Jessi Photography

We received a family photo session as a wedding present from one of our friends and we were hesitant because our 2 year old and 4 year old are hard to get to sit still for photos. But he handled the kids with patience and calmness and was able to get some great shots of them. Even with Balboa Park being busy on the day we went, we were able to capture the family photos we have been wanting for so long. Thank you so much for the lovely photos! We love them!

Jessi is an amazing photographer. I’ve used him for a personal and a business project. He took he’s time and wasn’t rushing us. Highly recommended. The picture came out AMAZING! I will certainly use him more in the future.

I had a deadline to get a good headshot for work, but no photographer in the city was available the day I needed them! I had this problem until I found and called Jessi photgraphy, Jessi was professional and was prompt when I told him the time and day I needed my professional picture taken. I highly recommend him because he is professional and has the best deals in town compared most other places I have called.

Jessi did our engagement photos and I am very happy with how they turned out! Jessi was very professional and easy to work with. Highly recommended!

I had my business grand opening few days JessiPhotography did a professional job and I’m very happy with the final product.
I highly recommend him for any event.
I will probably booked him for my wedding!
Thank you Jessi.

Easy to work with, great communication, and beautiful choice of locations. My daughter had her senior pictures taken at Balboa Park. He took many many pictures at different locations throughout the park and we had great pictures to choose from. Friendly, sweet, and a pleasure to work with!

Jessi was great and easy to work with! My mom, sister, and I took family portrait pictures. We have never had a professional photo session before and Jessi made the experience very easy and painless. He made sure to capture our natural smiles and went the extra mile to make my mom laugh. It was a sweet experience and I would highly recommend Jessi for any occasion. The pictures turned out so beautiful and we are very excited to receive the prints in the mail! Thanks Jessi!

I’m very satisfied with Jessi Photography! Our pictures came out wonderful, and I’m very happy that I decided to go with him using a groupon! These pictures are going to be an excellent christmas gift for grandma, and I think the photos they chose for us came out perfect! Thank you Jessi for the great experience, and for being so patient with our little ones!

I am writing to complain about a recent experience I had with this Vendor; I purchased a photo shoot on Groupon for a Family & Kids Collection —
My Groupon purchase was for a 1hr photo shoot at Balboa Park for $ 59.00. The deliverable was a DVD with 25 High Quality Digital Images. (Fine print; vendor selects the 25 images for you) You don’t get to select your photos even though he shares all of the proofs with you. This should have been the red flag; why wouldn’t you get to select your on photos.
I explained to Jesse before we started that our goal of this shoot was to get a couple of pictures of all of the kids together (there were 4 of them) but that I wanted 95% of the 25 pictures that «they get to choose» with just my twin sons together.
I explained again at the end of the shoot that this was my purchase and that I wanted 95% of the 25 pictures to be of the twins together.
Jesse sent me all 180 proofs and I was thrilled to see how many great shots he got of the boys together. He offered me an option to purchase all of them for an additional $ which I declined because I was certain that there were plenty of great pictures of the twins together and felt safe that they would select the best 25 of those.
When I received my DVD I was shocked at what they selected for us. Of the 25 pictures 15 of them were individual head shots. 4 were of the 4 kids together (I was ok with this until I noticed the only group picture they DID not select for the DVD was the only picture were all 4 kids were looking at the camera) So basically that excluded the only group picture that was usable. But I could still purchase it for an additional $ if I wanted to. Lastly I have only 6 pictures of the twins together; I asked for 95% and he delivered 24% of what I asked for.
I contacted the vendor about this, he became defensive and was not willing to acknowledge my request which is baffling as he could have resolved this by giving us what we asked for without incurring any additional costs.
We feel like we were being scammed into buying more in order to get what we initially asked for. There is not a single picture delivered on the DVD that we paid for that we can use

If I could give him 10 stars I would! Jessi is very friendly and great at what he does! He took pictures for my sons first Birthday and did an AMAZING job! It is so hard to just pick a few, I want them ALL! I highly recommend him for any occasion, you won’t regret it!

