I'm Marcela, a wedding photographer based in Northern Michigan, working wherever love takes my couples.
I believe the most beautiful photographs happen when no one is performing. So I arrive early, move quietly, and pay attention to the moments in between: a hand reaching for another, a father's breath before the aisle, the laugh no one planned.
Off duty, I'm a wife and a mother of three. Family is the center of my life, which is why I photograph yours with such care. These are the images your children will hold one day.
I take a limited number of weddings each year, so each couple receives my full attention, from the first conversation to the final gallery.
ABOUT ME
THE FACE BEHIND THE LENS
Photography, to me, is an act of devotion. Not simply the preservation of an image, but of a feeling — the quiet glance, the held breath, the love that will not fade. I photograph so that years from now, you can return to this day and feel it exactly as it was.
emotional stories
TIMELESSNESS
romanticism
CONNECTION
intimacy
AUTHENTICITY
MY VALUES
Most of what you'll remember about your wedding, you won't actually remember. The day moves too fast for that. What you'll have instead is what was photographed — so the standard for that work can't be "good enough."
I work with a small number of couples each year, most planning weddings with real scale and real stakes — multi-day celebrations, destination venues, guest lists that read like a client list. The brief is always the same: nothing precious, nothing staged, nothing that looks like everyone else's wedding on the same app. Just the day, exactly as it happened, treated like it mattered.
My PHILOSOPHY
CARLY & CHARLES
She captured all of our emotions of our special day in a fun, bright and photojournalistic style that was irreplaceable.
"THE quality of her WORK and value was UNPARALLELED".
Taylor & joe
I’m currently struggling with picking favorites because I love them and the edits so much (what a great problem to have). All and all, Marcela is THAT girl, I could not recommend her enough. I am forever grateful to have had her! WE LOVE YOU MARCELA!
"I TRULY WISH I COULD FIND
WORDS TO EXPLAIN HOW amazing MARCELA IS AND WAS."
caralyn orse
She was so easy to work with and communicate with. She was always there if we needed anything! I am so happy with how our wedding photos turned out and I could not recommend Marcela enough!
"MARCELA IS AN amazing photographer
AND AN EVEN BETTER person"
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