PHOTOGRAPHY FOR REALLY FUN PEOPLE.
Hello and Welcome. We are a boutique wedding photography company. Our photography studio is located in Seattle, but we love destination weddings just as much and can call just about anywhere our home.We don't have millions and trillions of clients. We answer the phone at all odd hours, email entirely too much, and we-heart-text-messages. Since 2001 we've been striving to keep relationships personal, ideas fresh, and photographic products timeless.Things are seen with a teeny bit of a fashion flare. We've got a passion for creating rockin' portraits while capturing moments as they happen. In a nutshell, our style is fabulously photojournalistic plus a dash of fashion.We commit to photograph only 20 couples and a handful of families per year in order to provide our clients the most dedicated attention and to continue to be inspired by each and every one of them.So, how 'bout it? Wanna be one?
BUZZ
"Laurel McConnell's distinctive, gorgeous photographs and delightful personality have made her one of the most popular wedding photographers around. Her joy for life and love for photography shines through in all of her work, from her emotionally connected portraits to her innovative photojournalistic images. Always ready with a big smile and a brilliant idea, she's so easy to work with you'll be amazed at how many stunning photos she's able to take while you're just having fun." -Junebug Weddings
"Wedding photographer Laurel McConnell has homed in on exactly the kind of client her business is poised to serve, and she announces it right there in her tagline: “Photography for really fun people.” McConnell is based in Seattle, a highly competitive photo market, so her philosophy is to be who she is—effervescent, quirky, friendly and enthusiastic— and allow her individuality to help distinguish her from her fellow shooters. “One of the best things I ever did was to stop branding and marketing like I was an elegant, proper, fancy-pants photography studio and to start marketing with my personality,” McConnell says. “I realized the best way to set myself apart was to let my clients see who they’d be spending so much time with and how it would feel.”
Her strategy has paid off not just in business but in the pleasure that she gets from working with her clients. McConnell thrives on getting to know the couples she photographs and searching out settings—usually in the “nooks and crannies” of Seattle but also in locations outside the state—that will help commemorate their stories. “On wedding days, the couple and I roam around the neighborhood where their wedding is taking place so that it makes sense to the story of their wedding day,” she explains. “When we’re shooting engagement portraits, we explore concepts and locations that are quintessentially THEM, like their first date spot. We’ve shot on boats and in wine bars, dog parks, swanky clubs, bowling alleys, on city streets and even at home in the kitchen!”
McConnell’s work has been featured in several magazines and at style blogs, and she excitedly recalls the time that two of her events were published simultaneously in local bridal publications. “They were both wonderful couples that were so in love, and their weddings were designed by the same planner, who gave me beautiful details to work with,” McConnell gushes. “It was everything the magazines love to see: inspiring details, people in love and genuine stories. I think that’s the trifecta.” -Photo District News for Nikon, May 2011 issue