Rising Oak Images

Claire was absolutely incredible to work with throughout the entire process. She was professional, organized and her work is great beyond words. I am not a photogenic person whatsoever, but with Claire’s knowledge and coaching, my bridals were stunning. The wedding pictures were just another tribute to Claire’s talent. Everything was captured and everyone raved about how great my photos turned out and how all aspects were covered. To have Claire as my wedding photographer was truly a privilege. If you’re on the fence for a photographer, Claire is your answer!

Claire was without a doubt the BEST photographer for our wedding. In fact, she was one of the best vendors we had period. She checks all the boxes: professional, reliable, dependable, a master of her craft. More than all these things, she is genuine and was a joy to work with. Since the beginning, she sought to capture our vision for our most-special day. She also provided excellent suggestions that helped shape our wedding. All in all, working with Claire removed stress associated with planning our wedding and especially the day of our wedding. Claire has left us with captured memories that we are cherishing and will cherish for the rest of our lives. Do yourself a favor and just book her. You will not regret it. We DEFINITELY RECOMMEND Claire at Rising Oak Images.

We booked Claire for a family session while in town on vacation. I'm a wedding photographer in NY and we wanted to capture the memories of our family vacation by booking a session with a local photographer. I'm extremely "Type A" and research like crazy. I came upon Claire's work and was drawn in by her use of lighting, natural timeless images, and her ability to capture the candid personality of her couples and families. She was absolutely amazing from start to finish. She helped me pick a location that matched my vision, was the perfect blend of giving guidance when needed and letting moments unfold naturally during the session, and was extremely fast in editing and sending us the images. I'm so thankful for Claire and for the stunning images she sent us. We will cherish them for a lifetime! We absolutely LOVE how she was able to capture our kids' personalities in our short time together! Highly recommend!

Claire was absolutely AMAZING! She captured our day perfectly and the photos are incredible! She was easy so easy to work with; kind, professional, and listened to exactly what we wanted. She shared so many highlights after the wedding and was quick to deliver the entire gallery!

Had a great experience working with Claire! She was very professional and easy to communicate with. We were impressed with our engagement photos and blown away with the wedding photos! She was able to get every angle and captured beautifully every moment. We have such amazing candid shots and everyone is impressed by how quickly we got our photos back.

Claire, where do I even begin.. IM OBSESSED WITH HER! My husband and I couldn’t be more thankful to Claire for taking our engagement photos after an ugly/rainy day, capturing our vision perfectly- to taking our photos for countless hours on our wedding day, and the sneak peak photos alone brought me to tears. As a bride, who is borderline perfectionist/bridezilla, I knew and trusted Claire 1000% to photograph our day.. but she absolutely out did herself. I still can’t believe we were blessed enough to have such an amazing, attentive, and creative photographer on our wedding day. When we have babies, we know exactly who we’re calling for family photos, because, she does it all! Sending all of our love and appreciation, The Freudigs!

Claire captured our wedding day perfectly!! We had a small intimate ceremony and she was conveyed the feeling of the day so accurately by getting photos of genuine moments and also the funny moments like our ring bearer losing his way down the aisle. She was creative and helpful at directing my husband and I when we took our photos right after the ceremony & I loved the lighting and tasteful editing she did. Everything looked natural and unposed which is what I was searching for in a wedding photographer. She even waded into the most slippery creek with us to take pics without hesitation! All in all, we had a lot of fun with it and we get to keep these wedding photos that we will treasure forever. Thank you Claire!!

It was such a pleasure working with Claire for our engagement & wedding photos!! She is so sweet and is big on capturing couples as who they are, not just posed photos. All of our photos were absolutely gorgeous and I am going to treasure them so much for the rest of my life! :') Not only did she capture everything on my shot list, but she also gave us time to enjoy our big day instead of asking us to get a bunch of shots. She delivered soooo many photos and even sent us some sneak peeks just a few days later while we were on our honeymoon which was such a delightful surprise! Also, we never expected to get our photos back so quickly which we are so grateful for!! Thank you so so much Claire! Wedding photos are one of the most special things you can treasure from a wedding day and I am so thankful for the wonderful memories you were able to capture for Carlos and I. We also really appreciated the special gesture of sending us some prints and other goodies after as well :') We can't wait to work with you in the future!

We hired Claire as our photographer for our wedding in April 2022 and let me tell you that was one of the best decisions we ever made. Claire made sure that we had every photo we could have ever dreamed of getting on our day. Her ability to capture all of the silly and sincere moments made our photos unique. The lighting, editing style, details, and overall amount of fun she brought to our day made her the perfect choice.

