Candice Benjamin Photography

It’s tough to put into words how amazing Candice Benjamin is! Every moment of my experience was incredible from start to finish. She is such a lovely and wonderful person that me, my husband and my entire family fell in love with her. She put so much passion and heart into everything from our initial meeting to our engagement shoot to the welcome party and wedding day! And most importantly, she is incredibly talented!!! She has a creative eye, works magic and is a true professional!

Candice Benjamin Photography left me impressed!
We had the pleasure of working with her for Valerie’s wedding in San Diego! Her attention to detail is magnificent and has a wonderful artistic eye. She has a a lovely and happy personality that we enjoyed working with.

um, OMG. can I say LOVE? love love LOVE!!! I was looking and looking and inquiring about photographers. I got tired. Then my neighbor told me, check out Candice (he was getting married and was using Candice, because his sister who got married years ago used Candice haha), so I checked out her website, and the style that I thought I wanted was thrown out the window and I fell in love with Candice’s style. I love her simplicity, clean images with an air of romanticism. You can see the love in all the photos!!! So when I contacted her, she wanted to meet. We met over lunch and my goodness, she’s amazingly tall! LOVE IT! we chatted, she asked about us and we asked about her… and it was a done deal. She was sweet and funny and super adorable. How could I not want her be part of my day?! Throughout the whole process, Candice was available for questions, chats, emails, texts, anything. She is so organized and professional. She gives you advice and tips and expectations and lets you know exactly what to expect. I asked when was the latest we could take our engagement photos because I had wanted to lose some weight, she said a month before. She makes even the most awkward, photo hating people (me and hubs haha) look unawkward and amazing. I left the engagement loc to her and she picked a trail in Pasadena that we haven’t been to. She brought along her equally adorable hubby who was so gracious and helpful that day! Candice made the shoot fun and easy… hopefully we weren’t too hard of subjects for her. hahah. and, can I say, the photos came back super fast and AMAZING. I wanted to print every one of them out. Then she proceeds to send all the imaged to you on the cutest USB stick along with some printed photos.
Wedding day comes (but not without a phone call and some emails and texts about what she needed, which is extremely helpful for me to get everything together so I didn’t have to stress about it the day of… and she went through a whole list of what I wanted on the day of… so organized!!) and she was as easy as day one. She captured all the moments, and beautifully too, and got the imaged back A WEEK AFTER. This was amazing since she took SOO many pictures and since my friends and I are still on a wedding high and we were able to all enjoy it and recount all the moments!!! Everyone RAVED about Candice and about the photos and my bridesmaids wished they found Candice when they got married! :)
I can’t give enough compliments to Candice, her attitude, her professionalism and above all, her amazing talent. I am so happy I found her, and will use her for family, babies, parties, anything I can get her to! haha!!!
Thank you Candice!!! We loved working with you and we can’t thank you enough!!!

If you are looking for a wedding photographer, look no further! Candice is seriously amazing! Planning a wedding is crazy enough and finding a photographer to capture those precious moments is an important factor. I went to wedding expos and went through tons of internet photos trying to find a photographer. Then one day as I was spending unnecessary hours on pinterest I stumbled upon some amazing photos. From the pin I found a blog and from the blog I found Candice Benjamin Photography! When I looked up her website, she’s local! in Fullerton! Then I watched her little introduction video and just automatically fell in love!
We met up with her for a yummy breakfast… and it was set… we could cross one extra thing off our wedding to do list! Photographer… CHECK!
We did an engagement session with Candice and it was actually pretty fun! I’m not one who likes to take pictures, but Candice made it feel comfortable and we had lots of laughs. Of course there was a lot of odd awkward positions she asked us to do. But hey, if the pictures turn out good, I’ll do whatever she tells me to do! And the engagement shots turned out so pretty. She’s really good at chasing that golden light.
Wedding day … She came with a whole crew. A second photographer and her super sweet husband, Jay who was helping out. They make a power team. Our wedding day went so smoothly. And the pictures? Yeah we got them in about a week! Amazingly lightning fast! All on a website that your family and friends can download and then you get the cutest flash drive in the mail:
Seriously…I couldn’t have picked a better wedding photographer! Super sweet and quirky! Plus she sent us a «married» surprise in the mail… Some wine and chocolates. How cool is that! We did good with picking Candice.

