Laura Schneider Photo

Name: Laura Schneider Photo
Address: Nashville, TN, US
Telephone: +15402905347

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"Lend me your eyes, I can change what you see - but your soul you must keep totally free." -Mumford & Sons i want my work to make you feel something. outraged.

when i started my photography business at twenty five,
all i knew was that i wanted to create work that mattered. to that end, i've done a lot of adventuring, talking to strangers, asking hard questions, exploring mediums, embracing mistakes, pursuing collaborations, playing with subject matter, shifting perspectives, and chasing light... and always, it comes back to feeling. smell something. tas

te something. remember something. long for something. i want you to feel engaged. or full of love. and i really want you to look at the photos we create together and remember who you were in that moment. what life was like. what your dreams were. how in love you were with the people around you. what you feared. what worried you. what you were up against. what you overcame. say hello. tell me your story. because making work that matters to you matters to me.

03/29/2026

No Kings III today in Nashville, TN with .

At least half of these photos were taken with my daughter on my hip or my son on my shoulders. Having them there with us today... I don't quite have the words yet, but I'm just so grateful.

I've been clicking away on this keyboard for an hour trying to put so many things about this day into words... but to boil it down to our average attention span, "thank you" could pretty much cover it.

So, THANK YOU.

Thank you for showing up.
Thank you for singing out.
Thank you for marching.
Thank you for holding space.

Thank you to every single organizer.
Thank you to all who worked to support those organizers.
Thank you to those who did it afraid.
Thank you to all who took a stand so someone else you know and love DIDN'T have to do it afraid.

Thank you, neighbors.
Thank you, friends.
Thank you, musicians.
Thank you, activists.
Thank you, teachers.
Thank you, leaders.
Thank you, historians.
Thank you, veterans.
Thank you, doctors.
Thank you, poets.
Thank you, lovers.
Thank you, fighters.
Thank you, dreamers.

And thank you, Nashville, for giving me hope.

It was a joy to be in community together today, AND we must remember that the real work happens once we head back home. Don't let your foot off the gas, friends. Tonight, we rest. Tomorrow, it's back to work.

03/20/2026

An ode to deciding.
To show up.
To do it afraid.
To say yes and figure it out later.
To rise to the moment while trembling.
To do the work, whether or not you "share" the work.
To never give up on a better version of yourself.
To prioritize wellness in a wound up world.
To forgive weaknesses and build strength.
To get back up after falling... again and again and again.
To continue the climb.
To stand tall when the world wants you to be small.
To step into your power.
To own your story.
To follow your dreams.
To brave the shadows for as long as it takes to find the light.

Friends, I am not sharing much on here these days, as evidenced by sharing work today that was mostly created over a year ago... but I AM doing so so much behind the scenes... and I know you are too. What a time to be alive.

Working with over this past year has taken me all over the country. Seven states, eight gyms, so many climbs, and loads of good times. I am eternally grateful to (and his wife ) for knowing I was the right person to tag in for this rebranding job, and to the badass all women marketing team that has trusted me to bring an artistic vision into this commercial work. Looking at you, , , and . 👀

It is a joy to witness so many different through-lines of the human experience and such a gift to be trusted to capture the stories of individuals, small businesses, and big businesses in a way that celebrates real life.

01/01/2026

Oh, 2025... all the ideas I've had about how to "wrap" the year were thwarted by two back to back rounds of the flu, turned double ear infection, partially ruptured ear drum, sinusitis and pneumonia... and honestly, I could let that be a damn good summary of the year in its entirety: leading with the best of intentions, and always falling short.

The highs were high, and the lows about did me in, but the truth is, when I start combing through the year as a whole, there's much more good than bad... there always is.

That's how gratitude works... you start to name it, and it multiplies.

And the thing that I am most grateful for is the chance to be a mother. Most days, I don't think too highly of my performance as a Mama... or how my mothering affects my business.

I miss deadlines when my kids are sick, I'm often screaming in on two wheels, with little sleep, no shower, and batteries that are literally and figuratively 50% charged. I haven't updated my website in years, I lose my cool with my kids more than I'd like, my partners get the short end of my energy exchange, and I never feel like I'm doing enough for the people I love... or myself.

