Karl Verkade Photography

e was creative and super fun to work with for all the many poses that you're encoraged to try, but also incredibly knowledgeable and talented from the photographic perspective. Some of his most incredible shots reveal his mastery of back-lighting and use of scenery to help tell your love story. Highly, highly recommend... great experience from the initial meeting, to the camera time on our wedding day, and what an incredible reveal at the end. The photos were breathtaking. Don't miss out, this is the easiest wedding decision you'll make.

rtfolio and wowed us with his creativity and personable nature. We are an easy-going couple, and knew that Karl was the right fit for us and the goals of our wedding. Starting with the engagement photos, which we took at the replica first In-n-Out drive through in Baldwin Park, we knew we were in for a treat when we saw the prints all edited and finished - such wonderful stuff! I have included a few shots to show you what this man can do. He was really getting into the shoot, and made us feel comfortable, willing to run into traffic to get a picture! Our wedding day was 3 days ago, and we had Karl and his assistant Laura for 7 hours - they ended up arriving early and staying long enough to get the final shots of the night, with great lighting setups and a good feel for the venue. They were energized to be involved, which was so nice because they really blended in, did not crowd or push anyone, and let their photos happen organically as the night progressed. We are so excited to see the final work that Karl produces, and I can assure you, you are getting a trust-worthy and imaginative person in Karl Verkade. Karl - thank you so much for making our engagement and wedding so special. You exceeded every expectation we had for the process and the day-of shooting. As I sit here recounting the memories, I can rest easy knowing you captured them to the best that my mind can imagine. Do yourself a favor - book with Karl Verkade Photography.

l approach on the day of the wedding. We were even ahead of schedule! The icing on the cake (wedding pun intended) is his pricing...he is incredibly affordable, and you get way more than you pay for. I cannot recommend Karl enough!

hotos than expected, he was able to work with our budget, and really went above and beyond on the day of as to not miss any details. Thank you Karl for giving us such beautiful lasting memories!!

and got a great variety of shots. He even sent me a preview of some of our pictures before we even left for our honeymoon. With as amazing as the preview photos came out I cannot wait to see the rest.

on and cherish forever. You need a good photographer! Friends sent me their cell phone pics but it just not the same. Hiring Karl was truly the best investment we put into the wedding. He captured all the little details from the decorations to the joy on our guest faces...I LOVED all the natural moment shots. He has an eye and gift to get those special money shots. Every pic was so perfect. I hate being the center of attention and taking photos but he and his assistant make you feel so comfortable. If you want those moments captured of that fairy tale wedding you dreamed of and Hallmark looking photos Karl is your guy! I've seen many photos of other weddings I've attended and they are just standard and boring. Karl's shots show emotions, feelings, and life to it. You will not be disappointed. Thank you so much Karl! I'm going to refer you to all my friends and family.

onderful photos...he even used the rain to his advantage to get some great unique shots, in addition to some of my favorite candid pictures of my step-daughter, niece and nephews. Thank you so much Karl! I feel so lucky that we found you!

aking our engagement photos up in Julian, CA. Our wedding went without a HITCH! Karl showed up early and made sure to get all the shots that we were looking for. In light of our wedding being on a weeknight in November AND being fairly intimate, he treated our wedding just like any other. We received our photos today and my husband and I couldn't stop 'wow-ing' and 'aw-ing' at each and every photo. His second shooter was also such a pleasure to work with as well. Overall, we are very pleased with Karl and his photo-expertise! Thanks Karl, you deserve all The Knot awards you receive!

ds were easy to set the stage. Karl took his time on every photo and was so passionate to make it perfect for us! All of us were wet with the huge waves surrounding us. We did not mind taking a few risks getting tossed with the waves and the photos came out AMAZING!! I want to thank Karl for his passion to take such gorgeous pictures and which made us feel truly special!! We have received endless compliments on our engagement photos! He is reasonable and works with you every step of the way. Only wish we had met him sooner for our wedding photos.

n front of a camera and he made us look like professional models. Not only that, but he truly captured our love for each other in our sweet and silly moments. Fast forward to our wedding day and I couldn't have asked for a better photographer. He showed up with the second photographer and went right to work. I never felt like I needed to ask him to take certain shots or like he was in the way. He just did his work effortlessly. We decided to do first look and are so grateful that we did. He captured one of the most intimate moments in our lives with such grace and beauty. The entire wedding was shot perfectly, none of the guests even noticed he was there. But when you needed him to be there he was! It was truly a pleasure working with Karl and I would recommend him to anyone who wants to be able to enjoy their wedding and trust that the right shots are being taken.

nt of the camera with him and the photos turned out amazing. I will never stop recommending Karl to future brides!!!! Thanks Karl :)

d person and his attention to detail is top notch. He made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera and we are more than happy with the quality of his photos. Thank you, Karl, for doing such an amazing job on oir wedding pics! I would recommend Karl over and over again! Simply the best photographer out there!

