Leslie Cook Photography

Iowa based > Will travel anywhere!

Iowa based - Will travel anywhere!

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5.0

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Pristine quality

Capturing memories

Leslie was phenomenal to work with and really nailed the photos. She captured the day beautifully and got photos back within a solid time line. I highly recommend her💙

Viola N.

5.0

I LOVED having Leslie be a part of our big day! She is quick, efficient, and takes absolutely beautiful pictures that perfectly encaptured our day. She makes sure everyone is comfortable and has great input. Would absolutely recommend!

Morgan M.

5.0

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Based in Ottumwa, IA, Leslie Cook Photography is a company that offers wedding photography services. Leslie, the owner and operator, loves weddings. She would love to help tell your unique love story through vivid images. Leslie has been shooting weddings for more than 14 years. Her goal is to provide you with gorgeous wedding photos and help ensure your day goes as smoothly as it can. Through Leslie Cook Photography, this professional offers eye-catching photography that draws on documentary, classic, and artistic styles. Leslie Cook Photography offers wedding services in a range of packages. Each of these packages includes at least six hours of wedding day coverage and a gallery of images with a print release. Depending on your selections, Leslie will provide additional hours of coverage and an engagement session. While based in Iowa, she is very willing to travel to document your wedding celebrations. In addition to weddings, this photographer also offers high-school senior sessions, family sessions, newborn sessions, and photography for other milestones in life.

Woman-owned Business

16+ years in business

Speaks English

Just me

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Destination Weddings

Destination Wedding Packages

Photo Shoot Types

Bridal Portraits

Engagement

Photo & Video

Digital Files

Online Proofing

Photo

Social Media Sharing

Photo & Video Styles

Artistic

Classic

Documentary

Wedding Activities

Getting Engaged

Rehearsals & Parties

After Party

Wedding

After Party

Awards and Affiliations

2-Time 'Best of Weddings'

2026.2025.

Join couples who chose award-winning vendors for their wedding

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The photographer was praised for professionalism, creativity, and making couples feel relaxed, producing timeless, beautiful photos. Reviewers highlighted excellent communication, organization, and help with timelines, plus very fast turnaround on galleries. Many highly recommend hiring them for weddings.

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Viola N

Leslie was phenomenal to work with and really nailed the photos. She captured the day beautifully and got photos back within a solid time line. I highly recommend her💙

Morgan M

I LOVED having Leslie be a part of our big day! She is quick, efficient, and takes absolutely beautiful pictures that perfectly encaptured our day. She makes sure everyone is comfo...

rtable and has great input. Would absolutely recommend!

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Grace J

Leslie is the best photographer to work with! She makes everything easy, simple and stress-free. Our family has worked with her for many events-- family photos, graduation photos, ...

and now wedding photos. There is no doubt we will continue to use Leslie as our photographer for any event.

Jessica D

Leslie did a wonderful job! I could not recommend someone more. Great quality and thorough work.

Maddy B

Leslie was amazing! Her photos turned out beautiful and she was so wonderful on our wedding day. She helped us with poses and just made our day go so smoothly. Would recommend her ...

to anyone who wants to have the most beautiful photos to cherish forever!

Ashley Q

Leslie is an amazing photographer and she navigated around my hectic wedding day schedule with ease. She made sure to capture all of our special moments and had great ideas for are...

as to photograph. Leslie was also open to some of our crazy, fun ideas for poses, and they turned out amazing! Her turn around time for photos is unmatched. Especially with the quality and amount of photos received. I will recommend her time and time again to everyone who asks. She is everything you would look for in a photographer for your big day!

Sophia O

Leslie was amazing for my wedding. We had a timeline built with her and she helped up stay on time throughout the day! She has been so easy to communicate with and she got our ful...

l album back to us in less than two weeks! Our photos were so timeless, beautiful, and perfect for me! I cannot say enough good things about her!!

Melanie H

Overly impressed with Leslie! We used her for our wedding, my sister and brother have both used her as well, and all of us have only had good things to say! She is so kind, very re...

sponsive, and takes amazing pictures. I am so impressed with everything! Felt very comfortable around her as well, which can be important while getting ready for your big day!

Derek C

We couldn’t have asked for a better photographer! Leslie captured our wedding day so perfectly. Our photos came out so amazing and the turn around time to get them back was so fast...

!! She also made our day go so smoothly. She helped us with our timeline, carried our phones and rings, and other things we needed help with. She handled all of our family dynamics with ease and got every shot we wanted! Couldn’t recommend her and her work enough 💗

Laci D

Leslie is incredible and we have so much fun with her. We love our photos and she always makes us feel so relaxed and comfortable.

Erin S

Leslie was absolutely incredible to work with! She was so fun, organized, and keep things moving. She was timely and we are so impressed with her work!

Corey R

Leslie was phenomenal! We booked the engagement and wedding package and she exceeded expectations a million times over! She did amazing with timeline, communication, and created su...

ch a beautiful album of memories for our wedding. It was so fun to work with someone who knows how to get smiles and reactions and has great ideas for creating some really amazing photos. Best photographer we booked through The Knot!!!

