Maren Kathleen Photography

Words cannot fully express how happy we were to have chosen Maren for our wedding day.
The day I found her on Instagram, I knew immediately she was the right fit for us and our aesthetic. From the very beginning of the process until the very end, she has been organized, professional, and just so, so sweet. She was great with communication, always an email or a phone call away. Both during the planning process, and on the actual wedding day, she was able to deal with the craziness and last-minute issues that arose, with a smile and a plan.

We just received our sneak peek photos the other day, we couldn’t happier. We now call her the “photo ninja” because not only did she get the discussed poses and shots, but because we were surprised with a few we didn’t even know she was around for! She captured every single special moment..and then some!
We wouldn’t hesitate for a second to recommend her for your special event, but most importantly for your wedding day!
Thank you so Maren🤍

I highly recommend Maren to any brides looking to capture AMAZING photos on your special day. Maren was able to capture so many special moments filled with so much emotion. We are grateful we will be able to look back on these photos and remember all the feels on our day. She was responsive, easy to work with and has been more than flexible throughout the pandemic!

Honestly words can't describe how perfectly Maren and Stephen captured our wedding day! My husband and I had a microwedding with only immediate family. Maren and Stephen were able to capture the true essence, love, and energy that filled our day. Maren made us feel really comfortable and she was able to naturally capture our day. All of our friends and family keep complimenting the beautiful pictures from our wedding day!

Maren worked with us when we changed our wedding plans to a microwedding due to the global pandemic. Maren is a true pleasure to talk to and work with. She was timely in all communication leading up to our big day.

We highly recommend Maren!! We cannot say enough good things about her! We are excited she will be our photographer and videographer for our one year anniversary party with extended family and friends!

Maren was recommended to me when I found out 3 weeks before my wedding that I needed to find a new photographer! From her first email response I knew she would be great to work with! She was so understanding of my situation, and was able to work with me to find a photography package that fit my budget. She even was able to find a second shooter (Kateigh) with such short notice! Maren and Kateigh were both amazing to work with in person. Maren sent me sneak peek photos less than 2 weeks after the weeding and they were so beautiful! I cannot wait to see the rest of them! I will recommend Maren to anyone I know looking for a photographer!

Maren is so kind and talented! At the beginning of covid she texted (mid-march) just to see how I was doing and to express her sympathy about COVID possibly ruining our wedding plans. She reached out to me before some family and friends did! She was there every step of the way from replanning 3 times to doing a 12 person ceremony this August. She's incredibly easy to work with and is reliable. And for a bonus, she takes great photo's!!

Choosing Maren as our photographer was one of the best decisions we have made! From the first phone call , I knew that Maren was the perfect fit for us. Her photography syle is exactly what we envisioned! We worked with Maren for both our engagement photos and wedding. My husband and I are high school sweethearts and had never had our photos taken until our engagement photos. Maren made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera. Leading up to the wedding, we met to talk about final details and you could see that Maren was so excited for our day and we could tell how passionate she is about her work. On our wedding day , Maren captured every detail right down to the midnight kiss on New Years and my sparkly sneakers. She remained calm all day and it kept us all at ease.
When we received our wedding gallery, it just took our breath away. It was everything that we had thought and more. Maren captured every moment and we are so grateful that we can cherish all of these memories.
Maren , we can not thank you enough for capturing ever detail of our special day.

Where do I begin?! I have followed Maren and Maren Kathleen photography on social media for 10+ years. When I was in high school, it was almost like a dream to have her photograph my wedding one day. Well it happened! I messaged her one day to see if she had any recommendations for Central Louisiana photographers because I knew she was in New York, and didn't know she would TRAVEL across the country! So then it began, we had some phone conversations and some emails. Then she asked us exactly what portraits we wanted so she knew what was important to us! 😍 I had never met Maren before, even living in the same area at one time, but Maren was a NATURAL at capturing every moment on our special day with ease! She made us feel so comfortable around her! Now the photos in our gallery... makes me tear up just looking at them because I am still in awe almost a year later. They are perfect! Perfectly taken, perfectly enhanced, perfectly everything! Maren, thank you so much for everything you did for us to capture the beauty of our same sex wedding day! We are forever grateful for your amazing art on our walls! 😍

We cannot say enough kind words about working with Maren. From our first phone call, she was personable and kind - a true partner leading up to the wedding. During our engagement session, we felt instantly comfortable with her, feeling more like a friend than a hired photographer. She has a great sense of humor and puts you at ease. We just received our sneak peek of our wedding photos and I could not have imagined a more perfect way to remember our evening. Her photos are stunning. Maren, thank you for being such a joy to work with!

Wow where do I begin. Not only did Maren do a wonderful job photographing our wedding and giving us a gift we’ll enjoy for years to come, but I felt like at the end of the process I gained a friend. Maren was so professional while still being a real person who wanted to capture real moments on our big day. I laughed and cried and couldn’t have asked for more incredible photos. She was there at all the right moments, but somehow I never saw her. Simply put Maren is the photographer everyone needs!!

