Robert Goold Photography

Seriously… the best! Robert has been doing our annual family photos for the past 4 years. Its so hard with 2 young children to get 1 decent photo let along too many to pick from. He captures the essence of being a family and everyone’s unique personality through his lens. I have referred him to countless friends and everyone is equally impressed with him.

Robert Goold is an amazing photographer! He photographed my 9 year old daughter, for some modeling shots and was so helpful, patient, and positive! He did an excellent job of making her feel comfortable and confident, and the results were phenomenal! He knew exactly where to go to get great backgrounds and the perfect lighting. He worked so hard to get just the right shot and DID!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ROBERT GOOLD PHOTOGRAPHY for any and all photography needs! Thank you Robert!

We have used Robert twice for family pictures after having tried other photographers. We are extremely happy and impress with the quality of service and finished product that he offers. Robert is very professional, his equipment is top of the line, he is always on time, he always spends more time with us than the allotted «purchased» time to make sure we get all the shots we want. He is creative and very good at directing to get the best pictures. I’m mostly impress that every single picture he takes is perfect! They lighting, the focus, etc comes out perfect in every picture so it’s always hard to pick a few to print and share with the family. We plan to continue using Robert for all of our family pictures and we highly recommend him.

Simply put, Robert is a great photographer and well worth the price. His creativeness in picking the right venue, making the subject feel at ease, as well as his professionalism are all ¹⁰⁄₁₀. I had headshots taken for professional purposes and really appreciated his work. He is accommodating and polite, as well as enjoyable to work with. Will definitely return in the future and would recommend him to my friends.

We just did a photo shoot with Robert this week and we already have some amazing photos in hand. Robert is easy to work with, the consummate professional, and he even manages to make the shoot fun. I have two young daughters so keeping them happy and focused for an hour on the beach can be a challenge, but even despite some grumpiness, Robert captured great shots and we had a blast.
We did a shoot with Robert a couple of years ago as well and the photographs from that shoot have been proudly displayed all over our home. We always receive compliments on them. I already know it will be hard to choose from all of the terrific photographs Robert took this week. He works diligently with you to get every shot you want and to make sure it is a great one. His eye for composition and light is impeccable. I cannot believe I let 2 years go by between shoots this time. This will be an annual event for us from now on!

What an amazing experience! We did a family photo shoot with Robert at Balboa Park. He was very professional, easy going and really made everyone feel comfortable and relaxed. It was actually fun! We were pleasantly suprised when we received the pictures so soon after the shoot! And so many to choose from! Overall it was a 5 star experience and I would highly recommend Robert Goold Photography! As a matter of fact, I am sure I will be using them again!

I bought a groupon type deal for Robert. I really wanted some good family pictures and thought this would be a good opportunity. Robert was amazing! I have a 2 yr old and a 6 month old, so as you can imagine, they arent easy to work with. I came away from the photo shoot feeling happy and confident that we got great pictures. It was an extremely positive experience and he really worked well with my family and worked off of us to get great family pictures. When my 2 yr old lost his attention span, Robert played some games with him and got him back into it.
The turnaround time on the pictures was insanely quick! We got them in less than 24 hours after our photo shoot.
I would highly recommend Robert Good Photography! His pictures came out beautifully and he was a pleasure to work with.

We used Robert because of a Groupon for our engagement photos back in January. We were on a very short timeline due to a deployment but Robert fit us in with no problem. The entire shoot was comfortable (and trust me… Neither of us had done anything like it before) and the picture turn around was extremely quick!
Highly recommended!

