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Kristen Gardner Photography

Kristen Gardner Photography

Warrenton, VA
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    The most amazing photos!!!

    JUST BOOK HER!! I cannot compliment her enough. Kristen is amazing. Her photos are stunning and she is so easy to work with. She does such a great job of making you feel comfortable throughout the whole process. We received so many compliments from our engagement photo shoot and our wedding day!! Her editing is beautiful but very natural. It was everything we wanted and more!!!
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    Absolutely STUNNING photos, super friendly, easy to work with! Love her work!!

    Kristen Gardner is absolutely AMAZING. Her work is beautiful, and I could not be more grateful to have had her as our wedding photographer. She was super easy to work with, and made both my husband and I feel comfortable (he can be shy in front of a camera!!). The day of the wedding, she captured every moment so well. I can't wait to hire her for future life moments!!! Highly recommend.
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    Flexible and Respnsive

    Kristen and Susan were a fantastic pair to work with. They made sure to have attention to detail when it came to the pictures and time. They communicated before the wedding to make sure everything would run smoothly. They even arrived early to account for the crazy snow storm we got. They were amazing!
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    Natalie Sent on 09/29/2021
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    The BEST Photographer

    Kristen was hands down the best photographer and vendor we could have asked for. Recommended by a friend, we couldn't possible speak more highly of her. Professional, kind and TALENTED. She was able to capture every single moment we wanted captured, and the images are simply stunning. We will use her to photograph all of life's moments, and we couldn't be happier to have her. She is the best investment you can make in your special day.
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    Simply wonderful!

    Our experience working with Kristen was simply wonderful from start to finish. At the onset, she spent a generous amount of time on the phone with us walking through her services and way of operating (so organized!!). This made it very easy for us to make the decision to work with her. Kristen is so warm, friendly and easy to work with. She was very flexible and go with the flow - when we asked her to focus on capturing candids and "in the moment" experiences, she did just that. She sent us a "sneak peek" handful of photos immediately after the wedding as a fun teaser, and upheld her commitment to post our wedding to her blog within...
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    A joy to be with on our wedding day!

    Working with Kristen Gardner for our engagement photos and our wedding day was a dream come true! We were referred to her by a friend who described Kristen as "magical and the nicest human on earth" and that is 100 percent true. Her photo's are absolutely beautiful and she really knows how to make you feel comfortable in front of the camera. I am so glad we had someone as wonderful as Kristen by our side to capture our wedding day. She and her work are beautiful!
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    Working with Kristen was a dream!

    Stop looking right now and hire Kristen!! Working in the wedding industry myself, I knew how important photography was for our wedding day and Kristen exceeded every expectation I had, hands down. From our first phone call, I instantly felt a connection and knew I could trust her to capture everything we wanted. She truly knocked it out of the park. From our engagement shoot to day of the wedding, she was so positive and professional. Hiring her was truly one of the best decisions we made. I feel so lucky to be able to look back on her photos and re-live the best day of our lives!
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    Simply an amazing photographer who captured everything without being intrusive. Kristin is a true professional and enjoys what she does - it shows as she is smiling and enjoying the day with you the entire time! I highly recommend her!
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    Kristen is a very talented photographer, and she has a great personality to go with it. Kristen was flexible with us in building a photography package that fit our needs. And, she was willing to go whereever we chose for our engagement photos. We are more than impressed with the end product. Kristen is an amazing photographer who will attempt to capture the moments you want and will blend those photos with her own style of photography. We were so happy with our engagement photos that we could not wait to see our wedding photos. And, Kristen did not disappoint!!! She captured so many great moments and did such a wonderful job with everything. I would recommend Kristen to...
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    Kristen and her huband were just simply amazing to work with. Kristen's felt like one of my friends at our wedding and she captured every moment beautifully. We have received so many compliments on her pictures. Kristen has a very creative eye and I love that she captured such sweet moments. She was by FAR my favorite vendor. I can't wait to have her capture family photos one day =)
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    The Best Vendor!

    Kristen is amazing!! Getting the photos back made me feel like I was back at our wedding day. Kristen is incredibly talented and her photographs are works of art. We were blown away by our wedding photos. Hiring Kristen to be our wedding photographer was one of the best decisions we made. She is super easy to work with, kind, and warm—the exact kind of person you want on your vendor team on your wedding day. Kristen made sure to get our list of shots that we wanted for our wedding day beforehand and on the day of, she was organized and efficient in getting those photos. She also made our family and wedding party feel comfortable in front of the camera.
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    The best photographer!

    Having Kristen as our wedding photographer was one of the best decisions we made for our big day! From the very beginning she was very responsive and extremely attentive to detail. Once she arrived on our wedding day she provided such a calm energy (that a handful of my wedding party noticed as well!) that eliminated all the stress in taking wedding photos! We had a large bridal party and family and she was able to get our photos done quickly with enough time for us to enter cocktail hour! On top of all of that, our pictures turned out beautiful and just the way we envisioned them. She is truly amazing!
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    Excellent!

    Kristen was amazing! From my daughter's engagement photos to wedding day photos she was great to work with and the pictures are beautiful!
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    Kristen and her assistant are incredible!

