Hi, I'm Tay!
*Searches Google for Couples 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 do you know who to trust?
Who is going to have your back and allow you to feel like your friend is behind the camera rather than some stiff ole’ photographer?
Is that even a thing?
I get it. I’ve lived it.
And I’m here for you!
This is your time to be present, be in love, and just be YOU with your other half.
Let me take care of the rest.
I document still moments for the madly in love and fleeting candids for devoted families to curate a gallery of beautiful still memories showing your most authentic selves.
authenticity and love...
are at the core of what I do so I promise to capture each moment wholeheartedly and with honesty
As a photographer based in New Jersey, the love I have for photography and capturing life’s fleeting moments is 20+ years in the making.
I knew this “photo thing” wasn’t just a hobby, it was a passion I needed to chase.
After graduating from the New England School of Photography with a major in Portraiture and Editorial Photography, I was ready to do this thing for real.
I began photographing weddings and families full-time seven 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 Mac Miller 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.
Then 2020 hit (Hello, my old friend) and we decided it was time to go back to Jersey, and we never looked back. We also decided (like everyone else that year) we should get just ONE more dog. Naturally we chose to get another mini Aussie and name him Bunker (per our favorite street in Charlestown- Bunker Hill Street).
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.
By 2016 I was behind the camera full-time and 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 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.
I was obsessed with this idea of documenting what's in front of me, being able to hold that memory afterwards in my hands, having the ability to save it forever (which I have).
Every time I look back on those snapshots from almost 20 years ago, my heart just fills to the brim all over again.
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 your wedding, family session, or engagement session 20 years down the road, and feel all of those emotions again.