Claire is AMAZING. My husband and I count ourselves incredibly thankful and lucky we found her to photograph our engagement and wedding photos. We received so many compliments from our wedding party and family on her professional manner and her helpful direction during the wedding. Claire promptly provided us with a sneak peek the next day after our wedding, and the remainder of the photos within three weeks. Her work is amazing and we are so thankful she captured our wedding day memories for us to look back on forever. We highly recommend using Claire!

If I could give Claire 1000 stars, I would. Her beautiful work speaks for itself, but on top of that she is kind, professional and a joy to work with. She went above and beyond for us when our videographer didn’t show up for our wedding and was able to find us one at the last second. Claire gave us the photos of our dreams and we will cherish them for the rest of our lives. If you’re reading this, don’t hesitate to book Rising Oak for your wedding or any other milestone. Next time I need anything photographed, I’ll be coming straight to Claire!

My husband and I consider ourselves incredibly lucky to have found Claire! She was thoughtful, attentive, creative, and really understood what we were looking for. How lucky we are to have found such a wonderful person to work with. On the day of the wedding, Claire was somehow seemingly everywhere at once, while keeping a calming presence about her. She photographed every moment beautifully. I am so grateful for the photos; my husband and I love just looking through them to reminisce. We are so happy to have had the opportunity to work with Claire. We cannot say enough good things about her, and feel certain that you will not find a better photographer!

Please look no further. Claire captures the most tender and real moments that I have ever seen from any photographer. She photographed our wedding, had the sneak peak to us the next day, and our entire album to us within 3 weeks. On the wedding day she was calm, fun, and always present. She never intruded and gave great tips for posed photos. Every single one of our pictures are knock outs. We took advantage of the package she offers with 2 photographers which I recommend because they were able to capture multiple reactions and angles for crucial moments at the same time. Please consider Claire and her team for every occasion! You won’t regret it!!

Our photos came out just beautiful! Claire was so good at making my husband and I feel comfortable in front of the camera, I was dreading taking my bridals and it ended up being so much fun!

Claire was amazing to work with! We hired her for both our engagement pictures as well as our wedding day photography and I have only good things to say! She made us feel comfortable in front of the camera, knew all the right angles and lighting and even attended a pre-wedding meeting to get familiar with our venue and the perfect photo spots prior to the day of. On the day of the wedding she helped me prioritize photos to capture as we were running a bit behind and still managed to capture everything I asked for without running us over schedule. When my husband and I quickly stepped outside after dinner the lighting was magical so we asked her to take a few additional portraits but didn’t realize she was just served her meal at the time and she didn’t even hesitate to leave her food and come back to it cold (which we still feel bad about, sorry Claire!!). We even got a sneak peek gallery of our wedding back the very next day! Again, blown away! I also love that we can continue to use her for photography in the future for maternity, newborn and family pictures because all our photo books will be in the same style (which I love the aesthetic of).

Picking Claire Mulkey was probably the best choice of my entire wedding. Her images are beyond beautiful, no doubt, but it was more than just that. From our initial phone call, I could tell she was professional but still very warm. She asked if there were any specific shots I wanted and worked perfectly with my schedule to find time for photos. She let me customize a package mixed with the basic + a la carte options. And when I said she could leave early?? Offered to refund me some! She was so helpful for other things too--she is the one that fastened up my dress when my maid of honor couldn't figure it out! She also retrieved a vendor for me while I was still in hair & makeup. She made our group shots so fun and had such a lovely personality. She was also super patient with my husband who hates photos and chose a goofball approach--she even laughed, but maybe it was forced! She sent me my previews in less than 24 hours, which included like 20 photos already! Her turn around time is about 3 weeks, which is fantastic. Her second photographers fantastic as well, so don't worry about the second photographer being bad or weird! Thank you so, so much, Claire!

We got engagement pictures, bridal portraits, and wedding photos done and we are SO happy with all of them. Claire is very easy to communicate with, flexible, and reliable. Even with having to reschedule different sessions multiple times due to weather and other things she just rolled with it, and gave us some absolutely beautiful pictures. HIGHLY recommend booking with her :)

Claire did my husband and I’s engagement and wedding pictures and they were both amazing. I have no words to describe the way our pictures make us feel. She perfectly captured the love we have for each other. We got our sneak peaks less than 24 hours after both sessions. I would HIGHLY recommend using her for all your photography needs. She is wonderful and amazing to work with. The pictures speak for themselves. I will definitely be recommending her to all my friends and family and using her for my family’s photography needs!

