I’m Maura (pronounced “Mara”…..it’s a long story involving a Pittsburgh accent and a lot of confusion): indigenous Cheesehead, Irish transplant and Chicago based wedding and lifestyle photographer.
More than anything else, I believe that everything about your wedding experience should feel absolutely amazing and every one of your incredible photos from the day should bring it aaaalll back!
You should focus on having an absolute blast celebrating with those you love most and leave the rest to me! I’ll be sure to capture those fleeting hugs, the laugh-until-you-cry moments, all of your carefully chosen details and the sneaky happy-tear all while helping you and your fiancé stay in the moment and enjoy the living heck out of your wedding day!
Honestly, my greatest high comes from making people happy (hello middle-child-syndrome ;-)! The fact that I get to do this on what are the most important days of your lives is such a gift. And to do it while creating art in real time through the documenting of your most powerful moments?! It’s a dream come true and no amount of pinching myself will make me fully believe that I've had the honor of doing this over 200 times.
And the result of all these shenanigans?!
Photographs that not only look incredible, but capture how it felt in the moment for you to relive forever.
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It was while planning my own wedding to my now husband of nine years that I fell head-over-heels with wedding photography! I captured my very first wedding in May of 2016 and never looked back.
I've had the honor of documenting over two hundred weddings all over the country. This wedding season I'm adding a Napa wedding to the list and I cannot wait!
Which means that more than 600 human beings have taken the time to leave kind words about their experience working with me. Beyond humbling and forever grateful.
I've officially landed myself in The Knot Hall of Fame as a seven time "Best of" winner and a five-time winner of the "Couple's Choice" award in the wedding photography category.
One of the cornerstones of the experience I love giving my couples is all about connection. Knowing, trusting and, yes, liking your photographer is the secret to creating wedding imagery that feels authentic and joyful. I'm still in regular contact with so many of my couples and I have come to count some of my former brides among my closest girlfriends!
-jenna & arie
"There aren’t enough words to express the amount of gratitude we feel for Maura. Our wedding photos are truly perfect."
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"Maura is truly the ONLY option when it comes to picking your wedding photographer. Not only is she incredible at what she does, but she’s an all-around amazing person."
-MORGAN & CHRISTIAN
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"The first thing our guests mention when congratulating us is how spectacular our photographer was (and how flawless our photos are!)."
-HANNAH & ANDREW