I purchased a Groupon for a 1hr photo shoot last Dec 2011. I put it on the back burner, thinking I would use it for next year’s Xmas cards. When I got engaged in Feb, my fiancé and I thought it would be a good idea to use it for baseball-​themed Save-​the-​Dates. I was a little hesitant when I went on Unilocal to read reviews before scheduling because of all of the other negative comments from Groupon users, but I had purchased and didn’t want it to go to waste.
I contacted him the end of Aug, hoping to schedule for mid-​October. I actually had a hard time scheduling between emailing back and forth and calling (don’t remember the name of the woman on the phone). Took about 3 weeks to actually lock in a date and time, but I was thankful that at least they could fit us in in October…
Robert was great! Prompt, called me while we were on the way to tell me where to park and meet up. Since we didn’t know the area very well and we wanted a baseball theme, he had picked a baseball field near Sunset Cliffs. Well, life happens, and unbeknownst to Robert, they had actually torn it down. But Robert still managed to take great pics. He let us do an outfit change for some regular pics, and our session was a little over an hour if I’m correct, but he made sure to get all of the shots and didn’t rush us to end. He brought his friend/​sometimes assistant Kristen, and the two of them were fun and great conversation. A lot of our pictures are us laughing just from talking to them, and they came out cute :) We got the pictures the following Wednesday (from our Saturday shoot).
Overall, excellent! Had a great time with them, loved many of our photos (I’ve posted some for reference-​the baseball ones and the purple-​y dress), and we are proudly using one for our Save-​the-​Dates (also posted). Only minus one start for scheduling, but if you book in advance no big deal, he was really accommodating. Thanks, Robert! :)

I could not recommend Robert Goold Photography highly enough! Robert is an exceptional photographer. He has an eye for lighting and scenery. I worked with him two separate times and after which I will work with only him moving forward. He is professional, punctual, responsive, and talented. He provided results above my expectations. For some background…
The first time I worked with him was for engagement photos in Balboa Park, a notoriously populated park in San Diego. He masterfully took each shot so that no other person was in the background. It really seemed like we had rented out the entire park for ourselves. On top of that, we only spent an hour with him and got 600 photos in 5 different locations. I was even able to change my clothes! I am by no means a model, and engagement photos are awkward enough… but he made me and my man feel at ease. He got us laughing and we really took some amazingly special photos (one of which is my Unilocal profile picture today!)
The second time I worked with Robert was my wedding. He is the ideal wedding photographer. He asked to scout the location and was direct about what places would work best. On top of that, he even scouted nearby parks and found additional special backdrops to capture more memorable photos. He is a true artist that is just as invested in the results of your photos as you are. As though that weren’t enough, he was completely autonomous. He didn’t bug me once during the wedding and let me have a fantastic time while he beautifully captured all my guests and my husband and I. Do yourself a favor and work with this guy!

Just took family portraits by Robert today and we already love how the pictures turned out. Robert was professional and really nice. He has such an artistic vision and made the simplest settings look beautiful. Scheduling the appt took some effort but it was well worth it in the end.
Thank you Robert for taking beautiful photos of our family! :)

Much more organized now then before, but I would wait and call back for his photos anyday. I hire him for his creativeness. Truly made my daughter’s bday something to remember. All the photos were amazing!!!

After my initial review, I received a phone call from Robert’s new assistant. She was VERY apologetic and asked if they could make it up to my daughter and me. I took them up on the offer and am so glad I did!
We met in Balboa Park and spent about an hour together. Robert took tons of photos and his assistant, Kristen was helpful with my one year old daughter. I received all of the unprocessed photos hours later and am happy with them.
I have no complaints and am a happy customer. I recommend Robert Goold Photography.

What a terrible experience. I bought the groupon and scheduled an appointment several months in advance (I wanted to have baby pictures taken). I didn’t hear anything as the appointment drew near so I decided to call. The photographer answered and said they had no such appointment on the calendar. He said it shouldn’t be a problem though and said to make sure and call and email his assistant to get it on the calendar.
Called, emailed, emailed again and no response. In fact, after several calls over a period of a few weeks I began to suspect others were experiencing the same thing. Sure enough, I read reviews of many people experiencing the same thing (some of which appear to have been removed now). At this point the number wasn’t even in service– just a long busy tone and a message saying the subscriber wasn’t accepting any calls at this time.
Two days before our «scheduled» appointment, the assistant sends me an email (not even the courtesy to call) saying they are all booked up and can’t honor our appointment, but they can try to get us in sometime??? Yeah, no thanks. Groupon was nice to refund the money quickly. Why they would let this guy do another groupon is beyond me.

