If you’re new around here or you don’t know much about the girl behind the camera, here are some fun facts about me!  1. MY FIRST CAREER WAS AS A BOAT CAPTAIN IN THE CARIBBEAN!  Growing up we spent every summer living + sailing on our family’s 40 foot sailboat on the Chesapeake Bay. Right […]

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Maria Burton Photography as a boat captain!

CALINDY + JASON | JUNE 23, 2018 | FORT ADAMS, NEWPORT, RI  It’s rare to hear of a couple whose relationship grows stronger with distance. But that’s what exactly what happened to Calindy + Jason! These two met in New Orleans on separate work trips and after a few weeks pursued one another.  Before long […]

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bride and groom inside Fort Adams for formal photos

NEWPORT, RI NAUTICAL ENGAGEMENT | AUGUST 2018 | GOAT ISLAND + OCEAN DRIVE Know those old Jcrew ads with models sporting all things preppy and chic on glistening yachts? Yeah. I remember them too. And Hannah + Andrew could have been those models! Their nautical engagement session in Newport was everything those ads were…except we […]

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SAVANNA + MATT | MAY 19, 2019 | UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH + GOOSEBERRY BEACH CLUB, NEWPORT, RI It’s hard to believe that Savanna and Matt are coming up on their one year wedding anniversary! Their traditional chic New England wedding at Gooseberry Beach Club in Newport was just a Featured Wedding in Newport Life Magazine! […]

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Gooseberry Beach Club Wedding Photos

KELSEY + NICK | JUNE 2, 2017 | GLEN MANOR HOUSE, PORTSMOUTH, RI Having both grown up on the water in Rhode Island, Kelsey and Nick wanted a Coastal Rhode Island Wedding. Kelsey grew up visiting her grandparent’s Nantucket home every summer, so hydrangeas and a coastal vibe were her style. Glen Manor House was […]

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Coastal Rhode Island Wedding

I started a Book Club. Like actually sent out an email to a group of women and said, let’s start a Book Club… I remember being like 12 years old and my MOM participating in a Book Club. Which inevitably turned into a wine of the month club. But I remember thinking, that’s what women […]

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Rhode Island book club 2019 picks

ALLISON + BOBBY | OCTOBER 2018 | OCEAN DRIVE ENGAGEMENT SESSION Ocean Drive Engagement Sessions are high on my list of Newport engagement locations. Especiallyyyyy when my clients have MOPEDS. Bonus! Our engagement sessions are such a special time. I love getting to know my clients and create ease in style + “poses” before the […]

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Newport Engagement photos on moped on Ocean Drive

Kelsey + Nick | January 2018 | Winter Maternity Session Just two years ago we were raising glasses of champagne to Kelsey + Nick at their Coastal Rhode Island Wedding at Glen Manor House!  And now we will be raising baby bottles! Kelsey and Nick are pregnant with a sweet baby boy due in April […]

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Little Compton Winter Maternity Session

Jaimie + Josh | September 7, 2018 | Glen Manor House, Portsmouth, RI Jaimie and Josh met by chance the summer of 2009 while Jaimie was home from college and Josh was starting his career. It was a deep friendship that developed over the course of a few summers before developing into a romantic relationship!  […]

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Romantic Wedding photos at Glen Manor

January’s Finding Flow I’m starting a new series here, inspired by a design blog I follow, Emily A Clark! If you ever need simple design inspiration she’s your girl! Emily also does a killer monthly review on all her “good things”. My new series, Finding Flow, will include little snippets of things that I found […]

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Bernese Mountain Dog Whiskey ready to read

I'm a New England wedding and portrait photographer living in the quaint seaside town of Tiverton, Rhode Island with my husband Andrew and our 100 lb. lap dogs, Moose & Whiskey. 

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