Carlie & Gabe
My infatuation with photography began with my first backpacking trip to Tasmania as an American teenager growing up in Australia. I fell in love with the process of slowing down to frame and focus on anything that captivated me, and it seemed magical to me that these tangible photographs from my film somehow added an intangible reverence to my trip. That adventure led me to study and practice the art of photography. After earning a BA in photojournalism, I worked as a photojournalist for travel and lifestyle publications with exhibitions in Sydney, Barbados, and California. After the birth of my two kids, I found myself drawn to document love in its many forms, and chose to focus solely on weddings, families and creative entrepreneurs.
I shoot every wedding together with the amazing man I married 2 decades ago. Gabe has been an artist since long before I met him. After more than 15 years of shooting weddings together, we have grown into a strong and dynamic team, complimenting each other with different personalities and perspectives that help to tell the full story of a fast-moving day. I feel incredibly lucky to have such a talented, humorous, loving and dependable partner to work with, and there is no one I'd rather have beside me to document each wedding and talk about the highlights of the day with as we head home together.
OUR STORY
We believe in making images that look as extraordinary as the memories felt to you. Our photography style is an intuitive mix of photojournalism and fine art with an editorial edge. We're drawn to beautiful light and decisive moments full of connection, intimacy and joy, and we like our images to have a cohesive, film-inspired, timeless and slightly ethereal aesthetic. We value quality over quantity, and therefore limit the number of events we do per year, and we do our own post production and album design work too. We're forever inspired by good design, great people, adventurous travel, the beauty of nature, and bearing witness to some of the most significant and sacred memories in people's lives.
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We love getting to know whoever we're photographing, and getting them relaxed in front of the camera by taking a casual yet attentive approach. Often we're unobtrusively capturing the candid moments, and other times we're giving plenty of direction to craft beautiful and natural looking portraits. We try to avoid anything that feels too posed or forced, and we try to tell each love story in a way that feels truly authentic to each couple and family. We want to be supportive every step of the way, from helping to build solid timelines and portrait lists, to settling the pre-wedding nerves, to celebrating the post-wedding highs. We prioritize maximizing wedding day time with family and friends, sneaking away during the reception for sunset photos in the best spots that we've scouted in advance, and capturing all of the love and connection.