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Loren Hansen Photography is a wedding and lifestyle photography company operating out of Petaluma, California. For over two decades, Loren has been honing and perfecting her craft, creating captivating photographic keepsakes. With a contemporary photojournalistic approach, she documents the pivotal events of every event she attends, as well as candid moments of laughter and love.

Services Offered

To ensure a fully tailored experience for every client, Loren Hansen Photography provides couples with a wide range of offerings. As well as coverage on the day of your event, Loren also offers engagement, boudoir, and trash-the-dress photo shoots. The services of a second photographer are available, ensuring that every important detail throughout your day is highlighted. Your finished images can be made available to you in the form of high-resolution digital files, USB drive, prints, and albums.

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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Slideshow
Digital Files
Proofs

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

2nd Shooter
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Slideshow
Toning
Digital Files
Proofs

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Contemporary
Natural
Photojournalism

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Boudoir Shoot
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
Matted Prints
Prints
Proofs
Save the Date
Thank You Cards

Reviews of Loren Hansen Photography

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Loren received overwhelming praise from multiple reviewers for her exceptional photography services at various weddings. Reviewers commended her professionalism, creativity, and ability to capture special moments seamlessly. Her communication skills, artistic direction, and fun personality were highlighted, making her a highly recommended choice for wedding photography. Clients were impressed with her beautiful and natural shots, expressing gratitude for the memories she preserved from their special day. Overall, Loren's work exceeded expectations, leaving couples thrilled with their wedding photos.

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Loren received overwhelming praise from multiple reviewers for her exceptional photography services at various weddings. Reviewers commended her professionalism, creativity, and ability to capture special moments seamlessly. Her communication skills, artistic direction, and fun personality were highlighted, making her a highly recommended choice for wedding photography. Clients were impressed with her beautiful and natural shots, expressing gratitude for the memories she preserved from their special day. Overall, Loren's work exceeded expectations, leaving couples thrilled with their wedding photos.

Alex&Megan
Alex&Megan Sent on 06/25/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A++ photographer!

We cannot thank Loren Hasen enough for her outstanding work at our wedding! Loren was incredibly professional, fun, and personable. She seamlessly blended into the background, making it easy to be ourselves without even realizing she was there.

The photos Loren took are absolutely stunning. She captured every special moment with skill and creativity, leaving us amazed at the fantastic shots she managed to get. Each photo truly reflects the joy and love of our special day.

Loren, your work exceeded our expectations, and we are so grateful for the beautiful memories you've given us. Thank you for being such an integral part of our wedding. We highly recommend you to anyone looking for a talented and delightful photographer!
Kae
Kae Sent on 12/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Fun, Friendly and Fantastic

hiring Loren to shoot our wedding was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding day. she was an absolute joy to work with. Professional, kind and made us feel comfortable in front of the camera. She had such a good eye for detail and captured all the special moments, even ones we did not know were happening. 15/10. Do yourself a favor and book Loren for your wedding.
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Kendra Sent on 07/03/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Loren is outstanding!!!

Loren shot our engagement photos and we could not be happier with not only how the photos turned out but how great Loren was during our shoot. Loren went above and beyond during our shoot to make us feel comfortable and natural. She even waded into the river to be able to get a shot of us with our reflection in the water! Loren had our photos back to us sooner than expected and each shot was beautiful and natural. I would highly recommend Loren for any photography needs.
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Elaina Sent on 06/12/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful engagement photo shoot

Wow! I can’t thank you enough for the amazing job in capturing the actual moments of my client’s proposal. You were responsive, easy to work with and the photos were amazing! It was a challenge trying to arrange everything from South Florida, but you made the process easy. Many thanks! Do not hesitate to use Loren’s services!
Lauren
Lauren Sent on 09/01/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Loren is wonderful!

We hired Loren for our rustic wedding on the Mendocino Coast. She did a fantastic job and we couldn't have been happier with our decision to hire Loren. She was a great communicator, easy to work with, flexible, professional, and an all around lovely person. We love her photos from the weekend and she inspired some great shots of us laughing and having fun that day. She has our highest recommendation!
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Jen H. Sent on 08/10/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Loren is the best!

