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Alcia + Julia's Spring Engagement Session in Historic Salem

Sunny Salem in springtime is something else! Iโ€™m always so excited to come back and explore this beautiful city which seems to have everything you could ask for - waterfront views, beautiful parks, charming cobblestone streets, and a downtown full of history. I met Alicia and Julia in the Commons and we walked from there to Goodnight Fattyโ€™s for freshly baked cookies and ice cream. What a perfect start to a session, if you ask me!

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Fin's Funeral-Themed Birthday Party at Tower Hill

A funeral-themed birthday party at a botanical garden to celebrate coming out as Trans? DO YOU EVEN KNOW ME?! YES, PLEASE! ๐Ÿ’€ Fin's desire to celebrate all of the versions of himself who are and will always be a part of him, really hit me at my coreโ€ฆ

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A Fool's Errand: An Engagement Session With Rossi + D

Take me to your favorite bar for an engagement session, I dare you! We posted Rossi and Dโ€™s wedding a few days ago and then realized we hadnโ€™t posted their engagement session and it was too good to skip over. Although we were dreaming of a winter snowscape, and maybe even some flurries, all we seemed to get was rain. That didnโ€™t stop us from having a good time, though, and taking some seriously rad engagement photosโ€ฆ

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Engagement: A Halibut State Park and Beauport Hotel Engagement Session

Tell me about the places that mean the most to you - the places where cold winds won't bother you because you're too busy remembering the biggest moments of your life, or soaking up the magnitude of all this beauty.โ โ  Chris + Ariel brought me to the place where Ariel proposed. On a chilly late fall day, some time after Thanksgiving and when quarantine had thoroughly caught up with them, they were both craving a little sunshine and fresh airโ€ฆ

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