10/30/2026
Boston City Hall elopement, Halloween week. He wore a dinosaur head we found at the City Registrar’s door and she matched his energy with a witch’s hat.
And that set the tone for our time together. Found fabulousness.
No two sessions I photograph look alike, because no two couples are alike. I don’t show up with a shot list. I show up paying attention to how you laugh, what makes you break character, and what the city is offering that afternoon. Humor is my favorite thing to work with. Give me a couple who will try anything and a neighborhood already half-dressed for Halloween, and we’ll build the rest together.
We started in the Public Garden, under the last gold leaves and the willows, with a squirrel who insisted on being in the portrait (separate post to come!). Then we wandered into Beacon Hill at its most theatrical. A spider bigger than the groom. Two mummies who needed a third. A doorway with red velvet and glossy pumpkins that was asking for a vampire. A cantina with a costumed welcoming committee. A man in a pumpkin onesie strolling past like it was any other Tuesday.
None of it was planned. All of it was theirs.
That’s what I mean by embracing every opportunity. The city keeps handing you moments. My job is to notice them, say yes, and make sure you’re laughing when they happen. We could’ve gone generic. I’m so glad we didn’t.
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