Take me with you.
Nostalgic documentary photography for people who want to remember how it felt.
Your life, romanticized.
Bring me along and I'll document your favorite people, places, and memories on film.
Take Me With You sessions are designed for people who want to remember the fun little moments in day-to-day life. Whether you're planning a date night, exploring a new city, traveling across the country, or spending time with the people you love most — I'll document real moments on film in a way that feels cinematic, nostalgic, and true to you.
Experience the destination photography of your dreams on 35mm and 120 medium format film. Sometimes ordinary moments become the memories we miss most. My job is to preserve those romantic moments in life that you want to remember forever. From something as simple as a late-night pizza run, a picnic in the park watching the shapes of clouds; to the annual trip to your favorite place, the bookstore you always visit together, a road trip with the windows down, ice cream on a summer night, or an ordinary weekday you'll wish you could revisit someday. Let's preserve your memories.
What We Can Document
This is for the nights, trips, traditions, and people you never want to forget. Here are a few examples of things we can document on a Take Me With You session.
Pizza runs. Ice cream dates. Bookstore browsing. Arcade nights. Your favorite bar. Coffee shops. Long walks with nowhere to be.
Date Nights
Creative Adventures
Concerts, walking through flea markets; visiting art galleries, vintage shopping, festivals, or whatever feels like you.
Weekend getaways, cross-country adventures; national parks. Beach towns, or city weekends.
Road Trips & Travel
Slow mornings, making dinner together, walking the dog, dancing in the kitchen, and the little rituals you love most.
Everyday Life
Anniversaries, birthdays, engagements, honeymoons. Graduation trips, friend weekends, or trips to the casino.
Celebrations
Dinner parties, concerts, birthdays, girls’ nights, road trips, reunions, and the people who feel like home.
Friend Nights
Connecticut Date Night Inspiration✨By Vibe✨
Some of the most meaningful moments happen on ordinary days.
As a Connecticut native, I love capturing and romanticizing my home. As a film photographer in Connecticut, I also love finding the places that remind me of other places I love too, like Las Vegas. Want a Vegas night in CT? Let's hit Foxwoods or Mohegan.
Being a photojournalist, traveler, and lifelong nostalgia enthusiast, I've always been fascinated by the way ordinary moments become memories. The places we return to, the restaurants we celebrate at, the annual traditions we look forward to, and the people we experience them with often become some of the most meaningful parts of our lives.
Here are some of my favorite Connecticut date night ideas, organized by vibe. Use them as inspiration, or take me somewhere that already means something to you.
Take me with you, and let's preserve your memories as they felt, on film, forever.
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Neon lights, vintage signs, movie theaters, arcades, diners, bowling alleys, and roadside charm. If your ideal date feels like it belongs in a nostalgic movie, this is for you.
Ideas:
Theaters
Madison Art Cinemas
Garde Arts Center, New London
Drive-In Theaters
Vegas in CT
Foxwoods
Mohegan
Anywhere with old neon signs
Retro diners
Arcades
Bowling alleys
Coffee shops:
Common Grounds Coffee
Perkatory Coffee Roasters
Vintage shops and record stores
Merle's Record Rack
Exile on Main
GRAILS
Best Video
College Street at night
Laundry mats
Ashley’s Ice Cream
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For people who love creating, exploring, and getting inspired together. Spend an afternoon wandering museums, bookstores, galleries, concerts, or independent theaters while I document the experience as it unfolds.
Ideas:
Bookstores
Art galleries
Concerts
Independent theaters
New Haven arts district
Museums
Poetry readings
Creative workshops
Paint Nights
Cooking Classes
Baking Classes
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The kind of summer nights that feel like they belong in a memory. Ice cream dripping down your hand, sunset walks, county fairs, and small-town charm. These sessions are all about slowing down and enjoying the simple things.
Ideas:
Ashley's Ice Cream
Lenny's Dairy Bar
Bishop's Orchards
Guilford Green
Branford Green
Rose Orchards
Shoreline beaches
Summer concerts
Local fairs, festivals, and carnivals
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There's something timeless about sharing a pizza and wandering through New Haven together. Spend the evening splitting a pizza at Sally's or Pepe's, grabbing pastries from Lucibello's, watching the sunset in Wooster Square, or stopping by Louis' Lunch before heading home. These sessions are perfect for couples who love family traditions, old-school charm, and the feeling of a classic Connecticut date night.
