The Artist | Laura
The Artist | Laura
My “Personal” Bio:
Thank you for visiting my site, Panama City Beach and South Walton County! I am blessed to call the sparkling emerald beaches and breathtaking sunsets of the Gulf Coast “home” and hope you enjoy your time here as much as I love living here. I was never a “beach girl” until we moved to PCB (after growing up in a beach town on the east coast of FL for 20 years!)
I am a Momma to 4 beautiful children and a Lala (grandma) to a sweet baby boy! Our oldest daughter is married to the best son-in-law we could have asked for and we have 3 younger boys ourselves. I am married to my best friend and my biggest cheerleader. Without him, this dream of mine would not be possible. Like really! I know everyone says that, but he really is the other half to my craziness!
A little about me?
I homeschool our kiddos, I love my coffee in the morning & wine in the evening, I am a neat freak at home and can actually manage all stages of laundry in one day if I’m super motivated, although I would much rather chase a sunset, play some type of sport with my boys or beg them to snuggle instead.
If I get a day off, you can bet I’m still at the beach watching the sunset.
Being in front of the camera can be intimidating- I get it! But I guarantee you will enjoy our time together and you won’t feel as though you are working with a stranger, we will be more like friends and family! I will snuggle your babies, make farting noises, chase birds and tell your husband he owes you a bottle of wine afterwards!
I love to fish (maybe more than my hubby – he says “I doubt that”)
We own an island home in Roatan Honduras, a condo here in PCB, a historic church in St Augustine (where we got married) and a cabin in the North Georgia Mountains (Blue Ridge, GA to be exact). While we use these as our “escape”, we also rent them out for short-term vacation rentals. Exit Strategy– Roatan, Honduras The Boardroom– Panama City Beach, FL Castillo de la Paz– St. Augustine, FL Five Cubs Cabin– Blue Ridge, Georgia
Associations & Awards
Laura Jennings Photography is a full time, full service natural light photography business serving South Walton and Bay counties. The artist, Laura Jennings, is a highly regarded destination wedding and portrait photographer and serves the Northwest Florida Panhandle as well as points unknown around the world!
Laura specializes in beach weddings and family sunset photography, regularly photographing over 300 families a year and in her free time is a volunteer photographer for both the Magic Hour Organization and All Things PCB Outreach offering free photography services to terminal cancer patients and their families.
Laura was awarded the title of “Master Photographer” in the family category after an in-depth portfolio evaluation of a panel of experts in the family photography field.
She was a 1st place winner in The 2016 Shoot & Share photography contest with over 225,000 entries from 120 countries and over 30 million votes. Locally, she is an extremely busy wedding and family photographer and was voted Best of Bay for the last 7 years. Laura is periodically a guest blogger for The Perfect Pose, The Rising Tide, Sixth Bloom, and numerous other photography blogs. She has been published in newspapers and magazines such as The Circuit and Florida Today, is a professional contributor to Getty Images, and has even collaborated with a major television network on a new reality show concept!
In early 2017, Laura wrote a short book on How to Start a Photography Business which is available through her website or on Amazon. She is a member of PPA, APA and sits on the board of All Things Panama City Beach Outreach– a locally based non-profit whose mission is helping families and children with terminal illnesses make memories with bucket list beach vacation experiences.