About this vendor
For an authentic and honest portrayal of your wedding day, you need a photography expert with a hands-off approach and an exceptional artist who allows the natural flow of the day to be their guide.
Someone who captures the true essence of your day without interrupting or over-directing.
The best way to tell honest stories is through keen observation.
How do I know? Because I spent 15 years as a journalist before becoming a wedding photographer. By paying attention to the ways you interact with your loved ones, I capture the in-between moments that will, one day, be significant. Using a trained eye and a subtle approach, I do so unobtrusively.
As one of the top 120 wedding photojournalists in the world according to the Wedding Photojournalist Association, I know exactly when to step in and capture a moment -without overtaking the interaction.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
- Second Shooter Available
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2026 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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We cannot recommend Natasha enough — hiring her for our wedding was one of the best decisions we made!
From our very first consultation, it was clear we were in incredible hands. D...
uring the wedding day, Natasha was calm, warm, and completely unobtrusive.
If you're looking for a photographer who is talented, professional, easygoing, and genuinely invested in making your day unforgettable, look no further. Natasha is simply the best!
Natasha is fantastic!! You could not find a kinder, more punctual, more dependable, and more talented candid photographer in the DMV. We hired her for our wedding and she exceeded ...
all expectations. From sending us thoughtful pre- and post-wedding gifts, to delivering sneak peek photos in lightning-fast speed, to quick response times with questions, and recommendations for every part of the wedding process, Natasha was worth every penny spent. Not to mention that she was an emotional comfort when I was filled with nerves right before our ceremony. I cannot recommend her enough, and if she's available for your event--book her now!
If you are looking for a candid, documentary style photographer for your wedding, just book Natasha now. She and her second delivered everything we were hoping for and more; the sh...
ots were stunning, real, and captured the emotions of the day. My husband and I got married in the fall, so there were a variety of lighting conditions (outdoor natural light, indoor natural light, indoor artificial lighting, indoor dark reception, outdoor dark couples portraits), and literally everything looks amazing. I just love looking through our gallery and reliving our wedding. Seriously, I cannot recommend Natasha enough, and her work is incredible. All of our guests who have seen our photos have been astonished with how good they are!
My only "caveat" (which is not even a caveat) would be if you are wanting a wedding photographer who will give you a lot of direction, style you, and/or pose everyone, that's not really what Natasha does; she and her team are more relaxed and let things happen and capture the real moments as they come. That said, during our engagement shoot, Natasha did pose my now-husband and I a bit and offered some gentle cues, which really helped us get very sweet pictures that still felt natural.
Oh, also, Natasha included some personal touches throughout our time working with her for our engagement shoot and wedding that were just so nice. We always knew we were in good hands with her and never once doubted our choice in photographer.
Natasha was incredible to work with! She is so thoughtful and made me feel super comfortable the day of! I can be very awkward about getting my photo taken, but she makes it feel n...
atural and fun!! My husband has significant difficulty with his vision, and she was so kind and compassionate about his concerns regarding our first look. And our photos look stunning! The way she works with lighting at different times of day is spectacular! I cannot recommend her enough!!
Natasha was our wedding photographer this past weekend, and we couldn't have asked for a better partner and director than her. From the beginning, we knew we wanted authentic, docu...
mentary-style photographs, and we were nervous we would not find a photographer that would listen to us.
Natasha did all of that and more - from our engagement session to our wedding, she captured every moment (and even ones we missed out on) with care, style and flair, while also making sure we got the requested formal/family photos. She was a calming presence throughout the day and night, and I would recommend her 10/10 times over!
Natasha was incredible! She was one of the very first vendors we booked for our wedding and we were continually amazed by her professionalism, thoughtfulness, and talent. Throughou...
t the process, she was prompt, communicative, and generally a joy to work with, making herself available to us for phone calls whenever we needed and always quick to reply to emails. On the day of our wedding, Natasha did such a beautiful job documenting every moment, big and small. It was really important to us to be able to enjoy the whole day, and her candid style allowed us to be present while she captured the day. Everything from the tiny details to family formals to amazing action shots on the dance floor turned our better than we could’ve imagined. We will treasure these photos forever and are so grateful that we found someone as amazing as Natasha for our big day. She went above and beyond our expectations and we couldn’t recommend her more highly!
