C Wagner Photography & Design LLC

ay). She literally managed to find every single shimmer the golden hour had to offer. My husband and I pulled together a somewhat last minute ceremony and reached out equally last minute to see if she was available, and thankfully she was. Our ceremony was followed by dinner and drinks at two separate locations hours apart - so we had super low expectations for capturing the whole day. Cherlyn not only came to each location, she helped with set up, and did her thing making sure every special moment was photographed. She's personable, thoughtful and will go out of her way to make you and your partner feel comfortable. For us she felt like an extension of our community and a new friend. If you're in the SF Bay Area, look no further. You won't be disappointed.

ring the most beautiful candids and all the emotions of the day. We never felt like we were "posing" yet Cherlyn got all the right shots with ease and went with the flow all day. We're so grateful we got to work with Cherlyn, and have already recommended her to so many friends!

captured the night so well. We can't say enough good things about her warm personality and beautiful photos. We had a great time working with Cherlyn twice!

e shared them with our immediate family, siblings, parents and a few close friends, and the resounding response is true awe. Dan and I are so grateful that we found you and deeply thankful for the ways that you captured our sacred moments with tenderness and warmth.

to the beach - the fog rolled in but the photos ended up being so beautiful and very SF. It couldn't have turned out better! For our wedding, we don't like doing many posed photos and really wanted her to just capture all the moments throughout our wedding and they all turned out amazing! She is so easy to work with and laid back. We're so glad we booked Cherlyn for our wedding!

ovid, we are so thankful to have worked with Cherlyn and have her expertise to guide us through a difficult time. She is an experienced photographer and was able to capture the very essence of our day. I highly recommend working with Cherlyn if you are looking for a photographer in the Bay Area.

aughter on her wedding day!

and I can say, with full honesty, that I will never book another photography. She is kind, funny, detail-oriented, gracious, flexible, and has an incredible eye for photos. Thank you, Cherlyn, for capturing our beautiful engagement and wedding!

mber of 2020 to October 2021). Throughout the turmoil of moving our wedding date and working with multiple vendors without a coordinator, Cherlyn displayed such a high level of empathy, flexibility, communication, and professionalism. For the day of our wedding, Cherlyn and her assistant were on top of it. They managed to capture some great moments such as some "behind the scenes" shots of my wife and her bridesmaids at the hotel, along with me and my groomsmen hanging out, before arriving at the venue. They really managed to help us relax and just have fun while taking group shots, as well. There were so many great shots during the reception and ceremony, but I can't post them all here, lol. Aside from the photos taken, we were also super pleased with the photo booth and all the fun props! If we could somehow re-do our special day all over again, there is no doubt that we would choose to work with Cherlyn. We highly recommend C Wagner Photography!

organized. With COVID creating chaos with our wedding planning, Cherlyn was one of the only constants in our plans. She captured our intimate, pandemic friendly, backyard wedding with such grace, and we will treasure these photos forever. She is professional, kind, and easy going. I am thankful Cherlyn captured our micro-wedding, and I cannot wait to have her skillfully capture our reception when we are able to have it in 2021.

e marriage process there. The photos were great of course, both thanks to her photography and her familiarity with the location. Very thankful that she helped make our special day go so smoothly

ly didn't want a lot of posed photos and we had extremely hot weather and bright sunlight ... Cherlyn was able to roll with all of those constraints. Highly, highly recommend her as a photographer.

and we are so happy we entrusted her with our special day.

ery down-to-earth and easy to get along with. This was important because my husband and I can be camera shy, and I knew we would need a friendly and patient photographer! We booked Cherlyn for engagement photos and 5 hours at our wedding. Our photos turned out fabulously, so much so that we didn’t even know we could look that good in photos and we have many favorites from both photo shoots! I am glad we did the engagement session. This allowed us to feel comfortable taking pictures before the wedding. Cherlyn helped guide us in poses and wandered with us around Sausalito to capture beautiful sunset and bay shots. We ended up going to Saulsilto and taking pictures on a ship that my husband helps charter for his work-- Cherlyn in fact encouraged us to do this, in part because she has a background in sailing. I am so happy we did! Our nautical-themed engagement shoot is one we’ll fondly remember, full of its ropes, helms and masts (and a few Titanic shots at the bow =P). For our wedding, we had originally planned to do photos before the wedding. We ended up changing this last minute for fear that the nearby botanical garden would dirty the dress, and I really appreciate how flexible and understanding Cherlyn was! We re-scheduled the botanical garden shoot to after the wedding (really glad we did this! The dress picked up quite a bit of debris) and started photos when guests arrived. Cherlyn was so patient! I felt bad because it was so hard for us to walk anywhere and take pictures without diving into conversations with guests, and family and friends (and me and my husband even!) at times ignored instructions from Cherlyn. She definitely has experience dealing with chaos! Cherlyn also seemed to be everywhere on our wedding day. I don’t know how she captured so many moments, but I am so glad she did. I feel like the whole day and our happiness as well as others are represented throughout the photos. We highly recommend Cherlyn! Definitely book her if you can!

ner, wedding and photo booth with her. Her use of natural lighting is simply breath taking. Her photos came out absolutely perfect for all events. She was able to provide our photos is such a timely manner. When we sent out the pictures to our loved ones, they all commented how quickly we received the photos and how beautiful they all turned out! On the day of the wedding her team was great to work with. It was Cherlyn and Kari and both were so patient with our family and friends. We love Cherlyn and look forward to working with her for future milestone celebrations.

engagement photos beautifully. She was also extremely friendly and warm and made us feel very comfortable in front of the camera. She was also very accommodating to the clients' need. If I could give Cherlyn more than 5 stars I totally would!