But I keep trying. I try hard to apologize and repair when I get it wrong. I do my best to learn from my mistakes. To show up for kids in the ways I needed when I was younger. I am a constant work in progress and I am learning to be okay with that. To be silly, and spontaneous. To say yes to life, to mess, to play, to art, to love, to softness, to kindness, to care, and ease, and leaving space between all the things "to do".

So, year wrapped? Not hardly. No good way to put a bow on it... but I'll pour paint all over it and make a masterpiece.

📸: .larsen.weaver

11/04/2025

Day 3. Grateful for neighbors who are friends, and friends who do family dinner. These three babes are insanely lucky to be growing up on the same street from one another, and boy do their parents feel it too. From first steps to front yard happy hours and backyard fireside chats, these are the days that make our hearts full (and our bodies sooooo tired). When the world spins too fast, community is where it's at... so very thankful to have Kiki and Tito and Roman as a part of ours.

*maybe someday my kids will let them have a family photo to themselves 🤣

11/03/2025

Today I am grateful for the chance to witness, celebrate, honor, and capture q***r love and q***r joy - the most beautiful form of resistance.

This weekend, Cami + Cal said "I do" again surrounded by a beautiful tapestry of loved ones. I feel lucky to have been in their presence - and that we were all able to laugh off the most embarrassing wedding photographer wipeout of all time. We're talking feet over head with three cameras strapped to my body right as these two met at the end of the aisle kinda embarrassing. Lordy. If anyone has their iPhone out during that moment, feel free to publicly put me on blast. I really need a rear view mirror... ask and . 😬🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

Anywho - LOOK AT THESE TWO! And sign me up for more love stories that turn into cowboy vampire weddings.

***rlove ***rwedding

11/02/2025

holding on for dear life feels like the theme of our days, lately.

i find myself holding my breath and clenching my jaw all day and night.

October tried its best to get the best of me, and it won... but November, I'm taking back my peace.

daily gratitudes, day one: these babes and the exhaustion that comes with being and intentional parent. the days are long, but the years are short, and boy am i feeling that lately.

today, I am grateful for my family, being a mama, my job, film photography, having booked a long form session with .larsen.weaver who has helped me find the through line in my work and my life more than she knows. I am grateful to be able to feed my children, to open my rental home for another mama who needs a safe place to land with her babes, who are also holding on for dear life.

the world is a hard and heavy and hopeless place if all you read are the headlines, but it's also full of deserving and kind people doing the very best they can, and that, my friends, is worth holding onto for dear life:

09/04/2025

Actual footage of me going with my gut and deciding to slow roll my way through Americana Fest next week instead of doing mini-session marathons. 🤘🏼

What does that mean? It means a few things. Let's discuss!

1) I'm tired... and I know you are too. I don't have the capacity (or the desire, tbh) to cram a bagillion super short sessions into a chaotic week. So I'm not gonna do it.

2) I do my best work, and you get your best photos when we're connected, and hit and run minis ain't it. I want a few minutes to catch up without a camera between us. I want to hear what you're working on and know what you've most recently been inspired by. I want to leave room for magic.

3) I AM AVAILABLE FOR SHOOTS, but I am putting a cap on sessions I'll take next week... *gestures broadly to all of the above*

If you're headed to Nashville next week and want to make high quality intentional art together on a budget, here's your sign 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

SLOW ROLL SESSIONS:
- six slots only
- one hour session
- $350 (usually $550+)
- available to musicians only
- shoots must take place between 9/9 and 9/13
- full gallery access
- DM or email to book

Looking forward to hugging a lot of necks, and taking some magical photos along the way.

See y'all soon! ✌🏼

(also, jk - that's actual footage of being a total badass - have you listened to her newest single yet?!)

09/03/2025

How I hope is feeling minutes after releasing Returning Me To You. 🥹

Throwback to the fever dream In These Silent Days tour run in September of 2022 (that I still can't believe I got to be a part of) which unironically, might have been the beginning of my own return to myself.

I am continuously grateful for the way music continues to carve out so many paths I never imagined getting to travel, and how traveling down those paths has introduced me to so many folks I'm proud to call friends.

