Kristen Soileau Portraits

that not only are her photos fabulous but she’s got a charming personality to boot. Kristen is someone you want to be friends with. On the day of our wedding, she had great energy and was good at rolling with the punches (as was her second shooter, Hannah). They ended up giving us a ride to our venue—lol. Most importantly, we love how our photos turned out! We just celebrated our one year anniversary a month ago and I still find myself browsing our wedding gallery regularly—she did a phenomenal job capturing these special moments for us. We got our sneak peek a few days after the wedding, and our full gallery only a month later. Kristen was great with communication and responding to emails quickly throughout the whole process. We’d love to work with her again!

of our planners, and we selected her based on the energy, emotion, and stories displayed in her photo galleries. Kristen made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera. She captured sweet, candid moments of our guests at our welcome party, and our entire extended family will cherish those photos forever. On the day of our wedding, Kristen was *so* much more than a wedding photographer. She was like an extra day-of coordinator, anticipating all of my needs while getting ready and again during the reception. She executed our formals and large group photos with efficiency and patience. She was like a long-time friend or family member. My husband and I even announced while cutting the cake that we wished she could come back to Austin with us. After our wedding, she communicated with us what to expect and when. Our photos came back on time, as expected, one month after our wedding. Going through our albums, we had the option to select favorites that would be stored in a separate album for easy later access. We found ourself favoriting every photo! Our getting ready photos, separate bride/groom and couple photos, bridal party, ceremony, the second line, and reception photos each tell a story and capture the emotion of the day for ourselves, our family, and our guests. They capture romance, laughter, joy, happy tears, dancing; They capture the emotion and the energy of our wedding day. I especially love seeing the photos of our second line and of our guests having a blast at the reception. Our album was not only for us, but for everyone who was there. Words people have used to describe our photos include vibrant, beautiful, full of energy and joy. Kristen is an incredibly talented and professional photographer. She is also an amazing person and was an invaluable asset to our wedding day. I only wish we lived in New Orleans and had more opportunities to work with her! Do not hesitate to hire Kristen. Trust us, she is someone you want around you on your wedding day, and you can trust her photography to tell your story. We cannot say enough good things about her.

ion to detail really made our day that much more special. We've been fans of Kristen's photography for a long time, we followed her instagram even before we were engaged. Having her as the photographer for our wedding was a dream come true. She flew over from Louisiana all the way to New Jersey, and from the moment we booked her till the end of the big day, she made everything so easy and seamless. We were also so grateful of her professionalism. Kristen also communicated and coordinated well with our videographer. We learned how important it is for a photographer to communicate with the bride/groom, other vendors and everyone at the wedding just because Kristen did it so well. Kristen really helped make our day amazing and we can't thank her enough!

t have to say that I don’t have enough wall space for how many photos we are in love with. Kristen has a gravity to her images that really captures the depth of emotion we experienced on our day. When I look at the images, I remember exactly how I felt and that’s a priceless gift to give someone. If you are here reading these reviews to help make your decision about Kristen, as a former bride and wedding photographer I can wholeheartedly say that you should look no further than Kristen. Hire her, fly her across the country, across the world, where ever you are- you will be so happy that you did. She is a true treasure to anyone lucky enough to cross paths with her and our best day is forever ours to remember fully because of Kristen’s work capturing it so authentically.

ng. This girl is obviously crazy talented behind the lens, but she’s also just the best kind of person. Stress loves to crash weddings no matter how much planning has been done to keep it away. Kristen is anti-stress. You will never feel like you’re behind schedule or like you’re missing out on anything. She stays calm, helps wherever & however she can (even if that means looking for lost keys), & somehow manages to get amazing pictures on top of everything. Also, her selfie booth is so fun! Anyway, if I could redo my wedding a thousand times, I’d choose Kristen as my photographer every single time. She really is fabulous!

into our rehearsal dinner, I felt relief that she was going to capture our wedding weekend perfectly. She beyond exceeded my expectations, and there was a sense of comfort I got from her throughout the entire weekend. We are so thankful for her talents (the pictures we received were incredible), and we cannot wait to work with Kristen for many more life events in the future!

ntly, natural in front of the camera. My only regret was not using her for engagement pictures so she would have gotten to know my now husband and I together as a couple.

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