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Tag: LGBT

LGBTQIA+ Affirming Language Guide for Wedding Vendors

November 12, 2020
they, them, nonbinary, wedding, gender, LGBTQIA+

Language is incredibly powerful. It literally binds marriages. It’s the thing that holds together heartfelt vows, hilarious toasts, and welcomes guests to make them feel included. As a wedding photographer…

posted in: Education
tagged with: Affirming, gender, gender binary, Gender Identity, language, LGBT, LGBTQIA, terminology, wedding photography

Quinn + Katie | Greensgrow Farms + Northern Liberties

March 30, 2016
Greensgrow Farms, engagement

I had the pleasure of meeting Quinn and Katie at a wedding I was photographing a couple of years ago. They were awesome enough to recommend me to another engaged couple, whose…

posted in: Engagement
tagged with: engagement, Greensgrow Farms, LGBT, Liberty Lands Park, Mural Arts Program, Northern Liberties, philadelphia

Engagement: Maura + Nikki | Philadelphia Museum of Art

June 18, 2014
lesbian, engagement, Philadelphia

Sometimes a couple is so infectiously sweet together, I just want to zap them with an electromagnetic shrink ray (a la Wayne Szalinski), and keep them in my pocket. Maura…

posted in: Engagement
tagged with: Azalea Garden, Fairmount Park, floral crown, gay marriage, lesbian, LGBT, love is love, philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Same-Sex, Sullivan Owen

Pink Flamingo Styled Wedding Shoot

February 25, 2014
same sex, styled shoot, wedding

When I first started trying to conceptualize my first styled shoot, the only thing I knew for sure was that I wanted it to support same-sex marriage. Tags like “LGBT”…

posted in: Wedding
tagged with: equality, gay marriage, gay wedding, lesbian, LGBT, pastel, rock 'n roll bride, Same-Sex

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