Creative Photography

Stephanie is AWESOME! We had family photos taken the day after Xmas and are SO happy with them. She was efficient and knew how to work with kids (not all photogs are good at this) and was able to get my 2 yr old boy to smile at just the right time. We loved the setting she chose and when a friend saw my pictures she said she thought I looked like a professional model. I highly recommend Creative Photography and will definitely use Stephanie for future family photos.

I scheduled a appointment to get head shots and Stephanie was able to squeeze me in the next day. I was out of there in 35 minutes with some great head shots. She was quick to make decisions and get the job done. Thanks!

Creative photography has shot my baby photos and family photos over the past years and I highly recommend her!!!

Stephanie and her second photographer (I don’t remember her name) shot my daughter’s wedding last Friday. They were professional, patient and we couldn’t have asked for more. Stephanie knew the shots we wanted and was quick to get everyone in and out of the shots with ease so we could get back to our guests. She is amazing at her job! She was there exactly when she said she would be and got the final pictures of the night! I am so excited to see the amazing shots that I know she took of this special day for us! Thank you Stephanie!!!

What a complete disappointment. I was hoping for a few newborn photos of my two week old son to use for an announcement and a couple to frame on our photo wall in our home. Although Stephanie’s first impression was nice over the phone it quickly changed once I met her in person. Stephanie was highly recommended by a friend of mine. She offered to come to my home to take the photos or I could bring both boys in to her studio. I’ve always had wonderful experiences with photographers and love trying new people, I was looking forward to this. I assumed she would have amazing props and perfect lighting that would ensure the prettiest photos. So we chose to come to her. What a special thing… newborn photos, right? so fun,
well…
What a joke! Besides snubbing the outfits and props I brought, The entire photo shoot we sat on this tiny space on the floor in front of a dingy white sheet hanging from the ceiling. she relied on the natural light barely peeking in through the two front dirty glass doors of her tiny studio. No special lights or pretty soft blankets or fabric, nothing to place my baby on to prop him up. nor did she suggest anything special to get shots of his face. Besides feeling really rushed, the poses were really dated and kind of strange (both boys shirtless in bed sheets and a prop with big feather wings almost the same size as my son) it seemed odd but I had no choice but to go with it. She’s the professional right? I did finaly ask her if she had any other backdrops other than the white because both my boys were wearing white or light colors which completely blended right in, she suggested black… which would have been worse and super dated, Not to mention loud music blaring in the background along with her phone ringing non stop (didn’t make for a calm environment to capture beautiful pictures). It felt hectic and rushed.
Unfortunately, my newborn pooped all over while trying for naked shots. it was soon a huge mess, too much for my baby wipes to handle… she handed me a roll of paper towels and said her sink was too small for me to wash him off. (I would have completely cleaned up after myself) He was covered, I was covered too, she handed me a plastic bag with his dirty diaper and dirty towels told me her camera battery had died. Didn’t offer to throw it in her trash… Wow. I had to dress my dirty baby and head home with him this way… I couldn’t wait to get the heck out of there and home where I could clean him up properly. I had a pretty strong feeling these weren’t going to turn out but stayed hopeful she could pull it off. She told me she would send the disc in 5 days. It was but about 13 days and she was completely bothered I was wondering why I hadn’t received the disc yet, She never apologized after three different phone calls to try and get them. She was rude and was completely put out by my concern. When I finally got them I cried. She didn’t crop, rotate or clean anything up, she didnt adjust the color. Even included some that should have clearly been deleted. Each photo looked rosy pink and both boys looked like red heads. The black and whites were washed out and each photo was a joke, I can’t imagine her thinking they were nice, She does not have an eye for detail and could have cared less about us. They are horrible. I’ve shown a few family members and friends they couldn’t believe it either. Makes me sick! What a lost opportunity, Do your self a favor, choose anyone but Stephanie. She lacked professionalism and had zero patience or talent to take pretty photos… she never even followed up to see if I was happy and was completely unapologetic about not getting me the disc in a timely manor.
I actually opened up a Unilocal account so I could share my experience with others to avoid this happening to someone else. Stay away!

