Back in December, we went on a fun winter adventure in the Poconos area in PA. Our friends Taskia and Jau, me, Dan and Ernie made a great team. We had tons of fun! It was an unusually warm weekend for December, so we enjoyed hiking, building a snowman, throwing snow balls at Erni
I am really excited to share some of my favorite images from 2013. What a great and eventful year! I loved looking back at the photos from last year and remembering all the little moments that gave me goosebumps. It makes me very happy that so many amazing couples trusted me to d
We had a booth at this year's Lovesick Expo in Brooklyn. It was great connecting with other like-minded vendors and meeting some really fun couples. Thanks Lovesick Inc. and Offbeat Bride.
I helped documenting Lovesick Expo at World Cafe Live in Philly this weekend. It was a blast! So many talented vendors, music, burlesque, beer and lots of fun couples. Thanks Lovesick and Offbeat Bride for an amazing time!
I've known Gretchen a little bit through mutual friends and thought about her for my Vintage Beauty project. She is a talented singer and musician and I saw photos of her performing in dreamy vintage dresses. I thought I should contact her to see if any of them might be her
We headed out to Pastorius park in Chestnut Hill early on a Sunday morning, right after sunrise, with Sarah, Sean and Eva for their family portraits. I loved shooting in glorious early morning October light! Lots of fun was had by all. Sarah, Sean and Eva sat down on their pi
We are happy to share Sana and Vova's October engagement session. We went to Penn Treaty park and walked around there for a bit. Lots of laughter and kissing happened! Then we headed to one of their favorite neighborhood bars, East Girard Gastropub, fo
I was really excited when Kate responded to my search for women who wanted to be photographed in their mothers' dresses. She literally said, "I'm wearing that dress right now!" Here is what Kate told me about the dress.
"The dress was my Mom's. she sewed it for hersel
Venue: The Sage Farmhouse
Dress: Watters
Shoes: vintage from Etsy
Groom/Groomsmen: Jackets & Socks, ASOS
Hair and makeup: Profiles Salon 7
Flowers and floral head piece: Both by a friend of the bride's mom
Cate
Erin and Jeff got engaged in Paris. Since they love art and French cuisine, we decided to have our engagement shoot in and around the Art Museum and then headed to one of their favorite Rittenhouse Square spots, Parc. Congratulations Erin and Jeff and I am
Venue: Power Plant Productions
Dress: BHLDN
Hair: Reese from DeCarlo Hair Salon
Makeup: Joelle Brodhecker from Addiction Studios
Rings: Bario-Neal
Flowers: Peicha Chang, Falls Flowers
Cake: Alyssa Shilliday, Three Cat Kitchen (Shan
For Allison and Scott's engagement shoot we went to Wissahickon and walked around the creek for a bit. We also took some shots around their house in South Philly. Fun times! While shooting, we talked a lot about cooking and food and it turned out that Alliso
My good friend and fellow photographer/studio mate Brae Howard has this dress that looks like a wedding gown but is actually her grandmother's high school graduation gown. She even has a photo of her grandmother, Elise Ruth Pastrana, wearing it for her graduation cerem
Venue: American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia PA
Julia's dress: It's complicated...original design by Vera Wang for David's Bridal, purchased at The Bridal Garden in NYC, alterations (hacking) by independent seamstress, ac
I loved being a part of Erin and Tobias's intimate and absolutely lovely wedding day! They had a very touching small backyard ceremony (some chickens and a cat were present!) with just their minister and closest family. Tobias is from Germany and his parents flew in from there. A
Venue: The Icebox at Crane Arts, Philadelphia PA
Catering: Diverse Catering, Bensalem PA
Flowers: Love ‘n Fresh Flowers, Philadelphia PA
Cake + cupcakes: Whipped Bakeshop, Philadelphia PA
Gluten-fre
Me, Dan and Ernie went on an amazing mini-vacation in Catskills at the end of March. We found a sweet cabin in the mountains on Airbnb.com. It felt so great to be in the woods for a bit, away from all the noise and distractions of the city. To make it better, we didn't have Inter