Find the Best Photographers in Lake Charles

Photography by Ashley is a Moss Bluff-based studio that has been capturing newborn, birth, and family portraits for Southwest Louisiana families since 2012. Owner Ashley describes herself as ‘a proud and busy mom of three amazing boys’ and a wife, and that hands-on parenting experience informs the patient, unhurried approach she brings to every newborn session. The studio’s portfolio spans births, newborns, maternity, children, lifestyle sessions, and cake smash photography, giving Lake Charles and Moss Bluff families a single photographer who can document a baby’s entire first year, from bump to birth to first birthday. Her studio tagline, ‘God creates them, I capture them,’ reflects a faith-centered philosophy that treats every newborn session as a meaningful milestone rather than a routine photo shoot. Photography by Ashley offers both in-hospital birth photography and traditional newborn sessions, giving parents flexibility in how and where they want their baby’s earliest days documented. The business serves families throughout Southwest Louisiana, with a particular focus on the Lake Charles and Moss Bluff communities, and maintains dedicated online galleries for each stage of the newborn journey — from birth photography through wrapped newborn portraits and cake smash sessions around baby’s first birthday. Families interested in booking can review pricing and portfolio galleries directly on the studio’s website before reaching out to schedule a session. 

Dailey’s Photography is a Sulphur, Louisiana-based studio serving the greater Lake Charles area with over 19 years of professional photography experience. Led by photographer Lorri Dailey, the studio built its reputation on senior portraits before expanding into weddings, maternity, and newborn photography — and today maintains a dedicated newborn gallery and newborn pricing page on its website. Lorri takes particular pride in the long-term relationships she has built with clients, often photographing seniors who return years later for engagement, wedding, and eventually newborn sessions with their own children. Her newborn work is known for its gentle, patient approach: one client described her as ‘so patient’ and ‘gentle and sweet’ while photographing their five-day-old daughter, adding that the images ‘were gorgeous’ and arrived on time. Another family, in town to finalize an adoption, credited Lorri with capturing their new daughter’s first newborn portraits during an emotional and time-sensitive visit. That combination of technical skill and calm bedside manner has made Dailey’s Photography a trusted choice for newborn sessions throughout Sulphur, Lake Charles, and the surrounding Southwest Louisiana communities. The studio, located at 1805 Charles St. in Sulphur, offers both in-studio and on-location newborn photography, and families can reach the team directly by phone or through the studio’s website to check availability and view current newborn pricing. 

Emily Fuselier Photography is a husband-and-wife team, Emily and Euric Fuselier, offering newborn and family portraiture from their Lake Charles studio. Already established as one of Southwest Louisiana’s top-rated wedding photographers with a 4.9-star average, the Fuseliers bring the same artistic, film-inspired eye to their newborn work. Their baby photography lineup includes Fresh 48 sessions — one-hour hospital visits capturing a newborn’s first hours home — alongside studio and lifestyle ‘Babies’ portraits, and a multi-visit ‘Watch Me Grow’ package that documents a baby’s first year from newborn through their first birthday. Emily’s photography roots trace back to high school, when she picked up her first film camera, and that classic, timeless sensibility still shapes the soft, emotive style seen throughout her newborn galleries today. The studio’s tagline, ‘Cherish Every Milestone, Embrace Every Expression,’ reflects an approach built around genuine connection rather than posed perfection, letting real family moments — a yawn, a tiny grip on a parent’s finger — carry each session. Emily Fuselier Photography maintains a dedicated Lake Charles baby photography portfolio showcasing newborn, fresh 48, and family sessions, and the team also offers maternity and milestone photography for families who want a consistent photographer from bump to baby’s first year. Inquiries are handled directly through the studio’s website and email. 

Alana Mae Photography is a Lake Charles-based studio owned by photographer Alana Brown, who has built one of Southwest Louisiana’s most-reviewed portrait businesses with a 5.0-star average across 77 reviews. Alongside her well-known wedding and maternity work, Alana maintains a dedicated newborn photography portfolio for Lake Charles families, specializing in gentle posing, cozy textures, and warm neutral tones that keep the focus on baby’s tiniest details. A married mother of three herself, Alana approaches every newborn session with patience and hands-on experience soothing infants through wraps, poses, and family portraits. Her newborn sessions are designed around baby’s schedule, prioritizing safety and comfort over rushed shots, and she works with families throughout Lake Charles, Moss Bluff, Sulphur, Westlake, and the wider Southwest Louisiana area. Clients consistently praise her warmth and professionalism, with one describing her as simply ‘the BEST’ after booking her for engagement photos, a wedding, a pregnancy announcement, and newborn portraits over the years — a testament to the loyalty she builds with growing families. Because Alana already knows many of her clients from their maternity or wedding sessions, her newborn photography carries an extra layer of familiarity and trust. Families can reach her directly through her website to check availability and discuss session details, including in-home lifestyle newborn sessions or studio-style wrapped portraits, both captured with the same soft, timeless aesthetic she is known for across Southwest Louisiana. 

