Since 2015
Weddings and portraits, mostly in natural light
Portraits from $450, families from $650 and weddings from $2,400, in Rochester and the Finger Lakes, and farther for a travel fee.
- 118 weddings since 2015
- Galleries back in three weeks
- Prints made in-house
Sessions
Weddings
Six hours, ceremony through first dances, or the whole day with a second shooter. The three collections are under Prices.
From $2400
Not included: the album, $650, unless it’s in your collection
Family sessions
Your home or a park you love, and around 60 edited photographs.
From $6502 hr
Portrait sessions
One location, the studio or outside, and around 40 edited photographs.
From $4501 hr 30 min
Not included: a second location, $100
Mini sessions
Fifteen or twenty minutes on a set day, and ten to fifteen edited photographs. The dates are below.
From $15020 min
April to June and October to November
Recent work
How a session goes
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A call first
Twenty minutes on the phone, within a few days of your message, about what you want and where. No obligation.
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A retainer holds the date
$500 for a wedding and $100 for a session, with the rest due two weeks before.
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Planning
A shot list and what to wear, a month before a wedding and a week before a session.
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The session
I arrive 15 minutes early, and the clock starts when you’re ready.
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Your gallery
Within three weeks, online, with every edited photograph to download and prints to order.
Wedding collections
Every collection includes an online gallery, the files to download, and a call a month before to plan the day.
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Half day
$2,400
Ceremony through first dances
- Six hours
- About 400 edited photographs
- An engagement session for $200 more
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Most couples choose this
Full day
$3,800
Getting ready through the last dance
- Ten hours
- A second shooter
- About 700 edited photographs
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Full day and album
$4,300
The full day, and the album made from it
- Ten hours and a second shooter
- About 700 edited photographs
- A 30-page linen album
A $500 retainer holds the date, and the rest is due two weeks before the wedding. Past two hours from Rochester, travel is 70¢ a mile.
By the numbers
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118
weddings since 2015
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20
weddings a year, at most
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3 weeks
from the day to your gallery
Kind words
She spent the whole morning with us and I barely noticed the camera. The photographs look like the day actually felt.
Our gallery arrived in under three weeks. Every single one of my family is in it, which has never happened before.
Mini sessions
Short sessions on set days, booked by the time slot.
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Holiday portraits in the studio
10 am to 4 pm
Fifteen minutes against a plain backdrop and ten edited photos, $150.
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Spring minis among the magnolias
8 am to noon
Highland Park in bloom. Twenty minutes and fifteen photos, $195.
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Graduation portraits
10 am to 3 pm
Thirty minutes, two outfits and twenty edited photos, $275.
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Fall minis in Highland Park
9 am to 1 pm
Twenty minutes and fifteen edited photos, $195.
Is your wedding date open?
Weekends are kept for shoots, and they fill first. Send the date and where it is, and I’ll write back.