Kind Words
From Their Perspective
Photos and wedding collection details can tell you a lot, but they can't fully explain the experience. From how it feels to step in front of the camera to how supported you feel on your wedding day, that part is best shared by the couples who’ve lived it.
Below are real reviews from real couples I’ve been lucky enough to work with.
Jessie + Will
Holman Ranch // Carmel Valley, CA
“After we took our engagement photos with Jenn I knew it was a match made in heaven…. She was such a professional and made us both feel very at ease. We aren’t huge on posing for pictures for hours, but Jenn and her team made it super fun and relaxed! She gave us plenty of tips and direction on how to pose, but also allowed us to have some really genuine moments that were captured absolutely perfectly!! After working with her for our engagement session, I felt so at ease leading up to the wedding knowing she was going to capture everything I wanted (plus more!!). She truly made my wedding day run so smoothly, it wouldn’t have been nearly as relaxing and stress free if it weren’t for her. From helping with timelines, to making adjustments for a rainy morning…and stepping in literally wherever she was needed, I truly felt like she had my back! Jenn and her team (shout out JoJo and Leslie - y’all are the best!) are truly amazing and I would recommend them to anyone and everyone!!"
Dawn + Zack
Private Residence // Big Sur, CA
“We are absolutely blown away by our photos from Jenn! Not only are they stunning, but Jenn’s guidance and calm direction throughout it made our elopement feel fun, natural, and stress-free.
A highlight was at the very end when we thought we had forgotten our champagne bottle. We found it as we were leaving, and Jenn went out of her way to make sure we got photos with it. She came up with such a creative and fun idea for the shots, and they turned out amazing!
Her assistant was also so kind and helpful, making the whole experience even smoother. Jenn took us to some amazing spots that made the background of our photos just absolutely incredible! These photos and memories are something we’ll treasure forever. We can’t recommend Jenn enough!"
Jess + Morgan
Asilomar Conference Grounds // Pacific Grove, CA
"One of the best parts of our wedding was getting to meet Jenn and have her and her wonderful team capture the day in the most SPECTACULAR way possible!! We are so lucky to call Jenn our wedding photographer!
Before our wedding, we had our engagement shoot with Jenn which we were initially nervous about since we aren’t usually comfortable around a camera. Even if you ‘don’t know how to pose’, Jenn is fantastic at getting you to feel natural and listens to how you’re feeling in the moment. We ended up having so much just running around the beach and forest, dancing, and popping champagne. After the shoot, we got our photos back so quickly and gasped the first time we saw them. We felt like our personalities came through in every photo. Getting to incorporate outfit changes and scenery changes into our engagement shoot gave us a beautiful variety of photos, with some being more formal and others being more fun and silly.
Our vision really came to life on the wedding day itself, which is especially due to Jenn and her team being so prepared the entire time. They were always aware of the timeline, in contact with our wedding coordinator, and good at communicating with family and friends about where they should be at what time, and how to pose. Before our wedding, we had long conversations over Zoom where we felt like Jenn worked hard to understand our hopes and desires for the day beforehand. Overall, Jenn and her team are very personable and fun to work with. We can promise that if you hire Jenn, you will have a great time!
And of course, the final product was more than we could have ever asked for. It would be impossible to pick a favorite photo because every photo is my favorite. We love that Jenn offers a ‘sneak peak’ pretty soon after your photoshoot before releasing the full amount of promised photos. We specifically love how Jenn captured the following: details through our flat lays, the emotions people were experiencing on the day, the relationships between us and our wedding party, and the scenery of the wedding venue.
We hope to get the privilege of working with Jenn again in the future!"
Alyssa + Zach
The Perry House // Monterey, CA
“TLDR; Jenn is I N C R E D I B L E.
We were so so fortunate to work with Jenn as our photographer for our engagement and wedding and can’t rave about her enough.
Throughout the entire process, Jenn was the ultimate professional. She helped us make sense of the wedding day, and created a schedule the gave us the perfect balance of capturing the special moments while allowing us to truly be present.
I can’t count the number of compliments we received throughout (and even after) the wedding day about “how amazing our photographer was”. Jenn and team brought amazing energy to our wedding while capturing STUNNING photos of our wedding day.
If you have the opportunity to work with Jenn and team, we highly recommend you take it! She is the perfect partner to help bring your special day to life and capture it so you can relive it over and over in the future. Thank you so much Jenn!!"
Sarah + Loie
Anton + Michel // Carmel By-The-Sea, CA
“Working with Jenn & her team was an absolute DREAM. I did not know what to expect going into everything in terms of engagement photos, & the actual day of. Well, let me tell you, Jenn made everything so comfortable, fun, engaging, and just overall brought AMAZING energy. It's tough picking people to spend your entire wedding day with and in such close quarters too. It was more then just taking our pictures, as the bride she hyped me up, comforted me & all my family too. I can't put into words how incredible she was. & Hopefully soon she'll be taking our maternity photos ❤️ Thank you a million times Jenn. We love you!"
Alyssa + Reuben
Santa Barbara County Courthouse // Santa Barbara, CA
“We had an engagement session with Jenn and loved the experience so much that we knew we had to have her shoot our wedding, too!
Before the engagement session, Jenn took the time to meet with my (now) husband to go over different places where he could do the proposal. She talked strategy and ideas from her many years of experience. She was really personable and professional. Before the wedding she strategized and helped organize and plan all the different couple photos as well as the family portraits. This helped him feel prepared for the big day.
During the engagement shoot, Jenn made everything feel easy. She was warm, professional, and made us feel comfortable right away. She gave clear direction when needed but incorporated our personalities. She even asked for our ideas and was always open to any suggestions. Since we had our engagement shoot with her, we felt like we were in great hands during the wedding. You can tell she went above and beyond to capture special moments of us and our family at our wedding.
