Why I Chose Love Stories, Long Days, and a Life Behind the Lens: New England wedding photographer
If you had told 13-year-old me—running around with her very first camera—that one day I’d be photographing weddings across New England, I probably would’ve laughed, grabbed my camera, and kept shooting anyway. Photography has always been part of me, even when I tried to step away from it.
I’m Danielle, a New England wedding photographer based in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and my journey here has been anything but linear. I picked up my first camera at 13 and instantly fell in love with photography. But, as with anything, life happened, creativity ebbed and flowed, and I took a long hiatus where photography lived quietly in the background. But something about it never let go of me.
Fast forward to 2020. The world was upside down, weddings looked completely different, and a friend asked me to photograph her wedding during COVID. I said yes… while internally panicking. I was so nervous I remember telling myself (and anyone who would listen), “I’ll never shoot weddings again.” Turns out, that was very wrong. That day cracked something open in me. The emotion, the pressure, the intimacy, the unpredictability—it all felt electric. And here we are.
What I didn’t expect to fall in love with wasn’t just weddings themselves, but the long days, the timelines that shift, the quiet chaos, the happy tears mixed with laughter, and the moments you don’t even realize are happening. Social media often shows weddings as perfectly polished, picture-perfect days—and while those moments exist, the true magic lives in between. The deep breaths before walking down the aisle. The way hands find each other during speeches. The absolute mess of joy on the dance floor. Those are the memories you’ll look back on years from now, and those are the moments I live to capture.
I’m obsessed with wedding days in all their forms—the calm, the chaos, the beauty, the “how is it already this late?” feeling. I believe your wedding photos should feel like you were there again, not like you’re looking at someone else’s highlight reel.
A few fun facts about me, because this is the internet and I feel like we should be friends by now: I love cornbread (borderline obsessed with it), I got married on Halloween ( holler at those Thursday weddings), and in November 2025 I welcomed my first baby into the world—a moment that completely reshaped how deeply I understand memory, time, and how fleeting these seasons are. (Yes, photo included for the cutest tax ever.)
Choosing wedding photography full time wasn’t just a career move—it was choosing people, stories, connection, and a life where no two days look the same. It was choosing long days that fly by, sore feet that are absolutely worth it, and a front-row seat to some of the most meaningful moments in people’s lives.
If you’re here because you’re planning a wedding, dreaming up your day, or just stumbled across this corner of the internet—welcome. I’m so glad you’re here. And if there’s one thing I hope you take away from this, it’s that your story doesn’t need to be perfect to be beautiful. Sometimes the mess is where the magic lives.
