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  Smith Farm Gardens in East Haddam CT is one of the most magical wedding and event venues in all of Connecticut. I can’t stress this enough! The owners are the sweetest people with the biggest hearts and the greenest thumbs. As a fellow gardening nerd I appreciate the landscaping and flower gardens on a […]

Smith Farm Gardens East Haddam CT Engagement

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Alexa and Alex’s golden hour engagement session at The Chatfield Hollow Inn in Killingworth CT was incredibly magical! I arrived a little early to The Chatfield Hollow Inn and the sky was ominous; while one side featured bright blue sky with big puffy clouds the other side was dark grey and a little scary looking! […]

Chatfield Hollow Inn CT Engagement Session

Couple cuddles during their engagement session at Chatfield Hollow Inn in Killingworth CT

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An engagement session at the famed Ice Hotel  The Hotel De Glace in Montreal, Quebec? YES PLEASE!A few winters back I was so lucky to have my close friend and colleague Tammy Swales, a Rochester NY based wedding and event photographer, invite me to join her on a trip to Quebec to photograph her couple […]

Ice Hotel de Glace Montreal Engagement Session

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“If a year was tucked inside of a  clock, then Autumn would be the magic hour.” – Victoria Erickson Autumn engagement Harkness Park Waterford CT: Mackenzie and Steve’s autumn engagement session at Harkness Park in Waterford CT yesterday felt like a dream: a dream in vivid technicolor and soft neutrals paired with the warmth of […]

Autumn Engagement Harkness Park Waterford CT

Autumn engagement session by red trees at Harkness Park in Waterford CT

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So often people say they love to discover new places and people and things, and while I couldn’t agree more, there is something romantic and challenging about rediscovering new spots in familiar places! Take Erin and Chris’ wedding at the Bee and Thistle Inn in Old Lyme CT. I have photographed intimate weddings here for […]

Autumn Wedding | The Bee and Thistle Inn with Carla Ten Eyck

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When a client hires me to photograph their Engagement session, I normally stress the fact that it’s not the best plan to make their session be about a treasure hunt of locations that you just tick off a long list. We all have locations as a couple that have levels of meaning for us, which […]

New Haven Engagement Session with Carla Ten Eyck

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Paige and Geoff invited me to Paige’s Grandparents beach house in Rhode Island to spend the afternoon for their Engagement Session, and I happily obliged! We started our session at one of their favorite places, The Weekapaug Inn, and if you haven’t been before I highly recommend making the trip there to see for yourself! […]

Weekapaug Inn| Engagement Session | Carla Ten Eyck

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I know every year I say this, and it is not lost on me that this is, in fact true. But, shoot. I have the best clients, ever, ever ever! Everyone’s idea of what the ‘best’ means to them, and for me, it is honestly just people who are willing to show their love and […]

eolia mansion engagement with carla ten eyck

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Any opportunity to do an engagement session at Yale in New Haven is always a YES for me! Before leaving Yale for good and making their big move out west to the rolling mountains of Colorado, Christina and Nick wanted to say goodbye to their home and most importantly Yale before heading out. So we […]

Engagement Session at Yale New Haven CT

An engaged couple poses on the campus of Yale in New Haven CT for their engagement session