NORTHERN NEW YORK
INTIMATE WEDDINGS & ELOPEMENTS
WEDDINGS THAT FEEL LIKE YOU
Based in Watertown and serving Northern New York, the Adirondacks, Syracuse and beyond. I photograph intimate, experience-focused weddings and elopements for couples who want an intentional celebration that feels entirely their own.
SMALLER ON PURPOSE
THE WEDDINGS I LOVE MOST
I photograph intimate weddings, micro weddings and elopements, usually with around 50 guests or fewer. I’m drawn to celebrations where the guest list is small because those are the weddings where there’s room to actually spend time with the people you invited.
Maybe everyone rents a cabin for the weekend. Maybe you get married in your backyard, gather around one long table for dinner or plan an entire day somewhere beautiful. You can keep the traditions you love, skip the ones you don’t and build the rest around what actually sounds fun to you.
I’m probably not the photographer for a 200 person ballroom wedding with a packed traditional timeline, and that’s intentional. I do my best work when I can slow down, get to know the people around me and document the celebration as it actually unfolds.
Small doesn’t have to mean simple. It just means there’s more room for what matters to you.
Your mom fixing your dress. Your best friend crying during the vows. Everyone squeezed around the same table at dinner. The way you looked at each other when no one else was paying attention. The photographs I care about most are the ones that bring you back to what it actually felt like to be there.
Packages
PACKAGE 01
THE GLIMPSE
Your day is small and intentional. You’re getting ready somewhere you love with only a few people nearby. There’s anticipation before the ceremony, a little nervous laughter, your vows, and time afterward to wander away together for photographs while everyone you love begins to gather.
You aren’t planning a long reception or an entire day of traditions. You want the part that matters most to you documented with care, whether that means getting ready through portraits or your ceremony into dinner.
The Glimpse is a half day experience for celebrations that don’t need eight hours to tell a meaningful story.
starting at: $1500
PACKAGE 02
THE FULL STORY
The morning starts slowly. Your people are getting ready nearby, music is playing, flowers are arriving and all of those little details you spent months choosing are finally coming together. Then there are vows, hugs, dinner, glasses raised around the table and a room that gets a little louder as the evening goes on.
You want to remember all of it.
The Full Story gives us an entire wedding day together, with enough time for the moments you planned and plenty of room for the ones you never could have. Nothing needs to be squeezed into a tiny window just for the sake of a photograph.
It’s your day from anticipation to celebration, told as one complete story.
starting at: $2500
Package 03
THE WEEKEND EXPERIENCE
You rented the cabin. Your favorite people start arriving with bags, groceries and bottles of wine. Dinner happens around a crowded table the night before. The next morning is slow, coffee is brewing, music is playing and everyone is wandering around getting ready. Then you get married, and the celebration carries on well into the night.
You’re here for the whole vibe of the weekend, not just the ceremony. I’ll be there to document the big moments along with the funny, quiet and completely unplanned ones that happen when all of your favorite people are finally together in one place.
The Weekend Experience is for couples who want to make an entire celebration out of getting married and have the story of it all documented along the way.
starting at: $5000
"She captured all the special moments so naturally while making sure we could simply focus on each other.
Makenzie brought such a calming presence to our wedding day and made us feel completely comfortable. She captured all the special moments so naturally while making sure we could simply focus on each other. As a queer couple, we especially appreciated her inclusive and affirming approach. The final photos are stunning, and we’re so grateful to have these memories.”
Shruti & Jamie
"We never once doubted our decision to have her photograph our story"
Makenzie was one of the first vendors we booked, and from the start she was amazing. We chose her because her values of capturing our story and the moments with our loved ones aligned perfectly with what we were looking for. She is incredibly personable and made us both feel comfortable from the moment we met her for our engagement session. We never once doubted our decision to have her photograph our story.
Cné & Nick
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