About this vendor
Hi, I'm Jason, the photographer and filmmaker behind J. Perryman Photography & Cinema, a veteran-owned studio based in Riverside, CA. With more than 100 five-star reviews, I've spent years telling couples' stories across Riverside, Temecula wine country, and all of Southern California.
My style is part photojournalist and part editorial artist. On your wedding day I blend in and catch the real moments: the laughter, the happy tears, your grandma on the dance floor. Then, during portraits, I bring the art. That means golden-hour light, off-camera and direct flash, bold angles, and environmental portraits that make the most of your venue.
I'm also a true film lover. Every Classic and Photo + Cinema collection includes a roll of black-and-white film shot on my Nikon F6 with Ilford HP5. You get gritty, timeless frames straight from the developer that feel like heirlooms the day you get them.
Want your day on film too? My cinema team creates highlight films with professional audio and drone coverage, plus full ceremony and speeches films. Every video package includes your raw footage as a digital download, so nothing is lost.
What couples love:
• Collections from 6 hours of photography to full-day photo + film
• A complimentary engagement session with the Classic collection
• Second photographers and cinematographers available
• Handmade heirloom albums and 20x30 canvas prints
• Cultural and faith traditions celebrated and photographed with care, plus quinceañeras
I'd love to hear about your plans. Send me a message to check your date, and I'll send over my 2027 pricing guide.
Details
Business Attributes
- Veteran-owned Business
Photo Shoot Types
- Boudoir
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Film Photography
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Second Shooter Available
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
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Jason was so easy and enjoyable to work with. His calm demeanor truly helped keep me calm during both our engagement shoot and on our wedding day. He captured our goofiness and lo...
ve well, and made both experiences fun and painless.
We had the honor of trusting Jason for both our engagement proposal (summer 2025) & again for our wedding this past weekend. We couldn't have asked for a better wedding photographe...
r -- he truly is legendary. He is incredibly hardworking, professional, and understood our vision. He takes initiative and had clear communication leading up to both of our events. At the Japanese Friendship Garden for our wedding, he took full control of the scenery, lighting, and even casted wizardry on the sunset skies to create absolutely stunning images.
His eye for detail was amazing--from the beautiful shadow silhouettes to perfectly timed candid moments. He coached us patiently and perfectly throughout the session and knew exactly how to pose and position us to capture each shot beautifully.
He didn't just take photos--he created art and brought our vision to life. We are so grateful for his talent and dedication. My bride and I highly recommend him for any photography event -- but especially engagements/weddings!
Thank you so much Jason, we can now gaze back at all of the beautiful forever moments from our wedding, and relive them whenever we desire.
This was the best experience my husband and I could have possibly hoped for. Jason is kind, professional, and incredibly efficient when it comes to getting all the best shots but s...
till having us be in the moment and enjoying our wedding day. We aren’t models and feel awkward in front of the camera, but Jason is amazing at directing and making us feel comfortable and have fun throughout the process. We did our engagement pictures with him as well and they came out incredible, we will definitely be coming back is we ever need a photographer in the future!
I really enjoyed working with Jason for our Palm Springs wedding. He was very calm, patient, and efficient with posing us, directed us and my family very well. I loved how the phot...
os turned out. The photos looked epic and captured the wedding very well. I specifically loved the hero shots of my husband and I. We're so grateful for Jason for documenting our special day.
Jason not only did our wedding but also our engagement shoot and he did absolutely incredible for both. He is a great guy to be around and helps you get comfortable with being in p...
hotos even if you aren't the most photogenic person out there. For our wedding day he was absolutely everywhere, whenever we were wishing to get a photo of something we would spot him or his second shooter. They were incredible and we cannot wait for the rest of our photos from our May wedding!
Not only does Jason take beautiful pictures but he is also very flexible. He was up for taking our engagement photos in various places and very accommodating when we postponed our ...
large reception opting for a micro wedding. He was very supportive and a huge help the day of our wedding. He even took some maternity shots for me while getting ready. We can’t recommend Jason enough and look forward to his work at our wedding reception!
Jason Perryman was the very first vendor my husband and I booked, well over a year in advance of our wedding. We found Jason’s work on Wedding Wire and then browsed his portfolio o...
n his website and Instagram. We met up for coffee to get more info and were really liked his calm, reassuring personality. His prices were within our budget and very reasonable. Jason’s eye for light was the biggest draw for me - you gotta love those golden hour pics! In November of 2019 we booked an engagement session with Jason and we couldn’t have been more impressed. When our original plans of shooting at a park fell through, Jason suggested the LA Arboretum instead. We spent a few hours there with him and it was a really fun, laid back time. He made us laugh and kept it comfortable. We were so thrilled when we got the pictures back; we knew we’d made the right choice for our wedding photographer.
Fast-forward almost a year to 2020. Covid19 hit and we weren’t sure if we were going to be able to hold our small, 30 person wedding. We decide to scale it down to a micro-wedding with just family - 11 people total. Jason was super flexible and encouraging. It was particularly important to us to capture the day with photos to share with our family and friends who wouldn’t be there / couldn’t make it. Jason showed up on time, was professional and engaging, worked well with our other vendors, and took some stunning pictures. We liked working with him so much we recommended him to our friends for their maternity shoot! We would not hesitate to reach out to him in the future and would recommend him to anyone looking for a great wedding photographer.
I can’t express how much I loved working with Jason Perryman. He has photographed several of our friends Weddings and has done an amazing job every time. We were excited to hire hi...
m for our special day and he didn’t disappoint. He is so talented and amazingly priced. We recommend him to everyone.
