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Best of 2019! | Columbus Ohio Wedding Photographer
Celebrating another amazing year! 2019 full of wonderful people and meaningful moments: 30 weddings and elopements, plus many engagements, surprise proposals, newborns, families, commercial shoots in more. I won awards with The Knot and Wedding Wire, was a Columbus Best of Weddings Nominee (please vote!), and was featured in various publications and blogs including the…
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Asheville NC LGBTQ Wedding:
Kristy + Sarah
I first met these two at Sarah’s sister’s wedding last June here in Columbus. I had been given a heads up that Kristy + Sarah were recently engaged, and my client wanted plenty of photos of them. When a rainbow appeared at the reception, I threw them in front of it for what became the…
Read MorePortland Maine LGBTQ Engagement: Meaghan + Gianna
The stars aligned for Meaghan + Gianna’s summer engagement session in Portland, Maine! I’m all set to shoot their wedding in Columbus next year, and just before a personal trip to Maine, I remembered that these two live in Boston, only about 2 hours away. They were thrilled to make a weekend trip of it…
Read MoreMegumi + Sydney at Feminist Photo Vaycay in Catskills, NY
Last month I had the opportunity to attend a 4 day retreat in the Catskill mountains of upstate New York, called the Feminist Photo Vaycay! Part work and part play, this trip is designed to be a mid-season refresh with like-minded wedding photographers. In a world where so much of our work is done solo,…
Read MoreA Week in the Caribbean: San Juan PR, Curacao, Aruba, St. Kitts and St. Thomas/St. John
My winter season tends to be a slower time of year for me, so I try to make it a point to get away – preferably somewhere warm! This year it was a family vacation to the Caribbean. We spent a couple days in San Juan before hopping on a cruise and visiting Curacao, Aruba,…
Read MoreMiami Engagement Session: Julie + Jordan
Can you believe I used to babysit for Jordan back in our hometown of Cleveland? Almost 20 years ago in fact! Jordan now lives in Orlando, newly engaged to Julie, and my recent trip to Florida just happened to coincide with his engagement party in Miami. So the stars aligned for us to get together…
Read MoreFort Lauderdale Beach Family Session: The R Family
Last month I traveled down to Fort Lauderdale to photograph an engagement session for one of my 2019 wedding couples, and while I was there I photographed a family session for my friends who live there now! Stacey and I have been friends for over 20 years, and I’ve photographed her family so much since…
Read MoreDelray Beach Florida Engagement: Kayla + Sara
Last month I had the opportunity to travel down to southern Florida for Kayla and Sara’s engagement! I’m photographing their wedding later this summer in Hermitage PA (just outside Youngstown), but they currently live in Delray Beach, Florida where Kayla goes to graduate school. It was the perfect getaway from the cold Ohio winter! As…
Read MoreHocking Hills Fall Engagement: Kelsey + Colin
Hocking Hills is one of my favorite places, not just in Ohio, but anywhere! My family and I always make a point to travel there for a few days in the winter or spring, during my season’s downtime. It’s a great place to disconnect and recharge. So when I met with Kelsey and Colin to…
Read MoreSummer Vow Renewal at Nemacolin Resort: Ian + Stephen
I first met Ian + Stephen over 5 years ago, when our activist paths crossed. Back then they shared their story with me – that in 2003, with the absence of marriage equality in Ohio, they ran off to Canada to get eloped on July 4. Their friends and family longed to celebrate with them,…
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