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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
Every year, for the kids’ “half-birthdays”, I take them out & do some fun portraits of them. With Braelynn being born in January and Leander born in December, I knew that we would never be able to do “fun”, warm and glowy, outdoor “birthday” portraits – so I have simply compromised with “half-birthday” portraits every...
DOUBLE DIGITS! How did we get here so fast? Last weekend we celebrated Braelynn’s TENTH birthday!She had a really hard time choosing a theme – originally, she wanted a “plant” theme, but at the last minute (as I was literally adding a ton of “plant” decor stuff to my Amazon cart), she changed her mind...
Well, this one hits DIFFERENT.This weekend, my sweet baby turns TEN years old – officially DOUBLE-DIGITS (insert all the emotions here). I truly cannot believe it.All week long, I’ve been looking at her and thinking: “10 years old? A whole decade? TEN?!”At the risk of sounding like every other Mother on the planet: it truly...
Happy Halloween from our pair of MINIONS! The kids went back and forth between wanting to dress up as dragons from How To Train Your Dragon and Minions from Despicable Me for Halloween this year.I found a Minion costume for Leander that I ordered back at the end of the summer and that instantly sealed...
Every year, for the kids’ “half-birthdays”, I take them out & do some fun (typically “themed”) portraits of them. With Braelynn being born in January and Leander born in December, I knew that we would never be able to do “fun”, warm and glowy, outdoor “birthday” portraits – so I have simply compromised with “half-birthday”...
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!