Santa Barbara based Destination Wedding Photographer Willa Kveta takes a photojournalist’s approach to documenting moments as they happen, and a portrait photographer’s approach to capturing beauty as it unfolds before her lens. Find out more...
All of our photos of us as a couple are my favorites! She got really creative which we liked!
Willa and her assistant were great and did a fabulous job taking pictures of the events as they unfolded. We were so happy with all of their work we have already recommended them to all of our friends!
All of that stuff and even more. It's well worth the money!
They were so great. Willa is a superstar and so much fun to be around! Super chill and great vibe!
Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Satisfaction : 5.0
Creativity : 5.0
Unobtrusive : 5.0
Value : 5.0
Review: A Dream Photographer
10/03/2009
Nancy F
Reviews Posted: 1
What was your favorite wedding photo? Willa made our wedding so special by capturing the most creative and unique photos from our day! We love ALL of them so much!
How did the wedding photographer avoid disrupting the day? Great with candids? Action shots? Portraits? Willa's style is more photojournalistic and artistic so she captures beauty (I swear I don't know how she made me look so good in every photograph! That never happens!!!!). But she just lets the moments happen and takes pictures along the way. She's young, fresh, and passionate about her work and the pictures speak fro themselves. We LOVE them!!!!
What was included in your wedding photo package? Albums? DVDs? Engagement pics? Two photographers? A DVD Slideshow, two Photographers, Digital Negatives, Custom Album, Engagement Session, Online Gallery, Custom image enhancement, and a few other things I can't remember right now.
How did the photographer make you and family comfortable? She was so great with everyone and put us at ease immediately! She good with people and she has such a good energy about her that is warm and sweet and lovable! We LOVE you Willa! Thanks for everything!
Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Satisfaction : 5.0
Creativity : 5.0
Unobtrusive : 5.0
Value : 5.0
Review: Stellar Photography
10/03/2009
Stella S
Reviews Posted: 1
What was your favorite wedding photo? There are lots! I especially adore the ones of my husband and I on the beach. She snuck us away right before sunset and we did a quick photo session with just the two of us. It was so nice because all of the pressure from the day was gone and we got to just be ourselves and feel how much we love one another, and Willa's pictures show our emotions well!
How did the wedding photographer avoid disrupting the day? Great with candids? Action shots? Portraits? Absolutely! She was very professional and knew exactly what to do. She was always on, yet so relaxed at the same time. She has a gift and she knows how to use it!
What was included in your wedding photo package? Albums? DVDs? Engagement pics? Two photographers? We had two photographers at our wedding plus the engagement session was part of our package before our wedding day. She also included a copy of all of the digital files as well as an online gallery of our pictures for our family to view. We also got a leather album with 20 pages and and a slideshow put to music of the best pictures from our wedding.
How did the photographer make you and family comfortable? She was great and made everyone feel relaxed and happy! We really felt good with Willa and her assistant and they made us enjoy our wedding even more!
Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Satisfaction : 5.0
Creativity : 5.0
Unobtrusive : 5.0
Value : 5.0
Review: An Incredibly Talented and Gifted Photographer!
10/02/2009
Robin S
Reviews Posted: 1
What was your favorite wedding photo? She took a picture of us smiling at one another right after our ceremony that is so beautiful! The sun is behind us and we look like we're glowing and so full of love. It's my very favorite picture of us ever!
How did the wedding photographer avoid disrupting the day? Great with candids? Action shots? Portraits? She was so perfect. She was always there for us ready when we needed her to take a portrait of our friends and us, and the rest of the time she was just snapping great candid pictures of us and our guests, never getting in the way or making us repeat things to get a picture. She really did an amazing job taking pictures of the ceremony as well. I cannot say enough about our portraits!!! They are incredibly beautiful and so perfect for us. I could not have asked for anything better!
What was included in your wedding photo package? Albums? DVDs? Engagement pics? Two photographers? All of that and more...
