About this vendor
With a background in both photojournalism and portraiture,
I take a photojournalist's approach to documenting moments as
they happen and a portrait photographer's approach to capturing beauty as it unfolds before my lens. All packages include the digital negatives!
Details
Photo Shoot Types
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Second Shooter Available
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
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I recently had two shoots with Willa and am quite happy with the overall experience. She made the shoots enjoyable and produced some lovely work as well. Lots of warm and positivit...
y energy. Nothing felt forced nor awkward during the shoots themselves. I would definitely recommend her to anyone look for a photographer, especially for a wedding/elopement.
After hiring Willa to photograph our wedding reception in November 2021, we're convinced that it would be hard to find a better wedding photographer. We spoke on the phone at lengt...
h prior to the reception and she completely understood the vision and direction we wanted. The day of the event, her positivity and energy were contagious, and she helped us relax and truly enjoy our couple's shoot. She and her assistant were really efficient and were able to complete our family portraits in no time. They also went around and captured some wonderful shots of our guests, which we loved sharing with them as keepsakes from the event. The photos from the reception turned out perfect--they were crisp, colorful, and told a story. We would absolutely work with Willa again!
We cannot say enough incredible things about Willa! We literally can’t stop looking at our engagement photos and sharing them with everyone! She is so amazingly talented it meant s...
o much to us to have our authentic selves and relationship captured in the engagement photos she took for us. She made us feel so comfortable the moment we met her and we had a blast shooting with her! That is exactly what we were looking for from the moment we started looking for a photographer and immediately identified that on her website and connected with her page and then her so much! Authenticity and energy is everything for me and I appreciate Willa helping us memorialize those parts of our relationship during such a special time for us. EEEE SO EXCITING!!! Oh and my fiancé was raving about them so much too!! No freaking way I could pick a favorite from our engagement photos, so will just say them all! Thank you for everything Willa! Can’t wait for our wedding day :)
Willa and her team are absolutely AMAZING. She captured all of the little moments with me and my husband, as well as our family and guests. Her images are vivid and natural. She is...
very responsive and really executed our wedding vision. Every time I go through them, I am taken back to our wedding day. I highly recommend her to anyone wanting to capture a special event.
It is truly impossible to describe just how much my husband and I love Willa, both as a photographer and as a person in general. Not only are her photos some of the most beautiful ...
I've ever seen (seriously, look at her Instagram feed), but she is honestly one of the most genuine and kind people I've ever met. From our very first telephone conversation with her, she just put us both at ease. It was like talking to an old friend. And for two people who aren't huge fans of being photographed, that was key for us.
The file sizes of the images I've got are too big for The Knot's website, so I will just recommend that anyone considering hiring Willa go check out her Instagram feed. Her photos obviously speak for themselves, but I will also note that our dog, Rosie, NEVER looks at the camera. Willa basically had her posing like a supermodel - even animals know Willa's the best! :-)
There are a lot of 5 star reviews out there, and there are a lot of reviews that say how important excellent something was. But Willa's work was above and beyond our high expectati...
ons and hopes. It was without a doubt the best money we’ve spent. Her work gave us a large range of beautifully framed high quality photos that fully capture the entire wedding -the setting, major events and moments and most importantly people (both formal and "action") were all there. She has the skill to take a photo where everyone has a “wow I look great!” reaction in their head. Simply put, you should look no further for your wedding photographer than Willa - book now otherwise she might get booked out.
Willa was a pleasure to work with. She has such an eye for beauty and a wonderful use of color. We selected Willa after reviewing many portfolios, and decided on her for her abil...
ity to capture moments and her unique use of color. We loved having her on our day. She was fun to work with and quickly understood who we were as a couple. The night of the wedding, she had already sent a quick slide show! Within a week, we had another slide show of some of the most amazing photos. We cannot wait to see more!! Thanks, Willa!
Willa was amazing to work with. I do not live in California and was not familiar with Santa Barbara, where we were getting married, and Willa almost served as a wedding planner in...
addition to our photographer. She helped me pick where to eat, what to take our friends and family to do, what to see, etc. She was so flexible about everything from what exactly we needed in our package to when we were going to have photos taken (thanks to a delayed flight). At the actual shoot, she was professional but also very fun. She helped my husband and I to relax and feel comfortable. She was creative but also made sure we were taking pictures that reflected us as a couple. She took our engagement photos, and then two of her associates shot the actual wedding. Her associates were amazing as well. They made sure to capture all of the magical moments of that day. My husband and I, after our wedding, kept saying that we weren't sure how photos were going to capture the beauty of everything on our wedding day, but the photographers managed to do just that. I could not recommend Willa Kveta more highly.
Willa takes the absolute best photos. She is wonderful to work with, does an excellent job and is an amazing value for the photos she produces. She is by far the best in Santa Bar...
bara.
We cannot say enough good things about Willa Kveta - she was absolutely fantastic! From her flexibility in locations, times and shots to her incredble eye for beauty, Willa deliver...
ed on all fronts. Granted, it was a slow time of year (January) but she got us our photos promptly and we were thrilled with them all!
Willa was excellent to work with! She has an amazing personality that gets along with everyone. She impressed my parents who had never met her and they were impressed by how ninja ...
she was able to be on our wedding day. I don't think I saw her, or her assistant, throughout the whole wedding unless she made herself visible to me, to ask me what song I wanted to use for our slideshow, and those were amazing pictures. She was expensive, even when we were using her Associates Package, but she was worth the money. She was amazing throughout the whole process and would respond to my emails immediately at 10 o'clock at night. This is a woman with a set of twins! Which I know takes a lot of attention. She is an amazing person who listened to what kind of pictures we wanted and what styles we wanted and her work is worth every penny!
Willa Kveta was wonderful to work with. She responded so quickly to emails and phone calls, which was very important since I was planning my wedding from out of state. She was incr...
edibly professional, fun to work with, and her photography is beyond what we could have hoped!
If you can't afford her rates, you can get an associates package and she will work with you on everything except the actual wedding day. However, if she doesn't have another wedding booked that day, she'll shoot your wedding for the cost of her associates. That is what ended up happening for us and we are so grateful.
Willa worked with us so well. We wanted a photographer who could capture our quirky personalities, but also catch the solemn and special moments, as well as family portraits. She and her assistant did all of these things and we have received nothing but compliments from family and friends regarding the photos. I highly recommend Willa Kveta Photography for anyone! Plus, she travels!
Although I have not received my wedding photos yet, I am extremely happy we chose Willa. She is very easy to work with and we didn't notice her the entire wedding. She put togeth...
er a small slideshow of our wedding day and everybody absolutely loves it! She did our engagement photo session as well, and our pictures are perfect!
Willa was amazing! She was fun to work with and produced beautiful work! She is worked with us on price but her work far surpassed our budget. Exceeed our expectations. Hire her...
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