Laurel Z Photography

Taking a family’s picture has to be one of the most challenging parts of a photographer’s job. To not have the cooperation of children, to be able to capture all the family members, looking their best, and to meet the expectations of the client, it cannot be easy.
We had no expectations going in, as it was our family’s first experience with a professional photographer. After our experience with Laurel, I only wish we would have found Laurel Z Photography sooner.
We do family photos every year, even before we had our boys, back when it was just me and my husband. Now 15 years later, with our family of five, we’ve done a majority of them at Picture People. Looking back at all the pictures, it’s apparent, year after year, they are all pretty much the same. Same faces (growing), same poses, same room, same background, always with a newly-​trained-​for-​the-​Christmas-​season amateur photographer. This year, we wanted something new!!! Our hope was to get some great, unique, and timeless outdoor shots of our family.
I went on Facebook, and asked my friends and family for Photographer referrals, and it was recommended that we call Laurel Z Photography. Laurel was on the ball, from my first inquiry to her, she responded in record time. She was kind enough to work around our busy work schedules, and met us at a predetermined outdoor location. Upon arrival, she made us feel very comfortable. She was friendly, relaxed and laid back, which made us feel immediately at ease. Our three wild and energetic boys did not phase her. I, myself was a little embarrassed that they would not cooperate. But, Laurel did not fret, she went with the flow, kept them on track, was patient as can be.
We were able to accomplish a lot, she took a bunch of photos, with different poses, in different areas of the park, all within about 1 hour. She had a very quick turn around for sending us our photos. To our amazement, when we opened our gallery, she presented us with our timeless family photos. She was able to capture my family member’s true personalities. I believe that photography is an art, it takes a keen eye to capture the moment, this talent not everyone encompasses. Laurel is definitely a true professional. We are very grateful to have found her, and we look forward to the next time she will take our family’s photos.
Thank you Laurel, we love our family photos, and we are big fans of your work!!!

We chose Laurel to take our holiday pictures. Laurel was amazing to work with from the beginning of our transaction and throughout the entire process. Laurel made the process of setting up the photo session super easy and was very flexible to our needs. Our phone calls, emails were promptly answered and Laurel even kept in touch with text messages as we prepared to head out for our photo session. Communication was great! Laurel was really good and patient with our boys (6 and 8 years old). The pictures came out very nice and exceeded our expectations. We couldn’t be happier with the results. We have found our family photographer and we’ll definitely be calling Laurel again. Definitely recommend! Thank you so much for your great service :-)

Absolutey amazing work. We’ve used her services for about 2 years now, and she never disappoints. The care she puts into each and every photo shines through. She has a gift of being able to capture the finest moments, speechless. Being able to get our kids to not only sit still, but smile, that takes talent! We also love how she makes the photo shoot fun, not a chore for the kids. Great work, would recommend her over and over.

Laurel has photographed my family, maternity, and newborn photos. They all turned out better than I ever imagined. I wasn’t sure how the newborn photoshoot was going to go, but Laurel was amazing. She came in with props and accessories and even soothing music on her phone to calm my baby girl. Laurel’s outgoing personality creates such a fun and easy going atmosphere. Her prices are totally reasonable and she has given me photos I will cherish forever. I highly recommend Laurel and will continue to use her for my family pictures in the future.

Laurel has photographed my family for the last 3 years and I have to say she has done outstanding work capturing amazing moments that I can look back on for years to come. She has done family shoots with my son & all his cousins, tree farm shoots during Christmas time, the first photos of my daughter & the most special first photos of my 3 year old son with his newborn baby sister. I highly recommend booking her for your next photo shoot you will be extremely happy with the results.