Verstyle Photography

This review is long overdue but Oliver is a truly amazing photographer! We hired him for our wedding about a year and a half out and he was responsive and professional throughout the entire process. We had a great time shooting our engagement pictures with him, our dog in tow. Even though our dog was less than cooperative (he wasn’t ready for his close up), Oliver still managed to capture some really beautiful shots of the 3 of us. Our wedding day was no different. We had multiple guests comment to us on how professional Oliver and his second shooter was. They were just as excited to see our pictures as we were! I cannot sing enough praises for Oliver and his team.
We also used his wife Cindy as our day of coordinator and everything went seamlessly. Thank you both for making our special day better than we could have ever imagined!

Oliver is the only photographer you should be booking right now!
Not only is he a great photographer, his wife was our wedding planner, and they have an awesome dog!
My wife and I booked him on a whim after an accidental rogue search, and everything was amazing from then on out.
Oliver is super easy to work with, intelligent, focused, and funny dude.
He did our engagement shoot, wedding shoot, and will be doing future shoots for anything that may come.
My wife had a specific vision for our photos that she explained to Oliver. After seeing examples, and comparing them to her explanation, spot on. Oliver can do anything you ask and more.
On the day of the wedding, Oliver brought Danny (another amazing guy) and I felt like he was a part of the bridal party. Laughing, cracking jokes, and looking like he was having fun. He added to the atmosphere and made our wedding day a great event. He caught everything as we hoped it would be and hope to work with him again.
He’s a great photographer, and a great friend… must be a dog person thing.

Recently worked with Oliver at a wedding at the Terra Gallery in SF! He was very easy to work with and professional.
After seeing his work, I would highly recommend Oliver for any occasion. He definitely has the eye to catch the perfect pictures.

Oliver of Verstyle Photography has been a true professional throughout our engagement to wedding day. Not only did he give us a great friendly first impression but he also provided us client focused attention and creative quality details with all of his work. When we saw his website, his photography work sold us instantly. Meeting him in person with his friendly personality was an added bonus. He has been prompt, creative, smart and professional. My wife and I were shy posing for our engagement photo shoot but he certainly guided us and made us feel comfortable. On our wedding day he was on top of everything, made sure to take the photos that we had specifically requested and was polite and kind to all of our guests. We love all the photos that he has shared with us. Beyond his own scope of photography, his wife is a certified wedding coordinator (of who we also hired and had a perfect experience with too HappilyeverafterSF) so he has good exposure to what it takes to be an excellent vendor working within a team to ultimately provide excellent service to their clients.

Almost immediately after securing our wedding venue and date, I went on the hunt for a photographer. I came across Verstyle Photography and instantly fell in love with his work. Oliver has always been extremely helpful and thorough when responding to my (many) emails with questions. After meeting with Oliver and his wife Cindy, my fiancé and I were even more sure that this is who we wanted to photograph our wedding.
We just had our engagement session in June, and it could not have gone any better. I had a huge list of places that I wanted to shoot at, but was realistic in knowing we would only have time for a few. However, we ended up shooting with Oliver and Cindy for hours, and covered even more places than we had hoped for! My fiancé and I were pretty uncomfortable (at first) with being photographed and felt very awkward at times. That being said, Oliver and Cindy are so great at working with you on poses and help to make things become very natural. I would highly recommend engagement sessions first so that you are able to build a relationship with your photographer and so that you get comfortable in front of the camera.
Our wedding is in May, so I’ll update my review once that has occurred. I am really looking forward to working with Oliver and Cindy again, and am 100% confident that our pictures will be amazing!

