Laura's Focus Photography Reviews
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Katie B. Sent on 04/29/2024
Eternally Grateful
Laura's Focus Photography went above and beyond all our expectations. It's honestly hard to put into words just how grateful we are for Laura's exceptional work. Saying we're impressed doesn't even come close!
Every time my husband and I revisit our wedding photos, it's like reliving those magical moments all over again. Each image brings back such fond memories of our special day, and being able to share those moments with our loved ones has been incredibly rewarding, all thanks to Laura's incredible talent.
Right from our very first meeting, Laura's professionalism, expertise, and calming presence put us at ease. She was super responsive to any questions I had before the wedding, and her timeline guidance and advice on hair and makeup rotations were invaluable. Her attention to detail ensured that everything ran smoothly on the day, allowing us to fully immerse ourselves in the magic without a single worry. The photos turned out absolutely breathtaking, striking a perfect and timeless balance between documentary-style shots and those capturing the warmth of our family and friends.
Without a doubt, we will wholeheartedly recommend Laura to anyone we know who is planning their wedding. -
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Barbara S. Sent on 08/28/2023Laura is a real PRO!
Laura is a real pro! She has a subtle way of directing the wedding party (also known as "herding cats") in order to get the perfect photos. She coordinated with my wedding planner to ensure the timing of everything was perfect and we ended up with beautiful photos of our special day. Definitely recommend Laura and her team for your special event! -
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Dorothy R. Sent on 07/26/2023
Absolutely amazing! Thank you!
We attended a wedding in Maryland and were blown away with how incredible of a job Laura did! We hired her to come to Philadelphia for our wedding and it was totally worth it! Laura stepped into our venue for the first time on our wedding day, and you would never have known, she did an INCREDIBLE job! In less than a week we had a bunch of preview photos and they were amazing! We absolutely reccomend her and love that she was willing to travel to photograph our wedding! Thanks Laura -
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Rebecca F. Sent on 09/09/2023Absolutely amazing!
Laura was the photographer for our wedding that took place in June 2023 at Black Walnut Point Inn, and we couldn’t be more grateful that we chose her! She is absolutely amazing!! From the moment we met her at our engagement shoot, we felt completely comfortable around her, and as a couple who had never done a photo shoot before, she made it feel easy. She brings a calm energy that is very soothing, but she also knows how to joke around and bring laughs. She is exactly who we needed! Her photographic skills are out of this world, and she is insanely quick in getting photos back to you. She and her second shooter, Shayla, worked insanely efficiently during group photos, and they were both so lovely to be around. We used Andover Media for videography, and Justinian and Laura worked extremely well together and added a very fun dynamic to the day. We would recommend Laura to anyone and everyone, and we only wish we could relive the day with her! -
Jessie A. Sent on 10/11/2023
Highly Recommend!
We’re so glad we hired Laura for our big day! She is extremely professional, communicative, and easy to work with. We thought she did an amazing job capturing our goofy personalities and she delivered our photos so quickly! She sent a preview of our photos within a week and the full set of photos within 3 weeks. Her pricing was more reasonable than some of the other photographers in the area, too. The photos turned out even more beautiful than we could have imagined. You are in great hands with Laura! -
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Kayla D. Sent on 03/09/2022Exceeded all expectations!
Laura is absolutely amazing! My husband and I decided on a very small destination wedding in Exuma, Bahamas. After a google search, I came across Laura's page and fell in love with her work. When I reached out to Laura and found out that she was going to be in the area at the same time, I was thrilled! She was extremely helpful and professional from our very first conversation. I am so thankful to have stumbled across her page - Laura did an amazing job and on the day, I didn't even notice her taking half the pictures of special moments she was able to capture. I've received so many compliments on the quality of the photos and have probably looked at them 150 times since getting them two weeks ago. The blog posts Laura does are a very special touch that you can share with friends and family fairly soon after the wedding. We also received our photos via digital link very quickly after our big day (but this is likely due to winter months being less busy than the summer for weddings). Thank you Laura for capturing these wonderful moments that we will be able to share with friends and family for years to come! -
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Lauren C. Sent on 01/03/2022Best Photographer Ever!
