Lauren Galloway Photography

in being able not only to capture the true nature of me and my fiancé's love for one another and the emotion of that day, but also the exquisite character and architecture of the Kapok Tree Inn. Her own ability to target this -- in spite of my nervousness, and unruly hair, and fairly weak lower body holding poses for pics -- trumped everything that we were hoping for and more. Lauren truly obliterated our expectations! Thank you.

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day, all the important big moments and the small sweet candid moments. Lauren picks up on her clients' personalities and photography needs and works to give you exactly what you want in your photos. I would highly recommend Lauren for any photography needs, especially weddings! I'm so glad we picked Lauren to do our photos and I wouldn't change a thing about them.

ing ready, I felt comfortable and could tell she clearly knew what she was doing. The whole event went perfectly and Lauren meticulously caught every moment. She made us feel so comfortable and did not take away from the overall experience like I have seen at some weddings. It wasn't about the pictures, it was about the moment. The final product is unreal. I can't find a single picture I don't love. Not to mention she got the whole gallery done in 2 weeks! My husband and whole family recommends Lauren 10/10!

ne of the best investments we made for the wedding. Your photos are truly the only thing that remains (other than your marriage!) and it is the gift that keeps on giving! Lauren made me feel at ease throughout the wedding planning and her attention to detail meant I didn't worry about a single thing on the day of. Just sit back, relax, and she'll make magic happen. The little gifts and support she sent before the wedding got us excited for the day and left us beautiful keepsakes we still display. The photos, USB, and albums included in her packages are absolutely top notch and heirloom quality. Nico, her husband and second shooter is so warm and funny and got the best shots of my husband and his groomsmen. They all loosened up and loved working with him. Lauren is also one of the kindest, most genuine people you will meet. She and Nico are so sweetly matched and they have never been anything but gracious even after the wedding. They value you as people, not just as clients, and that is so important in the wedding industry that can be feel so materially driven. She doesn't stop caring about you. I was so busy with finishing my doctoral degree that I didn't get around to finishing my albums until just recently and she still happily worked with me to get them done to perfection. I even ended up asking her to take some photos of me and my brother for graduation and despite the bad weather, she came through as always! You may never need another wedding cake, or dress, or florist, or husband (hopefully!) but finding the right photographer means the rest of your lifetime of memories will be in safe hands (and gorgeous lighting!). Invest in the person, not just the photos!

os were released sooner than expected and they are perfect! Every single moment was captured beautifully! I highly recommend using Lauren for any special occasion. I am beyond impressed! Thank you so much Lauren for allowing us to relive our special day through the amazing photos that you captured. We are truly so grateful!

ugh and feel completely comfortable in front of the camera; All resulting in the most stunning photos we could have ever imagined! They even managed to get some great photos with our antsy, uncooperative fur baby! Choosing our favorites to hang in our home was difficult because we were absolutely obsessed with so many, and that is proof enough that we made the right choice with hiring Lauren Galloway Photography!

t what I didn't like and how her approach may have differed from the other photographer! We decided to do a quick 30 min session before committing to the wedding day to make sure that we were both on the same page! in 30 minutes she gave me at least 60 of the most beautiful engagement photos I have ever seen! They definitely deserve to be in a magazine! Fast forward to the wedding - Lauren and Nico were fabulous. They are both uber professional and ALWAYS - I repeat ALWAYS - in the right place at the right time. Once we got back from our honeymoon and we received the full album of photos - I cried the happiest of all tears! There were SO MANY beautiful photos - and there was not ONE photo that I didn't love. She was able to capture all of the love and emotion that was happening that day not only from my husband and I but from all of our guests as well. I cannot say enough about Lauren - she will be my photographer for life. If you are looking for a photographer - I highly suggest you scoop her up before someone else does!!!

she great at coaching and getting you to be your selves in front of the camera. Our cocktail hour had my husband and I on a sailboat and she was willing to go on the sailboat with us to capture those moments and the photos were stunning! She takes a high volume of photos and they are all great photos, you really get your money’s worth with her!

confident going into the day of the wedding. Our wedding day came with pouring rain, obviously not what we had hoped and planned for our outdoor wedding, however, Lauren and Nico were able to create opportunities for amazing pictures. With the foresight of rain, Lauren and Nico were so flexible, they even offered to come photograph earlier than planned. We were ecstatic when the photos came in! The photos are everything we hoped for! They are romantic, elegant, and bright. Lauren and Nico truly captured the joy and fun we felt during our special day. We couldn’t imagine a more professional and talented duo to capture life’s special moments!

erish forever. Lauren shot our gorgeous engagement pictures and I remember telling my Fiancé "She is the one, I do not want anyone else," from that moment we were hooked. She made us feel so comfortable, she joked with us, made us laugh, and we really got to know each other. Before our wedding, she laid down a timeline with every detail you didn't know you needed, she made sure she understood what moments were important to us, she was also in constant contact with our vendors and played a major role in our wedding going as smoothly as it did. We were floored with how quickly she delivered our wedding pictures, which were unbelievably beautiful and surpassed all of our expectations! Lauren is hands down one of the best photographers and I will continue to recommend her time and time again. On top of being an exceptional photographer, I can also say she is one of the kindest, most genuine people I have had the privilege of meeting and I can't wait to work with her in the future!

g day and Lauren was the perfect fit for us! Lauren called me 2 weeks before the wedding and we discussed every detail, photo I wanted, and the timeline for the entire day. Then, she sent me an electronic timeline so that I could proof every photo. On the wedding day, we were ahead of schedule and I called Lauren to see if she could come early to get more "getting ready" shots. Lauren graciously came and captured every detail and more! Our wedding pictures turned out amazing and so many of our friends have already asked for her phone number. We will definitely be using Lauren again! She is so easy to work with, extremely organized, and her pictures are absolutely amazing!

