Walking Eagle Photography

Laura Walking Eagle is one of the sweetest people I have ever met, AND a seriously talented, amazing, incredible photographer. From the first moment I met Laura, I knew I wanted her to be our photographer. We did an engagement session with just Laura and then both she and her husband Clay shot our wedding. Our engagement photos were beyond dreamy and the preview I got of our wedding photos (we just got married in August) literally brought me to tears.

My husband and I had quite the journey getting to our wedding day, canceling our original wedding plans twice (COVID brides, you get it!). When we finally nailed down a new date, 8/8/20, the FIRST person I reached out to was Laura to be sure she and Clay were available. I didn’t finalize the date until I confirmed we could book them (seriously they are THAT GOOD, I would have changed the date again to be able to use them!).

Laura and Clay both have this way about them that instantly makes you comfortable. They are amazing at giving just the right amount of direction to ensure your photos are everything you want them to be and more, but you never feel overly directed or posed. We had a very small wedding ceremony and reception on a rooftop terrace in Laguna Beach that was just barely big enough for our 30-person group size. Despite the very tight space, you never felt like Laura or Clay were intrusive (yet they still managed to get all the right shots and angles!).

I could not be happier with our photos and recommend Laura and Clay to everyone I know. I can’t wait to have the chance to hire them again in the future for maternity photos :)

Oh my gosh, Laura and Clay were an absolute dream to work with!! Now let me give you some background - Something that caught me by surprise during the wedding planning process was the fact that my husband had an opinion on photographers. It turns out he was far more particular and opinionated about them than I anticipated. We had our wedding ceremony in Maui and paid for 2 hours of coverage for the day of, and then we threw a reception at home in San Diego a few months later. We hired Walking Eagle Photography to photograph our SD reception, after hearing such great things about them from close friends. But let me tell you, it was not easy to convince my husband we needed a professional photographer for our reception as well. The fact that he was so happy with them speaks volumes! My husband now fully admits he sees true value in having a professional photographer, and this was after only seeing two preview pictures. He is so happy with the fact that we hired Clay and Laura to be a part of our special day. They were the most kind, patient, and caring photographers. We are over the moon happy with our photos!!

We worked with Laura for our engagement photos and our wedding day. Our engagement photos were perfect! She and her team were amazing on the day of! You could feel how well they worked together and we were having a formal attire wedding and they fit right in which we really appreciated! She took time to make sure that we got every photo with family that we wanted and the photos are magical. Laura had a timeline for us and from the moment they arrived, they were ready to go! I will keep Laura, Clay and the rest of the Walking Eagle family in mind for future events!

The Walking Eagles are amazing photographers! We couldn’t be happier with the photographs from our wedding day, and I can’t recommend them enough as wedding photographers.
The Walking Eagles were recommended to me by our wedding planner. Since we don’t live in San Diego, we weren’t able to meet Clay and Laura beforehand or have an engagement shoot. Having seen gorgeous examples of their photographs online, I spoke to Laura on the phone, she was so sweet and kind, knowledgeable and helpful. I knew right away that I wanted her to be our wedding photographer.
We met the Walking Eagles on the wedding day, and I think it is a tribute to their affability and professionalism that they made us feel immediately at ease. They knew exactly what to say to make us feel relaxed, and knew exactly how to instruct us to make us look natural in the photos. We had a really nice time taking our couples photos with them during the wedding—they are really nice people. Not to mention there is something quite lovely about having your wedding photos taken by a happily married couple!
The pictures they created are, quite simply, stunning. I love the wistful, almost dreamy feel of the photographs. The colors are beautiful—we got married by the sea and the colors of the sand, cliffs, and ocean are so soft.
And I still can’t believe my husband and I are the people in the pictures—we look way better than we do in real life! The Walking Eagles really captured us at our best, and captured our love and humor in candid moments. We don’t think of ourselves as particularly photogenic, but the Walking Eagles made us feel, and importantly look, photogenic. I would hire them again in a heartbeat! Thank you, Clay and Laura!

Finding a photographer was one of the most difficult things throughout the whole wedding planning process. I knew that this decision would be the one we would regret if we made the wrong choice. With that being said, I have absolutely no regrets in hiring Laura and Clay! We hired Walking Eagle Photography for both our engagement session as well as our wedding and the pictures are just amazing!! They were on time, extremely organized and were great with communicating with my husband and I. They made it super comfortable for us which is what was my original worry since I have never been very photogenic. Laura and Clay did such an amazing job in capturing all of the details of our wedding. I feel so grateful and blessed to know that my husband and I are going to have such gorgeous pictures to remember our amazing day for years and years to come. I hope to hire them again in the future for pregnancy/baby photos!! I cannot say enough great things about these two!!

Walking Eagle was the BEST DECISION we made in building our wedding vendor team. Laura shot our engagement photos and we could not believe what my eyes were seeing when we reviewed the pictures. They were unbelievably gorgeous. She captured the light, the love and the happiness in such a natural way. They didn’t seem posed. Working with Laura and Clay are easy and natural. I cannot wait to see the beauty they capture at our wedding (I keep checking Instagram every day). I know we will be using Walking Eagle for our future pictures and I will continue to follow them on Instagram because their pictures are just so captivating.

Laura and Clay were amazing throughout the whole process. They took great photos, made us feel at ease, and were so professional and nice from day one. They are the type of people we would be friends with in everyday life, and it just so happens they do breathtaking work!

