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My first visit to Martha's Vineyard was pretty fan

My first visit to Martha's Vineyard was pretty fantastic. It was a quick trip, but one that I will never forget. For our 15 year wedding anniversary, Christian and I took the ferry to the island and rode along the coastline from Vineyard Haven to Edgertown. Along the way we stopped in Oak Bluff to check out the quirky Summer Camp cottages, shared a beer on the beach where Jaws was filmed, and then continued through town to our hotel. We spent the rest of the afternoon window shopping, exploring the lighthouse, and soaking in the sun! It was one of the nicest dates we've been on yet and now that the kids are getting older, it's something I'm looking forward to doing more of in the future.⁠
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#explorenewengland⁠
#springtime⁠
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Beautiful bride! Beautiful Bougainvillea! Two th

Beautiful bride! Beautiful Bougainvillea! Two things I want back in front of my camera soon. I'm looking forward to April.⁠
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I'm daydreaming about photographing their wedding

I'm daydreaming about photographing their wedding in 2023! It's going to be an amazing weekend.⁠
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#engaged⁠
#californiaphotographer⁠
#daydreaming⁠
#mounttam

This wonderfully talented woman keeps popping up i

This wonderfully talented woman keeps popping up into my feed these days as she's been doing some pretty neat collaborations with some of my favorite shops. Lindsey of @leafandlolo is one of those people who just brings life and chicness to everything she touches. I had the pleasure of photographing her just days before I moved East and to date, it was one of my favorite editorial assignments. ⁠
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Her love and care for houseplants is incredibly infectious and she has built a really cool design business around the passion. If you are like me and strive to create an indoor oasis, I highly recommend checking out her feed where she has tons of tips and inspiration.⁠
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#californiainteriors⁠
#leafandlolo⁠
#editorialphotographer⁠
#californiadreamin⁠
#houseplants⁠
#bohochic

This rainy Cape Cod day has me reminiscing about w

This rainy Cape Cod day has me reminiscing about warm summer nights in California. This is one of my all time favorite pool scenes I photographed for @SonomaMag. I'm a huge fan of Merge Studios's landscape architecture work.⁠
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To all my California peeps, as you soak in today's sunshine, think of me and send a bit of warmth my way. I can sure use it!⁠
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#architecturalphotographer⁠
#californiaeditorial⁠
#editorialphotography⁠
#californiasummers⁠
#landscapearchitecure

I have some really fantastic clients, work in some

I have some really fantastic clients, work in some really gorgeous locations, and get to work with some really great vendors. This wedding at the end of last summer was one for the books. Well actually, it did end up getting a spread in @sonomamag wedding issue a couple months ago.⁠
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Social Media is a tough one for me. I'm often silent here in the meta world, but I really shouldn't be. The amount of gorgeousness I'm surrounded by really deserves to have a spotlight, so I have a challenge for myself. I'm going to post every damn day for one month strait. I know a lot of you are like "psh, that's nothing," but I also know there's a gagillion other creatives out there just like me who have a hard time putting themselves front and center.
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Are you an introverted creative that has to force yourself to let your light shine? If so, give me a holla!!⁠
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#sonomaweddingphotographer⁠
#norcalphotographer⁠
#buenavistawinery⁠
#pasteldreams⁠

Go figure I missed my Instagrammers obligatory "Fi

Go figure I missed my Instagrammers obligatory "First Day of Spring" post. So to make up for it, I'll share some shots from our Exodus adventures last month. We swam with pigs, relaxed by the ocean, hung with iguanas, and Milo became quick friends with a crab named Jerry. It was a good time and a much needed reprieve from the New England winter. ⁠
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Back home on Cape Cod...buds are just now breaking, weather is warming, and I'm starting to get hopeful that some sort of Spring isn't too far off.

