About Me

Hi!  I’m Lauren, and I love photography.  I received my honours degree in Photography (HBFA) from the University of Victoria, back in the days of film.  It’s my passion to capture stories – stories of happy moments, fresh moments, shy moments, silly moments.

I believe that your family photos (yes, you!) can be works of art.  I believe that weddings are fabulous and romantic, and that you may never look so beautiful again, and so you should celebrate that with beautiful images.  I believe that natural light is the most flattering light, and that capturing ambient light is all part of telling the story.  I believe that life is full of wonderful moments that pass all too quickly, and we should celebrate that, too.

I love to shoot on-location, incorporating elements of your life into your photos. I work primarily in the Annapolis Valley, but am always happy to schedule sessions in the greater Halifax area, as well.

Things I have done for a shot:

• laid down on the ground, in long grass, during tick season (while seven months pregnant)
• climbed a tree
• boarded a boat
• walked backwards up a mountain
• said, “is that poison ivy?”
• stood very still in an actual cloud of mosquitoes
• driven very slowly while my assistant literally hangs out the window
• stepped in deer poop
• been pooped on, peed on, and spit-up on
• whatever it takes

Shots I still want to get one day:

• a rowboat shoot – gotta love those rowboat shoots
• a sunny day, a sandy beach (Mexico, anyone?)
• the one with the seagull/pigeon just perfectly walking/flying through the frame
• four generations in one shoot (five, anyone?)
• anything with sheep
• those big fluffy, catch-em-on-your-tongue snowflakes are falling as we speak
• a family full of masks
• brides and chickens
• anything with umbrellas (or bowties)
• absolutely anything you can dream up

Welcome to Lauren Kaye Photography.

If you want to know more, you can visit me over at Sleeping Forest Studios, where I write about my life and family.  Hope to see you there!