Jessi did an amazing job on our family portraits! He’s easygoing, creative and great at giving direction for the best portraits possible. He’s professional, great with kids and got us our prints very quickly!

A few months ago my wife and I wanted some pregnancy photos taken. But we also wanted them to be family style with our 4 year old. Jessi was great at accommodating our requests and at suggesting different shots. We never felt pressured to do what he wanted or that he has a «set formula» we had to stick to. His package was also reasonably priced.

Jessi was our photographer for my sons Bar Mitzvah. He did an excellent job, his price was reasonable, he fully understood what and how to photograph a Bar Mitzvah, and most importantly he took great photos!

We bought a Groupon a few months ago, and finally were able to schedule a family session with Jessi. I contacted him the week my Groupon was expiring and he said he would honor it even though our session was scheduled AFTER it expired. In my experience, very few businesses will do this! His communication was awesome, very prompt responses to emails and questions.
We met him at Balboa Park and he spend a solid hour taking all sorts of photos in many different settings of our two sons both separate and together, as well as photos of all four of us together. He captured our boys’ personalities and we were thrilled with the results. He was very professional and friendly.
My only slight «ding» was I felt the up charge to get additional prints/​digital images was a little steep… I know that’s to be expected when using a Groupon so I expected an up-​sell but thought it was a little pricey. With all that being said, we will definitely use Jessi again in the future!

Thanks for coming to my business to do the shoot. Jessi took some very professional photos that we will be using as part of our marketing campaign. He offered some very good recommendations on shoot layout and poses. Thanks Jessi!

I am a Professional Makeup Artist that has hired Jessi Photography for 2 company photo shoots for promotional social media and print.
I am thrilled with the photos! Jessi Photography is creative, professional, friendly, and able to caputre exactly what I needed to promote my business. The prices are fair and I can not wait to shoot with Jessi again!

We recommended Jessi photography for wedding photographer. He is patient and very knowledgeable. We had our wedding and reception on separate days back to back and we were glad he was able to make it work. We were able to make the hours work for both days for the price of one day. He was early to our wedding day and gave us so many ideas and poses for our pictures. We were very happy and please on how our pictures came out. He spent extra time to make sure we got every pictures we need and we appreciated his efforts. Our wedding album came out wonderfully and the quality was great. Everything was affordable especially on our budget. I would definitely use Jessi photography again.
Thank you Jessi,
Jaek and Linh

In short, I would highly recommend Jessi if you would like a portrait session.
In detail:
He is very accommodating. We were visiting San Diego, and he can arrange the session based on our schedule.
He is very helpful. I called him to ask for the clothing/​hair/​makeup advices for the photo session, he gave me very useful suggestions, and my photo turned out great.
He is good with light, we were shooting at around 4pm. All of photos’ lighting were great.
He helped us with poses and made us feel comfortable during the session. He kept telling us to relax, since if we don’t relax, the pictures won’t look good.
The made-​in-​Italy photo album is beautiful! Definitely go with it if you have the budget!
We made changes with the album sample three times, each time he is very patient and helpful. The final version is exactly what we want.
He gave us a customized calendar for free, which is a nice surprise. Thank you Jessi!
The only thing he can work on is to improve his skills on capturing the moving gestures. We wanted to shoot a few pictures of us running. These pictures are not as good as the portraits. But we booked a portrait session with him, so no complaint!

Jessi has a great eye and was able to work with me even when a few spots of my clothes were a bit off. He isn’t afraid to give strong advice and it lead to some fantastic pictures.
If you find a deal of his on Groupon or Unilocal,be sure to take it while its available. I have gotten nothing but amazing compliments for the photos and finally feel very sure about putting them up on social media/​profile sites such as Facebook and linked in.

I bought a groupon deal because we were planning a trip to San Diego. We were recently engaged and looking to get some great photos away from the Illinois snow. We didn’t know what to expect but were overly pleased. We have only received the best compliments on our photos. Thank you Jesse!!!