Lauren Baker Photography

Lauren + her team were simply INCREDIBLE! We booked with Lauren over two years ago, and during the two years, she checked in on us and made us feel like she was genuinely excited to capture our big day. When it came to our big day, Lauren went above and beyond. She captured the "common" pictures and the "little moments" in-between, like pictures of our parents crying during the ceremony. Most importantly, Lauren made my husband, and I feel SO comfortable. She cracked jokes during the couple's portraits and family photos. Lauren made us feel comfortable being goofy and our authentic selves. A common review that I have received from family members and guests after the wedding was "how wonderful our photographer was!" I could rave about Lauren and her stunning work on and on. She will be our forever photographer for future holiday or family photos!

Lauren and her team were amazing! They’re professional, fun, creative, and incredibly helpful especially on the day of the event. We loved our wedding photos so much we’ve hired her for family photos and our first high school graduate. Hire her she won’t disappoint!

Wonderful photographer who really knows how to keep an unfocused group on task during family photos. Lauren makes it easy to pose without seeming too silly. She is a warm, action orientated person who always kept us on schedule. My photos turned out great from the engagement shoot and wedding.

She is honestly the best photographer! Lauren was easy to communicate with and gets back to you fast! She makes the photo process so easy and fun. Lauren was my best and favorite hire of my wedding. She is a blast and turnaround time is surprisingly fast too. We absolutely adore our photos! If you are looking for someone Lauren is a great choice!

Lauren is fantastic to work with. On the day of Brendan and Sam's wedding, it was unusually cold for the time of year, but Lauren did a fabulous job at taking photos of the family and the couple without it seeming cold at all. She's so kind, heartwarming and welcoming, and overall a wonderful vendor to work alongside. Highly recommend her for your day!

We had an amazing experience working with Lauren on our wedding day! She made me and my husband feel totally comfortable in front of the camera and perfectly captured our day. You can truly tell that Lauren loves what she does. She is highly organized and even provided us with a detailed day-of timeline that really helped us keep everything on track. Her photos are beautiful and we couldn’t be happier! We cannot recommend Lauren enough!

Everyone says that the best investment you can make for your wedding is your photographer, and we definitely hit the jackpot with Lauren. Lauren perfectly captured the laughter, love, and light of our October wedding and we are so grateful she was a part of our day. She was able to roll with unexpected changes without skipping a beat, and kept large group photos well organized and a ton of fun. She flawlessly captured both the big, important moments as well as the quieter, more intimate moments. Her editing style is timeless and she gave us so many "favorite" pictures. We are going to recommend Lauren to all of our friends and family and will definitely use her for any future photos.

Lauren was absolutely AMAZING to work with! She is super organized, patient, and flexible! You can tell Lauren is passionate about photography. She gives 100% into each wedding she does! I love reading her blogs she writes and she literally goes over EVERYTHING you need to know before the big day comes! She will go above and beyond for the perfect shot! Don’t be surprised if she is climbing a railing and giving your mom a heart attack :) I am thrilled with how my wedding photos turned out! Lauren was easy to get along with and she really cares about making your wedding day perfect!

Lauren was super fun to work with. With the craziness of 2020, there were major changes to our wedding plans over and over again but she didn't miss a beat. And the end results were phenomenal. We received all of our photos back within two weeks! I would highly recommend choosing Lauren for any occasion -- but she is especially great for weddings due to her go-with-the-flow demeanor.

Lauren and her team are seriously incredible. We got both our engagement pictures and wedding day photos taken by Lauren Baker and it was so much fun working with her!! She helped both me and my husband feel so comfortable and at ease when she was doing our engagement session. By the time it got to our wedding day, we felt like pros smiling and "posing" for the camera! She really makes you feel free to be yourself. Her organization is *top notch* as she creates a very detailed day-of timeline, which truly helped us a lot in planning! She was very responsive and flexible when we had to reschedule our May wedding to July due to the pandemic, and she was very understanding with any and all changes that needed to be made. Seriously, book with Lauren if you need a photographer who works hard while still having fun!

Lauren was definitely more amazing than words can describe! She's easy to get along with (my husband is more shy and I'm pretty loud so she was able to handle us both😂), she is quick at responding, she is flexible EVEN with a pandemic, and she takes jaw dropping photos!! I cannot recommend her enough!