Leroy and Chelsea Tademy run their Lake Charles studio the way they built their marriage — as a genuine partnership of two different skill sets. Leroy handles the photography, Chelsea the graphic design, and since opening their doors on Ryan Street in July 2011 they’ve turned that combination into one of the longest-running wedding photography businesses in Southwest Louisiana. The couple, who are raising six children together, describe their work as faith-centered and relationship-first: they take the time to actually get to know each couple before the wedding day so that the coverage feels less like a transaction and more like being photographed by friends. That approach has taken their work well beyond Lake Charles, with projects documented as far away as Israel, Boston, and Washington, D.C., though weddings and events remain the core of their local business. Because Chelsea’s design background feeds directly into the products Tademy delivers, couples get more than a gallery of images — custom albums and printed keepsakes are part of how the studio thinks about a wedding day from the start. For couples who want a studio with real staying power in the community and a design-forward approach to the final product, Tademy Photography is a dependable, established choice. 

Starke-Side Photography is run out of Lake Charles by a husband-and-wife duo with more than seven years behind the camera, and their client list on wedding directories reads like a run of real Southwest Louisiana weddings rather than styled shoots — the Settles wedding, the Knox wedding and engagement, the Thomas family, the Price and Champagne engagement sessions. That portfolio pattern points to a studio built on repeat referrals and word of mouth in the local wedding community rather than heavy advertising. Their listed focus spans senior portraits, family sessions, corporate photography, engagement shoots, and wedding day coverage, giving them a broad base of experience directing people in front of a camera across very different kinds of events. Pricing starts at a notably accessible $1,200, which has made them a common pick for couples planning a wedding on a tighter budget who still want professional-quality coverage rather than a hobbyist photographer. Every review on record for Starke-Side currently sits at a perfect five stars, and while the studio doesn’t run a large personal website, its consistent presence across wedding vendor directories over multiple real weddings backs up that reputation as a genuine, currently active Lake Charles photography business. 

Mia Mouton-Rene runs her studio out of a storefront on Pujo Street in downtown Lake Charles, working strictly by appointment so every session — wedding or otherwise — gets dedicated planning time rather than being squeezed between walk-ins. She describes her own style as “creatively laid back with an exciting twist,” and built the business around what she calls the Ultimate Experience: the idea that a session should feel like an event in itself, not just a means to a finished photo. That range shows up in her client list, which spans weddings, engagements, high school seniors, boudoir, and family portraits, giving her a wide base of experience directing all kinds of people in front of a camera. Wedding-day collections start at $2,695 and every tier includes a custom-designed wedding album, a detail Mia treats as a core part of the product rather than an upsell — the goal is a finished, physical keepsake, not just a digital gallery link. Downtown Lake Charles couples in particular appreciate the convenience of a studio located right in the heart of the city rather than out in the suburbs. For couples who want a photographer with real range across the full wedding season — engagement through wedding day — and who value a tangible album as part of what they’re paying for, Photography By Mia is a solid, established local option. 

Walk through MadHart Productions’ portfolio and the range is the point: cinematic wide shots, editorial close-ups, vintage-toned film looks, and bright, feminine color work all sit side by side, because owner Madison built the studio as a full creative agency rather than a single-style shop. Operating out of 635 Petro Point Dr in Lake Charles with a small team of collaborators — including Tori and Riki, who shoot and assist alongside her — MadHart has spent more than a decade shaping how the studio’s brand of “you are our muse” storytelling gets applied to wedding days. Clients describe Madison as approachable and visibly invested in the work, the kind of photographer who remembers details from the initial consultation and builds the wedding-day shot list around them rather than a generic template. Because the studio also handles graphic design, marketing, and photography workshops, couples booking a wedding get access to a team that thinks about branding and presentation as much as raw image capture — useful for couples who want save-the-dates, albums, and social content to feel cohesive with their gallery. With the deepest local review history of any Lake Charles wedding photographer on this list, MadHart has clearly built trust across a large volume of Southwest Louisiana weddings. 