Laura was amazing! She is so knowledgeable and professional. She knows the best shots to get and is so great at getting candids! My husband is a little camera shy and she made him feel so comfortable! All our friends and family keep telling us how great our pictures are ! We are so over the moon with everything! If we had to do it again, Laura would be a must! -
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Renee G. Sent on 11/07/2021
Coolest Photographer
My husband and I knew that our photographer was our main priority. We wanted pictures that captured our personalities and the day in a way we would never forget. We had heard from so many of our friends that the day goes by so fast and it’s hard to remember it all without amazing photos and video. When we saw Laura’s portfolio we knew we found our photographer! Her photos are beautiful, natural and capture people’s emotions amazingly. On top of her amazing body of work, we totally vibed with Laura’s personality. She is the absolute best! She is a calming yet commanding presence that you need on your day! And with our crazy families, we needed someone who could assist in keeping folks in line haha. She was able to make me and my guests feel relaxed and comfortable in front of the camera while also ensuring she got almost every requested picture on our shot list. Within days of our big day she had drafted a beautiful blog post with a handful of pictures. The sneak peek images alone are absolutely breathtaking and truly capture the day perfectly! I can’t stop looking at them and cannot wait to see the full package of pictures. Thank you Laura! We will definitely work with you again.
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Faith W. Sent on 08/28/2021Laura is Amazing
Hiring Laura as our photographer was one of the best decisions we made for our august 2021 wedding. From the start, we knew we liked her work. When we first met with Laura, we were impressed with her attention to detail, professionalism, and efficiency. Our engagement photos blew us away, both with how well they turned out, and how quickly we received them. Laura was incredibly responsive and helpful through the whole process. Her planning and organization maximized the time that we were able to enjoy our wedding, not pose for photos. She also has a way of making you feel at ease on your wedding day. Laura has an amazing eye and took so many incredibly creative shots. We received our wedding photos back so quickly and couldn’t be any happier with the beautiful, crisp photos. We couldn’t recommend her more! -
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Rebecca M. Sent on 09/26/2021Laura is amazing!
From the first second we connected with Laura, through the unexpected 2 years of planning due to COVID, to the wedding day and everything since - she has been so incredible to work with!! We are SO glad we found Laura and hired her for photography for our wedding day and engagement photo session. Laura made all of our hope's and dreams for our photos of our wedding day and engagement come true and far exceeded them! Throughout the postponement process due to COVID she was so supportive and flexible which we will always be so grateful for. She is the best photographer and the absolute sweetest person. She is detail-oriented, thorough, responsive, efficient, and so much more! From the first day we talked on the phone at our initial consult, I could tell she was already caring about my husband and I and the vision we had for our engagement shoot and wedding day. She offers wonderful suggestions with her wealth of experience, and adds personal touches specific to the couple to our sessions. She even surprised us with playing the song we got engaged to during our photo shoot and we had so much fun dancing again to it and it led to such fun pictures! On the day of our wedding everything went so smoothly and I know Laura was such a big factor in this!! She assisted with putting together an itinerary for the day and was efficient and kept us on time (with time to spare and breathe!) throughout the day. Her photos are incredibly beautiful with the best lighting and capturing the best moments. Her second shooter for the day, Rachel, was the perfect addition to our day, an amazing person and photographer as well, and her and Laura worked so well together. Look no further than hiring Laura for your wedding, engagement, and any photography needs!! Thank you Laura for sharing your amazing gift with us and helping make this time the best of our lives! -
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Lori Sent on 10/10/2020Laura's Focus is The BEST!
Laura is the most amazing photographer! Hire her! We were SO happy she was able to capture our special day. Throughout the wedding planning process she was responsive, flexible, honest and easy to work with. She created a timeline for us and was very familiar with the venue. This was extremely helpful since we were planning the wedding out of state. We received all of our photos back quickly - less than a week after the wedding. The photos told a story and were very creative! I can't wait to order prints! I highly recommend Laura. You will not be disappointed if you choose her!!! -
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Laura Sent on 09/27/2020Amazing photography!!
Laura was the best wedding Photographer we could've asked for on our special day. She was very responsive, flexible, prompt, easy to work with, and creative. We are so impressed with how the photos turned out. She documented our day in a way that it told a story. Our family and friends who were not able to make it could look at the photos and feel like they were there. She did an amazing job with camera angles and creative framing. Our photos truly looked like they came out of a bridal magazine! Not to mention Laura saved us by thinking ahead and packing bug spray when we didn't! After the big day we saw teaser photos on her blog which is well written and beautiful. We got our final photos back very quickly via a password protected online album and we later got the most beautiful looking usb in the mail which included high resolution images and web resolution images. I highly recommend Laura for anyone looking for a photographer to document important life events! You will not be disappointed! -
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Nora S. Sent on 08/21/2020Memories that last a lifetime
Laura did an amazing job!!! She is professional, attentive and has a fantastic personality. I am not super photogenic but she makes you feel comfortable and captures every detail, small smile and big moment! We did a sunset photo shoot during our wedding and had a great time laughing and taking photos !! She did a tremendously great job photographing our wedding and engagement photos. We will definitely hope she is available in the future for family photo shoots !! -
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Emma S. Sent on 08/30/2020
Amazing photographer!