    Kristen and Susan photographed our wedding and did an outstanding job! From our engagement session to our wedding, the pictures are amazing and we can’t wait to keep using them. Would definitely recommend!
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    Amazing Photographer and Person!!

    Kristen was an absolute delight to work with and is an incredibly talented photographer! We worked with Kristen for engagement and wedding photos and are THRILLED with all of our photographs. She captured our engagement pictures and wedding beautifully. Kristen and her secondary photographer were very accommodating, comforting, fun, and all-around lovely individuals to spend time with throughout our wedding day. I highly recommend working with Kristen; my husband and our family and friends are so grateful for her amazing photographs that we will cherish forever!
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    Fantastic Photographer

    Kristen is an amazing photographer! Our wedding day was windy, but she captured everything so beautifully. We stayed on schedule and got all the shots we wanted, including golden hour photos. She was very flexible to work with regarding pricing (some packages include an engagement session, which we didn't do). We are very happy with our experience and would recommend her.
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    So easy and so beautiful!!

    Kristen was so lovely to work with! She and her team made the entire day so much fun and captured the beauty of the day SO WELL! I am obsessed with her work! She was so easy to work with and returned the photos in such a fast time. Thank you for helping make my special day so absolutely amazing!!!
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    Highly recommend!!

    Kristen photographed our wedding in August 2020 and was amazing! She was professional, organized, and so warm and kind leading up to the day as well as on the wedding da itself. She made sure we got all of the group photos we had requested, as well as so many great candid and unstaged photos all in an efficient manner. She did a wonderful job of taking photos while still being subtle and unobtrusive to the flow of the day. The turnaround time on us receiving our full wedding photo album was so impressive and we could not have been more thrilled with how the photos turned out! Kristen and her second shooter, Susan, really have an eye for lighting, background, and the perfect shot and I highly recommend her as a part of your wedding day!
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    Kind & Patient Photographer & GREAT Photos

    Kristen was phenomenal to work with. She brought a high degree of professionalism along with her genuine and kind personality. She communicated with us very well in the lead-up to the wedding, and did a great job capturing the event without being obtrusive. She worked well with herding all of our families into one space for the posed pictures, and she has a GREAT eye for candid shots. She also worked very well in tandem with our videographer, Erin Sellers (whom we also highly recommend). In sum, she's everything you'd want out of a photographer on the day of your ceremony: professional, courteous, unobtrusive without missing the moments that matter, and gifted with a keen photographic eye.

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    Great experience and photos

    Kristen was friendly and personable. She managed to make a largely unphotogenic couple shine in many lovely photos, and capture wonderful scenes with family. We were very pleased with her choices around location and angle, and hope to work with her again on future photo needs. Logistically, our collaboration was easy and effective, and she turned around the photo album and recommended folder surprisingly quickly. My wife and I recommend her to other couples without reservation.
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    The most AMAZING and talented photographer!!

    I don't even know where to begin with Kristen. She is AMAZING and you would be silly not to hire her to be your photographer! From the first day chatting with her, we knew she was so organized and would be a perfect fit for our day. She knew exactly what pictures were important to us and it was so easy to pose for pictures with her guidance. It felt so natural with her and the picture portion of the day was so easy! She also got along with everyone (us, our vendors and guests, etc) making the whole day even more enjoyable than it already was! And lastly, our gallery came back within a month (!!) and we...
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    Outstanding

    Warm, funny, yet somehow invisible, Kristen managed to extract amazing images from our daughter's wedding. She combined film and digital with a superb sense of light which created both nuanced and radiant shots of the ceremony and bride and groom. Really fast turnaround (think next day) for previews and within 2 weeks for final gallery. Recommend highly.
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    Kindest and most talked photographer

    Kristen Gardner and her team are the absolute best...and I am not just saying that. Kristen is the sweetest and kindest person you will meet and just puts everyone at ease. There were some timing issues with my ceremony the day of because of bus issues and traffic. Kristen instantly was so professional and helped me not to worry. The pictures turned out beautifully. I actually have no words for how well she captured the day. You will not be disappointed if you go with Kristen Gardner Photography. She is truly amazing.
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    Talented, Kind, and Friendly

    There are a variety of things that stuck out to me about Kristen and made my experience with her wonderful. Any individual thing can seem small, but in all they totaled to a bride (me) who felt completely at ease and is in love with the pictures. Leading up - Kristen's communications were clear, her pricing structure was tailored to fit my unique needs, and her responses to any of my questions were timely and well thought out. Day of - Kristen was clearly in command of the photography, and directed a (very) non-photogenic couple in a way that made us comfortable, and turned out beautiful and natural pictures. Additionally, Kristen is kind and thoughtful. I've had multiple family...
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    So enjoyable to work with!

    Kristen and Ali were AMAZING!! I wish I could give them 10 stars! They were patient, flexible, fun to be around, and made taking pictures in 100 degree weather relatively painless - keeping us inside or in the shade as much as possible. They checked in with us throughout the day/night to make sure they were getting all the right shots, and when time got tight they helped us figure out which family pictures were essential, and which we could nix - since we wanted time to enjoy the cocktail hour some.

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