have been unorganized and taken forever where everyone would have needed to be rounded up and we definitely didn't have time for that! All around, it was a great experience with them and they really made my wedding day run smoothly. If you are looking for a solid wedding photographer, these two are the best team!! Thank you for all of your help; everything was perfect!
We had our engagement pictures done by Daniel Valverde of Green Valley Photography. He sent me a list of locations with corresponding photos he had done previously. Then my fiancé ...
and I picked which top 4 spots were our favorite. Then he sent me this guide on what to wear. That was very helpful and we followed it exactly, so we were able to look very coordinated and put together! I'm glad we did that preparation beforehand so on the day we knew what was going to happen and Daniel took all the photos we wanted. We love our photos and will use them for our save the date cards. We didn't know what to expect for an engagement photo shoot because we've never had professional pictures done before, but this was an overall great time and a fun experience! Would definitely recommend!
Daniel and Andrea were my photography team for my summer wedding. They did a great job! They captured everything, nothing was rushed, and we had plenty of time to take all the pict...
ures that I wanted. My family commented on how professional and accommodating they both were. I work as a hair and makeup artist and have seen my name in many magazines credited for hair and makeup, but never thought I would actually be IN a magazine! Thanks to my undeniably fantastic photographer, Daniel, and Creative Director, Andrea, my husband and I were featured in Southern Celebrations Magazine in a 2-page spread for our wedding. There are so many pictures that I keep looking at of my bridesmaids, family, new extended family, and friends that could attended, it's awesome! My guests were able to download the pictures as well and my husband's family that live in Pennsylvania ordered their prints from the gallery and loved them. It was truly a great experience working with them!!
Simply put, Green Valley Photography is absolutely amazing, and we couldn’t have wished for a better experience.
Green Valley Photography went above and beyond for both our engag...
ement photo shoot, and the big day. It was very clear from the beginning that we had placed our trust in the right people. Daniel and Andrea took every opportunity to prepare and guide us through the process to ensure we were able to make the most out of our time together. Our engagement shoot could have been extremely overwhelming, but Green Valley Photography took excellent care of us by providing advanced instructions that were clear and concise to help us choose our wardrobe and suggested beautiful places around town to meet. This allowed us to really focus on enjoying the moment and for them to capture the best possible photos.
They continued this level of excellence as we were planning for our wedding day. As it is for many, this was our first wedding, and to say we were under prepared would have been putting it nicely. Green Valley Photography met with us months ahead of time to scout out the venue and help get a wedding day plan in place. They brought many fantastic ideas to the table that my husband and I would have otherwise overlooked in the frenzy of taking care of the big details. These suggestions really helped to shape our already special day in to something that was unforgettable.
Green Valley Photography showed up well in advance to the start of the ceremony to prepare themselves and get shots of the decor before the crowd showed up. These little touches really brought the finished product together and helped to capture the overall feel. They were there for all the little moments throughout the ceremony and reception and ended up with story of the entire night.
Their spectacular service didn’t end with the wedding day. Green Valley Photography worked to quickly turn around the finished photos for us and our guests to view. We also opted to have the leather-bound memory book created for us and were not disappointed. The design team worked to put to pull together an album of highlights throughout the night, and the photo album read more like a picture book than a traditional album. We were able to provide edits, but only had to request minimal preferential changes as they really thought of everything. They followed-up with us through the process and worked tirelessly to ensure we took care of our part.
I really cannot speak highly enough of Green Valley Photography and would recommend them to anyone who is looking for a professional team to make their wedding day or event one that will always be remembered!
Daniel and Andrea were awesome from the first email we received from them! They totally stood out from anyone else we talked to as they have this great combination of being profes...
sional yet still having fun personalities. We're SO GLAD that we had them for our wedding. They thought of everything, they did everything and more on our wedding day, and delivered every photo we could have imagined! So they truly are EVERYTHING! We had someone in our wedding party that was running late due to a wardrobe malfunction that required sewing and Daniel was able to rearrange the timeline and still accommodate everyone and get all the pictures that we wanted. Things could have become chaotic fast, but Daniel & Andrea kept it all together, told us what our options were and how we could make it all work, so we literally did a ton of photos in about 10 minutes. My best of honor was saying she wished she could have had them for her wedding last year and she didn't have nearly as many of the types of photos we had. I don't know how Daniel did it as we received photos of things I didn't even know were happening and it was amazing to see those things included in all of our pictures. We added the leather album (photo book) to our package and it was VERY nice and we keep it on our coffee table and look at it all the time. My maid of honor wished she had that album too!! I have already recommended them to friends I know that are getting married next year. Seriously, hire Green Valley Photography for your wedding, you won't regret it!!!!