Perfect photos! We loved working with Natasha. She did an amazing job being nearly invisible, but the photos turned out stunning. We had a 185 person wedding, and she captured gr...
eat shots of guests, dancing, as well as the ceremony, etc.
Natasha was the first vendor we hired after choosing our venue. She is astonishing. She seamlessly blends into the crowd to take photos that capture the essence of your wedding and...
always manages to find the perfect picture that will make you cry, laugh, and then cry again. She has a remarkable eye. If you want to get away from stilted formal shots and remember and celebrate the actual day of your wedding, work with Natasha. She makes the entire wedding process a joy, from the initial meeting with her to the date night she set up for you to view your photos. She also does "slice of life" engagement shoots which can be a fun and casual date night that she captures with her incredible camera. Everyone has been blown away by the quality of the pictures. There is a reason that she is a top world wedding photographer. I trust Natasha completely. If you are not interested in classic boring posed photos, you can do no better than to hire Natasha Lamalle immediately. She is a true artist with a camera. You will fall in love over and over again through her photos.
Natasha was our wedding photographer and was incredible every step of the way. Even in the planning stages, she helped talk through some ideas and timing, being super accommodating...
and insightful throughout all of it. Then, when we already thought we couldn’t get happier with our choice, she blew us out of the water the night of the wedding. She was understanding and was able to make immediate adjustments with rain plans, family drama, and everything in between. Even guests walked away at the end of the night saying “I talked to your photographer for a while and she’s amazing!”. Natasha’s balance of formal portraits and candids lead to some absolutely beautiful pictures, that I’ll be cherishing for many years to come.
Natasha photographed our wedding and was so, so wonderful! She was kind, communicative, and captured our vision perfectly. The photos we've received so far capture so much emotion ...
and are true representations of how the day felt for us. We often didn't even know we were being photographed. :)
At the end of the wedding, Natasha also gave us a few Polaroids that she had taken throughout the day, which was so thoughtful! When we had our planning meeting at her home studio, she also offered to take a few headshots of me for free since I had been recently furloughed, which goes to show you how thoughtful and kind she really is.
We'd recommend Natasha to anyone and everyone! Our wedding photos capture the fun, vintage, moody vibe we were going for and I'll be obsessed with them forever!
I cannot recommend Natasha highly enough for anyone seeking a documentary-style photographer for their wedding and/or engagement photos. After we chose our venue and date, I immedi...
ately began searching for a photographer who could deliver the wedding experience we were looking for: someone who prioritized capturing raw, genuine emotions over posed photos, who would allow us to spend as much time at our cocktail hour and reception as possible, and who could put us at ease throughout the day. Natasha gave us all that and more. From our first consultation, it became clear that Natasha was exceptionally skilled and creative, and that she possessed an eye for capturing the most minute, ephemeral moments and turning them into incredible art. Over the course of our working relationship, she’s gone above and beyond—from offering to communicate with the venue for our engagement photos on our behalf, sending lovely, thoughtful messages in the lead-up to the big day, and even staying later than her initial booking time to capture post-wedding moments we’ll treasure forever. Also, to our delight, she provided stunning sneak peek photos less than 24 hours after the wedding, allowing us to relive those magical moments almost instantly. I couldn’t wait for her to provide us with our full gallery to write this review—that’s how truly incredible she was as a vendor. If you’re planning a wedding in the broader DMV area and looking for someone who brings a unique, genuine perspective to photography, Natasha is the perfect choice!
I cannot say enough good things about Natasha and the wonderful way that she captured our wedding. When I found Natasha's website and I was blown away by the quality of her candid ...
photography but was worried that our event and budget was too small for her services. Natasha worked with us for a package that met our needs. On the day of the wedding she made the entire process stress free. She took the time to understand us as a couple so that she could focus on capturing the special moments that we would always want to remember. As an added bonus she even recommended us an amazing florist! I could go on and on, if you are looking for a wedding photographer who will capture what is special and unique about your day definitely reach out to Natasha and you will not regret it!