Does not return emails or calls. It took months to get them to finally come out, they seemed to take good photos once they did, and they promised us 10 retouched photos for the inconvenience caused by their last minute reschedule. we never got the retouched photos, and never heard from them again. I’ve been calling to use our other groupon (I have in writing that they would honor it), and no one will return my calls or emails.
This is ridiculously unprofessional. Apparently Robert picks and chooses who he will keep appointments with, call back, or provide the photos that were taken. If you like to gamble or you like shitty customer service, I recommend Robert Goold. If you want your memories and photos to be safe, I’d go elsewhere.
Shame on groupon for doing business with these people!

We had a great experience with Robert Goold Photography. I was skeptical that the Groupon + 2 month wait for a sitting was going to be worth while, but after getting the pictures in hand they are really breath taking.
We did a photo shoot at Balboa park and Robert quickly impressed us with his artistic eye and fanatical approach to photography. He didn’t let a mere water puddle keep him from photographing in the right spot and wiped it off with his bare arms and sat on it and swished around until all was clear. A half hour later he was tip toeing through Balboa park vegetation to remove a spider web that blocked the perfect shot… quite the hands-​on service.
We have young kids with a radioactive half-​life of about 2.5 minutes, but Robert and Kristen kept them entertained, happy and engaged. Their hard work resulted in the best pictures we’ve ever had of our family. Robert also did a great job of shifting gears — one moment catering to a 1-​and-​a-​half year-​old, the other moment making my wife and me feel like we were taking engagement photos or on some romantic getaway.
The only reason I refrain from a five star rating is that there was a mix up in the delivery of the photos. I attribute this to RGP being slammed with Groupon business. Once we brought it to their attention that we were disappointed we hadn’t yet received the photos Adriano (Robert’s colleague) personally delivered them to our house. You can tell they are an operation that takes great pride in their work.
We would definitely recommend Robert Goold Photography and bought a second Groupon. We’re sure this next time will be a 5 star experience.

We took advantage of the $ 60 Groupon (a $ 300 value). Overall the pictures were nice and we did get them on a disc which was really great. The disc took a little while to arrive at our house in Riverside due to a mistake on the address, but Robert was nice about fixing it and getting it back out to us.
For the price we paid ($ 60) I think it was a good deal. However, if we were regular clients I would have been unhappy with the service. I know they were busy from the Groupon deal but I really felt like I was a huge inconvenience to them. They were also late to our appointment (we were on time and drove from Riverside to Point Loma).
It was hard to get into contact with Robert. He was nice and did a good job shooting us, although i did feel a little rushed. He had a male assistant with him who was good. Only complaint about the photos… this may be a picky girl thing but I was wearning a somewhat flowy shirt and it was windy. I look pregnant in some of the photos due to the wind blowing my shirt, i wish someone would have pointed that out and told me to pull in my cardigan to fix that. No one wants to look pregnant when they aren’t, but these were engagement pics so I especially didn’t want to look preggers.
I know it’s hard to remain calm when business gets crazy and hectic, but making your clients feel rushed and almost guilty for scheduling your services isn’t a great way to handle the stress. Overall Robert was professional, but my best way to sum it up was that I was a bother and an inconvenience to them (we even gave a 66% tip right after the shoot and couldn’t get emails or calls returned for days).
I don’t think i’d book a $ 300 shoot with them.

We took advantage of the Groupon deal for our engagement photo. It was a very positive experience. Robert and his assistant Kristin were very passionate about what they do. We got our cd of images within hours of our shoot… talk about great service. Would definitely go back to them again.

I love love love RGP! After having the opportunity to work with Robert and Kristen I recommend them to the whole world:) My friends and I had an absolute blast on our photo shoot at Balboa park.
He was able to bring out the best in each of us, all our different personalities were portrayed in our pictures. We had such an incredible experience with the cream of the crop photographer and his lovely assistant. And turn around time for our pics was off the charts!
Robert was very intuitive, did a lot of great things with the lighting, never rushed any of us, let us see our pics, he offered great advice while shooting and let us do what we wanted as well. Kristen was very funny, kept us all engaged and energized! They are a dynamic duo and I would definitely do it all over again!
Thanks for everything guys!!! WE totally felt like rockstars :)

We recently had a phot shoot with Robert Goold and his assistant and they were not only very pleasant to work with but professional. They were great with our girls (ages 2 and 4) and we got some really nice photos that will be in our family for a looong time:)
After the shoot the negatives were mailed to us very quick… we were extreamly satisfied!