I’m Sarah (she/they), a documentary wedding photographer with a deep love for shadow and light, mythology and nature, and the quiet moments most people miss.
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Photo Credit- Last Light Studio
For the love that lives in the
— and the magic that thrives in the
dark.
I shoot digital and film because imperfection is magic.
I’m a wedding photographer, practicing witch, herbalism student, and lover of all things raw, untamed, and real. My work is deeply influenced by nature, astrology, and the cycles that shape us — birth, love, loss, transformation.
I see the beauty in both light and shadow. In the quiet moments, in the in-between, in the magic that lingers where most people don’t look. I see the way golden light filters through the trees, the way deep shadows hold a quiet kind of magic, the way love exists in all its forms.
The details have always stolen my attention — the way the wind catches your dress, the way candlelight flickers on your skin, the way your hands find each other in a crowd.
Weddings aren’t performances. They’re rituals, transformations, moments you’ll never want to forget.
If you want a photographer who gets it — who won’t make you pose awkwardly and who will capture your day with the reverence it deserves…
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I was born in Merced, California, but my soul belongs to Lake George, New York.
Growing up in the foothills of the Adirondacks, I spent summers wandering the woods, camping under the stars, and falling in love with the natural world. That connection never left me, and now it shapes the way I see and document love — as something elemental, something ancient, something meant to be remembered.
I’m an Aries Sun, Leo Moon, Aquarius Rising, which means I’m bold, passionate, and a little rebellious, but also deeply sentimental. I believe music is a portal, and my playlists swing from Slipknot to Noah Kahan to Mumford and Sons.
I love reading, playing video games with my husband, Drew, and spending time outside with our daughter, Melissa. And if you ever need to find me? I’m probably barefoot in the grass, chasing the golden hour light (or my chickens).
My parents gave me my first camera as a teenager, and I became obsessed with the way light bends, the way wind moves through trees, the way a single glance can hold an entire story. The same way a wedding day holds a hundred tiny moments you’ll want to relive forever.
That obsession led me to the Rochester Institute of Technology, where I earned my BFA in photography—learning how to capture not just what’s in front of me, but what it feels like to be there.
Photography has always been my way of holding onto the fleeting, the raw, the real. And I know that’s why you’re here, too. Because you want to remember more than just the way your wedding looked, you want to remember the way it felt.
Life moves too fast, and if we don’t stop to notice, we’ll miss the magic happening right in front of us.
That’s why I do this — to slow time, to preserve what matters, to make sure you can step back into this day whenever you need to.
Some moments deserve to live forever — your wedding day is one of them.
Photo Credit-Last Light Studio
The Middens
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The Hawthorn tree blooms in May, the birth month of my late husband,Kyle. After he passed, I rebranded my business as a way to honor him, to carry his memory forward through my work.
Our wedding in 2018 was a Día de los Muertos celebration, a reminder that love exists beyond time — that those we’ve lost are never truly gone. As a Mexican-American photographer, I see love through a lens of legacy, connection, and transformation. Years later, I stood on a mountaintop in hiking boots, saying “I do” again to my current husband, Drew — proof that love is cyclical, always finding its way back to us.
This is why I do what I do — to capture the love, the loss, the moments that shape us.
That’s why I do this — to slow time, to preserve what matters, to make sure you can step back into this day whenever you need to.
Hawthorn is a
homage.
Hello there. My name is Drew Anderson (He/Him)
Second shooter for Hawthron Photography and Sarah’s biggest supporter. I capture the moments happening beyond the spotlight, more angles, interactions, and bits of joy that might be missed in the whirlwind of the day.
While Sarah documents your love story as it unfolds, I move through the crowd, finding the uncle beaming with pride, the aunt wiping away a tear, the friend whispering about how perfect this moment is. I shoot with a Canon R6 and a variety of lenses to capture different perspectives, making sure that when you look back on your wedding day, you don’t just see what happened — you feel it all over again.
Drew
Second Shooter Extraordinaire
