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A Sunset Sailboat Session On Lake Champlain I had the incredible opportunity to associate shoot this super fun and unique engagement session for Misty Lancaster Photography and it was A M A Z I N G. It was my very first sailboat session and was one for the books! Becky and I met back in […]

Becky & Timmy | Engaged

August 30, 2024

Engagements

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A Wildflower Wedding in the Green Mountains of Vermont I knew when I first stepped onto the venue property for the welcome party the night before, that this wedding day was going to be beautiful. The Barn at Smuggler’s Notch sits on an open field surrounded by wildflowers, with the most spectacular mountain views. It […]

Hannah & Bryce | Married

August 6, 2024

Weddings

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A Neutral Summer Lifestyle Newborn Session What a joy and honor it is to see my couples from engaged season all the way through to parenthood. It truly is a magical thing. I didn’t have dry eyes for the first half hour of this session because I was just so overcome with pure happiness for […]

Teddy Newborn Session

August 2, 2024

Newborn

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A Coastal Inspired Lake George, NY Engagement Session My favorite form of marketing is word of mouth, because it leads to clients like Mackenzie and Andrew. I’ve been doing photos for Andrews brother Eric and his wife Katelin for years, which is what brought Andrew and Mackenzie my way. We had such a great time […]

Mackenzie + Andrew | Engaged

August 2, 2024

Engagements

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A Loved Filled Saratoga Springs June Wedding Julia and Rob’s love surrounds one thing, Jesus, and what an absolute joy and honor it was to witness them coming together to confess both their love and devotion for not only each other, but for Him as well. I feel so privileged to have been the one […]

Julia + Rob | Married

July 7, 2024

Weddings

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I had done it. I landed my “dream desk job”. I thought it paid well. I started with 4 weeks of vacation time. Paid holidays. Fun atmosphere. Room for growth. I had hit the jackpot. Then I had my first baby, and everything shifted… My priorities were now vastly different, the work environment was in […]

I wasn’t ready…but my future was.

July 2, 2024

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Mom, wife, photographer, and passionate entrepreneur constantly dreaming up ways to fuel my creative fire. Here on the blog you'll find past sessions in a curated gallery to show what you can expect when you hire EMP.

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A Private Family Property Engagement Session You know it’s going to be a fun session when it starts out with a side-by-side atv ride through the woods! I met up with Nicole and Landon down in Putnam Station at Nicole’s parents house and after discussing possible locations around the property for the shoot, we decided […]

Engagements

October 25, 2019

Nicole & Landon | Engaged

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A Lake Placid Lodge Surprise Proposal This was my second time ever photographing a surprise proposal and it just cemented the fact that I LOVE THEM. Thomas reached out to me about a month and a half prior to the time he and his soon to be fiance, Kat, were going to be having a […]

Portraits

October 24, 2019

Thomas & Kat | A Surprise Proposal

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A Babbie Farm Maternity Session This is such a special post for me to share with you all! If you’ve been following along since the beginning, these two will look familiar to you. Katie was the very first bride to be whom I didn’t know previously, to inquire about my wedding services. I remember getting […]

Portraits

October 23, 2019

Katie & Eric | Maternity Session

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A Smoke Signals Wedding in Lake Placid, New York Sometimes I think that educating my brides on the best photography friendly timeline is the best thing, what could go wrong right? Well nothing actually, unless you’re like me, or Jesse-May, and like to stick by timelines and get stressed out if things run late. This […]

Weddings

October 14, 2019

Jesse-May & Austin | Married

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A Camp Pok-O-MacCready Engagement Session This one is for the books guys, just wait until you see these incredible images!!! That makes me sound like I’m tooting my own horn but when you have a super fun couple in the perfect location, with the perfect lighting, you get great images! That’s all there is to […]

Engagements

October 10, 2019

Michaela & Alex | Engaged

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An End of Summer Adirondack Engagement Session It feels funny titling this post as “Engaged” because technically these two are already married! You see, Amine is from Morocco, which is where he and Hannah were married back in November. They are now planning a stateside wedding to happen THIS November for their American friends and […]

Engagements

October 9, 2019

Hannah & Amine | Engaged

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Ausable Point Beach Maternity Session Let’s do a little math…add 1 extremely photogenic couple + 1 beautiful soft sand beach + golden hour…what does that equal? 3 heart eye emojis aka 1 VERY HAPPY Erin Marie Photography. Word of mouth is probably the most effective form of referrals I get for my business and because […]

Portraits

October 7, 2019

Jenna & Mike | Maternity Session

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Lake Placid, New York Picture this. You take a trip up to one of your favorite winter vacation spots that you’ve visited for the past 4 years. You have exciting plans, you’re with your favorite person, and you’re in a gorgeous winter setting. Everything seems perfect, until it’s not. In February, this was the reality […]

Portraits

October 4, 2019

Annie & Des | A Whiteface Portrait Session

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2019 is the year that all of my original bookings are coming to an end…what do I mean by that? All of the weddings I booked within my first year in business, the OG #erinmariecouples if you will 😉 , when I became brave enough to start accepting weddings back in December of 2017, have […]

Weddings

September 17, 2019

Mikaela & Tyler | Married

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A Quaint and Romantic Adirondack Wedding This wedding was a unique one for me because I was only there for 2 hours instead of my normal 8! I don’t normally offer shortened wedding day timelines but I made an exception for this one and I’m so glad I did! Audrey and Andrew’s special day was […]

Weddings

September 11, 2019

Audrey & Andrew | Married

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