I grew up in New Jersey, but Philadelphia claimed me — and I never looked back.
I picked up a camera early, fell completely in love with what it could do, and never really put it down. Over 400 weddings later, I’m still just as fired up about this work as I was when I started. That’s not something I take lightly.
I’ve been shaped by some of the best in the business — Tyler Boye, Ben Adams, and Ben Hartley — and their influence lives in how I approach every single wedding. Not just technically, but in how I show up, how I read a room, and how I earn the kind of trust that lets real moments actually happen in front of my camera.
Philadelphia is my home in every sense of the word. I’ve photographed weddings in more corners of this city than I can count — from Cescaphe and the Finley Ballroom to the Ritz Carlton and everything in between. I walk these streets every day, and I still catch myself stopping at a spot and remembering a first dance, a quiet moment between a couple, a look that said everything. This city is woven into my work in a way that’s hard to explain and impossible to fake.
When I’m not shooting weddings, you’ll find me deep in documentary street photography — flipping through 19th century photo books, wandering Philadelphia with my camera, and thinking a lot about the value of preserving real moments for generations that haven’t arrived yet. It’s the same instinct that drives my wedding work: these images matter. Long after the day is over, they’re what’s left.
Outside of all of that — I’m walking my dog Cody through every dog park in the city, hunting down Philly’s best beer gardens with friends, and spending fall Sundays exactly where any self-respecting Philadelphian should be: watching the Birds.
If you want perfectly posed, stiff, forgettable wedding photos — I’m probably not your guy. But if you want images that stop you mid-scroll and put you right back in that moment, the emotion, the joy, all of it — I’d love to hear about your day.
Cody is a Chiweenie (Chihuahua Dachshund mix) who was found in Georgia on a three lane highway at 4 weeks old… People are the worst. But Cody was rescued back up to Philadelphia and been a part of the city of brotherly love ever since!
He specializes in snuggling, licking, and following Jared around like his shadow.
If you are lucky Cody will be at your reveal celebration to celebrate you two seeing your wedding photos for the first time!
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