We worked with Jason from engagement photos to boudoir to wedding day and we loved it. He is so kind, and professional, and has beautiful photos. He knows what he is doing and can ...
direct and guide appropriately, kept the day running and was great with all of our guests and bridal party, etc. He is also very communicative and on top of what he's doing. I've already been recommending him to others!
Jason was amazing as our photographer. We loved his creative and sometimes avant garde style that makes his pictures so unique. He was so calm and accommodating that he made both o...
ur engagement session and wedding day so much easier. He gave us a lot of advice and tips for getting our best pictures and always went above what was asked of him. He was also honest about strategy which was refreshing and allowed us to make last minute changes on our wedding day for better photography. His packaging is also a great value for the results, we can't wait to get the rest of our photos for our big day!
We had such an amazing experience working with Jason. Across the board—he was phenomenal. We had a very small elopement style wedding in Joshua Tree, California on a weekday. He ex...
ceeded our expectations in just about every way possible!
Style
Jason’s style is amazing! It’s soft, artful, and truly tells a story. He has an eye for capturing a great shot, but also continues to hone his craft by learning new techniques and investing in quality lenses (so I learned on an hour drive with him).
Engaging and Responsive
When we were deciding where to elope, I reached out to vendors from California to North Carolina. Jason’s response time was always prompt, and his rates were incredibly competitive! Other vendors in the area took up to a week to respond, and when they did gave me such high rates and generic response—it was as though they didn’t read any of what I submitted (there were 5 of us, and we got married on a Wednesday night).
Above and Beyond
From the moment of inquiry, to settling up for the final bill—Jason went above and beyond. He was a great communicator and went out of his way to get to know us and uncover what we envisioned for our big day. On the day of, he arrived early and got right to work. He especially made an effort to include our 3-year-old son and our big goofy dog, Dudley—which we really appreciated! After our ceremony, he got in the van with us and spent an hour driving to and from Joshua Tree National Park—where he orchestrated the most stunning shots! He stayed later than expected, got the MOST amazing night shots (with Joshua Trees and shooting stars!). He is also fabulous at coaching you in posing and making recommendations for the best photos possible! However, he captured lots of candid photos that I just love too! Highly recommend Jason! In fact, if we were to ever head back that way—I’d like to ring him just to have a beer with us. ☺ Far exceeded all of our expectations. THANKS JASON!
Where do I begin? My husband and I found Jason through some friends who also had him as their wedding photographer (and they loved him as well). We quickly contacted him to meet up...
and review his work. He was very accommodating to our location and was happy to show us all of his latest events and the different styles he does. Every picture was amazing! Our wedding photos were a part of our budget that we wanted to invest in, but even then Jason's packages were very affordable and customizable. We decided to go with the engagement session and wedding day package (and guest book), and added a second photographer - worth every penny spent!
The engagement session went very well. Jason suggested several locations and we chose from there. He had SO many ideas for the session! My husband and I left feeling very happy and excited about the experience. And we only had to wait a couple of weeks to receive the pictures.
On the day of the wedding, Jason was prompt and ready with his second photographer. He was very kind and patient through everything. I was open to any kind of pictures and he was able to get many during the preparation and chaos prior to the ceremony. After the ceremony, he got so many pictures of my husband and I with our family and wedding party. He also was working throughout the reception and dancing! He was very flexible and open to some of my ideas. We are still waiting on our wedding day photos, but I have no doubt that they are amazing!
I was able to contact Jason very easily via email and text - he always responded right away. His photography is very easily understated, and my husband and I are SO lucky to have found him! I would book him for another session in a second! I HIGHLY recommend Jason!
Jason did our engagement and wedding photos and they came out amazing! He's a phenomenal photographer and would recommend him to anyone!
I just recently got married on June 28, 2014. We met up with Jason last year to see his work and loved it!! On the day of the wedding he was so professional and patient. He let us ...
take "fun' shots and took a variety of shots. I have seen only a few of the final pictures but I already love what I see! I would definitely recommend him!
Jason took our engagement photos and wedding photos, my fiance and I absolutely LOVE our engagement pictures and can't wait for the wedding ones..
Jason was very professional and ...
very patient with us.
I don't mind taking pictures, but my fiance is probably the WORST picture taker EVER. For example, Jason would say things like "put all your weight on one leg" and my fiance would stand on one leg.... He's definitely NOT model material.
Even though, I'm marryed the most un-photogenic person EVER, you would never be able to tell from Jason's photos. Our photos came out amazing! They were exactly what I wanted.
The best thing, Jason is HILARIOUS. He even captured the rare, natural-looking smile/laugh from my fiance. We can't wait for our wedding shots!!!
Jason was such a wonderful photographer. He was so attentive and detail oriented! I was so thankful to have a photographer that I didnt have to wonder or question if he was getting...
all the important photos through out my special day.
I found Jason literally by Googling "wedding photographers near Riverside, CA" and I am SO glad that I did! I fell in love with his photos on his website knew I wanted him to be ou...
r photographer. Jason was great about being available for questions before the wedding. The day of he was so great to work with! I'm a bigger girl and don't always feel like I'm the prettiest of girls either, but I did not feel one bit self conscious as Jason worked with us throughout the day! We just got our 40 picture preview and I cannot WAIT to see the rest of the photos! We also get our images on a CD with rights to print which was a HUGE selling point for us!
Jason was wonderful. I had many compliments about how awesome my photographer was!
I have taking my family pictures with him and will have him for my wedding too! Such a great guy and when it comes with kids, he is so good with them.
I found my wedding photographer on google. He is amazing!!!! Very reasonable prices and his work is beautiful. His personality is also great. My husband and I felt very comfortable...
with him and would reccomend him to everyone!
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