Laura started taking pictures at the age of twelve, when she inherited her grandfather's Nikon and a stack of technical photography books. Passing quickly through the obligatory "flowers and scenery" stage, she started dressing up her younger siblings and making them pose for whatever her current idea was.

That first camera died within two years, and she moved on to the more technical Nikkormat that her shutterbug grandfather had left behind. She was fascinated with using different lenses and exposure lengths to create various effects, and experimented endlessly. It was while using this camera that her parents decided that she had to pay for her own film and developing; her trigger-happy finger was turning into an expensive hobby.

Her second camera lasted for quite a while and logged hundreds of miles. It was used to shoot the senior photos of all her siblings, baby pictures of her nephew, and her first two weddings. It survived periods of neglect as Laura pursued her dream of becoming a videographer, and was relieved when she decided that she like the instant gratification of photography better after all. Finally, in 2006, it died, and since it was older than she, it was impossible to get it fixed. After only a month or two of living without a camera, Laura's husband, Jared, decided that it was time to go digital, and purchased her first digital SLR as a birthday present for her.

It was with the arrival of The Child, as it was affectionately called, that Jared started shooting as well. When Laura didn't feel like figuring out how to use all the features on her new camera, she handed it off to Jared, and he was hooked. Now they each shoot with their own particular style and together the results are amazing.