Thank you Natasha for helping to make our wedding day unforgettable and now we have your magical photos that will allow us to relive our special day for years to come! We cherish t...
he time we got to work with you this past year, from our engagement photo shoot at Gathland State Park to our virtual meetings to talk about specifics to the date nights you planned for us to see our photos to our wedding day on May 6th. From the candid photos to the more staged ones, you brought our love for each other to life in a way we couldn’t have dreamed of! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! ❤️ Sam and Julia
Natasha is simply the best, no contest. She went above and beyond anything we could have dreamt of, perfectly capturing our engagement photos (after some scheming ahead of time to ...
include a surprise gift for the groom) and our whole wedding day. It rained the day of our engagement photoshoot at the National Zoo, and she helped us persevere and find great locations anyway. Throughout wedding planning, she helped us figure out a reasonable schedule and encouraged us to include fun details like portraits with sunglasses, a game of newlyweds vs. parents cornhole, and fireworks. We knew we could just let the day unfold and she captured every moment and action-shot, not only of us but also of our friends and family, which was so important to us. I can't recommend her highly enough!!
We could not have asked for a better photographer for our wedding day and engagement photos! Natasha is a true artist and captured the emotion of our wedding day perfectly. She is ...
such a joy to work with. The mother of the groom said it best: "I'm telling you, she is world class; and we're all so lucky that you found her before she's snagged by Vogue. She is jaw-droppingly good; a true artist, whose camera is just an extension of her body. She was dancing through the crowd, or doing from-the-floor Ninja moves while she took half of these photos! Always in the right place, at the right time."
We hired Natasha because of her photojournalism style of wedding photos--we didn't want any frills, just real photos of us and our loved ones in rich, beautiful color. She captured...
both our Friday intimate religious ceremony and our wedding the next day--and both sets of photos came out perfect! She was with us for our entire wedding planning journey, from start to finish with delivering our beautiful album.
Natasha is a true professional and knows how to capture special moments. Each photo that she produced each had a significant meaning to it, and our first look photos are unreal! She is accommodating, flexible and always has a plan B. If we couldn't take photos at our desired location, she came up 5 different options. I couldn't recommend her enough--she is a charming, lovely person and we loved having her share in our special day!
Natasha was more than we could ever have hoped or asked for. Her style is more photojournalistic than portraits, and it made for some dramatic and timeless photos of our big day. F...
rom the photos, I know that she was in the middle of the action at all times, but we never noticed. She was amazing to work with, and I give her my highest recommendation!
We really had the best experience with Natasha! We recommend her 100%. I really want to thank her for her professionalism, punctuality, quality of work and also for the flexibility...
!!! She didn't complain about any of our unforeseen changes in schedule. She proved that her professional goal was to solve problems - we are so happy that we have beautiful photographs to share for the rest of our lives!
Natasha was absolutely wonderful. My fiancé and I were desperately trying to avoid the typical, cheesy wedding photography style, and Natasha was exactly what we hoped for. Her sty...
le is very sophisticated, stylish, and editorial. Her photos could easily fit in with a New York Times lifestyle piece! We planned our wedding from across the country, meaning we never got to meet her until the day of the wedding, but we immediately felt at ease and comfortable with her. She also very skillfully navigated complicated family dynamics - a great skill for weddings ;)
Natasha did an amazing job with our wedding. We had a small gathering and she made it look like the most fabulous event. Everyone came away with multiple photos that they will cher...
ish for years to come. Her touch with each photo looks natural and his turnaround time in producing albums and Facebook content was simply astounding. We were able to share with family and friends while they were still in town. We will certainly go back to Natasha for any future photo needs and highly recommend her and her work to everyone looking to document a special day.
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Washington DC, DC | Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland
Natasha Lamalle Photography