Capture The Look Photography & Cinematography

I can not give enough stars to Michael Soo at the Capture the look photography. I wanted some headshots done for my real estate website and business cards. I was not sure what I really wanted besides the headshots and Michael came up with great recommendations on how to make the photographs pop! His pricing is also really reasonable and the vision in the photos is stunning. My team and I will be using him in the future!

I needed to have a professional Headshot for marketing materials and Michael delivered. Three reason why you I loved this experience 1) his place is BEAUTIFUL! (And I want his furniture). 2) he made me feel so comfortable and 3) my picture came out amazing! I’m so thankful to have Unilocaled him and picked him out of all the others. I will definitely come to him for my photographer needs… And that pretty much says it all right?

What an amazing photoshoot today! For the past few hours I have been looking over the proofs, and I seriously cannot decided which ones I like best! Each one is just amazing!
I was really last minute in the request for photos, and Michael was extremely accommodating. For the assignment, I wanted photos that represented me: fun, outgoing, light-​hearted and outdoors. I love nature; it is a huge part of my life, so it was extremely important to me to have the photos be outside in natural light.
Michael is super fun and easy to work with. He is professional, experienced and full of great ideas for locations and poses that look natural and not staged. He really has an eye for bringing out the best in people. When I saw my proofs, I saw myself as I really am (but better!). I looked happy, natural and well a lot better than I think I do.
I received the proofs really quickly (same day — within hours of the shoot!), and was really amazed at how wonderful they were. The last outdoor photoshoot I had with another photographer, I only liked about 5. With Michael’s, I liked them all!
I am really excited to see how they look when they are edited, as in my mind they are perfect now!
Bottom line: If you would like some amazing, high-​quality photos that bring out your best features, go to Michael at Capture the Look. You will be amazed at how easy, relaxed and fun the photoshoot is, and how wonderful the finished products are afterwards. I will definitely use him again, and recommend him highly!
Thank you for the amazing photos and fun shoot!

I went to Michael and asked for a professional headshot. I wasn’t very into the typical big smile profile picture and I also want some background rather than the single colored ones. I had something in mind but couldn’t really describe it. Michael was really patient and tried/​brainstormed several different poses, backgrounds. He was able to create something in spot simply by me providing a friend’s picture which I really liked. The experience was very pleasant overall. Definitely recommend him to be your photographer for any occasions!

WOW! I mean, we knew the photography is great with these guys from their Unilocal!reviews, but to experience it for ourselves was shocking and amazing. Michael Soo was so easy going with my family of 5 (including two teen girls and our dog), that I didn’t feel like we were in a photo shoot… it was so easy.
We hired him for one hour, in the Rose Garden. The first 20 minutes was for our family photo, and the remaining hour was for my oldest daughter’s senior portraits.
Michael knows how to capture people in their natural state, but as your BEST SELF, relaxed, laughing, and smiling… the, «I didn’t know I could look that good!» kind of state… we are all very impressed and plan to hire him again in the future. It looks like he took hours and hours and hours to capture these shots, but each one was so candid and quick, it’s truly amazing.
And the biggest surprise? As if the beautiful photographs weren’t enough, was that he had them uploaded the same day of our photo shoot so we could start pouring over them within hours. Wow! Wow! Wow!
Thank you, Michael!!!

Came earlier today for business portraits. Michael is very professional and an expert of this field. Business is located at his private house, so it is very quiet and peaceful. Got back the final version of the photos on the same day, very fast. Quality is good, and would recommend!

I highly recommend Michael Soo at Capture the Look Photography. I used Michael to take my executive headshots for my new business. Michael was professional, easy to work with, experienced, and provided to me the headshots (including both the original and cleaned up/​final version) the very same day I took the photos. Plus, his rates are very reasonable compared to other headshot photographers I researched in the Bay Area.
Michael clearly has a talent for bringing out the best in individuals for photos and I would definitely use him again!

Went in for an Executive Headshot today. He operates from a large residential Home Studio. Michael is the man — almost all his clicks came out to my liking making it tough for me to choose and that’s where lied my dilemma. Michael gave me honest recommendations, made me comfortable with choosing the right photo selection based on my need. Refinished photos seem extremely professional. At his studio he had lighted photos of events like weddings and corporate events on his walls and those seemed very artistic and nice — I might give that a try in future also.
Overall a very terrific experience… would recommend him anyday!