Wow, Lauren and her team are so much fun to work with! She made us feel so comfortable on the day of our wedding, providing both silly and helpful cues to help us relax and be ourselves in our photos. Lauren’s background in dance is super helpful in recognizing simple posture changes that make a big difference. And her enthusiasm and passion make the photo-taking process so fun – she made me feel like a star! Lauren went above and beyond in connecting us to helpful resources as we changed our plans due to COVID, and she was super flexible in accommodating our new plans when we had to change venues to a backyard setting. And the photos we got are just stunning!

Lauren is so fun to work with and her photos are absolutely gorgeous! She is so great at capturing the essence of a wedding or special event, and you can tell she loves what she does! As a fellow wedding industry vendor, she is hands down one of the best photographers I've gotten a chance to work with.

I have had the pleasure to team up with Lauren on several occasions. Her photos are breathtaking, I love her attention to wedding details and capturing joy! Her enthusiasm in her craft and clients is evident. I would highly recommend booking her for your wedding!!

Lauren is amazing!! I had the chance to team up with her on a bridal shoot earlier this year and her work is simply amazing! As a Pro Makeup Artist - I partner with a lot of different photographers every year; Lauren is one of the absolute best! She is so fun to work with (seriously we had a blast!) and all the detailed shots she is able to get, and moments she captures... I cannot recommend her enough!!

Before our wedding I had dreams of puppies in place of flowers, PB&J buffets, and floor becoming lava. I’m so thankful that my dreams did NOT all come true for our big day! But the dreams of a sweet and talented photographer absolutely did come true. Lauren Baker Photography was incredible and I lost count partway through the night of guests coming up to us commenting on how great she was. Lauren knew when she could step back and when it was time to take charge and move things along. She was a source of laughter and comfort at just the right moments. She captured our love so beautifully. Lauren was flexible and relatable and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience. We love looking back at our wedding pictures!

Great photography!!! Gets the detail shots to!!! Fun easy going!! Wonderful to work with!!!

I don't even know where to begin with how much you need to hire Lauren! She not only is she an amazing human being, but her and her team are awesome photographers!!! One of my favorite things about Lauren is how she gets people to smile - it's not just, "Ok, look at each other and smile" like a lot of photographers do; she has different games or says different prompts to get genuine smiles and laughs out of everyone. After being in multiple weddings, I have seen a multitude of photographers and have never felt as confident in one as I did with Lauren. Another favorite thing of hers is how professional she is, she helped with the timeline way in advance of the wedding so everyone knew where/when to be and we stuck to that timeline the day of. She was able to professionally and firmly keep unruly family members settled and focused. She also cares to understand if there is any family drama and navigates it beautifully! Seriously, at least set up a meeting with her and you'll see why you don't need to interview any other photographers.

My finance and I did an engagement shoot with Lauren and her team, and we had a BLAST! They kept us laughing and comfortable the entire time, and we got some great photos. Lauren's dedication, hard work, and care that she puts into her work is very evident, and she made us and our story feel special in the time we got to spend with her. Highly recommend!!!

Lauren and her team were simple amazing and I would work with her again in a heartbeat!! The day of, they took charge to keep us on schedule and got every photo I wanted, plus so many more. She captured our day even better than I could’ve imaged! Leading up to our wedding (and after) she was also super responsive, answering any question I had in a timely manner. She also provided helpful guides. Overall, Lauren’s work is incredible and she was a joy to work with - I highly recommend!

