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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 […]

Paige & Raymond | Married

June 10, 2025

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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, […]

MacKenzie + Jordan | Engaged

May 15, 2025

Engagements

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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: […]

Jill + Eric | Married

May 14, 2025

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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 […]

Amanda + Bryan | Married

May 14, 2025

Weddings

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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. […]

Savanna-Lin + Ben | Married

May 14, 2025

Weddings

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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 […]

Claire + Matt Wedding 2.0

May 14, 2025

Weddings

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This has been a long time coming…5 years to be exact! While the website might not look new, I assure you, it will! The official launch date is still TBD but it will be sometime in January so literally just a few weeks away and I. CAN’T. WAIT! Not only will my website have a […]

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December 29, 2023

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A classic black-tie soiree in Coxsackie, NY One of the hottest wedding days I’ve ever photographed to date, but also one of the most beautiful 😍 It was such a joy to capture this chapter of Alexa and Chandler’s love story. From start to finish, everything was perfectly executed and not a detail went unnoticed. […]

Weddings

December 29, 2023

Alexa + Chandler | Married

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A Classic Glowy Harmony Golf Club Wedding When I think of Harmony golf course, I think of these two. Taylor and Cody held an absolutely gorgeous celebration on the rolling hills of the golf course surrounded by pristine mountain views accompanied by their loved ones and the most perfect summer sunset. If you’ve been following […]

Weddings

June 6, 2023

Taylor + Cody | Married

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A Classic Summer Sod Farm Wedding What do you get when you combine a beautiful family sod farm, the most perfect summer day, and a couple who has a wedding vision straight out of Pinterest? You get the wedding of Phebe and Jayden. This wedding was absolutely stunning from start to finish and was an […]

Weddings

April 6, 2023

Phebe + Jayden | Married

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A downtown Lake Placid, NY wedding It’s giving…Vogue. This wedding was so beautiful in every single way from the people, the outfits, the florals, the details, just everything! Well…except for the weather. Mother Nature clearly didn’t get the memo and we were bickering with her all day. In true Erin fashion though, I didn’t let […]

Weddings

February 23, 2023

Alexandra + Adam | Married

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A white & green summertime wedding at Brookside Barn I remember the feeling of joy and accomplishment flooding through my tired body as I walked through my front door after I returned home from this wedding. It was my first wedding after having baby Caroline and I wasn’t sure I was going to be able […]

Weddings

February 8, 2023

Charlee + Jake | Married

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A cold November orchard wedding I was so excited to get this inquiry! Even though it didn’t end up being what they originally planned, it still turned out to be the perfect day. When Lysandra said her and Aaron were planning a small wedding at Rulfs Orchard, I couldn’t say yes fast enough! Aside from […]

Weddings

February 2, 2023

Lysandra + Aaron | Micro Wedding

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A Rustic Masquerade Wedding If I’m being an optimist, one of the things I didn’t mind when it came to Covid and weddings was the fact that it allowed me to see some couples twice! I had a handful of couples who decided to move forward with their ceremony with a very small guest list […]

Weddings

February 2, 2023

Hannah + Alex Wedding 2.0

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This wedding was so special to have been a part of! Not only was the venue where my husband and I were married, it was also the wedding of the daughter of my favorite college professor! I loved every minute of this day, even the rain couldn’t dampen any moods. It was an intimate celebration […]

Weddings

May 15, 2022

Janna + Eric | Married

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Yay! Another 2021 wedding has made it to the blog! Slowly but surely giving all of my couples the blog time they deserve 🙂 Becky and Tyler were married on a beautiful October day on the shores of Lake Champlain. It was a day filled with personal touches from the tablescapes to the personalized song […]

Weddings

May 14, 2022

Becky + Tyler | Married

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