Laura and Clay are perfect. After my wedding I went through a crazy period of questioning if I liked my dress, my hair, make-up, wedding coordinator decision....but the one thing I'm sure about is that I got the best photography team in the world. I can't tell you how pleased I am with the photos and the work that they did. They were so sweet and easy to work with and made the day feel so fun and easy. They gave me great direction (which I needed, as someone who doesn't know how to model and didn't want to look awkward/cheesy in my wedding photos!). They went above and beyond. I showed Laura a few pictures I thought I wanted to get in the area we were getting married - she printed them all off as a check list and brought them to the venue. They found this BEAUTIFUL tree and Laura let me wear her boots so I could safely climb up the roots to get the most INCREDIBLE pictures.

They are lovely, and perfect, and you'll be obsessed with your photos. Can't go wrong.

Booking Walking Eagle was one of the best decisions we made in planning our wedding. We used Walking Eagle Photography for our engagement photos, wedding photos, and videography. Clay and Laura are so sweet and professional, and their passion for what they do shines through in their work. They made us feel so comfortable every step of the way, and our photos turned out so natural. They captured every happy moment of our wedding. We cannot recommend Walking Eagle highly enough!

SERIOUSLY the sweetest and best photographers in Southern California! My husband and I couldnt be more happy with our engagement and wedding photos! Laura and Clay are so incredibly talented and such a pleasure to work with. They are both the nicest of people and have such a calm demeanor that it's truly such a joy on your wedding day to have them around. Everyone says how stunning our photos are and they captured so many great moments throughout the evening. We truly felt we got to relive our special day through their work. They make you feel so comfortable in what is actually extremely uncomfortable (well for me at least, haha) and were able to capture our personalities without us even knowing. They are also extremely professonal, responsive, and have a great turn around time in comparison to most photographers. Without a doubt we will be using them in the future for our big life moments.
Thank you Laura and Clay!
xo
Britten

We LOVE the Walking Eagles. Clay and Laura were great throughout our entire wedding process, and our photos are gorgeous! They captured everything that we wanted and managed to get amazing photos of us even though we had a really tight window between the ceremony and reception. So impressed! They are also a wonderful calming force on the day-of. We could not be happier with our photos :)

We hired Clay of Walking Eagle Photography to be our wedding Videographer and he was fantastic. We just received our video and it was beyond amazing. Such great quality of video. Everyone tells me it looks like a movie! To be honest I barely even noticed him during our wedding. He was able to blend into the environment perfectly allowing us to be natural and ourselves and not feeling like we had to perform for the camera. It was perfect! I was a little particular with the type of song I wanted to go with our video and the song he chose was also perfect! He chose one that fit our personality and flowed with the video flawlessly. PERFECT, PERFECT, PERFECT!!!! I cannot say enough wonderful things about Clay and his videography skills! He will not disappoint you!

I found Walking Eagle Photography after seeing some amazing photos on facebook via a mutual friend. From the very first email response from Laura I knew that they would provide me with the professionalism and quality of photos we were looking for. Laura was extremely sweet, helpful, responsive and open to what we were looking for. When we did our engagement session we met Clay and got to experience why they are so successful as a team. This husband and wife team work so well together, they're so sweet to each other and they each have their own style. Allowing each other the opportunity to take photos when they see something special. Clay has a natural artistic eye for using natural light. He makes you feel comfortable and gives you plenty of ideas for poses and helps you understand how to feel in the moment. At first it was a little uncomfortable and we had our nerves going, but with Clay's suggestions and 15 mins later, we were warmed up and really getting into it. They felt like they were our long time friends.

I cant wait for the wedding day! I highly, highly recommend them :D

Thank you Walking Eagle

Walking Eagle Photography brings out the beauty in everyday life. My cousin had Walking Eagle do her wedding and engagement photos years ago, and they were so beautiful they stuck in my mom's and my mind until it was my turn. From the first sit down with Laura discussing our engagement and wedding photos, I knew I needed to look no further. Laura is so personable and sweet, and the portfolios she brought really highlighted her and her husband Clay's talent. Clay is just as wonderful and they are a true power couple, but humble at the same time.

They are very flexible, my husband and I have very different schedules and they worked around that in order for us to get our save the dates out on time. I couldn't decide on what to wear, so they let me have a total of 3 outfits. My husband and I are no models and they helped balance the fact that we don't know how to position our bodies in front of the camera, with the fact that we didn't want to look posed while putting us at ease.

We have gotten endless complements on how beautiful our pictures have turned out, and it is all thanks to their talent. We ordered the photo/video package and the video is just as amazing as our photos. When my husband and I imagined our wedding one of the top priorities of ours was to make it fun, and the highlight video we got from them definitely captures that essence. One of my friends stated, "this is a full on music video," and another said "I got the chills so many times, I love how up beat and fun the video is instead of cheesy, it came out amazing."

I could not be happier that I trusted Walking Eagle Photography to capture these once in a lifetime events. They are beautiful people inside and out who work hard to make sure what you get is flawless. If you are wondering if you should choose them for any event the answer is YES, you would be crazy not to!

We had an absolute blast shooting our engagement photos in Encinitas. We found Walking Eagle Photography on WeddingWire. We traveled from Connecticut to California the weekend of our engagement and connected with Laura & Clay immediately. They are both talented & professional. Thank you for making us feel comfortable and creating beautiful work!