OK I'm going to try to keep this short, because I could seriously write an entire book about how amazing Lauren is. My husband and I had been engaged for a few months when we started out photographer search. To be honest, a photographer wasn't high on our list for importance or something we allotted a large portion of our budget to. I know some people LOVE pictures, but us as a couple, we were just not super passionate about it. We were referred to Lauren by another photographer (I should have known right then and there that Lauren would be prefect - Lauren's competitor referred her, because she is THAT good), so we had a FaceTime chat to all get to know each other. First thought before going into that meeting - awkward! Never have I FaceTimed with a stranger. Well I was 100000% wrong. Lauren made the initial meeting seamless and so comfortable. It really was like talking to a good friend. My husband and I were laughing throughout the entire thing. Another HUGE plus about Lauren was that she was super flexible about our wants and needs. Like I said before, neither of us were huge into photography, so we were iffy about how much we wanted to spend. Lauren customized an entire package for us that it met exactly what we were looking for! I also want to add, she was happy to do it. It's one thing to bend to your customers, but it's another to be so willing, excited, and happy to do it. Also, look no further if you need other referrals or recommendations either...Lauren has referrals for any vendor that you could ever need. Fast forward to the engagement session....we wouldn't change a thing about those pictures. It amazes me how comfortable Lauren made us feel and how quickly she was able to get those shots (it was a MN winter and we were outdoors - so quick is nice in this case)! We were blown away when we saw our pictures! As Lauren told us, the engagement session is kind of like practice for the big day, and that practice went perfectly. Truly after that engagement session, we started changing out minds about photography (in a positive way) - Lauren has a gift :) The wedding day was perfect. One of the reasons the wedding day was so great was because Lauren helped us by putting together a timeline for the entire day/evening. Sometimes I felt bad because I felt like Lauren was our wedding planner and not the photographer - but it's what she does and she does it fantastically, all with energy and a smile on her face. She really is the whole package, folks. Anyways, the wedding day was perfect and almost every one of our family and wedding party members have commented on how much they loved Lauren; that says a lot when some of these people were only around her for a few moments. HUGE STATEMENT: Lauren got our pictures back to us in about 1.5 weeks! We were completely blown away that we got them back so quickly, but even more blown away with how amazing they all turned out. There's not one (in the rough 1,000) that I would delete, and this is coming from a person who does not like being in pictures. I cannot say this enough....but hire Lauren Baker Photography. You will not be disappointed. Besides being so energetic, hilarious, friendly, and passionate, she has a real gift and is able to capture the perfect shots. She goes well beyond the duties of a typical photographer, and she really focuses on YOU as a couple. Plus, she likes dogs ;)

Lauren and her team are FANTASTIC! I enjoyed working with them so much! So easy to get along with and work with as well as incredibly professional. I recommend her to anyone who still needs a photographer!

Lauren was simply amazing to work with. She made sure that we got all the details covered with pictures and made us feel very at ease throughout our entire wedding day. Our pictures are absolutely stunning and we are beyond happy with them! She made sure that to make sure our day was well documented. Love Lauren so much!

Lauren Baker photography did an amazing job for our wedding pictures! She is so easy to work with and helps you navigate through a hectic time of planning. Thanks so much LBP!

Lauren is hands.down.AMAZING. We went to two wedding fairs, and talked with many photographers. I knew I wanted someone who had good examples of indoor and outdoor work (our venue (for ceremony and reception) was inside and we took wedding party and family photos outside). I also knew I wanted to work with someone directly, vs a larger company who I would not meet the photographer beforehand. Finally, we had a budget we wanted to work with, and while many photographers had big packages with fancy books, prints, and engagement shoots, we knew what we needed and what mattered most to us. Lauren fit all the above criteria perfectly, allowing us to customize what we needed for our wedding photography, met with us several times before the wedding, and most importantly, made us both feel relaxed from the moment we met her. Our pictures turned out so beautifully, and truly captured the joy, the feel, and the details that went in to our day. I’ve been to and in several weddings over the last few years, and I have to say, Lauren blew all the other photographers out of the water. She dressed and presented herself professionally, led the day in appropriate ways at appropriate times, and I even found my DJ and hair and makeup artist through her!

Lauren was an absolute DREAM to work with! My husband was not at all excited to do, let alone pay someone to take, any sort of photos, but after meeting with Lauren, we knew she was the one we wanted to photograph our wedding. Her artistic style of photography and easy going personality is exactly what we were looking for! We started out with the engagement session, where Lauren made us laugh, have fun and forget we were even in front of a camera. The wedding day was even better! She was able to get a great mix of adorable candid and naturally posed shots. We had so much fun! The turn around time for our photos was so fast! We hadn’t even returned from our honeymoon and our wedding photos were ready! I recommend Lauren to anyone and everyone I can, especially those who feel they are awkward in front of a camera. Thank you for capturing the best day of our lives! I can’t wait to work with you down the road *cough, family photos, cough* :)

Look no further! Lauren is simply the best! My wedding was a brides worst nightmare- flooding, spring blizzards and a venue change 1 week before the wedding day! Despite all the chaos, Lauren rolled with the punches and went ABOVE and BEYOND to make sure everything was perfect for the big day. She checked in often and asked all the right questions. My husband and I couldn’t be happier with our photos and look forward to working with Lauren again in the future. We highly recommend!!

Before our wedding I had dreams of puppies in place of flowers, PB&J buffets, and floor becoming lava. I’m so thankful that my dreams did NOT all come true for our big day! But the dreams of a sweet and talented photographer absolutely did come true. Lauren Baker Photography was incredible and I lost count partway through the night of guests coming up to us commenting on how great she was. Lauren knew when she could step back and when it was time to take charge and move things along. She was a source of laughter and comfort at just the right moments. She captured our love so beautifully. Lauren was flexible and relatable and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience.

