Nathan + Ozzy’s
Wedding Photography Proposal
Aliso Viejo | February 8th, 2026 | Sunset: 5:30pm
Hi, Ozzy! It was wonderful talking to you and hearing about your wedding. It sounds like you’re looking for a photographer who :
• will deliver beautiful images for you to look back on for years to come.
• understands that you desire a peaceful, stress-free wedding experience and want a photographer who can also go with the flow.
• can accommodate a quick and seamless booking process so you can check one more item off your wedding to-do list.
• has lots of experience photographing at your venue and knows the best spots for lighting/beautiful backgrounds, etc.
• offers customizable collections that include only the services you want.
I’m confident my team and I can bring your vision to life!
“Y’all, Carsten is THEE BEST photographer EVER!!! Do yourself a favor and book her NOW!!
For starters, Carsten is the kindest, sweetest, most professional, reliable, responsive, thorough, thoughtful, patient, talented human!!! From the very initial meeting, we feel in love with her amazing character. She really took the time to hear what we wanted and what our needs were, and she made it happen! She really did work with us throughout the whole process to make sure our photos would be perfect. Not to mention, Carsten’s photos are so amazing and beautiful!! We are so, so happy with just how lovely she made both our engagement and wedding photos!! For both our engagement and wedding photos, neither of us were really sure what do, but Carsten coached us the whole time and made sure we had a blast! When we got our wedding photos back, we were so impressed by the amount, variety, and beauty of the photos. And just how hard she worked to make sure our day was captured so magnificently!! And she returned our photos to us so quickly!
From the get-go, we felt very comfortable and very confident leaving our engagement and wedding photography into Carsten’s very capable and kind hands. She went above and beyond what we asked and hoped for!! For both our engagement and wedding photos, Carsten over-delivered in ways that really blew our minds. We can’t rave enough about how much we love Carsten! And so so happy that she was our engagement and wedding photographer!!!”
Customized Collections
Every collection includes:
• High resolution digital images delivered via an online gallery • Unrestricted printing rights • Detailed photo timeline questionnaire & guidance • Access to: a secure Client Portal where you can find all your wedding photography documents in one place • My location guide for engagement sessions • My preferred vendors list • My preferred professional photo lab for the highest quality prints (not available to the average consumer)
The Heirloom Collection
(best value)
• Up to 9 hours of coverage
Most likely hours: 12p-9p
• Second photographer on the wedding day
• 10x10 album with your favorite 50 images included
• Up to 2 hour engagement session in OC with 50 images
(with Carsten or Associate - your choice; same price)
This collection is the best choice if:
- You for sure want photos at Gold & Braid, definitely want bridal detail photos, and want to possibly take some bridesmaids photos in SJC
- Photos of Nathan getting ready are important to you (second photographer is very helpful)
- You want lots of buffer time in between Gold + Braid and Wedgewood
- You don’t want to stress about all the reception formalities happening on time
- A professional quality album to keep forever is important to you
- You want an engagement session to get to know your photographer and to get incredible photos to decorate your home, wedding website, and venue for the wedding day
- You want to maximize your number of engagement session images/locations/outfits
- You want the price of everything to be as low as possible compared to the a la carte prices (best bang for the buck)
Total:
7400 for Carsten + 2nd Photographer
6400 for Associate Lead Photographer + 2nd Photographer
The Nostalgia Collection
• Up to 8 hours of coverage
Most likely hours: 12p-8p or 1p-9p
• One photographer on the wedding day
• Up to 1.5 hour engagement session in OC with 30 images
(with Carsten or Associate - your choice; same price)
This collection is the best choice if:
- You for sure want photos at Gold & Braid and possibly want bridal detail photos.
- You’re okay with possibly not getting many photos of Nathan getting ready (if any)
- You want an engagement session to get to know your photographer and get incredible photos to decorate your home, wedding website, and venue for the wedding day!
Total:
6400 for Carsten
5400 for Associate Lead Photographer
The Essentials Collection
• Up to 7 hours of photography coverage
Most likely hours 2p-9p or 1p-8p
• Up to 1 hour engagement session in OC with 20 images
(with Carsten or Associate - your choice; same price)
This collection is the best choice if:
- You only want a VERY small amount of photos at Gold + Braid (like 30 minutes or less!) And you don’t really care about bridal detail photos since the time would be limited.
- You want an engagement session to get to know your photographer and get incredible photos to decorate your home, wedding website, and venue for the wedding day!
Total:
5400 for Carsten
4400 for Associate Photographer
The Basic Collection
• Up to 6 hours of photography coverage
Most likely hours 2p-8p
This collection is the best choice if:
- You don’t want photos at Gold & Braid
- You don’t need photos of Nathan getting ready
- You definitely don’t want you photographer there til the last song
- You want to pay as little as possible at the cost of your photographer possibly not photographing some reception formalities if things run behind
Total:
4400 for Carsten
3400 for Associate Photographer
à la carte
• Additional hour of photography: 500
• 8x8 album (30 images): 1890
• Documentary style video edit: 2490
• 3-5 minute highlight video: 2490
• 1 hour engagement session in OC with first 20 images included: 690
• Second photographer on the wedding day: 590 flat rate
“She was the only photographer that took notes during our meeting...If you are looking for someone who will listen to your needs/wants...she is the one to go to! If I could get married again, she would be the one I choose.”
“Hundreds of beautiful pictures and not a single bad picture. What more could I ask for?! Do yourself a favor and hire Carsten. She is absolutely worth it!”
“We just received our wedding photos and cried the whole time looking through them! We can’t stop going through them — we love every detail that she captured.”
“...when we saw our photos we were shocked. They were the most stunning photos all of us had ever seen. [Our venue] even ended up using some our photos for their website. She’s just great at what she does and has fun doing it. We get one chance to document this moment In life...that’s what you’ll have for the rest of your life to look back on. I would choose her again in a heartbeat, for any event.”
Next Steps
Ask me anything
Sometimes couples want some clarification about something in their proposal. I’d love to jump on another call to answer any questions that might come up.
Collaborate
You want a personalized photo experience that feels like you. We can tweak it until it’s perfect.
Reserve your date
If you saw a collection that does feel perfect, let’s get February 8th, 2026 blocked off on my calendar! The retainer is only $1000 with the remaining balance due 30 days before the wedding.