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Erica + Alex
Elle knows exactly what to do with families! From letting the young kids do their thing, to capturing the cute in between moments, she just knows exactly how to make everyone feel relaxed and at home while capturing the joy and special moments.
My favorite thing about our photos is the love that she captured. The family love, love between siblings, love between parents. These photos tell stories. The photos are timeless, true classics. Memories captured so beautifully that we will forever look back on. Our photos make me feel alive, sentimental, so happy, and so grateful. I look at our photos with happy teary eyes, because they mean that much to me. Each photo says something special. From a funny toddler expression, to a dreamy family photo, to a cute baby laugh - they are each so special. I am so grateful to Elle for capturing all of my feelings of being a mother in these photos. The best decision you will make is to ask Elle for a photo session!
Kelsey + Danny
Elle is such a wonderful, sweet person and incredible photographer. She puts everyone at ease and makes the photo session so relaxed and comfortable, which elicits the best, natural smiles from everyone (including our newborn son)! Elle came ready with great ideas for how to make the shoot work best and where in our home to capture the best light. She allowed for outfit changes and time between shots to care for our newborn son, which took some of the pressure off of the session. Also, we had a few ideas of our own that we wanted to try for and Elle was so flexible, accommodating, and patient about capturing the shots we wanted on our photo session check-list, including working with our rambunctious golden retriever, Lenny, who doesn't always cooperate!
I am obsessed with Elle's photography style that focuses on natural light and capturing those perfect little candid moments. She manages to strike the perfect balance of stylizing the scene so that it looks gorgeous while also making sure that the photos come through natural and un-staged. Our pregnancy and newborn make me smile every time I look at them and we have them framed throughout our home. We will treasure these photos for a lifetime and I look forward to sharing them with our son when he gets older.
My fiancé and I asked Elle to photograph us in two places: a diner and our living room. I had no idea what to expect and at first thought I may not even want engagement photos. My fiancé and I are laid back, casual people and I didn't want anything cliché, but now that I see what Elle captured, I am so relieved we got them! At the diner, we sipped coffee, talked, and laughed (oh, and smooched a lot) while Elle snapped photos. Elle made us feel comfortable and staged very few shots; this made our photos look natural and true to us. I was nervous about being photographed at our apartment, but Elle put us at ease and it was like having one of our best friends over. We chatted about life and she snapped pictures that were warm, intimate, and captured what a morning at home really feels like to us. Our shoot was two hours long. Elle captured a ton of different setups in this time and this gave us a variety to choose from. Her ideas for some of the shots at home ended up being our favorites, but it will be nearly impossible to choose a save the date because we truly loved them all!
Taylor + Andrew
Elle took incredible, gorgeous photos that we will cherish a lifetime. She captured my husband and I so perfectly and naturally, such that her photos take us back to that time in our life—how we felt, what we did, etc. The key to having the photos turn out as beautiful and authentic as they did was that it was so easy for us to be ourselves around Elle. We’re not people that normally would feel totally comfortable being photographed, but working with Elle, it felt like we were all just chatting and having fun rather than being on the spot. She gave direction or suggestion when needed (and very much appreciated) but kept it relaxed and made us feel so comfortable that we were able to be ourselves, which shined through in the photos. Elle went above and beyond what we asked of her, working with us longer than we expected and then got the pictures to us sooner than we anticipated. We really can’t recommend Elle highly enough! Her work is stunning and working with her is so much fun!
Kelsey + Anthony
Elle was such a joy to work with for our maternity pictures. From the start, Elle wanted to hear our ideas and what was important to us all while using her own creative eye to help direct us. The result was pictures that captured our personalities and relationship and felt so real and unique to us. Her use of lighting and angles was amazing and gave us beautiful pictures in our own home that I couldn't have imagined. Elle made us feel not only comfortable but confident during our time together and the beautiful photos she took are proof of this.