Laura Segall Photography- Arizona Photojournalist- Weddings, Portraits and Events

PHOENIX Magazine
International Rescue Committee
Root Phoenix
Truck Farm Phoenix
Holly and Eric’s Urban Farm

Paula - April 30, 2013 - 9:10 am

Thanks for an incredible job! We totally enjoyed having you be there as part of our special day. Your work is amazing and we have very much enjoyed working with you. We hope to work together in the future!

Lydia Lattanzi - April 27, 2013 - 3:57 pm

Laura, you are an incredible photographer with insight and patience. The “Italians”, who are very into photography and videography, were very impressed with you work. I can not wait to see the proofs! Thank you for keeping Paula and David’s Special Day in our hearts and albums.
You capture emotion like no other! Thanks Lydia..Paula’s Mom

Apr 22 2013

Urban Farming in PHOENIX Magazine

I am always thrilled when I have the opportunity to shoot for PHOENIX Magazine. They do wonderful work and share interesting stories about our community. Photographing along side writer Wynter Holden we covered people involved in the urban gardening community around Phoenix- “Seeds in the City”.

I love the idea of edible backyard landscapes and I feel inspired to start one of my own after seeing all the possibilities. One of my favorite quotes from the story came from Kenny Barrett with Truck Farm Phoenix. He said “I didn’t know what a Brussels sprout plant looked like, and that bothered me.” I never really thought about that but on the first shoot I did for this project at the International Rescue Committee’s New Roots program I saw broccoli growing for the first time. What a simple idea- knowing what food looks like and where it comes from. I also learned about chickens while visiting Holly and Eric Figueroa and photographing their backyard chicken coop. I had no idea how beautiful and colorful eggs can be.

My first stop on my goal to gardening will definitely be Root Phoenix. I photographed The Urban Farm founder Greg Peterson early one morning at his latest project Root Phoenix, a community organization offering gardening classes among other things. His passion for growing the food you eat is contagious. Before I started this project I was talking with the photography editor at PHOENIX Magazine, who gardens himself, and he talked about how much fun his young children have in their garden and how they love to eat lettuce. As a mother to a toddler who now refuses to eat anything green that alone makes me want to get started already.

Pick up a copy of the May 2013 issue on newsstands now.

Root Phoenix

Greg Peterson

International Rescue Committee’s New Roots

Truck Farm Phoenix

Posted in Personal, Photojournalism Tags: Phoenix Magazine, Photojournalism

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Apr 17 2013

Renae and Garrett’s Foothills wedding reception

Renae and Garrett were married on the beach in Maui with their close family at their side. I had the fun job of photographing their Arizona wedding reception. It was a really great touch to show all the guests a short video of their Hawaiian wedding ceremony in the theater at Foothills Golf Club so everyone could witness Renae and Garrett’s vows from a few weeks earlier. Renae and and Garrett were dressed in their island wear for the party. Renae in a flowing light gown and Garrett in a white shirt, shorts and, for a lot of the evening, no shoes. Keeping with an island theme the signature drink of the night were Mai Tai’s, the table setting “cards” were written on sand dollars and the linen color was a shiny turquoise blue. Instead of a traditional wedding cake Renae and Garrett spoon fed each other Dairy Queen Blizzards. Towards the end of the night Garrett, who is a firefighter, was surprised by his friends with a Guadelupe Fire Dept truck showing up at the party lights ablaze.

Everyone watches Renae and Garrett’s vows on the big screen.

Wedding reception venue: Foothills Golf Club
DJ: Jermaine Johnson
Wedding dress: Brilliant Bridal
Groom’s attire: Tommy Bahama
Linens: Southwick Linens
Invitations & stationary: Magnet Street
Photo booth: Snapbooth
Dessert: Dairy Queen

Posted in Weddings Tags: Foothills Golf Club

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Click here to see Addy and Joel’s Mesa engagement session.

Apr 02 2013

Addy and Joel’s vintage style wedding

I was in love with Addy’s choice of dress and flowers from the minute I saw them. Addy found a delicate vintage wedding dress from the 1950s and with a feather and tulle birdcage the look was perfectly fitting. The bow toes on all the groomsmen, as well as Joel’s tie were all custom made by a friend and created from Joel’s Hawaiian shirt collection. The yellow roses in Addy’s bouquet, a bouquet made by her mother- in- law, looked absolutely scrumptious and of course sunflowers are my favorite flower. The reception followed at Joel’s mother’s home. The backyard was decorated with bistro lighting, mason jars filled with flowers, burlap accents and a eclectic array of furniture.

Addy and one of her bridesmaids dancing to the Backstreet Boys “I Want It That Way”

Ceremony: St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
Reception: Private residence
Ceremony music: lona Addler
Caterer: Amici Catering
Hair Stylist: Dry Bar
Dress: Vintage
Party rentals: Modern Revival and Phoenix Theater

Posted in Weddings Tags: arizona, phoenix, Tempe, vintage, wedding photojournalism

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Katie Mac - April 2, 2013 - 6:55 pm

Love it! I’m still on cloud nine from Addy and Joel’s wedding. I live these pictures and can’t wait to see the rest. I’ll call you whenever Matt proposes!

David Birch - April 2, 2013 - 9:28 am

Made me tear up.

Mar 28 2013

Petria and Frank’s desert engagement session

I met Frank and Petria at a desert oasis in Goodyear for their engagement session. It doesn’t get much better than shooting in the raw Arizona desert with blue skies and a couple that likes to laugh. I look forward to their wedding in the fall!

Posted in Engagements Tags: arizona, desert, engagement, goodyear

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