Emily Karcher Photography, LLC

10/22/2026

A number of people have reached out about photographing their senior (or their whole family) this fall, and I have a few mini session openings remaining for this upcoming beachy session in Edgewater early next month. If you're interested, I will send you all the details prior to booking, so message me!
https://book.usesession.com/s/m26C6K9Qpt

09/29/2026

18 years of keeping it real. Real incredible, that is! Happy birthday to the one who first taught me how insanely much I could love and care about and protect and be in awe of another human who'd grow to make me endlessly laugh and feel like I'm the one who's always learning. No one could have prepared me for the sometimes wild ride we'd be on over the years, but then again no one could have prepared me for how lucky I'd feel to be the mom I am to this boy and his siblings. Today I find myself looking up to him, and not only because he is much bigger than me. I will *always* stop time if it means extra time with him.

09/23/2026

🍂🍂🍂Now would be a perfect time to share that I will be announcing fall mini session dates and locations very soon. I schedule these around my already-scheduled full sessions and weddings/mitzvahs, and my senior portrait work is more popular than ever, so my dates this year are quite full (and I am so grateful for YOU!). At least one of these mini session dates will be in November. A number of my usual mini session families have reached out, so stay tuned.

And if you're a family who'd like to join us for the first time (or the first time in a while), send me a message and I'll add you to the email I always send out to my existing clients to grab their slots first (also my way of saying thank you for trusting me year after year). I love seeing your beautiful faces and getting to catch up on all the latest in your lives each time. Happy fall! There's so much to look forward to! 🩷☕🎃🍎

08/25/2026

CrHS families - here are my photos from yesterday's incredible Senior Sunrise! These were already shared with the Class of 2027 FB group but if you still need the download PIN, just let me know and I'm happy to send it to you. Enjoy!! ❤☀

Photo collection by Emily Karcher Photography, LLC

07/19/2026

What did it look like? Important, yes. BUT WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE?

That's the most important question I want to unveil every time I pick up my camera. For every session, every event, every single time spent together is something that feels a certain way. It's my job to set the stage for you to feel amazing, and your photos to reflect that back to you forever.

So looking forward to this ever-so-sweet couple's wedding this fall. (But...I'm not yet looking forward to fall. Anyone who knows me knows that....which is why I loved this pretty springtime session with ALLLL THE FLOWERSSSSS and the sunshine. I can never get enough! ). 🌷😎 🩷

06/08/2026

The most beautiful pre-prom party on a perfect June evening. It was such a pleasure on Thursday to photograph all the excitement (and nerves!) as these seniors and their parents celebrated together before the kids boarded their bus. Hiring a photographer allowed everyone to fully experience these moments while I captured what looked like an actual fairy tale. Time waits for no one (Cinderella will tell you!), so what a smart idea for occasions like proms and homecomings that go so quickly. This way, everyone gets to savor the sweetness a little longer, all dressed up with their favorite people (I see you, fairy godmothers).

(Speaking of savoring, the incredible food and sweet treats were provided by chef Perri Cuttriss and ).

A special congratulations to all of these kids who graduated today as well. What a week! 🌷🎉

06/03/2026

Crofton High School Class of 2026 has kept me wonderfully, gratefully, beautifully busy for almost a full year now, and I've loved every single minute with these kids and their families. They are eager and funny and intelligent and engaging and humble and resilient and determined.

They graduated this evening, and let me be the first (photographer) to say CONGRATULATIONS with virtual open arms and a big hug. This is not goodbye; it's just the beginning!

Now, go out and save us all, please and thank you! But no pressure. But actually. 🙏

Much love and luck to each of you -- I’ll be over here always cheering you on! ❤️💛🖤

06/01/2026

About a year ago I tasted my first giant chomp of concert photography at The Anthem and ever since, am fully in love with every part of it. I crave creating art for artists, and luckily I've got no shortage of those under my own roof now, including my oldest -- a guitarist who both writes his own music and can seemingly play any covers that come his way as well. Photographing concerts is full throttle sensory mode from the first note and the first interaction with the crowd. Capturing the feeling and the energy is both a tall order and total thrill while everything is happening at once. These kids crushed it on Saturday night. They have more gigs to come, so follow for all the info.
...and if you're a musician, your photo pit's probably calling my name, so let me know how I can help show you off.

05/10/2026

Late last night, I returned from a week in North Carolina, photographing a large group of cancer survivors -- some fully still immersed in treatment, some praying they never see another form of PET scans or chemo again. Many of them mothers, many wishing they could be. Some losing much-loved mothers, sisters and pregnancies (🙋‍♀️) because of cancer. But they are so much more than cancer or survivors. Individually, they are funny and creative and determined and insightful and insanely intelligent and captivating and quirky and ridiculoulsy beautiful. As a whole, they are a force. Every time I do this, and we're all sharing one house in the Outer Banks, I stop and wonder...if only people out on the beach knew the absolute power that is under this one roof in a white shingled house at Milepost 9.5, they'd never believe it. Think Marvel superhero level x100 inside each little bedroom. Today, I'm cheering for every mom. For every form of mom. Including the ones wishing and missing and hoping beyond words that they can continue being present alongside their favorite people at every age. If you can, I'd love it if you can please send each of these women (and others we know in the fight) your best wishes and prayers. I still have my port and I'm still in longterm treatment, and I understand more than I wish I did how layered life with cancer can be. It is a beautiful thing that and lets us peel back the onion for just a week to get back to our non-cancer, adventure-seeking selves, embracing all the beauty that was there before and will forever be.
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05/02/2026

Happy gallery arrival day to these two cuties whose March wedding ushered in the first day of spring with flowers, sunshine and the funniest bridal party. 🌷🌷