Hi, I'm Tay!
*Searches Google for Family Photographer near me*
254,000,000 results
I know searching through endless photographers, Instagram hashtags, and websites can be overwhelming, to say the least.
How the heck do you know who to trust?
Who is going to know how your kiddos like to run around, what makes them giggle, what snacks to bring, and STILL feel like your friend is behind the camera rather than some stiff ole’ photographer?
No, but seriously, is that even a thing?
I get it.
With two kiddos of my own, I’ve lived it.
And now I’m here for you!
This is your time to be present, love deeply, forget the mess, and just be with the people you love most- your family.
Let me take care of the rest.
I document still moments and fleeting candids for laid-back devoted families to curate a gallery of beautiful story-telling memories showing your most authentic selves.
If you’re okay with movement, mess, and real moments—you’re my people.
authenticity and love...
are at the core of what I do so I promise to capture each moment wholeheartedly and with honesty
As a family and newborn photographer based in New Jersey, and a Mom through and through, the love I have for blurred edges and contagious laughter you can hear through the photo is 20+ years in the making.
My style is guided documentary- calm, real, and un-posed.
After graduating from the New England School of Photography with a major in Portraiture and Editorial Photography, I was ready to turn the real moments into art.
I began photographing weddings and families full-time TEN years ago and my love for the in-between moments, quiet smiles, and soft touches has grown wilder than I could have ever dreamed.
Top 5 Tay facts…
Why
Namaste
Photography?
I am often asked what Namaste means, seeing as how my company is named in honor of it after all. It quite literally means "I bow to you". Metaphorically, it means I acknowledge and honor your soul. I honor the beauty, love, and light that is within you. Through this belief and honor we are one.
With photography, I believe taking someone's portrait connects us in a way that makes us one. There is a trust and honor between the both of us that allows this connection.
I choose to see the love, light, and beauty within those that I work with and those I am surrounded by.
my story
I grew up in a small town in New Jersey (East Coast born and raised baby). After graduating from High School, I decided it was time to start a new adventure that I could call my own.
So I packed up what was then my life in 3 suitcases (and my favorite Lumineers poster) and moved to Colorado to attend college at CU Boulder (Go Buffs!). There is where I met the loves of my life, Matthew and my 30 lb. ball of fur Mavericks.
Soon after, we followed our hearts yet again, back to the East Coast, and moved to Boston. That city has my heart and always will. It’s where Matthew and I made our first home together, we got engaged in the Boston Gardens, and went to more Bruins games than I can count.
Once 2020 hit (hello, my old friend), we picked up our life a third time, got ONE more dog (just like everyone else that year), and headed down to my hometown in New Jersey where we got married, and had two beautiful babies of our own. If these past 15 years have taught me anything, it is that life is full of surprises and beautiful moments are fleeting. It’s important to stop and soak every bit up before it changes again.
Through ALL of this it’s been no secret that photography has had my heart since I held my first camera (a one-step flash polaroid circa 1992). But as my creativity grew wilder, I started to photograph differently. I began to photograph the way I believe our stories should be told; with honesty, love, laughter, and intention.
I have been lucky enough to run a business that thrives off of capturing rad people and their incredible stories.
I couldn’t be more grateful for the couples and families that I have had the opportunity to work with and for the memories I have had the honor to document as a New Jersey based family and newborn photographer.
The inspiration behind my company is the feeling of nostalgia.
Some of my favorite memories growing up come from running around my house with a polaroid camera snapping pictures of everything and anything.
This helped birth my “go-with-the-flow" philosophy is family and especially newborn sessions.
Where we play, move, and laugh together so the session feels like a fun memory rather than a forced chore. Whether it’s a lifestyle newborn session in the comfort of your home or a sunset session in a local NJ field, my only goal is to create a safe, judgment-free space where you can show up exactly as you are.
THIS is the feeling I want to evoke for you.
I am in love with creating pictures of the simpler and quieter moments…
the kisses in between the smiles, and the quaint touch alongside a soft laugh.
Precious and timeless memories are something we all hold close to are our hearts.
And it is so important to me that I deliver them to you and your family to treasure for a lifetime. I want you to be able to look back on the photographs of how you used to hold your teeny tiny newborn 20 years down the road, and feel all of those emotions again.