$3,200 starting price
About this vendor
Lauren McGarry Photography is a detail-oriented photographer in the Albany, New York area. She captures both contemporary and traditional images of couples. Lauren makes sure to capture all the important moments and sights of the wedding day.
Experience
Lauren McGarry, the head photographer of Lauren McGarry Photography, began as her father’s lighting assistant. In this role, she fell in love with photography and decided to go to school to pursue a degree in photography. After graduating with a photography degree, Lauren returned home. In 2014, Lauren followed in her father's footsteps and took over the business. A member of the Professional Photographers Society of New York, Lauren happily photographs couples in the Albany and Saratoga areas.
Services Offered
The photographer uses photojournalistic styles to capture the biggest moments of your special day. She also knows how to pose and instruct couples in a way that is relaxed. She offers the following services:
~Additional hours
~Boudoir shoot
~Engagement shoot
~High-resolution images
~Multiple locations
~Second shooter
~Trash the dress
Other Services
Lauren McGarry Photography provides couples with the digital files of their big day. She also offers the following products, so that couples can pass along their wedding photos for generations:
~Albums
~Canvas
~Prints
~Proofs
~Save the date
~Thank you cards
Details
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Photo
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
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4.9
out of 5.012 reviews
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Lauren was incredible! She was so wonderful to work with! She was very kind, fun and easy to work with. My husband and I don’t take many photos, so we didn’t know what to expect with all the formal photos- but we had nothing to worry about!!! Lauren made taking photos easy and fun, and she was very timely to allow our wedding party and us time to go to cocktail hour! She was very go with the flow and was an absolutely perfect wedding photographer. Our sneak pictures came just a day or two after our wedding which was SO fun and the photos were better than I ever could have imagined! I’d recommend Lauren to everyone with 100% backing!!!
Book. Her. Now.
My husband and I had Lauren capture our engagement photos in 2020, our first mini wedding in 2021 on our original wedding date (COVID), and again in 2022 for our large wedding. What a true pleasure it has been working with Lauren for now YEARS. And thank goodness, because a postponed wedding is not an easy task to manage or emotionally deal with. But she was there every step of the way. Not only is she incredibly talented, Lauren is uniquely kind and brings such positivity to her sessions. While planning our wedding, I had envisioned light & airy romantic photos - could not have found a more perfect match. Immediately after our initial meeting to get to know her better & allow her to get to know us as a couple, we knew it had to be Lauren.
Punctual, professional, gives clear guidance on how to pose/move/create your wedding day timeline, and takes the right amount of control to keep your portraits & timelines right on track... what more could you ask for? Can't wait for more future sessions with Lauren, whatever they may be!!!
Lauren is amazing!!! We had Lauren do our engagement photos and then our wedding photos and we talk about using her for any other photoshoot (children, family) we may want in the future. Besides being the sweetest, Lauren really captured all the moments we wanted and those we want to remember. Our wedding party and parents all talked about how great she was. She made it easy and ran the wedding day so we didn’t have to think about it. If you are looking for a wedding photographer, or a photographer for any of your special life moments, Lauren is your girl!
Let me start out by saying, Lauren is one of the sweetest people I have ever met. She takes so much care and consideration into what she does and captures exactly what you are looking for. When my husband and I first got engaged, we already decided that we had to have Lauren as our wedding photographer. Her work is beautiful and she is wonderful to work with. When we had to move our wedding date up due to my fathers health, Lauren easily accommodated us and streamlined our planning together to make the process easy.
The day of our wedding Lauren and her second shooter were a blast to work with and made us all feel amazing. She took special care to capture the moments that meant the most and her photographs are ones that we will cherish for a lifetime.
After our wedding day, Lauren went above and beyond to edit our photos to perfection and deliver them to us in a timely manner. She has made a lasting impression on us and a real friendship and connection has been formed. We appreciate everything Lauren and her team have done for us these past few months and highly recommend her to any couple!
Extremely nice and professional this girl really knows what she's doing I would recommend her to anyone and everyone really really great work!
Lauren McGarry was truly amazing to work with. She's extremely friendly and accommodating. My husband and I are ecstatic about the amazing pictures she was able to capture during our engagement session and our wedding. We can't wait to use Lauren in the future.
Brian and Paul were a pleasure to work with on my wedding day. The pictures that they took were so beautiful and personal. They captured moments that I didn't even know were happening. They are tasteful, artistic and traditional, and they truly captured the beauty of my wedding day. I never felt like they were in the way, instead they were truly a part of the fabric of the day. Thank you so, so much, Brian and Paul! The pictures are perfect and we are so very grateful to you.
We hired McGarry Photography (Brian, Paul and Lauren) for our wedding April 12th. I simply cannot say enough about the level of service they provided. We met with Brian in person once and had two phone conversations before the event. On the day of the wedding, everything was absolutely perfect, smooth and easy. The team arrived at our house right on time and spent about two hours shooting the whole process of getting ready. To say the pictures are exquisite is an incredible understatement. Even before any digital remastering, the shots are absolutely gorgeous. Brian, Paul, and Lauren work in a seamless team to capture you and your family and friends in the most perfect light, in poses that are natural and flattering. They are direct (but polite) about where and how to stand so as to be extremely efficient and respectful of time. The McGarry team got amazing shots at the church without being obtrusive - honestly, you wouldn't have even known they were there, but they magically got all the shots of the the aisle, vows, readings, musicians, etc. The shots of the bridal party in downtown Albany as well as the shots of the reception are exactly what we wanted, and they took so many shots we actually feel like we can re-live the wedding by looking at them! At all times, the team was approachable, kind, respectful and efficient. What I love the best about Brian is that he gets totally psyched about the pictures he is taking - he clearly loves what he does and it shows.
If you are wondering whether you should pay extra to have Paul and Lauren, the answer is a huge YES!! You will have a team of experts who are focused on capturing every moment and you will end up with gorgeous shots from every angle.
We had a really huge rehearsal dinner (the whole guest list was invited) and we hired Lauren to photograph it. She was sweet and helpful and so much fun to work with.
This is a premature review but I will update after the wedding. So far Brian has been wonderful throughout my wedding planning process and assuring me that they will do a great job on my wedding day for our pictures. He is such a nice person and laid back guy. I liked that! They offer a lot for their pricing and that makes them very competitive with the other photographers in the area (they cost soooo much money everywhere). We booked both Brian and Paul for our wedding next year so that we get a variety of shots. We need family photos and a lot of posing but we also love the artsy candids that are very popular. With McGarry we hope to get both! I'm looking forward to meeting them soon since we are planning our wedding from afar but I'm confident that they are a wonderful choice for our wedding photography.
Brian and his team are friendly and fun. You want this team with you on your wedding day capturing your special moments! Don't hesitate to hire McGarry Photography. I would email them a list before the wedding to make sure all photos are taken and also ask them to take photos at your cocktail hour if you want - we didn't ask for this and they didn't get these shots. Otherwise, they are top notch and I would hire them again for any major event!!
I absolutely Loved him, I couldn't have asked for a better photographer. He was amazing, he not only took great pictures but he helped us through the night by keeping us on track. He is a wonderfull photographer.
They were easy to work with. The pictures were beautiful.
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14 Continental Rd, Schenectady, NY
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