Your wedding day is a bold act of devotion
the weight of it.
For the ones who feel everything
Your people will be gathered in one place. The joy and the grief, the history and the hope — all of it layered into one room, one day, one moment at a time. There will be trembling hands. There will be someone in the back who breaks first. There will be the people who made your love story possible, just by making you who you are.
Years from now you won't remember the flowers or the timeline. You'll remember how it felt to be so loved, all at once. That's what I'm here to preserve.
Not just how it looked, but the weight of it.
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Every wedding holds a lifetime of feeling.
FROM THE MOMENT THAT STEALS YOUR BREATH
TO THE ONE THAT SETS THE ROOM ON FIRE
The woman behind the lens
meet sammy
I did not get here
the normal way.
I'm a destination wedding photographer based between Lake Tahoe and Aspen, traveling worldwide for couples who know their day is going to be something worth remembering.
I spent years in architecture and tech — Google, WeWork, environments that sharpened my eye for structure, light, and how people move through space, before I packed a van named Felicia and drove across the American West with a camera and no plan. Not to chase something. To choose a life that felt aligned.
What I found on that road reshaped everything I understood about courage, devotion, and love. Now I bring all of it to your wedding day.
I'll also fix your veil, wiggle my way into the middle of a dance floor, and find the frame that makes your grandmother cry when she sees it.
What I found on that road reshaped everything I understand about courage, devotion, and love. Now I bring all of it to your wedding day.
I'm still bawling!!!
These are seriously the best wedding photos I have ever seen!
— ciara & connor
what we create together.
offered sessions
elopements
weddings
story sessions
love letters I won't soon forget
"Whatever you paid that photographer was worth it. Probably the best wedding pics I've ever seen anywhere."
aly & chris
"More beautiful than we ever imagined. Natural, romantic & cinematic! All at once!”
maddie & nick
"SAMMY!! HOW ARE YOU SO TALENTED?! We are crying, laughing, crying, laughing. I am in loooooooove."
kris & kyle
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Andrea & Lucas
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