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Family Farm Wedding Blake and Clara are some of our closest friends and we have been waiting on their wedding day for SO long and we are glad that it is finally here.  If you haven’t seen their Engagement or Clara’s Bridal Pictures be sure to check them out first and read a little bit […]

Couples

Blake + Clara | Family Farm Wedding | Catawba NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Family Farm Wedding | Catawba NC | bride and groom kissing after the wedding

Western Equine Session Ashlyn came out to the farm for a fun western equine session! For her shoot we used my old horse Gus.  He is the best horse when it comes to portraits.  He doesn’t care what you do, you just put him there and he stands there. Ashlyn is a kick booty barrel […]

Equine

Ashlyn Wettengel | Western Equine Session | Taylorsville NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Western Equine Session | Taylorsville NC | cowgirl and her horse

Farm Bridals Clara! Thats all I can say.  There is no one like her and she has a heart of gold.  Her and her soon to be husband Blake, our some of our best friends.  These two have been sweet hearts for over five years and all of that was long distance.  So to say […]

Couples

Clara | Farm Bridals | Catawba NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Farm Bridal Portraits | Catawba NC | bride in a soy bean field

Farm Session Parks and Destiny just got married this past May so they haven’t been married to long.  I know Destiny from our church and she is one of the nicest outgoing people.  Parks is a little bit more reserved but can still cut up with the best of them. These two came out to […]

Farm Session

Destiny + Parks | Farm Session | Taylorsville NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Farm Session | Pregnancy Announcement | Taylorsville NC | couple with their dogs

  Grace Askew Grace grew up as she refers to as a “highway child”.  Her house was close to the highway so she heard the traffic going up and down the interstate.  She grew up in swimming in the motel pool and getting ice cream from the truck stops. At the age of 13 Grace […]

The Western Way Podcast

TWWP | Episode 7 | Grace Askew

The Western Way Podcast | Episode 8 | Grace Askew | Memphis TN | a girl in a cafe

How they met Cody and Cody (yes they have the same name) but everyone refers to them as Mr. Cody and Mrs. Cody so no one gets them confused.  These two first met when Mrs. Cody went out to Oklahoma to follow her dreams after to college to work with horses.  She was working on […]

Couples

Cody + Cody | Family Farm Wedding | Hudson NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Family Farm Wedding | Johnny Wilson Farm | Hudson NC | groom dipping the bride

Western Equine Session One afternoon it was a beautiful fall day and I had a cancellation for a photoshoot.  So instead of wasting an awesome day, I hopped on social media and put out a model call for someone that was available that evening.  I had been needing some new shots for my podcast The […]

Equine

Payton Bush | Western Equine Photography | Taylorsville NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Western Equine Photography | Payton Bush | Taylorsville NC | cowgirl hugging her horse

Visitors to the farm I love when little kids get to come to the farm.  They get to see the cows and horses and experience what life is like.  Their little faces light up and it just melts my heart! Their smiles, squeals and pure joy are the best part of the day.  I can […]

Farm Session

Young visitors to the farm | Taylorsville NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Farm Session | Taylorsville NC | a little girl leaning against a gate

Molasses Making Molasses making is becoming a lost art.  It takes a lot of work from growing the cane, stripping it, cooking the molasses down to canning it.  Our good friend Aaron has grown up around molasses making his entire life.  As a little boy he watched his neighbors do it and every year he […]

Personal

Molasses Making 2019 | Hiddenite NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Molasses Making | Hiddenite NC | cooking molasses

High School Rodeo The Dixie Classic Fair rodeo in Winston Salem, NC is always one of my favorites.  This rodeo is really cool to photography because right behind the arena is the fair.  You see these huge ferris wheels and merry go rounds and it just makes the rodeo really cool. This was the first […]

Equine

Dixie Classic Fair | High School Rodeo 2019 | Winston Salem NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Dixie Classic Fair | Highschool Rodeo | winston salem NC | roping a calf

  Brittany Coffee Photography I am so excited to have Brittany from Brittany Coffee Photography on the podcast this week! Brittany is a western lifestyle and wedding photographer from northeast Oklahoma.  Brittany is a straight shooter and will tell you like it is and that is why I am so excited to have her on […]

The Western Way Podcast

TWWP – Episode 6 – Brittany Coffee Photography

The Western Way Podcast | Brittany Coffee Photography | a girl in a red dress

Jeff & Courtney I have always dreamed of shooting a wedding in Montana, and when Mary reached out about her daughter getting married and she wanted me to come and shoo the wedding I was so excited.  Jeff & Courtney are definitely the outgoing couple I have ever photographed.  There was honestly nothing that they […]

Couples

Jeff + Courtney | Montana Wedding | Billings Montana

Laze L Farm Photography | Camelot Ranch | Billings Montana | bride and groom first kiss

Sunflower Farm Session When I drive by a field of sunflowers it is one of the most beautiful things! When Jenna said she wanted to do her family pictures in the middle of the sunflower field I was totally on board.  Willow and Hattie are some of the funnest kids.  Hattie will always keep you […]

Farm Session

Galiher Family | Sunflower Farm Session | Taylorsville NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Farm Session | Taylorsville NC | family jumping into the creek

Truck Bed Farm Session Travis and April have been married for several years but wanted to change it up for their family pictures this year and do a few in the back of the truck.  I love when people come up with fun ideas! We started with the two of them in the bed of […]

Farm Session

Travis + April | Truck Bed Farm Session | Statesville NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Truck Bed Farm Session | Statesville NC | couple in truck bed

  This episode we were lucky to have Chris Dickinson from Chris Dickinson Photography (aka CDPhotog).  Chris is a ranch lifestyle photographer from Utah where he lives with his wife and kids. Chris started out in the finance world before he got into photography.  Him and his wife started their own business. Joe, his wife […]

The Western Way Podcast

TWWP – Episode 5 – Chris Dickinson Photography

The Western Way Podcast | Chris Dickinson Photography | Cowboy

  1.BREATHE – you just got engaged and you are so excited! But don’t forget to breathe and enjoy the moment. 2. DON’T start planning your wedding right away. 3. Sit down with your fiancé and WRITE down what both of your dreams are for the wedding. 4. Create a PINTEREST board from these ideas. 5. […]

For Clients

5 things to do after you are ENGAGED

Laze L Farm Photography | 5 things to do after you get engaged | ring shot of bride and groom

Merry Christmas to everyone and all of your friends! This year has been a year of huge changes and we are so happy with how life has turned out.  We welcomed Lyza Jane into our lives in June and life has been the best ever since.  This year will be her first Christmas and we […]

Personal

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2019

Laze L Farm Photography | Merry Christmas | Family Christmas Card

Farm Engagement Session Clara and Blake have been together for well over 5 years and in that time they really haven’t even been in the same state because Clara was in grad school for her masters degree and PHD.  They wanted to do something fun with all the years of schooling so we used a […]

Couples

Blake + Clara | Farm Engagement Session | Catawba NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Clara + Blake | Farm Engagement Session | Catawba NC | couple giving piggy back rides

Farm Engagement Session Clara and Blake have been together for well over 5 years and in that time they really haven’t even been in the same state because Clara was in grad school for her masters degree and PHD.  They wanted to do something fun with all the years of schooling so we used a […]

Couples

Blake + Clara | Farm Engagement Session | Catawba NC

Laze L Farm Photography | Clara + Blake | Farm Engagement Session | Catawba NC | couple giving piggy back rides

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