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Celebrating an amazing season of life with an engagement session prior to the wedding is our specialty! We love getting to know our couples and finding a good groove before the big day rolls around. Ring shots and a whole lot of cuteness can be found here!
Okay so this session reaaaally wasn't at the end of fall! I mean, we are technically I think half way through? But Renae and Logan had their session towards the tail end of my fall season, so we are going to go with it!! Can you believe this session probably would not have looked this …
Continue reading "Renae + Logan | An End of Fall Engagement Session | Campton, New Hampshire"
Fall hung on just long enough for Dave and Kirin's engagement session!! They brought me to the place they first met -- the University of New Hampshire!! I have never actually been to the UNH campus before, but it was absolutely beautiful and I really enjoyed getting to see the place that brought these two …
Continue reading "Kirin + Dave | A Fall Campus Engagement Session | UNH | Durham, New Hampshire"
I feel like I have been talking with Jenna and Josh for years, but it's actually only been almost one!! Jenna found me on Instagram and they are getting married at Owl's Nest Resort which is one of my FAV venues ever to photograph at!! Both of them are heavily involved in the golf world, …
I am in LOVE with these two and their sweet pupper, Gracie! Matt and Maria are so laid back and go with the flow, and with the light the way it was at Endicott Park on literally the most gorgeous fall evening... I could have spent HOURS there taking portraits of them!! I love going …
I have been SO so excited to get these portraits of Steve and Jenn up on the blog!! I have found myself doing more beach sessions in 2020 than ever before, and I can't tell you how much I love how beach portraits come out!! It's that time of year where it starts transitioning into …
*** DISCLAIMER: These are edited in a slightly more moodier style than my typical editing style as seen throughout the rest of my portfolio. This style will not be honored if requested. This editing style was strictly for the purpose of having this be a creative session, and to coincide with the time of year …
Everybody listen up!!! These two are living proof that people can have differences in what they like and STILL love one another!! And what I mean by that, is that their favorite football teams on both the pro and college levels are not the same lol!! They met on a dating app, which turned into …
I am over the moon with this blog for so many reasons!! My job goes beyond just showing up, taking pictures, going home and sending them off. For me, it’s about building relationships with the people I serve, and creating an experience that they are comfortable with. Marissa let me know even before they booked …
I've got to say, friends. This session was by far one of the sweeter ones I have ever done to date!! Stan first reached out to me about doing a portrait session with his beautiful wife, Melissa, and their two boys. And of course, I was all for it! The catch was -- they really …
Continue reading "Melissa + Stan | A 25th Anniversary Session | Laudholm Farm | Wells, Maine"
Meeting up with Renee and Tony was absolutely wonderful, and to say I am excited for their wedding is a severe understatement!! I first started chatting with them last summer, and it's wild to me to think that we are already a year in on our journey together! Finally getting to meet them in person …
I am so excited that I got to finally get Nic and Steph in front of my camera last week!!! These two are incredibly sweet and so outgoing, and add their pupper Coop in the mix and I was living for it!!! Nic is the brother of another groom of mine, Tim. And Sharon, who …
Continue reading "Stephanie + Nic | A Fall Engagement Session | Sugar Hill, New Hampshire"
I can't even tell you how happy I am to have done this session with these two!! September 13th was supposed to be the day they had their big wedding. The one they put a lot of thought and detail into, but like so many others, they were forced to make the decision to hold …
Let me start by saying I am obsessed with these three!!! It feels like Hope and I have been talking forever and a day, and last week I finally got to meet them!!! What was originally supposed to be an engagement session with just Hope and Travis, actually turned into a family session since they …
Summer is starting to come to a close, but it was just the perfect temperature for Jeremy and Meagan's engagement session! They day was suddenly threatened with rain as I was on my way to their session, but by another draw of good luck, we had overcast skies and no rain!! When Meagan first emailed …
When Stephanie and Evan first inquired with me about their wedding, I knew right away I wanted to serve them!! They sent me so many details about their love story, their plans and all the things I LOVE to hear about!! I learned they were super Disney fans!!They had scheduled a trip to Disney in …
Continue reading "Stephanie + Evan | A Perkins Cove Engagement Session | Ogunquit, ME"
Well, everyone! The big announcement is here!!! This has been in the works for months, and I can't believe the day is finally here to announce Coral Compass' newest family member!! Writing my Building My Business blog series has been eye opening to say the least. To compare myself to where I first started to …
It has been a little while since I truly hit golden hour at the right time... you know, when the sun is super golden and just creates the most intense glowy effect? Well, I finally hit it just right, and we were on the water which was perfect!! Stephen and Christine have grown to be …
