Anna Claire Photos

Elopements & weddings

About

THE HONOR OF BEARING WITNESS

My MISSION

EMPOWERING you to embrace the INTRICACIES of your LOVE story

and choose to celebrate your love in a way that leaves you feeling confident, present, and at peace.

EMPOWERING you
 to embrace the INTRICACIES of your story

Welcome!
I'm Anna.

Professional storyteller, empath, casual outdoorswoman, amateur whiskey enthusiast, and travel afficianado 

People ask me how I found my way to being a wedding photographer, specifically, and the answer is that I’m not really sure (which is kind of a garbage answer).

The truth is that I fell in love with photography because of landscapes and nature and wanting to bottle all of the beauty up (which is, of course, impossible) - but I found my way to weddings and elopements because I fell in love with stories and with people.

I fell in love with love stories, and the people in them - the catastrophe of love and the immensity of that emotion, but also the complete and utter vulnerability of it all. Weddings are, of course, fun and beautiful and joyful, but I consider it an enormous honor to be invited into some of your most poignant and vulnerable moments - declarations of love, in front of an audience or not, commitments of “until death do us part” (which is, actually, pretty incredible if you think about it too hard).

(you should think about it too hard, sometime)

I fell in love with photography as more of an anthropological experience than an art form.
A study of people, a study of relationships, a practice in noticing.
Where are you most comfortable?
What makes your eyes crinkle up in the corners? Your shoulders drop down from your ears?
I can guide you through any number of poses and make you look objectively good, but that’s not my biggest concern.
I want to see you in your most natural state - not the most precise, posed version of yourself.

You can ask me what to do with your hands, and I’ll absolutely tell you - but I’d rather you throw your arms around your partner’s neck the way you do every time they welcome you home.
Find the spot where your face fits into their neck, and just breathe for a quiet moment.

At the core of me is a messy, maximalist, introverted creative who desperately wants to challenge the way we approach the entire concept of weddings: recentering them around intentionality and presence, no matter what your celebration looks like.

to create HONEST and VULNERABLE images for the radically in love

My Vision

Welcome!
I'm Anna.

Professional storyteller, empath, casual outdoorswoman, amateur whiskey enthusiast, and travel afficianado 

People ask me how I found my way to being a wedding photographer, specifically, and the answer is that I’m not really sure (which is kind of a garbage answer).

The truth is that I fell in love with photography because of landscapes and nature and wanting to bottle all of the beauty up (which is, of course, impossible) - but I found my way to weddings and elopements because I fell in love with stories and with people.

I fell in love with love stories, and the people in them - the catastrophe of love and the immensity of that emotion, but also the complete and utter vulnerability of it all. Weddings are, of course, fun and beautiful and joyful, but I consider it an enormous honor to be invited into some of your most poignant and vulnerable moments - declarations of love, in front of an audience or not, commitments of “until death do us part” (which is, actually, pretty incredible if you think about it too hard).

(you should think about it too hard, sometime)



I fell in love with photography as more of an anthropological experience than an art form.
A study of people, a study of relationships, a practice in noticing.
Where are you most comfortable?
What makes your eyes crinkle up in the corners? Your shoulders drop down from your ears?
I can guide you through any number of poses and make you look objectively good, but that’s not my biggest concern.
I want to see you in your most natural state - not the most precise, posed version of yourself.

You can ask me what to do with your hands, and I’ll absolutely tell you - but I’d rather you throw your arms around your partner’s neck the way you do every time they welcome you home.
Find the spot where your face fits into their neck, and just breathe for a quiet moment.

At the core of me is a messy, maximalist, introverted creative who desperately wants to challenge the way we approach the entire concept of weddings: recentering them around intentionality and presence, no matter what your celebration looks like.

My Vision

to create HONEST and VULNERABLE images for the radically in love

QUICK FACTS

100% introverted
Obsessed with my cat, Autumn ^
Road Trips > Flying
would rather be barefoot
Fav Hobby: walking in the woods
Fav Hobby #2: reading
Fav cocktail: Gold Rush
Fav Tradition: LoTR Marathon

100% introverted
Obsessed with my cat, Autumn (see: left)
Road Trips > Flying
would rather be barefoot
Fav Passtime: Long walks in the woods
Fav Passtime #2: reading
Fav cocktail: Gold Rush
Fav Tradition: Lord of the rings marathon

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper

- w.B. YEATS

FOREVER INSPIRED BY

STORIES

TEXTURES 

PEOPLE

SHADOWS

NATURE

VALUES

Vulnerability
Inclusivity
Individuality
wonder
Quality & Professionalism
Excellent Service

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I can't wait to dream up your perfect day together!

let's work together