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Welcome to the elle images blog!

Hello! Welcome to the elle images blog and thanks so much for stopping by! This is where you will find my most recent work.

A little info about me... my name is Laura, and I am the owner and photographer of elle images. I was born and raised in Aloha, Oregon but I have always been a sunshine girl which is a big reason why I found myself in Arizona for my last years of college. After getting my degree in photography from Northern Arizona University, I decided to move back to the Great Northwest. I started elle images in 2005 and I feel so grateful to have had the amazing clients that I have over the years, along with the support from my friends and family. And also starting my business lead me to meet my husband while we were both shooting a wedding in 2007. He was a wedding videographer, and still does video work on occasion, and always has a creative project in the works. In 2011 we welcomed our first son, Hayden, into the world and in 2016 we welcomed our second son, Ryland, into the world. My boys are my everything and being their mom is the thing I am most grateful for in this life! Motherhood has taught me so much and I think has made me a better photographer (and human) too. I love photographing people but children are what really inspire me the most. Each child is unique and I always try my best to connect with, and photograph who they truly are on my shoots.
No matter what I am doing my goal these days is to do my best to enjoy each moment as it comes and stay in the present. One thing I have learned is that life will continue to surprise us and we never really know what is just around the corner, but after all the highs and lows I have been through, I welcome it all and know everything and every person has something beautiful for me to embrace or to teach me.

I specialize in natural light, lifestyle photography and I absolutely love what I do. Being able to share special moments with people in their lives and create record of those memories for them makes me thankful everyday. Not to mention all the friendships I have made along the way. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.

For more information please check out my main site at www.elleimagesphoto.com.

Alexis, Kaisha & Kasen|Family photos

Thursday, November 17, 2011 Posted in Children, Families, Portraits

On Nov. 5th I had my last shoots for the year, since I am about to become a mama (I am booking again starting in January), and I could not have picked a more perfect way to end. It was a super rainy day but the rain let up just in time for my shoot with Alexis, Kaisha & Kasen. They each have very unique and cool names and their personalities matched as well. These three were seriously the sweetest kids, so much fun to be around and to photograph.

Thanks so much to Kari, their awesome mama, for having me take your kids photos! I hope to see you all again soon!

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Sara|Maternity Photos

Thursday, November 17, 2011 Posted in Bellies, Portraits

In August I did maternity photos for my friends Sara & Geoff. It was so much fun doing this shoot with them! I have know Sara since kindergarten and Geoff since high school when he and Sara first dated, and his best friend Mason was my boyfriend. The 4 of us spent a lot of time together back in the day and it is so awesome that Sara & Geoff are back together and have created a little life! Another neat thing is that they are currently living in the house that I grew up in just down the street from our elementary school. And Kaylie’s room is my old room… so crazy to be back there, and so cool.

After we did indoor photos we did some outdoor photos with Sara’s godchildren, who are absolutely adorable. They were so excited to meet Kaylie and it was so sweet to see how much Sara loves being their godmother. I loved that she wanted them to be a part of the shoot.

Kaylie was born in September and she is beautiful! I will be posting her newborn photos soon!

George|Baby Photography

Thursday, November 17, 2011 Posted in Babies

Back in July I did newborn photos for Scott & Mackenzie of their brand new baby boy, George. I shot Scott & Mackenzie’s wedding in 2009 which was a blast and I had so much fun doing their maternity photos in June in the beautiful area around where they live in Washington. I have known Mackenzie since elementary school when we used to wow the crowds with our amazing singing performances for the school talent shows every year and we also played softball together. It has been so much fun to reconnect with my old friend after all these years and to be able to witness and share in all these exciting moments in her life. And now I am having a baby boy in the same year so now the talent show tradition can continue. 🙂

Thanks so much Scott & Mackenzie for having me photograph all these special moments and congrats on your perfect baby boy!!!

Tony, Katie & McKenna|Engagement Photos

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Posted in Engagement

After the first phone call with Katie I was super excited about working with her and hoping I would get the chance to shoot her wedding, and then after meeting her fiance Tony and his awesome daughter McKenna I was even more excited. We met up at the Pittock mansion for their engagement photos a few weeks ago and since McKenna is so important to both of them it was important that she was a part of this shoot too, which I thought was really special.

There are more fun shoots in the future plans with this awesome couple that I can’t wait for and their wedding in May will be so much fun! Thanks so much Katie, Tony, and McKenna for a fun time, I look forward to many more!!!

Mark & Shelley|Courthouse Wedding

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Posted in Weddings

On October 15th I shot my last wedding of the year and it was a courthouse wedding with the awesome couple Mark & Shelley. It was the first courthouse wedding I have shot and it was such a fun change of pace. It was so intimate with just their family and best friends and a very quick ceremony that still had all the important elements. It was perfect.

I did family photos for Mark & Shelley earlier in the year and their daughter Kate is so cute and so much fun to take photos of. It was so much fun to be a part of this special day for them and get to meet their families and friends, and of course to get to take more photos of Kate too.

Thanks so much Mark & Shelley! I hope married life is wonderful for you!!!