Christine F

Leslie is so talented and amazing to work with! She really listens to the bride and groom to help achieve their photo goals. She took our wedding photos this summer when we got mar...

ried at the beautiful Hotel Fort Des Moines. She also did a great job with our engagement photos. She always arrived on time (early), and is just overall a true professional with a ton of experience. I would 10/10 highly recommend!

Michele W

Leslie Cook is an amazing photographer who really captured us and our spirit on our wedding day. We will be forever grateful for her extraordinary talent and professionalism.

Katelyn C

Leslie Cook Photography was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding! From start to finish, she was professional, creative, and so easy to work with. She captured every sp...

ecial moment perfectly, from the intimate glances to the fun, candid shots! Her attention to detail and the ability to make everyone feel comfortable in front of the camera was incredible. The final photos from both the wedding and engagement sessions were absolutely breathtaking and truly exceeded all our expectations. She even was so kind enough to shoot our engagement photos twice (one in the pouring rain and one on a non rainy day)! If you’re looking for someone who will capture your big day with skill, has great communication, time management skills, passion, and care, we cannot recommend Leslie enough. Thank you for giving us memories we will cherish forever! Forever grateful, Kate and Nick

Anonymous

From start to finish Leslie was amazing! When I told her what we were looking for concerning style of photos, she was engaged and asked all of the right questions, and it definitel...

y left me feeling confident in my choice. Come the day of the wedding she timed everything beautifully, and was always right there when we needed her. But, and I cannot stress this enough, when we got the gallery of photos OH MY GOODNESS!! Trying to pick our favorite photos has been agony! Leslie captured so much of the days people and the venues beauty. And selfishly I truly have never felt so devastatingly gorgeous in my life. She’s it.

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Thank you Mikah!!

Jessica L

Leslie was amazing to work with! We had so much fun with her and the photos turned out better than I could’ve imagined. She made being in front of the camera easy, which can be ver...

y difficult to do as a photographer! I would recommend her to anyone looking! 10/10!!!

Leah W

Leslie is amazing!! She's incredibly professional, but also so personable and easy to work with. She is so detail oriented and truly captured our day perfectly. Our amazing photos ...

were even delivered less than 2 weeks after our wedding!

Micaela S

Leslie was so amazing to work with! She is a great communicator, takes beautiful pictures, is laid back, and is efficient. She has a creative eye and a magical way of capturing mom...

ents without turning your day into a giant photoshoot. I hope to work with her again in the future!

Jessi M

Leslie did a great job! She played a huge part of our perfect day. We love our pictures! 100% recommend!

Marie R

Leslie was amazing to work with! She is so sweet and made it such a wonderful experience. We are both awkward and don't know what to do in photos, but she made it so easy. The phot...

os are stunning and we got them back incredibly quickly. SO happy we chose her! Thank you, Leslie!!

Kelly Q

From start to finish, Leslie was outstanding to work with!! We interviewed quite a few photographers and knew immediately she was the one. She is so funny, kind, personable, and ea...

sy to be around. This was important to us, as she'd be capturing some very personal moments. She also really took the time to listen to us to figure out what exactly we wanted from our pictures and offered some amazing insight. Our pictures turned out BEAUTIFUL, and we have received so many compliments on them! We also got so many compliments on her just as a human being from our guests. If you want someone who will take the time to make sure your day goes smoothly, your pictures are phenomenal, and is so fun to be around, then please please choose Leslie! We cannot recommend her enough!!

Ashley S

Leslie was amazing! She was so patient and so fun! She was organized, had a plan, and advocated for what we wanted! Highly recommend Leslie and will be using her again!

Response from Leslie Cook Photography

Thank you Ashley!!

Ashlynn L

Leslie is the absolute best! She is creative and a great communicator. She made our engagement and wedding photos a perfect reflection of us as a couple. I would recommend her over...

and over again!!

Kailee R

Leslie is phenomenal at what she does. She captured our day perfectly and her photos are timeless and beautiful. She was also very easy to work with and valued our time and made ou...

r day fun! Very reliable and easy to work with. Would highly recommend!

Response from Leslie Cook Photography

Thank you Kailee!

Ashton B

Leslie does the best work! She is so easy to work with

Response from Leslie Cook Photography

Thank you Ashton!

McKenna M

Leslie has been so great to work with! I first used her for engagement photos, then for my wedding and am booking her for family photos as well. Leslie makes photo sessions feel so...

fun and natural. She has so many unique ideas for locations and poses. I would highly recommend Leslie as she has a such a beautiful editing style and her turn around time for photos is so quick.

Response from Leslie Cook Photography

Thank you McKenna!

Lindsay N

Leslie was the only person we wanted to work with for our wedding. She has years of experience, captured us perfectly. Easy going, and has tremendous value from every step of the...

process. If we could give more than a 5 star rating, we would. Photos were provided soon after event and she is an incredible photographer!

Response from Leslie Cook Photography

Thank you Lindsay!

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(641) 455-4341

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