I am quickly falling in love with Highland Park in Rochester NY as an amazing engagement session location. It just sprawls on seemingly forever, with little pockets of beauty and surprises around every corner. Moody pine tree forests, stone castles, and blooms of every shape and color as far as the eye can see.  Then, […]

I only just met Nicole and John and yet I feel like we’ve been friends for years. They just exude kindness, sincerity, humor and joy. Being made to feel like a friend made our downtown Buffalo engagement session together even more special.  When I first chatted with Nicole via Skype last year, I was packing […]

***This is one in a three-part perspective on the #rockinNDSSstudios experience with the National Down Syndrome Society. To see more of this journey, visit my co-photographers Nicole and Sherri who are also sharing their adventures in blogs today. ***     Months of planning, new and old friendships and a gathering of wild imaginations and […]

Some wedding days are a compilation of hundreds of moments of pure magic. Moments that make you let out a little gasp as a sunset lights up a kiss in a field on a family farm; moments that make you laugh with the pure joy being had by 100 people surrounding you on a crowded […]

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE being a part of several weddings a year! That’s 15 or so First Looks that I adore and more than a dozen first dance and written, personalized vows. Nearly 20 grooms who get big smiles or damp eyes when they see their bride walking toward them and nearly 20 […]

If rain on your wedding day truly is good luck then Chris and Shannon are most certainly blessed in their marriage. Even with 35-mph wind gusts, sideways torrential downpours, collapsing tent walls and a few more unexpected curve balls, these two lovebirds kept calm and didn’t let Mother Nature or anything else dampen their dream beach […]

Yesterday, I shared some of my favorite images of the details of our boho-themed bridal shower styled shoot — the food, candles, table set-up and all of the fun decorations and favors. Today, it’s all about the models! This part of the shoot is where I am most in my comfort zone and at my […]

Sometimes, when all of the T’s are crossed and I’s are dotted, and a group of amazing creatives gather together and rainclouds hold off, magic happens. When models are as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside and everything around you inspires you, special moments are captured. Such was the case with […]

A lot of things have to happen in order to create a flawless, magical engagement session. And boy did the stars align on Saturday! Equipment. Check! It was my first opportunity to use only my three favorite prime lenses and no zooms and I was SO pleased with the results. Sharper, in-focus images with beautiful […]

If you want to be the best, you have to learn from the best.And the lovely, lively Hope Taylor of Fredericksburg, Va., is one of the best in the future of photography. Her use of style and keen fashion sense plus a consistent beautiful golden light in all of her photos is going to take […]