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- Engagement
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- Classic
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- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
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From the moment we found Michael and Laura, we knew they were something special. We came across them while looking through blog posts from weddings at our venue, and there was one ...
photo in particular that completely stopped us. It was a shot no other photographer had captured—even though many of them were regulars at the venue. When we met with Michael and Laura, we were shocked to learn they had only photographed one wedding there. Their ability to see and use a space with such a creative, artistic eye is truly incredible.
That creative vision really stood out on our wedding day. There’s one moment in particular that perfectly sums them up. While taking photos at the top of the stairs with the venue behind us, I asked if we could turn around to get the hydrangeas in the background. They happily did it, no questions asked. But when we got our gallery back, I realized their original idea—the one they saw—was so much stronger. That photo is now one of my absolute favorites. That’s what makes Michael and Laura so unique: they see things you don’t even realize you want until you see the final result.
From our very first meeting through our engagement session and wedding day, Michael and Laura were easy to talk to, bubbly, positive, and genuinely kind. They make taking photos truly fun, and they were incredibly organized and on top of our tight timeline due to daylight savings. Because of them, all of our photos were completed before the ceremony, which allowed us to enjoy cocktail hour with our guests—such a special and unexpected treat.
Throughout the day, they brought the calmest, kindest presence. During portraits, they were upbeat and confident, guiding us through every pose—right down to where to put our thumbs—while constantly reassuring us that we were doing great. But then, during the ceremony and reception, they seamlessly faded into the background, never intrusive, yet somehow capturing every meaningful detail—including moments we didn’t even realize they were there for.
One of the most incredible surprises happened during our cake cutting when they pulled out an iPad and said, “Want to see?” They already had edited sneak peeks ready for us that night. They even set the iPad on the bar so our guests could see them. In all the weddings we’ve attended, we’ve never seen photos the same night—and they were stunning. The full gallery came back quickly as well and exceeded every expectation. The level of care and intention they put into their work is next-level.
And their thoughtfulness didn’t stop after the wedding. Around Christmas, they sent us their Christmas card along with a jigsaw puzzle made from one of our wedding photos. It was so unexpected and incredibly meaningful—we absolutely loved those extra touches and details they added in.
From the moment we booked them, we felt supported. They sent emails with a ton of helpful information, and regularly checked in and made us feel cared for the entire way.
Michael and Laura are not only unbelievably talented photographers, but truly wonderful people. Hiring them was one of the best decisions we made, and we will cherish our photos—and the memories of working with them—forever. 💛
The best wedding photographers in the world! They made our special day even more unforgettable, and we feel incredibly lucky to have worked with them. They were so accommodating an...
d truly lifted the atmosphere to the next level. The photos turned out absolutely stunning. We can’t recommend them enough - they’re simply the best in the business!
Do NOT miss out on this incredible photography team! Michael and Laura exceeded our expectations on our wedding day! From start to finish, they were nothing short of incredible. Th...
eir attention to detail was impeccable—everything from adjusting a stray hair, straightening a tie, and making sure jackets were laying just right was handled with care and precision.
Laura even helped bustle my dress when I needed it—just one of many thoughtful moments that showed how deeply they care, not just about the photography, but about their couples. They were truly there for us throughout the entire day, always one step ahead and making sure we were comfortable, calm, and taken care of.
They stayed on schedule seamlessly, all while keeping the mood light, joyful, and stress-free. Their chemistry together is amazing, and they worked effortlessly with our family, friends, and vendors to get every shot without ever making it feel forced or rushed.
After the wedding, we received so many compliments from family and friends about how professional they were and how impeccable their work was—they were truly impressed!
We are overly pleased with our images and cannot wait for our album through them. Every photo reflects the joy and love we felt that day, and we’re so grateful to have such beautiful memories captured so perfectly.
We genuinely felt supported, seen, and celebrated. If you're looking for a team that goes above and beyond, this is it.