Julia Bourgeois didn’t start out chasing a photography career — she’s an accountant by trade, a McNeese State University graduate in accounting and finance, and photography grew out of a passion project into a full wedding business serving Lake Charles. That numbers-first background shows up in how she runs a wedding day: organized, on schedule, and low-stress for the couple, while the actual shooting stays loose and playful. She leans on her clients’ favorite music and a good sense of humor to loosen people up in front of the camera, chasing candid laughter and dance-floor energy over stiff, posed portraits. Off the clock, Julia is married to Joe and raising sons Brooks and Charlie; Brooks’ diagnosis with Spina Bifida led her to found Families for Inclusion, and that same inclusive, no-judgment attitude carries into how she works with every couple who books her, regardless of what their wedding day looks like. Packages range from two to eight hours of coverage with edited, high-resolution images, and premium tiers add an engagement session, a second shooter, and a wedding highlights book. With a growing base of five-star reviews and a starting price point that’s accessible for couples on a range of budgets, she’s become a go-to option for Lake Charles weddings that want to feel more like a celebration than a photo shoot. 

Anthony and Santana have run Faces of Fantasy Photography as a husband-and-wife team since 2010, and one detail sets their business model apart from most studios on this list: they cap themselves at a single wedding per month. That’s a deliberate trade-off in favor of depth over volume — every couple who books them gets what the studio calls its full, undivided attention, from the planning calls through the final gallery delivery, rather than being one of several weddings competing for post-production time in a given week. Their work leans heavily on available natural light and scenic outdoor locations around Southwest Louisiana, blending traditional wedding-portrait staples with a more contemporary, lifestyle-driven edge. The studio explicitly markets itself around luxury weddings, and the emphasis shows in how client testimonials describe the experience — less like hiring a vendor and more like working with a creative partner who’s genuinely invested in getting the day right. Beyond weddings, Anthony and Santana also shoot engagement sessions, bridal portraits, senior photos, and lifestyle work, but it’s clear from their own marketing and their client base that weddings are the anchor of the business. Couples who want a smaller, more personal studio rather than a high-volume operation tend to gravitate toward Faces of Fantasy. 

Emily and Euric Fuselier shoot weddings the way documentary filmmakers cover a story: quietly, mostly on film, and without much interference in what’s actually happening in front of them. They call their process “LOOM” — building enough space and trust with a couple that natural interaction takes over and the posing instructions fall away. Because they shoot primarily on film rather than digital, every frame demands more technical discipline; there’s no reviewing a shot and reshooting it, which the husband-wife team says forces them to “get it right the first time, every time.” That commitment to an unhurried, old-school process pairs with a very specific creative interest: not the wide shot of the wedding dress or the venue, but the small human gestures — the way a groom’s fingertips trace down his partner’s arm, the exact look exchanged mid-vow — the kind of detail Emily says should “transport you to that moment 5, 15, or 30 years later.” Based in Lake Charles and working regularly across Lafayette and Beaumont, the Fuseliers also offer styling consultations ahead of the wedding day, helping couples plan wardrobe and palette choices that will hold up in film. For couples drawn to a more artful, editorial documentary style over traditional wedding photography, they’re one of the more distinctive options in the region. 

Chad Whited built his Lake Charles studio around a broader creative practice than most single-focus wedding photographers in the area — his services list runs from weddings and family portraits through senior sessions, commercial and business photography, event coverage, videography, and even graphic arts and web design work. That range means couples booking Chad for a wedding are often working with someone who also understands brand and design work, useful for couples who want their wedding imagery and any related print or digital materials to feel visually consistent. Clients describe his finished work as “polished and thoughtful,” and multiple reviews single out how responsive and easy to work with he is throughout the planning process, not just on the wedding day itself. One couple specifically praised the job he did shooting their wedding, calling out his engaging, low-stress presence behind the camera as something that helped the day feel less chaotic. Since founding the business, Chad has built a varied portfolio that draws as much from commercial and event photography as it does from weddings, which shows up in a visual style that leans clean and editorial rather than heavily posed or traditional. For Lake Charles couples who want a photographer-videographer with commercial-grade polish and a broader creative skill set beyond just the camera, Chad Whited Creative is a distinctive choice. 

Alana Brown built Alana Mae Photography around a simple refusal: she will not force a bride and groom into a rigid pose they don’t recognize themselves in. “I am not a perfectly posed photographer,” she says of her approach, and it shows in a portfolio built on real laughter, real hands, and real weather. She’s a Southwest Louisiana native married to her high school sweetheart and mother to three kids, and that family-first sensibility carries into how she runs a wedding day — unhurried, warm, and genuinely interested in the two people in front of her lens rather than a shot list. Golden hour is where she does her best work; ask her about her favorite spot and she’ll describe standing in a field ringed by oak trees as the light goes soft. Weddings sit alongside newborn, maternity, engagement, and milestone sessions in her business, but it’s her wedding coverage that has built the largest and most consistent base of reviews in the Lake Charles area, with couples repeatedly praising how comfortable she makes wedding-day nerves feel. For couples who want documentary-style honesty over stiff formality, and who value a photographer with deep, lived-in roots in the community she shoots in, Alana Mae Photography is consistently the first name locals bring up. 

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