Journal

Long-form recaps from behind the lens: recent portrait, wedding, family, and maternity sessions with the stories, favorite frames, and small moments that made them.

A Fall Engagement Session at Malcolm Gross Rose Gardens, It was their first photoshoot together, and they were a little shy at first. Then the rose gardens, the fall colors, and their natural chemistry took over.
Joshua’s Proposal in Jim Thorpe, A surprise proposal on a bridge in Jim Thorpe, PA — one undercover photographer, one very unexpected crowd of tourists, and a very happy ending.
How to Plan a Surprise Proposal Without Getting Caught, Real tips from a photographer who has helped plan surprise proposals — and somehow didn't see her own coming.
How to Photograph a Sky Lantern Festival (Without Getting Hit), Two surprise proposals, one sky lantern festival in the Poconos, and one lantern straight to the future groom's face. Everything I learned about shooting in the dark.
They Got Married Twice. This Was the Real One., After a small courthouse ceremony in Boston, Nicole and Tucker celebrated for real in the Poconos — with 100 guests, two languages, and a cake they baked themselves.
The Best Wedding Photos Are Made in THESE 15 Minutes, The single piece of advice I give every couple during timeline planning — build in fifteen to thirty minutes for portraits before sunset. Here's why it matters.
Alain & Emily's Wedding in Franklin, Vermont, A rustic Vermont wedding in Franklin — old barns, green fields, and a couple who brought two cultures together with warmth, humor, and heart.
Chrisann & Rajiv's Microwedding at Malcolm Gross Rose Gardens, A six-guest microwedding in a public rose garden — vows, roses for the mothers, and one squirrel who wandered in with a flower in its mouth.
Arturo & Romina's At-Home Wedding in Milford, PA, An at-home wedding in Milford, PA — burgundy candlelight, a military uniform, and a bride who walked down the aisle singing to her groom.
A Boston Courthouse Wedding, A small courthouse ceremony, a handmade pink veil from Ukraine, and portraits in the Boston Public Garden — the first half of a two-part wedding story.
An Intimate Backyard Wedding in Phillipsburg, NJ, Thirty guests, a backyard in Jersey, and one completely unplanned fireworks show mid-reception — the kind of wedding day that doesn't need a plan.
A New Chapter, at 72, Portraits for a 72-year-old just getting back out there — and a reminder that every story deserves great photos, at every age.
You're Placing Your Wedding Arch Wrong, The direction your ceremony arch faces changes every photo. Here's how to place it so no one is squinting through their vows.
Kim & Matt's Destination Wedding, An beautiful destination wedding in Isabela, Puerto Rico — full of ocean light, unhurried moments, and the kind of joy that photographs itself.