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Posing for Queer Couples: How to Look Natural and Feel Like Yourself in Wedding and Engagement Photos
Posing tips for queer and LGBTQ+ couples. Baltimore wedding photographer Lindsay Ladd explains how to look natural and feel like yourself in every photo.
Apr 3


LGBTQ+ Wedding Tips from a Queer Wedding Photographer
Planning an LGBTQIA+ wedding often means breaking free from gendered norms and expectations. Here are ideas and tips to create a weddings that feels authentic and joyful and reflects who you are.
Mar 23


What Does a Gay Wedding Look Like?
Lindsay Ladd is an internationally renown photographer and artist who specializes in photographing LGBTQ+ weddings . She is based in Baltimore, Maryland but travels across the USA and beyond to help queer couples celebrate their love. This is a common question I see when LGBTQ+ couples are just starting to plan their wedding, or when other folks have been invited to their first queer wedding and want to know what to expect. And the answer, at its core, is pretty simple. A gay
Apr 13


Things That Can Go Wrong on Your Wedding Day (And How to Handle Them) - Advice from a Wedding Photographer
Lindsay Ladd is a candid wedding and event photographer based in Baltimore, Maryland, serving couples across DC, Maryland, Delaware, and beyond. With 12 years and hundreds of weddings photographed, Lindsay specializes in LGBTQ+ weddings and is internationally recognized for her work with queer couples. The Truth About Wedding Days I'll let you in on a major wedding day secret: there aren't perfect wedding days, something inevitably goes wrong, and that's completely okay. In
Apr 2


What to do When Being Professionally Photographed?
[AKA, How to Not Look Like an Absolute Goof] WHY DO I FEEL AWKWARD HAVING MY PICTURE TAKEN AND WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT? It's inevitable - recognize that there will indeed be awkward moments and times. Often when a camera is pointed at you, it's natural to feel like you're 'under the microscope'. When I notice my clients feeling this way, I tell them to look at the horizon to the right or left, look at the ground, the sky, or anywhere but at the camera. Figure out how you want
Jan 17, 2025


How to Shoot a City Skyline
Tips and tricks to take super prime city skyline photos. Need help with your settings? I got ya - step by step instructions.
Feb 13, 2017


Advanced Photography Technique: Shooting into Light and Why it's Awesome
I was recently shooting an outdoor wedding, and as I was getting settled right before the ceremony, one of the guests, let's call him Uncle Bob, called me over and wanted to commiserate with me about "how terrible it is that the Chuppah is back-lit and the sun was right behind where the speakers would stand", and he remarked that "it's so terrible shooting into light, don't you hate it?" Nothing could be further from the truth of how I feel shooting into light. It's someth
Jan 1, 2017


My favorite wedding photo of all time....
What is my favorite image that I've taken at a wedding, you ask? There are a lot to choose from..... Is it this one........? Or this...
Aug 3, 2016
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