Way to go, Team BC! I see y'all making your magic happen. Keep doing the thing! The rest of y'all, GO LISTEN TO THIS GEM. 🔥✌🏼

09/02/2025

For my 35th birthday, I did not take a self-portrait.

Instead, I hired .larsen.weaver to come and work her Long Form Session magic here in Nashville... to dive into the deep end of our lives while savoring the ripe, raw, sun-kissed bits of our last summer before school schedules start to run the show.

I've been documenting other people's lives for a living for over a decade... and you know what? I'm damn good at it. What I am not as good at, is including myself in the documenting my own. I am always the one stepping out of the moment to preserve a memory. The more I do this work, the more I understand the importance of it... the meaning of the photos we tuck into memory books, or hang over cribs, or mount above the kitchen sink as a reminder of the gift that it absolutely is to be washing dishes for the 4,927th time that day.

These days are the longest ever, and we are in the deep deep deep end of parenting tiny humans with big emotions on not even close to enough sleep... but the years are damn short. And I don't want to miss them as much as I don't want to be missed by them.

Unbeknownst to Rachel, she sent me our full gallery the morning of my birthday... and gave me the best gift of all: being seen in the space between the shortest years and the longest days.

I wanted to share a glimpse of this glorious ode to the summer we survived on pizza nights, splash days, bike rides, jumping couches, piggy back rides, cuddle puddles, and finger (and foot) painting our way to a treasured family masterpiece.

An unexpected benefit of hiring Rachel after doing workshop magic together last year is that seeing HER photos of MY life reminded why I do what I do, too.

All humans deserve to be seen and loved and celebrated.

Your joy is worthy. Your transformation is worthy. Your pain is worthy. Your hope is worthy. Your growth, your healing, your work, your love, your family - everything that makes up your life is worthy.

If you need a more tangible reminder of this, please reach out to book a session for the fall.

And Rachel, thanks for giving that to me.
What a summer. What a life. What a wild ride.

07/04/2025

Being silent has never protected the people I care about... so I'm putting my mission statement on blast today.

I don't know how to move the needle in the great big world, but I do know how to build community. And I've realized just how much that skill has played a role in building my business.

I am proud to hold safe space for marginalized people. To celebrate love that knows no bounds. To amplify voices that are all too often silenced or disregarded. To advocate for the basic rights of ALL humans. To create with other artists, dreamers, movers, shakers, and good trouble makers.

And I will continue to do everything in my power to keep it going. Love y'all. Stay strong. Find joy wherever you can.

Interdependence > Independence
We're all in this together.

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

07/02/2025

I have taken a million photos of Brandy Zdan being a total badass over the course of our friendship… but I’m not sure any are more rock and roll than these.

And it’s not because she’s on stage, its not because the bright lights were just right, or because we had a killer glam squad behind the scenes… its because they are as real as it gets.

And I am sharing them with you today, because SHE is as real as it gets.

For nearly all of 2024, Brandy gave me the incredible gift of witnessing her journey through a disease that ravaged me to the point I'd never wish it on my worst enemy: endometriosis

The how's and when's and why's of how this project came to be (and is continuing in its becoming) is a story for another day... but the heart of it is a through line worth speaking to.

I approached Brandy about photographing her experience of this disease because I wanted to give a voice to all the women suffering in silence. And what I learned in the year of documenting the rollercoaster is just how much she longs to do the same.

As a producer, I've seen her turn other people's insides out in the most beautiful way. As a musician, I've seen her shred through Endo flares that would have sidelined damn near anyone else. And as a Mama, raising her daughter to believe she can do ANYTHING she sets her heart and mind to, she's asking for our help to get the songs she wrote, and the record she's FINALLY trusting herself to produce out into the great big world.

There are 24 hours left to go, and I'd love to see her blow her goal out of the water. None of this is meant to be done alone. Not chronic illness, not raising babies, and not making a record.

We MUST support women artists. Women producers. Mothers. Makers. Movers and shakers. All the risk takers.

Behind every strong woman are more strong women... will you join me in being one of the ones who helps cross the finish line?

Endo sisters, we're no stranger to the rollercoaster... let's help our girl enjoy the up side of this ride.

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