Green Valley Photography (Daniel and Andrea) has been a part of our wedding experience from the beginning - engagement to wedding! And I couldn't have asked for a better team! They...
really took the time to get to know Brad and me, acknowledged our "wish list" and went above and beyond to capture all the amazing moments. I am truly impressed by their level of detail and professionalism. We have received numerous compliments on the photography end product and Daniel and Andrea's fantastic energy and guidance through the day. Very pleased :)
Awesome awesome awesome! Loved working with these guys and loved their dedication and professionalism. Not to mention photos came out amazing. Would def recommend them.
We found Daniel and Andrea online, initially searching for a photographer to shoot our engagement photos. From the very beginning, they were always well organized, professional, an...
d so helpful in our wedding planning process, not to mention, so much fun to work with!! At our first meeting, Daniel and Andrea not only came prepared with a beautiful portfolio of his work but also provided us with a thorough list of vendors. This was a huge help to my fiance' and I who had just a short, six month engagement to plan our wedding and we actually used quite a few of their recommended vendors! Right then from our first meeting, we knew we wanted them to be our wedding photographer as well! Fast forward through a few more months of planning, Daniel always ensured we were in touch and on the same page in preparation for our big day. He was always easy to reach to answer any of our questions, whether it be an in person meeting or via email/phone. They also helped us stay organized when it came to creating our wedding day timeline and creating our family formals list. They also took the time to visit our venue twice to do test shoots the week before the wedding. Come wedding day, we were well assured that they'd do an awesome job! Even our guests had a lot of fun taking photos with them! My husband and I, and our families can't express enough how much we LOVE our wedding photos!!! Daniel captured every little detail and perfect moment of our wedding day, and even moments that I didn't even know were going on! One thing in particular that we really appreciated was how patient and organized they were when it came time to take our family formals...especially since my side of family is huge!! But nonetheless, Daniel and Andrea ensured each member of our families were positioned correctly to take formals with us, and we got every shot we wanted! Now here we are, post-wedding, Daniel and Andrea even took the time to hand deliver our personalized wooden flashdrive loaded with all our photos, a high-quality leather photo album that has every highlight photo from our wedding day printed on each page, and a large, beautifully framed 16x20 wedding photo of our choosing. All in all, we couldn't have asked for a better photographer! We highly recommend Green Valley Photography to anyone in search of a photographer! We will definitely be using them for all our future photo needs! Thank you so much Daniel and Andrea!!! :-)
I found Daniel and Andrea at the bridal fair in Charlotte and they were the first vendor that we hired for our wedding. They were so professional and fun to work with from the sta...
rt! We never worried about anything and our engagement photos and wedding pictures turned out amazing!! We also received a wedding album and large framed photo and we were very happy with both!
Daniel and Andrea were awesome! They were extremely helpful, imaginative and fun to be around. My guests really enjoyed them and the pictures are fabulous! We highly recommend ...
them.
We had a small family wedding and Daniel was our photographer with Andrea as his assistant. He took our family photos after the ceremony and more pictures during the reception. We ...
really appreciated him being available that day. Since we only needed 4 hours of his time, he customized a package that worked for us but still included the framed picture. Overall, I think he did a really great job and we were very happy with the pictures. We would totally recommend him again, and they were so fun to spend the day with!
Daniel and Andrea are an awesome dynamic team! They are both so knowledgeable of the industry, and they were everything we were looking for in a photographer for our engagement an...
d wedding pictures. Super friendly and down to earth, detail oriented, competitively priced packages, great quality photos, quick turnaround on photos, and both great to work with! We could not have asked for a better vendor, and consider ourselves lucky to have been their client!
Daniel and his team photographed my wedding and did a fantastic job! From the minute I met them, I felt like they took the time to understand my vision and what I really wanted and...
they exceeded ALL of my expectations.There were so many pictures that Daniel took of things that I didn't even know were happening throughout the entire day; it was like he was everywhere at once. I also really liked that he took pictures of all of my details and decorations at my wedding since my sisters and I spent a lot of time organizing those items. I knew that he had done work for magazines in the past and was known for that which was one of the reasons why I initially booked him. He totally delivered in that area because the photos of my bouquet, shoes, and jewelry look just like ones that I saw in the the bridal magazines when I was doing my planning. So he definitely has a talent for that! That ending up only being part of it because it became so much more. My husband had several people come from out of state and Daniel made a point get pictures of them which we totally appreciated. Also, Daniel gave me recommendations for my DJ and photo booth and I was very pleased with both of them and the job they did. Thank you!