We used Creative Photography today 9÷9÷14.
Stephanie under promised and over achieved with our photo shoot. Corporate Photo shoot.
We were to have a 12pm appointment on our location, and she showed up early! She whizzed through our company in no time at all and even let us do some candid group shots and worked with people to view photos for positions and «good sides».
Amazing. We are hoping to see the pictures by today and have them back to us in 3 days! Phenomenal!
Thank you very much for your fun, energetic personality.
Hope to have you come back in the future!

I am very displeased with the outcome of the photos I received. Stephanie herself did not photograph my property it was Courtney who works for her. Courtney did a great job with taking her time on the community and photographing everything requested which was repeatedly expressed to her during the duration she was on the property. Not only expressed but an additional price was given and agreed on for the extra time she was out. The outcome of the photos were not professional and never something I would use to represent my property. Every photo that needed to have a wide angle lens is unuseable. When the issue was brought up to Courtney she repsonded with no help and she would be happy to charge me for any pictures that need to be redone. I hoped for a more enthusiastic response to make sure that the client was pleased. I feel it is unfair that the money is due prior to viewing photos. That is just leaving the outcome for only one party to be happy while the other is left arguing their point with never any satisfaction from the company. Every photographer at Creative Photography represents Stephanie and the business.

Honestly, I feel really bad about this review because so many people had their life moments captured in an ugly way…
Oceanside high school is forced to use this company for senior photos and I’m highly upset about this process. The photos I assume are already edited by the time they email them to you and these pictures are awfully blurry and dark. I don’t get what professional would have missed how dark these photos are. Besides the dark photos there are some things that shouldn’t be crooked and the horizon is one. Right when I walked into this tiny office there was a huge photo of a family with a slanted horizon? Come on creative photography — I would kill for the pushed busniess… do it right!
My daughters senior photos are something we could have had done at Sears. Very disappointed.

I found Stephanie at a bridal show in San Diego, and lucky for me she had an album at the same venue that I had booked! The photos she took were beautiful so I scheduled a time and met/​booked her a year out. My 2 cents of wedding advice is to splurge on a great tailor and on a photographer. She showed up on my wedding day in the midst of all the chaos and was perfectly calm. I didn’t even realize until I saw the photos that she had been staging and taking pictures of my dress while I was frantically getting ready. She had great posing ideas, thank goodness since I had completely forgotten to think of any! During the family photos, she was able to reign everybody in and I can’t even believe it, we got some beautiful family photos (something I didn’t think could be done with my crazy family)! I didn’t even notice Stephanie and her assistant the rest of the night, which is awesome because that means that I worried less about posing and just enjoyed my night, and it came through in her photos. All in all Stephanie did an absolutely amazing job and we have beautiful photos that we will treasure for the rest of our lives. I can’t thank her enough!

Let me explain my 5 stars. Stephanie, she is awesome. I took my autistic son in for senior pictures. I initially did not say anything and he was less than compliant. She was calm and worked with him for some less than fab (his fault) (mine too) pictures. Once I stepped out of the way and let her work with him alone, fabulous pictures! Her studio is small but she doesn’t seem to need more. Ample parking in her lot. Prices… awesome!!! This is my third senior in four years, this senior year stuff is expensive! My first senior had to go to Jerry Bryant, seriously ex$pen$ive!!! The second, the company went to the school and set up in a staff lounge and charged almost as much as Jerry Bryant, not cool. I was disappointed. I have one last senior (2018) and PRAY OHS uses her again. She was very nice about removing a blemish from my sons arm. Oh! And proofs, emailed to me the next day. I didn’t have to worry about sending a book of proofs back to the photographer. Very easy, low fuss, great pictures. Thanks Stephanie!

My husband and I recently worked with Stephanie for some maternity photos and were so very happy with the overall process and results. She is so easy going and easy to work with and had some really unique poses and locations for our photos. I can’t wait to share them with our family and look forward to working with Stephanie again!

Stephanie is not only a wonderful person, but does amazing work. She has done my wedding, my baby bump pics, my babies newborn and 6 month pics and my family photo shoot. Every time the pictures are amazing! I always get so many compliments on them. She really takes the time to capture my most precious memories. Whoever gave her a 1 star must have been confusing her with someone else. I have nothing but great things to say about her and her work. Her prices are really affordable as well. I would highly recommend her.

