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A backyard family session | Albany, NY This was an incredibly sweet session and one I was so fortunate to capture. Joie and I have known each other since our college days, which now that I think about it, our friendship started around 14 years ago!! To know Joie is to love her, she was […]

Coplin Family Session

March 11, 2024

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A Summer Family Session | Lake Placid, NY Where do I even begin with this session? It had everything I dream about when it comes to photographing families. Perfect weather. Perfect outfits. Perfect location. Perfect personalities. It had it all so it’s no surprise to read that I had such a fun time capturing these […]

Huette Family Session

March 11, 2024

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An In-Home Lifestyle Newborn Session | Chazy, NY This was such a fun session for me. Not just because I got to pet a dog or obsess over the cutest little newborn baby, but because this mom and dad kind of feel like extended family in a way. Baby Noah’s mom is the sister of […]

Noah Newborn Session

March 11, 2024

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A hot summer family session | Point au Roche State Park I always find it so exciting when people from out of town find me and book a family session or wedding with me. It makes me feel like maybe I’m doing my SEO or social media right when it comes to marketing haha any […]

Zheng Summer Family Session

March 11, 2024

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An Overcast Beach Announcement Session Where do I even begin in trying to express the joy, beauty, and love from this session?! Jen and Kyle are two of the sweetest people you will ever meet, and I was so excited to meet them in person the day of their session! Jen reached out to me […]

Jen + Kyle Pregnancy Announcement

January 25, 2024

Maternity

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A Neutral Baby Boy Newborn Session When Bodhi’s mom Katelin, a past bride of mine, reached out wanting to know if I would be interested in doing an in-home newborn session for them, I quite literally squealed. Sounds dramatic, but there’s few things I find more magical than watching my couples grow their families and […]

Bodhi Newborn Session

January 25, 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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Hey friends! I hope everyone is doing well given the current circumstances. In an effort to keep things somewhat normal, I wanted to put a brand new blog post out there but since sessions are few and far between this time of year, not to mention the stay at home order we are all under, […]

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March 31, 2020

Our Baby Gear Necessities

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I’ve been looking forward to writing this blog post because this is the “she’s been out as long as she was in” mark and for some reason, that’s really exciting to me. Guys, I can’t keep plants alive but I’ve somehow managed to successfully raise a 9 month old! I know, not the same, but […]

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February 24, 2020

Life With an Infant | Grace’s 9 Month Check-in

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  I’m tired. The end. . . . I’m just kidding! Well not really, but just kidding meaning that’s obviously not the end of this blog post, because although that sums me up to a T these days, there’s so much change happening to my baby girl! First of all, HOW has 6 months passed […]

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November 24, 2019

Life With An Infant | Grace’s 6 Month Check-in

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Welcome back for Part 2 friends! In case you missed Part 1 of our sweet daughters birth story, you can catch up here! If you’re all caught up and want to hear about my experience with labor, delivery, and all the details about our little princess, keep on reading! 🙂 For about as long as I […]

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July 11, 2019

Grace’s Birth Story | Part 2

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  It still feels surreal that I’m even writing this blog post! I wanted to write this for a number of reasons, but the biggest one being, that in the early months of finding out that we were expecting, I felt like something was wrong with me. Let me explain…everyone we told (our close friends […]

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June 18, 2019

Introducing Grace Evelyn Engelhardt | Grace’s Birth Story Part 1

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