We used Verstyle Photography for both our engagement and wedding photos. Best choice I could have made! It was important to me to find a photographer that we felt comfortable with because he would be taking very intimate pictures of us. Oliver and his wife Cindy were a perfect fit! They made us feel at ease and helped direct us when needed. The vibe between the four of us was so great, it felt like we have been friends forever!
Oliver worked with our budget and exceeded my expectations! Very professional and does amazing work! Many of our friends and family said our photos should be in a wedding magazine! That is a true compliment to the man behind the lens. Even the packaging of our photos was stunning!
Throughout our wedding planning, Oliver was always in contact with me for any questions I had. He would let me know when he was going out of town for another wedding so if there was a day in between a response to an e-​mail, I knew why.
The day of the wedding, Oliver and Cindy were a tremendous help keeping us on schedule. I did not have a wedding planner so I am very grateful they were very conscious of the timeline that I gave them. Oliver and Cindy made sure everything I wanted photographed was taken care of before they left.
You will not regret booking Verstyle photography! I literally look at my wedding photos everyday because I love them so much! I look forward to working with Oliver and Cindy again in the future! I have already discussed with him maternity photos when that time comes.
Thank you Oliver and Cindy for capturing such beautiful memories that I can look at anytime I want! Hope to see you soon!

One of the best decisions my husband and I made for our wedding! It’s important to be super comfortable with your photographer because they are with you most of the day. From the moment my husband and I met Oliver and his wife Cindy (who sometimes serves as his second shooter) we knew we wanted to book them. They are not only down to earth, but are super professional. My husband does not like taking pictures, and has a hard time smiling naturally in photos. Oliver was able to make him laugh and capture great photos for our engagement shoot and the day of the wedding.
Oliver had great ideas for our wedding photos and capture a beautiful shot of us and all of our guests in front of Grace Cathedral. On the day of the wedding Oliver and Cindy were a dream team and helped keep us calm and captured many of the photos we wanted that day. We look forward to seeing how all of the photos turned out.

Oliver and his wife Cindy photographed both our engagement photos and our wedding photos and both experiences were superb!
From the beginning I could tell that I liked Oliver’s vibe. It is important on your wedding day to surround yourself with people who will help to create the energy that you want. Oliver was responsive to my inquiry email, provided me with all the information that I needed and was able to work with our budget. For an initial meeting he and Cindy came into the city to meet us and were so friendly.
For our engagment shoot we chose several spots around San Francisco. Though we had to dart around a bit to make sure we caught the perfect sunset light, Oliver was great and created images that we will cherish forever. Viewing the images online was so easy and made it simple to share that day with our loved ones.
Oliver was very communicative leading up to the wedding and we were able to meet and go over all the must have shots. My husband and I were married on August 2^nd and were thrilled with professionalism and personality of our photographers. Oliver focuses on capturing beautiful moments and adds an overall calming presence to big day and Cindy helps keep the trains rolling and truly helps to get everyone where they need to be in order to get the pictures that you want.
I was so grateful to have found Verstyle. When you are looking at all these different vendors online prior to your wedding, it can feel overwhelming cause you aren’t always sure what you are going to get.
Choosing Verstyle means you are getting great pictures from great people!

Inquired about engagement only, wedding only, and combined engagement and wedding packages via email. Received a response 2 days later stating he and his wife would be out on town on my wedding date.
It was a poor response that did not answer all of my questions. Needless to say, my money will be spent on another photographer who will take the time to address my questions and make my special day extra special.

We booked Verstyle for our engagement and wedding photos and we couldn’t have asked for better photographers! From the start, Oliver and his wife, Cindy were super friendly and personable. Oliver was very understanding and helped us customize a wedding package that worked with our budget and met our needs. We met with them after we inquired about their services and ended up really liking them and their work so we signed contracts.
On the day of the wedding, Oliver, Cindy, and Joseph were prompt and professional. They got into place and started capturing memories right away. They helped us guide our family and bridal party for photos and made sure everything looked good. There was not one moment where we had to worry about our photographers not getting a certain shot since they practically shot our wedding in still mode! When they finished editing our photos, they presented us with our signature prints and a usb drive of all photos in a cute custom box! We love our photos and can’t stop looking through them!
Oliver and Cindy are very good at what they do. They make your wedding day as stress free as possible and make sure to recreate your memories through their work. If they can survive through our 14-​hour wedding day and still come out with great looking photos, then you know they’re good! We highly recommend booking them for your engagement and wedding photos!

