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About

Sally Carpenter is an award-winning wedding photographer based in Woodstock, Vermont, serving couples throughout Vermont, Upstate New York, New Hampshire, and the greater Boston area. Known for her refined documentary approach, Sally blends natural, photojournalistic storytelling with an elegant editorial eye to capture the emotion, atmosphere, and fleeting moments that make each wedding unique. With more than 20 years of experience, she works closely with every couple to create imagery that feels both authentic and artful — timeless photographs that reflect the true spirit of the celebration.

Services Offered

Sally Carpenter Photography offers an array of wedding services and packages that can be tailored to best suit each couple requirements and desires. Her most popular wedding package offered includes high-resolution images, multiple-location sessions, engagement session, album, digital files and a second photographer. Additional photographic services offered include the following:

  • Destination wedding services
  • Drone on request
  • Liability insurance
  • Slideshow
  • Trash-the-dress session
  • Wedding portraits
  • Engagement sessions
  • elopement photography
  • elopement planning

  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

High-Res Images
Toning
Digital Files

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

2nd Shooter
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Toning
Digital Files
Prints

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Contemporary
Film
Natural
Photojournalism
Traditional

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter
Wedding Portraits

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Matted Prints
Prints
Proofs
Save the Date
Thank You Cards

Reviews of Sally Carpenter Photography

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Sally, a highly recommended and talented wedding photographer, received praise from multiple reviewers for capturing beautiful and creative moments on couples' special days. Sally's documentary style photography, attention to detail, responsiveness, and professionalism were highlighted in the reviews. Reviewers appreciated her inclusive approach, ability to balance candid shots with formal portraits, and quick delivery of high-quality photos, making her an excellent choice for capturing the essence and emotions of a wedding day.

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Sally, a highly recommended and talented wedding photographer, received praise from multiple reviewers for capturing beautiful and creative moments on couples' special days. Sally's documentary style photography, attention to detail, responsiveness, and professionalism were highlighted in the reviews. Reviewers appreciated her inclusive approach, ability to balance candid shots with formal portraits, and quick delivery of high-quality photos, making her an excellent choice for capturing the essence and emotions of a wedding day.

Lina
Lina Sent on 10/13/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Exceeded all expectations!

Sally was a delight to work with! We were drawn to her documentary style that captured candid *moments*. Her portfolio showed that she had a solid understanding of composition, texture, and light & shadow. Additionally, it was important to us to have an inclusive photographer who respected all identities and cultures.


From the very beginning, Sally was open and communicative, taking the time to understand our wedding day, offering timeline suggestions, answering questions, and getting to know us and our style. We had multiple experiences on our wedding day, including a tea ceremony and lion dance, so there were many moving parts, making for a full day.


On the day of our wedding, Sally and her assistant, Gael, were prompt and starting working right way. Sally was geared up with multiple cameras and a harness. She even brought accessories to stage items for detail photos (such a ring holder and ribbon!). Sally was familiar with our venue, Lake Morey Resort, and had a lot of ideas on where to take photos (despite the slightly rainy day!). Additionally, Sally and Gael were extremely patient with our relatives, all of whom acted as paparazzi. We were super impressed with the photos Sally captured, despite our relatives randomly jumping in to grab a photo on their phones! Sally and Gael were everywhere and oftentimes, we didn't even notice they were there to capture certain moments! They were truly professionals who kept up their energy and enthusiasm the entire day, and worked in harmony with our videographer and the venue coordinator.


Due to family request, our photos were a blend of candid shots and formal portraits. Sally balanced these perfectly, doing an excellent job with both styles of photography. We were impressed at how quickly we received sneak peeks. Photos from the entire day were delivered via an elegant USB flash drive.


Sally exceeded all of our expectations. Her photos captured real, candid moments, beautifully reflecting the joy of the day. We only wish we hired her for the entire weekend!
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Alexandra Sent on 06/16/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The best choice for your wedding!

Sally and her second photographer, Gael, were both so great to work with! They helped to guide the flow of our wedding day and the photos they took were so beautiful and creative. They somehow managed to capture exactly how we felt on that day in photos! Sally’s documentary style photography was perfect for us, she photographed so many unexpected, quirky & fun moments that we are so grateful to always have to look back on! We cried looking through our full wedding album (which we also got back so quickly!!).

It was great getting to know Sally and Gael, and we felt like they both took the time to get to know us and our family. We felt really comfortable and confident being in their hands!

