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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
Happy Fall!!It’s always so depressing to run out of summer – I love fall, but I love summer more.Fall is an interesting season though: it signals an end of our travels (amusement parks have now flipped over to their Halloween events and are open extremely limited hours) – so in one sense, it’s nice to...
I finally broke out my fall decor this week. Normally, I pull out my fall stuff the first week of September, so I’m a bit behind this year. What hasn’t changed at all over the last few years though is – as I’m putting out my fall decor, I’m putting away another season/holiday’s decor. And,...
I can’t wrap my head around the fact that Labor Day weekend has come and gone. It still seems out there – in the future sometime. We spent our weekend at Deep Creek Lake – I photographed a beautiful wedding on Saturday and then we spent the rest of the weekend just relaxing at the...
It was haircut week for the Abbeys.Let’s just say: going to get a haircut for 3/4 members of our family is no problem at all. In fact, Braelynn had big plans for her haircut this week (more on that in a moment). But for Leander? Getting a haircut is the worst. The last time we...
It’s that time of year: time for the annual can-I-squeeze-my-two-children-plus-the-dog-into-the-laundry-basket photo. And the answer is a resounding: NO.The concept of putting Abby in a laundry basket was originally a photo I took in our first house in 2014: Abby’s Saturday #30. Then in 2017, I put both Abby & Braelynn in a laundry basket for Abby’s Saturday...
Hi! I'm Kara!
Welcome to my blog!
I'm a Pittsburgh-based wedding photographer and wedding content creator with a love for storytelling, both on wedding days and beyond.
I've been part of the wedding industry since 2009, documenting 250+ wedding days and helping couples preserve the moments, big and small, that make their day uniquely theirs.
When I'm not working a wedding, you'll probably find me creating videos for my personal YouTube channel, The Adventuring Abbeys, where my family and I share our love of amusement parks, roller coasters, and travel.
Around here, you'll find wedding inspiration and behind-the-scenes content, family adventures, amusement park visits, travel stories, and a little bit of everyday life.
I'm so glad you're here!
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Kara Abbey is based in Irwin, Pennsylvania and regularly works in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, but she has her passport and is available for travel worldwide!