Makena Mae Photographer | Reviews

We began working with Makena when my husband and I started dating. She captured so many beautiful moments for us leading up to our engagement. When my husband asked me to marry him, the first person I booked for our wedding was her. For us, the most important thing was a photographer, and we wanted Makena to continue capturing our love story. On our wedding day, she captured all the emotions through her pictures and when we look back at our pictures, it makes us feel as if we are reliving every aspect of our wedding. Makena will be our forever photographer!

“Choosing Makena as our wedding photographer was one of the easiest decisions we made for our wedding. My husband and I are probably the most awkward people in front of a camera, but she made us feel at ease and captured the most amazing photos that I will cherish for a lifetime. She provided us with a timeline which helped everything move along seamlessly and delivered our galleries (engagement and wedding) quicker than any other photographer we’ve worked with. She is an absolute gem and I cannot wait to have her capture so many other memories we make.

Hiring Makena was exactly what we wanted for our wedding photos. I found her on instagram and fell in love with her style, so we met up to talk about my wedding and i fell INLOVE! she is so sweet and funny. As someone who is a tad awkward in front of the camera, it made all the difference! Our wedding got postponed due to covid, and Makena was communicative through every step and willing to work with us on whatever we decided on doing. What went from huge celebration in downtown Modesto in may, to a micro-wedding in August, immediate family only, in our backyard. We ended up doing BEAUTIFUL bridals in the Bay Area and she showed up and showed out! i could not be happier that we have these photos as our keepsake from that time in our lives.

Makena was fun to work with on our engagement shoot and we received our pictures back pretty quickly. The quality of her work was great!
And then there’s our wedding photos! When we received them, we fell in love all over again - she did such a beautiful job capturing our perfect day. And again, she was quick getting them back to us and I was so excited! I know I can always look back on this day for years to come and enjoy the beauty!

Makena photographed our elopement in December, she did an amazing job! We seriously couldn’t have asked for better memories from our special day! Not only was she responsive, but super helpful in every aspect of planning since we were traveling to California all the way from Texas. She helped us find the perfect spot & an officiant as well. The pictures had a quick turnaround and we’re still completely obsessed! She went above and beyond for us! Our special day wouldn’t have been the same without her… We highly recommend Makena & definitely plan on booking with her again when we’re in the area!