LaNeve Photography

I was stood up by David this past Saturday!!!
We had a scheduled appointment and I showed up, called and texted David and he never replied.
Didn’t even get a call back to say I’m sorry.

Devid Leneve is the best photographer ever. My fiancé has been shooting with him for years and we recently had our baby girl photographed. We are planning another shoot with our girl and a family portrait. And when we get married we want to hire him for our wedding. he is a true professional and a very nice guy to boot. Gotta check him out!

I had some photos taken with David LaNeve (and Nick) when I traveled to Orange County from northern California for a Fitness Competition. I went with 2 friends and we couldn’t have been happier with the whole shoot!
Since we traveled from northern Caliornia and booked the shoot over the phone without actually seeing the studio, David and his wife stayed late and let us come in the night before to check it out… After our 6 hour drive down.
He set our minds at ease and calmed any nervousness we had since we were doing the shoot in our competition bikinis.
He recommended some local restaurants and even gave us the local short cut directions to the theatre where we we were competing.
The shoot was fabulous. The lighting really highlighted our best assets and hi any imperfections we were worried about, or wanted omitted (like tattoos, fine lines, stretch marks, etc). He and Nick were masters at lighting us perfectly!
I really can’t recommend LaNeve photography enough. Next time I come back to Orange County I will definitely book another shoot! :)

This review is regarding Boudoir photography.
I’m getting married soon and wanted to get some pictures taken for my future husband as a surprise wedding present. Also, it doesn’t hurt to take pictures to remember how young and sexy I was when I look at them in 30 years. =P
Going into these type of photography, one never knows what to expect. I thought having a guy take the pictures might be a bit awkward and nerve-​wrecking, but Dave was completely professional about it. He let me and my maid of honor (who came with me to help out) take the type of poses that we wanted, and he also came up with few ideas of his own. He was very respectful and professional about the whole shoot.
His studio was big and he made sure the session was completely private with no strangers poking their head in. He also provided the proofs via his website (password protected) in about a week.
The best thing about the whole experience — the photos were STUNNING! He really made the pictures look very artistic and classy. He definitely knows how to work with his lighting and I could tell that he puts all of his efforts every session that he does. I’m so glad I did the Boudoir photography and recommend any other shy brides to go for it b/​c it’s really once in a life time opportunity and I’m sure my husband-​to-​be is not going to regret it either!

LaNeve Photography in downtown Brea is a pretty good place for any of your studio photography needs. Judging by the photos flooding the entry to the studio, they like to photograph local high schoolers, wannabe models of all ages, good looking families, and topless mothers carrying their strategically-​placed newborn children. However, you don’t have to get naked in front of the camera if you don’t want to… or do you?
The family had a holiday portrait taken here last year and we were pretty satisfied with our photos. Now, this is not to say that we’re ridiculously good-​looking, but people have been known to fawn over our family photo and wonder how we were able to get the li’l one to smile for the camera. Hopefully we can get similar results with any future kids. Although the place is kind of small, they get the job done. They’re pretty straight forward here and seem to take their work seriously. We were in and out in about fifteen to twenty minutes for our photo session. My main complaint about the studio was the warmth in the back photo room. I don’t know about you, but when I get my picture taken, I sure don’t want it to look like I just finished competing in an Ironman competition. A little bit of the ol’ AC couldn’t hurt.
Anyway, this place is smack dab in the middle of the infamous Birch St. area (known as a drop-​off for local middle schoolers and non-​driving high schoolers in the late afternoon/​early evening). I believe it’s next to a coffee shop and a Color Me Mine… I think. It’s relatively easy to spot. Just look for the store with photos of topless pregnant women in front…
UPDATE: David and Julie LaNeve are moving to a new location as of March 2008:
LaNeve Photography
590 W. Central Ave. #K
Brea, CA 92 821
(714) 529‑3686