How did the photographer make you and family comfortable? I don't know, but she was really good at it! I think she's just a genuine person and people naturally love her and feel comfortable with her, like we've known her forever. I really trusted her and I was right to, because she just did an wonderful job photographing our wedding!
Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Satisfaction : 5.0
Creativity : 5.0
Unobtrusive : 5.0
Value : 5.0
Review: WE LOVE YOUR WORK!!!!!
10/02/2009
Molly J
Reviews Posted: 1
What was your favorite wedding photo? Willa, you were truly amazing and we could not be any happier with our pictures! You really made our day special and memorable and we cannot thank you enough! All of the pictures are amazing...I can't choose just one!
How did the wedding photographer avoid disrupting the day? Great with candids? Action shots? Portraits? I especially love our couple's portraits because she took us all around to different locations and the pictures she took really capture who were are and the love we have for one another. She was excellent at getting all of the other pictures as well, like the portraits of our family and friends and the candid shots during the ceremony and our reception.
What was included in your wedding photo package? Albums? DVDs? Engagement pics? Two photographers? We got a 12x12 30 page leather album plus all of the other things included in the package: 2 photographers, the engagement session, all of the digital negatives, an online gallery of our photos, a dvd slideshow of our favorites from the day, and she custom retouches every picture to make it look amazing.
How did the photographer make you and family comfortable? My mother commented later that she was so impressed with our photographer because she somehow made everyone feel so comfortable in front of the camera. She said it beautifully. Will really did make everyone feel so relaxed it is truly an art!
Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Satisfaction : 5.0
Creativity : 5.0
Unobtrusive : 5.0
Value : 5.0
Review: The Best All Around!
10/02/2009
Shannon M
Reviews Posted: 1
What was your favorite wedding photo? I look like a big old dork...my true self...and my man is just looking at me with this look of total affection. Well captured real moment! :)
How did the wedding photographer avoid disrupting the day? Great with candids? Action shots? Portraits? She just took pictures as things were happening without making us stop and do things again, or anything like that! She was so much fun to work with and a real treasure! Our pictures are so so so so so good and better than any of my friend's wedding photos...and I'm not just saying that because they are mine...she's just so creative and her style is fresh and modern yet so timeless and beautiful!
What was included in your wedding photo package? Albums? DVDs? Engagement pics? Two photographers? Everything. It was so worth the money!!!!
How did the photographer make you and family comfortable? We all felt so comfortable with Willa. She's like one of us. Just a fun, chill person and really down to earth. We were really happy with her!
Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Satisfaction : 5.0
Creativity : 5.0
Unobtrusive : 5.0
Value : 5.0
Review: Are you kidding me...AMAZING!!!!!
10/02/2009
Jessica R
Reviews Posted: 1
What was your favorite wedding photo? Willa captured all of the special moments so well that it's hard for me to say which photos is my favorite. I guess I'd say one of the two of us holding hands looking over our shoulders at her with big cheesy grins on our faces!
How did the wedding photographer avoid disrupting the day? Great with candids? Action shots? Portraits? She was incredible and took such amazing candid shots of everything as the day progressed! Our portraits are to die for and everything went so soothly. She was so inconspicuous yet always around getting great shots!
What was included in your wedding photo package? Albums? DVDs? Engagement pics? Two photographers? We got a copy of all of the digital files, which was especially awesome! There were also two photographers included, our engagement session, a dvd slideshow and a bunch of other stuff. At first I wanted to spend less on our wedding photographer, but we really hit it off with Willa and in the end I am so so so glad we went with her! Totally worth the money!
How did the photographer make you and family comfortable? She's just super relaxed herself, which made everyone else so relaxed and at ease. It was really fun to work with her!
Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Satisfaction : 5.0
Creativity : 5.0
Unobtrusive : 5.0
Value : 5.0
Review: OF COURSE WE'LL RECOMMEND YOU WILLA!!!
