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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
It was a random, semi-warm Friday evening in March, when Nate suggested he and Tai’Asia go for a walk around Bushy Run Battlefield in Harrison City. To Tai’Asia, this sounded like any other date-night, but to Nate, this date was purposeful.Precisely 11 months in the rear-view-mirror, Nate and Tai’Asia had met in a Sheetz parking...
After college, Alex got a job in Butler, Pennsylvania – a job and he decided to buy a house.Little did he know, but that house would be the introduction chapter to the story of the rest of his life. See, the gentleman who sold Alex his house was an older, bachelor guy, and since he...
If we’ve seen it once, we’ve seen it a hundred times:Couples making the choice to elope and then promising that they’ll have a celebration with their friends and family later. But here’s the “problem”: life.Once you get married – life sets in. You buy a house, you get a dog, you change jobs, your car...
When I asked Abby how she and Dawson met, she laughed:“It’s kind of a funny story.”Abby would find herself Snapchatting with a friend of her brother’s – and this friend had a friend whom he referred to as “The Hot One” (spoiler alert: Dawson is “The Hot One”). Eventually, the friend shared Dawson’s Snapchat handle...
Did you know that Facebook has a dating “app” wing of their website?I didn’t.It makes sense though – Facebook knows “everything” about us (our interests, likes, friends) – so it seems logical that Facebook would be a powerful place to put people together. Unfortunately though, the algorithm wasn’t quite working out for Emily.It just kept...
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!