At this point, it feels like I’ve been shooting photography my whole life. I can’t really remember a time when it didn’t play a significant role in who I am. Even as a kid, I was enamored by it and loved those disposable underwater cameras.
My passion deepened in my twenties, when photography became a more serious art form for me. I spent that decade immersed in the NYC underground photo scene, cultivating my craft and honing my eye. Much of my time was devoted to self-portraits and intimate portraits of the artists and community I was surrounded by. I consider myself an artist above all else, photo work has become more than just a job but a loving obsession of mine and just like my couples with each other I’m also in love with this work.
I came to weddings by chance in 2016, through a Craigslist ad of all places. I spent five years working for a NYC-based elopement company, helping them during their inception stage. When the world came to a halt in 2020, it gave me space to pause and reflect. I decided that moving forward I wanted to work only for myself, and I fully committed to this wild wedding world. Over the last decade, I believe my wedding photography has grown and deepened in powerful ways. I’m extremely proud to say the work I’m doing defies industry standards in fundamental and meaningful ways. Most importantly, I’m here to support couples on their wedding journey as a bystander, not the center. My goal is to capture events as they are and to give people the freedom to experience their weddings without the pressure of performing for the ’gram, the pose, or the show.
Life is meant to be lived in the present, and it’s something we’re losing in our current culture.
Today, I offer both 35mm film and digital. I carry many point-and-shoot film cameras alongside my two digital bodies. I believe film is powerful in the way it captures reality, similar to how the mind remembers it: imperfect, fractured, dreamlike. This is why we keep coming back to film, time and time again. No matter how many updates are made in the tech world, humans crave things that feel real and give them a sense of home.
In addition to photography, I hold a master’s degree in counseling from NYU. I live in the Poconos with my husband, Ralph, an arborist, and our two kids, Luchiana and Odin. Our free time is spent finding new adventures for our family, local farmers markets connecting with the native community of this land, going to pow wows, supporting friends music, art, and trying to be outside as much as we can.
2026 here we come. It’s been a wild ride this year, and for those who know or don’t know, it almost totally broke me. In the midst of that soul level shake down, I found a deep and profound strength within myself to keep going and carry on. I finally feel like things are beginning to settle down and the pieces are finding their natural place and rhythm.
I have shed so much, you have no idea. We literally lost it all, but also gained something so much better. I’m seeing so many grand gestures from the universe in this experience, something maybe too big for words to describe.
I am beyond grateful for the clients who choose to work with me. In a sea of so many talented photographers, you choose me. For those who have been patient and graceful with me during this time, I am deeply grateful for you. photo by my husband my ride or die and my constant my best friend and also my number one argument buddy <3
Thanks Alexa :) for taking me on ride into your life .. also so nostalgic for me as the les and china town are so a part of my personal history romance and upbringing..
