I STILL HAVE OPENINGS FOR 1-2 WINTER '26/'27 WEDDINGS & MY 2027 CALENDAR IS OPEN & FILLING FAST! LET'S CHAT SOON!
BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
As always, the year seems to be flying by faster than ever before. Add that to the long list of reasons why I love purposefully creating these monthly videos of us just doing normal, kinda boring, daily life – it’s the excuse (challenge?) to STOP, to seek out the “boring”, and see it in a...
This is my 5th year in a row of making these monthly family films, but I’m not sure if any particular month has hit me quite like THIS month. April started off nice and normal: April Fools Day, welcoming in spring, building lots of Legos (as usual), but then right in the middle of all...
Our first trip of the year is always SO EXCITING!Winters are LONG around here with no roller coasters open and the cold breathing down our necks – it is always so exhilarating for spring to finally creep in and roller coaster season to finally begin again! For our first trip of 2025, we traveled down...
Well, we’re back to our “usual” Easter weekend programming.In other words: half of our house was sick for the weekend and missed out on “normal” Easter family festivities. At this point – I think I will just assume (forever and always) that we will be fighting sickness for Easter. It doesn’t matter that Easter falls...
What even happened to the month of March?I feel like: I blinked and it disappeared.(And I know, that’s what old people say – maybe I’m getting old?) After a month of recurring sickness in February – we arrived in March. Thankfully, no more sickness followed (except poor Derrick – he came down with some week-long...
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.
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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!