SM.P & co
A collective of photographers documenting weddings, love and noteable life events.
The SM.P Collective
One of the most rewarding parts of life is community and collaboration. My journey as an artist began in rooms full of other creatives, observing each other’s processes, feeding off the creative energy, collaborating, and offering critique. As I built SM.P, I simultaneously and intuitively built a community of artists and photographers around me. The amazing artists I’ve grown to call friends and work alongside have been one of the most nurturing and rewarding parts of the SM.P journey. At some point along the way I realized that a large part of the SM.P creative process was solo - and I knew I wanted more collaboration and community. An intention began to loosely form in my heart. In 2017 SM.P & co was born, a collective of incredibly talented and inspiring photographers & videographers whom I manage and collaborate with. It’s been one of those unexpectedly kismet experiences and I’m so honored to have this opportunity to match my wonderful clients with the best of photographers.
We’re a small team of artful wedding photographers and videographers…
working with couples across the country. We capture the natural, honest moments in a refined and timeless photographic style. Our philosophy is simple. We’re not fitting your story into a box, we’re witnessing it and gently shaping it as it authentically unfolds. It’s a careful weaving together of your authentic identity and our vision—each client’s experience is individual and personal.
Allison & Bobby at The Barn on Walnut Hill — Photographed by Ashley
Meet Ashley
Senior Associate Photographer
A Mother and an artist, life brought Ashley from Massachusetts to live in Maine, photographing weddings all over New England along the way. With over a decade of experience behind the camera, Ashley has grown and developed into an accomplished documentary photographer. Her artistic merit is in noticing people and capturing the uniqueness of their story. Ashley's clients feel instantly cared for, comfortable and at ease with her.
When she isn't photographing weddings, she's a woman of the woods exploring, foraging and homesteading with her daughter. She loves traveling on weekends to weddings, and her personal favorite place to photograph is the rocky coast of Maine with its raw beauty.
It’s Jo
Principal Videographer
Jo is a Puerto Rican videographer who landed in a small Maine fishing village with her husband and their now daughter. Jo can often be found working on projects to restore their historic clapboard home by the ocean, tending her ever-growing garden, or pausing to capture the world through her own unique and thoughtful lens . She moonlights as an amateur gymnast, is active in the fine-art non-profit sector, and hosts a community radio show with her husband on the local public radio station. An eclectic an incredibly talented artist, and an experience commercial videographer of fifteen year, the SM.P team is lucky to have her. Jo is much admired for the way she honors her subjects through her creations, and truly invests in witnessing them.
Making films that tell a story is Jo’s mission. She uses her own visual language and expertise to create truly beautiful and remarkable memories for our client’s.
About Dave
Senior Associate Photographer
Dave is a photographer’s photographer. Most people know he’s an incredibly talented image maker, but only another photographer can truly appreciate the depth of his craft and skill. Born and raised in Philly, Dave’s passion for being outside in nature brought him to live with his wife and two children in Maine. Having been a photographer for twenty years, he learned with film and has an incredibly timeless style of glowy beautiful images. He appreciates quality over quantity, and values printing photographs.
An avid kayaker in Summer, Dave spends Winter snowboarding with his kids on the local ski hill. He can be found all over New England on assignment for Downeast Magazine, and photographs a limited number of weddings per year.
Philosophy
Ego is not our priority, who you are is our priority. We are present at your wedding to witness and gently shape your story as it authentically unfolds, never to fit you into a box.
Client’s know our photography to be comprehensive, thoughtful, and artistic. They trust that we are their advocate; in that we prioritize and value what they prioritize and value while bringing our own strong sense of expertise. What you want and who you are is as important as our vision, it’s a careful weaving together of the two and each client's experience is individual and personal.
We are dedicated to helping you feel present and not overwhelmed, throughout the booking process, and especially on the day of your wedding. It’s important that you feel transported to your wedding day and to a sense of elation when you open up your photography gallery for the first time.
FAQ
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Each Associate is a highly experienced wedding photography/videography artist who is subcontracted by the SM.P studio. Having Associates allows SM.P to offer more clients our style of photography and experience. We love the opportunity to capture a wider variety of wedding clientele. When you book an SM.P Associate, you are hiring SM.P as a business and brand experience. You work hand in hand through the planning process with both Sarah & your Associate Photographer/Videographer. The day of the wedding and/or engagement session, your Associate Photographer and their assistant exclusively capture your day. All of your wedding photograph post-processing, delivery and more is handled directly by Sarah & the SM.P team and images are edited in Sarah’s signature style.
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Associates are selected carefully based on their experience, professionalism, style of photography and technical skill. Each team member is specifically chosen as an SM.P Associate because their style is a seamless match for our style. That being said, we love that everyone has their unique vision and brings something special to the collective. What is synonymous throughout SM.P is the way we all approach the wedding day with attention to detail and care.
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We would love to share these with you! So glad you asked, we want every clients to be familiar with their photographer’s work and sure that it’s a good fit for them.
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Absolutely - we value the importance of building connection. After you’ve initially chatted with Sarah, if you’d like to set up a video or phone chat with you photographer let us know.
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After booking, Sarah will continue to be your primary contact, but your Associate Photographer/Videographer will be CCd on all communication and kept abreast of developments. In the 1-2 months prior to the wedding your photographer will schedule final planning meeting directly with you to create a schedule and go over final details.
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Contact Sarah to schedule an inital phone meeting, choose your package, and then you simple review and sign a quote and contract, and complete a fifty percent deposit on the total pacakge.