Lauren is amazing! As a wedding planner, I've had the pleasure of working with her for three styled shoots! She is always on top of her game and works to find the best shots. She has a strong attention to detail, which is evident in her gorgeous photographs. And her editing and turn around time is quick. Plus, she is such a delight to work with! She keeps things fun, which relaxes the people in front of the camera!! She gives position direction while letting people find their natural poses as well, which makes for very natural looking photographs rather than posed. She is always smiling and is just the best! Can't recommend Lauren enough!

Lauren is an amazing photographer! She is so easy to work with and made everyone feel comfortable. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a photographer!

Lauren is a very genuine and caring. She works fun and great to work with. She captures moments with a great artistry.

Lauren is an absolute delight to work with as well as incredibly talented. Her professionalism, punctuality, enthusiasm, direction and aesthetic brought so much to the day and the finished photos. I could not have been happier and would recommend her to anyone looking for a photographer.

Lauren is so wonderful to work with! Upon first meeting us, she seemed really interested in getting to know us as a couple and working that to personalize our experience. We're total weirdos and she never batted an eye at any request we had. She climbed over rocks in the freezing cold with us for our engagement shoot in January, found great shots in a low-lit record store, and overall just made us look really good. Our wedding day was no different.. she comes full of energy, ready to work. She even scoped out a park near the venue beforehand as a place to take couple photos. We got a sneak preview of our photos within a day or two, and our full gallery within three weeks. I've already spent so much time doting on them. She got so many wonderful shots and captured things I didn't think anyone even saw - like my husband and I making faces at each other or stealing a moment to ourselves for a kiss. I could go on and on. Lauren is great. The photos are great. You won't be disappointed.

Lauren was absolutely amazing!! From the initial reach out, she was so professional, while also being very personable. My husband and I are kind of awkward in front of the camera, but she made us feel so comfortable during our engagement session. My wedding party loved her and the best part is that our wedding pictures were delivered to us that same week!!!! I promise that hiring her would be the easiest part of your wedding planning.

My husband and I decided to go with Lauren as our wedding photographer because of her personality and style of photos. When we met her she was excited to meet us and was easy to talk to. She continued to impress us through our whole experience working with her and exceeded our expectations. Her goofy personality made us feel comfortable in front of the camera and she was able to capture genuine smiles and laughs. She is also quick to respond to emails and very helpful with other aspects of wedding planning, such as creating a timeline for the day! I would recommend Lauren to all of our family, friends, and beyond!

Lauren Baker was the perfect fit for our wedding! We leaned in to our theatre background for our engagement shoot and she had tons of great ideas! She was great with our family and friends and most importantly, the pictures turned out amazing! Highly recommend Lauren for your special day!

Lauren did a great job of capturing all the moments I didn't know anyone saw. She made some beautiful, creative photos. Lauren was very responsive to my emails and questions and helped me to feel relaxed on my big day!

We so enjoyed working with Lauren for both our engagement photos and at our wedding! She is extremely personable and super easy to work with. I'm normally pretty camera-shy but Lauren helped make me and my husband feel so comfortable with every photo session we did. Whenever I had questions she was extremely quick to respond to email or text. She actually helped create the timeline for our wedding day- things would never have gone so smoothly without her! One of the highlights of our wedding day was taking pictures with our bridal party- Lauren made it so fun, and the laughter and joy she brought out of everyone was so sincere and contagious. Several of my bridesmaids commented on how great of a photographer we had:) We will definitely be working with Lauren in the future!

Absolutely fabulous experience with Lauren from start to finish! She met with both me and my fiancé and made us feel completely at ease with the process. The made my husband feel more comfortable in front of the canera which was a miracle! Her communication with us was always timely and she even met with me to help me put together a timeline for the day. She sent me a preview of some of our photos within a week and promised to have the rest completed soon. I would recommend her to anyone!

Lauren did an amazing job! She was a pleasure to work with throughout the planning process. She was very organized and I appreciated her help planning out the wedding day timeline - it took a lot of stress off my hands! Because our reception was on a boat, we opted for the half day package which we felt was good value. She took full advantage of the limited time and got many good portraits, group photos, and detail shots before the boat departed. Pictures are absolutely beautiful. She encourages goofiness which gets some fun shots! She also did well with more formal family photos inside the church. Both families commented to me afterward on how pleasant & professional she was. The first few photos were available within 48 hours and everything else in under two weeks! I would definitely recommend Lauren to any Minnesota bride looking for a good photographer.

