$3,499 starting price
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Laura Nichole Her
Owner
In business: 1+ years
Team: 1 member
Languages: English
Business: Woman-owned Business
Natural & Timeless Wedding Photographer
Laura Nichole is a wedding photographer based in Johnston, IA. With over 12 years of experience, Laura finds joy and meaning in capturing your celebration of love. She aims to use the art of photography to showcase your authentic love story in images that you can cherish forever.
Laura’s wedding photography style is natural, bold, and timeless. By focusing on candid moments, she is skilled at documenting your big day exactly how it happens. With her friendly personality, this professional strives to ensure that you feel confident and comfortable in front of the camera. On your big day, she encourages you and your partner to be your genuine selves so that your wedding album reflects your unique personalities.
Laura Nichole offers a variety of collections so that she can accommodate your needs and budget. The eight hour collection includes a two-hour engagement session, the 10 hour collection includes a two and a half hour engagement session, and the full day collection includes a three-hour engagement session. If you are hosting a destination wedding, Laura is even delighted to discuss travel arrangements. Each of her collections also includes professional editing, consultation meetings, a personalized timeline, an online gallery and a flash drive with printing rights. Whether you are hosting an intimate occasion or luxurious destination event, Laura Nichole is honored to have a role in preserving your milestone moment.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Photo
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
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When we first began our hunt for a photographer we were looking for someone who had natural, candid, timeless pictures. When we found Laura we got that and so much more. Laura met with us early on and made an effort to work with us and get to know us as a couple even before our engagement pictures. She helped us create a whole Wedding Day timeline that ended up being seamless. She even took time to know the names of family members for pictures. Her communication is top notch and her calming presence made us feel at ease all along the way. On our wedding day, Laura and her team went above and beyond to cater to us. From fanning us to cool us down from the heat, helping groomsmen put on boutonnieres, to even making sure my Husband and I took time to soak in the moment alone together during what can feel like a crazy busy day. She made an effort to coordinate with other vendors to take the stress off of us and I can truly say she helped make the day go smooth and perfect! In addition to all of that, her pictures are absolutely amazing and she is always willing to take any ideas that we suggested. At the end of the night she gave us a sneak peak with polaroids from pictures of the day. We absolutely loved these and it was just another reminder of how thoughtful Laura is and how thankful we are that we found her to be a part of our special day. Laura is an amazing photographer and an even greater person! We highly recommend her and her team to anyone looking for someone to capture their special day.
Early on we knew that we wanted authentic, candid photos during our wedding and engagement session. Being individuals not super confident in front of the camera. Laura was a calming and reassuring presence. She was extremely organized from our first consultation to planning the timeline of events. On our wedding day, Laura arrived with bubbly enthusiasm and an eye for capturing every special moment.
Her ability to blend seamlessly into our day with our friends and family allowed her to capture the perfect moments.. We never felt posed or rushed; instead, Laura made us feel completely at ease, which allowed us to enjoy every moment of our day without worry. Her and her team were able to capture special moments with our family members and friends. Our photos are not just beautiful; they are a true reflection of our love and the atmosphere of our wedding.
Laura delivered a sneak peek swiftly after the wedding, and our full album well before the promised time. I also greatly appreciated the polaroids that she gave to us the night of the wedding. It was all a blur of events and having a few printed images to reflect on was the perfect way to end the day.
We couldn’t be happier with the beautiful memories she has captured for us, and we wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone seeking a wedding photographer.
Thank you Laura!
Laura Nichole is truly incredible! Her work is stunning and we could not be any happier with how our photos turned out from our engagement session and our wedding day! She has such a bubbly and loving personality- couldn’t recommend her more!!
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I love Laura and her work! She is wonderful in capturing the best moments in our wedding
She was absolutely fantastic! From engagement photos to the day of our wedding she was great at encouraging us to pose in ways that felt natural and candid. Personally, we're not much for PDA and are pretty private/reserved. She made us feel so at ease to get beautiful moments without feeling outside of our comfort zones.
Day of the wedding, she helped us adjust planned pictures based on time, which really helped relieve stress from the day. She made sure to check in with us before going to get more pictures so we never felt pestered or overwhelmed.
Then near the end of the night we had an unanticipated snowfall and she made sure we got all the beautiful snowy pictures we could have wanted.
She was an absolute delight to work with on our special day and such a lovely person to boot. Absolutely check her out for your wedding as well!
Laura was such an amazing and talented photographer to work with!! She truly captured the MOST BEAUTIFUL AND NATURAL AND AUTHENTIC MOMENTS of our day! If you’re looking for an incredibly skilled, down to earth, supportive and easy to work with photographer, look no further!!
Laura did a phenomenal job with our wedding photos! They turned out absolutely amazing!
There are not enough kind words that I can say about Laura and her work. Laura is the photographer that every couple needs to have on their wedding day! Laura will laugh with you, celebrate with you, and most profoundly of all, she will be the best friend that you didn't know that you needed.
Laura Nichole is the down right one of the kindest, thoughtful, and talented photographers that I have ever come across. Laura is easy to communicate with, she is punctual, and she is methodical in her work. She produces photos that capture what true love really feels like.
As I write this, I can't help but tear up ever so slightly thinking about how great and absolutely blessed I am to have a photographer like Laura. She will make your photography dreams come true.