Claire was the best vendor we worked with. She is charismatic, creative, flexible, and takes beautiful photos. I tend to be awkward in photos, but Claire was kind, clever, and creative in her directions. We were so comfortable with her, and it shows in our gorgeous photos. She wasn't afraid to say, "No, maybe not that" or "What if we..." and our photos look amazing as a result. She had great pose ideas and was so easy to work with. She's also extremely responsive - I wanted a second photographer last-second, and Claire was very flexible and found a coworker who would help for a great rate. We had a Christmastime wedding, and during a busy season, she managed to get our photo preview to us within two days. Lastly, she knew her worth, but was happy to work with us to stay within our budget. I could not be happier with our choice to choose Rising Oak Images for our wedding day. We enthusiastically recommend her!

Claire is absolutely one of the best decisions we made during this planning process! There’s something so comforting and easy going about her that makes your day of feel so special and effortless. She showed up early the day of our wedding and was the best at communicating anything and everything. She will absolutely make you feel so comfortable in front of the camera! I LOVE our wedding and engagement photos and she made every picture feel very natural and not forced. Claire is the sweetest and her passion for your wedding and her job speaks volumes! Her work is truly so beautiful and we will definitely be using her for years to come! Thank you Claire for everything 😊

Claire is so wonderful to work with! From the start before I even booked her, communication was so consistent and easy. She took the time to understand and customize a package for us based on our wedding day needs. She was so understanding of religious and cultural accommodations we needed and was creative in offering solutions. On the day of, she was so flexible despite us running behind schedule and made the day really flow so smoothly and stress-free. We got sneak peak photos the very next day and my full set of photos only 3 weeks after. I was and still am blown away by them, they're so beautiful and she really captured us, our day, and our loved ones so perfectly. If I ever have another occasion in need of photography I would not hesitate to book Claire again!

Claire is absolutely amazing! We got married and within less than 24 hours we already had a sneak peek of our wedding day photos. My husband and I were extremely pleased with the sneak peak and cannot wait to see to see the rest of the photos! She was always so prompt to respond to any questions I had which is always a good quality to have. Some vendors take days to respond... I would definitely recommend her to anyone and everyone!! Thank you so much again Claire!! :)

I don't even know where to begin on how amazing Claire was! She continually went above and beyond for us, and I am so thankful for her! From a change of city (San Antonio to Dallas) and then a change of venue two days before due to the bad winter weather, Claire was continually willing to show up for us and just rolled with it. Claire made all of us feel so comfortable and beautiful all day long, and she knew the perfect shots to capture. Not only is Claire such a wonderful person to work with, but she is so talented! We got all the images back today just 2 weeks after the wedding! They are STUNNING! I can't believe how many images she was able to capture, how beautiful they all are, and how quickly she got them to us. The editing style is perfect and the lighting is amazing. I am SO happy that we went with Claire. I am so thankful that we have these amazing images to remember our special day.

I wish I could give 10 stars! Claire was my go-to throughout all of my wedding planning. She is so fun and easy to work with and her photographs are STUNNING! She rolled with the punches and didn’t hesitate to drive further to take engagement pictures on family land, calmly helped me reschedule my bridals as I’m panicking over forgetting my veil and jewelry and was the voice of reason when I thought I lost my wedding band on wedding day. She truly went above and beyond all of my expectations and I would recommend her 1,000 times to everybody. By far my favorite vendor, and definitely a photographer I will use in the future!

WOW, we could not have asked for a better photographer for our wedding! Claire was super easy to work with, and so committed to ensuring a high quality experience. She even took the time to drive up (super out of her way) to the venue to get a feel for the place/hunt for good photo locations several months prior to the wedding. She provided great advice for all my photo-related questions and on the day of the event was so helpful with coaching us through our photos. I’m one of those people who tends to be critical about how I look in photos, but Claire got the absolute best angles and lighting for me, my husband, everyone! I could not be happier with how the photos turned out. We cannot recommend Claire enough.

Claire, was absolutely one of my favorite vendors on my wedding day. From the very first phone call I had with her, all the way up to my wedding day. She was very responsive, helpful, and made me feel at ease. Claire was punctual, and very organized. She is truly really great at what she does. I loved her easy going personality. My bridal and wedding photos turned out better than I could have ever imagined. Her turn around time is really outstanding. She gave us sneak peeks the very next day, and had our whole wedding album two us within two weeks, and we got a ton of photos. I received many compliments on my wedding photos. I can't wait to work with her again sometime in the future. Please don't hesitate to book Claire.

Claire was amazing and I would recommend her to anyone! The pictures were beautiful, and working with Claire was a joy. She is friendly and sweet and really helped put me at ease. Before the wedding she was very communicative and made sure she understood what we wanted. She did not take long to return the pictures after the wedding and even sent us a sneak peek the very night of the wedding, which was so fun to see. Very happy we chose to hire her.

