Meet Your Photographer
Photography has never simply been a career to me. It’s the way I’ve learned to understand people and experience the world.
I grew up surrounded by artists, writers, teachers, and creative thinkers. I left home young, traveled with a film camera, and eventually earned my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, graduating summa cum laude.
Becoming a mother at 23 gave another dimension to the way I saw the world. My life as an artist and my life as a mother have grown alongside one another, each continually shaping the other.
I’m still drawn to the same things, beautiful light, interesting places, the intricacies of relationships & the little details that tell us so much about a life.
01 / MY PERSPECTIVE
A wedding day is filled with anticipation, tradition, emotion, and the beautiful unpredictability of bringing everyone together. It deserves to be experienced fully, with the confidence that the moments unfolding around you are being thoughtfully documented.
Nearly two decades of experience have taught me when to offer direction, when to bring a little levity, and when to quietly step back. From the anticipation of getting ready to the energy of a packed dance floor, I approach each part of the day with an awareness of the people, relationships, and moments that make it yours.
At the heart of this work is trust. The trust to be welcomed into a family’s most meaningful moments, sometimes year after year, is something I will never take for granted.
My couples often tell me they felt cared for just as much as they felt photographed. To me, those two things have never been separate.
02 / MY PRESENCE
I am drawn to the moments that exist just before and just after everything important happens.
The familiar gestures, the unexpected laughter, the traditions passed between generations, and the quiet exchanges that might otherwise go unnoticed.
My approach is rooted in observation, but it is also informed by years of studying photography as an art form. I love the relationship between light and shadow, movement and composition, the tactile beauty of film, and the possibilities of creating something both truthful and artful.
I don’t believe documentary photography means standing back and doing nothing. It means understanding when a moment needs space to unfold and when thoughtful direction can make something beautiful possible.
Ultimately, I want to create photographs that grow more meaningful with time. Images that become part of a family’s history and are returned to for generations.
03 / MY PHILOSOPHY