4 days is because we have been in complete and utter AWE of our wedding photos. They are truly AMAZING! Madeleine and I have been gazing through them non stop, falling more and more in love with them after each photo. Your work is stunning. You were able to capture the most important moments, all while telling a beautiful love story. We have been inundated with compliments about your work. I cant stay enough about how satisfied we are. You exceed all of our expectations and we are very grateful to you. THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!

ges. Cannot recommend enough.

r a wedding photographer definetpy gonwith Karl, you won't be disappointed!

t but certainly not least he has a pure knack for photography. The photos looked like an artist painted them and he even had an eye for all those natural kodak moments throughout the course of the evening. We highly recommend him and can't wait to see where his career takes him! Keep it up Karl! You are a legend!!

ust wanted to get it done...quickly and PERFECTLY. Our wedding was in May and I started booking vendors in September. My fiancé and I lived in Seattle but we were getting married down in Disneyland, CA. So in addition to the wedding drama and bridal jitters, I now have to plan a wedding, which clearly, I had no experience with, without the benefit of seeing the venue or interviewing the vendors. In fact, I had to count on the vendors to really know what they were doing and to help me out, as opposed to vice-versa. I fired off dozens of emails a day and on day one of hunting for vendors, I knew Karl was my photographer. I had never been more certain in any stage of my wedding before of after this moment. If I had nothing, I had a good photographer, that I was sure of. And this is saying a lot since I was the girl on Amazon who compared every star, review, and penny. In our entire wedding, I really had no high expectations nor was I really excited about any specific aspect...except for Karl, which I enthusiastically shared with family and friends when they asked about planning. Karl replied emails almost instantly (same throughout the rest of the ten months of me constantly emailing) and his answers were always friendly, precise, and clear. His price was clearly way beyond reasonable and wayyyyyy UNDERPRICED for his work. His personality was stunning and engaging and charming and he made us feel relaxed (and me reassured) instantly. His business was amazing with absolutely zero hoops or red tapes or small prints. His photo qualities are AMAZING. Karl was more than happy to work with us, flexing his prices since we didn't need the engagement package and could pay cash immediately in one payment. He helped me way more than once with details of our wedding (since we were states away), he was ecstatic to take time out to meet us when we finally flew down for a day and worked with our schedules. He even recommended a videographer for us (again, planning from states away, we could use help!) who was equally awesome who produced the most amazing video for us (I cried. And I don't cry). Karl was the reason why we can look back at the memories of our wedding day fondly. There weren't many things I was sure and certain of for our wedding (my own parents' attendance included), but from day one, there was one thing I was completely 100% certain of and that was Karl, his passion, his talent, his skills, his personality...his everything. He was super chill, friendly, and kind, and did not sweat over any details that large companies would. We only paid for 400 photos but he ended up sending us more than 700 as opposed to deleting them (we've worked with companies that charged us $80 per extra photo otherwise, they just deleted them). We weren't able to provide a meal, though we were happy to pick up snacks for him, and he told us to take care of ourselves and he will take care of himself. My only wish was that he was in Seattle, where I could broadcast him to all of our friends because he is THE ONE. Look no further. Karl isn't "just" a "vendor". He is your ticket to having a perfect wedding day, a friend, a person to help out, and frankly, in a mix of personal/professional - a friend you can count on.

grapher weeks after the wedding? Not only were the packages extremely competitive and affordable, but he is an amazing photographer and I couldn't have chosen a better one for our wedding day. We mainly picked him because my husband and I both loved the candids in his collection. Anyone can use a point and shoot camera while everyone poses for pictures but I wanted someone there who could capture the moments. Even though he managed to get pretty much everything, he was never in anyone's way/blocking views/etc. We got our photos back earlier than expected, and they were all top notch. And did I mention he included more pictures than what our package originally called for? AMAZING customer service and an all around great guy. Thank you so much for helping make our wedding day special! - Erin and Matt

ny and reception, we could not believe all of the great shots he managed to capture. We are very pleased with the photos and would (and have!) recommend Karl to anyone. Thanks again Karl!

