5 out of 5 stars and 28 reviews Best of Weddings (3x).
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(28)San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, & Beyond!
About this vendor
Kay Mitchell Photography is a photography & videography team based on the California Central Coast. This duo loves to travel and captures weddings from Thousand Oaks, CA to San Jose, CA and beyond! Husband-and-wife owners, Katherine and Abraham Mitchell, are affectionately known as Kay and Bram by their clients. These experts are all about providing a personalized experience where they establish real connections with the to-be-wed couple.
Kay and Bram have been wedding industry ever-presents for several years, curating an impressive collection of work to show for it. The pair are well-known for their diverse photography style that ranges from traditional to contemporary and many other influences in between. What’s more, they place emphasis on creating a comfortable environment for their couples, helping them to feel natural in front of the lens. Their work can be described as natural, romantic, bright and FUN!
Kay Mitchell Photography is all about making the planning process as streamlined and straightforward as possible. Additional photo shoots are available with options ranging from engagement and boudoir to trash-the-dress and day-after sessions. Kay and Bram capture everything in high-resolution digital photographs. Kay Mitchell Photography also offers videography, a cool photo booth and event coordination and planning services, all of which are discounted when paired with a photography package.
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
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
3-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.2019.
Best of Weddings
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5
out of 5.028 reviews
Kay and Bram did an amazing job with our engagement and wedding pictures! We had so many beautiful pictures that we LOVED. They are a great duo that made us feel so comfortable. Th...
ey were very kind and a pleasure to work with.
Hands down the BEST in all the west. Down to earth, easy to work with, patient, kind, encouraging, funny, so easy to work with, simply incredible. This duo will have you laughing a...
nd giggling making you feel at ease and comfortable making the entire experience that much more memorable. I can not even put into words how thankful I am to have had Kay Mitchell Photography apart of our big day!
Kay and Bram were wonderful since the day I met them! The first time I met them was at my sister’s wedding. They were so organized and easy going! Just a few months later I got eng...
aged and started planning my own wedding (so overwhelming) but once I saw Kay as a vendor on The Knot I knew I wanted to use her services. Kay and Bram made us so comfortable during our engagement photos and even let us include our dog. Kay’s questionnaires had me so prepared for the big day! Our wedding photos are everything I could have ever wanted and more. Kay is so talented and caring!
Kay and Bram were a dream to work with. They made you feel comfortable from day one and were so inviting and creative with their work. We were fortunate to meet them first at our e...
ngagement shoot, which was an absolute blast. Best of all, they adored our pup, Maverick, just as much as we do. These two work tirelessly together and create some of the most beautiful work you will ever see. We simply could not have asked for anyone better to capture the best day of our lives. If you’re looking for a couple who will always work WITH you to produce your dream vision, these two are it. They are unbelievably professional, but also happen to be those type of people who you can easily befriend. And we are so glad we did. Thank you, Bram and Kay!!!
Kay and Bram are the best!! Not only are they highly responsive and willing to work with you, but also very professional and efficient day-of. They did a great job making everyone ...
feel comfortable in front of the camera, and the photos captured the personality of our wedding beautifully. The highlight video was also a huge hit!! Can't recommend enough.
Kay and her husband Bram are so down to earth and easy to be around. This helps especially if you feel uncomfortable in front of a camera. They put you both at ease and give you di...
rection for how to pose. And the beauty is you have so many different types of poses to chose to see what looks and feels most natural for you and your partner. Kay writes blogs and uploads photos quick too! She’s on top of it and you can tell she LOVES what she does. I always felt well taken care of by Kay. With that being said, coupling up Mitchell photography with wedding planning is the way to go. After all, your photographer and wedding planner are the closest you work alongside. So why not combine them together. Thank you, Kay, for everything. Jaq and I could not have asked for better.
HIRE THIS WOMAN, she is AMAZING. My wedding checked all the stress boxes: 1) Groom not helping 2) 150 guests 3) Giant blended family with multiple people that hate each other 4) T...
he event was being planned remotely from another state 5) Bride (me) was getting beat up left and right by all aforementioned parties 6) We had and had just gotten finished moving across the country. You name it, Katherine handled it. She especially shined on the day of the wedding. My in-laws, who are pretty hard to please and owned the venue, stated: "That woman earned her paycheck," regarding making sure everything went smoothly on the actual wedding day. She handled the rehearsal perfectly, and was excellent regarding all of the minutiae that I didn't even know I needed to deal with. Plus she's BRAVE. If the bride doesn't want something that a family member is pushing, she doesn't just advocate for her, she goes to war for her and she'll win. Planning a wedding sucks, but Kay will make it suck at least several orders of magnitude less. And she will make sure your wedding day is perfect. Mine absolutely was.
