Sachiko Studio - Arcadia, California

Quendie J.

As hair and makeup artist, I've worked with Nadine before and have always loved watching her behind the scenes. When I needed branding photos for my website and socials I just knew I wanted to work with her.

From the start Nadine and Daisy (her second photographer/assistant) guided me in the process. I am so used to being behind the scenes so it was wild to be the client this time.

They asked me what I was looking for and I gave a vague description as I wasn't so sure myself. But WOW, just a few short days they sent me a whole lookbook/wrap sheet for the shoot. Incredibly organized and straight forward coupled with different set to shoot in, backdrops and outfit details.

The day of the shoot, went swimmingly. I took a bit to warm up but they are wonderful and guide you every step of the way. Nadine gives you poses and if you aren't comfortable she gives you 5 other ones from her arsenal. The sets were gorgeous and their energy gives you energy.

Overall, such a beautiful experience and gives you the perfect boost of confidence in your rebranding photos and not to mentions the pics are gorgeous.

Thank you so so much Nadine and Daisy! You ladies blew it out of the water!

Giselle A.

Nadine at Sachiko Studio has been great to work with all along the way. She responded quickly to our inquiry with a fair, detailed quote. She answered our questions promptly and made adjustments in order to accommodate our schedule. She met us when we arrived and quickly developed rapport with our teenage daughter, who was the one being photographed. Nadine has a nice, clean studio and she provided sophisticated backdrops and set-ups. She worked efficiently, but took the time required to engage our daughter, building trust so our daughter felt comfortable and open to various poses and expressions. Nadine is both personable and professional. She also completed retouching quickly and provided us with our photos exactly when she said she would. The photographs are beautiful—well-lit and smartly-framed. Quality work! We definitely made the right choice.

Daniel B.

Nadine is amazing!!! My daughter absolutely loved her. She’s an amazing photographer. But even more she is so fun and easy to work with! I highly highly recommend her for family pictures of any kind. She will be taking my daughters annual photos and special events in the future. Thank you Nadine!!

Joy J. K.

Nadine did such a wonderful job with our family photo session from start to finish. She was very friendly and sweet over emails and in person, and was incredible at making everyone feel relaxed and comfortable. She even got amazing smiles out of our three year old and one year old!!! We love how our photos turned out and are already looking forward to more sessions with her!

Alisa T.

Nadine at Sachiko Studio shot my son's newborn photos and recently my professional headshot photos. I am so thankful I found her and so happy with the results! She is super quick with responses, and incredibly gifted at her art. She helped me decide what to wear for the shoots and is so great at making you feel comfortable during the entire process. I also highly recommend her Glam team for hair and make up! The whole Sachiko team are amazing and I look forward to capturing many more memories with them.

Maggie C.

Highly recommend Nadine. I found Nadine / Sachiko Studio via Google map. I was searching for an affordable family photographer near my parents' home in Arcadia for a large family photo shoot to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday and Nadine's location/website was the 2nd listing I clicked on. The website is very well done - informative with sample photos and blog postings fun to read. I reached out to Nadine via the website contact page and received an elaborate response later that evening. Nadine is very pleasant to correspond with - courteous and elaborates without being burdensome on details. After a couple of back and forth, we sealed the deal.

We booked Nadine for an hour for a shoot at home with 7 adults and 4 children under 4. Nadine arrived early to scout the front and back yards for suitable spots. She has really commendable artistic sense and pointed to spots that I never paid attention to at my parents' home and the photos turned out amazing. Nadine is incredibly patient and so, so good with children. One of my then 18-month-old nieces had just woke up from a nap prior to the shoot and was a challenge but Nadine was able to capture a few photos of her and the entire family nevertheless while taking good control in keeping disturbance to the shoot to the minimum. We're very happy with the outcome and our experience with Nadine.

Helen R.

First time in a photoshoot! I'm very self-conscious about the way I look and smile, and went to Nadine on a whim with a try-it-once mentality. I'm so glad I did! Nadine is very profession, nice, and easy to talk to, and walked me through the whole process, from what to wear, how to pose, and (most importantly) how to smile. I felt very comfortable the whole time, and the process was very smooth and seamless. Most importantly I love love love the results! She definitely knows how to make a girl look good 😀

Selena C.

Nadine did an amazing job with our family photos and one year old photo session. Everything was seamless and efficient, she knew exactly where to direct us to pose and gave great instructions. Her studio is well equipped and has great decorations.