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Malorie DePerna Photography

Western NY Portrait, Wedding & Fashion Photographer

03/26/2026

Hey, listen! Your future self called...

aaaaandd they want their memories back. 📞✨

We’re so busy "capturing it for the grid" that we’re forgetting to actually be there.

So listen, I’m making a case for the physical archive.

For the photos that end up on coffee tables instead of "Recents" folders.

From the Rochester roots of George Eastman to the blurry dance floor shots from last weekend—your history deserves to be held...

I'm BEGGING YA

Print the "ugly" cry.

Print the blurry dancing.

Print the quiet moments no one else saw.

New blog post is LIVE.

Here's the link to read why the "crackle" of a photo album is the best sound in the world. 🎞️👇

https://maloriedeperna.com/photo-album-nostalgia/

12/31/2025

Goodbye, 2025.

It’s been a long damn time coming.

New website.
New copy that actually says what I’ve been thinking for years.

If you want wedding photos that are iconic, emotional, colorful, and a little chaotic

—in the best way—

this next chapter is for you.

No cookie-cutter days.
No “stand here and smile.”

Just real vibes, real people, and holy s*t that’s us* moments.

Stay tuned. 🥂✨

Also thanky thanks for these CUUUTE photos of meee!

12/15/2025

3 kids. 2 adults. What’s one more?!
This session was incredible… and chaotic… and honestly exactly where I THRIVE.

Paint was flying. People were sliding. Someone was literally upside down in the air at one point. There were stickers on skin, paint handprints on faces, and zero concern for staying clean. Absolute mayhem.

And I loved every single second of it.

I can’t even form a proper sentence because this session was exactly what my soul needed.

Pure joy. Pure mess. Pure magic.

I cannot WAIT to show you the full gallery, but for now, enjoy these sneak peeks that feel like a 90’s Lisa Frank ad exploded (in the best way). 🎨✨

More chaos coming soon.

12/05/2025

🚨 SMOKE SHOW ALERT 🚨
I’m giving away ONE free Smoke Show Session, the only session designed to make you look like you walked straight out of a music video in slow motion.

BUT… it’s ONLY happening inside my private VIP bo***ir group.

Like… literally nowhere else.

If you want in, drop a 🔥 and I’ll send you the secret door link.

12/04/2025

cough cough!
excuse me while I go romantically scream into a pillow over how cute these two are 🍁🔥

The barn, the fall colors, the outfits,but also??

The hype team.

Olivia’s mom & aunt had me ready to propose TO BOTH OF THEM for their energy alone 😂

Referral clients will always feel like the biggest honor, and I can’t wait to be back with this crew in 2026 to do it all again 💍

PSPSPSPS. Peep my barn buddies in the background 😍🥰😍🥰

11/16/2025

I recently took some photos for a friend whose sweet pup, Bruno, didn't have much time left, and somehow his sister cat absolutely stole the show in the most chaotic, goofy way.

I love sharing little bits of the personal work I create during my sessions, and these two gave me everything.

I hope you enjoy these moments as much as I do.
Because documenting your life, the soft parts, the silly parts, the once-in-a-lifetime parts, it’s genuinely giving me life right now.

10/07/2025

WHAT do you get when you cross a rock god, two arborists, an emo princess, and a Disney-loving enthusiast?!

Or maybe it’s more like, what happens when a photographer, an animal whisperer, two gym rats, and the king of the wedding dance floor throw a wedding in the “mountains” of Naples? (Yes, I’m calling them mountains. Let me have this.)

You get Maria and Richie.
And you get pure, unhinged perfection.

From the stories behind you two (obsessed), to your families (also obsessed), to every detail that screamed you, this day was a fever dream in the best way.

Beans secretly sprinkling ashes at your ceremony site? Then the SUN deciding to make a main-character entrance mid-portraits?

Yeah, the universe was absolutely in on it.

And can we TALK about that entrance?! The groomsmen walking down the iconic tree-lined path to Rage Against the Machine like it was the most dramatic music video of all time.

Epic. Breakdown. Moment. (And not the mental kind, the instrumental kind. 😂)

Then the reception?
The groom RIPPED HIS SHIRT OFF. 💀
Dollar bills were flying. 💵
And then, BUBBLES?!

WHERE did the bubbles even come from?!

Thank you for letting me tag along for your chaos and your calm, your laughter and your headbanging, your “mountain” adventures and slow, glowy moments.

