KMR Photography

Karna is the best!
The engagement photoshoot she includes as complimentary with specific packages was priceless. We got to know her, she got to know us. She got to see how we interact as a couple, and we got to see how quickly she moves through ideas and shots. I came to the engagement photoshoot with several ideas. She executed on them better than I could have ever imagined.
Karna is exceptionally patient, artistic, and kind. Her questions are specific to the needs of the couple and her work is exceptional.
Karna kept in great communication leading up to our wedding. She checked in regularly and made sure we didn’t have any outlying questions or concerns. Her shot log was especially helpful as we got to review who we needed where throughout the day of the wedding.
And most importantly, Karna’s photographs are beautiful. She makes art out of one day. I am so grateful we worked with Karna to capture our wedding day.

Karna is a true one-​of-​a kind artistic photographer!
My fiancé and I hired her to shoot our destination welcome dinner & wedding in Sonoma Valley, California. She was such a pleasure to work with. My friends and family loved her! Her passion exudes throughout her work. She captured breath-​taking photographs of our perfect day. She provided us with a beautiful portfolio of both traditional and artistic photographs and turned these around within weeks of our wedding. I am having the hardest time narrowing them down for my wedding album! I highly recommend hiring Karna Roa with KMR photography. I promise, you won’t be disappointed.

My partner and I used Karna’s services for our wedding and it’s safe to say it was the best decision we made. I’ll admit I was skeptical at first because she isn’t cheap, but without a doubt this is a perfect case of you get what you pay for. Karna’s attention to detail consistently blew my mind. She has an exceptional eye for all the little things that you’d never otherwise consider but they all result in incredible shots. She’s also very easy to work with and very accommodating.
When you’re planning a wedding much less on the day of the wedding, it makes such a difference having someone like Karna taking your pictures. She knows what to do and how to do it and where to always be to get that perfect shot. When we sat down a few weeks after the day and looked at the pictures we were blown away by the perfect angles and lighting she was able to get. I’m completely naïve when it comes to photography and I initially was thinking of having someone take pics on their iPhone… boy would that have been a bad call. The pictures we have now are night and day difference to anything we could have gotten on an iPhone.
Needless to say, we now have a photographer for life and will continue to use Karna for our future photo needs. She was able to turn a skeptic into a big fan so if you’re looking for a photographer, seriously, look no more, this talented photographer will wow you.

Just worked with Karna for my July 2015 wedding. From start to finish, Karna provided me with more than I could have ever wished for. If you don’t have time to read this entire review — just hire her, you won’t regret it.
I work in the wedding industry, so I had extremely high standards for all the vendors I worked with. I chose Karna above all the other wedding photographers I know because the images she produces are breathtaking. Her eye for details and the way she captures light is stunning. She worked seamlessly within our group, and captured some amazing, tender and intimate moments.
Karna was a wealth of helpful ideas and suggestions, which helped in planning and thinking things through during a very stressful time.
From our first phone call to our wrap-​up email, Karna was warm, sincere and professional. I couldn’t be happier, everyone is amazed by the photos, and I can’t wait to decorate our home with the images!

I am so thankful I met Karna years ago through some mutual friends. She’s a great person and amazing photogrpaher. Years ago my husband (boyfriend at the time) got us a couples photoshoot with her and I loved our pictures. So when we finally got engaged and the only person I wanted to be my photogrpaher was Karna. We did our engagement photos in SF and we were expecting a beautiful day in September. We were there for 20 minutes and the fog rolled in. Of course it was thick and freezing cold. It wasn’t what we were expecting and I was a little upset that we weren’t going to get the sunset in our photos. Karna did her magic and still got some beautiful photos! Our wedding was last Sat and Karna worked hard to pos some some sneak peek photos on her blog and I am SO pleased with those. She did such a great job and just with the pictures I saw she got some amazing shots. I am so excited to see the rest of the pictures. Her assistant Nora was great too. She was so sweet and she made sure my dress was always fluffed and hair was out of my face. I’m so happy she was available for our wedding and I have been recommending her to all of the brides I know.

