Marissa and Anthony's Intimate Micro-Wedding | Peter Allen Inn | Kinsman, Ohio

I feel like I’m saying this a lot lately, but I’m just so thankful for my job because it has reunited me with people I haven’t seen in many, many years. Like Marissa! We both studied art at Youngstown State University, where we met during our internship. We’ve kept in touch throughout the years thanks to social media, but I really don’t think I had seen her since graduating, which was over ten years ago (yikes!). So when Marissa and Anthony got engaged, I was so over the moon happy for them. And when Marissa asked me to be her wedding photographer, I was really really over the moon happy!…

Emily and Karl's Late Summer Garden Engagement Session at Fellows Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek Park in Youngstown, Ohio

I’ve known Emily’s sister since our college days at Youngstown State University, where we were both studying photography. To be recommended by another photographer is always such an honor, and I was thrilled to get to know Emily, Karl and their little son. They are such a sweet, laid back family!

We navigated our way through the wedding day crowd at Fellows Riverside Garden in Milk Creek Park for their engagement session….

Erin and Shawn's Fourth of July Weekend Country Club Wedding at the Club at Shadow Lakes in Aliquippa, PA

It’s true, I never met a country club golf course wedding I didn’t like. Erin and Shawn’s wedding was certainly no different! They got married the day after the fourth of July at The Club and Shadow Lakes, a beautiful golf course in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. The weather was exactly what you’d expect for July, super hot and a chance of rain. Fortunately, we dodged any rain showers and had beautiful light as they became husband and wife by the pond overlooking parts of the golf course….

Paige and Cale's Formal Winter Engagement Session at The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio

From the second I met Paige, I knew we'd get along well! She has a sophisticated style and we share a love for great wine, so it was super easy to fall in love with her wedding plans and the two of them as a couple! I'm definitely an old soul and love anything classic, vintage and slightly over the top. I think I'll get all of those from Paige and Cale's 1920s glam wedding vibes. There will be ivory, midnight blue, burgundy and gold hues, flowers and lots of candlelight, not to mention the hint of ostrich feathers to really tie everything together and put that little extra wow factor in the details....