Keep your heads in the trees, your feet on the dance floor, your hearts with the animals, and your souls at the concert.
And please, let me be there for every damn encore. 🎸🌲💃🏼✨

10/06/2025

From scooping ice cream and flipping burgers to photographing his engagement session?? Life really said “let’s make this full circle with a plot twist.”

Jeff rolled up to me at an Encore VIP party at Arbor Midtown and was like, “Do you remember me?”

And listen… in my defense… it was a vibe that night. We were all out there living our best lives.

But the SECOND he said where I knew him from, I absolutely lost my damn mind. I used to call him my FAVORITE back in the day, and he really was.

We used to blast Breaking Benjamin while closing up the restaurant, headbanging over the sink, slinging dishes like it was a damn rock concert instead of a closing shift.

Those were the days.

Seeing this kid go from greasy aprons and fry baskets to showing up as a whole grown man, engaged to the love of his life??

I about short-circuited. Like, HOW are we old enough for this??

And when I said I HAD to do their engagement photos, I meant it. No ifs, ands, or buts.

They delivered.

Mother Nature delivered.

The SUNSET delivered.

Everyone understood the assignment and then some. 🍂🔥

09/25/2025

Everyone in the wedding world loves to toss around the word “timeless.”

Heck, I sure know I have.

But here’s the thing… “timeless” doesn’t have to mean beige, stiff, or cookie-cutter.

Timeless is your parents wiping tears during your intimate vow reading surrounded by your closest people.

Timeless is your bestie losing her voice screaming “SHE SAID YES TO FOREVER.”

Timeless is you two ugly-laughing in the middle of portraits because your veil attacked your face.

Timeless is golden hour turning the sky into fire while you’re wrapped up in each other.

Timeless is grandma hitting the dance floor in a unicorn headband like it’s her damn debut. 🦄✨

Timeless is sneaking little bits of Aerials by System of a Down into your wedding day, and your dad absolutely head banging to it at the reception like it’s 2001 all over again. 🤘🔥

This wedding? Pure chaos, pure joy, pure forever. Not muted, not posed, not boring.

Because timeless isn’t about stripping away the personality of your day, it’s about capturing the moments that will always matter.

So let’s rewrite the definition.

Timeless = bold, unhinged, emotional, and so damn YOU.

And yes, these moments are just as timeless as they are frame worthy

09/16/2025

Proof you don’t need a beach in Cabo to look like main characters.

Lake Ontario popped OFF for these two.

Barefoot in the water → sunset glow → kissin’ like they own the place.

Honestly? It’s giving Nicholas Sparks, but like…if Nicholas Sparks had taste

Which slide is your fave? (I’m betting it’s the one with that insane glow 👀)

08/12/2025

Jenna + Amber’s wedding wasn’t just stunning, it was powerful. 💙

Here’s the truth: it’s a hell of a lot easier for me to get married than it is for them.

Not only are they a bi-racial couple, they’re LGBTQ.

And if that sentence makes you clutch your pearls?

The unfollow + block buttons are free. Byeee 👋 Not gonna miss ya.

Because love is love.

Plain and simple.

Race, nationality, pronouns, gender, none of that changes the fact that these two incredible women deserve every ounce of celebration.

They spent the morning together in the same gorgeous Airbnb, but slipped away to get into their jaw-dropping dresses separately.

Their first look?

Emotional doesn’t even cover it.

Every single one of us..me, my second shooter, the coordinators…were wiping away tears.

Then their vow reading at The Wintergarden… whew. MORE tears. More hugs. More heart.

And then—my favorite part—they ended their ceremony by Jumping the Broom. 🧹✨

This is a deeply meaningful African American wedding tradition that dates back to the 18th century. Enslaved people were denied the legal right to marry, so jumping the broom became a symbolic act of commitment—honoring love, creating a union, and sweeping away the old to start a new life together.

It’s resistance, resilience, and joy all wrapped into one. The fact that Amber and Jenna included it?

Absolutely beautiful.

The reception space was every bit as magical as they envisioned, dreamy blues, tall twinkling candles, and so much love you could feel it in your bones.

This day was joy, legacy, and love in its purest form. 🖤🤍🌈

08/06/2025

Christina + John UNDERSTOOOD the assignment!!

Show up, look hot, and pretend we’re not melting.

(But we were indeed melting 😂😂🙈)

⁠
The humidity was disrespectful.

The heat? Personal.

But these two? Unbothered and in love. ⁠
⁠
10/10 would frolic in the shallows with them again. 🫶🏼

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464 State Street Building 2
Rochester, NY
14608

Website

http://maloriedeperna.com/

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