Besame Photography

If I could rate higher stars I would! Dianna is the best! She has a passion for her work that’s simply wonderful! She’s creative, professional, smart, fun and has a heart of gold! She has taken pictures of my family on two different occasions and both times the pictures turned out TERRIFIC! Highly recommend Dianna, you won’t be disappointed!

Dianna is great. We have used her twice for family photos and as a guy it was a very painless process and done in short order with great results. What a great person to work with. Very happy!

I’m a media consultant and I have worked with Dianna on several of her creative projects. She is a delight with which to collaborate. She’s full of ideas, professional, smart, outgoing and communicates well. As an entrepreneur, Dianna is just wonderful. I’d hire her as a photographer or creative talent any day.

I found this company on Groupon and decided to give them a shot. The owner was was extremely nice and knew what she was doing. Our photos turned out amazing!
Thank you for a job well done and you will be getting calls from some of our friends.

I hired Dianna as my wedding photographer after seeing positive reviews on Unilocal,as well as checking out her website. I had high hopes for the results of my wedding photographs, but was devastated when I received the disc with all of the photos. Leading up to the wedding, Dianna and I spoke and went over the shots that were important to me, the must have shots. I stressed multiple times how important photos of me and my mom were, of me with my husband and my parents, and of me with all of my aunts. I come from a very close knit family, so these were the most important photographs for me to get. The day of my wedding, I reminded Dianna multiple times to take these photos. I also requested that she let me know if I should move my head a certain way or fix my dress at any time so that I would have good photos. I never received any feedback to change anything about how I was posing, so I assumed I was okay. Dianna only took the photos I asked for after being reminded repeatedly to take them. Even my husband remembers me sounding like a broken record requesting these photos. Fast-​forward three weeks to me receiving my disc with the photos on them. Of the three must have shots that I requested, I only received TWO photos of each — Out of 200 final photos that I paid for. These two photos of the shots were not professionally photographed at all. My wedding dress sleeve is blown up over my shoulder in the photos with my mother. The photos of me with my aunts are riddled with shadows, same with the photos of me, my husband and my parents. They look nothing better than point and shoot, not the quality of a Professional Photographer. I did, however, receive multiple photos of my guests posing for glamour shots by themselves. Why would I want these? When I confronted Dianna regarding this, I was told that the guests requested those photos and she was more than willing to accommodate them. How nice. You are willing to accommodate the guests. What about the bride?! Who’s day is it, and who is paying you? Why were my requests so blatantly ignored? No response.
A professional photographer should take in to account what the client wants. If the light isn’t working in an area, then they should move you to a better location. I was told that is how the light was at that time coming through the trees, so that is what I get. Bullshit. Also, why not provide a gallery preview where I can select the photos I want? I only got what Dianna decided I wanted. I didn’t pay $ 1,100 for poor quality photos that I had no say in and to be ignored. Oh wait, apparently I did. A bride should not cry when she receives her wedding photos. She should not feel robbed of memories being documented. I feel robbed.
I got a handful of okay photos, but that is it. The majority should be deleted or will never be printed or looked at. I wish I could get my money back, but I can’t. I will never get the photos that I always dreamed of having. At least I can warn other brides out there. Be cautious, do your homework. I thought I did, but I really wish I would have kept looking.

Met Dianna through a friend of mine and asked her to take pictures of my 6 month old. The pictures came out amazing!!! Love her work. So she redid a shoot for my son when he was 1 and needless to say we were delighted again!
So long story short highly recommend Dianna for all your photographic needs!!!
Absolutely love her!

Creative, imaginative and gorgeous photos! I highly recommend Dianna. Not only is she friendly and professional, but her photos are awesome as well. I was trying to sell my condo and I needed some photos for the advertising. Unfortunately, the tenants were not exactly classy. Dianna was able to bring in some props and stage some really great photos. She made the rooms look bigger and inviting. It sold!

Dianna recently shot my wife’s maternity pictures and did an amazing job. She really takes the time to get to know her clients, understand what they like and adds her own magic touch of creativity to the final work. My wife’s personality shines through every single photo in an original way. I highly recommend that you take a look at her website — it will blow you away.

Dianna is the best!!! The pictures from my daughter’s engagement shot were nothing less than amazing!
Very personable, professional and artsy photographer with a great eye for the «perfect» shot.
And the prices are very affordable

Dianna is beyond talented! The pictures that she took of myself and my dog show the characther of our relationship. Dianna was so patient and caring and had some very creative ways to get the attention of my dog to get the perfect picture. Friends of mine have hired her for various events; weddings, engagement, pregnancy and pet pictures. Affordable, gorgeous and creative! Thanks Dianna!
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My fiancé and I consider ourselves lucky to have discovered Besame Photography and Dianna through Craigs List — what a gem!
We recently met with Dianna for our engagement session and she was an absolute pleasure to work with! We had a blast! She was very patient, enthusiastic, and genuinely cared about getting to know us so she could portray our personalities through the photographs. She was extremely flexible with our schedules and offered expert guidance on best locations and attire.
Not only was she great to work with… she had our photos ready in less that a week!!! We were completely amazed at the beauty of our photos… we’ve never looked so good! What an eye for unique and creative shots!!! My fiancé and I need to pick 3 photos to use for our Save the Dates and we have only been able to narrow it down to the top 25 right now :). This decision is such a hard one because she really provided us with tons of amazing photos!
We immediately booked Dianna and Besame for our wedding in March and I can’t wait to work with Dianna again. I wouldn’t trust my wedding photos to anyone else. Book her today… you will be so pleased that you did!
Thanks Dianna!!!

Dianna was so great. She did out engagement photos for us (
) and now she will be doing our wedding photos for us in September. We can’t wait! The photos she already did look so good and we have had numerous compliments on them.