kind words

& love notes

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WE LOVE THE ALBUM!

I found Andrew through a mutual friend. He photographed our wedding and his pictures turned out awesome. We love the album! He’s professional, courteous, punctual and easy to work with. I highly recommend him!

– Jasmin L.

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The memories that were captured in his photos will be treasured always.

Andy photographed my wedding two years ago and I absolutely love to take a look at the pictures from time to time. Andy and his second photographer were so easy to work with and respectful of our wishes of what was important to us on our special day. The memories that were captured in his photos will be treasured always.
Even after two years I had a question about my wedding day photos, and he was patient, attentive, and quick to respond.
I highly recommend Andy!

– Lauren S.

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Amazing Wedding Video!

I cannot say enough good things about Andrew Ito. Highlights:

1. Extremely high quality camera work. Every image is framed with an artistic eye to detail.

2. Amazing wedding video. I always tear up when I watch our highlight reel, and I love showing it off. He knows how to edit together a story, weaving music and voice-over from the most pivotal events of the wedding.

3. Great personality–got along perfectly with other vendors and everyone at the wedding.

4. Possibly the most important: He makes people look good. The man knows how to get your best angles, the best lighting–whatever magic he’s doing, it works. Even people who say ‘I never look good’ LOVE the way they look in his work.

The long story:

Videography and photography were the two most important things to me for my wedding, so this was the aspect that I agonized over the most.

I was a film studies major in college, and due to a significant amount of time spent using a video camera and editing student projects, I’m very very picky about film quality. I scoured the bay area for videographers, literally looking at hundreds of websites both for videographers in the San Francisco/Bay Area and also for those willing to travel, but I only encountered a few whose work I liked. It’s really surprising how many videographers don’t approach what they’re doing as art, or with an eye toward narrative when editing the final video.

In the end, I had narrowed it down to two videographers and I asked one of my friends who used to be a wedding videographer himself who was the better pick–he said it was obviously Andrew Ito, and so we booked Andrew right away. (For those on a budget, even with a travel fee, Andrew’s prices are competitive with the videographers in the Bay Area and San Francisco.)

It’s often said that the people you actually spend most of your wedding day with are your videographer and your photographer–all the more reason why it’s important to pick people who will be supportive, energetic, creative, and there for you throughout the entire day. Andrew and his assistant brought a great energy and artistic eye to the event and were a pleasure to be around without being intrusive.

I’ve recommended Andrew Ito’s work to everyone I know who’s gotten married–including my brother and best friend–and his work has yet to disappoint.

I take giving out wedding recommendations very seriously because a wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime event–there’s no going back if you don’t like your photos or your video, and I would AGONIZE if I recommended someone who let the bride and groom down. I’ve never hesitated to recommend Andrew.

While there’s so much to stress over about a wedding, this is one decision you can make with absolute confidence and move on to the next thing!

– Kara L.