We really enjoyed working with Daniel for our wedding day. He gave us all the photos we wanted and asked for. He was very attentive and was able to get many pictures of our large a...
nd extended families. He has a great eye for all the small details that we didn't even see. Daniel also gave us good direction for the photos of just the two of us. We received our pictures back quickly and we are overall very happy with his work he did for us. There are a lot of photographers out there, but there are none like him who really takes the time and effort to go the extra mile!
My husband and I were searching for a photographer while planning our wedding. We had been engaged for 4 years when we set our wedding date! We visited the Bridal Fair in Charlotte...
, NC when we met Daniel and Andrea at their Green Valley Photography Booth. At first we wasn’t sure because we hadn’t planned to spend that much money for a photographer but after looking at even our local photographers closer to Caldwell County, where we live, we discovered that to get what we wanted Green Valley was our best options. We worked out our budget to make it work and called and set up an appointment with Daniel and Andrea 1 year before the wedding! They were AMAZING! We wanted to use the same photographer for our engagement session, my bridal session, and our wedding day because we knew it would allow us to get use to them and them to us (which was very important because they learned what we liked and didn’t like). We also wanted a second photographer at our wedding and that was a MUST on our list for a photographer. As with a lot of things in life things happen and unfortunately they did in the process of planning the wedding and the one thing I never once worried about was the photography! They gave me piece of mind. They were quick at responding to my emails and even kept a countdown till the wedding day! They are very personable and cared about us and our wedding. They would make suggestions to help us when we needed it like when our florist fell through, and when we were searching for locations for our engagement and bridal sessions. We got the biggest package they offered and it was totally worth every penny! We received copyrights to all our photos, links to a gallery that we could share our photos with family and friend, a small album of our engagement session, a large album of our wedding day, and a personalized flash drive with all our wedding photos on it (over 500 pics!). Our second photographer Amanda was also amazing and was very professional in working with Daniel and Andrea (and was actually able to get us photos of my 3 year old nephew who decided to be camera shy at the wedding). During the wedding we only saw the photographer a couple times and it was like they wasn’t even there (which was nice because they didn’t distract our guests from the ceremony either). The online gallery was great and easy to share with our loved ones, because it allowed them to sign in under their email addresses so they could save their favorite photos too and spam mail never followed! We downloaded our photos and also purchased through the gallery and it may be a little more expensive to order but the pro lab is quick in delivering the photos and they are very high quality! We ordered from Shutterfly and Walgreens as we just to see (because it is cheaper) but looking at them side by side with the pro lab photos you can see the difference 100% and the pro lab is well worth the money! The entire year we worked with Green Valley was great and we definitely recommend them to anyone and we will also be using them again in the future!
I was very happy to have Daniel as our wedding photographer and we were impressed from the start. He gave us so much information on things we didn't know or hadn't thought about f...
rom the beginning. I felt so much more informed and ready for our wedding when it finally came. He put us at ease even when we were running late, and assured us he got every photo. We trusted him to do a great job and he did; all of our photos are gorgeous!! I can't recommend him enough, book Green Valley Photography for your wedding!
We had a fun time with Daniel for our engagement photos! We really wanted to bring our dog and have him included in a couple of the pictures. He said he loved animals and it wouldn...
't be an issue at all. Daniel was able to get the dog sitting and actually looking at the camera for several pictures! My fiance and I were surprised how easy he made it for all of us. He was a pleasure to work with and I would recommend him to my friends that are getting married.
We did our engagement session with Green Valley Photography and they were awesome to work with! Daniel took the time to go over everything about the shoot beforehand and make us fe...
el comfortable on the day. We loved all our photos and ended up buying several prints from the gallery he sent us which came out really nice and even better than we expected. We were very happy with our photos and experience with them.