I promised I'd share the story of why I choose Bec

I promised I'd share the story of why I choose Becca Studios as my new photography business name. So here it goes.⁠
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The simple answer is, Girl Power!⁠
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But, if you know me, you know I'm kinda complex. Nothing is as simple as two words (thanks to my overactive analytic philosophers mind), so here's the longer story:⁠
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Although it more likely started during the #MeToo movement in 2017, my true understanding of feminism didn't come to fruition until last year. Although I've always considered myself a feminist by design, I don't think I truly understood what that meant to me. It wasn't until one day while driving down the road that it hit me like a ton of bricks.⁠
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What I realized is that generation after generation all the women in my family (and every other family) have been stripped of their maternal identities. At birth, I was given my fathers name, at marriage, I took my husbands name and I hardly thought twice about it until that one day while driving down the road. My identity (at least by name) is remnants of the day when the doctrine of coverture emerged and women had no legal rights of their own. They were considered property of their fathers or their husbands.⁠
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That takes me to my new studio name - Becca Studios. The name symbolizes personal freedom as a woman entrepreneur. Becca is the name I most identify with personally and by removing the surname from the business I feel more connected to myself as an artist and female sole proprietor. ⁠
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#rebranding⁠
#entrepreneur⁠
#photographer

Today, I finally get to introduce you to my new id

My sweet little love has circled the sun 11 years

My sweet little love has circled the sun 11 years today! She is more lively than anyone I know and has an incredibly big heart. Happy birthday miss Banana Bean.

Heading into 2021 I believed our collective human

Heading into 2021 I believed our collective human experience would be as distorted as the year prior. But looking into the rear view mirror, I'm fascinated to see how we have all adapted in our own ways to the tribulations of a global pandemic. Some of us turned inward, some of us became more extroverted than ever before, some of us craved comfort, and some of us literally ran as fast as they could across the country (hi, that's me). But one thing that I saw across the board, is those with an entrepreneurial spirit saw opportunity in the pause.⁠
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The folks at @WestWineTours are some of the most innovative and passionate business people I know. Like so many, their industry was crushed in 2020, but they sure didn't wait for the world to hand them a green light and they came blazing into this last year with some new buses and new adventures both in Wine Country and in Austin, TX. ⁠
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Over the last couple years, so many small businesses have been rocked harder than they ever imagined they would be. As we see businesses like Amazon boom bigger than ever before, I hope moving forward into the New Year we can all take a little more time to support small, sustainable, and local. ⁠
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Happy New Year!!⁠
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#winecountrytours⁠
#californiabrandingphotographer⁠
#entrepreneurs ⁠
#lifestylephotographer

Over the years, one of the things that I've craved

Over the years, one of the things that I've craved the most as a sole proprietor, is the sense of being a part of team. Although I have had the pleasure of working with so many great companies and fellow vendors, there's something to be said for a big group of people all working together to build something great! When the opportunity arose to be the photographer for an incredible brewery (which I'm not quite sure contractually I'm allowed to tag here) I hopped on it. Knowing it would be intermittent work that I could do while still operating my business, I dove at the opportunity to work with some of the most talented and ambitious in the industry.⁠
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With three locations throughout Massachusetts's and Connecticut, breweries, taprooms, distillery, coffee roaster, CSA farm, and soon an music event venue, this beer label has given me the opportunity to explore my new state and meet some really awesome people along the way.⁠
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#massachusettsphotographer⁠
#newenglandphotographer⁠
#brandingphotography⁠
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#craftbrew

Nine years ago this amazing couple came into my li

Nine years ago this amazing couple came into my life looking for someone to photograph their Sonoma Wedding (still one of the most memorable to date). Little did I know in January of 2013 that our paths were going to keep crossing many times over the next decade. Since that wonderful day way back then, I have photographed four of their friends weddings and their family portraits. Last Spring I received a lovely note from them telling me how fond they are of Cape Cod as they both spent their childhood summers here. I was over the moon excited to hear that they were visiting over the summer and wanted me to photograph their growing family. ⁠
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It was my first family portrait captured here on The Cape and was so meaningful. This little slice of California familiarity came at the perfect time and the fact that it was them made it all the more special.⁠
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#PortraitPhotographer⁠
#LIfestylePhotographer⁠
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There is so much to share about Tommy's Place and