ot of venders have you meet at their facility, or closer to. immediately I fell in love! I soon realized why we HAD to meet with him. we spoke about of vision and what we wanted, the theme of the wedding and he just loved it. He made us feel comfortable, and understood what we wanted. we had our engagement photos done and wow! just couldn't wait til we got married! Unfortunately my husband had gotten sick and we had to postpone the wedding. a little over a year later. And Karl voiced his concern, not with us postponing his business, but for my husband. Really made sure he knew how my husband was doing and throughout his recovery. Just made it even better knowing we had such a caring and loving photographer that wasn't worried if he was going to get paid, but rather that we were okay. We had a wedding Jan, 2 of 2016, and wow. he sent us our photos, and words cannot express how much we fell in love! the action shots, the memoires the whole thing! definitely can tell there was so much that went into the wedding photos!

autiful photos. Thanks again Karl!

ent thousands and thousands of dollars!! They have the perfect combination of vintage and artistic feel to them which was exactly what I wanted! Thank you Karl so much for capturing these memories for us to cherish for a lifetime!

e show, you were able capture our favorite songs and place them on the slide show, I was impressed with your attention to detail. Thank you for everything, you made our special day very memorable and fun. Kyle and Abbey

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n and direction in his hands. His passion for photography and excitement behind the camera makes you enjoy every session and feel comfortable. He seriously knows how to capture the best of you and surroundings! If you want a good, professional, fun and talented photographer choose this guy!

e perfect fit for us (i.e. Easy going, flexible, patient, creative, and fun). He really wanted us to have the pictures we wanted and helped us identify shots we didn't know we wanted. I will totally recommend him to everyone and will definitely use him again in the future for other events and shoots!

ow beautiful our wedding album and enagement shots were! All in all, his stand up professionalism and easy going attitude made him one of my favorite vendors to work with. He was kind, accommodating to our requests and understanding of our needs. We felt reassured hiring him as our photographer because even though we were a bit shy and nervous, he was warm and friendly and really kept us at ease during shooting. I orginally intended to give him a shot list of what we wanted, but decided to let him take full rein and we were not disappointed at all. SERIOUSLY, KARL IS THE BEST! He will be your favorite vendor to work with and we will definitely use him as our family grows!

tion) but he and his second shooter Michelle (who was just as sensational, by the way) were able to come up with last minute locations for their first-look photos which turned out gorgeous! I can’t say enough great things about Karl and I would recommend him to anyone looking for a photographer.

le experience enjoyable. I will be sure to recommend him to anyone I know that is looking for a photographer. Thank you again Karl, for capturing our special day!

h our tentative date and over all a great person. Karl took our engagement photos as well and they were beautiful. We couldn't wait for the wedding day. We got married 10 days ago, and we are SO happy with the small preview we've recieved so far. Every photo is beautiful, we can not wait to see the rest. If you are looking at Karl's page, give him a call and make a meeting. By the end of the meeting, you'll have your photographer for the best day of your life!

knew he was the man for the job. He put me right at ease and put my budget into consideration; not many professional photographers will do that. We included our children in our engagement session and boy did we all have fun! He made our children so comfortable that he captured amazing moments with them. During the wedding he was so courteous to our guests, especially with our large family who were often times demanding. He even stayed after his negotiated hours; ended up telling him it's okay to finish, haha. Thank you Karl, so so much, for our special day; it would have been the same without you. Can't wait to see the rest of the wedding pics! Kristine and Richard Brown

Temecula for a consultation. He was very open to everything that we wanted and showed us his amazing albums of his previous work. I love the style of his photography. He has a way of capturing natural interactions. I hate overly posed photos. Karl has so much talent and really makes you feel beautiful in his photos. His pricing is so reasonable and he is really willing to work with your budget and adapt your package to make it work for you. I have zero complaints and my guests even talked about how professional and personable he was. We would recommend Karl to anyone and everyone. We absolutely love our photos and will cherish them forever!! Thanks Karl!

customer service as well. He always got right back to us during the booking process and leading up to the big day as well. He was very open to anything we wanted. He was prompt on showing up on the big day and took every picture we asked for. He made us feel so comfortable which allowed us to really enjoy our big day :) I would refer him to everybody I know in a second. Karl is the best of the best!!!!

nd it was so much easier with his pictures! I couldn't ask for more! I would recommend him to anyone! thank you KARL!

ed through the camera. He has a great eye for capturing the best moments in the wedding! Karl was really patient with me and my wedding party and knew exactly where to take pictures in Huntington Beach for some wedding photos. He is extremely fun to take pictures in front of and directs the photo shoot in such a fun relaxing way. Karl is VERY accommodating and is very flexible with brides and just the wedding in general. My parents loved him as well and were very happy with the photos. He made our photos look like they belong in a wedding magazine or postcard!!! In regards to budget, you REALLY get a bang for you buck with Karl. He did SUCH an amazing job for what you pay for. He was voted The Best of The Knot for 2015 for a reason!!! He did an amazing job!