10/02/2009
sarah s
Reviews Posted: 1
What was your favorite wedding photo? Are you kidding me? Willa's photographs still bring tears to my eyes and our wedding was over a year ago. She captured our day so well and the images are truly stunning. They look like fine art and I'm still in awe of Willa's amazing talent!
How did the wedding photographer avoid disrupting the day? Great with candids? Action shots? Portraits? She was the perfect photographer! Good at everything! Getting everyone organized for the group shots, catching the best and funniest candid moments, got stunning portraits of the two of us, and all kinds of real moments throughout the day! She NEVER got in our way or was obtrusive in any way.
What was included in your wedding photo package? Albums? DVDs? Engagement pics? Two photographers? We got a leather album with 30 pages that she designed for us. It is the most beautiful book I've ever seen and so professionally done! I was stunned when she gave it to us as it was so beautiful! The thing also weighs a ton! Of course we also got an engagement session, digital negatives, a dvd slideshow of our wedding day's best-of images, online gallery of our images for 6 months, image enhancement or retouching...whatever you call it. She is not the most affordable photographer out there, but she is completely worth every cent we spent. I know I was right when choosing to spend a good chuck of money on the photography. It's one of the only things that lasts forever from your wedding day and the pictures will forever jog your memory of the special moments that you might forget if you didn't have the pictures. Plus, you are the best dressed you'll ever be and you are the most beautiful you'll every be on your wedding day, so my thought was to take advantage of this and get some beautiful photographs of us. I'm so glad we did it!
How did the photographer make you and family comfortable? She made us feel so great! Willa is just such a doll and so sweet and funny. We all fell in love with her and wanted to take her home with us! Our best friends already used her at their wedding and it was so much fun to see her again! They loved her as much as we did! She's definitely picked the perfect career for herself!
Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Satisfaction : 5.0
Creativity : 5.0
Unobtrusive : 5.0
Value : 5.0
Review: Incredible Talent!
10/02/2009
Arielle E
Reviews Posted: 1
What was your favorite wedding photo? Every single one of them!
How did the wedding photographer avoid disrupting the day? Great with candids? Action shots? Portraits? She just took pictures as things happened. She didn't stop anyone or tell them what to do. She was a real natural at getting everyone organized for the group photos as well as catching all the candid moments that happened all day long. We love love love our photos!
What was included in your wedding photo package? Albums? DVDs? Engagement pics? Two photographers? She includes a lot in her packages. There are different ones to choose from but I think all her base packages come with two photographers, an engagement session, free negatives, dvd slideshow, online gallery, and a few other things.
How did the photographer make you and family comfortable? She just has a natural way with people that is relaxing and calming. She's always smiling and laughs a lot and so easy going. We just felt so comfortable with her!
Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Satisfaction : 5.0
Creativity : 5.0
Unobtrusive : 5.0
Value : 5.0
Review: We absolutely LOVED our Wedding Photographer!
10/01/2009
Hope A
Reviews Posted: 1
What was your favorite wedding photo? Um...This is hard!!! I think there is one that I love the most though. It's of us holding hands looking at each other and we are the only thing in focus. She just caught the moment so well!
How did the wedding photographer avoid disrupting the day? Great with candids? Action shots? Portraits? She was great! We have a huge family and she got everyone organized so quickly and took all of the family portraits and different groupings so fast! Our couple portraits are just gorgeous - I don't know how she does it! She captured who we are so well. Nothing was too set-up and she took great action shots of everyone including our guests.
What was included in your wedding photo package? Albums? DVDs? Engagement pics? Two photographers? All kinds of things...yes, there we two photographers, and engagement session with Willa, a DVD Slideshow of our wedding day, an online gallery of our pictures, all of the pictures on a cd for us. We had her design our album separately since we originally bought the package without it, but then wanted it in the end. And I'm soooo glad we did this...it was worth every single cent!!!
How did the photographer make you and family comfortable? She was amazing and made us all feel so at ease. How did she do it? I don't know, but whatever she did, worked very well since we all just loved her!