Ideas:
Sally's Apizza
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
Lucibello's Italian Pastry Shop
Wooster Square
Louis' Lunch
Modern Apizza
East Rock neighborhood strolls
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Salt air, marinas, sailboats, ferry rides, and shoreline sunsets. Perfect for couples who feel most at home near the water.
Ideas:
Lenny’s Indian Head / Lenny’s seafood
Thimble Islands / Stony Creek
Branford Green
Branford Blackstone Library
Mystic Aquarium
Mystic Seaport area
Branford shoreline
Stony Creek
Essex waterfront
Ferry rides
Marinas and docks
Lighthouse walks
Branford Point
Walks on the beach
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Some places become traditions. The pumpkin patch you visit every fall. The Christmas lights you see every year. The apple orchard you've been going to since you were a kid. These sessions celebrate the places and rituals that become part of your story.
Ideas:
Bishop's Orchards year round
Apple picking in the fall
Strawberry or Blueberry Picking
in the summerSunflower fields in august
Christmas villages
Pumpkin Picking
Fall foliage drives
Winter markets
Spring gardens
Elizabeth Park Rose Garden
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Step into another era. Explore historic homes, ivy-covered campuses, old libraries, museums, and the places that shaped Connecticut's stories. Perfect for book lovers, history buffs, writers, artists, academics, and anyone who feels at home surrounded by beautiful old spaces.
Whether you're wandering through a historic estate, getting lost in the stacks of a library, or spending the afternoon exploring a museum together, these sessions blend romance, curiosity, and New England charm.
Ideas:
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Yale University campus
Sterling Memorial Library
Yale Art Gallery
Yale Center for British Art
Mark Twain House & Museum
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
New Haven Green
Atticus Bookstore Cafe
RJ Julia
Book Barn in Niantic
Possible Futures Books
Branford Blackstone Library
Guilford Historic Town Green
Mystic Seaport Museum
Florence Griswold Museum
Hill-Stead Museum
Roseland Cottage
Old Wethersfield
Essex historic district
Stonington Borough
Gillette Castle State Park
Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum
For couples who love bookstores, museums, architecture, history, literature, and spending entire afternoons exploring together.
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Some of the best location is the one that already means something to you.
Maybe it’s your favorite pizza place, or the beach you always go back to. Or maybe it’s the bookstore where you lose track of time. Could be the diner after a concert. Perhaps the neighborhood walk you take together, or the coffee shop that already knows your order.
Tell me where you want to go. I’ll bring the film.
I'll Meet You There
Based in Connecticut | Available throughout the United States.
Whether you're planning an engagement session in California, an anniversary trip to New Orleans, a weekend in the Pacific Northwest, a desert adventure in Utah, or a destination wedding somewhere you've always dreamed of visiting, I'd love to come along and document it on film.
I photograph destination weddings, elopements, engagement sessions, honeymoons, road trips, vacations, documentary travel sessions, and everyday adventures nationwide.
Travel is quoted individually based on location, timing, and film needs. For vacations, road trips, anniversaries, and other travel sessions, I'll create a custom quote based on your plans. If you're planning a destination wedding, elopement, or engagement session, you can view base package pricing on my weddings & engagements page before reaching out for a custom travel quote.
I’m looking forward to documenting your adventure, no matter how big or small it may be!
Dream Destinations
These are places I’d love to photograph on film throughout the United States — not just because they’re beautiful, but because they already feel like stories. While I’ve photographed some of them before, I’d love to return with your story in the frame.
As a destination photographer, I’m drawn to settings that feel cinematic, nostalgic, and timeless on film: city halls and courthouses; retro hotels, historic inns, art-deco spaces, and vintage motels; art museums, libraries, greenhouses, natural landscapes, coastal towns, desert light, national parks, scenic overlooks, and quiet corners that already seem to hold a memory.
