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, remember those?
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 more than just a job but an obsession of mine.
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. (still working through this myself)
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, fractaled, 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 nostalgia.
In addition to photography, I hold a master’s degree in counseling from NYU and work part time for Anwari Counseling in Bethlehem PA. I live in the Poconos with my husband, Ralph, an arborist, and our two kids, Luchiana and Odin. We value family time, home cooked meals, local farmers markets, supporting friends music, art, and trying to be outside as much as we can.
❤️❤️🔥❤️
Venue: American Brass, @american_brass
DJ: Haustoria,
@haustoria_presents
Lion Dancers: Awaken Lion, @awakenlionny
HMU: Coleen, @coleen_singson
Mehendi: Shamina, @nychennaqueen
Florals: Studio Alyssum, @studioalyssum
Coordinator: Daviana, @CaballerosCreative and @joinmostest
Just a few so far from what I feel is a love Affair for me visually with these two beauties .. I love their style I love their vibes from the elopement to the full day wedding full circle .. so many more to come !
Venue: American Brass, @american_brass
DJ: Haustoria,
@haustoria_presents
Lion Dancers: Awaken Lion, @awakenlionny
HMU: Coleen, @coleen_singson
Mehendi: Shamina, @nychennaqueen
Florals: Studio Alyssum, @studioalyssum
Coordinator: Daviana, @CaballerosCreative and @joinmostest
An out take most photographers would delete, but is of course my favorite from the batch, the in between of the perfect photos I captured the chatter the private conversations maybe a small complaint about how cold it actually was that day ..
Before kids on a mini vacation he took these of me .. and I fell in love harder with him that day .. I love you so much and so honored to have your kids and you in my life @earthlumbertree your totally mine forever and ever even after we die :) ❤️ @curbyourenthusiasm
