A surprise proposal is the one shoot where I can’t ask for a second take. Miraj chose the pink loggia at The Ringling in Sarasota: a long row of arches, lanterns overhead and terracotta tile under foot. My job was to be invisible until the exact second he went down on one knee. After the […]

Ritu and Rohit’s Bok Tower Gardens engagement session happened on a January afternoon, when Central Florida light goes low and gold and stays that way longer than you expect. Ritu wore a rust-brown belted midi dress and Rohit a light blue shirt. Those are earthy, quiet colors, and with the tower’s pink-and-gray stone, the dark […]

Monica and Vivek’s Tampa engagement session felt like two films cut together. The first was black-tie: a tuxedo, a white satin gown, champagne and the hallways of a 1905 federal courthouse that’s now Le Méridien Tampa. The second was golden hour. Vivek changed into an olive suit and Monica into a black floral dress, and […]

Mona and Sujan’s Longboat Key engagement session had two moods and two outfits, and a road between them. On one side, Bayfront Park gave us palms, open lawn and soft white cotton. Across Gulf of Mexico Drive, the beach gave us the kind of turquoise water people assume is edited. It isn’t. That’s just Longboat […]

Dhruvi and Tirth’s Philadelphia engagement session started where the city does: under the clock tower of City Hall, with William Penn standing guard 548 feet up. Philadelphia gave us granite, marble, long shadows down Broad Street, a wall of color, and a quiet green walk to finish. Dhruvi wore white, Tirth wore black, and the […]

Raj and Priya’s Tampa engagement session across Downtown Tampa, the University of Tampa, and the Hindu Temple of Florida.