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Why I redid my website all by myself and how that process really went.

October 31, 2023

Welcome to the Website (Kara’s Version)

One year, three half marathons, 2 countries, half a dozen states, and 500 miles later… what it looks like to pick up running and just go.

July 5, 2023

Still Swift AF Boi

A couple on their elopement day in Death Valley National Park in California, out of focus but looking at each other, and the full bright moon behind them is in focus

Twelve months worth of favorite dreamy and candid photos from New York City based traveling destination wedding and elopement photographer Kara McCurdy

January 1, 2023

2022 | A Year in Love

My First Destination Elopement by Kara McCurdy Photography

How I booked my first destination elopement as a photographer, what I wish I knew, and what I do differently now to avoid those same mistakes.

April 24, 2021

My First Destination Elopement

Kara McCurdy Photography’s favorite wedding, anniversary, and engagement photos in and around NYC from 2020. As we lean into the new year, we review the past.

December 27, 2020

Three Cheers for 2020: A Year in Review

My love for small and local businesses runs deep. I grew up in small town Ohio, where Main Street was the only street, and the local baker knew me by name by the time I was 5 (aka, the age when I was old enough to pick up Saturday morning donuts on my own). Everything […]

April 12, 2020

Helping Small Businesses Affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic

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