There is so much to share about Tommy's Place and I hope once you are done here you google it! An HGTV/ Disney type experience created as a dream vacation home on Cape Cod for kids fighting cancer. With 11 uniquely decorated rooms, library, music room, theater, outdoor wonderland, and game room just to name a few, this mecca was imagined by Tim O'Connell who championed a community of creatives to bring this repurposed hotel to fruition.⁠
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The vision came when Tim opened his Martha's Vineyard vacation home to an eight year old Grifyn who touched his life forever. Sadly, little Grifyn is no longer with us, but Tim rose to the moment and set out on a mission to provide a place of reprieve for pediatric cancer patients and their families right in the heart of Falmouth.⁠
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It's amazing to see the outpouring of support from community members who all came together to make this dream happen. People like Tim inspire me to be a better person, to do more for others, and reminds me to not take life and time for granted.⁠
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#CapeCodInteriors⁠
#CapeCodPhotographer⁠
#Dreamhome⁠
#VacationHome⁠
#GiftofGiving⁠
#Falmouth

All of us in the wedding industry took a huge blow

All of us in the wedding industry took a huge blow in 2020, so when events were able to start up again this past summer vendors and couples alike were ready to get the party going.⁠
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Photographing Marissa and Jocelyn's Kenwood wedding was absolutely magical. They're long awaited wedding day was full of laughter, sunshine, and a super cute Dog of Honor. It's amazing how resilient all my couples were throughout the pandemic as we all had to adjust to change, but there is a part of me that appreciates how working through the challenges brought a deeper sense of meaning to an already super meaningful day.⁠
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#CaliforniaWeddingPhotographer⁠
#WineCountryWeddings⁠
#Brides⁠
#LoveIsLove⁠
#SonomaWedding

For those who are celebrating Christmas today no m

For those who are celebrating Christmas today no matter where you are, who your with, or what your circumstances are, my hope is for you to have a beautiful day!

Can you even believe that we are only seven days a

Can you even believe that we are only seven days away from the end of 2021? Typically, I'm not overwhelmed with nostalgia at the years end, but now that we are finally settled in our new home on Cape Cod, I look back at the last 365 days and can't help but think, "damn...look what we have done." A welcome distraction and a window of opportunity caused us to uproot, move across the country, change schools three times, sell a house, buy a house (photo is not my house), remodel a house, find jobs, travel back to California several times, and begin to rebuild my business.⁠
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The first half of the year was solely focused on getting here and getting settled, but as soon as summer time rolled around, I hit the ground running doing the thing I most like doing - taking photos of pretty things. On my first trip back to NorCal I had the privilege of photographing another project for the talented designer @lindseyalbrechtdesign One of her first projects was this gorgeous Victorian remodel in downtown Napa which is home to Educated Guess Wines. She has an incredible aesthetic that feels both modern and inviting. ⁠
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2021 got me laser focused on what's important to me personally and professionally. In the coming weeks you are going to see some pretty big shifts in my photo business. After testing the waters for the past year, I will be continuing to work bi-coastal serving clients both in California and New England. ⁠
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#napaphotographer⁠
#interiorphotographer⁠
#interiordesign⁠
#Californiaphotographer⁠

Exactly one year ago today Heather and Adrian said

Exactly one year ago today Heather and Adrian said “I-Do” during the most beautiful and intimate pandemic minimony following the postponement of their big wedding day to this year. They officially tied the knot again this past weekend.

Congratulations @heatherrosegould and Adrian!

Although I wasn’t with them for their big Wine Country celebration this weekend, their more intimate affair last year was just as magnificent. As always, working with incredible talent like @quintanaevents and @aimeelomelidesigns is always an honor.

A little New England Spring charm! Hope you all h

A little New England Spring charm! Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend.

Just another Cape Cod sunset. The cloud coverage

Just another Cape Cod sunset. The cloud coverage was pretty thick and we didn't think we were going to get one last night, but lo and behold, there was enough thinning at the horizon that we got a sweet treat right as the sun was saying goodnight.