A VT Wedding on the Shores of Lake Champlain Paige and Raymond’s wedding day was, in my opinion, the way every single wedding day should be treated. It was FULL of sentimental family heirlooms, family traditions, and family history. Nothing was done for show or because they felt they had to do it because that’s […]
June 10, 2025
A Lake George Summer Engagement Session Those clients that know they want me to photograph their special day from day 1. The ones that can’t imagine anyone else capturing their special day. The ones who reach out AS SOON AS THEY GET ENGAGED. Those are my people. AKA – MacKenzie & Jordan. I’ll be honest, […]
May 15, 2025
A Lake Champlain Wedding Celebration at the Historic Valcour Inn & Boathouse How fun it’s been to revisit all of these amazing celebrations and couples I’ve had the privilege of photographing over the years. I still have so many more couples to highlight on here so we’re continuing on! Introducing Mr. + Mrs. Worthington! Venue: […]
May 14, 2025
A summer micro wedding at the North Hero House Operation “Catch up the EMP blog” continues with Amanda and Bryan! I remember this being the start of my love for micro weddings which became super popular after Covid reared it’s ugly head at the world. If you aren’t familiar, micro weddings are basically just full […]
May 14, 2025
A Glowy Summer Golf Course Wedding This is me, trying to catch up on the seemingly impossible task of catching my blog up on all of the amazing sessions and weddings I’ve had the honor of photographing over the past 3 years. The truth is, my business took off and blogging fell to the wayside. […]
May 14, 2025
An extended celebration on the shores of Lake Champlain What’s better than photographing a beautiful couple once? Getting to do it twice 😉 Claire and Matt were one of my “Covid Couples” meaning, they still went ahead with their planned celebration (just on a smaller scale) and held off on their larger celebration until a […]
May 14, 2025
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Lesson #1 to any new photographers out there…ALWAYS show up to wedding days EARLY! My rule of thumb is to arrive no less than 30 minutes early to each wedding to account for traffic, weather, location scouting, direction mishaps, etc. This was one of those wedding days I’m so glad I set this rule for […]
March 29, 2022
Where do I even begin this blog post?! Madison and Ethan were my first official wedding for 2021, and it didn’t disappoint! Everything from her dress, to the tuxes, to the florals, to the venue, to the dancing, all of it was just perfect! I had been looking forward to this day ever since I […]
June 28, 2021
This is it, my last wedding of 2020! I’m sad I won’t get to photograph another wedding for a while, but honestly not sad to see the season end. Does that make sense? It was the year for many firsts for my business, not all good either. But it was also the year that I […]
October 19, 2020
This wedding was one for the books, hands down. Nothing about this day was expected, which made it all that much better. Gorgeous mountain views? Check. Surprise ceremony? Check. Top notch hair and makeup done in the woods? Check. Champagne toasts and first dance as husband and wife in the middle of a field? Check. […]
September 4, 2020
My very first 2020 wedding looked a little different then we all originally thought it would look, but that didn’t make it any less beautiful and fun. Honestly, give me allll the small, intimate weddings!! I loved everything about Nicole and Landon’s special day. It obviously had to be on a much smaller scale than […]
June 29, 2020
A Chilly November Wedding I can’t believe it! My busiest wedding season to date is officially over and I couldn’t have asked for a sweeter couple to end with. I am in COMPLETE shock at how fast it all flew by, but the one thing I keep thinking about is how lucky I am to […]
December 7, 2019
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 […]
October 14, 2019
A Romantic Barn Wedding | Castleton-on-Hudson For their engagement session, they drove to me. It was a very overcast and rainy day, the trees were still naked without a leaf in sight, and I was VERY pregnant and in a lot of pain…I seemed to have everything working against me. I was nervous because I […]
August 30, 2019
Brookside Barn | Altona, New York Chelsey and Thomas met in high school back in 2011. He was a friend of her older brother and it was his humor that first caught her attention. They started dating shortly after but it wasn’t until 2014 that they would become inseparable. After meeting Thomas at their engagement […]
July 17, 2019
Cammey - 2021 bride
She met with us frequently to help create a wedding day timeline to ensure we were getting all of the pictures we wanted. This helped our videographer as well and Erin worked so collaboratively with them! Erin is flexible and willing to use her expertise and vision when incorporating your ideas.
the entire planning process!
"Erin was absolutely amazing throughout
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