red great posed group photos, yes, but the magic was really in the candid shots he took of the ceremony and reception--the kinds of things you can neither anticipate nor pose. I will cherish these wedding memories, and I loved getting to relive the wedding through these images! If you are getting married in SoCal, you cannot go wrong having Karl as your photographer.

ll our guests raved about how friendly and professional he was. He really knows how to capture the beauty of such and important day and even with weather problems earlier made us feel so comfortable that he got some amazing shots and from the previews I have seen I can see that he did. Don't hesitate to book Karl for your wedding because you won't find a better photographer. Thanks again Karl, and will definitely be sending you all our referrals! The Bernikers!

u Karl for capturing our wedding day in such a beautiful and artistic way. Our favorite vendor by a mile!

wedding in Laguna and not only got our beach pictures, but also pictures around Laguna that we would have never thought of (and those are some of our favorites!) I've probably looked at our photos 100 times and we just got them a few days ago. Karl is such a genuine person with no hidden fees or agenda and Is so fast with getting the pictures to you! My husband and I were so blessed to have found Karl with such a special day! Thanks a million, Karl!

was in the waves with us and had fun with it, and we did too! The pics were awesome!! He is such a good person to work with. Trust him :)

which is a must when your planning a wedding. Booking Karl not only gives you a peace of mind while planning your wedding but also some of the best looking pictures ever! Im raving just off of my beautiful engagement pics i cant wait for my wedding pics :) i will recommend Karl forever to everyone!

er photographers in mind, knowing Karl was somewhat new to the wedding atmosphere, me being a [almost] bridezilla I wanted the best. Honestly wanted someone that knew what they were doing. We were meeting for the first time, Karl found a meeting spot close to us so we didn't need to drive so far, awesome [:. We meet and immediately I fell in love. He is so caring, honest, had a vision just based on little details we gave him. He connected with us, and showed he really cared about what he was doing. He was honest and told us he was new to this. His portfolio was amazing. I didn't care and wanted him to do our wedding! I had to have him for our wedding. After meeting with him, we soon booked our engagement session with him. Again so helpful. All I gave him was I wanted the beach with tower 4 and a very beautiful place during sunset. BAM he knew the beSt spot. It was a little busy, but he knew exactly where we needed to be, and placed us in the most beautiful settings. I loved it. Again me being impatient I wanted the photos as soon as possible Lol. He was so sweet. He had us updated and let us know about the photos when they would be finished. Again. He went out of his way meet up with my fiance that was easy for Nick to meet him. He had all photos, even the unedited photos in a.beautiful photo album. I'm so happy we met him. I'm extremely satisfied with our engagement photos. And so excited about our wedding.I know he will do amazing and we will have the most beautiful pictures. I'm extremely satisfied with Karl. Thank you so much, can't wait for the wedding [:

engagement/family photos and our wedding ceremony. During the ceremony he and his partner were practically invisible, never did we feel like there was a camera being shoved in our face. Even though our ceremony was Christmas morning, and I am sure they both had Christmas day plans, we did not feel rushed or short-changed. We have a special needs son and he captured his personality during both sessions beautifully. Everyone commented on how professional he and his partner were during the whole event. The resulting photographs are amazing! We love each and every one of them. There was great attention to detail and obvious experience behind every shot. This is NOT some guy with a fancy camera that wants to make a quick buck, Karl is a true professional.

and family all wish they would have had him at their weddings and special events. You would be lucky to have the experience of having Karl photograph all of your life's special memories. Thank you Karl for everything, you are an amazing and talented human being. We will see you soon at our next big life event.

ediately and knew we wanted fun, and he delivered. Our engagement session was included in our package, and these pictures were the most beautiful things I had ever seen. Karl met us at Great Park in Orange and took our pictures on the carousel and with the hot air balloon in the background. He edited at least 200 pictures for us and sent them on a disk. I never felt so beautiful! And before we even did the shoot, Karl went to the park beforehand to check out the lay of the land and find the best spots for pictures. Next was the wedding day. Karl brought a second photographer and they both worked unlimited hours!!! The shots Karl captured were magic. Viewing my wedding pictures is like watching a movie. The candid shots are just as amazing as our posed shots. Not only did Karl send us all of our pictures on a flash drive (at least 1,000) he also printed 200 pictures and put them in a beautiful photo album for us. The entire wedding, you never even knew Karl was there, he blended in with the crowd and got the shots no one would think of. Not to mention his editing is amazing!! Some of the bushes behind our ceremony site had bald areas, and filled them in seamlessly to make them look full and beautiful. Since our wedding, I have referred Karl numerous times and everyone who sees my wedding pictures asks who did them. My husband and I already decided, Karl is our photographer for as long as he'll have us. Family get togethers, child portraits, family shoots, Karl has all of our business!

