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He is the best. Wow great pictures taken for my daughters high school graduation. Memories on video that are so beautiful. The picture taking day was well organized. Music was even with the CD, which made this video even more amazing.

What an incredible photographer! We used Dan for our wedding in August and we couldn't have picked anyone more perfect to fulfil our needs and wants for our special day. From the first initial meeting, to the communication that he kept throuought the year of planning, he is it!! Thank you, Dan and Krista for being such an aweomse team and capturing the most memorable moments of our wedding day! We will definitely be using you for any future photo needs.

My 3 kids and I had the pleasure of meeting Dan for a family photo shoot at a local beach after a mutual friend recommended KDKC Photography to us.



I can't say enough great things about our experience! Dan was wonderful, and I love how creative he was in suggesting creative shots and the way he put the kids at ease and had them laughing and really getting into it.



The pictures came out fabulous, and I will definitely recommend KDKC Photography to all my friends and family in the area who inquire about photography services.

We recently had the pleasure of working with KDKC Photography as they captured beautiful, timeless memories of our Vow Renewal. We could not have asked for a better team of professional photographers. They were easy to work with and answered all of our questions promptly and accommodated our special requests effortlessly. I highly recommend them to anyone with photography needs in the Escondido/San Diego area.

This was the first time our we had used KDKC photography for our family protraits. We had prior experience with Dan's photogrpahy with our daughter's softball team. He was absolutely great to work with. We have 3 small children and he was able to keep them smiling. He's professional, creative, and fun to work with! Our pictures turned out absolutely beautiful and we never got tired of smiling.

Dan Kirksey is so much fun to work with! He is creative, flexible and captured our family (including three large dogs) beautifully in the photographs he took. My family and I highly recommend him for his expertise, professionalism and wonderful personality.

KDKC Photography took my daughter's senior pictures. Not only were the pictures great, but Dan is very professional and creative in using his skills in capturing the best shots. I would HIGHLY recommend KDKC Photography!

Dan and Krista were absolutely amazing with their photography! Their service was exceptionally great. From first talking on the phone, meeting in person at our wedding site and the day of the wedding everything was so organized in a way that made everyone's lives easy and no stress whatsoever. Everything flowed very well together. They even set up a photo booth with fun props and had a third photographer help out, which was even more fun! I'd say they were very layed back, fun and captured each moment from our BIG day. Tyler and I loved all of our pictures from beginning to end and couldn't of had a better experience. KDKC was worth every penny, thanks Dan and Krista!

Dan and his wife are an incredible wedding photographic team. They are two of the nicest people you will ever meet. They will bend over backward to capture your special moment. Not only were the photographs beautiful, the package price was very reasonable. The DVD compilation we have watched many times and continue to enjoy it. They are truly committed to doing a great job and making your day a memorable memory.

Dan has taken photos of our family for the past 3 years. I would highly recommend KDKC Photography. We have been extremely happy with every image he has captured of us. Our last photo shoot was the best experience of them all. He made us all feel so comfortable and was eager to make his work look amazing. I do have to say he was very patient with my two children (ages 4 and 1)! He is such an amazing person to work with. The images he has captured of our family will forever be cherished!







Dan - Thanks for making our precious moments last a lifetime!







The Powells

I have known Dan Kirksey for at least 6 years and have used him, as ASB Director, to take pictures of high school dances and school activities. His quality is beyond compare and his prices much more reasonable for families than that of most photographers.



In addition I have used Dan to take family pictures and he has suggested some wonderful outdoor settings that are unique to our area. In the last set of photos our granddaughter wanted to have her puppy included and Dan was incredibly patient with the dog in making sure the dog was also looking at the camera! We laughed and had a good time even though the heat was semi-miserable. Our pictures were wonderful - even of the puppy!