Browse my current destination wishlist, and if you have somewhere special in mind, let’s make it happen.
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California
Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, California
Hicksville Pines, Idyllwild, California
Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado, California
The Pink Motel, Sun Valley, California
Palm Springs, California
Salton Sea, California
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California
Pioneertown, California
Cabazon Dinosaurs, Cabazon, California
Roy's Motel & Cafe, Amboy, California
Trixie Motel, Palm Springs, California
New York
TWA Hotel at JFK, Queens, New York
The Roxbury Motel, Roxbury, New York
The Roxbury at Stratton Falls, Roxbury, New York
Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York
Nevada
Sure Thing Chapel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sure Thing Too, Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas hotels, chapels, and unique venues
The Neon Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Mizpah Hotel, Tonopah, Nevada
The Clown Motel, Tonopah, Nevada
Jackie Gaughan Suite at El Cortez Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Showgirl House, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Underground House, Las Vegas, Nevada
Michigan
Sweetheart Hideaway, Lincoln Township, Michigan
Arizona
The Wigwam Motel, Arizona
Tennessee
The Dive Motel, Nashville, Tennessee
New Jersey
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Wildwood Boardwalk, Wildwood, New Jersey
Road Trip Routes
Route 66
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California
Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, California
Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Trixie Motel, Palm Springs, California
New York City & Upstate New York
General Society Library, New York City
Morgan Library, New York City
New York Public Library, New York City
The Met, New York City
The Frick Collection, New York City
The Maker Hotel, Hudson, New York
Rhode Island
Castle Hill Inn, Newport, Rhode Island
Providence Athenaeum, Providence, Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Connecticut
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Vermont
Twin Farms, Barnard, Vermont
Tennessee
Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee
Colorado
Hotel Jerome, Aspen, Colorado
West Virginia
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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California
Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California
Pasadena City Hall, Pasadena, California
San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, California
Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Arcadia University Grey Towers Castle, Glenside, Pennsylvania
New York
New York City Hall Area, New York City
Arizona
Taliesin West and Frank Lloyd Wright spaces, Scottsdale, Arizona
North Carolina
Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina
Florida
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Miami, Florida
Rhode Island
The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island
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New York
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, New York
Pennsylvania
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Maine
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine
Illinois
Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, Illinois
Music Box Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
California
Balboa Park Botanical Building and Lily Pond, San Diego, California
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
The Castro Theatre, San Francisco, California
Washington, DC
United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC
Florida
Tampa Theatre, Tampa, Florida
Georgia
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
Rhode Island
Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, Massachusetts
Virginia
The Byrd Theatre, Richmond, Virginia
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Alaska
Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
Tongass National Forest, Alaska
California
Big Sur, California
La Jolla, San Diego, California
Redwood National and State Parks, California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
Connecticut
Mystic, Connecticut
Hawaii
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
Kauai, Hawaii
Maui, Hawaii
Oahu, Hawaii
Maine
Bar Harbor, Maine
Portland, Maine
Massachusetts
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Provincetown, Massachusetts
New York
The Hamptons, New York
Oregon
Ashland, Oregon
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Rhode Island
Block Island, Rhode Island
Watch Hill, Rhode Island
Washington
Bogachiel Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
Olympic National Park Temperate Rain Forests, Washington
Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Olympia, Washington
Port Townsend, Washington
Quinault Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
Queets Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
San Juan Islands, Washington
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Accessible national parks and scenic overlooks provide a cinematic sense of scale without the need for hiking or strenuous movement.
Arizona
Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah
Sedona, Arizona
California
Death Valley, California
Joshua Tree, California
Mojave Desert, California
Yosemite Valley, California
Colorado
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Maine
Acadia National Park, Maine
Montana
Glacier National Park, Montana
Nevada
Goodsprings, Nevada
Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
Valley of Fire, Nevada
New Mexico
New Mexico
White Sands National Park, New Mexico
North Carolina & Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina/Tennessee
Utah
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Zion National Park, Utah
Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Utah
Virginia
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Washington
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
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Atlanta, Georgia
Boston, Massachusetts
Charleston, South Carolina
Chicago, Illinois
Las Vegas, Nevada
Los Angeles, California
New Orleans, Louisiana
New York City, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phoenix, Arizona
San Diego, California
San Francisco, California
Savannah, Georgia
Seattle, Washington
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Have a place in mind that isn't listed here? I'd love to hear about it.