f you paid in full you got 40% off so was good for our budget. We just had a small wedding and only hired him for 2-3 hours but it turned out perfect for what we wanted in a photographer. I was so happy he was able to do it in such short notice (1 month) before the wedding as we made a spur of the moment to get married in the next month. The pictures turned out great and I would highly recommend him to everyone!

gement photos (which was important to us since that's where we actually got engaged). I was completely blown away by the engagement photos. Karl is professional, prompt in responding, and his work is definitely top quality. He is a breeze to work with, and had no problem accommodating any of our requests, no matter how big or small. On the day of our wedding, he made sure to get all the photos we wanted, and we didn't even notice he was there! His pricing is very reasonable, which we appreciated since we were on a rather tight budget. I would absolutely recommend him to anyone looking for a top quality, professional photographer who takes completely breathtaking photos!

e to be! You can't beat the price! What we got in our wedding package someone would pay thousands of dollars! He is so reasonable! So professional! We felt really comfortable and able to let loose! I loved how he was able to catch our goofy side!! So if you are at all hesitant on using him don't!! You will not regret it! We didn't at all! He was awesome!!

s, our two witnesses, and our officiant)and wanted some photos, but it was difficult for us to afford a photographer (I support both of us on a teacher's salary lol). We also knew we were going to have our "big wedding" in June after the school year was over, so we were hoping to try someone out who would hopefully work out for our wedding in June as well. Karl was everything a bride and groom could ask for in a photographer. He happily drove up to DTLA (where we live) to meet us, and we instantly loved him. He is laid back and relaxed, and yet is professional and makes you feel confident in choosing him as your photographer. He and his wife shot our small wedding that was on the bluffs over-looking Santa Monica beach, and then followed us down to the beach to take more pictures. They were so happy to do anything we wanted, and they also had a lot of great suggestions. When we were done we invited them to have dinner with us and then they informed us Karl's wife was pregnant and they had just found out that day due to the morning sickness she had! We were so happy for them and also asked them why the heck they still came lol! When we got our pictures from Karl we were blown away. He and his wife captured our marriage so perfectly, and we came away from the day with many, many beautiful pictures to print and send along to our family. We obviously immediately booked Karl for our "big wedding" in June, and of course our wedding was almost exactly 9 months later, but Karl was still happy to book it (although his wife was obviously going to have to sit it out :P). Karl came to the wedding with a different second shooter, and also brought another photographer in case his wife went into labor, because at the point of our wedding she was 2 weeks overdue! I could not believe how dedicated Karl was to fulfilling his promises, and I told him that while I loved having him there, I hoped he had to leave in the middle of the wedding to go see his son's birth! Karl ended up being there the whole night, but he was so amazing at blending into the background and just shooting away. I barely noticed he was there until he came up to me at the end of the night when everything was over to say goodbye. Karl is just absolutely splendid and you will be overjoyed that you booked him! He sent us a sneak peek of our wedding night about a week after to help hold us over until everything was done and I was already tearing up at the moments he captured. Karl and his wife have since had their baby come along, so I'll obviously be waiting a little longer to get my photos (which is completely understandable!), but I cannot wait. Karl is wonderful, his wife was wonderful, and they were not just photographers for us, but an important and wonderful part of our special days. Karl is hands down the best choice for your wedding day!

ll that he loves what he does & takes pride in it. Our visions for what we wanted in photos were all there and then some. Do the right thing, hire him!!! :) Best decision ever made.

ted to check out the venue for photo ops). Great to work with and definitely went out of his way to make our photos amazing. Absolutely beautiful engagement pictures. All of our family and friends commented on how wonderful they were (we made our wedding guest book out of them). During our wedding you wouldn't have known he was there unless you looked, he never got in the way of our moments, but you could tell he was capturing them. Got all the family and bridal party shots we wanted and more and was QUICK! Great personality, funny and very easy to work with! Even quietly pulled us out of the venue for a few shots at sunset (I definitely was too immersed in the night to remember to watch for the sunset). Worked all day with us, and still looked like he wanted to take a million more pictures at the end of the night. LOVED working with him and absolutely amazing photographer within our budget!!