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Hello! I am Jessica Notargiacomo, an event and commercial photographer located in Woodstock Vermont but available for projects anywhere in the world.
I fell in love with the process of photography as a teen. Being attracted to rules, organization, and procedure, the darkroom was my sanctuary.
While pursuing my photography degree in Philadelphia I could not get enough of lighting, large format cameras, and the business that held it all together. Most importantly though, I fell in love with people and their stories. I learned how to tell your stories through my images from some of the best professional photographers in Philadelphia. They mentored me, hired me to run their studios and trusted me with their clients.
In 2007 I started a photography business in the Washington DC area with a friend and fellow photographer who was my opposite. We built and ran a very successful business for 9 years as Paired Images. However, after spending so much time focusing on business my entire being was calling for change and adventure.
My husband and I build out a van and spent most of 2016 traveling the country, hiking and climbing. It was one of the most challenging but rewarding things we’ve ever done. We decided to settle near my parents in Woodstock Vermont. Surrounded by the mountains we have found the calm and stillness we were looking for in our new home.
MY STYLE.
While I am naturally calm and somewhat reserved while documenting events, I am also quick to laugh and will use my experience to help you when needed. My goal is to make your event and the images awesome. I do this with minimal interruption. I am a very deliberate and patient shooter with a photojournalist style, but get bossy when it’s time for group portraits. My work is clear, consistent and honest. I prefer to work with the light around me, but will create my own when necessary. After the formalities are behind us you will find me on the dance floor.
PRICING.
For full day wedding coverage my fee starts at $5000. Please contact me for a complete price list or if your event requires customized pricing. If you are planning a commercial session please contact me with the details to receive a quote.
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TESTIMONIALS
“Jessica is an incredibly talented photographer. Photography is not the ability to take a picture with a camera, but the ability to capture memories and moments that would otherwise be forgotten. Jessica’s natural approach to capturing these seems effortless. She has taken photos of my family for many years starting way back when we got married in 2011. She captured that day, getting our first dog, welcoming our daughter into our family, annual photos of her growing and much more. I will be forever thankful for these memories we will always have.”
“Jessica has provided Equal Exchange and me, personally, not only with superlative photographs, but also with a unique artistic eye. She has a knack for catching the moment, even before you know a moment has happened. Her strength is in her visual composition. Her framing, angles and lighting make her photographs brilliant and unique. I have traveled with her to Peru and the product she provided has helped my company and me, as a sales manager, tell our story in ways we never knew possible. I highly recommend her and hope that I have many chances to hire her in the future. It was a true pleasure. ”
“Talented, professional and fun photographer! Highly recommend!
My husband and I cannot recommend Jessica enough!! We first met Jessica when she took our engagement photos in Woodstock and asked her then and there to be our wedding photographer. Jessica is a fantastic photographer with an eye for storytelling and a really wonderful ability to capture emotions and beautiful details. She’s professional, consistently goes above and beyond and is a lot of fun to work with (which is saying a lot coming from two people who really don’t enjoy having their photos taken!). Jessica visited our wedding venue ahead of time to scout out photo locations and meet our coordinator and found us a second shooter at the 11th hour (who turned out to be one of her closest friends and a very talented photographer as well!) We also very much appreciated Jessica’s style of being discrete but there for every single important moment. We’ve already seen Jessica again to take family photos for us with our new puppy. We’re so lucky to have found Jessica and highly recommend her to anyone looking for an excellent photographer.”
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