I am officially in heaven after this engagement session!! Garrett and Elizabeth are two of the sweetest souls ever, and their gentle love is just so dreamy and incredibly romantic!! We had their session at his family lake house on Silver Lake, which was literally so perfect! The original plan was to meet at Cathedral …
Continue reading "Elizabeth + Garrett | A Lakeside Engagement Session | Silver Lake, New Hampshire"
It's true! I met with Lexi and Steven for their engagement session at a secret location in New Hampshire! They got special access to this property for their photos, and I was sworn to secrecy if I was going to take photos there! 🙂 It was a beautiful location with the most amazing views! We …
Summer is here, friends!! It was a hooooooot session. I showed up super early to scout around Maudslay State Park because I knew Craig and Taylor had a specific bridge they wanted to take photos on, and I had never ventured onto the trails to find it before, despite me doing one session here prior! …
Josh and Nina are just the sweetest y'all! I knew leading up to their session that the two of them are gentle souls who care a lot about others, but I was just blown away by how true to life my impression of them really was!! Their personalities are so genuine, and it was expressed …
Salem willows is a beautiful location, but boy oh boy was it jam packed on the day we had Katie and Brian's engagement shoot!! I remember, probably four years ago, I was making my way to Salem during the Halloween season and I briefly drove by this little strip not knowing the area at all! …
If there's one place I absolutely love doing portrait sessions, it's Prescott Park in Portsmouth!! This location is perfect at pretty much every point during the year, and when Hannah let me know they were deciding on this location, I couldn't have been more thrilled, because Springtime in the gardens never fails!! Hannah and Jeff …
Y’all... these two are simply the sweetest!! I think you’ll see what I mean as you scroll through their dreamy Spring engagement session that we did in Sugar Hill— one of my FAVORITE spots!! When Brandy first messaged me about her and Keith getting married, I felt like I had instantly connected with someone who …
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Kaela and Jeff are so sweet, and the day of their engagement session was absolutely perfect! Not two to three weeks ago we had snow, but it was the perfect Spring weather and to say I am happy to be doing sessions with full trees and grass again is an understatement! I arrived early and …
I am so thrilled that these two finally had their engagement session! And sorry guys, but this is a lengthy one! I know Cori and Bank because Cori is one of my sister Rachael's best friends!! Though I hadn't officially met Bank until their engagement session, I knew from hanging around Rachael and her friends …
Continue reading "Cori + Bank | Engagement Session | Wagon Hill Farm | Durham, New Hampshire"
Through all of the wild things going on in the world, it was SO refreshing to get out and photograph Mike and Anita's engagement session!!! For having been to Boston many times, and being a New England girl almost my entire life, it was weird for me to realize that I have never been to …
I went back to Sugar Hill y'all!!! I first experienced this location with incredible views at the end of last year when I shot another #coralcompasscouples engagement session! Visiting the mountains of New Hampshire is a great reminder as to why I love where I am from. It never fails to take my breath away …
Continue reading "Courtney + Nick | A Mountain View Engagement Session | Sugar Hill, New Hampshire"
Can I really call this a Winter engagement session? It was mild compared to the session I shot in this very same location just the week before... the snow was literally 90% gone with just hints of leftovers here and there, and it felt more like Spring than anything. So was it realllllyyy a Winter …
Winter can be challenging when it comes to photos. More so because we don't want to freeze to death while out getting all the angles, and one day it's a mild 40*, the next it's -7* with windchill. We had originally planned to meet on a Friday but I knew as soon as I went …
This winter has been a whirlwind of various weather. And despite the fact just exactly a week prior to this session it was 70* and there was hardly any snow, the skies ended up dumping just a few inches and by the time last Sunday came, it was back to being chilly with just enough …
Continue reading "Anna + Ian | A Downtown Engagement Session |Boston, Massachusetts"
This has been my busiest winter ever for engagement sessions, and though it is January, Stephanie and Joey's session took place on one of the warmest days I think I have ever seen at this time of year in New England! A whopping 70* in certain parts of the state, but the weather this day …
Engagement session season has officially come to a close, and I can't think of a better way to leave my season than to end it with Erica + Zach! I first met them at Panera to talk all about the wedding deets-- what seems like forever ago now.. and just like that, we were already planning their …
I first met Nikki and Meghan at Lacey + Travis' wedding this past summer, and I was so freakin' happy when Nikki reached out to me and asked me about photographing their wedding in January!! Truth be told I have never done a themed shoot before and I was a teeny bit nervous about it …
This session was a lot of fun!! Rachel and Eric are such a laid back couple, and their engagement session was so unique! Eric is an avid runner and showed us some cool spots among some trails he runs, and the views of the mountains of New Hampshire stunned me once again. I don't think …
This wedding and engagement season has given me quite a few reasons to head back to North Conway, which just so happens to be a special place and where Amy and Nick will be getting married next year!! Though it was an overcast day, Echo Lake made for the perfect setting for their engagement session. …