Claire is absolutely amazing!!! She was extremely easy to communicate and schedule with during all the unavoidable chaos of the pandemic. She is very easy going and made everyone feel comfortable. She has a very creative eye and knows exactly how to capture the most precious moments! Her prices are extremely reasonable compared to all other wedding photographers I researched in the Texas hill country area...but absolutely no decrease in quality!!! My husband and I will be hiring her again in the future!

Claire was absolutely amazing to work with! We hired her for our daughters and future son-in-laws engagement photos and wedding. She is professional and calm and you can tell she loves what she does! Her work is flawless. Thank you so much Claire!

Claire was amazing! She did bridals and wedding photos for us. She was super communicative and lovely to work with, and was able to help me plan out some last minute requests like adding a second photographer for our wedding. Our photos are amazing - she is so skilled! So happy we hired Claire!

Claire is absolutely amazing! From the very start, she was very communicative, understanding, and fun to work with. She knows the process very well and pays extra attention to detail. She met with us about a month before the wedding at the venue to make sure that she knows us and the venue better in preparation for the big day. On the wedding day, she showed up extra early to avoid traffic or anything that could possibly go wrong. She worked professionally with our videographer and day-of coordinator to make sure our day goes smoothly. We were very happy with the timeline she came up with and the photos were wonderful as well. We keep getting compliments on how amazing our pictures look. There was absolutely zero conflict and looking back I feel like we were working with a friend the entire time. Thank you, Claire! We will never have to look for another photographer for future photo sessions as long as we are all in Texas!!

Claire was absolutely amazing! Our photographer canceled on us last minute and I was searching desperately to find someone. She came to our rescue and made us feel so comfortable and at ease. The pictures are amazing as well. Wonderful quality. Thank you so much, Claire!

Claire is absolutely amazing! She was an absolute blessing while shooting our engagement photos. My fiance and I were both very nervous about having photos taken because of our height difference I'm 4'10" and he's 6'2" and the past it hasn't always been the best experience, but with Claire it wasn't even something we thought about. She managed to make every photo the perfect photo.

This review is difficult to write because I'm not sure where to start completing Claire! My husband and I eloped last March, and Claire was an essential part in making the day perfect. During the ceremony and throughout the session, we both felt at ease and had a genuinely fun time. We are both accountants so needless to say we are not creative, and Claire directed us with patience. She also connected with me on Pinterest before our session in order to understand our style, which was way above and beyond the call of duty. I would put every single photo in a frame that Claire took! Book Claire while you can!

Claire photographed my June wedding in Napa and she was an absolute delight to work with. She was very responsive to my emails and calls throughout, and she came out for a site visit before the wedding to get to know the venue. Her photos turned out beautifully and I couldn't be happier with them. Claire's the best!

Claire is so amazing and really cool. When we got engaged, we wanted to have our engagement photos be unique and fun so when we found Claire we were so excited! Her portfolio truly captured the love in the couples she photographed and it was really candid, warm and beautiful so it was an easy decision for us to do our shoot with her. Her style of photography is bright and warm. She is also creative in how she takes her shots. She is super patient and extremely responsive to emails, calls and texts as well as coming up with ideas for locations and working with her clients. Since I'm not from California, she helped me pick out the locations and she gave us a lot of advice overall. Our shoot could not have been more perfect! I recommend Claire to everyone that I know because she is so nice, professional and patient. Claire captured many awesome shots of us just talking to each other and of us laughing so you can tell the pictures were very candid and real. My friends and family were so surprised when I told them that Claire caught all of our laughs naturally and none of them were fake! The engagement session overall was incredibly fun thanks to Claire! I have continuously recommended Claire to family and friends and she has done baby shower, maternity, newborn and high school senior pics for them! They have all asked me for Claire's info after they saw my engagement photos and they all told me they had a great experience working with her!

Claire was absolutely fabulous to work with as our photographer for our engagement photos and wedding!! My husband and I were initially nervous for our engagement photos, thinking it would just be awkward. Claire made us feel so comfortable, and made our photos look natural. We were shocked when we saw our engagement photos that she has made us look so good! She also somehow made the area we had done our photos look even prettier than it was in person! Now for the wedding, Claire and her husband again did an amazing job. She was well organized, knew where she wanted to take photos, and did a nice job of getting our families to cooperate. The photos came out stunning! The pictures were extremely artistic with a lot of candids that were beautiful. We are so happy with everything and Claire and Victor did for us!!

