Elli Lauren Photography

We truly could not have asked for more in working with Elli for our wedding in Santa Cruz. She is professional, comforting, goofy, insanely talented, and an utter joy to have around! We were so impressed by her organization, timeliness, and consistent communication in the months leading up to the wedding. On the wedding day, she fit seamlessly into our guests and wedding party, she cracked jokes, spoke up when she had a helpful suggestion, and made everyone feel at ease. Beyond this, her photos

Elli is amazing!! I had seen her photograph a friend's wedding, and it was exactly what we wanted for our own wedding. Her work is stunning, and I love her approach to documentary style photography and true-to-color editing. She truly exceeded all expectations. We are still in awe at how perfectly she captured the energy of the whole day plus so many little details. Our friends and family have been raving about the photos too. She really captured everyone so beautifully. We also couldn't believe

Elli delivered exactly what we desired! She is both professional and iconic, helping direct portraits and candids with discretion and charm. She caught special moments (from small personal decor details to reactions to toasts) and dramatic photos of us and our parties. We all felt so comfortable with Elli's expert service!!!!

Adding my voice to the chorus here: Elli was the single best vendor decision we made for our wedding! She took the time to get to know us before photographing our wedding, which made for some lovely engagement shots and gave us much-needed practice looking good and being ourselves in front of the camera :) On the day of our wedding, amid the nervous excitement and chaos and delays and last-minute coordination leading up to the ceremony, Elli held the emotional center for us in a way that surpris

I believe we met Elli through fate - she was exploring the streets of SF and ran into my brother-in-law and he passed along her information when we got engaged, and it was the most perfect coincidence. I had a lot of anxiety going into the wedding photography aspect of planning - I just had written off that I wouldn't be happy with my wedding photos but I would walk away with memories. That all changed when we worked with Elli. I can honestly say I cried - we both did - when we saw our sneak