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A wedding and portrait photography service located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Lightbound Photography works with couples to provide a photography service that matches their personalities. At Lightbound Photography, couples will work one-on-one with photographer Sonja to customize a package that fits their needs. Sonja’s photography style is natural and photojournalistic. Her photos include happy candids that are filled with emotion, as well as soft and romantic images that emphasize the connection you have as a couple.

Services Offered
Couples can request a second shooter and select multiple locations for their engagement shoot, trash the dress session, or wedding portraits. Couples will also be able to request additional hours, if required, or a slideshow of their photos. Additional photography services include:

  • Destination/travel
  • Liability insurance
  • One event per day


Products Offered
Sonja delivers completed photo galleries as digital files. Couples can purchase prints, albums, canvases, and flush mounts of all or selected photographs, if desired.

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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

High-Res Images
Slideshow
Digital Files

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

2nd Shooter
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Slideshow
Digital Files

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Natural
Photojournalism

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter
Wedding Portraits

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Prints

Reviews of Lightbound Photography

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Emily Sent on 11/24/2021
5 out of 5 rating

We highly recommend Sonja and Lightbound Photography

Sonja and her team fully embraced our personalities, and they captured our engagement and wedding in a very personal and professional manner. Sonja was extremely helpful throughout the planning process, and our photos are amazing!
Sonja
Sonja Sent on 09/20/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Hire Sonja

Sonja R. is an amazing photographer, person, and artist. She had shot two of my friend's weddings that I was in, and I knew when it came to our wedding that we just had to hire her. She is so professional, responsive, flexible (we had to reschedule our wedding to to covid), and FUN to work with. She has that calm demeanor that makes you feel at ease no matter what is happening. She is organized and will make sure you get all the photos you want. Her style is natural and beautiful and she will capture you looking great even if you get nervous for photos like I do. She also gives you a digital copy of all the photos which is wonderful. You will NOT regret working with Sonja or her wonderful assistants. Worth every dollar and then some.
Nick
Nick Sent on 09/12/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding and Engagement photos turned out great!

Sonja shot our engagement and wedding photos and we couldn't be happier! She did a fantastic job getting all of the shots we asked for in our wedding and also capturing all of the fun candid moments during the event. We strongly recommend her!
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Alyssa Sent on 06/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

What are you waiting for? Book her!

We can’t say enough good things about Sonja. She’s one of those beautiful souls who makes photography fun, and her passion and talent shine through in the prints. It seems like everyone has a photographer horror story, but we can confidently say Sonja will never appear in one. Starting with the engagement shoot, we knew we had made a great choice: she’s got plenty of experience to suggest fun shots that work, and the flexibility and creativity to go with the moment when things come up. She really did her homework beforehand and had a bunch of ideas for locations, timing, and angles. It felt so good to be in the hands of a professional - she worked out a super reasonable photography schedule with us well in advance (do a first look if you can! It worked out so well for us!!), kindly but firmly rounded up family members, coordinated really well with her second shooter, and adapted on the fly to keep us on that schedule! It was a miracle. We got so many compliments on our engagement photos, and we absolutely love our wedding photos. She captured beautiful staged pictures and cute spontaneous moments. What are you waiting for? Book her!
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Fay Sent on 05/23/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Sonja is the best! She worked with us on a personal level and ensured we got exactly the photos we wanted. She is also creative and did some amazing shots that turned out even better than we could have expected.
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Heidi Sent on 12/17/2017
5 out of 5 rating
We loved working with Sonja! She was flexible and fun to work with, and the pictures came out great. We plan on using her services again in the future.
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Yafit Sent on 12/17/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Your portfolio is so creative and beautiful, we knew than and there that we HAD to book you for our wedding. It’s been a pleasure working with you. Thank you for making our day so memorable ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Andrea Sent on 12/13/2017
5 out of 5 rating
My fiancé and I love working with Sonja! The process has been smooth and simple. Our engagement pictures are beautiful. My fiancé and I wanted our eight month old puppy and most of our photos. I know puppies can be difficult to photograph but Sonja made it look easy. Every photo we got back was stunning. Thank you Sonja!
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Meghan Sent on 12/13/2017
5 out of 5 rating
We had a great time with Sonja (despite freezing temperatures) taking our engagement photos. My fiance and I are both not very keen on the idea of having our photos taken, and went into engagement photos thinking they'd be practice before the wedding, but they were actually really easy! Sonja made everything feel natural and we got a lot of great photos. She's also great with animals, and we had our dog join us for a few of the pictures. Can't wait for her to take photos at our wedding!
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Noriko Sent on 12/08/2017
5 out of 5 rating
We were so lucky to have Sonja as our photographer at our wedding! We spoke a few times about shots that I really wanted on the day of and I shared my pinterest board with her, and she did all the magic:) She visited the site before the wedding, and found all the cool places for pictures that I didn't even know that they existed! She made us feel so relaxed and told us exactly how to pose for each picture, so even my husband who doesn't really like his pictures taken felt comfortable. She is so sweet, easy to work with, and very accommodating. We are 120% satisfied and happy with the pictures that came out and our venue even used our picture for their brochure:) And she even traveled out to California for our wedding! Thank you!!!
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Lightbound Photography frequently asked questions

Lightbound Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • High-Res Images
  • Slideshow
  • Digital Files
Lightbound Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Slideshow
  • Digital Files
Lightbound Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Natural
  • Photojournalism
Lightbound Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
  • Wedding Portraits
Lightbound Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Prints
Lightbound Photography is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.
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