When MaryGrace’s dad began reading the relations of the many amazing and talented vendors at her wedding day with long-time love Lou, it was a roll call of some of the couple’s closest friends and longest acquaintances. Nearly every single person performing, helping or creating for their day was somehow connected with either MG and […]

“Now at last they were beginning a Chapter One of the Great Story no one on Earth has ever read, which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.” — CS Lewis   On a Spring day in May, in front of one of the Wonders of the World, Lauren […]

ELEGANT. During the toasts at Katie and George’s wedding reception at the incredible Country Club of Rochester, the story was told of George trying to figure out a gift for Katie early in their relationship. He was asked what she was like and he simply responded: “She’s elegant.” Their wedding day on May 6th was filled […]

Christine and Zach celebrated nearly a decade of knowing each other with a fairytale chapter in their love story. Their November wedding gave us warmer-than-usual temperatures, sunshine, happy tears and incredible dancing.  Before our first meeting, these two were high school sweethearts who made it through different high schools and colleges and away-from-home grad school […]

Jennifer and Peter had been planning their October 2016 Rochester Wedding with me from their home in Wisconsin for about 10 months and it far exceeded every awesome expectation. It was a recipe for unforgettable — an Autumn backdrop of pleasant temperatures and gorgeous foliage mixed with three parts elegance and sophistication and five parts […]

About one month prior to my family moving to the Rochester area, Nicole and John booked their September 2016 wedding with me. Their trust and confidence in someone not even in the same state as them at the time meant so much to me and was the beginning of a beautiful journey together — one […]

Bridget and Patrick are one of my long-distance weddings in 2017 and one of the couples with the most interesting route to cross paths with me. I’ve known Bridget’s sister, Meghan, for a few years now (we actually went to college together but weren’t close back then!) and I’ve photographed newborn sessions for both of […]

You can actually feel the love between Corynn and Kevin. You can feel the way that they are each other’s best friends first and foremost. You can practically touch their companionship and adoration and mutual respect with your hands. But you’re probably too occupied admiring their handmade colorful details and incredibly supportive family and friends […]

A lot of wedding days are a variation of a beautiful and joyous fairytale brought to life. In late May, however, at the jaw-dropping Fonthill Castle (Mercer Museum) in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Sarah and Sam were as close to a real-life fairytale as I’ve ever seen.  Their wedding was influenced by favorite story Alice in Wonderland […]

Sometimes, all the pieces just fall into place to bring a photographer and an amazing couple together. In a transition period of moving to our home in Rochester and restarting my photography business here in Western New York, Lisa and Jamie reached out to me inquiring about their April 2017 wedding in my hometown in […]