Oliver did both our engagement and wedding photos. First, we met in person before setting up a contract. This was a must for me, I wanted to make sure that our photographer was laid back and professional, which he was. Once we did get into the contract, he made adjustments to suit our needs. He was always willing to work with us and we really appreciated that.
I can be very critical, especially when it came to anything to do with the wedding. When there were a few shots from the engagement shoot that I didn’t like, instead of being defensive, Oliver took the criticism constructively and ultimately came through for us. And when things went wrong — I mean really wrong… I almost broke my ankle two days before the wedding — Oliver worked around it and assured me everything would be okay. He captured some great moments, not only of us, but of our guests which was very important to me too. His wife Cindy, was also present at the engagement and wedding. At the engagement shoot, she helped position us and calm our nerves. At the wedding it was nice to have two photographers especially when we were getting ready and everyone was really all over the place.
We have had so many compliments on our photos and I’ll be really proud to show these to our kids some day. That really means the world to me. So thank you Oliver, you and Cindy were awesome! Hopefully we can do a session with our little one once he’s here! :)

Oliver was the photographer for our destination wedding in Kauai in Sept ’13. He was such an awesome person to work with. He captured so many beautiful moments from our wedding and reception without being in the way of the festivities. He is also very good at making you feel comfortable and capturing natural pictures. I was afraid of getting too posed or «fake» looking pictures from our big day, but Oliver made sure that did not happen. He made sure to capture original and creative photos with little effrot. In addition, he has a great assistant who made sure to capture all the special memories just in case his camera alone did not. Upon seeing the final results of their work, we couldn’t be any happier. Even though some time has passed since our wedding, my husband and I get great pleasure reliving our special day through those pictures.
Oliver and his team have a knack for working well with others. They really got along with us and our family; so much so, that my brother in law who go engaged while in Kauai is interested in hiring Verstyle for their wedding in 2014.
I cannot stress enough how awesome Verstyle Photography is and would highly recommend this vendor. You will not be taking a chance on him you will be getting so much more than you were expecting.

Having to post from my husband’s Unilocal account, as mine won’t let me sign on…
I am so happy I found Oliver for my wedding photography! I had a destination wedding in Mexico and never had to worry about a thing when it came to my photography. Oliver is a great listener, he was always attentive when it came to what I wanted in my photos. His wife Cindy was always on hand to help, and as a professional wedding planner, she knew all the right questions to ask. They even asked if there were any sensitive relationships in the family, or people we didn’t want in the photos at all. We also had our engagement shoot with Oliver, which gave me every confidence in him for the big day!
They booked their own flights, keeping to the schedule we gave them, and we were always kept up to speed with their plans. I was so impressed with the communication. We met with them several times before the wedding and we were provided with a questionnaire to help oliver get a better idea of the direction we wanted to go in. I gave him examples of «must have» photos, and got every one of them! Oliver scouted out the best spots to take the photos before the big day, and made sure we had contact the whole time.
The day of the wedding went so fast I forgot that we had even taken half of the shots we did. They were fast, but professional AND Cindy snagged us a plate of our cocktail hour appetizers, feeding them to us as we went to each location. Not only did they help make my day run smoothly, but they even went the extra mile and took photos of my husband and the groomsmen jumping in the pool after the reception! I highly recommend Verstyle photography. Don’t miss your chance to book Oliver for your special occasion, you won’t regret it, I am SO happy with all of my photos.