Lauren was amazing to work with. She has confidence and takes charge of any situation (like rounding up my 35 person family and photographing in only a few minutes). She is organized and very enthusiastic. So fun to work with! The first time we met with her we knew that we could trust her and that took a lot of pressure off of us for the wedding. She even visited our venue beforehand and never stopped communicating with us about her ideas.

Lauren is TOP NOTCH! How in the world can I put into words how talented, personable, friendly, fun, professional, and sweet Lauren is? My now husband and I instantly became friends with Lauren the day we met and from that point on, I knew we had struck gold in finding the ultimate wedding photographer. She had our best interests in mind the entire time. She ALWAYS responded in a timely manner. The quality of the photos were beyond anything we could have imagined! We can't wait to work with her again as she photographs our friends' wedding in September! We could never thank Lauren enough for documenting our wedding day so authentically and so perfectly!

Five out of five stars. Lauren has been nothing but wonderful to work with and her work is simply STUNNING. Our team can't wait to continue to work alongside her for many more special events.

From the first contact email to receiving our photos, Lauren was fantastic! My husband and I looked for months to find the perfect photographer and after interviewing multiple Photographers we felt Lauren was the best fit for us. She made our day so much fun and easy and might I say the photographs from our wedding are absolutely amazing!!!! I didn't worry about how I looked or the timeline of where I needed to be. Lauren took control and helped me relax and really enjoy our day all while capturing our day so beautifully. She was pivotal in making our day perfect. She found little opportunities to make the perfect photo all with a calm ease that comes from someone who has an artistic eye along with experience in understanding the flow of a wedding. I would recommend Lauren every time! Thank you Lauren for our wonderful photos that will hold this day in our memories forever.

Lauren is a fantastic photographer. She is friendly, fun, and professional, and made us feel very comfortable in front of the camera. She gets everyone laughing by asking you to do and say funny things. She came up with a detailed timeline for our whole wedding day which was very helpful for planning as we didn’t have a wedding planner. She also asked us for a list of pictures we wanted in advance to ensure that we wouldn’t forget anything on the day of. We were extremely pleased with the quality and quantity of the pictures we received, and she got them back to us very quickly (less than two weeks later!). We have received many compliments on our photos. We would definitely recommend Lauren to our friends and family!

I loved my experience with Lauren! We had engagement photos (complementary with wedding package) and wedding day photos with her. It was so nice to have the engagement session to meet her and see her style and also not be so awkward around the camera. She took many, many amazing photos of our wedding day, she was very responsive to what we wanted, she was awesome dealing with our crazy families and friends (and our dog, who was a part of our wedding day), super responsive, and she got our pictures back so quickly! Could not recommend her more.

My husband and I don't have enough good things to say about Lauren! She was a complete joy to work with - both for our engagement photos and on our wedding day! She is punctual, professional, and has a great skill for making people for comfortable in front of the camera! Not only was she great on the day of our wedding, but she was so helpful in setting the schedule for the day! She offered great advice and helpful hints to ensure the day would go smoothly. Everyone who interacted with Lauren on our wedding day had nothing but positive things to say about her! We are so happy to have selected Lauren as our photographer! It was one of the greatest decisions we made for our wedding! We got our engagement photos back so quickly after our session with her! Two days after our wedding, we woke up to an email from Lauren with 12 sneak preview photos from the wedding day. It was such a nice surprise and we are thankful to have these photos to hold us over until we get the rest! If you're considering selecting Lauren as your wedding photographer, do it!

We are SO HAPPY that we chose Lauren as our wedding photographer! She did an amazing job and was so easy to work with. She responded to all of my messages very quickly and really cared to get to know more about us to better capture our relationship in her photos. She easily adapted to timeline and other changes that we made close to the day. She even sent us our pictures early - and they look awesome!

We could not be more excited about our wedding photos! Lauren and her assistant did such an amazing job. Lauren is extremely quick, clear, and professional with communication. She is punctual and organized and helped create the itinerary for the big day. She helped keep us on track for the day and captured so many natural moments. Lauren has a very unique artistic eye and captured all of the emotion from the day. We encourage everyone who is looking for a wedding/family photographer to go with LAUREN BAKER PHOTOGRAPHY!! She also did our engagement photos which we are still in love with as well!