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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
I have a confession to make: As a wedding photographer and content creator, I have received a lot of wedding inquiries over the last few years from email addresses that are obviously dedicated wedding accounts. Something like KaraAndDerrickWedding@gmail.com. And honestly? I get it. Creating a dedicated wedding email address sounds like a fantastic idea. All...
I checked my weather app the morning of a recent wedding and it told me, very confidently, “0% chance of precipitation.” Guess what?It poured. Not a light drizzle either. A full on, run-for-cover, “welcome to Pittsburgh” downpour, right in the middle of the day my app promised would be dry. And here’s the thing: I...
I originally wrote the skeleton of this post over on my Instagram account, but I felt it so deeply that I decided to expound upon the ideas just a little further and give it a permanent place on my blog. It makes me so sad when I see people complain about their wedding photographers on...
Wedding planning is a gigantic, monumental, climbing-Mount-Everest-like task. Not only do you have to choose a date (a date that you’ll remember for the rest of your life), but find a church, and a reception venue, hire a florist, choose your bridesmaids, find a DJ, choose the wording of your invitations and programs, decide on...
This post was originally published on December 12, 2017 – but it was so much fun to write, that I wanted to repost it for this Christmas season! With Christmas just days away (what?! how did that happen?!) I’ve been thinking a lot about Christmas morning. If there is any day of the year that...
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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LOCATION
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!