Wedding Photography Blog
September Wedding at Hollow Brook Golf Club in Cortlandt, NY // Kerri + Brian
A minor threat of rain. A few blue details. A sunlit church. Many tears…
Sam + Jeff // A Vibrant September Wedding at Diamond Mills in Saugerties, NY
I wish I could collect all of my wedding day memories in jars or books, and take them off the shelves when I want to breathe in their essence again.
Pictures are meaningful because this is what they capture. No, you can’t smell them, but you can feel their essence. Thank God for that…
Fall Wedding at West Hills Country Club in Middletown, NY // Kaila + Justin
I’m sure you’ve noticed, but I am blessed to photograph a good handful of weddings at West Hills Country Club in Middletown, NY every year. Although the venue is the same, each couple and their family and friends are so different, and I am honestly always in awe at how unique and varied the human experience can be…
Mount Gulian Wedding // Haylee + Brian
Confession:
Sometimes I choose the photos for blog posts, but then let myself mull over the right words to put down to describe these beautiful days that I have the honor of being a part of. I chose the photos in this blog post in April. It’s now June, and here I am, finally putting figurative pen to paper to describe Haylee + Brian’s wedding day. Sometimes, it’s just so dang hard…
Need Ideas For How To Ask Your Friends To Be In Your Wedding? Look No Further!
As a wedding photographer, I’m always keeping my eyes peeled for resources for my clientfriends - whether they’re timeline hacks, vendor recommendations, or ideas for asking friends to be a part of a wedding party (like the gift box featured in this post!), I’m all over it.
Coming across these customizable gift boxes to ask your people to be a part of your big day was so wonderful. And, I have to say, I am super happy and excited to review this for you…
Gatsby Inspired Fall Wedding at West Hills Country Club in Middletown, NY // Lauren + Nick
It’s hard for me to write these blogs. Not because I have no words. But because I have too many. And how does one adequately use words to describe beautiful souls? Sometimes spirits transcend words. That’s how I feel about Lauren + Nick…
Links at Union Vale Wedding // Jeannine + Derek’s September Wedding in LaGrangeville, NY
If there is anything I absolutely adore about a wedding (besides, you know, the obvious), it is getting to interact with and become an honorary family member on these beautiful days. I love to watch how excited the parents are, and see how they caress their child’s face right before they walk down the aisle. I love to watch the grandparents, and see how they fret over straightening the groom’s tie or tucking one hardly-seen hair behind the bride’s ear. I love to watch the sisters help the bride into her gown. I love to watch the brothers get slightly inebriated, and toast to the groom in their hotel room suite.
Weddings are about so much. A lot of this “so much” is family.
Alyssa + Kyle // A Small Town Fall Wedding at Diamond Mills in Saugerties, NY
My wish for every single one of my couples is that they have as lush of a wedding day as Alyssa + Kyle had last September.
Lush in so many ways…
Preston Barn Wedding // Katherine + Tim
It’s funny how paths cross, isn’t it? It’s funny how I would have met these kind souls at no other event but their own precious friends’ wedding the year before, and it’s funny how our souls just got each other - as soon as we said hi…
Sabrina + Mike // A Green Garden Inspired Wedding at FEAST at Round Hill in Washingtonville, NY
Whenever I have seen Sabrina + Mike, I have gotten giddy. There is just SOMETHING so unbelievably beautiful and precious about their souls that I am never able to shake. Maybe it’s their cute dimples, and the way they look at each other. Maybe it’s how they take the time to make keen observations before making any decisions…and when they do make their decisions, they are incredibly wise and kind. Maybe their eyes portray more than their words ever could. Maybe they’re just cool. MAYBE our souls just know how to high five each other…
Tara + George // A Lush Blush July Wedding at West Hills Country Club in Middletown, NY
It’s funny what you can forget about a wedding day…but what pictures can bring rushing back to the forefront of your mind like a special gift.
Briella + Zach // A Meaningful Mountain-View Wedding at Hudson Valley Weddings at the Hill in Hudson, NY
When I walked down the aisle at my own wedding, I carried two bouquets - one for myself, and one for my mom. At the head of the aisle, before I joined hands with my husband, I laid my mom’s bouquet on her chair. The chair was empty, but it was reserved for her. I have so many memories of my wedding day, but that still, small moment of resting that bouquet there felt incredibly, peacefully solitary. I was surrounded by so many people, being watched by so many hearts, but that moment felt like an embrace - a private moment between me and my mom. She wasn’t there…but she was. I know she was…
Kristin + Patrick // An Animal-Loving June Wedding at Hollow Brook Golf Club in Cortlandt Manor, NY
It is really hard to write about wedding days. I’m not joking. Like, really, REALLY hard. How to properly convey the amount of love felt on a wedding day through words? As much as I love words, they are sometimes inadequate…
Christina + DA // A Rustic Mountainside Wedding at the Preserve at Chocorua in Tamworth, NH
When I first culled this wedding to create this blog post, I selected 400 photos. FOUR HUNDRED PHOTOS. I guess that’s what happens when one of your college besties gets married in the mountains on the most beautiful overcast May day…
Chelsea + Chris // A Rainy Spring Wedding at West Hills Country Club in Middletown, NY
Let’s be honest - rain is obviously not ideal on a wedding day. But, let’s also be honest about another thing: It is not the end of the world.
It rained for 90% of Chelsea + Chris’ May wedding day, but it was truly one of the most beautiful wedding days…
Rachael + Keith // A Vintage Geometric Wedding at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, CT
Naturally, wedding days are beautiful days. They can’t help it. Just like how babies are cute, weddings are beautiful, and that’s that.
Top 12 Tips for a Wedding Day
After photographing nearly 100 weddings, I feel like I can finally get all up in this space, and share my top twelve tips to remember when planning (and during!) your wedding day…
Mary + Matt // A Destination Wedding at Eagle Creek Golf Club in Orlando, FL
Many of my fondest college memories begin with the statement, “RA!” (Read that in all of the exuberance that those two letters could ever possibly hold in a greeting.) As a college student, I was a Resident Assistant for a few years, and my perfect little Mary was one of my very favorite residents. I would often come back to my room with notes from her left on the whiteboard on my door - often they would just say, “RA!” Sometimes, they had a little more substance. She echoed this greeting every time I saw her - in the cafeteria, in the hallway, in class… Mary exemplified joy and excitement in every way possible.
Krista + Brett // A Snowy Wedding at Highlands Country Club in Garrison, NY
I received an Instagram message from darling Krista a few weeks ago, telling me that, even now, months and months after her wedding day, she and Brett are still so in love with their wedding photos. Basically, my heart burst. What a beautiful, thoughtful, kind, amazing thing to share….
Rebecca + Matt // A Traditional December Wedding at the Tirrell Room in Quincy, MA
As the weather is oh-so-slowly becoming cooler, and we start to smell the crispy sweet scents of leaves beginning to turn, I’m looking forward to the holidays. Which, of course, makes me think of Rebecca + Matt’s December wedding last year…