Book these two ASAP!!! We are overjoyed with the beautiful photographs from our September 2023 outdoor Virginia wedding. Michael and Laura were so organized and incredible to work ...
with from the second we reached out. We were nervous to get in front of the camera, but Michael and Laura immediately put us at ease. We did our engagement shoot at sunrise in a park in Washington, DC - they coached us through poses and scouted out the best spots in advance - and we loved the photos so much we worked with Michael and Laura to make them into a guestbook for our wedding. On our wedding day, Michael and Laura captured every moment so beautifully and were great to work with. They were so attentive to our every need, from making sure my husband's hair was in place to keeping tissues and eye drops close when I needed them. They made sure to get every shot we asked for and helped make our timeline run smoothly so Laura could pull us away for some stunning golden hour photos. Our family and friends are still talking about how much they loved Michael and Laura. We would absolutely recommend them to anyone!
Michael and Laura were an absolute pleasure to work with for our September 2023 wedding! Not only are they extremely talented photographers, but genuinely amazing people. My husban...
d and I do not particularly enjoy taking pictures, but Michael and Laura made our engagement session so laid back that we knew we would be comfortable during our wedding day! They do a fantastic job of portraying you both as a couple, and not as a scripted pose. They encouraged us to laugh and giggle and be ourselves throughout our engagement session and our wedding day. Their attention to detail is second to none, and they also work so well with other vendors like coordinators and videographers. I could not believe how quickly they turned around our photos! They had a slide show at our RECEPTION with a few pictures throughout the day and then posted so many pictures on their blog just 5 days after our wedding. They are just such a wonderful couple, and we are so thankful we found them to capture our special day!
We hired Michael & Laura for our wedding in Lexington, VA and were blown away by how comfortable they made us feel during shoots and how stunning the photos turned out. From our e...
ngagement shoot, to the rehearsal dinner and wedding day - they did an amazing job! They made us feel so comfortable and confident, flattered our guests and captured so many special moments. Outside of the photography, their communication throughout the planning phase and execution of our wedding day was phenomenal. They have the experience to advise and help couples think about things they are not anticipating. If you are planning a VA wedding, we highly recommend you hire Michael & Laura!!
Michael and Laura are wonderful!
Not only are they talented photographers, they seem to really care about your happiness. They’re responsive and happy to answer questions/provide ...
advice. I’m very detail oriented and they’ve never acted annoyed by my outreach.
I did 3 sessions total with Michael and Laura (engagement session in October and wedding in June with my husband as well as a bridal portrait session in April). They were the first vendor we booked after choosing our venue and date (actually, we reached out to them before we booked the venue/date but waited until we had both finalized to sign the contract).
One of the things I loved about the bridal portrait session we did (which I actually wasn’t initially super sure about doing) was that they really put me at ease ahead of our wedding. I’m very critical of how I look and I struggle with anxiety but being able to put the whole look together and then receive tons of gorgeous photos (seriously, I felt so happy and reassured when I saw those photos, I’ve never felt more beautiful) really helped ease my stress and the pressure I was putting on myself. The only negative from the bridal portraits was that my Maid of Honor messed up the buttons on my dress! My dress had a beautiful back so a lot of the photos were taken of the back and the button issue was VERY obvious. But, of course, Michael and Laura came to the rescue and were able to photoshop the back in some of my favorite photos.
Maybe the best thing about them is how great they are at hyping you up. They help you feel confident while taking photos and just make the whole experience fun! I can be really awkward, especially in photos/when people are looking at me but when you’re with them, it’s hard to overthink because they’re keeping you hyped and engaged and taking so many pictures.
After the photoshoots, they worked with us to get us what we needed for our albums and stationery. In October, after our engagement shoot, I needed to get save the dates out so they worked quickly to get our photos to us, first sending us a bunch of “favorites” that we could start working with and then delivering the full gallery soon after (even though it was a super busy time for them). Now, we’re working with them on some albums from our wedding and they’ve continued to make some edits to our final photos so that the albums are the best they can be.
