Drew and Kate's Engagement Photos, Saratoga Springs

There are few things more amazing in life then watching your friends fall in love, and being able to capture those precious moments for them. I have been lucky enough to know Kate since college, our lives have been running parallel to each other ever since. Watching her with Drew, watching their love, sincerity, and kindness during these photos was incredible. This was supposed to be their wedding day, this was supposed to be the moment in their story when they said “I do”, this was months in planning. Like most plans this year, they had to be changed, reworked and adapted. Instead of a wedding, we spent the day celebrating their love at Hamlet and Ghost and Spa State Park for some epic engagement photos in Saratoga Springs, NY. These two took it in stride, hand in hand, wrapped in one another arms, and I am so lucky and humbled to be here for it.

Find someone who makes you laugh, on your wedding day, and everyday. Love is never canceled.

Julia and Luca, Old Daley on Crooked Lake Wedding, Averill Park Wedding Photographer

There’s something about a hot summer night that has a timeless romantic quality to it - it’s how your skin can flush warm with the memory of loved ones near you, or how your feet remember the happy tiredness of dancing the night away and then the cool relief of dipping your heels into a lake under a starry sky. Summer nights are full of the last bit of golden sunlight lingering on the water or the fresh froth of beer spilling from a newly cracked can. It’s a feeling you can come back to at the simplest reminder - a warm breeze whispering in your ear, the smell of fresh grass, or maybe just the sight of a llama.

Julia and Luca said “I do” at St. Pius X in Loudonville surrounded by friends and family, and they celebrated the occasion at Old Daley on Crooked Lake. Old Daley is a beautiful historic venue with a hand-laid stone fireplace and fieldstone walls and a 1940s ballroom. This is where Julia’s grandparents were married, and it’s a place that will be forever special to the next generation: at one point Julia danced with her son Jude to The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” and then Luca joined the dance. And as the DJ cranked up the tunes for a happy crowd the newlyweds cracked open fresh cans of craft beer - Heady Topper, of course, for those who are in the know.

But even summer nights can’t last forever; eventually the llamas left and the dance crowd thinned. Even so, the heat of the day clung to the twilight while the newlyweds slipped away from the party to wade into the cool lake and have one final kiss under the starry sky. And this, I know, is how friends and family will remember this day: the love of the couple, the nearness of family and friends, the llamas, the craft beer, and the long summer day giving way to stars twinkling over the lakeshore.

Congratulations, Julia and Luca!

Lindsay & Nevada- Saratoga National Golf Club- Saratoga Springs, NY

Church- St Mary's Church Ballston Spa
Officiant- Father Vincent Zidek
Venue- Saratoga National Golf Club
Ceiling swags, dance floor, lights- Total Events
DJ- Cool cat entertainment- Vinny Liotta Sr
Flowers- Fleurtacious Designs
Hair & makeup- Make Me Fabulous
Wedding dress- Romona Keveza- from The White Dress by the Shore
Suits- Black by Vera Wang- Men's Wearhouse
Table numbers, invites, favors, cards- INK Fine Stationers 
Fireworks- Santore Fireworks
Ice luge and accessories- The Ice Man

Alyssa & Alex's Inn at Saratoga Wedding

We had such a blast photographing Alyssa & Alex's Inn at Saratoga wedding this summer. It was a gorgeous day in downtown Saratoga Springs, so we snuck away to Congress Park for the first look and a visit from their dog, Lincoln. 

I loved all the little personal details at this wedding, a dessert table with goodies made by the moms and sisters, even the cake was made by the Mother of the Groom. The flowers for the centerpieces where assembled by the Brides mom and family with flowers from a local farm. 

Venue/Catering: The Inn at Saratoga 
Florist: Balet Flowers & Design 
Hair & Makeup: Saratoga Esthetics
DJ: Andy Pratt 
Stationer: VistaPrint 
Dress Designer: Hayley Paige 
Officiant: Chaplain Claudia Meyer

Meghan & Patrick- Glen Sanders Mansion, Scotia

Meg & Patrick's wedding was near and dear to my heart. I first met Meg back in 2011 while we were working together. About a year later, on St. Patrick's Day 2012, I ran into Meg out in town with Patrick. I don't think I have ever seen Patrick without the biggest smile on his face, possibly because I have only seen him when he is around Meg. Their Glen Sanders wedding was so much fun to photograph. Congratulations Meghan & Patrick!!




Colleen & Kyle's Engagement Photos- Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs, NY

I had so much fun photographing Colleen and Kyle's engagement photos at Saratoga Spa State Park. The fall colors were amazing that day, and their love for one another (and their pup Blarney) was visible through the lens. I can't wait to share some photos from their wedding (coming soon...)

Lora & Josh- Spa State Park in Saratoga Springs NY

These two where such troopers hanging out with me bright and early to get these sunrise engagement photos. It was freezing out this day (and if it was cold by my native New Yorker status, one can only imagine how these to Californians were holding up), but the fall foliage, sunrise, and their infectious love and laughter made it all worth while. I can't wait to photograph their wedding in California this May!