Giving Back

  This photo essay is dedicated to the men and women who serve our country.  Thank you for your dedicated service.

   I am the official volunteer photographer and a board member of  CANDi International.    I travel to Mexico 3-4 times per year to  document CANDi’s spay/neuter clinics and the street dogs.   I find it difficult to put this experience into words in a way that would truly say how I feel.  This has […]

  I will be documenting 7 dairy farms in New York this year; telling the story of the modern American dairy farmer.  I am wildly passionate about this project and love cows! This is the Nelson family farm.  These super cute kids all work around the farm and help their families  I did not see […]

  Dog mini sessions for charity!!! Bring your kids, bring your fiance, heck bring Grandma, but don’t forget your dog! Pay it forward and have amazing photos with your doggie BFF!  I will be taking photographs of local dogs to benefit the non-profit organization CANDi International on Sunday,  July 28th  from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m […]

  I will be documenting 7 dairy farms in New York this year, telling the story of the modern American dairy farmer.  I am wildly passionate about this project and love cows! This is the Ziehm family farmer.  I have wanted to photograph this farm for year. ever since I photographed Jessica and Stuart Ziehm’s […]

  Lexi is sweet, funny, kind, and loves her dog Cash.  She also has cancer….. Lexi Gurka, just 3 years old, was recently diagnosed with a rare type of Lymphoma. She has a long road ahead with chemotherapy treatments but with the help of her family, friends and community, Lexi will beback to feeling great […]

I am a firm believer in paying it forward…. Everyone should have beautiful photos of their family.  Every family should have images that tell their story….   Please read on and nominate someone who truly deserves the gift of custom photography….You know someone.  You know someone who’s experienced a tragedy, is struggling to stay afloat, […]

  A few weeks ago I was in Cancun, Mexico volunteering again with CANDi International.   My job as their official volunteer photographer is to document the spay/neuter clinic and the street dogs of Mexico.  The very first morning of the 6 day clinic, I set out to document the literally hundreds, if not thousands of […]

  I visited Tierra de Animales (Land of Animals) during my time in Mexico.   I am so grateful to have had the opportunityto document this dog sanctuary.  Ricardo, who runs Tierra de Animales (Land of Animals), is an amazing, compassionate, hard working person.  I was very moved by this sanctuary for these forgotten dogs.  […]

  Photographing the street dogswas the hardest part of this experience; it had a profound effect on me.  It was incredibly heartbreaking and devastating to see these dogs suffering so severely on the streets.  There is little to no regard for these animals.   The level of cruelty it nothing like we see here, it’s much, […]