I’ve been a published photographer for 25 years and still find so much joy in being creative. Having the ability to express that through my images into my clients hearts— bringing them joy, which brings me more joy. I have a BFA in Painting from Massachusetts College of Art and studied photography under several photojournalists at the Boston Globe. I started my career after art school working as a commercial photographer at a branding design firm. I learned how to set up lights and make the most artistic images of cereal packaging as I could, but I disliked being confined to a studio and missed the spontaneity and expressions of humans.
While I was working part-time doing catering gigs for weddings to pay the bills (free food!), I also started working as a freelancer press photographer (being broke but loved the freedom and creativity), shooting mostly bands and concerts. Around that time I started photographing weddings in the same fun, rock-in-roll journalistic style as my editorial stories—which was radical at the time as most wedding photographers were just men and whose portfolios consisted of cheesy poses, a check list of scripted shots and a boring cookie-cutter approach to every event. I brought my artistic and editorial lighting experience to the industry and elevated wedding photography while the digital digital revolution was still in it’s infancy.
I started photographing weddings in the same fun, rock-in-roll journalistic style as my editorial stories.
Wedding photography, the genre that was made fun by my colleagues in art school and commercial photographers, was suddenly cool and edgy for the first time.
Every wedding is unique as my couples. In my approach to working at the event, I stay in the background as much as possible and let moments unfold naturally, capturing the fun, spontaneity and love without prompts and forced smiles. In the post-shoot editing process, I go through hundreds of images and hand select the best, then correct each one to be sure the color, light and composition are perfect for my clients.
I’m honored to be commissioned by couples to capture and preserve their love story all over the USA and the globe. My images have won several award from the Wedding Photojournalists Association, I’ve been published in fine art photography books and one of the the top 20 photographers in the book Wedding Photography Unveiled. When I’m not documenting the world with my camera, I’m learning the latest photo apps for social media (there’s too many!), writing a memoir of essays, renovating my home, tending my jungle of plants, advocating for LGBTQ rights and riding my bicycle through cities admiring historic architecture.
I’ve been a published photographer for 25 years and still find so much joy in being creative. Having the ability to express that through my images into my clients hearts— bringing them joy, which brings me more joy. I have a BFA in Painting from Massachusetts College of Art and studied photography under several photojournalists at the Boston Globe. I started my career after art school working as a commercial photographer at a branding design firm. I learned how to set up lights and make the most artistic images of cereal packaging as I could, but I disliked being confined to a studio and missed the spontaneity and expressions of humans.
While I was working part-time doing catering gigs for weddings to pay the bills (free food!), I also started working as a freelancer press photographer (being broke but loved the freedom and creativity), shooting mostly bands and concerts. Around that time I started photographing weddings in the same fun, rock-in-roll journalistic style as my editorial stories—which was radical at the time as most wedding photographers were just men and whose portfolios consisted of cheesy poses, a check list of scripted shots and a boring cookie-cutter approach to every event. I brought my artistic and editorial lighting experience to the industry and elevated wedding photography while the digital digital revolution was still in it’s infancy.
I started photographing weddings in the same fun, rock-in-roll journalistic style as my editorial stories.
Wedding photography, the genre that was made fun by my colleagues in art school and commercial photographers, was suddenly cool and edgy for the first time.
Every wedding is unique as my couples. In my approach to working at the event, I stay in the background as much as possible and let moments unfold naturally, capturing the fun, spontaneity and love without prompts and forced smiles. In the post-shoot editing process, I go through hundreds of images and hand select the best, then correct each one to be sure the color, light and composition are perfect for my clients.
I’m honored to be commissioned by couples to capture and preserve their love story all over the USA and the globe. My images have won several award from the Wedding Photojournalists Association, I’ve been published in fine art photography books and one of the the top 20 photographers in the book Wedding Photography Unveiled. When I’m not documenting the world with my camera, I’m learning the latest photo apps for social media (there’s too many!), writing a memoir of essays, renovating my home, tending my jungle of plants, advocating for LGBTQ rights and riding my bicycle through cities admiring historic architecture.