Stilwell Photography

Stephanie is an incredible photographer! We did a family photoshoot with her and had a great time. The photos are beautiful and capture the essence of our family. She was able to get great shots of both of my little ones (no easy task!). I highly recommend Stilwell Photography. Thank you Stephanie!

Loved working with Stephanie!
I booked a shoot in September for my twins. She was quick to respond, very positive and an overall great communicator. Having seen her pictures ahead of time, I could tell she had a great eye and gift for working with little people.
Day of the shoot — she was ready and waiting in the parking lot. She instantly developed a rapport with my 10 year olds. She followed their lead for crazy, playful poses in a Los Altos park.
Stephanie really captures the essence and personalities of my children. She talked with them throughout, with the special natural touch as a mother. She talked about her own son who also plays soccer.
She expected pics to be edited in three weeks and delivered in under two. I appreciated her tech savviness in sending both black and white and enhanced color shots via Dropbox.
I highly recommend Stephanie and am already trying to book her for an event with our soccer team. From the action shots she shared of her son and his team, I know what she creates will be a true gift to the patents in our team.
Five stars!!!

Stephanie is an amazing photographer and knows how to work with children. She took some of the best pictures we have ever had. Her post production work is excellent. She is warm, quick and professional. You will be very happy if you chose Stilwell for any event or session!

You know, I thought I was actually going to be the first person to give Stephanie a less than five star review (in which case, honestly, I was probably not going to leave a review). However, I can’t help but get off my iPhone, actually go to a computer, and write a five star review for Stephanie.
Why was I thinking I might have to leave a less than stellar review? Because I bought a Living Social deal a while ago, then when I tried to schedule, Stephanie was booked out for MONTHS. Okay, a little annoying but not a big deal. She was super pleasant and tried to be accommodating of my schedule. Then she said she was trying to not do so many on location shoots so she could focus more on the editing. When I said it would be hard for me to schelp my toddler and baby to meet anywhere other than my house, she said no problem she can come to my house. We had a totally good shoot, and she’s a lovely person. Then she mentioned her turnaround time right now was around 5 – 7 weeks. Hmm, that feels longer than market standard (having done about 7 photo shoots in SF in the last 3 years, I can say the usual turnaround is about 1 week for edited shots, nearly immediate for unedited shots). When I mentioned to Stephanie that my husband was pestering me to send out timely holiday cards, what does Stephanie do? She picks out 4 gorgeous pictures she skillfully edited and sends them to me a mere TWO DAYS after the shoot and says she’ll send me the rest when they’re done. Now how can I not give this woman five stars?
So the only thing I would be cognizant of when booking with Stephanie are her availability and turnaround. But if those work for you, then book early — she’s a great photographer.

Stephanie is a fabulous photographer! We have a 6 month old and a 4 year old, and she did such a great job in making us all feel comfortable and at ease. I cannot express how happy I was to see the final results. Stephanie, you rock!

I booked Stephanie through Living Social and at first, I wasn’t sure what to expect since it was such a good deal. For anyone wondering the same thing, I would say ‘go for it’ (and as other reviewers mentioned, book directly with her). I just got the pictures back and I can’t tell you how happy we were with the results. The pictures turned out beautiful and I could really tell she put a lot of time and attention into editing them (and in less than two weeks!).
Stephanie was a pleasure to work with and we look forward to using her again to capture more of our family memories!

Stephanie was able to accommodate our schedule and is personable and easy to work with. She was great with our 3.5 year old even though she was busy running around and didn’t want to have her pictures taken. Stephanie was patient and even figured out ways to keep my little one focused.
I also love that Stephanie paid attention to the composition and like me, she likes the nature scenes and the outdoors.
We received our photos via Dropbox within a week during the busy Thanksgiving holiday season and the pictures were wonderful. I’m happy that we found her and would definitely use her again.

Saw Stilwell Photography’s deal on Living Social. Decided to call them up personally since Living Social take a portion of the money from the business owners. So that means, with the discount and Living Social’s share, the business owners actually don’t get much. Stephanie was a pleasure to work with and she clearly show her appreciation by giving me the same deal from Living Social plus additional 20 edited pictures. We love being natural around her and my two girls had a blast while taking pictures at the same time. Will use her for all family photo op from now on! Please book through her instead of Living Social!

We have easily taken over a thousand pictures of our baby daughter. While she’s awake, while she’s sleeping, while she’s moving, while she’s staying still. You get the picture :)
Like millions of new parents out there, we wanted to capture all of her moments, but we came to realize that photos of all of us as a family were far and few in between.
Enter Stephanie Stilwell. We were fortunate enough to schedule a family photo shoot with her in our favorite local park. Stephanie immediately made us feel comfortable and at ease. She’s warm, friendly, truly genuine and sincere in wanting to capture precious photos of our baby and of us as a family. She captured us doing what we love best as new parents which is cuddling, hugging and kissing our little one.
Stephanie was able to photograph our love as a family and in particular, her pictures of our baby are truly beautiful. We are so grateful to Stephanie for taking photos that we will treasure for a lifetime!

The photographs we received were gorgeous! Stephanie captured our children in motion with beautiful candids and took some excellent shots of all of us. She was efficient but took the time to make sure we would be satisfied with the results. Overall it was a wonderful experience for all of us and I highly recommend Stilwell Photography.

Stephanie won’t let you down! She is an amazing photographer and she stands behind her work. She is able to capture the moment and her pictures are outstanding. I have known Stephanie for many years and she is a true professional and perfectionist. She won’t deliver you a product she doesn’t think is 100%. I agree with the other reviewer — don’t go anywhere else! Stilwell Photography should be your only stop for quality photos.

Stephanie’s work is incredible! She has an amazing talent of capturing peoples’ emotions in her photographs. All Stephanie’s subjects look completely natural and not as if they’ve been posed-there’s none of that old school, artificial quality where oftentimes people look stiff and uncomfortable. She makes her subjects feel at ease and it comes through in her pictures. It’s as if they’re going about their life and she’s just there to capture those special moments. For big events or just a fun family photo shoot, Stephanie will provide you with the most gorgeous memories. Fathers Day is coming up-​what a special gift that could be!

Just look at the photographs. Superb technical quality, beautiful lighting and compositions — but more than anything else, Stephanie Stilwell has the ability to elicit the candid, natural expression of personality. It just makes me fall in love with every picture. Check out her website!

While working on the project with my son Stephanie showed extreme patience with was. We had to go to another place to get the shot. She worked with us on this and was very understanding. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. She writes Novels with her work.

Stephanie is amazing photographer. She takes very high quality pictures and spends countless hours editing the pics after each event. I have used Stephanie’s services many times over the past few years for kid’s outdoor sporting events (Soccer, Baseball, Flag Football, Rugby, etc,). The parents on all of these teams have given Stephanie the highest praise for her work. Thanks again for capturing and creating a lifetime of memories that my family will never forget!