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About Me
Family, Maternity & Wedding Photographer in Jersey City, NYC & Hudson Valley
Hi, I’m Averie - founder of Averie Ann Studios, photographer, creative director, and storyteller.
I’m a maker of beautiful things, a lover of color, and a believer that everyday life deserves to be documented in a way that feels honest, artful, and full of feeling. I specialize in family photography, maternity sessions, newborn and lifestyle portraits, and weddings, working with families and couples across Jersey City, New York City, and the Hudson Valley.
I’m also a mother to a wildly imaginative eight-year-old, Auggie, which deeply shapes how I photograph families. I understand how quickly childhood moves - the small gestures, the chaos, the tenderness - and I approach every session with that awareness. Nothing stiff, nothing forced. Just connection, movement, and the feeling of your life as it is right now.
My work is rooted in documentary storytelling. Before weddings and family sessions, I spent years photographing live music and creative communities, which taught me how to anticipate emotion and capture moments as they unfold naturally. That same instinct now guides how I photograph families, maternity sessions, newborns, couples, and weddings - whether we’re in a sunlit park in Jersey City, a quiet Hudson Valley field, or inside your home with soft morning light. My goal is always to create images that feel alive, emotional, and timeless.
I grew up by the sea in Australia, where my love of photography and storytelling first began. I later studied photography and visual arts at the University of New South Wales, earning my Bachelor of Fine Arts, and worked with the Australian Centre for Photography, which deepened my commitment to photography as both craft and art.
Now based between Jersey City and the Hudson Valley, I photograph families, maternity sessions, newborns, couples, and weddings throughout New York City, Hudson County, and destination locations worldwide.
Outside of photography, I’m also a certified personal trainer and CrossFit Level 1 coach, working with clients in the Hudson Valley. Movement, strength, and community are a big part of my life, and that energy carries into how I work with people during sessions - relaxed, supportive, and easy.
When I’m not behind the camera or coaching, I’m creating in other ways - painting murals, styling interiors, and building spaces filled with color and personality. My home was even featured in Apartment Therapy.
With over fifteen years behind the camera, my work has been featured in publications including Vogue, Brides, Nouba, and Hello May. I shoot on both digital and film, with a deep love for 35mm and Super 8, blending modern imagery with a sense of nostalgia.
Whether you’re looking for a family photographer in Jersey City, a maternity photographer in the Hudson Valley, or a wedding photographer in New York City, it would be an honor to document this season of your life.
Let’s create something beautiful together.
Artist Statement
I photograph love the way it really looks. Messy. Tender. Unfolding in glances and gestures. Bare feet on grass, hands brushing by accident, the quiet relief of finding your person in a crowded room.
I don’t care much for perfect. I care about what’s true. A father’s eyes welling up. A crooked boutonniere. A bride laughing with her mouth wide open. Those are the things people remember.
My job is to pay attention. To stand in the corner and notice the small things. The things that don’t announce themselves but hold the most weight. I try to disappear a little. Let people be who they are when they think no one’s watching. That’s when the good stuff happens.
I think of photographs as memory anchors. Not centerpieces or showpieces, but quiet holders of feeling. I want my couples to look back and say yes, that’s exactly how it felt.
Weddings can be loud. Chaotic. Sometimes overwhelming. But there’s always softness underneath. My work lives there.
It’s not about me. It never has been. It’s about building something that lasts. Something your children will hold in their hands someday. Something that reminds you, even years from now, that it was real. That you were there. That it mattered.