Laura Ivanova Photography
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Laura Ivanova Photography
I'm a fine art film photographer and entrepreneur, living my best life on the most beautiful place on earth. When I'm not busy shooting, you can find me exploring the islands. I'm obsessed with discovering new hikes, secluded beaches, daily morning walks around iconic Diamond Head, cruising on my moped, blissing out on my paddle board, and catching sunrise or sunset as often as I can!

Laura is such a special find - she not only took amazing photos for our engagement session, but blew us away with our wedding photos. Truly spectacular, with a creative approach that made for some very special shots. Beyond her fantastic photography, Laura was just a gem to work with throughout the entire experience.
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I'm so excited you found my little corner of the internet! I'm Laura, a fine art film photographer with a background in design and architecture. My creative pursuits led to photography and I began shooting weddings way back in 2007 in my hometown of Minneapolis. For over a decade I built a successful business, working with my dream clients and the best of the best planners, florists, and vendors!
I'm a fine art film photographer, known for my clean, timeless style, and beautiful use of natural light. I document your day with a focus on relaxed and natural portraits, candid moments, and beautiful details. But the relationship we build begins long before the big day; from the very first email, you can rest assured that I'll take care of you every step of the way.
I believe life is short and any excuse is a good excuse to capture your story! I love documenting couples at any stage - engaged, just married, celebrating an anniversary, or even just-because. Because isn't just being in Hawaii reason enough?! We're going to create some epic photos, and we're gonna have a blast doing it!
I believe life is short and any excuse is a good excuse to capture your story! I love documenting families at every stage - whether your kids are 2 or 22; whether you live here in Hawaii, or want to capture those once-in-a-lifetime vacay memories. I will give you plenty of guidance (don't worry about where to put your hands, I got you!), but also allow for you and your family to play, interact, and love on each other.
Though I call Oahu home, I'm available for weddings, elopements and portrait sessions on any of the Hawaiian Islands, or anywhere in the world. I've traveled to Maui, Kauai and the Big Island more times than I can count. For work and play. I know the islands well! For travel to outer islands, I charge my standard session or wedding fees + affordable travel to cover the basics.
Reviews (10)
Elyssa Furmanski
Elyssa Furmanski
Dec 06, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Laura was a blast to work with on our honeymoon shoot on Oahu. We immediately felt like long time friends which made the shoot fun and relaxed. Her communication was amazing, we were super impressed with how quickly she was able to send us our completed gallery, and the quality of her photos is amazing. Thank you, Laura!!
Nancy Chan
Nancy Chan
Dec 02, 2021
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Laura was a pleasure to work with. She was extremely responsive to my many questions regarding our family portrait session via Instagram chat, e-mail, and text. I am from San Francisco and needed guidance on what location to use, best time of day, hair/makeup/floral recommendations. Planning family sessions is usually an overwhelming process for me. Laura was thoughtful and detailed in her responses/replies and really alleviated a lot of the stress of photo planning and I used a majority of her recommendations. I really like her airy romantic style of photography and appreciated that she is a film
Ashley Edwards
Ashley Edwards
Nov 29, 2021
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Laura was recommended to us by our elopement officiant Alana and we are beyond pleased with our decision to select her to be our wedding photographer. Laura was open and responsive to us from day one. She helped us so much with planning our elopement trip, including recommending a location for our ceremony, a phenomenal private chef for dinner after our ceremony, and our videographer Caleb. She also got into contact with Caleb and Alana about 1 week prior to our trip to finalize details--our wedding day went incredibly smoothly thanks to her! On the day of, she was on time and made our first look
Jenna Mitchler
Jenna Mitchler
Nov 26, 2021
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Laura has done photos for me and my family on several occasions and she is always incredibly professional while making the experience really relaxed and fun. I'd recommend Laura to anyone!
Mollie Scozzari
Mollie Scozzari
Nov 18, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Laura is an incredible photographer, and she really takes the time to make her clients feel comfortable. And the images she creates are stunning! I would highly recommend her.
Jill Mitchler
Jill Mitchler
Nov 17, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Laura took family portraits for us when we were all in Hawaii about six weeks ago! Our photo shoot on the beach was so fun; she made us all feel very comfortable and relaxed. Best of all, we love our wonderful pictures! Thanks, Laura, for making our family trip even more special and memorable. We will treasure our photos forever!
Ross Perigo
Ross Perigo
Nov 16, 2021
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Working with Laura was an amazing experience, she was extremely responsive which was critical for us as she helped us with a honeymoon photoshoot on Oahu and finding a time that worked for all of us was a bit difficult. Would highly recommend, she helped us feel so comfortable during the shoot and has great local recommendations to share as well! Couldn't be happier.
Verosuh
Verosuh
Oct 16, 2021
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From a fellow photographer who hired another fellow photographer for a family photoshoot, I highly recommend Laura as the best and sweetest photographer in Hawaii!! Be sure to book her on your next vacation, you won't regret the memories she will capture for you. I've hired her twice already!
Irene K. Li
Irene K. Li
Sep 30, 2021
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We had a wonderful experience with Laura, and the pictures turned out beautifully and on time. Laura is such a joy to work with, we will be sure ot recommend her to everyone we know!
Sne Perkovic
Sne Perkovic
May 04, 2016
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Wow! I feel in love with Laura’s style before I even knew she was a wedding photographer. Her photography is so pure and perfectly composed each time and the colors like none other. Then a co-worker of mine pointed out that she does wedding photography and I had to have her. I showed my now, husband, her portfolio and he agreed she is amazing. We met with Laura and discussed the details of our wedding, looked through more examples and knew that she was the only photographer we would be happy with. Laura and her crew made us all feel very comfortable and coordinated everyone to capture our full