Quite the artiste! Very professional and wonderful results. We highly recommend MIchael Soo and Capture The Look Photography for any occasion.

This review is for the Capture the Love team for a 12 hours coverage of wedding day photography and cinematography.
We do want to caution Unilocal readers that this is a very LONG review. We are very grateful that Michael and his team was a part of our wedding day, and wanted to provide a more detailed review of the little things we noticed that made us feel that his team went above and beyond.
In summary: Hiring the Capture the Love team to capture the memory of your wedding day is not a cheap investment, but for us, it was worth every penny. We booked him before we even selected our venue and caterer; he was the FIRST vendor we booked. We highly recommend Michael and his team, and if you would like to read more below, we’ll explain why.
Before the wedding:
On the day of the wedding, Michael and his crew showed up about 30 minutes beforehand (and didn’t charge us extra) to begin to set up and scope out the area. Michael is very artistic and comes up with creative ideas to capture your beautiful day. It’s not always about the headshots and capturing the faces, but it’s the little details. Michael and his team does not waste any time and immediately starts working. The first thing he asked the bride was «where’s your dress, the rings, and shoes?» He was able to quickly envision how to stage these important items while the wedding party were still getting ready. As they were staging the wedding dress for photos, the bridesmaids informed us that Michael came up with tons of ideas on the spot. These ideas were unique to the location and to the couple. They were quite impressed with the amount of preparation Michael will go through just to get ONE amazing photo.
His team of photographers and cinematographers work very well together. His entire team is super professional, calm, fun, and knows exactly what their doing. For example, Michael’s team all had headsets/​ear piece so they can communicate and collaborate. It’s such a great idea, right? We were the most impressed that the team split into 2 groups: 1 team to capture the groom and groomsmen and another team to capture the bride and bridesmaids getting ready. We were in different hotel rooms getting ready, and in different buildings as well. The team was able to capture the bride and groom opening wedding presents for each other — at the SAME TIME!!! All of this was recorded as well, and not a moment undocumented.
The first look:
The BMs got in contact with Michael to help prepare for the first look. We had no idea what was going to happen, since it would be a surprise us. Even our BMs had a good time working with Michael, and agreed that his customer service was as pleasant to them as to the bride & groom.
The wedding ceremony:
We were nervous finalizing a photographer to capture our wedding at Stanford Church since they have very strict rules. Michael studied the venue, and even showed up to Stanford the week before our wedding to capture some aerial shots and even scope out the area. This is what we call dedication and being fully prepared. Some of my friend’s wedding photographers show up on the day of, and just kind of wing it on the day of. The price you pay includes the preparation work that Michael will put in, even BEFORE your wedding day!
After the wedding:
During the reception, Michael pulled us aside for some bride and groom photos. His team split into 3 groups: 3 photographers continue to capture the the dinner reception with our guests, 1 photographer focus on us, 1 driver to drive us around the venue for more shots because it was faster than having the bride walk in heels (soooo considerate!), while Michel was setting up for an aerial shot. Because his team worked so well, we didn’t miss an important moment captured even though we separated from our guests. We also noticed that Michael waited until AFTER the bride and groom photo session (this was very important for us!) was done before he and his team ate dinner. The bride and groom remains his top priority throughout the day.
The final product delivery:
Who can wait a couple months or several weeks for the photos and cinema? Michael is very quick in editing your photos and your cinema. My family visiting was able to see our wedding video before they left the country — it was all ready in less than 2 weeks! When we first booked Michael, we told him that we wanted to our wedding video to make us laugh and also cry, and he did exactly that. The cinema really touches your heart, and it’s not just recording something that took place. The way that Michael edits the video, he does it in a way to tell a beautiful love story customized and specific for the couple. I’m sure some of our guy friends teared up as well, but they refuse to admit it.
Great big THANK YOU to Michael and the Capture the Love team!

Michael is amazing! We needed product photography –fast. He was all set up with perfect lighting, worked quickly, had great ideas, very professional! We had our finished photos the same day. We will definitely be calling him again. Choose him– you will be glad you did.

Met with Michael at the studio because I needed some updated theatre headshots.
He helped pick the outfit from a few options I brought with me and immediately set everything up. I showed him a couple of samples of what I wanted and he did exactly what I needed.
He was professional, nice, and it was obvious that he knew what he was doing. Apart from many photography studios out there, Michael is an artist and regards his work as such.
I got my retouched photo the same day, only about an hour after I left his studio!
The end photo was beautiful, the experience pleasant and turnaround quick.
Thank you Michael!