Laura is an amazingly talented photographer! We had her do both our engagement and wedding photos and they both turned out better than we could have ever expected! Laura always seems to find a way to capture such unique pictures that stand out from the normal. She helped us feel more comfortable around the camera and knew our wedding venue very well and knew where to take all of the best pictures. She is very responsive and was also so flexible when we had to postpone our wedding to a later date. We are so happy that we chose Laura as our photographer and would recommend her to anyone getting married in the DMV area. -
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Stephanie G. Sent on 12/13/2022Professional, dedicated, and incredible photographer!
Man, where does the time go? Laura was our photographer both for our engagement session in Spring 2019 and our wedding December 14, 2019. Throughout our experience working with her was nothing but pure joy. She is organized, prompt, skilled, and a great communicator, which is exactly what you need on one of the most important days of your life! I was referred to her by another photographer, but I am so thankful I went with her.
For our engagement shoot, we chose a local brewery that at the time had never had anyone ask to take professional photos there. Laura arrived early to scope out the location, work with the proprietor, and make sure she had the best vision for our session. She made us both comfortable and handled the crowds well. The photos were so unique and I loved how they turned out. She captured our aesthetic, while still thinking outside of the box of typical engagement photos. We got the photos back almost immediately, which was fantastic for save the dates and wedding planning purposes.
For our wedding she was once again wonderful. We spoke a few times to make sure that the timing and photo schedule was set. I felt comfortable knowing we had a plan and that her and her assistant would be there pushing us along and getting everything that we wanted. She scoped out the location and was prepared for weather changes. We got lucky and the rain subsided in the afternoon, leading to beautiful outside photos, even with the cold! Both her and her assistant captured so many precious moments, from the getting ready, first look, family shots, ceremony, and fantastic shots during the Hora! She was also flexible to a few changes on the spot, which was important. She timely turned the photos around and made sure they were available both by flash drive and in an online portal.
A few important things that stuck out to me about how Laura conducts her business that I believe are imperative for people to know and choose her. First, she is kind and works well with others, such as my makeup artist, other vendors, and more and makes sure to credit them in her posts of the event. Second, I really appreciate her social media etiquette. She makes sure to tag her clients if they wish on her Instagram and Facebook, which to me shows that she cares about her clients and what she shoots. Finally, I love the blog posts of her sessions. These were incredibly helpful to me to get an idea of how she shoots wedding and other big life events, and the blog from our wedding is something I cherish dearly and go back to often.
In no way does my delay on this review reflect Laura Focus Photography at all! These past few years have been insane, but I want to make sure it is known how fantastic she is! Hoping to work with her again in the future, maybe for a family session in a few years
Engagement Blog Post: http://www.laurasfocus.com/2019/04/08/stephanie-barret-brookeville-beer-farm-engagement-photography/
Wedding Blog Post: http://www.laurasfocus.com/2019/12/21/stephanie-barret-westwood-country-club-wedding-photography/
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Meghan Sent on 11/13/2019Incredibly talented!
We are so incredibly grateful to Laura for documenting our wedding day. She is incredibly talented and her ability to capture special moments during the day is amazing. From our first meeting with her, we knew she was the right photographer for us. We had her do our engagement photos shortly after our first meeting. Neither one of us are fans of really being in front of a camera, but Laura was so easy to work with and made us feel so comfortable. The images turned out great and we were so excited for her to do our wedding.
Laura far exceeded our expectations again on our wedding day. She and her assistant were both fantastic. Every - single - image we LOVE. Going through the photos allowed us to completely relive our day which is what we wanted in our photographs. The weather was rainy and windy, but that didn't impact our photos at all. Laura was ready with umbrellas for some adorable photos in the rain. She is incredibly organized and captured everything we asked for plus so much more.
One of the most amazing things about Laura is how quick she is when it comes to getting your images back to you. Within a few days, she had a blog post with a ton of pictures. Two weeks after the wedding, we received our USB in the mail with over 970 images. Laura is also very easy to communicate with and is super quick to reply to any questions.
Do not hesitate. Book Laura before she is unavailable for your date! Thank you so much, Laura! -
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Tim Sent on 10/04/2019Amazing Photographer!
When looking for a wedding photographer, go no further than Laura! She was incredible to work with. From the first time we met her, we knew she would be a calming presence on our big day but very efficient, and she did not disappoint! She kept everyone in line and guided us through each picture. Her second shooter, Jessica, was so much fun and the two of them kept us smiling all day. Laura walked us to different spots that she had in her head and told us exactly what to do, which was perfect. While on our honeymoon (only a few day after the wedding!), Laura sent us a link to her blog post about our wedding, which had about 175 pictures that completely captured every emotion of the day. We couldn’t believe how quickly she was able to turn around these pictures and we are so looking forward to seeing the rest of them! Laura is incredibly professional, efficient, organized and fun and we would recommend her to everyone! -
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