Morristown, NJ Photographer servicing Northern & Central New Jersey

Hey there! I’m Dawn!

Thanks for stopping by!

First things first…my name is Dawn...not Jade :) Jade is my daughter's name and she is 100% my muse & the reason I started this little biz of mine, so who better to name it after in my opinion!

Second…I love pretty light! My favorite time to schedule your session is about 1-2 hours before sunset for this reason. That golden glow makes me so happy!

I am a Brooklyn girl born & raised (on the playground is where I spent most of my days….sorry I couldn’t help myself. Did I just age myself there?) but call New Jersey my home for the past 13 years. I love spending all my time with my husband, our sweet daughter & two cute fur babies, Oreo & Ollie.

I’m addicted to Starbucks (sorry Dunkin), Anthropologie, cats, red wine, avocado toast, plants & Eminem…who saw the Super bowl??

I feel like I always knew I would end up in some sort of creative field….even though I started out wanting to be a veterinarian as a child…don’t most kids with a strong love of animals want to be that at some point? Once I got into high school I was always taking art classes as my electives…I even took a photography class, even though fashion was more on my radar. I ended up going to college for Fashion Design, worked as a kids clothing designer in the fashion industry for many, many years…until I had my daughter & at that time fell in love with photography. Like the old story goes…I became obsessed with taking pictures of her. The mom with the camera, trying to document it all before that milestone became a memory. Many years later, lots of learning and growing & I have to say that love it even more now. I finally took the leap in 2017 to officially became a small business. It’s been A LOT of work having a small biz but it’s also so, so rewarding! My number 1 reason for doing this is getting to make my own hours so I can be there for my daughter but I have also met so many amazing people & friends along the way. It’s opened up so many doors.

In 2020 one of those doors opened & I met a big goal of mine in the photography industry. I became a Click Pro Elite! You can read more about that HERE.

One important thing that parenthood has shown me is just how crazy fleeting childhood is. I swear I blinked & my daughter is a tween! But having these pictures to look back on let’s us relive those fleeting moments….at least until someone invents that time machine…than we can just go back and relive them over & over :)

I hope you enjoy being here! I truly look forward to hearing from you & maybe even working together to capture your families crazy fleeting moments.

If you are in the Morristown, NJ area & are looking for a New Jersey photographer to document those memories or just have some questions, click that “Let’s Connect” button below.

Follow along on my Instagram as well as my Facebook! I post more on Instagram but I also share sneak peeks from your session over on Facebook.

"a photograph keeps a moment from running away" -eudora welty

-Dawn xoxo

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*images by stacy mae photography