Documentary photography isnt a style, It’s how I see the World.

I’ve spent more than 35 years as a photojournalist and documentary photographer, learning to recognize the moments that matter and capture them honestly as they unfold. My path into wedding photography actually began almost by accident. I would take a camera to friends’ weddings and photograph the moments that interested me—the unscripted, funny, emotional and deeply human ones—rather than the posed photographs that defined wedding photography at the time. It was those friends who eventually convinced me that other couples might want their weddings photographed that way, too.

They were right. What began informally grew into nearly 20 years of photographing weddings, during a period when this documentary approach was becoming known as wedding photojournalism. I became a founding member of the Wedding Photojournalist Association and was named its 2003 Photographer of the Year. Eventually, as the industry and my own interests evolved, I stepped away from weddings and returned my attention to other photographic and documentary work.

Recently, after getting married myself in a small, intimate elopement, I found myself thinking again about the weddings I had loved photographing most. They were rarely the biggest or most elaborate. They were the ones centered on the people, the relationships and the reason everyone had gathered in the first place. Smaller weddings also have a way of allowing a photographer to become part of that circle for a little while—to be trusted with quiet, personal moments and, sometimes, to form relationships that last long after the wedding day. I dont’t approach weddings with a documentary style, I approach them as a documentary photographer.

In a world where images are so easily invented, I remain focused on the authentic moments.

At this point in my career, I’m fortunate to be able to choose the work that feels most meaningful to me. Returning to intimate weddings feels a little like coming full circle: bringing a lifetime of experience back to the kind of celebrations that first made me love photographing weddings in the first place.

 Whatever the size of the wedding, the moments at its heart are no less important—and they deserve to be remembered with the same care and intentions.

 Most weddings I photograph are best served by about six hours of coverage—enough time to tell the story of the day fully without turning it into an all-day production. Wedding coverage conversations begin at $2,500, with shorter or longer coverage available depending on what your day actually requires. Rather than asking you to fit your wedding into a predetermined package, I prefer to shape the coverage around your plans, your priorities, and the moments that matter most to you. My experience allows me a valueable perspective to offer advice on building your perfect day.