Connecticut

I am a hardworking, focused and energetic individual that enjoys all aspects of the shooting process... My style is very non-obstructive, combined with an artistic, organic and photojournalistic feel. Photojournalism is a unique and powerful form of visual storytelling, and I feel best represents the candid emotion of a wedding day. With a wedding, you practically have a beautiful story built right into your images. Being responsible for transforming those emotions, characters, scenes and actions into lifetime memories, is absolutely priceless.

Photographing the life in your life. Bold vibrant colors. Powerful black and whites. Moments of joy. Spontaneous, practically combusting, expressions of love.

I am a self-proclaimed nerd and total goofball who is always up for an adventure with my camera in tow, especially if it means going to the beach.

I love to travel. I've seen every episode of Star Trek (told you, nerd!). And food. Did I mention food? Cooking it, eating it, just talking about food - it all works for me.

I have been blessed to find "home" on three different continents, and I speak fluent English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

My first love was photography. My greatest love is my family. My husband and I have a full house with three children and Tag the dog.

Things are busy but, as they say in Brazil, life is like a bicycle - when you stop moving, you fall over. So here's to always pedaling forward!

I'm the photographer that might climb a tree to get the perfect shot. I'm the photographer that might have to calm your mother-in-law down when the groomsmen pose naked with nothing but bridesmaids' bouquets in front of them. I'm the photographer that is going to go out of her way to capture the perfect moments, not just the posed ones.
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I am going to capture the look of love in your eyes, the genuine giggle of a child and the raw emotion of a groom when he sees his bride for the first time. I'm not about copying another "jumping" bridal party photo. I'm not about making you pose in a cheesy formation. I'm about real. I'm about genuine. I'm about creativity, and I'm about art. I will capture your most celebrated moments with a piece of my artistry. I have a creative twist, a unique one and something fearless.

​You will love what I do.

Jacklyn's edge lies in her unique ability to deeply engage and connect with people through energy and emotion. This connection allows her to co-create with her clients, and produce photographs that go way beyond the ordinary. Well known for her photojournalism with a hyper-realistic feel, she is one of the most sought-after photographers anywhere, traveling extensively to capture real moments of love, strength, and beauty. Her travels have taken her throughout the United States and around the world, from the beaches of the Maldives to the waterfalls of Iceland, from the historic cities of Europe to the rainforests of Belize.

Jacklyn as an Educator: With a deep desire to share her love of photography Jacklyn has 10 years of experience educating photographers. With over 40 engagements for the industry's top education sites, workshops, and conferences, her classes have been featured by Gather & Soar, The Wedding School, WPPI, Foundation Conference, BodaF Mexico, and Canada Photo Convention making her one of the most recognized and celebrated photographers in the world.

Jacklyn loves: The great outdoors, traveling, sushi, music, family, good friends... and Chris. (And Koda too, of course!)

Chris approaches photography with a fresh adventurous spirit and a heart that stays wide open. He is always looking for new experiences and ways to make people feel special and look their best. His compassion was forged over two decades as a radiographer in Level 1 trauma centers across the U.S., bringing out true love and understanding of how vulnerability connects us and makes us all beautiful.

The artist in Chris combines with his love for science, pushing him forward to explore new techniques, angles, and ideas in photography, and his photographs are widely considered to be both trend-setting and timeless. His empathy allows him to stay connected and devoted to creating deeply personal and authentically beautiful work. For Chris, a photograph is like a song that you listen to over and over, evoking memory and new emotions as the years go by.

Chris finds his inspiration through relationships and his love for nature. Traveling with Jacklyn for work and pleasure, he has photographed the most stunning places on earth and spent months in the wilderness of North America, most recently traveling to Katmai in Alaska to photograph brown bears.

Chris loves: Making others feel special, cooking, laughing, fine whiskey, getting off the beaten path... and Jacklyn. (And Koda too, of course!)

I love exploring the emotions and elements of a couple's wedding day. Every wedding is unique, not just the colors and theme of the wedding, but each couple, family and experience.

Bonus for me... I also love wedding cake.

Tony has been documenting life for over 15 years, from his college newspaper to over eight years at one of the more prominent newspapers in Pennsylvania. Seeking a more exciting adventure, he left solid ground to sail around the world with Semester at Sea as their staff photographer.

Upon his return, he lived in Washington, DC for a few years where he was the primary photographer for one of the largest universities in the heart of the city. After he married his beautiful wife, an assistant professor at Yale University, they moved to New Haven, CT and now have a beautiful baby boy. He's been working with JAGstudios for three years.