This review is long overdue as my wedding was back in November! Daniel and Andrea were all around incredible to work with! They were excited to sit down and meet with me on day one...
to learn more about my then-fiancé and myself. They asked thorough questions to ensure they could provide me with the best services for our needs on our wedding day. They were always cheerful and extremely patient which goes a long way in a photographer! We have a big and active family and Daniel was able to capture beautiful images of not only my family but the scenery as well! We had an engagement photo shoot so that we could feel more comfortable with Daniel as a photographer before the wedding day and it helped tremendously! Also, Andrea and Daniel were so incredibly thoughtful in providing me with more than my husband and I asked for in our original package so that was a sweet in itself!! His images are very clean and very precise which was what we were looking for. Thank you again to the both of you for your incredible partnership with us. I'm very blessed to have chosen to work with you guys on our special day! You have great futures ahead! :)
~ Stephen and Rachael
Daniel did a great job and was very nice to me, my wife, and our family as our wedding photographer. The wedding went later than we had planned, but he stayed without any problem. ...
We received the photos pretty quickly and we loved all of them. I can only say positive things about him.
If I could give them 10 stars I would! Andrea and Daniel are truly awesome we found them online and it was the best choice I could have made. We booked them for our wedding picture...
s and did all communication over the phone and online. Super fun and easy to work with, book them and you will surely see how, 10 Stars...lol :)
PS He even provided an online gallery of photos for my guests since many of them came from all parts of the country and this made it easy for them to find and download photos!!! Again 10 stars!
I am the mother of the bride and we hired Daniel as the wedding photographer. He was very good and took all the pictures that we had asked for and was very nice to all of our famil...
y members and we have a very large family. He worked very hard for us and he delivered many excellent pictures. I will recommend him as a wedding photographer to my family and friends in Charlotte.
Wedding date 2/27/16.
We found Green Valley Photography at the Cabarrus County Arena Bridal Fair and liked him immediately. Daniel was easygoing then and on our wedding day. He e...
xplained his photography process beforehand so we trusted him to capture all of our special details, and it was one less thing for us to worry about. His other staff were very professional and accommodating even though our plans changed a little on the day. The pictures came out great and we liked them a lot! We were very happy with his service.
We were impressed with Green Valley Photography’s’ presentation. We hired Green Valley Photography for our elopement photo shoot on June 17, 2016. We stopped at 11 different locati...
ons throughout Uptown, that were beautiful, iconic, and meaningful to us. Andrea, was there alongside Daniel, to help with the details of my hair, dress, and veil placement. The flash drive arrived exactly when we were told it would. Overall, we are satisfied with the pictures and the amount of stops that we made for the price that we paid, and would definitely use them again in the future.
We feel liked we hired the best wedding photography team ever! Daniel and Andrea were fantastic to work with and we couldn't be happier. They were really fun and personable and EVE...
RY picture was great. My wife and I had a smaller wedding with close family and friends and they fit right in with our group. We received our flash drive with all of the photos in the mail 2 weeks later which was great so all of my immediate family now has a copy. Would definitely recommend.
Daniel was my photographer for my bridal portraits and wedding at the Deerpond Plantation. My photos were beautiful and my family loved them! It rained at the end of our ceremony, ...
but Daniel stayed by our side the whole time. As the rain cleared, he took a great photo of my husband and me at the altar with a rainbow behind us. Rainbows are significant to me, and I was very pleased that he was able to get this picture. We were excited to find out that the photos from my bridal portraits were featured in Bellissima Bride Magazine. I never dreamed I would be in a magazine so this was a huge surprise! I would recommend Daniel and his team to brides and grooms as I thought he really went above and beyond and provided a great service.
Daniel was very professional from the first time we spoke on the phone until the last email he sent making sure I had received my photos. Definitely five stars for his pictures and...
communication. He clearly loves what he does because he fit right in with my family and friends and was able to take more photos than expected and ones that I never knew were even happening! We love our photos so much we would whole heartedly recommend him to any bride/groom getting married in Charlotte.
Wedding Date: 4/10/2016
I was very happy with Daniel and his team for my wedding. He was easy to work with and always taking photos throughout the day. His work speaks for itself...
as every picture I received was excellent! I would recommend him to my friends and family.
We had a great experience with Green Valley Photography! Daniel photographed my wedding and we couldn't be happier with the pictures. The turn around time was fast and we love our ...
album and print. Would definitely recommend.
I met Daniel and Andrea at the Carolina Bridal Fair and booked them as my wedding photographer. They answered all of my questions and met with us again before the wedding. When I s...
aw my photos I cried, I absolutely loved them! I hung our print in the living room and walk past it every morning and remember how great our wedding was. Thank you!
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