Claire is amazing!! She was my favorite of all the vendors and people we worked with on our wedding day. Claire shot both our engagement photos and wedding photos, and although we've only gotten a sneak preview of the wedding photos, I know the rest will be great! Claire is extremely calm and easy going, exactly what a stressed bride needs on her wedding day, and she does everything possible to make you happy. When I was unhappy with some of our engagement photos because I had to put my hair in a ponytail, Claire did an extra one hour shoot for us for free. When I was super stressed on the day and just needed to get away with my now husband, Claire had no problem driving us to a nearby park for some photos. Every time, we have gotten our photos back extremely quickly, but this does not sacrifice the quality in any way. It took just 5 days for her to send us a sneak peak of our wedding. I highly recommend Claire!

My fiancé and I are getting married outside of California, so we weren't sure where to begin when looking for a photographer to take our photos in the Bay Area. Claire was the answer to our prayers! She did a fantastic job helping us to coordinate the shoot and made great suggestions about locations. She was always responsive and flexible in helping us plan around the weather, which was very appreciated. In person, she & her husband (who was helping her shoot that day) were so friendly and did a great job making us feel comfortable in front of the camera. Our pictures were beyond what we could have imagined; we really loved how they turned out, and we had lots of options for our save the dates. We could not recommend Claire highly enough!

We booked Claire for our engagement pictures because we live in the Bay Area, but got married in SoCal. She was friendly and responded quickly to e-mails. She had great ideas on where to take pictures, as San Francisco has about a million options of beautiful places. On the day of, she kept us relaxed and at ease. We went to two different locations in SF. We realized she was driving back to Oakland and she was flexible in driving to Treasure Island with us and took some of our favorite pictures from there with the skyline in the background. Claire had such a quick turnaround on providing the pictures, and it was such a seamless process. We used the pics for our save-the-date and loved them!!

We used Claire Mulkey for our autumn wedding in Napa Valley. Claire and her assistant, Meo, were fantastic! It was really advantageous to have two photographers on our wedding day. They got some really great shots that we had no idea were being taken. Claire and her team took great photographs. It was really hard for me to choose my favorites – they were all gorgeous! I’ve received so many compliments on our wedding pictures. I know that people are going to be complimentary but I’ve had a couple of people ask me who the photographer was because they want to recommend her to someone they know that is getting married. To me, that is a true testament to someone’s work. Claire and Meo seemed to be everywhere and nowhere during the wedding. They got photos of everything but we never noticed them. Even my mom asked how they got certain shots and said that she doesn’t remember seeing them at all. They were exactly where they should be but were not obtrusive. Claire was very open to suggestions and let us choose several photo opps along the way. She is easy to work with, fun, and creative. Claire went out of her way and drove up to Napa a couple of weeks before the wedding to scout the venue since she hadn’t shot there before. Talk about going the extra mile! She was always available via e-mail or Skype and she got our photos to us within two weeks. Having looked at a lot of photographers, I know that they can be extremely expensive. Claire is very reasonably priced for the quality and service you receive. In addition, she allowed us to download our pictures and have them printed where we chose – we didn’t have to buy the album from her. This was really important to us since we live in Australia but used Claire’s services in the U.S. I would highly recommend Claire Mulkey Photography.

I found Claire online and saw her great portfolio. I really love the photos she took on our wedding day. There is a great mix of everything from the wedding, reception, dancing etc... There is a great mix of posed and candid photos and we couldn't be happier with Claire!!!

My wedding would not have been the same without Claire Mulkey Photography. Since the wedding photographs were incredibly important to me, I looked long and hard to find the perfect photographer. Claire was friendly, professional and a true pleasure to work with. She listened to what we wanted in terms of images and style, and these preferences were reflected in the finished images. I was completely blown away by the photos. Not only did they arrive much more quickly than I was expecting, but I loved almost every single picture. Claire did an incredible job of capturing the sentiment of the event. She took more than enough pictures of guests, family, decor & details, and my husband and I, so that I will only have the best photographs (and memories!) of my wedding day.

I hired Claire Mulkey for my May 2014 wedding at the Crooked Vine Winery in LIiermore, CA. I absolutely loved working with Claire. My husband and I aren’t super fond of being the center of attention, but Claire and her assistant managed to take the most glamorous pictures of us during our wedding. I can’t believe I looked like that, thanks Claire! She was very professional and caring. She caught some amazing shots of our wedding, so I feel like I can re-live it every time I look through the albums. I had no clue our officiant/sister in law jumped over the flower girl on the dance floor...the best photo ever! Nothing was lost with Claire and her assistant clicking away. I highly recommend Claire Mulkey Photography