Dan has been taking photos of our family for at least the past 6 years. We first met Dan when he took all the photos for our kids' high school events... team photos, football and basketball game shots, swim meets, photos at Grad Nite, Prom and Winter Formal and the graduation/diploma photos. Dan's prices for school/game photos was so reasonable I asked him why he sold his photos for prices about 2/3 less than all other companies we had seen over the years. Dan said that the students/parents put in the time and money to get to the game or the meet or graduation and he wanted to be sure the memories of that hard work was easily available, and not another financial burden.



We hired Dan to do our son's senior photo shoot and a photo shoot of our entire family (my parents, sister and our families). The cost of the photo shoots included whatever location we wanted (we chose the beach for the family shot and a park for the senior photos), several hours of taking photos (including clothes changes for the senior shots), a disk of all of the best photos with a personalized disc cover (yes... a disk so that we could make however many copies we wanted) and a video with our photos put to music. We had another local photographer do our older daughter's senior photos and although the photos were fantastic, the handful of photos that we received cost us over $1,000! The entire package with Dan (including the disk) cost $150! We loved our family photos so much, that we have decided that every two years, we are going to have Dan take our photos. We are looking forward to the next photo shoot that is scheduled for this summer!

Dan is an awesome photographer. He is very professional and nice. He did my daughter's wedding photos and they turned out beautiful. He took amazing pictures of his own and allowed us to request certain shots we wanted as well. I have never had a better experience with a photographer!!!!!!!

Dan took our family photos. He was extremely patient with my two children, once of which was messing around and I truly wanted to wring his neck. Dan managed to get incredible shots, never stopped smiling and had some wonderful images of our day. As I sit here in my family room I am surrounded by several of these photos and am just so grateful he photographed our family. It is that time of year again, that we will be calling on Dan to take our pictures. He truly has the patience of a saint, and man, he gets incredible shots!!!



He has also photographed my boys at their sports venues and his images are truly stunning.



I am so grateful for Dan. Thanks Dan. You will be hearing from us soon!!

Review written by a Ed Marsh, curator of the Marsh Library:



"DAN KIRKSEY PHOTOGRAPHED OVER FIVE HUNDRED ITEMS IN MY LIBRARY FOR INSURANCE, TAX AND POSTERITY PURPOSES.



I'M TALKING ABOUT DETAILED CLOSE-UPS AND WIDE-ANGLED ROOM SHOTS.



THE JOB TOOK FOUR DAYS. THE RATE WAS EXTREMELY REASONABLE. THE QUALITY WAS BEYOND MY EXPECTATIONS.



I'VE DOWN-LOADED OVER HALF OF ALL HIS SHOTS INTO MY I-PHOTO AND NONE REQUIRED TOUCH-UP.



THIS SAVED ME MANY HOURS OF TIME - AND BELIEVE ME, I AM EXTREMELY PARTICULAR.



I CAN RECOMMEND HIS PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE.



I WILL USE HIM THE NEXT TIME I NEED PHOTOS TAKEN.



Ed Marsh

COLLECTOR & CURATOR

ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA"

Dan took our family picture and recently took my campaign photo when I ran for School Board. He and his wife Krista are amazing and really took the time to understand what it was we wanted. They have an eye for making your picture a piece of art. Give them a call and make your appointment today!

Dan and his wife did our family portrait and they were incredible. We went to the beach at sunset and he captured some lovely pictures with the sun just setting. I have never had a photographer go to such great links to capture our true emotions in every shot he took. He stops at nothing to get the right picture. Our family loves the beach and sunsets and he made sure that the sun would be setting at the right time to make our photos a memorable one. I would recommend him for any of your photo needs.

Dan took my daughters senior pictures and they were incredible. We wanted them done outdoors since we were not too thrilled about a studio "look" and Dan was more than happy to oblige us. Although we went to an area that Dan was not familiar with, he quickly sized up the scenery and selected a number of locations in which to shoot. The images came out amazing and we couldn't have been happier with the results. I would absolutely recommend Dan to anyone looking for any type of photography from portraits to events to weddings, etc. Dan is one of the friendliest people you will ever work with and you will not be disappointed with his results!