When my husband and I first chatted with Kay, we were looking for a wedding planner for our wedding in November 2021. When we heard she was also a photographer + videographer, we o...
pted to have her and Bram do it all for us! I was truthfully a little nervous at first about how the double duty would work out, but it was such an amazing combination, I can't imagine having it any other way! Kay knew every single detail of our wedding - what I cared most about, could anticipate what my taste, and what aspects of the day I would absolutely want captured. She was a great planner - answering late night text messages, attending all our vendor meetings with us to make sure things were on point, and even running around town to craft stores when some vendor options didn't look quite like I envisioned.
As a photographer/videographer, she and Bram totally nailed it. Since they'd spent so much time with us between our engagement photo shoot and planning the wedding, we were super comfortable with them and they captured our true personalities in our photos. I adore all the photos and video they made - and have even gotten compliments on the quality of their work from other vendors that see a LOT of wedding pictures.
As far as the day of planner + photographer combo - she brought in two assistants for day of support to make sure everything ran perfectly and she could focus on capturing our day from start to finish. All hiccups and family drama (there's always something!) were handled seamlessly, professionally, and without any stress to me.
Thank you for making our day amazing, Kay and Bram! Scott and I are so grateful to you for our wedding and happy to call you friends now!
This dream team was absolutely spectacular! Kay and her hubby both spent so much time with us and made our day super special. She delivered tons of beautiful pictures (a thoughtful...
package pre-wedding with pampering bridal goodies) AND she even sent us a cute picture ornament for our tree this Xmas! Our first Xmas as hubby and wife. Such a sweet surprise and SO beyond thoughtful and generous!
They are prompt, reasonably priced and so so easy to work with!!
Highly highly recommend this dynamic duo!
Kay and Bram were the absolute best to work with. My husband and I are very awkward when it comes to getting pictures taken and they made our engagement photos and wedding day feel...
so easy. Our wedding day went by in the blink of an eye and they did an amazing job capturing all of the memories. They helped us stay on track the entire day and made sure we got every picture we wanted! They even gave us a sneak peak of some of our photos during the receptions which everyone absolutely loved. Thank you so much Kay and Bram! If you are looking for a photographer, I HIGHLY recommend this amazing duo! You will not regret it!
Kay and her husband were amazing to work with. I love how the pictures came out! Thank you so much. 💗
We had a blast on our special day working with this team! They were kind, fun, and professional and our photos are beyond stunning! Kay was always super responsive to my emails an...
d simply a joy to prep and plan with. Highly recommend for capturing your special day memories!
Kay and Bram are literally a dream to work with! They go over everything you could think of beforehand, are extremely knowledgeable and understanding of what a couple would want in...
a wedding photographer team! We love our photos, they are such a treasure to have to commemorate our big day! I couldn’t recommend them enough!
Kay and her husband are both incredible! They make you feel calm and comfortable on a stressful day ! They will leave you not only 100% satisfied with your photos, but like you gai...
ned new friends as well! Do yourself a favor & hire them! You won’t regret it !!!
Katherine went above and beyond what I expected from our wedding day !!!! She really captured the story of the entire wedding. There were so many photos to choose from that I have...
the hardest time choosing which ones to display at our home.
She's very nice and easy to work with . I mean she dealt me and all my crazy family/ bridesmaids. Kay also made the photo experience really fun and enjoyable. I relive this day over and over again though the photos she took and also the video ( SO WORTH IT)
Thanks Kay for being so amazing !!! :)
Kay and Bram did an amazing job with our wedding photos! They were both very prompt, friendly, and professional. Our photos turned out perfect and we couldn't have imagined not hav...
ing them to capture our special day.