Communication was excellent throughout the entire process. Jenn checked in with us consistently and really took the time to understand what we were looking for. We always felt heard. She was really kind and super easy to talk to.
After both engagement and wedding shoots, Jenn sent us sneak peeks so quickly and then sent the full gallery in a timely matter. The final photos were so beautiful, high quality and they truly captured our personalities. They definitely weren’t your basic photos, but really captured us. We’ve received so many compliments on our photos, and it's clear that Jenn has a unique take.
Everything was presented in an organized user friendly way. We’re so happy we chose Jenn and that we these timeless memories we can look back on. Highly recommend her to anyone looking for a photographer for their special day!"
Kelly + Adam
The Perry House // Monterey, CA
“Are you tabulating the NUMBERS people are ASKING of you to do literally anything for your wedding? Are you asking if it’s worth getting Jenn out there for [any event] when you have talented family members and friends with iPhones and that might be more fun anyways? Are you nervous about the pressure that comes with having a Photo Grapher?
We did that too, at length. I came from the future to tell you in no uncertain terms: Book Jenn. Just do it. I’m so deadass. Book her, and if you’re still on the fence, read the rest of this and then book her.
Below I have tabulated Jenn’s achievements into an easily-parsable list for the undecided, in no particular order. Apologies in advance for subject-verb disagreement:
1. First of all she got me, unprompted, to take twenty minutes and vomit out an extremely long, glowing (tldr) review which i have never done ever in my life.
2. Made our photo-shy and awkward personalities feel absolutely comfortable to mug, to do silly Photo Things, to Emote, to look sexy and glamorous and dumb and affectionate and everything in between. I thought it’d be so much pressure to have this professional photographer (and associated entourage) come and Perceive us, but she and her team are so easy and full of personality that you feel totally at home being in yours.
3. Showed up in every interaction with the utmost authority, care, attention to detail, flexibility, and honesty. She (and her lovely team) set the bar extremely, extremely high in terms of communication and professionalism WHILE being so fun and comfortable to be around. We started wishing many of the Wedding People we encountered were more like her in some way.
4. Knows what you don’t know you want: as you’ve realized already, there are a million billion things to decide about your wedding and its adjacent Functions, and sometimes you want a certain thing and other times you’re like, “man, I don’t know, I guess it’d be nice to do before I die.” (We fell very much into this last category.) Jenn never leaves you hanging. If you don’t know what you want, she’s the eye of the storm, always ready with a Vision, a prompt, a suggestion, or her lovely creative eye. Every minute of our sessions with her felt directed and cared for.
5. Knows what you do want: At the same time, if you do have any input on creative direction—from full shoot concepts to the tiniest unformed inklings of what to photograph—all you have to do is mention it, and she throws her full self into making it happen for you. It’s like having a rocket engine strapped to you. It’s crazy. I fully had an out-of-body experience watching her spin our dreams to life.
6. She’s buff as hell.
7. CONSTANTLY STRAPPED TO THE GILLS with THINGS that you NEED and also an Uncrustable too, which a member of her team very kindly offered me at one point.
8. Made us feel beautiful??? In the year of our lord 2025, it’s a big ask to feel comfortable in your body or how you look on camera. But Jenn’s got this ability to capture every unprompted, fleeting, lovely moment where your face opens up and your body relaxes. Those photos are so priceless and she manages to capture a million of them every shoot; we’ll cherish every one forever. Every time she shows you what’s on her camera you want to vomit because of how unbelievably magical they are.
Anyways, been rambling. Jenn is incredible at what she does and is the best money I’ve ever spent in my life. I’m jealous of those of you who get to meet her for the first time. Book her. What are you doing still reading this?"
Stephanie + Kyle
Barns at Cooper Molera // Monterey, CA
“We booked Jenn back in 2022 for our 2024 wedding, and it was the easiest decision by far. All it took was reading Jenn's website and bio to know that we would get along great! Her communication throughout the booking, planning, and post-wedding was immaculate. She also gave us some great input on other vendors we were planning to book. Turns out, just about all of our vendors had already worked together before, and it made for a very smooth sailing planning and day-of experience.
We were a little nervous leading up to our engagement session, but Jenn made us feel so comfortable and knew how to pull us out of the basic awkward posing and put us into real candid moments to capture our true selves. We walked through the cold ocean and the very muddy Lily Valley, but it was so much fun because we were all in it together and made the best out of each moment.
On our wedding day, the rain came pouring down and added some stress to our plans. However, Jenn had such high spirits and reminded me of how beautiful the photos would come out with the moody lighting (and OMG, they are all so gorgeous). She and her team were such troopers standing out in the rain to capture some beautiful shots. Thankfully, the sun came out just in time for us to have our ceremony outside, and Jenn and her team got to capture all the beautiful bright moments outside, and we were able to take our couple portraits out in the gardens.
With all that said, Jenn never once joined my freak-out stages and kept so calm when we were running behind schedule. She and her team were amazing to work with, and I hope that I have more opportunities in the future to work with her again.
If you're thinking about it, just do it already! You will not be disappointed."
Shelby + Michael
Carmel Fields Wedgewood // Carmel By-The-Sea, CA
“JeLau Photography was an absolute dream to work with for our wedding day. From the very first time we spoke, the owner Jenn was so helpful, direct, and kind - making the entire process leading up to the big day smooth and stress-free. On the day itself, Jenn kept me feeling calm and on schedule, and made every moment fun and enjoyable. The quality of their work is truly outstanding - the photos are absolutely beautiful and captured the perfection of our special day. Jenn is an amazing person which makes her amazing to work with, and we are so grateful to have had her as our wedding photographer. We couldn't recommend JeLau Photography more highly!"
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