Laura is great! We did both our engagement photos and wedding with her. She was very flexible and helpful toward making sure that we got all of the photos that we wanted! For our wedding, she took the time to build a timeline with us and make a list of photos to take. She was super positive and helped make our day very special!
Seriously look no farther for a wedding photographer. Laura was such a blessing in our life from our first meeting together.
We had a hard time finding a photographer that was available, let alone one that responded to our inquiries. Within hours of us sending our inquiry, she emailed to set up a meeting. We had three different Zoom meetings where we got to know each other, set up a photo timeline for the wedding, and then planned for specific photos we knew we wanted that day. My favorite aspect of working with Laura was that she was more than our wedding photographer. She sent tips to remember for your wedding day, must-haves for the wedding that are often forgotten, and all other resources that were so helpful to have before the big day.
Wedding days can get so overwhelming, and Laura was the perfect person/photographer to work with to calm all of the wedding jitters. Looking back on our wedding, one of our favorite parts was our time with just us and Laura. She used that time to have us relax, connect, and spend time just us two which is so needed in the chaos of the day. Laura is exactly the person you want to be by your side throughout your wedding day.
PLUS I haven't even gotten to how beautiful her photos are. My husband and I aren't the most comfortable getting our photos taken, but I have never loved it. Since she got to know us as a couple prior to the wedding day, she was able to organically photograph our relationship perfectly. Laura's style is so natural, which can be hard to find these days. My biggest concern prior to hiring a photographer was that they would be highly edited and the photos wouldn't represent us as a couple. This was absolutely not a problem with Laura. I cannot rave about her photos enough.
Not only that, but she is so quick to get photos back to you are well. Our "sneak peaks" a couple of days after the wedding, were hardly sneak peeks. We got 30+ photos of every aspect of our day, and every photo was beautiful. She uses an online gallery that makes it easy to access and share your photos with loved ones, which she updates with new photos once they are ready.
So if you are looking for a summary here are our ratings of Laura:
10/10 professionalism: She showed up early and was so prepared for anything that happened (and helped us be prepared too!)
10/10 value: Our budget made it hard to find a wedding photographer for the whole day, but Laura's pricing is so fair. PLUS all the photos are amazing. I cannot say this enough, she should honestly be charging more for all of her hard work.
10/10 demeanor: I have a BIG family, and with that comes a lot of stress. Laura brought such a calming presence. As much as you plan your wedding, everything is NOT going to go according to plan. Not only did Laura go with the flow, but she also helped me stay in the moment and help me focus on what was really important: the love a couple shares and celebrating that on their wedding day.
10/10 timeliness: We got our photos back quickly and they were incredible! Plus her sharing platform is user-friendly and easy to share with family.
Seriously, stop looking for a photographer and hire Laura for your photography needs you will be so glad you did.
Laura was SO awesome. I really wanted natural looking wedding photos, and she delivered. She is super fun and easy going which was super awesome. My husband is not typically a huge photo guy, but he enjoyed working with Laura (which means a lot!!!) Super grateful we had her capture our day!
Laura is so amazing at what she does! She has been my photographer through it all, and captured mine and my now husband’s beautiful engagement and wedding pictures. She makes the sessions so fun, and is such a wonderful person to work with. Laura has a great personality and is the sweetest person ever. I don’t have any regrets about having her as my engagement/wedding photographer and would recommend her to anyone!
When she took our engagement pictures I of course had to include mine and my husbands dog in on the pictures. I’m sure I didn’t make it easy for Laura since our dog has so much energy, but she still managed to capture some awesome photos!! Not to mention she got a million bug bites from making her stand in the weeds in the September air for the perfect photo. She definitely goes above and beyond to make sure you will be happy with your photos!
Laura was so sweet and fun to work with! I love how she coached us on poses and hand placements. She had a million ideas and always kept the sessions moving! She also gives you a TON of EDITED photographs! Also, she gets your photos back to you in a reasonable time frame.
We had Laura do our engagement photos as well as our wedding photos - and couldn’t be happier with what she did!
Our engagement photos were taken at Jester Park and she made us feel extremely comfortable and relaxed the entire time. She knew what to say to loosen us up and make us feel comfortable. On our wedding day - she worked so well with our huge wedding party and organized everything. We booked her for the entire day to capture everything from getting ready to reception and it was worth every penny! She is very easy to work with and really took to heart what we said we wanted. Would recommended her 100%
Laura did my wedding pictures, and I cannot say enough about her. Her work is amazing, and very personal. She truly wants to get to know you and your taste to make sure she gives you everything you have wanted and imagined. On the day of, she is so helpful and comforting-especially when you start to feel stressed out. I highly recommend Laura for any photography needs!! I promise, she won’t disappoint!
Laura did my husband and I's proposal photos, and family photos when we got our first puppy!!!
She has always been so fantastic to plan with and get us ready so the session goes perfectly!
She is fun and easy going- so we are both comfortable throughout being in front of the camera! She provides beautiful photos and is always such a joy to plan with! I highly recommend her!!!
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Laura Nichole Her
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Hey, I'm Laura Nichole! I started photographing family and friends when I was 14 years old as a hobby, and that quickly turned into a lifestyle and a career for me. I can't imagine my life without photography, and I feel so honored and blessed that I get to be a part of such special moments in my clients lives! I can't wait to connect with you and your fiancé and hear all about what makes your relationship so unique and special!
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