My story

When I started as a photographer, I had a lot of trouble answering why. Usually, I’d tell the tale of how my grandfather collected every film and digital camera as they came out throughout his life, and how going through his old photographs gave me inspiration and made me feel connected to younger versions of my family and strangers alike… And all of this is true.

But, the additional truth is that the boy I had a crush on in high school asked me if I wanted to go out to take pictures on his film cameras. Needless to say, I jumped at the chance. After waiting for the film to be developed, I never wanted to put a camera down. 

Soon after falling in love with photography, I realized I also loved fashion and product photography. I worked (and still continue to work!) for serval amazing Pittsburgh-based fashion companies as a photographer, carefully arranging and creating narratives for little products like shoes, jewelry, and more. I loved being able to tell a tiny bit of a story with every photo, and though I'd loved in wedding photography before, it wasn't until then that I realized the way that I could help tell the tale of the entire wedding day in little scenes opposed to just capturing what was in front of me. Capturing the details of a wedding day is now my favorite part, second only to the couple's portraits!

PS: It's okay, the boy from high-school and I are still together and now have two cats. You can spot him in one of the pictures above!