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Customer Reviews

Notice: I will book budget photography jobs per request. I am retired from photography. Please ignore my package/pricing. I will only take budget customers per request. I served Ventura County for over a decade. I have photographed hundreds of weddings. Email me: (home at venturaphoto dot com).

* If you have a normal budget, I am not a photographer for you. And PLEASE, I will not work for free. Expect to pay something. It takes me 5 hours just to get ready.

*Reviews & Testimonials written by past photography customers of VenturaPhoto.com.

Believe what you read about John Park!

Our daughter found John Park and told us from their initial conversations and meeting that she knew he would be great to photograph her wedding (which I might add was planned within six weeks). She explained her budget, and he was very accomodating.

On her wedding day, the winds of Simi Valley were blowing like a small hurricane, which moved the outdoor wedding basically indoors. John arrived on time, and was nearly the last person (besides the parents of the bride) to leave. He was courteous, calm, and very professional even when things got a little crazy as they do at these occasions. John captured the moments of our daughter's wedding with photos that we will enjoy for many years to come.

So when you go to his website and read what his many satisfied clients have to say, believe it!


John Park is amazing even in high winds!

First off, we had only 6 weeks to plan our wedding! The ceremony and reception itself were amazing, but the pictures to remember it by are breathtaking. Not only was John reasonably priced ( we had a tight budget) but he is so dedicated. he stayed up until my groom and i left the site. after our first meeting we knew we wanted to book him. this guy will crack you up, excellent sense of humor. i would dare to say this man is selling himself short.you get so much for what you pay and i would recommend him a thousand times over. i cried (ina good way) when i saw my pictures online and the album he put together was PERFECT. he is so personable and excellent at problem solving. we got all of our outside pictures despite the very windy weather. if i ever need a photographer for any event i'll be sure to call him up. thank you for everything John!


John Park is AWESOME!!

John Park did an amazing job in photographing every special moment of our wedding day. I don't remember seeing him too much, but I know he was everywhere because he captured angles and areas that were unbeknownst to us. He was not all up in our faces, either. His smooth, quite, creative style allowed him to capture beautiful pictures that we will cherish forever. Not only that, but this man is a true professional. Our wedding (8/11/07) was in Santa Barbara but we live in Los Angeles so John made every effort to meet with us close to where we live, explained the whole photography wedding process (don't know about you, but all this wedding stuff is like quantum mechanics if you haven't been married before), and helped us pick the various photo locations in Santa Barbara since he knew the area better than we did. He answered all our email questions, literally in minutes, and was punctual for every meeting, including the big "event". Our ceremony was at 10am and he was busy taking "getting ready" pictures at 8:30am. Additionally, his day was just as long as ours...all the other photographers we'd spoken to were like "we only cover 4 or 6 hours and if you need more time of coverage, that's gonna cost you". Not John, it was all part of the package, and let me tell you, his package was the best!! Taking pictures in the sun in a big ole’ heavy wedding dress and dark tuxedo is not the best scenario you can be in. However, John's calm and soothing approach made the day and experience go by fast and even enjoyable. His passion for photography was evident in the way he interacted with us. You could see his mind racing as he thought of creative, unique, poses for us....not those cheesy type that when you see the pictures, you're like "phoney - that looks so posed". These were like, "cool, that's so fun; these pictures (and the quality) are awesome!!" And that's exactly what all our friends and family have said since we received our album, which was only 2 weeks after the wedding. We weren't even back from our honeymoon when the album arrived!! Now that's what you call customer service!! I have friends who are still waiting for their albums and it's been a year since they got married. I also have friends that are getting married next year and guess who's going to be their photographer?? Yes, John Park, because he is amazing and has an eye that translates into the most beautiful pictures ever. Thanks, John, for doing what you do and for sharing your passion with us!!! You’re the BEST!!


Absolutely Wonderful!

I loved my pictures, I loved the quick turn-around, and I loved the price. What more can you ask for!

Thank you John for doing such an incredible job :)


Wedding, Sept 01, 2007

John Parks is such a professional photograper, that we have used his services for the past four(4) weddings in our family. We would not consider any other photograper. We would use his services again in a heartbeat. We have been totally satisfied.


Wedding 8-18-07

Photographer John Park did a beautiful job of capturing many moments for myself and my husband to share for the years to come. Candid, posed, group, individual; all were taken. John does an amazing job of working thru the guests without being noticed and yet captures the most prized moments.

John is very organized and is very vigilant in keeping in contact with his customers. You ask a question? He will answer within days. You have special requests? John will take care of.

I thank John for his talent, patience, and time for helping recreate my wedding that i wll be able to visit and re-visit the rest of my life.

My husband and family highly recommend John for your photography needs.

Sincerely,
Christine Beltramo


John Park was GREAT!

My best friend used John Park as her photographer at her wedding and I knew that after I saw her pictures and heard of his great prices he would be perfect for our big day as well. He did such a great job at our wedding. He stayed calm during all the chaos and was very accomodating to us. He really got all the shots that I hoped to see in my wedding album. From the initial meeting to the time that we received our pictures, John was friendly and punctual. He always responded to my emails promptly. I couldn't have asked for a better experience with a photographer!


thankyou John

John,

 Wooo, finally I got here to write on your website.. Married life has sure been busy but wonderful. We would like to thankyou for doing such an awesome job at our wedding. I know it was a bit unstuctured at times but you captured everything just perfectly.. All of the pictures are just amazing and I never get tired of looking at them, so thank you thank you thank you... :))))

    Pamela


Best Photographer ever used!!

Hi everyone, Thinking about using John? We Highly recommend him!! My sister had gotten married the year before I did and just watching how he worked I knew that day I would use him whenever I would got married. When I finally saw the pics I knew I was right. Little did I know I would get engaged months later. When it was time to look for a photographer John was the one I called. He was great the days before my wedding, to the day of, and after.  He captured everything I had asked for and even moments I didn't even know he was there for. Private moments that only he knew to capture that I loved. There my favorite photos.  Again John thank u so much, I look @ the photos every chance I get and they bring me back to the day we got married. I can't get enough of how beautiful they turned out....

                                                                                      lots of love.

                                                   Leticia and Jose Monzon~Sept 23, 2006


Excellent Work!

John did our photography for our June wedding.  The pictures came out incredible!  We were very happy with his work, his professionalism and his creative eye.  John took some pictures he called "corny," but you wouldn't believe the skill involved and the beauty of those pictures!  I'm so glad we found him, called him and hired him for our wedding! 

Additionally, John delivered our pictures without delay and sooner than we expected.  He is a hardworking person and a person should be honored to have him as a wedding photographer.  Plus, his prices are UNBEATABLE, without sacrificing quality or substance.  Our friends hired one of those $3k+ photographers and they didn't get their pictures for a considerable lenght of time, they had to call the photographer, and, their package didn't include negatives or a digital scan!  For us, when we returned from our honeymoon, our web page was waiting, and less than a week later, we had our pictures in our hands!  

Excellent work, great personality, John exceeded our expectations.  We are very pleased.

Thank you, John, from the bottom of our hearts.

-Jessica & Alfredo Gonzalez


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