About this vendor
An expert on wild and beautiful locations on the West Coast (California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii) I am a full time photographer with a passion for creating timeless and candid art about your life. I service all of Southern California, Northern California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii regularly, and will travel anywhere you want me to go to document your love!
Based in Los Angeles, CA
IG: @michellelanning_photo
Offering digital photography, film photography & Super 8 Videography
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Boudoir
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Film Photography
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2022 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Reviews
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4.5
out of 5.08 reviews
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We booked Michelle to take photos for our courthouse elopement in July 2024. Now this is not a review of her photos, which look beautiful, but of our experience with her. Communica...
tion with Michelle was great leading up to the wedding however, she went to the wrong courthouse on the day of our wedding and was not able to photograph us. While she initially apologized, every subsequent time she alluded to not photographing the wedding she said she was “unable to attend”. When in fact, she was able to attend, she just did not go to the right place even after I had texted her the address the night before. She was able to get a replacement photographer to come & photograph our wedding, which we were grateful for but of course it was not her or her style. After our shoot with a different photographer she texted us (without any apology) & reminded us that she will be requiring the full amount of the remaining balance. This was crazy to us considering she didn’t do any of the work, but we figured she still has to edit photos. Fast forward, 5 weeks later we had not received our photos or any updates. We emailed Michelle & asked if she had an ETA on the photos. She replied saying that according to our contract, delivery is within two months. However, our contract actually stated that delivery would be within four weeks and that storage of the photos would be 2 months. We told her this & she said she would get the photos to us by the end of the week with no apology for the delay. Once she finally sent us the gallery, she let us know that she was dealing with some personal issues which led to the delay in photos. While we understand that sometimes things happen, she should have at least communicated that to us. After going through the photos we realized that at least half of the photos that we took were missing from the gallery. We emailed her again and she asked which photos we were referring to. She replied alleging that she did edit the photos and maybe there was some error when uploading the photos. We did not receive the rest of the gallery for at least another week & a half. The communication with Michelle was terrible & her lack of accountability & the delay in photos was dumbfounding especially since she went to the wrong courthouse and did not photograph our special day! We are so disappointed that this happened because we loved her style & were really hoping our wedding photos would turn out as amazing as the ones we have seen.
My husband and I are not picture people and were a little bit nervous about the experience of being professionally photographed! Lucky for us, Michelle made everything as easy and ...
comfortable as it could be. She coached us on how to pose and feel natural, and focused on getting a ton of natural moments throughout the day. She made it a ton of fun. And our photos are. BEAUTIFUL. People I haven't spoken to in 10+ years are reaching out to me to tell me how stunning our wedding photos are. We really are so happy with our decision to hire Michelle!
Working with Michelle was literally a dream. We couldn't have asked for a better photographer to work with. Michelle was so kind and made us feel comfortable. She was attentive and...
all around a lovely person. I was nervous on the day of but her calm energy relaxed me. She made sure my hair was in the right place and that we were drinking enough water. I will be recommending her to pretty much everyone now! Thank you again!
On our wedding day, I had complete confidence in Michelle and knew that she would do a beautiful job. She helped me feel relaxed the whole day, never making me feel rushed or stres...
sed. Her attention to detail was immaculate. We are so happy with our pictures and our experience as a whole!
I have followed and admired Michelle’s work since uni and knew I wouldn’t want anyone else to capture our wedding! We couldn’t have been happier to get her to Greece to be our wedd...
ing photographer. She has such a great sense for detail and her compositions are truly outstanding. Extra bonus: She is super fun to be around!
Michelle is extremely fun to work with. She went above and beyond to help us with how we could capture our special moment. Would recommend her to anyone who’s looking for someone ...
to completely trust with their photographs!
Michelle is a fantastic photographer! She has an amazing eye for making beautiful shots. And she’s super easy to work with. I am camera shy but she helped me feel so comfortable, o...
ur engagement shots came out perfect!
Working with Michelle was truly an amazing experience!! My husband and I hired her for our engagement photoshoot before we got married and we had such a great experience that we de...
cided to hire her to do our outdoor wedding! Unfortunately, our outdoor wedding had to be cancelled due to the wildfires up North. It’s too bad because we were so looking forward to Michelle’s talent at our gorgeous venue.
Michelle made the entire photoshoot super easy and fun. She scouted a gorgeous location for us that was easy to get to, made awesome suggestions for the type of photos we could do, and was just all around tons of fun! She gave us easy direction and poses for getting the most ideal photos, had really creative ideas, and made us feel super comfortable. We were laughing and giggling the entire time, which made us look that much more relaxed and comfortable in our photos.
Michelle has an incredibly unique eye for nature and an absolutely magical photography style which resulted in stunning and timeless engagement photos that we are just so in love with!!
Highly recommend booking her for your photoshoot needs!
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California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii
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