Katherine is just amazing! She is so easy to work with, friendly, thoughtful and creative. She is a natural at what she does and has THE BEST turn around time of any photographer I...
have ever worked with. We initially used her for our wedding pictures but she is now our family photographer for special events and annual family pictures! I feel so lucky to have stumbled on Katherine’s business page when I was searching various hashtags for central coast photographers for our wedding. Kathrines work is beautiful and original. She is approachable and makes you feel so comfortable in front of the camera! Katherine embraces her couples unique and quirky wedding details that others might look past or and captures them so perfectly. She’s just the best! We feel honored to work with her again and again!
Katherine and her husband are a great team. They are very nice, easy going and got along with everyone. They genuinely care about making your day special and are quick to lend a he...
lping hand when it came to wedding planning. We know that we will have great memories to look back on thanks to the images they captured throughout the whole day. So happy that we found them!
There are a few things you expect from a high quality professional photographer like Kay and she delivered in spades. What sets Kay apart from other vendors in our eyes other than ...
her beautiful photography style was her upbeat attitude and patience with us. What I was impressed with the most was the amount of work and detail she put in before a single snap was taken to ensure a smooth as silk day of photos she was confident we would love. Also, her pricing and flexibility with payments helped ease the stress of an already expensive event. Kay and her husband were amazing and we couldn't be happier with our photos.
Kay and her husband Abraham did an absolutely amazing job capturing our wedding day! They always made us feel at ease, and we constantly get complimented on how great our photos tu...
rned out. We just received their video highlights of the wedding, and it was so beyond expectations! Can't recommend them enough.
It was a true pleasure to have Katherine and her husband Abraham capture our wedding. Leading up to the wedding Katherine was very communicative. She asked extensive questions abou...
t our backgrounds, vision for the wedding day and much more.
The day of the wedding they were both very professional and attentive. The images they captured are breathtaking and take us back to that wonderful day.
I highly recommend Kay Mitchell Photography!!!
I don’t even know where to start! Kay is so amazing! From the moment I called her to get details regarding her packages to even now after my wedding she was absolutely amazing! S...
he would check up on me to see if there was anything I needed and or needed help with. Whenever I posted something on facebook wedding related she was always one to comment with advice or suggestions. Once my wedding day came and we finally met face to face and it was like we have been friends for a long time. She didn’t make my bridal party and I out of place. She helped me feel so relaxed when I was stressing out over my wedding due to a music festival that was going to take place right next to our wedding; she even contacted the music festival. She even helped when I was getting lost with the time and not knowing what else was next on our wedding day. She knew that I was going to be very emotional on my wedding day since my mom had passed when I was younger & that I wanted to honor her and that my real father and step father would be at my wedding; well she made sure she captured it all! Her second shooter; her husband was so awesome as well especially when I asked for a certain picture which meant he had to lay in the sand ; he didn’t hesitate at all! They captured our special day and I could NOT be happier! I am so glad that we went with her!
Kay was simply amazing! We had so much fun and really enjoyed taking our pictures with her and her husband. It was a really hot day and she did everything she could to keep us cool...
! We definitely recommend her! She also did an amazing job at editing the pictures. Thanks again Kay!
Couldn't have been more pleased with Kay Mitchell Photography! Katherine was amazing even before our wedding day arrived! She helped me with logistics of timeline (which she didnt ...
have to do), as well as photographing my bourdior shoot!
On our wedding day, Katherine, her husband, and her assistant kept things flowing and ran more smoothly! They are very easy going and professional photographers, making our day even more amazing!
WORTH EVERY PENNY!
Kay Mitchell Photography was a good choice for our wedding. They aren’t the best option on the market probably, but are well worth the price you pay. Overall I’m happy with choosin...
g them.
Kay took pictures for my son and daughter in laws wedding. The pictures turned out amazing=) and afterwards they were so helpful in getting prints made up for us.
We used Kay as our wedding photographer and I could not have made a better choice. Before the wedding she would reach out to me, check on me to see if I needed any help or advise,...
and just get to know me. Come the day of the wedding, I felt like I've known her for years. She made me and my bridal party feel so relaxed. I was getting ready at one location and my groom another so her 2nd shooter (husband) drove to the other location while she was with us. I just received all of our wedding pictures and it feels like I'm reliving that amazing day! She has such a great eye and captured moments I didn't even know happened. I would use her again if I even need a professional photographer. Thank you so much for capturing all the beautiful moments from our wedding!
She did an outstanding job at my wedding. She is very kind and professional. She captured all the special moments and more. I couldn't of found a better photographer.
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