Ten years reading rooms. Thirteen years behind a lens.
Here's how that combination changes your wedding day.
Warm colors. Real expressions. The first look, the quiet hand squeeze, the ugly cry, the dance floor chaos.
I've spent 13 years and 400-plus weddings learning exactly what to pay attention to — and I bring all of it to every single one.
Photos that actually feel like your day.
Fine art trained. Hospitality-formed. Here for the moments no one else catches.
Who you hire matters as much as what they shoot.
Thirteen years behind a camera. A decade before that, learning how to make every person in a room feel seen. I know when to step in with direction and when to disappear completely. I notice the grandmother watching quietly from the corner. Your mother's face when you walk past her table. The hand squeeze no one else caught.
Polished images with a chilled-champagne kind of ease.
“We kept hearing one name…Ashley LaPrade.”
"When searching for venues and rentals in Palm Springs for our wedding, we asked around about photographers.
We were literally in tears looking at our pictures. We couldn’t have been happier with her and her team."
- Sarah & Ben
From the moment you inquire to the moment your gallery arrives, here's exactly what I bring to every single wedding.
What you can count on when you book with me.
Palm Springs born and raised. Over 400 local weddings.
See the venues I know best.
Ten years in restaurant hospitality taught me to read a room before I ever pointed a camera at one. I catch what happens in the margins.
Direction that feels like a conversation, not a command. Portraits wrapped in 15 minutes so you're back with your people.
Family tension, extreme heat, runaway timelines — navigated calmly, without making any of it your problem.
Two planning calls, a printed site map, a dedicated second photographer. The day runs on a track you never have to manage yourself.
I hand-edit every image myself. A BFA from one of the top ten photography programs in the world is why your gallery looks the way it does.
No presets. No AI. No filtered version of someone else's wedding.
I pay attention to what other photographers miss.
Your timeline. Not my shot list.
400-plus weddings. Nothing rattles me.
You don't need to know how to pose. That's my job.
You Could Be Next
My Palm Springs wedding photography has been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, BRIDES, MunaLuchi Bride, Men's Vows, Love Inc., Wedding Chicks, Palm Springs Life, and more. Let's see about getting your big day featured too.
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