Karna was my sister’s wedding photographer. She was excellent. She was fun, unobtrusive and creative. She got amazing shots that really captured the spirit of the day.

Karna is amazing. We are thrilled with the way our wedding pictures turned out, and are glad we went with a professional rather than relying on friends/​family who are also photographers — I’m sure they would have done a great job, but that’s a lot of pressure! She and her assistant were fantastic at our wedding & reception, capturing so many fun moments. And she was super patient during the process of making our album and choosing what pictures we wanted to have printed for various parents and grandparents (and ourselves).

Karna did some amazing portraits of our daughter (at age 6 months). Not just technically good photographs, but ones that really captured the cherubic quality that infants that age have. Really good at setting up artistically interesting shots just using the interiors of my in-​laws’ home. Karna has a great eye, an easy manner and I would tell anyone that’s considering hiring her to that you can have complete faith in her product and ethic.

Karna accompanied us to our destination wedding in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. She coordinated with the minister to fulfill our request in capturing the beautiful Zihua sunset in the photographs. Not only was she able to efficiently organize our guests, she came up with creative arrangements and took full advantage of the amazing scenery. This was quite a feat to accomplish in such a short time frame. An added bonus is that Karna is fluent in Spanish for those of you considering a destination wedding in a Spanish speaking country!
Karna shot our engagement photos at Baker Beach as well. Again, she came up with very creative shots. There was none of that «insert engaged couple here» monkey business going on. The photos turned out so fantastic that our friends actually requested prints. She was even able to coax our Black lab Annie into turning her head towards the camera at the perfect time (several times in fact).
Since our wedding, my husband who is a professional musician, has hired Karna several times for studio shoots and live gigs for promotional material.
I recently recommended Karna to a newly engaged friend of mine and in doing so remembered what it felt like to have the overwhelming «check list» looming over my head. I felt that one of the hundred, if not thousands, of overwhelmed brides in the Bay area (and beyond) could benefit from this review.

Karna photographed my daughter’s engagement pictures and they are absolutely gorgeous. Karna was able to capture my lovely daughter’s beautiful spirit and my handsome son-in-law’s spirited personality.
My daughter and son-​in-​law were married in Mexico on a beach at sunset. Through the lens of her camera, Karna achieved the impossible. She captured the emotions of this cherished event.
As you can see from my review, I am very happy with the photos. You will be amazed at the quality of Karna’s work. She is more than a photographer — she is an artist.

Karna is the one and only photographer I will go for if I still live in San Francisco area. I mean, she is just so talented in photography, and personality wise, she would be a wonderful friend during your session.
I invited her to Japan to do my wedding album, my pregnant portrait, and family portrait. That should tell you that I really trust her and want her to be there at my important moments.
She is very flexible, reasonable, and available for your needs.
I love the way she focus on face (eyes?) that it makes our skin PERFECT and she can just capture the moment of happiness and good look.

Karna was our wedding photographer, and she was incredible. She was very reasonably priced and so much fun to work with.
She shot our engagement photos in North Beach, and had so many great ideas. We didn’t have any cheezy proofs, it was hard to choose just one. (She even took the time to print ours on a special metallic paper because the color was so much better.)
On our wedding day, she arrived right on time to my home and got a great series of photos with my maids, and family. Her assistant in the meantime, boarded the Mexican Party Bus with the rest of our bridal crew and took great shots with everyone on the way to the Presidio Chapel. They were so professional, it was like we hardly knew they were there.
And, they managed our enormous families during the group photos. Seriously, I’m one of six kids, and my hubby has a huge family + we had a sizeable bridal party. Think: Mexican Catholic, that means the huge lens to get everyone in. I have no idea how she was able to get everyone looking straight ahead, not talking and not blinking, but she did it. And, we enjoyed ourselves at the wedding,
I’m so excited to order some larger prints of her detail shots from the wedding to hang in our home, all of her printed work so far has been incredible. (We bought prints for our parents as holiday gifts.)
Because we liked her so much, we’re planning to now re-​hire her for some of our professional business photos. I’ve already recommended her word-​of-​mouth so many times already, I figured I ought to Unilocal