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When Nicole and Jason told their families they wanted to get married in the dead of winter in downtown Troy, New York, I can only imagine what they all said and thought. But when Nicole and Jason told me they didn’t have a professional photographer for their December wedding, and that I was looking for […]

Winter Elopement in Downtown Troy NY

03/16/2025

Weddings

Sunrise anniversary and maternity session at Peebles Island State Park in Cohoes, New York

Sunrise Anniversary Session at Peebles Island

Peebles Island Couples Anniversary Photo Session

02/25/2024

Couples

Autumn weddings have my whole heart! This beautiful day celebrating two humans in love was no different. Claire & Claudio were married a Stonover Farm in Massachusetts in mid-October 2023, and I have the honor of being their second photographer alongside the talented Angela Mia Photography. Can you believe some of these colors? To this […]

Western Massachusetts Autumn Wedding

10/14/2023

Weddings

Remember these two cuties? I’ll give you a little refresher. Back in 2019 Kirsten and Emmanuel took part in my backyard mini sessions and they loved the photos we took together so much that when Emmanuel asked Kirsten to marry him, she messaged me the very same week for engagement photos. I seriously was over […]

Kirsten & Emmanuel 2020

10/18/2020

Couples

Forgive me for taking absolutely FOREVER to post these… Meen reached out to me for my JULY mini sessions (yes, I know, it has been over 2 months) via email and expressed an interest in having her and her fiancé Lucas swing by for some portraits. Meen & Lucas were just about the CUTEST couple […]

Meen & Lucas

09/19/2019

Couples

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