Jenna Bechtholt Photography - Santa Monica, California

Alex Sele

Choosing a wedding photographer was really difficult because there are so many talented professionals out there. However, when I saw Jenna‘s galleries, I knew she would be the right fit for us. We were looking for someone who truly captured the emotion and mood of our wedding day. Jenna does that beautifully with bright and authentic photos. Her prices were comparable in the Seattle area and also came with a second photographer and include an engagement session. We truly felt we got an incredible value and she was willing to travel for both our engagement shoot and wedding. As you can see in my photos below, Jenna did an amazing job of capturing the joy on our wedding day. We have received so many compliments and are so grateful we chose to work with her. Jenna is incredibly talented and I will forever love these pictures.

Quinn Hatoff

Choosing Jenna was the best decision we made during our entire wedding planning process! During our initial meeting, we came to learn more about her style and experience (which was a perfect fit for our coastal California venue).

Our package included a pre-wedding engagement shoot, which we chose to complete during a weekend trip to Seattle. The engagement shoot was a great chance to get comfortable around the camera, and Jenna did an incredible job eliciting moments of laughter and silliness. Plus, we really enjoyed just spending time getting to know each other!

When it came to the wedding day itself, Jenna and her team expertly managed a very tight timeline and were absolute professionals, capturing both the classics and candid moments, fitting in perfectly with our family and friends. The final results speak for themselves - a set of truly stunning photos that are bright, natural, and reflect the beauty of our coastal California wedding. Thank you Jenna for capturing these memories exactly as we had hoped!

Mackenzie Healey

Jenna is incredible! My husband and I are obsessed with our wedding photos! I searched endlessly for a photographer with a bright, natural, and elegant style – Jenna fit that perfectly! We had a blast during our engagement shoot, it was such a great way to get to know her and everything felt so natural. A couple weeks before our wedding I was feeling overwhelmed about our day-of timeline, but Jenna called me right away and totally put me at ease. She helped me schedule out our must-have shot list, while also prioritizing time for my husband and I to just be in the moment and celebrate. Since our wedding, we’ve gotten SO many compliments on our photos! Jenna is the BEST!

Michael Freedman

Jenna shot both our engagement photos and wedding, and we couldn't be happier! She is incredibly personable, knowledgeable, and relatable. She's able to take charge and make sure your friends/family are having a good time while also staying on time and task. We highly recommend Jenna for your photography needs!

Mimi Higashi

I hired Jenna for my engagement and wedding photos. Every other photographer I looked at had a washed out sepia look. Not Jenna! Her photos are crisp, bright, colorful without being over saturated. She has this unique ability to find light as well as candid shots. I am so thankful for the amazing job she did for us! Not only is she an amazing artist/photographer, she’s fast too! Within a few days, she sent us sneak peeks and we got ALL of our wedding photos in less than a month. Highly recommend!

Craig K

All things being equal, my wife and I are not the most photogenic people. So the idea of having our most important day being captured in a series of photos over 8 hours was overwhelming, to say the least. Through a recommendation of a co-worker, we were introduced to Jenna. From the start, Jenna's approach and her overall personality was one that aligned with us. You will come across several vendors during the wedding planning process that have overpowering personalities. The engagement photo session (which I encourage everyone to get one, if only as an opportunity to get to know your photographer before the big day) allowed us an opportunity to see Jenna as someone who completely goes with the flow with our collective vision (even if it means trekking through snow to find that perfect backdrop). There is so much attention to detail you put into your wedding day and those memories are all now fleeting. But investing in someone like Jenna for your wedding day, capturing the pictures of not just you, but more importantly to us - our family and close friends - was the wisest investment that we could have made last summer. Thank you again, Jenna

Christine

We absolutely loved our family photos that Jenna took for us at our house with our first baby! She made us feel comfortable during the shoot (the shoot almost felt effortless!) and captured so many smiley photos of our 5 month old. I especially loved the colors of her editing and lighting of the photos. I would love to have our photos taken again by Jenna!

Chelsea Pasahow

I hired Jenna for a family photo shoot. Her photos are crisp, bright, colorful without being over saturated. She did a great job positioning our family to capture the perfect moments together. She got my little guy to smile a bunch and look into the camera which is not easy feat! We received our photos back within a week! Highly recommend!