Laura Boyd Studio, New York

As a child growing up in South Carolina, Laura Vanlandingham whiled away hours getting lost in stacks of old family photos. Now a New Yorker and the owner of Laura Boyd Studio, she brings the same eye for nostalgia to shoots capturing wedding-day bliss, family portraits, or expressive headshots. Her sunlit boudoir shoots capture subjects' sensuous streaks as clients pose on sets of damask duvets and lacy curtains woven on only the sexiest of looms. Vanlandingham's crisp, diverse portfolio also includes commemorative maternity portraits, on-location engagement shots at Coney Island, and mug shots of America’s most wanted newborns.