Red Turtle Photography

In a day and age where everyone you know seems to be a photographer, it’s refreshing to meet someone who ACTUALLY is a photographer by craft. Katie has a knack for bringing out the best in your family (mine included!) and the shots look beautiful and effortless, like a wonderful piece of art. Never staged. Somehow capturing the essence of each individual family member and their relationships together. We had a family session in the Fall, and I purchased a package that included digital files and prints. The prints were incredibly high quality and delivered on time. Thank you Katie for the amazing moments you captured of my family. We treasure them daily!

We were very disappointed with our experience with Red Turtle Photography. We used them in the past when my older son was 2 and had a good experience so we booked Katie again for our newborn photos. This experience was disappointing. I knew her prices went up but did not realize how much. Her prices are VERY high and there is no flexibility and i felt very pushed to buy a package. In addition, you must order your prints within 7 days and as a sleep deprived new mom a little more time would have been nice. It took more than 4 months to receive all of the prints. When I called Katie to follow up and ask when I would receive the prints I never got a call back. When i did receive the prints a print was missing. The whole experience was very disappointing and newborn photos should not be so frustrating!

I just absolutely loved working with Katie. She photographed our new addition to our family. She is warm, talented and professional. She is amazing with kids and was able to capture beautiful moments of our 3 year old and 2 month old. She has incredible attention to detail and delivered the photos with care. She beautifully wrapped each image and it was exciting opening each one.
Her photographs now adorn our walls and truly make our house a home. We can’t wait to work with her again!!!

Katie is a photographer’s photographer. I’ve had numerous sessions with her over the years but I’ve also had the privilege of working with her, and watching how she works with others.
Katie just has a natural way with people. She can go-​with the flow or take command as the situation requires. She can find quiet moments with even the squirreliest of your little squirrels and she can persuade even the most camera-​shy wall flower to blossom in front of her lens. When necessary, she’ll go the extra mile. Or four. (lemme explain…)
Because she’s the person I trusted to document my most precious moments — I went out on a limb and made a special request. Without blinking, she said «yes!»
Camera in hand — Katie hiked the 2 miles down the Cascades trail with my husband and I in order to take our engagement portraits at the waterfalls where he proposed. The resulting pictures were simply stunning, and some of my favorite ever –challenged only by the ones she took on our wedding day!

We purchased the babys first year package from Red Turtle Photography and loved all of our phtotos. Katie does a wonderful job and is fun to be around during those special phtoto shoots. We are so glad we had photos taken at 3 different stages of babys first year. From the newborn shoot to our son’s first birthday shoot, we love them all and had a great time having them taken.

Katie photographed our wedding a month ago and did a fantastic job. She captured the feel of the wedding beautifully and somehow managed to get all kinds of angles and moments without being majorly noticed in the crowd (in a good way!) The pictures were such a nice blend of candid and posed.
What I really loved about her was her demeanor and know-​how. People sometimes only focus on portfolios, but I could tell from our in-​person interview that she was the perfect blend of warm & friendly with some firm «let’s get to business» ability that you need to keep a wedding schedule going, especially during portrait time. She really has an eye for setting and moments too. We valued her guidance and thoughtfulness almost as much as the beautiful pictures themselves!
She turned around the photos pretty quickly too, but obviously thoughtfully edited. Thanks for giving us such perfectly captured memories of our wonderful day, Katie!

We used Katie for our wedding in May 2012 and for about an hour of family photographs directly beforehand. She was great! Katie was very easy to work with, making everyone in the family, from elderly parents to young children, feel comfortable. She is also very creative and used unique angles and was totally open to trying any ideas we had! The outdoor courtyard we used was nice but Katie found especially nice spots for us to gather so the shots came out well. And she was definitely very subtle as she moved around during the wedding, reception, and dinner to get photos of the guests. Hardly notice her being there. I highly recommend her!

I used Red Turtle Photography for head shots and then again for portraits when I was pregnant. Both times I was thrilled with the beautiful results and by Katie’s easy going, playful demeanor — she helped me relax and let the «real me» come through in the photos she took. I highly recommend Red Turtle!