We worked with Maren for both an engagement shoot as well as for the wedding itself, and like the title says, she was an absolute pleasure to work with! We both had so much fun during each event, and as Maren’s enthusiasm and enjoyment radiated out of her, we felt extremely enthused, too. Maren made us both feel at ease with being professionally photographed (something that neither of us have had much experience with); she really wanted to see how we interacted as a couple, and because of her direction, it almost made us feel like she wasn’t even there. The sessions felt more like the two of us were just enjoying one another’s company, and we were able to slip into our usual, candid, authentic selves. Maren was always complimenting us during the shoots as well, saying that she loved how we interacted with one another and how great we looked; this in turn gave us more confidence while we were in front of the camera, and also got us more excited during the process! She was open to any ideas we had for the photos, but she was also very helpful in coming up with a lot of unique ideas for us to do during the shoots themselves. For example, in our engagement shoot she helped us get some photographs on a swing set (something meaningful to the two of us), but also suggested that we do some action shots by having one of us run up behind the other and hug them, which generated some pretty funny (but also lovely and genuine!) photos. Similarly, during the wedding, she took some photos of us during golden hour like we requested, and also provided many different suggestions for photos (bride holding groom, running together at the camera while holding hands, etc.). We cannot overstate how fun she was to work with—as well as her assistant during the wedding—it was like working with a friend we had known for years, even though we had only met a couple times! Maren also made sure that all of the formal family/friend portraits we requested got taken and was excellent with time management during the photo sessions; her attention to detail was a huge help on our wedding day while we had a million other things to focus on.

As for the results, they were truly special. The turnaround time after the wedding was a little over two months, which wasn’t too long considering that it was peak wedding season and Maren had been photographing many other weddings in addition to ours. She provided us with probably close to a thousand different photos (!), all edited so professionally and perfectly, and we were so happy. After showing the photos to our family and friends, they also were very impressed with both the quality and quantity of Maren’s work! One of our favorites was taken in a room with some old fancy chairs, and at Maren’s suggestion, we posed with the bride sitting in the chair and the groom standing above it. The result was a photo that looks straight out of the Victorian era, yet simultaneously could be in a high fashion wedding magazine, and we love it!! We spent hours going through all of the photos from the wedding, reliving each moment as Maren and her assistant had really captured the energy of the day, with plenty of organized as well as candid photos to work with. We were amazed with literally EVERY moment they captured during the day—from us being all teary-eyed right after saying our vows and the officiant pronouncing us husband and wife, to the looks of admiration we were giving our speakers during their toasts, to us rocking the eff out during the reception dances—the entire day was there in our gallery delivery. Maren and her assistant were pros at being “flies on the wall” during the big wedding moments: unobtrusive but completely in each moment at the same time. We could not be happier with our choice, and would 100% recommend Maren to anybody who is looking for a wedding and engagement photographer. She is sweet, fun, professional, does fantastic work, and made us feel so thankful for working with her. We could not have made a better choice in hiring her. Thank you so much, Maren—we are absolutely thrilled with the results and with the experience we had with you!

Maren was an absolute DREAM to work with. Photography was my #1 thing and as soon as we spoke to Maren over the phone I felt like she was the right choice. My (now) husband and I didn't even want engagement photos but since they came with the package, we did them and BOY are we glad we did. We had the most fun spending the day with Maren, and she even climbed up a mountain for us for her first time (--sorry Maren for nearly killing you). I thought the engagement photos were the best things in the whole world until our WEDDING DAY. She so perfectly captured our day, and the small moments during it. I still stare at our photos nearly daily and my wedding was like 6 months ago. Maren is such a joy and seriously captures the right moments. THANK YOU MAREN

Our wedding would not have been the same without Maren! We got more from her than we even knew to hope for. Her pictures beautifully and delicately captured all of the emotions of our day. We will treasure our photos forever.

Maren is also delightful herself. She made the process of everything so easy, comfortable, and happy for us. She navigated the quirks of our extended family relationships seamlessly, and she was a joy to spend the day with.

Count yourself lucky if you get to use Maren for your own special day!

Maren photographed our wedding just two weeks ago and after looking at the 100 preview photos she sent us, we know we made the right choice! The photos are so beautiful and exactly what we wanted. Maren picked all the right moments to capture, she always made us )and the rest of our wedding party/guests) feel comfortable and was incredibly easy to work with. We can't wait to see the rest of the photos!

Maren was so wonderful to work with from the very start. She is quick to respond and gives a lot of good feedback in how to properly set up a day of timeline. On a day where emotions are running so high her calm nature allowed me to feel so comfortable. Her assistant was also a joy to work with she took amazing photos of my infant son which is no easy task! Picking Maren was one of the best vendor choices that I made through the whole wedding planning process!

Having Maren as our photographer was absolutely one of the best decisions we made for our wedding. I reached out to her on a whim, because I had seen her beautiful work from a friend's wedding and loved her style more than any other local photographer. To my complete surprise, she said yes and was able to work within our limited budget. I was so grateful. Her pictures turned out amazing, and she is so sweet to work with. I really feel like she captures the best in you, and the mood and joy of the whole day.