Art that brings back every detail when you need it.
See what clients say about photography in Flagstaff and around Northern Arizona with Keiji and Kristen.
REVIEWS FOR KDI
Chris Diefenbach
16 January 2025
We have greatly enjoyed our KDI experience over the years. Fantastic photoshoot prep and experience. Genuinely lovely human beings to work with. Pictures that our family with cherish forever. You will be grateful you decided to trust KDI with your family photos.
Jessica Diefenbach
9 January 2025
KDI has been an integral part of my life for the last 13 years. They have helped me capture some of my life's most intimate and joyful moments. It has become a family tradition to do a newborn session and a session when each of my children turns one year old. I have had five children since starting this journey with the Iwai’s; every one of my children has had professional portraits that somehow manage to capture their beautiful personalities individually.
A couple of things that need to be noted about this business and the humans running it are as follows:
1. They make you feel comfortable being photographed (even when you have just given birth 6 days before the session)
2. They help you feel uniquely beautiful with all of the chaos that comes with photographing a large family (indoors and outdoors)
3. They help you capture the curious wonder of each human they photograph. This was most remarkably noticed when my son died just 5 short months after a session with Kristen when he was almost 2 years old. After his death, I got a call from Kristen telling me that she had an idea for Mason's funeral- she gently suggested that we put Mason's picture next to his little casket at the front of the church so everyone could see his beautiful face. She handled everything from what picture to use to printing it off and even paid for it all herself. To say that I treasure every last picture Kristen took of Mason would be a vast understatement. The pictures were my lifeline when I was overcome with the sadness of missing him, the pictures helped introduce my future children to their brother who wasn’t visible anymore, the pictures helped me remember that I had a son who is no longer physically here- but he will always be with me. The pictures are a family treasure that I will forever cherish.
KDI doesn’t deserve ONLY a five-star review; they deserve more. To anyone reading this questioning whether you should schedule a session- stop hesitating; it's worth it, your family deserves it, and you won't regret spending the money on capturing these moments.
Margot Saltonstall
5 November 2024
Kristen and Keiji Iwai are super talented and the ultimate professionals - they make you feel so comfortable and bring out people's best selves and true personalities! I treasure their photos of our family and feel so much joy when I look through them. Grateful to them for capturing special moments in our lives.
Sydney Henley
22 October 2024
I had a very good experience with Kristen. The photos came out amazing, and very clear. Very good communication skills! Would work with them again!
SHELLY HENLEY
16 October 2024
Kristen did an amazing job for my daughter’s senior pictures. They are beautiful! Kristen is kind and personable. She sat with my daughter and I to make sure her photo shoot captured what we envisioned. I could not be happier with the entire process. Thank you Kristen!
miakoda collins
21 September 2024
Big thanks to KDI photography! We added a new family member this summer and getting these pictures taken meant the world for us. We chose KDI based upon the beautiful portfolio we saw on her website and we loved her style. Our experience with her was not something we anticipated - simply because we did not realize the depth she goes to with each family member to understand everyone’s vision and expectations. Her process is meant to ensure the highest quality product, and it shows.
We loved how our daughters portraits turned out and we can’t thank her and her husband enough for their artistry, hard work and the compassion and warmth they weave in throughout the process.
Alex Buttrey
19 September 2024
Kristen and her husband at KDI Photography are amazing! They really captured the essence of our emotions thru their photography skills and we couldn’t be happier with the experience. Kristen was so welcoming to our family and super accommodating through the whole photo shoot. They make the whole process very intimate and comfortable. Their office and studio felt like stepping into a warm and loving home, always offering us beverages and snacks and space for anything we desired. Thank you both so much, and for the memories we will have in our own home forever!
Lynette Clark
13 September 2024
This is our second time going to Kristen for our family photos. I am so impressed with her skills in photography and working with my kids and husband. She creates and captures great shots of everyone in my family. I highly recommend KDI! :)
Kristen D
9 September 2024
Kristen Iwai has been capturing our family’s moments in life for over 17 years now. Her images encompass the story of our life . She’s incredibly talented, professional and makes the experience welcoming and fun! I cannot recommend KDI Photography enough.
Brittany Montague
30 August 2024
I’ve known Kristen for years and have always admired her work, but had yet to take advantage of her incredible talent as a photographer until just recently. My husband and I were expecting our first baby and I knew immediately that I wanted Kristen to document the process. We met with her in her office and she was so kind and professional. Once the time came for the maternity shoot, I was feeling very pregnant and not looking forward to the shoot. I couldn’t have been more surprised and impressed when we saw the photos. Somehow she was able to capture the blossoming of our family (dog included!) to perfection. Once our daughter made her appearance, the newborn session was equally as amazing and captured all the emotion that comes with having a newborn. We are very much looking forward to our next 2 sessions and highly recommend KDI to anyone looking for timeless, beautiful portraits.