extra step she took that made me want to hire her, and I am so pleased I did! Our photos turned out better than I could have imagined! All the photos together depicted a theme and a story--it was really special. I honestly believe Lauren will be one of the premier photographers in the area soon enough, her style is impeccable.

s no easy task. Our final images are stunning and were delivered within a short 4 week turnaround time! Lauren's images are just so bright and natural and not over-edited which is what drew me to her in the first place. She makes you look like your best self! I would highly recommend this great team!

r getting the perfect pictures by guiding me to great natural poses and getting amazing backgrounds for such a special day. I have received so many compliments from friends and family who have seen our wedding pictures and Lauren's final product. My wife and I could not be happier with her pictures. Great pictures, amazing skill, easy to work with, and such a nice genuine person are all characteristics Lauren possesses. Five stars hands down! She will go the extra mile for her customers and I say that from experience.

th an entire timeline for the day. We loved every minute of having Lauren a part of our wedding. She also sent the most thoughtful gifts to thank us for choosing her. Her work was incredible. We loved every picture. I still get to hear people say how beautiful our pictures were. I would recommend Lauren to any bride!

never do in real life. To my surprise, Lauren was personable, quickly identified our comfort zone, and really captured my fiance and I at our best. The pictures turned out stunning - so much so that we didn't even entertain other options for our wedding. We flew Lauren to Nashville for our wedding, and her team captured all the festivities while hardly making their presence known. We received the pictures faster than expected, which were about 5,000 high quality shots. Not a blurry or bad shot in the bunch. They were well organized based on the schedule (wedding party, first look, ceremony, reception, exit, etc.). The night we received access, we opened a bottle of champagne and relived the entire wedding (and have repeated regularly since!). As someone who scrutinized every cost associated with our wedding, this was by far the easiest to justify knowing we were getting incredible quality, service and value. We even used L. Martin Photography a THIRD time for family portraits while in Florida with my wife's family. Again, L. Martin over-delivered on everyone's expectations with a quick turnaround. Throughout these 3 encounters, we've ordered several items from L. Martin (multiple canvas prints, photo boxes and of course the wedding album), all high quality and enhanced by Lauren's artistic eye. We've trusted L. Martin 3 times in 18 months, and we will again for future life events! I emphatically recommend L. Martin Wedding photography.

op/filters like we often see other photographers do. We wanted photos that were timeless, elegant, and natural. And we could tell from Lauren's previous photos that this was exactly her style! Although we chose her for her photographic style and skills, we truly got the whole package with Lauren. She was attentive during the preparations, calling us via skype and getting to know our personalities from afar. And then, the day of the wedding, she impressed us even more with her calm presence and fun-loving attitude. She completely adapted to every moment of the wedding, and was always around when I wanted a quick shot with a friend or when the groom's friends suddenly burst out in their fraternity song. She knew exactly where to be and when to be there to capture all the best moments! We were so excited to see the final photos -- they were absolutely stunning, and truly captured our personalities and the overall "feel" of the big day. We are beyond grateful that Lauren was our photographer!! If you're getting married in the Sanibel/Captiva area, be warned -- there aren't many strong photographers out there. It was well worth having Lauren come down from Tampa to share the day with us. I would highly recommend her for anyone who is getting married in the area!!

e exactly what my husband and I were looking for. Our wedding and engagement photos are something we will always cherish because of her! Can't wait to use her again in the future!

scheduling our date, made it easy to submit payment, and was open to any ideas we had for photos. The evening we had scheduled for our shoot showed rain in the forecast and she suggested postponing the photos for the next day. We're so glad she was flexible and rescheduled because it would have down-poured on us otherwise. Lauren did a great job of making us feel comfortable and relaxed. She gave great suggestions of poses, where to place our hands, turn our heads, etc. She got the photos back to us quickly, in two weeks, and they look awesome. We're so happy with how they turned out and can't wait to share them and display them in our home. I'd love to use Lauren again as our wedding photographer, but we are not getting married in FL.

e changed our shoot location twice and Lauren was quick to offer helpful location suggestions and easy going about relocating our shoot. We decided on two locations in Tampa: the first at Ballast Point and the second across the bay at Davis Island. Lauren was able to get both locations during our one hour time slot and provided us with great photos from each spot. During the entire shoot, Lauren made us feel so relaxed and natural. We didn't want a lot of posed pictures and wanted more candid/ action shots and that’s exactly what Lauren delivered! Our touched up photos we sent to us in a convenient online album exactly two weeks after our session and were perfect!

e able to “redo,” we felt it was important to have someone else there to help organize family portraits, shoot the ceremony from different angles, carry equipment, etc. Throughout the months leading up to the wedding, Lauren was available and prompt with answering any questions we had regarding the photography. We consulted a few weeks before the wedding, to go over the timeline in detail so she knew exactly where she and her assistant should be. She presents herself very professionally and beautifully through her packages and paper products - I know this may seem small to some people, but when we received something from her in the mail, it was always such a treat. We actually got one of her vendors for paper products (Paper Presentation, here in NYC) to make our invitations and programs. Lauren came to our rehearsal the day before our wedding to check out the space. On the day of our wedding, we had a family emergency and had to change the timeline. Lauren and her assistant were able to go with the flow, let us spend time with our families, and still get the majority of pictures that we wanted. Our guests told us that she was great to have around, and were comfortable asking her to take their picture. Finally, the pictures are gorgeous. She captured some amazing, emotional moments between me and my husband, as well as expressions from our family members that we would have missed otherwise. Her presentation of our DVD is absolutely beautiful, and again, when my husband and I opened it, we took such care, because it’s obvious that she takes great pride and care in presenting her products. We highly recommend Lauren for any of your photography needs!