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Since I was 5 years old I’ve been going to afternoon tea. I was even a tea girl once at my grandmother’s club in New Orleans. (see pic) We mostly had tea at the Windsor Court in New Orleans. They served an English style tea to the sounds of either classical piano or harp live. […]

When you hire a wedding photographer, you are making an investment that will bring you joy and even bittersweet comfort for decades to come. You are also creating an heirloom to share with future generations. However, you can’t share them if you don’t take care to save them. Here are 5 ways to share and […]

When I first started photographing around DUMBO back in 2007, a scene such as the one described in this New York Times article, “Can a Neighborhood be Instagrammed to Death”, would have seemed impossible. There were the occasional fashion shoots, but nothing like a selfie hot spot. 15 years later, tourists and influencers flock to […]

My lifelong love of tea began to brew early. When I turned 5 years old my grandmother started taking me to the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans for afternoon tea.  It is still my favorite tea room. This time of year, I am mostly making iced tea like Harney & Sons Coconut Green tea.  […]

While many Gilded Age mansions and ornate Beaux-Arts style buildings around New York City have been lost to time, there are still a few where you can get married or host an event. All but one on the list were designed by renowned architecture firm McKim, Mead & White. Stanford White is even a character on […]

I first came across Bernd and Hilla’s Becher’s work in a booth at the Aipad Photography show. There were only a few prints on the wall, but I was intrigued. This exhibit give the lifespan of their photographs of mainly operational industrial machinery and buildings across Germany, Western Europe and the US the space it […]

When I first met my husband, Ryan, we bonded over our shared desire to live somewhere with seasons. We were living in south Louisiana at the time which basically has two: wet and cold and very hot and wet. It was ultimately Hurricane Katrina that sent us up to NYC, so weather was a big […]

Over the years, requests for privacy, not sharing identifiable images of a wedding publicly online or in social media, have increased. I’ve had appeals ranging from, “Due to my job as a CEO, diplomat, law enforcement officer, etc.” to, “We’re just private people,” and most concerning, “I have a stalker.” Whatever the reason may be, […]