I found her by seeing a wedding she captured and I was obsessed!!! My parents and fiancé would show me other photographers and I would always say no I was completely obsessed with her photos and would not go with anyone else hahah. We met her and I loved her even more she is such a sweetheart and I felt like I already knew her I’m a shy person but I was just blabbing the whole time! We immediately booked her and from there she met us for our engagement photos it was both my fiances and my first time taking professional photos so we were nervous and shy but we had such a blast! Everyone complimented our photos and we are completely obsessed with them they currently are plastered all over our apartment hehe: P after that was our wedding day she made everything so stress free and when we came back from our honeymoon she posted up photos! She is literally one of the sweetest people I’ve met she goes above and beyond and always makes sure you are having fun all of my wedding guests were raving about her I love her and she is my go to for all of our photos :)

There’s a part of me that doesn’t want to write this review because the last thing I want is for Candice to suffer through someone else’s version of crazy, but I owe this woman A LOT and I will be singing her praises for the rest of my life.
So for the record, fiancé (now husband) and I aren’t terribly adventurous or thrill seeking or anything like that. We’re foodies and we like the beach and we like water… Initially, the plan for our engagement session was to go on a rowboat and look romantic and cute. That didn’t work out (long story), so I decided I want to take pictures at a waterfall. I honestly don’t know what I was thinking… I probably wasn’t…but hey, I figured that people hike Eaton Canyon all the time… it can’t be THAT bad, right? Like… small children hike with their roller strolling-​pushing parents on a regular basis!!!
What I forgot to factor in: HEAVY props (guitar — no strap, it broke) TWO vintage suitcases — one filled with vintage cameras), HEAVY equipment (thank God she had an assistant (Jay) who was also a rock star in his own right!), and SLIPPERY RIVER ROCKS!!!
If that isn’t a recipe for crazy, I don’t know what is!
But here’s the thing — Candice was SO down, SO chill, SO gung ho, and SO incredibly talented, that I *almost* didn’t feel bad for running everyone through a literal gauntlet. Needless to say, the adventure was epic and our pictures are absolute perfection:
On to the wedding day… Candice (with her amazing team in tow — Niall McCarthy and Jay Moore) arrived early and was on point the entire time. Her professionalism, creative eye, and ability to put everyone at ease made for some wonderful pictures. The best thing about Candice is that she has shot/​been to so many weddings that she was able to anticipate our needs as well as the day’s events and (dare I say) is even better than a wedding coordinator :)
Turnaround time of our pictures was crazy fast (our teasers were up a night later!!) and our gallery was up in about 2 – 3 weeks (though I was a cheater and kept refreshing the client page to see what she was posting). And our blog entry? Perfection, as usual:

So yes, hire Candice. There’s no one better.

My husband and I hired Candice to take our portraits for our 1 year anniversary, and we couldn’t be happier with our choice!
She was very prompt in getting back to us with every email, and was able to get us our images incredibly fast considering her busy schedule.
She spent 3 hours taking shots of us and made us feel very comfortable. At the end of the shoot we felt like we had a friend taking our photos, not just a hired photographer :)
All that being said, none of it would’ve mattered if the shots weren’t any good… but they were all beautiful! They were sharp and the color was beautiful!
I highly recommend Candice, she’s extremely talented and a pleasure to work with!

Candice took some amazing pictures of my boyfriend and me. We did a really fun and colorful shoot in chinatown. I really loved doing this with her because I can be a bit shy and awkward at times, but she was really nice and helped bring out the best in us as a couple.

I have worked with Candice on several projects and have been completely satisfied with her photography. I am an event planner and I also do PR for my clients. I call on her because she is very professional and very patient. Her pictures and images are beautiful. She is very capable of capturing the images I am looking for in a shoot. I highly recommend Candice if you’re looking for amazing pictures!

Candice is one of the best photographers I have ever worked with. Her pictures turn out AMAZING. I am an actress and have had MANY Headshots taken by different photographers over the last 7 years and she was hands down the best. Her photos are super clear and radiant. She also made me feel very comfortable during the shoot and made me laugh a lot. We had a blast. Oh and one more thing, the picture she took of me gets me TONS of auditions! Thanks Candice!