I want to know what you ache for – and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool – for love – for your dreams – for the adventure of being alive.
Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Photo taken by Rita Rocha at one of my happiest days: my own wedding!
About me
I dream, and I dare to live the dream, preferably in full color. I am a wedding photographer, and if I had the chance to be anything at all - anything I dared to imagine, anything that made me genuinely, sparkly-eyed happy - I would still, every single time, choose this. ✨
I love weddings, love people, and love love in all its loud, glittery, unapologetic forms. Mostly, I love dreaming with my eyes open, catching the unrepeatable half-second before someone bursts out laughing or starts crying or does both at the same time, because the best days don't pick just one emotion.
Some context you'll need: I have married the same person six times. No divorces, no drama, just a deeply held belief that if a wedding is fun once, it's fun forever - and yes, we are already planning number seven. At this point it's less "renewing vows" and more "recurring subscription to joy," and I fully intend to keep the subscription active for life.
I also love traveling almost as much as I love coming home to my husband (see above: married six times, currently scouting a cute dress for the seventh) and our household, which is - and I cannot stress this enough - entirely run by animals, with zero input from me. Three dogs: Ringo, the elder statesman; Rory, who has Opinions; and Rá, the newest and Craziest addition, who arrived and immediately claimed the sofa, the bed, and possibly the deed to the house. Three cats — Liberdade, Luffy, and Loki — who supervise everything and approve of nothing except belly rubs. I am, at all times, gloriously and professionally outnumbered.
I have a backpack full of slightly unhinged stories and will absolutely tell you, unprompted, that I have never eaten a McDonald's burger and do not intend to start, that I have a genuine talent for weird dance moves (some people dare say it's not dancing but you may have already noticed I don't care much about those negative people opinions), and that I will beat you at a strategy board game and then immediately want to be your friend.
I ask a lot of questions, and I really hope to get a lot of answers, because I want to know what makes people tick - what makes you tick - and I will make it my absolute mission to hand you back gorgeous, true, full-color images of one of the best days of your life. 🌈
5 things I believe in
- That people are inherently good
- That family is not only the people you share blood with
- That pizza is a bit of heaven on earth
- That dogs (and cats, who'd never admit it) are the best species
- That love gets to be loud, sparkly, and exactly itself — no dimming required
5 thinks that make me happy
- Reading ALL the books
- Playing strategic board games (and winning, let's be honest)
- Meeting new cultures and places and then running back home to my sanctuary
- Helping others when they need it
- My job. At all times. Even at 5am on a wedding day, glitter and all
5 foods I could eat all day
- Cheese: especially paneer
- Vegetable soup
- Olive oil on bread
- Romany Cream cookies
- SARDINES!
Curious about who I actually want to photograph?
Spoiler: pretty much everyone, in full color. The traditional ones, the chaotic ones, the loud and proud ones, the ones with a dog in the bridal party.