Lauren Cicileo Photography

Do you have a goofy family? I love them already. Your wedding gown? I'm obsessed with it. The flowers you so carefully chose? I'm swooning. Do my feet hurt, am I tired or hungry? No idea, I'm running on pure joy. Your wedding deserves a photographer who is just as excited to be there as you are! I'm Lauren, and I absolutely LOVE weddings! When friends and family ask me if I'd rather just be a guest at their wedding so I can "enjoy" it, I wholeheartedly say "ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Photographing weddings is not just a job for me, and I enjoy it so much that I don't even know if it's fair to call it work. I picked up my first camera at 10 years old and haven't put them down yet. I attended Brooks Institute of Photography for both film and digital photography and shot my first wedding in 2015. I immediately felt at home and knew I had found my dream job. I get asked a lot if photographing weddings is stressful and I can wholeheartedly say that I haven't felt stressed at a single wedding... ever. I truly feel at peace on a wedding day and no matter what happens, I feel confident and collected and usually just smile and say, "this isn't my first rodeo." When I'm not shooting weddings or hopping on airplanes you can find me with my horse, Bettina, enjoying the beautiful Santa Barbara Mesa, or at home binge watching New Girl (for the third, fourth? time) with my dog and cats. I'm fluent in movie quotes and sarcasm and love to laugh as often as possible. I have two kids who keep me on my toes and push me to be the best version of myself. Never have I ever... made it through a single mother-son dance without getting choked up thinking about dancing with my son at his wedding one day.