Got some Boudoir photos from Stephanie. They turned out great. She made me feel so comfortable, and I am by nature, a self-​conscious person! I just had to do something for my Husband that he never thought I would do! The only thing was that I did feel slightly rushed and when I got the book, one of the pictures was creased. I contacted Stephanie and she offered to give me another book. She also added more pictures to the larger book. I was pleased. The new book still has some minor flaws, but no major crease. Overall, I think it was a great price, and a great experience. Thanks Stephanie!

We have used Stephanie for wedding and family pictures. Can not say enough good things about her. She understands that when working with kids you have to be both patient and efficient. Her work is always gorgeous and she follows up immediately. She is also reasonably priced and once you use her once you get on her list for all sorts of specials that make it easy to keep coming back for beautiful family photos.

I have used Stephanie twice now, once for my wedding in Aug 2009 and recently again for Maternity photos. Both times I was 110% satisfied! She is absolutely amazing, has incredible patience and really goes the extra mile to make sure you are happy with the pictures and her work. She even got my cousin (the ring bearer) to smile for photos and he doesnt smile for his own mother!
I think her prices are very reasonable we actually got a discount recently on our maternity/​newborn photos because I used her for my wedding (she offers a bellies to babies package that I highly recommend). She explained as long as I keep using her she offers discounts!
I remember for my wedding she made sure that I got all of the pictures and different poses I wanted (plus some really cool ideas I didnt even think of!) and recently for our maternity shoot I printed out a bunch of pics off of Pinterest of different maternity poses I liked and she made sure to get them ALL before we were done. She made me feel so comfortable 9+ months pregnant and the pics she took turned out absolutely beautiful!
She also has a makeup artist that she hires out if you request it and she did my makeup and hair in the studio for the maternity shoot which I thought was very reasonably priced and convenient.
Bottom line I highly recommend Stephanie and I cannot wait to have her take photos of our baby when she is a newborn!

Stephanie took my wedding photos, and the one thing I remember other brides telling me is that if you research one thing for your wedding, you research your photographer. I am glad I listened. My photos came out amazing and I have referred all of my friends that get married to her. I still look back (four years later) and love how they turned out.

I purchased a boudoir photo shoot off of groupon. The experience was very seamless and I felt very comfortable during the shoot. The pictures turned out amazing, I’m very happy with them and cannot wait to give my husband the album I ordered. Bonus: when a mistake was made on my album I was kept in the loop and actually ended up with a better quality product then I paid for as they were generous due to an error on their part! I definitely recommend using creative photography! :)

I encountered a few hiccups along the way, but I am very happy to say that the photos Stephanie took turned out great. I’ve received a lot of compliments and was impressed with the overall quality of her photos.

I went to Stephanie and Creative Photography on a recommendation from a friend who also had boudoir photos done. Maybe it was the busy time of year or just the day that I picked, but I didn’t feel as comfortable as Stephanie «promises» on her site and wasn’t as happy with the photos as I felt I should have been for the money. I have no experience in taking professional photos, but assumed that Stephanie as a professional photographer was going to give me more direction in how to pose or move my body to achieve the best look possible – especially seeing as how I was half naked and slightly uncomfortable. The photos also arrived barely in time, though I was assured when I booked the appointment that we would have plenty of time for everything to be complete and ready. The boudoir book was a gift for my husband that I gave him the night before our wedding.
I did not have the chance to speak to Stephanie about my experience prior to my wedding, as the photos were ready literally the day we left for our wedding out of state, but she did contact me after I reviewed her business on Unilocal.My husband loved the photos but understood that I wasn’t 100% satisfied for the reasons I stated above. We both really appreciated that Stephanie did contact me to apologize and try to make my experience better, and as a business person I think that’s a very respectable and smart thing to do.

We hired them to take pictures for over 480 Marines and Sailors for our Birthday Ball.
They are true professionals and really know how to take care of their customers. Pictures are awesome and fast service. This is our second year using them.
You need to use them! You won’t go to another!