We absolutely love Loren's work and her fun personality! As wedding planners at Piper & Sloan, we continue to send our clients her way because she has a such a beautiful way of capturing all the emotion and connection between couples. She keeps them laughing and enjoying every moment, offers great artistic direction while keeping things loose, and makes it so much fun to work with her! If we could give her 10 stars we absolutely would. We know her beautiful photos speak for themselves, but we wanted to add our vote to work with her because she is the best!
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Troy Sent on 08/02/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely perfect

Loren was absolutely amazing. Everything was better then we could have ever asked for or even expected. She will be used and recommended by everyone.
Christina
Christina Sent on 07/13/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing wedding photographer

Loren was such a joy to work with as our wedding photographer. We had a range of people we were working with from caterers, wedding coordinator, etc. and she by far had the best communication and quickly aligned with what we were looking for in a photographer.

She captured our day in such a beautiful and effortless way - she was present in all the special moments but we never noticed she was around. She seamlessly blended into the party and was quick to capture moments that we will remember forever.

We can’t wait for another opportunity to work with Loren and highly recommend her if you are looking for a trusted and talented photographer to capture your special day.

The only regret we have is not having her come to our Welcome party the day before our wedding.
Jessica
Jessica Sent on 01/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

The absolute best of the best!

Loren Hansen.... Oh my gosh... Where to even start?! This beautiful lady is seriously THE. BEST. EVER!!! Our important day literally would not have been possible without her. We hired her for our engagement photos first, which were beyond stunning. Then lucked out and were able to snag her again for our wedding. She started the day bright and early at my Air BNB - naturally I was incredibly anxious getting ready for such an important day, and I cannot express enough how COMFORTABLE she made me feel. She is sooo easy going, and it never felt like a stuffy photo shoot. She was just casually taking beautiful & professional photos without disrupting us at all. Then she drove to the venue and snagged pics of the venue, vendors setting up, my husband-to-be getting ready with his parents, etc. Then of course the ceremony, friends & family, the couple, then the party. I mean, she was with us for 10 hours. She works her bootie off and it SHOWS. We had 80 guests at our wedding and she managed to get a photo of every single person. Perfect combination of staged & in the moment shots. If you don't hire Loren you are making a HUGE mistake. I would seriously consider her one of my friends at this point. She made such an impact and is just such an amazing human being. 20 OUT OF 5 STARS!! LOVE YOU LOREN!!
Julie
Julie Sent on 12/06/2022
5 out of 5 rating

My Engagement Photos are Literally a Romance Novel Book Cover!

Wow. Where do I even start. Loren is seriously an epic photographer, I will never hire anyone else. She not only has the skills to take beautiful photos, but I have never seen myself and fiancé look so good! We gave Loren some very harsh conditions to work under and she helped us have such a blast taking them. Just FYI, we are repeat customers- we have hired her for our wedding photos in 2023 and I done several family shoots with her as well. My family raves about how much fun she makes the process.

When I was planning our engagement photos, I looked at Elizabeth Glad’s (https://instagram.com/elizabethgadd?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) epic self portraits that showed the colors, beauty, and landscape. Made a Pinterest board and showed Loren. A bit of inspiration really helps you and the photographer see what your looking to capture.

My fiancé and I are very outdoories people and I really wanted to have our love for nature come though our engagement photos. That is one of the things that brings us together! We presented Loren with a very difficult challenge: winter, Northern California, rain, low light in the redwoods, and add in some wind. You get the idea, we’re not in a studio with a green screen.

Well our jaws dropped. Please look at our photos. She made us look like we were a romance book cover. The landscape was captured absolutely perfect, in more details then I could ever remember. The scale was perfect for us, we wanted to show how big nature and how much we love each other and this place. But she also got soooo many beautiful close ups that capture us perfectly.

Besides nature always doing her beautiful thing, I need help with posing and being comfortable in front of the camera. Loren gave us such good directions on what to do while posing, and we pretty much laughed the entire time. My fiancé even kept saying how much fun he was having! Yup! That’s when you know you hired the write person to make taking photos fun!

Our families, our friends and we are completely stunned at the collection of photos we got out of the shoot. We are having a hard time trying to figure out which one is our favorite, because there are so many!
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner

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Loren Hansen Photography frequently asked questions

Loren Hansen Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Slideshow
  • Digital Files
  • Proofs
Loren Hansen Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Slideshow
  • Toning
  • Digital Files
  • Proofs
Loren Hansen Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Contemporary
  • Natural
  • Photojournalism
Loren Hansen Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Boudoir Shoot
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
  • Wedding Portraits
Loren Hansen Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Matted Prints
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Save the Date
  • Thank You Cards
Loren Hansen 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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