If all that isn’t enough, they really impressed everyone they interacted with on our wedding day. They offered to hold people’s glasses (both eye and wine) for photos, brought me water, ran back to our sweetheart table to grab my bouquet while we were taking sunset photos, and more! Oh, and they love DIY and even built us some shelves to use for our champagne welcome (seriously!)
If you want a light and airy style and photographers who care about your happiness, don’t hesitate to hire Michael and Laura. They’ll help you feel at ease, have fun, and deliver some beautiful photos!
Michael and Laura are the photography duo you NEED for the perfect wedding day! Our wedding day was so amazing thanks in part to them and they captured it beautifully! We had so ma...
ny guests come up to us and say how much they loved them. And we do too! When we took our engagement pictures in RVA it was sooo hot and they never even batted an eye, they just kept us feeling good and the pictures are just incredible. From sending us a planner and little personalized gifts, they helped keep us sane throughout the planning process! For our wedding day, I’m not even sure how they made it around to capture all that they did!! Even weeks after our wedding, our guests are raving about how much they hyped us up and really took care of us on our wedding day as if they’d known us forever! My husband doesn’t love being photographed but Michael made him feel like a long time friend and so confident in front of the camera. And Laura is just so amazingly kind, she was there for me in ways she definitely didn’t need to be as our photographer, she even put on my veil! They made us feel like there wasn’t a camera and we could just have fun and they captured it in the best, most authentic way. They even edited some pictures and put them up on an Ipad for our guests WHILE THEY WERE ON SITE! Not to mention they got our full gallery back to us in just THREE WEEKS! We truly could not recommend them more!! With so much love, Molly and Ben!
As a wedding vendor, can I just say that these two are absolutely amazing at what they do?!? When I moved to a new state after over a decade in another market, I was nervous to mee...
t and work with new people. Not only are their photos absolutely STUNNING, but they truly make you feel like friends upon first meeting, which is the #1 thing I always recommend to couples when picking a photography team. I have since had the pleasure to work with Michael and Laura several times, and my appreciation for both their work and their friendship has only grown. They are worth every single penny of the investment you will spend on wedding photography, and you will have the added benefit of gaining lifelong friends!!
I do not know where to begin to tell you how great these two people are! Not only are they amazing photographers, but they are amazing people! My now husband and I immediately conn...
ected with them when we had our first meeting with them at a local Richmond brewery and then had a blast at our engagement photo session! They are both so professional and just very easy to get along with. They get fantastic shots which makes it very very hard to choose what photos you will order! They made us an engagement photo album which we used as our guest book at our wedding. My husband does not love his photo taken and neither do my mom and dad, but Michael and Laura are so great with their energy that it is infectious! Michael even drove our ring bearers around in a golf cart the day of the wedding just so they would smile more! Laura even did the bustle to my train of my wedding dress because she is so so wonderful! I could go on and on! I highly highly encourage you to hire them and would recommend them to anyone and everyone, especially if you have a significant other that does not love photos because Michael is the best hype man!
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Michael and Laura are fabulous to work with and so much fun! They make the whole process fun and enjoyable. We didn’t feel awkward at all taking ph...
otos in front of them at all as they make it comfortable for everyone! Their pictures come out amazing! I am obsessed with their work and them as a couple!
Michael & Laura are the best of the best! From start to finish, they were amazing to work with. They made everything so easy for me. When we took our engagement photo's, my (now) h...
usband and I were a bit nervous. We had no idea what we were doing but M&L made the session so fun! We knew then that we made the best decision. On our wedding day (which by the way was Laura's due date) they were both there with smiles on their faces, ready to go! They made our day so incredibly special and I know the pictures will be stunning. You will not be disappointed with Michael & Laura!
