MEET YOUR FINGER LAKES WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER & VIDEOGRAPHER

Love was in the air.

We just didn’t know it right away.

Sara started out by opening a wedding videography company, and Mark came on to work with her. They became good friends and he encouraged her as she shifted toward wedding photography.

In 2019, we realized that we had the potential to be incredible creative partners and launched Wonder in Adagio. We also knew that couples would benefit from having a photo/video team that worked consistently together, for a seamless planning process and a stress-free wedding day.

A year later, after Mark confessed his love, we found ourselves in a new kind of partnership, and since then we’ve gotten married (atop a mountain in Colorado, no less!) and built an incredible blended family.

We know that your love story is just as unique and unexpected as ours is, and we’re eternally grateful for the opportunity to capture it in all its vivid, raw, lyrical detail.

Sara Jane
Photographer

If you tell me I probably can’t do something, I’m going to try. That’s how I spent four years on my high school cheerleading squad, and it’s also how I became a wedding photographer.

Hundreds of weddings later, it still gives me a thrill to pick up my camera and be there for my couples as they start a new chapter in life.

My own current chapter looks like being mom to 3 kids, devouring fantasy novels while Mark plays Halo beside me, and cracking escape rooms as a family of 5.

Mark
Videographer

This started out as a business partnership, but along the way I fell in love with Sara Jane—and her three kids. Being surrounded by love helps me recognize it in others so that I can share their story.

Recently, I’ve begun a new act as an electrician in addition to filming weddings. Working with my hands brings me joy—and allows me to come back to my creative work feeling refreshed.

We are obsessed with

SJB

Reading a fantasy romance book on our front porch

Call of Duty Tournaments (Go OpTic!)

Our favorite hobbies are

Coaching my daughters sports teams

Snowboarding and cable management (iykyk)

We are addicted to

Collecting journals

Sara's cooking

Our best dance move is

The running man

The whip

We’re deeply committed to:

Inclusivity

We support you and want you to feel at home, regardless of who you are or who you love. We’re outspoken allies for the queer community in the Finger Lakes and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

SERVICE

Photography isn’t just about making a living—it’s our chance to give back to the community around us as well.

TRANSPARENCY

We don’t gatekeep pricing. We’ll answer any questions you have, candidly. If we’re not the best fit, we’ll tell you—because you absolutely deserve the right photographer for you.

JOY

Having really great photos of yourselves should be easy and it should be fun. We’re here to bring the laughter and positive energy (and people tell us it’s impossible to be ‘camera-shy’ when we’re around.)

Individuality

We don’t expect our clients to fit into tidy boxes (that would be boring, and that’s not you). Instead, we absorb your vision for your wedding, along with your values, and then we shape our work around that.

What does “Wonder In Adagio” mean?

We’re music people—there’s nothing we love more than putting a record on to set the mood. “Adagio” is a musical term meaning “duet in harmony” (that’s us), and “wonder” has this dreamy, inquisitive feel. We like to think of it as “dreaming in duet”—which is how we approach our work together.

A Love Of Film Brought To Life With a Family Heirloom

I began my journey in photography with film, taking a class college where I learned to develop film in a darkroom. After a few years photographing weddings, I felt a disconnect from the digital world and turned to my Grampy's box of film cameras. Among the treasures was his cherished 1956 Yashica, my only medium format camera, along with two of his 35mm cameras.

Thinking about bringing these items with me to a wedding day, and capturing a love story and my couples legacy with a piece of my family history allows me to feel so connected to the story in front of me. It truly allows me to tell your story in the most authentic way possible.