«From beginning to end Oliver and Cindy were wonderful to work with. They have a lot of expertise, knowledge, and experience but were still very open to what we wanted, providing their professional opinion to help us in our decision making. We chose them to be our photographers mainly because we were drawn to their style, and we are so happy we did. Their enthusiasm for our wedding and our vision was always appreciated and we had a lot of fun working with them with our engagement photo session and our actual day. Many of our guests commented on how great they were, while also noticing how they were always around to catch the important moments. Thank you so much Verstyle Photography, Will miss you, thank you for making our day so special «Corina & Michael Galande

Oliver is what I, as a fellow artist, consider as a professional. He was prepared, had superior equipment, was creative and fluid in his session, articulate, and collaborative. My wife and I have never considered having maternity photos taken but after the session with Oliver, we will be telling all our friends to definitely consider it, and look Oliver up when they do.
Oliver made the experience enjoyable and made two people who were not used to being photographed, comfortable and at ease. His turnaround time is great and with the amount of work I know he does already, says quite a lot about his professionalism.
Lastly, if I had known about Oliver’s work earlier, he would have been a shoe-​in for my wedding photos as well. Until I have worked with two different photographers, I didn’t realize the difference in quality of work between photographers. Oliver made it apparent how presumptuous and wrong I was, and I will be sure to recommend him for any of my friends for this, and any other photographic needs.

I decided to take some formal professional pictures for some of my social media sites. It’s important to have good headshots, especially for a site like Linkedin. This is not something that he typically does but I knew of him through a co-​worker and when I approached him, he conceded. I’m absolutely not photogenic (one of the reasons I wanted the pics done professionally) and I was a bit nervous the day of the shoot because I did not know what to expect or what to do. Oliver took over and moved me from background to background, gave me some instructions, and through the process I was distracted by the conversation. It really helped and by the time we were wrapping it up I was hamming it up for the camera.
He told me that the best pictures were not posed but those that were organic and he was right. I just got the pictures and I was really pleased with the results, my profile pictures are great. I really recommend getting your profile pictures taken by a pro it; there is no comparison between the pictures I took with my friend, to the ones that Oliver took. It was well worth it and now I cringe at I what I previously had up there.

We had the pleasure of working with Oliver for our engagement session and wedding. Oliver was very professional and took amazing shots at both our engagement session and wedding. The photo details of our wedding was absolutely stunning. Oliver definitely did a good job in capturing details of our wedding and has a good eye. I also felt like Oliver made my wedding look like it came out of «style me pretty» blog. I definitely highly recommend hiring Oliver for your wedding photography need.

My sister in law got married in May, and needed an amazing photographer with unique vision and an eye for those moments everyone else misses… and who fit within her budget. Being in the industry, I knew Verstyle Photography would be a perfect fit! Oliver & team are the perfect combination of fun and professionalism — not stuffy like a lot of other wedding photographers. He even went the extra mile and met with the bride and groom to shoot on location at an A’s game because he knew how special the team is to them. He is also always down for a challenge… like working with their 3 year old doggie. Not only are his photos wonderful, but he also has the instincts to capture the shots that make your event personal… which isn’t something that can be taught.
I have worked with many photographers, and Verstyle’s wedding package doesn’t even compare to others. I have had the pleasure of working with Oliver on multiple occasions, and I recommend him whenever I can. There is no way you could be disappointed booking Verstyle Photography. I’m so happy they are at the top of my rolodex of great vendors in the Bay. In an industry that is saturated with photographers, it’s good to know you can still find a quality person to document your special day.

Oliver’s passion for what he does is apparent in his work and his delivery of service. After visiting his website and viewing samples from other shoots, we were very excited to work with him and he did not disappoint! We LOVE our pictures from both the engagement session and the actual wedding!
He did a great job of making us feel comfortable. We were both a little timid and self-​conscious to begin with, but Oliver was very reassuring and did his best to relax our nerves.
If either of us gets married again, we will definitely be using verstyle! You are in good hands with Oliver.

Oliver is an amazing photographer. He captured beautiful moments only his eye could see during our engagement photoshoot in 2011. He has an excellent team, which included his beautiful wife, Cindy. They were very professional and detailed. They want to steal glimpses of life that you never thought of. I could go on and on but please book them, ASAP. You will not regret and if you need to contact me for more information, please email me here on Unilocal.
I highly recommend Verstyle Photography