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

Elegant Storytelling Photojournalism

Welcome!

I am an avid hiker, a book worm, a mom and an animal lover. I am married to an amazing Emmy award winning photojournalist, David Wallace, who shares my passion for photography and the outdoors. Click here to read our adventure blog.

I studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York. After graduating from college I worked for newspapers all over the country from Maine to Iowa. As a freelance photographer my work has been published in countless national and international publications.

Whether photographing an editorial assignment or a bride and groom I approach each subject with thought, care and passion.

I am available for weddings worldwide!

Call Me: (480) 718-9372
Email Me:
Please visit www.segallphotography.com for more wedding information.
Check out my photojournalism website www.laurasegall.net

Tag Archives: freelance photojournalist

Feb 21 2013

Washington Post Style Section

Last month I spent some time with Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona’s newly elected freshman member of Congress, for The Washington Post. I followed her while she was briefly in Arizona before being sworn into office on January 3rd. While home from Washington she met with Veterans, students at a school where she began her career as a social worker and sat down with the mayors from Tempe, Phoenix, Chandler and Mesa. As a photojournalist I enjoy assignments like this because it is a chance to see behind the scenes and walk in someone else’s shoes if only for a short while.

Posted in Photojournalism Tags: freelance photojournalist, Photojournalism, Washington Post

Aug 13 2012

Waiting for someone to get arrested

Sheriff Joe Arpaio always attracts a crowd and outside the courthouse in Phoenix where he is facing a suit accusing his department of bias against Latinos was no different. Although he did not make an appearance outside the building a crowd rallied none the less. I was shooting for the New York Times and had gotten word along with the rest of the media on site that a group of 4 protesters were going to purposely get arrested as an act of civil disobedience. The protesters blocked the intersection in front of the courthouse with the 4 who were planning on getting arrested sitting on the hot pavement while the rest of the protesters walked around them in a big circle. I don’t know if it was some sort of police protocol but law enforcement seemed to let the protesters have their moment. In the end the emotions were real even if the actions were scripted.

Posted in Photojournalism Tags: arizona, freelance photojournalist, New York Times, phoenix

Jul 20 2012

The music and life of soprano Barbara Quintiliani

Every now and then as a freelance photographer I get a really great assignment. The kind of assignment that allows me to meet passionate and extraordinary people. Barbara Quintiliani is soprano opera singer who was diagnosed with an extremely rare combination of two autoimmune diseases: multiple sclerosis and Churg-Strauss syndrome. Boston Globe staff writer Geoff Edgersand and videographer Darren Durlach had been documenting the life of Barbara Quintiliani and her husband Stewart Schroeder for a number of months before I met them in Arizona. I had the privilege of photographing Quintiliani’s first performance in seven months at the Arizona Musicfest in Scottsdale. It was a powerful and emotional performance.

Click here to find out more about Barbara Quintiliani.
Click here the read the Boston Globe article.
Click here to see more photos.
Click here to watch the documentary videos by Darren Durlach.

Barbara Quintiliani’s husband Stewart Schroeder helps her get her shoes on before her performance.

Barbara Quintiliani (center) waits backstage along with fellow soloists Beth Clayton (from left) Wayne Tigges and Gaston Rivero before going on stage.

Quintiliani is cheered on stage at the end of The Verdi Requiem.

Stewart gives his wife Barbara a kiss in her dressing room immediately after her performance.

[facebooksimplelike]

Posted in Photojournalism Tags: arizona, Barbara Quintiliani, Boston Globe, freelance photojournalist, scottsdale

Mar 27 2012

Working the Red Carpet

Saturday evening was Muhammad Ali’s Celebrity Fight Night a charity event that benefits the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at St. Joseph’s Barrow Neurological Institute as well as other charities. Stars included Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Billy Crystal, Kurt Warner, Miley Cyrus, Lionel Richie, and Tony Hawk to name just a few. I have heard covering the red carpet in LA can get pretty intense and aggressive- not my style- but, like most things in Arizona, it was fairly laid back. Tom Hanks even commented how calm and quiet it was as he started down the carpet. The man everyone was there to see of course was the legend himself Muhammad Ali. The night ended up raising an astounding $9.1 million.