Continue reading "Amy + Nickolas | Engagement Session At Echo Lake | North Conway, New Hampshire"
Y'all!!!! I 👏🏼 have 👏🏼 been 👏🏼 BLESSED with some of the most amazing couples, and as I am in the thick of engagement sessions for all my 2020 brides, I am realizing just how sweet and incredibly outgoing my couples are. Truly, wholeheartedly.... my couples are so dreamy!! Ken + Julia are a perfect …
Continue reading "Julia + Ken | A Wagon Hill Farm Engagement Session | Durham, New Hampshire"
I am in LOVE with this location!! So dreamy with the light just right, and the entire area just so peaceful with the waves crashing on the rocks. It was the perfect setting!! Amanda and Sean made things so easy! And, it was a special place, because it was where they got engaged!! Sean had …
Continue reading "Amanda + Sean | An Engagement Session At Rafes Chasm | Gloucester, Massachusetts"
Tim and Sharon are the cutest!! And then add in their little pup, Smudge, and I was in heaven for their engagement session! I have always heard of Mack's Apples in Londonderry, but have never actually gone until then. I knew it was a hot spot in the photographer's community in New Hampshire, and it …
Cassie and and Nathan are high school sweethearts, and they are finally getting married y'all!! When Cassie asked me to be her wedding photographer, I was so incredibly excited!! I remember when the softball and baseball teams would share a bus to a game (we all went to the same high school for a few …
I think apple orchard engagement sessions are my new favorite thing during the fall time!! Or, maybe really any time! Shelby and Nick couldn’t have picked a better place to have their engagement portraits taken. The golden hour was just perfect, and these two made it incredibly easy to fly through my hour with them!! …
You guysssssss! I way overdid it on this post. I am sharing so many photos with you, but I can't help it because I have so many favorites!!! Callie and Charlie are the sweetest, and are so laid back! They drove two hours from Mass to meet me in Sugar Hill for their engagement session …
These two are so sooooo fun! I knew I was going to fall in love with my time with them, when Sarah messaged me saying "Ryan really wants to wear his baboon shirt" and that they wanted some photos at one of their favorite spots which just happened to be a barcade! Full disclosure... I …
Continue reading "Sarah + Ryan | An Evening Engagement Session in Dover, NH"
Though this is the second time these two have been featured on the blog, this is actually session number three with them!! I can't believe how much each session has changed as I've photographed them. The very first session was a family session, where Shawna let me know she was expecting baby number 2! The …
I won't lie. I was a little nervous for this early morning session. Not because of the absolutely sweet couple I was going to meet up with, but because it was the morning and I hadn't shot a morning portrait session since the very beginning of my days as a photographer. I wasn't sure what …
"We are colorful, playful, creative and quirky." "I want our wedding to feel rustic, bohemian and carefree, yet elegant." "I want to have a wedding that reflects our personality more than it follows tradition." These were the three lines that stood out to me in Sarah's initial email when she reached out about my services. …
Continue reading "Sarah + Colin | A Maple Hill Gardens Engagement Session | Hollis, NH"
I am so excited to share this gallery!! I first met Jessica and Jonathan when they scheduled their family portrait session last July during one of the hottest days of the summer! What Jess didn't know, was that her sister Amanda (who is actually my cousin's pretty awesome wife!) was in on a pretty big …
Continue reading "Jessica + Jonathan | A Moore State Park Engagement Session During Golden Hour"
They are finally getting married!! I have been friends with Vicki since way back in my elementary school days... and I can't believe how much time has already passed! I feel like I've been waiting for her and Jamie's wedding day ever since they first began dating over ten years ago!! I remember when I …
Continue reading "Vicki + Jamie | Canterbury Shaker Village Engagement Session"
Meeting with this adorable little family was so much fun!! They opted for a quick 20 minute session since they needed some easy photos to display for their upcoming wedding, which I am super bummed I won't be photographing, but it's incredibly exciting all the same!! We met at the Concord Conservation Center where I …
Happy Friday! I met with Lacey and Travis last Sunday for a quick little engagement session at Benson Park. I had heard all about this location from various friends and family, and knew it was a great location based on other photographer recommendations as well, so I was uber excited to get out there and …
Continue reading "Lacey + Travis | Engagement Session | Hudson, NH"
Y'all!! These two are to die for!! I met with Brittany and Jacob over the weekend at this hip little café in Lebanon. The weather leading up to Saturday afternoon was very iffy-- showing rain and gray weather for most of the day which ended up lasting pretty much up until we met up at …
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For weeks, I had been looking forward to this session. I knew it was going to be different from my normal session, and I was just so excited at the theme! When Kathryn first messaged me regarding her wedding in 2019, I immediately picked up on her outgoing personality. Every conversation has been easy going, …
Continue reading "Beauty + The Beast | Kathryn + Seth | Engagement Session | Shelbrune, VT"
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