BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY
ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY
Hello friend!
So, here's the deal:
You're looking for MORE than just a wedding photographer, right?
After all, anyone can show up on a wedding day with a bunch of fancy camera equipment -
But when I walk in on a wedding day, I'm there as your own personal-hype team and your mini day-of-coordinator, and I leave your wedding day as a member of the family.
"It seems to me that we have a lot of story yet to tell."
-WALT DISNEY
Meet my family - the entire reason I do what I do:
Derrick - my roller coaster obsessed, YouTube content-creator husband. We celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary this year (not sure how that’s possible). This is the man who keeps encouraging me when I get discouraged, who refuses to put up with my whining, who pushes me to dream bigger, and who dishes out the ice cream so we can binge-watch Netflix together. He is my best friend.
Braelynn - our 10-year-old blonde-haired princess. She is literally the sunshine to our days. She is constantly singing, dancing, or jumping-off-of-something. There is hardly ever a quiet moment when she’s around - but it’s the best.
Leander - our 6-year-old smiley prince. He is all about following his big sister around & doing anything & everything that she does. He is the silliest, happiest, most pleasant little guy ever.
Location
I have the immense privilege of shooting in TWO locations!
The first is my home - I live in Irwin, PA, right outside of the great city of Pittsburgh! I regularly shoot in Irwin, North Huntingdon, Greensburg, and Monroeville, as well as in downtown Pittsburgh (as well as the hundred tiny little towns in between). This is where I live, so I am available year-round in South Western Pennsylvania.
The second location is my "seasonal" home - in Deep Creek Lake, MD. My family has owned a cabin on Deep Creek Lake for 5 generations and we spend as much time as possible there every summer. My time there is (unfortunately) seasonal, meaning we close up our cabin & do not have access to it thru the winter. However, we open the cabin as soon as we can every spring, so I am typically available, on a limited basis, April through October in Garrett County, Maryland.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
I blog REGULARLY!
That's the best way to keep up with my most recent work, and our family adventures.
FUN FACT:
I love photographing wedding days,
but I also love photographing roller coasters!
We travel a lot and I vlog all of our adventures,
Come along with us as we ride roller coasters!
I love photography.
I love wedding days.
And you better believe I hands-down, jump-up-and-down, dance-all-around love my brides and grooms.
But there is a much deeper meaning to my business and why I do what I do.
As a teenager, I had one goal: own my own business. I wanted to do something to help support my family financially, while still being able to stay home with my future kiddos. In 2008, when my best friend got engaged and asked me to take a few “engagement photos” for her with my “fancy” camera, I found the objective to that goal: I fell in love with photographing couples in love!
Fast forward to 2015 - the year I took my wedding photography business full time, the year we welcomed our daughter into the world, & the year that that goal of teenager Kara became a reality.
This business is run by a singular person: me!
I’m not a “company” and I will never ever “sell” your wedding photography responsibilities to someone else. When you hire me as your wedding photographer, you can rest assured that you are receiving an exclusive and personalized experience unlike anything a larger "company" could provide.
I take wedding days incredibly seriously. Unless an “act of God” hits, I will be the person arriving, bright-eyed-and-bushy-tailed, on your wedding day, camera in hand, to capture all the moments of your celebration. In other words, you can trust that I will personally be photographing your wedding.
Further: when you text me, call me, or email me - I am the person on the other end of the line answering you. I hand-edit my own images. I write my own blog posts.
It’s all me - you can be confident in that!
