I'm finally catching up on wedding blogs and I just had to start with this amazing 2022 wedding day. I had the pleasure of capturing such a vibrant and fun day at The Jackrabbit Club in downtown Rochester, NY. The atmosphere was lively and full of excitement as my couple celebrated their special day with family and friends.

Essence and Brandon really wanted an urban look and feel for their engagement session. We’ve photographed on downtown Rochester, NY parking garages before but this time we added a little twist!

What is better than wine, and the cutest Rochester neighborhood ever? I don’t think anything! We started off Maria and Brian’s engagement session at Living Roots Wine & Co in downtown Rochester. If you haven’t been to this winery yet, you MUST go.

Engagement shoots are always fun, and mostly because you are able to create images that reflect the relationship between two people. I usually help prepare my clients with clothing options, location options (something that is meaningful to them), and we usually coordinate the entire shoot.

I was never one to like my photograph being taken, ever. I always dreaded it in high school because I hated every single photograph I was in. I never thought highly enough of myself.  Becoming a professional photographer has changed the way I view myself tremendously because for years I've been showing people how beautiful they really are. I would look at photographs some people picked apart of themselves and thought "how? you are absolutely beautiful in this" and it took me years to realize that I was doing the same thing to myself.