her creativity and personality that we knew we wanted to hire her. She was amazing and flexible and really tuned in to what was important to us. She even travelled with us to Yosemite to take our engagement photos which we love SO much! All of our bridal party gave endless compliments to how she was always there at special moments but never in the way. Loved her so much and so happy we found her!

e completely felt comfortable and she has a great sense of humor. We received our pictures faster than we expected and she captures all the special moments of the day. Looking thru the pictures made us relive our wedding day all over again.

t her at our wedding venue (SF City Hall). She knew the whole process of the SF City Hall wedding intimately and answered all the questions we had and guided us through the check-in and the marriage ceremony. She also knew all little hidden corners of the City Hall and took magical photos with nobody else in the background, as if we were the only ones there! I'd recommend her for any couple!

the photos turned out really great. From the very first interaction prior to booking, Cherlyn was always attentive and prompt, she was patient with all our requests and very accommodating with dates especially given the poor weather forecasts. We could not be happier with the results and the extremely fast turn around time was the cherry on top of a really great experience. We highly recommend Cherlyn and would love to find opportunities to work with her again!

. The client raved about her work and I can personally say the work she showed me was incredible. She really makes the day such a positive work environment and ensures everyone not only gets amazing photos but can do so with a smile on their faces.

blended into our wedding day. We couldn't be happier and couldn't ask for anything more. Absolutely top notch.

from the very first phone call. We flew up and met her for lunch, and I knew she was the photographer for us. I can’t stress enough how comfortable she made us feel. She was so quick to respond to all of my emails. I had my freak out moments, and Cherlyn's "Don't worry, I got this" confidence really saved me (multiple times). Day of, Cherlyn and her assistant Nikki met me at City Hall and helped coordinate with my husband so we wouldn't see each other before the first look photos. She and Nikki were so efficient that we ended up with enough time to get the family shots done before the ceremony. This left plenty of time post-ceremony to get TONS of beautiful shots all over City Hall. Somehow she managed to make it look like we were the only ones in the entire place! We had rented a trolley to take us and our guests around the city to explore. Nikki herded everyone onto the trolley, they both hopped on, and we got even more amazing candid shots of all of our guests enjoying themselves. We had such a blast that day and Cherlyn captured all of our adventures perfectly. I can't recommend her more!!

throughout the day. I'm also a photographer and I've shot weddings countless times, but when it came down to my own I had so many questions that Cherlyn answered patiently and with a smile on her face. Pick Cherlyn as your photographer, you can't go wrong!

cited to have these photos and look back at them in the years to come. Thank you so much Cherlyn!!

alented, experienced and, above all, interested in learning about her couples and how to best capture their story. During each session, Cherlyn made it friendly and easy for us to take photos in a candid and relaxed fashion. She was also very quick in sending us the final photos, while also sharing sneak peeks with us ahead of time. We also loved that she partnered with Six & Ten photo booth and our guests loved having that at the wedding. We highly recommend booking with Cherlyn for your next wedding or photography event.

was a part of our family! We're very satisfied with the high quality work that she produced and the continued relationship that she builds with us, even after our event! Thank you!

g our wedding well before that. From our very first meeting (at a bar- cool points for Cherlyn), she was attentive, kind, creative and did everything possible to align our photographs to our vision for the wedding. We met once or twice again leading up the big day to re-confirm details and every meeting was a breeze. On the actual wedding day, Cherlyn and her assistant Emma were flawless. They captured everything we wanted, took us around a variety of locations at our beautiful venue to take pictures, and got some great "golden hour" sunset shots. While we took lots of pictures, we never felt that we were being taken away from hanging out with friends and family. Cherlyn and Emma were pretty much always in the background, unnoticed, taking shots of our special day. If you're considering anybody else besides Cherlyn for your wedding, just stop. They won't be as good as she is. Our photos came back to us just a few weeks after the wedding and they are AMAZING. We've had several people tell us they are the best wedding photos they've ever seen (really). And we agree! Thanks again Cherlyn for doing such an incredible job capturing our wedding!

wedding day timeline (about which she had all kinds of great suggestions because we had no idea what the heck we were doing). She brought pics of past weddings she’d done and they were beautiful. It was such a good experience because she’s super friendly and easy to talk to (I could cry right now it was so special - also wedding stuff makes me cry). We were able to relax because we didn’t have to think about photography at all after that. It was just handled. At the wedding Cherlyn was a fly on the wall. It was amazing. I hardly even noticed her. When it was time for portraits she was quick and easy and let the shots happen naturally. A short time after the wedding, my wife and I received the photos and had the best evening on the couch looking through them!! Thank you so much Cherlyn!!!

th Cherlyn, I felt like I was hanging out with a friend on the day of which made me feel really comfortable, at ease and less stressed. Max, who was our 2nd photographer on the day of, was also really nice and easy to work with. Our photos turned out so beautiful. Just as we wanted, the emotions and happiness from the day were all captured and I know we’re going to love looking back on these years down the road. Can’t say enough good things about C. Wagner Photography. Really, thank you so much Cherlyn :)

nalism with warmth and an easy-going attitude with the ability to take charge when needed. This was especially important to us so that we knew we were in good hands and could relax on our wedding day. After we made the easy decision to move forward with her, she remained diligently accessible and responsive. She even helped us find a great videographer at the last minute (Love in Transit Weddings!). From our first meeting to the engagement session to last minute questions to the big day to final photos, she was top-notch and delivered as promised. And those final photos, oh my--emotive candids and atmospheric bride-groom portraits to be treasured for years to come.