{"id":18004,"date":"2021-05-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/?p=18004"},"modified":"2021-05-27T11:26:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T17:26:53","slug":"raw-candid-geniune-lauren-natalia-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/27\/raw-candid-geniune-lauren-natalia-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"RAW, CANDID, GENIUNE: LAUREN NATALIA PHOTOGRAPHY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/20\/you-beautifully-a-sa-lon-santa-fe\/\">Last week<\/a>, we made the case for prioritizing booking your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-makeup-hair-beauty-skincare-tanning-waxing\">hair and makeup artist<\/a> for your wedding because, <em>of course<\/em>, everyone wants to look beautiful on their special day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But just because we think you should bump up your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-makeup-hair-beauty-skincare-tanning-waxing\">HMUA<\/a> on the priorities list, doesn&#8217;t mean you should take another important thing off, especially not your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-photographers-videographers-cinematographers\">photographer<\/a>. Yes, it might seem like we&#8217;re just giving you more work &#8211; like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/#vendor-categories\">wedding planning<\/a> isn&#8217;t hard enough already! &#8211; but really we&#8217;re doing you a favor, we promise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the combined expertise of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-makeup-hair-beauty-skincare-tanning-waxing\">MUA<\/a> <em>and<\/em> your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-photographers-videographers-cinematographers\">wedding photographer<\/a>, you&#8217;re going to look and feel like you&#8217;re shooting for the cover of Vogue. Where the makeup artist&#8217;s ability to make your day perfect ends, your photographers magic-making begins! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-photographers-videographers-cinematographers\">Your photographer<\/a> will be watching for those beautiful in-between moments throughout the whirlwind that is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-inspiration\">wedding ceremony<\/a>, which means they&#8217;ll also be on the lookout for smudged lipstick, mascara tears, and any single hair out of place. Really, they should have your back, so you can relax!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement1-1320x881.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, here in New Mexico, we&#8217;re overflowing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/#vendor-categories\">incredible creatives and visual artists<\/a>, and some of them have decided to utilize their talent and training for weddings. How neat is that? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/listing\/lauren-natalia-photography\">Lauren Natalia Photography<\/a>, one of those movers and makers we&#8217;re so blessed to have in our state, totally exemplifies the idea that your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-photographers-videographers-cinematographers\">wedding photographer<\/a> should have your back. New to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/who-we-are\">Wedding Collective<\/a>, but old-hat to photographing love, Lauren Natalia&#8217;s personality and kindness shine through in her images. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement2-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement2-1320x989.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is why her style can truthfully be summed as such: <strong>raw<\/strong>, <strong>candid<\/strong>, and <strong>genuine<\/strong>! Her couples always seem like they&#8217;ve just been hanging out with an old friend who happens to have a camera &#8211; that&#8217;s how comfortable and at ease they look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though she&#8217;s an engineer by day and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-photographers-videographers-cinematographers\">wedding photographer<\/a> by passion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/listing\/lauren-natalia-photography\">Lauren Natalia<\/a>&#8216;s been immersed in all things weddings, love, romance, devotion since day one. As she often shares with her couples &#8211; she spent hours pouring over her grandparents wedding albums as a child, and that deep connection to the medium is apparent in her work.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement6-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement6-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement6-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement6-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement6-1320x881.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our advice is this: if you can swing having both a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-photographers-videographers-cinematographers\">wedding photographer<\/a> like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/listing\/lauren-natalia-photography\">Lauren Natalia<\/a> &#8211; one who is deeply authentic, flexible, and experienced &#8211; with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-makeup-hair-beauty-skincare-tanning-waxing\">hair and makeup artist<\/a> who represents the same values, then you can go ahead and pour yourself a celebratory glass of champagne because you are going to look phenomenal at your wedding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry though, because you know your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/who-we-are\">Wedding Collective<\/a> team has your back, too. So when you&#8217;re ready to put together your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/#vendor-categories\">wedding beauty brigade<\/a> of the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/wedding-vendors\/wedding-photographers-videographers-cinematographers\">photographers<\/a>, hair specialists, makeup artists, and more &#8211; just come see us, we&#8217;ll help you out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement7-1024x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement7-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement7-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement7-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement7-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement7-1320x610.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement7.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement4-1024x983.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement4-1024x983.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement4-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement4-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement4-1536x1474.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement4-1320x1267.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LauraNataliaWeddingPhotographerNewMexicoColoradoWarmTonesSouthwestEngagementCeremonyElopement4.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/who-we-are\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-us-online3-1024x305.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-us-online3-1024x305.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-us-online3-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-us-online3-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-us-online3-1536x457.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-us-online3-1320x393.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-us-online3.png 1858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we made the case for prioritizing booking your hair and makeup artist for your wedding because, of course, everyone wants to look beautiful on their special day! 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