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Dakota Captures

Wanderer | Light Chaser | Artist
Pennsylvania Based | East Coast + Worldwide! Booking for 2026 + 2027!
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11/02/2026

The last taste of sunset summer lovin’ with the future Keller’s in the backroad flower fields! 💐

I couldn’t believe I stumbled upon this field at first, and that the wildflowers were still in bloom well into the month of September! I knew as soon as I saw it, it would make for the most amazing touch to K + G’s gallery of engagement photos! ✨

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10/30/2026

The fall sunsets have truly not disappointed this year, and the sky went above and beyond the night we were out and about for Savannah + Mike’s engagement session! 💗

At our session, Savannah was telling me the story of how Mike planned to propose to her on the beach at sunset on their vacation over the summer, and how she mentioned her admiration for the sunset on their drive to the beach that evening. But with delayed arrival to the proposal spot, the sun was almost full set by the time they got out to the shore.

Naturally, this evening that we got to photograph their love story felt like the perfect ode to where their story started, and getting a chance to photograph with an amazing sunset scape behind them. Now, it is not only something they get to admire from their memories, but something they get to cherish for their forever together in their photos. I absolutely love stories like this and how perfectly it shows that everything always happens in the right timing ✨🌞

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10/27/2026

Obsessed is an understatement ✨✨🌅
Spent a glowing October evening with Cami + Ryan capturing their engagement photos with their pups! 🍂
Watching these two love each other so beautifully and joyfully made for such a fun and perfect session full of laughter, love, and special memories. Looking back at these photos feels like a dream, and the sun really was working in every which way for us to snag some of the most amazing photos! Cheers to this wonderful couple and their next adventure!💛
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10/24/2026

Let me set the scene… It’s a perfect, 72 degree sunset in Central PA, and you’re over looking the water while the colorful sunset slowly starts to paint the sky. You can feel the warm glow of the sun on your skin, and you’re sitting next to your special person. Summer is fading, but you know this moment is one that you will look back on and reminisce in those feelings of warmth and joy. This is exactly how Sam + Hailey’s perfect engagement photoshoot felt ✨

When Hailey reached out to me about what location her and Sam had picked for their engagement photos, I excitedly answered back with “I just added this spot on my must-shoot photo location list this Spring!” and it got me thinking… My job is sometimes a lot of being at the right place, at the right time. And sometimes that’s just how life tends to work out, and this time it felt no different.

After we arrived, Hailey explained that this exact place is where her sister got her engagement photos done, and it gave me chills! A true full circle moment getting to photograph an amazing couple whose roots run deep at this special spot, along with a getting officially add this beautiful location to my list of local favorites! 🌿🌅

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10/22/2026

The McHugh’s!!!!✨⛲️💐
An amazing August day celebrating Lindsey + Robbie’s love! This day, venue, and couple are truly what I dream about and will rave about for years to come! Wishing for more beautiful wedding days just like this one forever and ever! 🤍

venue: Flourish Farmette
coordinator: Celebrate by Kate LLC
dj: ㄗąཞﾅץ ϻɪқɛ™

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09/16/2026

The Smuckers 💍✨⛪️🤍
So many memories, belly laughs, and smiles from this amazing wedding day. Every wedding day is uniquely special in its own way, and every one of them are worth remembering. This perfect mid-summer celebration that was surrounded in so much love and joy. An iconic wedding day for a family that has let me capture every step of their journey. I will say this time and time again, I truly cannot believe this is my career and getting to capture the best days and milestones of our lives. Someone pinch me!🥹
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09/11/2026

Turning the page from summer to fall, and ended a beautiful season on the dockside for Lauren + Reed’s engagement session! I cannot wait for their wedding day next year! ✨🛶
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07/31/2026

This gorgeous morning elopement with Sam + Kaylin in Acadia National Park certainly did not disappoint! Cannot even believe this is my real life and what I get to do everyday! 🎞️🫶🏼⭐️✨🌲
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07/28/2026

The Sharayko’s ✨✨✨
There truly is only one word I can use to describe Allena + Nick’s wedding day. Incredible. After seeing rain in the forecast and dealing with some unexpected storms before the ceremony, the clouds parted just in time for a perfect, intimate celebration that was shared amongst Allena + Nick’s closest friends and family. And I can’t think of a better way to show of their day then with the amazing golden hour portraits we snagged to end off the night! 🌿
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07/05/2026

Baking Baby Engle! 🌿🍼
This session was extra special and will be one I hold close to my heart for a long time. As some of you know brit is one of my very first, if not the first, of my childhood best friends. Growing up, we lived just houses away, and being with each other almost every weekend or week night we could after school. And yes, we were those girls who made up dances to show our parents to convince them to let us have a sleepover on a school night… But as time passed, we never strayed or lost touch, but grew closer and started creating new memories through girls vacation trips, and even through the photography industry with having Brittany by my side for long car rides and wedding days. (Shoutout Brittany for being the best second shooter on this side of the Mississippi!!!)
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And as I sit here writing this post, I realize how fast time has gone, and although we aren’t those little girls we once were, now I am watching her become an even more amazing and beautiful woman that I always knew she was. And this time, I have double the love to give as she embarks on this chapter of motherhood, and parenthood with Phil. I am so blessed to have such a special friendship with these two lovely humans, and being asked to photograph their special moment to share with the world. I think I am living on cloud nine right now and I’m not ready to give it up just yet. I cannot wait for baby’s arrival and to shower my new bestie with so much lovin’!🤍✨

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