Sure Thing Chapel
Las Vegas, Nevada & New York City
A modern elopement chapel with three thoughtfully designed locations: the original chapel on Fremont Street, Sure Thing Too, and Sure Thing NYC. Blending new-Vegas kitsch with vintage charm, the chapel elevates the classic Vegas elopement through natural light and retro furnishings. Lady Elvis and Hellvis are available to officiate! I’d also love to photograph sessions at any Las Vegas hotel, chapel, or unique venue! I loved my elopement at Sure Thing too a
TWA Hotel
Queens, NY
TWA Hotel is a midcentury modern landmark at JFK International Airport. Built within the restored 1962 TWA Flight Center, the hotel offers a fully immersive Jet Age experience with runway-view rooms, a rooftop pool, museum exhibits, and iconic venues like the Connie Cocktail Lounge inside a vintage Lockheed Constellation airplane, making it a truly cinematic setting for film-forward weddings, elopements, and engagement sessions.
Madonna Inn
San Luis Obispo, CA
Madonna Inn is a legendary, maximalist landmark in San Luis Obispo, California. Known for its wildly themed rooms, bold colors, hand-carved stonework, and kitschy charm, the Madonna Inn offers a surreal, retro experience unlike anywhere else. From pink dining rooms to dramatic interiors, every corner feels theatrical and nostalgic—making it a one-of-a-kind, cinematic setting for film-forward weddings, elopements, and engagement sessions.
Grey Towers Castle
Arcadia University, near Philadelphia
Grey Towers Castle – Rose Room Ballroom is a historic stone castle nestled on Arcadia University’s campus in Glenside, PA. With its grand architecture, leaded windows, rich wood details, and romantic old-world atmosphere, the Rose Room Ballroom feels timeless and cinematic. The space offers soft natural light and European-inspired elegance, making it a beautiful setting for film-forward weddings, micro-weddings, and engagement sessions with a classic, storybook feel.
Greenhouses & Gardens
Anywhere, USA
Greenhouses and botanical gardens offer a lush, light-filled setting that photographs beautifully on both 35mm and 120 medium format film. With glass ceilings, layered greenery, and soft, diffused light, these spaces feel romantic, timeless, and slightly transportive. The mix of structure and nature creates an editorial, old-world atmosphere—perfect for film-forward weddings, elopements, and engagement sessions that feel intimate and alive.
Accessible National Parks
Anywhere, USA
Accessible national parks and scenic overlooks provide a cinematic sense of scale without the need for hiking or strenuous movement. Open landscapes, iconic backdrops, and natural textures translate effortlessly to film, offering depth, softness, and timeless contrast. These locations are ideal for couples who want a quiet, meaningful connection to nature—captured in a classic, documentary style on 35mm and medium format film.
Creative Spaces & Museums
Anywhere, USA
Peerspace studios, creative spaces, and art museums offer privacy, flexibility, and intentional design, making them ideal for film-first photography. From sun-drenched lofts and retro interiors to minimalist galleries and museum spaces, these locations allow texture, light, and composition to take center stage. Clean lines, curated details, and quiet moments create an editorial, nostalgic atmosphere, perfect for couples drawn to artistic, timeless storytelling.
Iconic City Halls
City halls bring history, emotion, and architectural beauty together in a way that feels effortless on film. With grand staircases, marble details, tall windows, and quiet documentary moments, these spaces feel intimate yet monumental. Their timeless design and natural light make them a classic, cinematic choice. San Francisco City Hall, New York City Hall, Pasadena City Hall, and Philadelphia City Hall, are just a few options that would be lovely!
Anywhere, USA
Ready to bring me along?
Whether you’re planning a date night close to home, a weekend away, a destination session, or a once-in-a-lifetime trip, I’d love to document it on film. Tell me where you’re going, who you’re bringing, and what you want to remember.
