What I can offer

You

Here's my take! For starters, let’s have some fun with this! This is your big wedding, the day you’ve been waiting for, the partner you endured the perils of dating to find, so let’s remember why we’re all gathered together here today so that we may have way too many photos of smiling, happy people.

In saying that, a big part of my job is to bring that kind of fun to the table. It’s the biggest reason people hire me. By having fun, you’re relaxed, you’re candid, you’re natural and those are the three biggest words couples use when describing the kind of photos they want at the end of this.

While we’re all having a blast, I blend in and capture every expressive, emotional moment of your day. I’m not about interrupting the flow of anything to get some staged something and won’t deliver reels of tablescape photos. Nope. I let the moments happen naturally with the exception of some very direct hustling during family pictures ‘cause ya gotta.

So, if you need someone to snap this thing, I need something to do a bunch of Saturday’s from now. We might be a really great match.

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I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR DREAMS

You’ll cry. I’ll cry. It’s just what happens.

Emotions are running high, but that’s the beauty of it - all of those feelings create the best moments and most candid shots.

Expressing Real Emotions

Cue the fireworks. It’s time to celebrate.

On this day of all days, we should be having one hell of a time raising our glasses, hitting the dance floor and yelling vague lyrics to songs we’ve never really known the words to.

having fun

We’d be friends IRL.

It’s so easy to get along if we’re already on the same page. Love traveling? Yes! Eat organic but still binge cheetos? Uh-huh. Boating? Where ‘cause I’m there.

chemistry with my couples

Let’s keep it real.

I’m pretty direct about things. We can talk straight about cash, figure out the in-laws situation and, yes, booger checks are basically in the contract.

being real

I gotchu.

Not only have I gotten married myself, but this is literally my job. You can trust that my experience, skill and therapeutic people-ninja-ing will guide you like a fairy godmother.

trust

values

It never goes down the same way twice - every couple, every party, every vibe and vow - none of it can be compared to another story. That’s what makes this work endlessly creative, interesting and exciting.


I like to customize quotes for each of my couples because I don't believe anybody should ever have to pay for more than they need.
That being said, most JDP couples invest between $4-6K for a full collection.

WEDDINGS

$500

FAMILIES

Your life is real and unraveling at a brain-spinning pace and the kids are growing up and you’ve been meaning to get these photos done nine hundred yesterdays ago, so let’s do it now while we’re all still young and can freeze all the goofy nuances and chubby hands long enough to remember just how much this is the best.


Family sessions include an hour on location capturing a variety of posed and candid images. All of the edited images are delivered via an online gallery for viewing and sharing within two weeks.

DO YOU MEET WITH PEOPLE BEFORE BOOKING?

I have a family and two cats who desperately need snuggles so I prefer emailing, texts, phone calls and facetime in that order. I value your time and mine, but if you’d love to have some face to face time before your session or wedding then, I'm down! Let’s meet!

DO YOU TRAVEL FOR WEDDINGS?

Does everyone weep during the father-daughter dance? Yep. You’re perfectly pairing two of my all time favorite things: traveling and photographing rad people getting married. I snap photos from Orlando to Miami without a fee, but anything off that grid will cost a few extra bucks.

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DO WE GET RAW IMAGES?

Martha Stewart doesn’t hand you the ingredients and wish you the best, right? She pours all of her years of experience and love into baking you the best damn cake ever and then might even sit with you for a bite. Same goes with raw images (and yes, I’m Martha in this empire of an analogy). You’ll get high resolution, incredibly-edited jpegs in an online gallery to download, share, stare, brag, post and print for your grandma.

HOW SOON CAN WE SEE OUR PHOTOS?

About two weeks for portrait sessions and around 8-12 weeks for weddings. (12 weeks is only if there’s some insane life curveball, otherwise it’s 8. Cross our fingers.)

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HOW MANY PHOTOS ARE WE GETTING?

The basic range is 75-100 images/hour, but if we’ve got a whole hour for portraits or your dance floor is Studio-54-level popping, you’ll get more.

CAN YOU HELP US MAKE A TIMELINE?

Oh, a thousand percent. We want to get the best photos at the best times, so I’m all about structuring this out to a finely-timed T.

IS AN ENGAGEMENT SESSION A MUST?

Slapping the optional label on an engagement session is a bit of a “Ooooh, you might regret that” for a few reasons. Having a few hours together before the real pressure is on builds tons of trust between us, gets you really comfortable in front of the lens, gives you a stack of fresh photos to flood Instagram with and pumps all of us way up with some fresh juice for all the photo possibilities on the day of now that we know each other.

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WILL YOU DIRECT US IF WE'RE PRETTY AWKWARD IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA?

Dude, I can relate. Why do you think I'm behind the camera and not in front of it? Yes, I’ll help pose you together a bit for starters, but with a few prompts you’d be surprised how candid and natural it gets. The only thing you need to concentrate on is having fun! Having a genuinely good time helps you kick back and forget the awkward nerves. For portraits and family stuff, I’ll definitely corral the team and get them having fun while praying nobody blinks. For engagement shoots, the whole point is to have a blast - kinda like a really perfect date night - so get ready!


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Live for the day, but ask questions first. Sure, some of these are as standard as a 1 Corinthians reading, but we all need to cover the basics.

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to WORK WITH YOU!

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I love photography - plain and simple. I love the stories behind it. I love the weird faces people make. I love the cake. I love eating it. I love how this day brings out the very best and the absolute wildest in people and that I get to be here for the whole thing. It’s hilarious and wonderful and quite a job.

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