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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
Details
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
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Reviews
5.0
out of 5.0
22 reviews
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Leslie, the photographer, received overwhelmingly positive reviews for her work at various weddings. Reviewers praised her professionalism, efficiency, and ability to capture moments beautifully. Many highlighted her excellent communication, organization, and attention to detail. Leslie's quick turnaround time for delivering photos, creative ideas, and exceptional results were consistently commended, making her a highly recommended choice for wedding photography.
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Sophia O
5.0
12/08/2025
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
5.0
11/08/2025
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!
Any questions?
Derek C
5.0
11/08/2025
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
5.0
10/09/2025
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
5.0
9/13/2025
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
5.0
9/07/2025
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
5.0
7/23/2025
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
5.0
6/07/2025
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
5.0
11/16/2024
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
5.0
10/23/2024
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.
Response from Leslie Cook Photography on 10/23/2024
Thank you Mikah!!
Jessica L
5.0
10/14/2024
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
5.0
9/26/2024
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
5.0
9/16/2024
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
5.0
9/09/2024
Leslie did a great job! She played a huge part of our perfect day. We love our pictures! 100% recommend!
Marie R
5.0
8/23/2024
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
5.0
7/31/2024
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
5.0
6/16/2024
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 on 07/02/2024
Thank you Ashley!!
Ashlynn L
5.0
12/06/2023
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
5.0
10/28/2023
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 on 10/30/2023
Thank you Kailee!
Ashton B
5.0
9/09/2023
Leslie does the best work! She is so easy to work with
Response from Leslie Cook Photography on 10/30/2023
Thank you Ashton!
McKenna M
5.0
8/30/2023
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 on 10/30/2023
Thank you McKenna!
Lindsay N
5.0
8/30/2023
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 on 08/30/2023
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