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Brant Bender Photography offers professional wedding photography services to couples in the San Diego, California, area. Brant has an artful eye for composition and pays attention to the tiniest details, beautifully illuminating each couple’s unique love story. He is dedicated to providing couples with treasured images that will last a lifetime, focusing on elements such as lighting, location, and posing to truly make each image distinctive.

Services Offered
Working with each couple, Brant makes sure to capture the must-have images for local and destination weddings, engagement shoots, and trash-the-dress sessions. Brant Bender Photography is covered by liability insurance and commits to only one event per day. Couples who book his services also have access to additional hours, multiple location shooting, and the services of a second shooter, if needed. Brant shoots in contemporary and photojournalistic styles, offering couples their final high-resolution images in the following formats:

  • Albums
  • Canvases
  • Digital files
  • Flush-mount albums
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Save the dates
  • Thank-you cards
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Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for your wedding photography services?

$2,900

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Digital Files

What is the price of your most popular wedding package?

$3,900

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

2nd Shooter
Add'l Hours
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Digital Files
Prints

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Contemporary
Photojournalism

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Prints
Proofs
Save the Date
Thank You Cards
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Reviews of Brant Bender Photography

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5.0 out of 5 rating
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
5.0 out of 5 rating
71 Reviews
100% recommend it
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    5 out of 5 rating
  • Value
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  • Flexibility
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Brant and his team are highly praised for their exceptional wedding photography services, with reviewers noting his ability to capture candid, beautiful moments and make couples feel comfortable and at ease. Many appreciate his professionalism, humor, organizational skills, and flexibility in accommodating last-minute changes. Reviewers highlight his creativity, quick turnaround time for delivering photos, and reasonable pricing. Overall, Brant is described as a fun, talented, and reliable photographer, making him a top choice for wedding photography needs.

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Brant and his team are highly praised for their exceptional wedding photography services, with reviewers noting his ability to capture candid, beautiful moments and make couples feel comfortable and at ease. Many appreciate his professionalism, humor, organizational skills, and flexibility in accommodating last-minute changes. Reviewers highlight his creativity, quick turnaround time for delivering photos, and reasonable pricing. Overall, Brant is described as a fun, talented, and reliable photographer, making him a top choice for wedding photography needs.

Monica
Monica H. Sent on 07/01/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Michael & Monica Hackett

Brant is amazing. He captured our engagement photos and our wedding day. One of our guests who looked at our photos stated "His ability to catch candid photos, pure joy and beauty is unbelievable!". But believe it because all of our photos are magical. Brant made us feel comfortable and he has a great sense of humor. My husband even said he had fun taking our photos all because of Brant and Carlos. I forgot to mention Brant's team is also truly amazing. Carlos was a gem and between the both of them they did not miss any moments on our special day. Our experience was the best and we will be using Brant for any future photo needs. I highly recommend Brant and his team above anyone else.
Mikayla
Mikayla B. Sent on 06/15/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Mikaylal and JP May 2024

Brant was with us for our engagement and wedding photos and did a phenomenal job. His creativity and professionalism is well apparent in his photos. He also has a great laugh that will make you show your best smile. My husband and I were nervous for our engagement and wedding photos but Brant helps to take the edge off and makes it feel natural and best of all fun and romantic. I had a great time working with him and would definitely recommend.
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Kaeli F. Sent on 02/24/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Outstanding, fabulous, creative, professional!

Working with Brant was truly such a fun experience. We had the pleasure of first meeting him as my husband and I were getting engaged at Rancho Bernardo Winery. He was there taking all the pictures of our very special and intimate moment. The thing that I loved most about working with Brant is that he does such a good job making you feel comfortable in intimate settings like while you are getting engaged or wedding pictures. He is a fly on the wall, but also is boosting your model confidence by giving you pointers on next poses! Deciding to work with him again to take our wedding photos was a no brainer! He went above and beyond to get the most amazing pictures of me and my husband and also was so diligent to make sure that he got photos of everything we told him we wanted photos of. His pricing was also very reasonable and was worth every penny, I wanted to make sure I had great photos to look back on forever. He was very organized the day of and brought a printed list of what we wanted and checked off each picture we had requested. He was also really good at helping us with our timeline and making sure everyone was taking the pictures quickly while still maintaining a fun atmosphere and quality photography. Did I mention he is really fun to work with!!
Choose Brant to be your wedding photographer, you will not regret it!! He also got our photos back to us within a week and 1/2 of our wedding!!
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner

Real Weddings

Caitlin & Jake
53 photos · 10/27/2018
Mary & Anthony
88 photos · 10/28/2017

Professional Network & Endorsements

4 Endorsements
A Dream Wedding by Sharon Cole A Dream Wedding by Sharon Cole Wedding Planners

Brant and I have worked together for many years, and I love that I get the opportunity to tell everyone what an amazing photographer he is! Brant goes above and beyond every clients expectations. He is such a pleasure to work with and the photos really show his talent. Sharon Cole - Wedding Planner with A Dream Wedding by Sharon

Carmel Mountain Ranch Estate Carmel Mountain Ranch Estate Barn & Farm Weddings

Brant Bender is a great photographer and a great person to work with. He's very professional but yet he's so down to earth. He'll make any couple feel at ease which equals to great pictures!

Ceremonies by Bethel Ceremonies by Bethel Wedding Officiants

Brant is not only a very talented photographer, but he is so easy-going and fun to work with. As a fellow professional, I trusted him to take my professional head-shots for me, and he did a wonderful job. Not only was the quality of his work terrific (and I get compliments on them regularly), but he made it a fun process. As a result, he captured my personality in his shots, rather than being something I am not - and that was important to me. I am thrilled I went with him for this - and I now see why his brides/couples enjoy working with him so much!

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Brant Bender Photography frequently asked questions

Brant Bender Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Digital Files
Brant Bender Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Add'l Hours
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Digital Files
  • Prints
Brant Bender Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Contemporary
  • Photojournalism
Brant Bender Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
Brant Bender Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Save the Date
  • Thank You Cards
Brant Bender Photography is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.

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