Rae Barnes

I am pretty sure the first camera I picked up was a hot pink toy camera. I loved that thing! I regularly held "fashion" photo shoots in my home for only my closest friends growing up- complete with white bedsheets, a box fan, and plenty of outfit changes. I continued this obsessive behavior for getting the best shots of my friends through high school when I finally graduated from point-and-shoot to a completely manual Pentax 35mm. I don't think I realized that conducting photo shoots at home wasn't a normal thing to do to pass time until I got to college.

Weddings did not become my passion until I was given the opportunity fresh out of college to shoot one as THE ONLY professional photographer. Scared to death (but pumped about making a whopping $100), I accepted the offer, and my passion for photography, art and design has never been the same. What I once thought as the lowest form of photography became a whole new world full of emotional moments and beautiful sights.

Within a year of moving to the Adirondacks, I became a full-time wedding and portrait photographer living life doing what I love! With a Bachelors in Applied Art from Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, I combine my eye for details and my attention to spontaneous moments with my love for artistic portraiture to create your perfect wedding album. My aim with weddings is to make you feel the emotions of the day all over again every time you see the images I capture for you because I know firsthand how incredibly special that day is and how quickly it comes and goes. And, when it is all said and done, you have a spouse, a ring, and your photographs. You take care of getting the right spouse and ring, and I will do my best to get you the images you will want and need to help you remember the day you committed your life to another!