I contacted Capture The Look after searching Unilocal for a professional photographer and seeing their exceptional reviews. Now, I can say firsthand that Michael truly is a fantastic photographer. The studio is very nice, and the photos came out great — exactly what I had hoped for.

We needed a professional headshot, and were very pleased with both the results and the service. An appointment was made and within a few days everything was ready.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

One word… FABULOUS!
One of my bridesmaids recommended me to meet with Michael for our wedding photography for our wedding on April 4, 2015. I met with him right away after she told me she would hire him for her wedding in the future. Of course it caught my curiosity. I started to online stalk Michael’s work and really enjoyed the beautiful photos and wonderful videos that he had created. A few days later, there I was in his studio with my then fiancé signing a contract.
Michael is by no means the cheapest photographer out there, but you pay for what you get. Within a month, we took our engagement photos in SF. To my surprise, he emailed them at 1:00am that same night! We finished our shoot around 6−7pm? This guy is quick!
Fast forward to two months before our wedding, my fiancé and I added cinematography to our package. I think that was the best decision that we made for our wedding. All of our close family and friends always say how the regret not doing videography for their weddings and we didn’t want to make the same mistake. It is well worth the money, especially when you’re spending so much on other random things anyways.
On the day of our wedding, The Capture the Love team were wonderful. They are extremely professional and always smiling. As a bride, you can get irritated with a lot of little things going wrong, but with them, I had complete faith in their work. Although, I do feel really badly that we had a miscommunication with the food for them at our reception. Oops! Remember to tell your reception place to feed them before everything starts. *sigh* (My only regret of the night). The team was so understanding, so thank you for that Capture the Love.
The wedding was a blur, but thankfully the team captured it perfectly. Within a week, Michael had produced our highlight video that you can now view on his website. He also gave us all of our wedding photos. I am more than happy and can’t get this smile off of my face when I think about it. Thank you so much Capture the Love!

Michael did a great job!
I needed a professional headshot taken within a couple of days. Michael was able to get me an appointment and I had my headshot the next day. The work was very good and I am pleased with the outcome.

Michael is absolutely the number one photographer in the entire Bay Area. He did a great job with my first professional headshot photo, and was extremely helpful, courteous, relaxing to be around. His directions were very easy to follow to get the best angle, which is a huge plus! I was very shy at first, but my photo turned out great because he made me feel comfortable and gave good feed back on posing.
Overall, I was beyond impressed by Michael Soo’s incredible talent, his professionalism, and his ability to bring out a very natural look. We will definitely come back for other services. Highly recommended!

I chose to do an invidual photoshoot with Michael because I was hoping to capture some terrific images that could be used for my modeling portfolio and dating profile. After meeting him, Michael got right down to business and didn’t waste a second in making me comfortable, at ease, and confident in shooting with him.
He shot the poses that I had wanted to capture first. After this, I simply went with the flow on his recommendations and couldn’t have been happier with the results.
Mr. Soo is a genuine, humble, and amazingly gifted photographer who focuses on bringing out the best in his clients during a shoot. His images were flawless once I received the proofs and I was very pleased with the shots I chose for purchase.
Thank you Michael for makng my first photoshoot a worthwile, engaging, and downright exciting experience. I had a blast!

I contacted Michael with a project that had a two day deadline. He worked with me to fit the project in, and I’m very pleased with the results.
He was very professional throughout the process, and the photographs turned out beautifully.
Thanks!

Michael is amazing! A few years ago he did the photos for my best friend’s wedding that I was in and they were just gorgeous! Fast forward 2 years and I needed some new business head shots done for my LinkedIn profile and just in general. Michael was my first and last pick!
It should be noted that I absolutely HATE being in photos, and just hate photos of myself in general. Hats off to professional models, it’s just all around an uncomfortable experience for me. I arrived to his studio feeling a little anxious (again, since I hate being in photos, let alone one totally by myself!!), but shortly after arriving I was as comfortable as can be! His studio is warm and welcoming, with fun music playing to relax the mood. He made me feel comfortable right away, helping me pick out my different outfits and getting me into position.
The entire experience was quick, easy, and comfortable. He took a bunch of photos and we settled on 3 great images that I am really happy with! He made me look fabulous! Business head shots are an important investment, and I am VERY satisfied with the shots Michael got. I already have a few people who are interested in getting some after they saw mine!
Thank You Michael!