Do yourselves a favor and book Michael and Laura right now! Picking our photographers was arguably the most important decision we made when starting the wedding planning process. W...
e had a specific style in mind for our wedding photos and also wanted to make sure we “clicked” with our photographers. As soon as we met Michael and Laura their enthusiasm, passion, and commitment to what they do was obvious. They are so fun to be around and made every step along the way enjoyable. They checked in with us numerous times throughout the planning process, sent us helpful planners and fun packages in the mail, and FaceTimed with us when we had questions. They are a wonderful couple and are also very professional. We had Michael and Laura shoot our engagement photos as well as our wedding. My husband and I had no idea what to do or how to pose at first but Michael and Laura made it incredibly easy and made us feel (and look) like models. Their energy is contagious and they had us laughing and forgetting we were in front of their cameras. We would 100% recommend Michael and Laura without an ounce of hesitation! They are amazing, so fun to work with, and capture every moment beautifully. We could not have asked for better photographers!
Oh my gosh, Michael and Laura are the actual best! Laura knew my husband from church when he was in high school, and we'd always followed their work. When we got engaged, I knew we...
had to get them as our wedding photographers. On a purely logistical level, it's great having two shooters at your event; you get so many different perspectives and SO MANY pictures. But more than that, Michael and Laura are just the best at what they do, period. Their communication with each other is so impressive, their work is top notch, and they're just fun to be around. You spend a lot of time with your photographer on your wedding day, shouldn't it be a good time? Our bridal party and families couldn't stop talking about how delightful they are. They're really even keel, they always rolled with the punches when random family members would pull them aside and demand pictures that weren't on the shot list (this will happen, trust). We got our pictures back this week and M&L totally captured the essence of our wedding and what a fun time we had. Plus they're the sweetest people in the whole world. I just want them to follow us around and document our whole lives.
We cannot recommend Michael and Laura enough. From the flexibility in planning and taking engagement photos, to constant and quick communication (they even allowed us to FaceTime t...
hem for a Q&A session) we were consistently impressed with their level of professionalism and personal touch throughout the entire experience. We hired these amazing photographers and wound up with beautiful photos, memories of a perfect wedding and two new friends.
Michael and Laura are a wonderful couple and amazing photographers!! They were organized, efficient and hilarious! Had my bridal party cracking up during pictures. I love their...
enthusiasm and the pictures they took turned out simply gorgeous!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE
Michael & Laura are not only incredible photographers, but also amazing people. When looking for a photographer, we were looking for normal...nothing too posed or edited, we wanted...
it to look like us and we wanted the photos to represent the day and who we were and they did just that. I met Michael and Laura for coffee prior to booking with them and I knew immediately. There is a sense of comfort when talking with them and in their presence. Since booking with them, the communication and level of engagement was so great. They sent the most thoughtful gifts along the way to help with planning and gifts for "just because." Also, not to mention we were planning a wedding from halfway across the country...they were quick with emails and were always available through text and even facetime. When the wedding day arrived it was like they were close friends. We had SO MUCH FUN taking pictures. They captured every moment from the day and the pictures turned out amazing. They are truly amazing and amazing at what they do and I would recommend them over and over to anyone.
Michael and Laura are amazing! First of all they are just really nice people. I think its great that they're a husband wife team, they work really well together! and it means you g...
et 2 photographers to make sure you capture everything, both from the man and the woman perspective. Every time I talked to them or emailed them with a question before the wedding they were always quick to answer and quick to put my anxious racing mind to rest. At the wedding they were kind, professional and efficient. Before hand I was worried about not having enough time for photos but I followed the guide they provided me in making my timeline and we ended up with extra time! A special surprise was at the reception they came up with an Ipad where they had a slide show of photos from the ceremony and before! It was amazing they were able to display at the reception, so fun!
Most importantly though when choosing a photographer is how the photos turn out. I LOVE my photos, I can't stop looking at them. What was really important to me when picking a wedding photographer was that they capture the moments and the joy of the day. Beautiful photos that look like a model shoot that belong in a magazine are great (and we got quite a few of those too) but what I really love and what Michael and Laura captured so wonderfully is just the pure joy of the day, the smiles and the laughter and the kisses. Not just the beautiful posed shots but the feel of the day. They are amazing at capturing that and those are the photos I am going to cherish for the rest of my life.
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