Sally also took time out of her busy schedule earlier in the month to travel to a meaningful location to us for our engagement photo session. She caught rain, lighting, and moments of sunshine on camera. She’s truly an artist!! I highly recommend choosing her as your wedding photographer!!
Elyse
Elyse Sent on 05/19/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Picture Perfect for our Elopement

From the first point of interacting with Sally, she was responsive and eager to be a part of our elopement. She was really easy to coordinate with as far as logistics and offered different ideas for venues and areas for photos. Sally was very professional and we would use her again
Aimee
Aimee Sent on 11/01/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful photoghapher!

Sally was absolutely fantastic to work with! She was really able to capture me and my wife at our best and gave us so many wonderful photos from our tiny elopement. The pictures were the best I’ve ever had done. So natural and they truly showed the story of our love and captured the emotion of the day perfectly. We will treasure these photos and memories and are so grateful for Sally’s expert experience and results. Together with Annie Kramer as the officiant, they were a wonderful team to work with, very lgbtq+ friendly and I would absolutely recommend them to anyone! Thank you for making our special day so memorable!
Kelly
Kelly Sent on 10/25/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful and accommodating wedding photography

Sally was absolutely wonderful to work with. She photographed our micro wedding at Saint Gaudens gardens and right from the start she helped us to select a package and services that worked best for our small event. On the day of the wedding, it poured rain, but Sally was incredible at finding sheltered places to take pictures, working with us, and just generally finding ways to work around the less than ideal conditions. The first pictures we have gotten back (the day after the wedding!) are absolutely amazing and exactly what we were hoping to get out of the day - some of them look straight out of a high end fashion magazine. I can’t recommend Sally highly enough!
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Laurie Sent on 10/22/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Sally is a true genius!

From our first glimpses of Sally’s portfolio, we knew this is who we wanted to capture our daughter and son-in-law’s special day. Talking to her just reinforced that choice. She knew we were looking for that balance of the posed and candids that everyone wants, but she raised the bar by her use of lighting and framing so our pictures seem like art. Looking at our sneak peek photos, I can say that she not only captured the emotions of the day, but our wedding looks like a fairy tale come to life. That she was so warm and easy to work with was a nice bonus. If you are looking for a photographer to entrust with capturing your wedding, you cannot do better than Sally.
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Ashlee Sent on 10/19/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Double wedding

Sally and Gail did a phenomenal job capturing our special day. The photos we have are incredible and we will cherish them forever. We challenged her by having a double wedding and she captured each and every moment perfectly.
Robyn
Robyn Sent on 10/19/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent, professional wedding pictures

Sally has so much experience that she can really help any bride navigate the wedding day picture process. It was seamless and easy. Sally covered our DOUBLE wedding and looking at the pictures made me feel like I was there all over again.
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Loralynn Sent on 10/18/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent Photographer

Sally was a wonderful addition to our special day. Not only was she a fantastic photographer, she also assisted in recommending my reverend, florist and hair/makeup stylist. She was early to our special day to scout the area to find the best photography locations. She make my husband and I both feel comfortable during our elopement. She helped facilitate getting ready photos, first look photos, photography locations, etc. We got our sneak peak photos and they are absolutely stunning. I cannot wait to see more.
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Allie Sent on 09/13/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Recommend for your wedding photography

Sally did a beautiful job with our wedding photos. She took hundreds of incredible photos that were edited in a natural style with the beautiful real colors of the scenery showing - just like we had hoped for. On the day-off, Sally and her second shooter Gael were professional, organized, and did a great job of capturing the shots we cared most about. Sally has a very creative eye and you see that through some of her photos, but she also is just a professional in the wedding photo business and clearly knows what to do and how to capture the best shots. We were really happy with how our photos turned out and our experience with Sally on the day of our wedding. We’d recommend her to anyone else getting married in the greater VT or surrounding New England areas!
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Awards

79
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

4 Endorsements
Echo Lake Inn Echo Lake Inn Hotel Weddings

Sally is an experienced Pro who does a great job at a reasonable price.

Inn at Manchester Celebration Barn Inn at Manchester Celebration Barn Barn & Farm Weddings

Sally was so wonderful to work with! We cannot wait to have her back with us for future events! Besides her pictures being beautiful, she was so nice and just pleasant to work with. She was timely and on top of every detail through out the night! Would very highly recommend!

Annie Alexander-Kramer The Parsonne-The Vermont Wedding Officiant Annie Alexander-Kramer The Parsonne-The Vermont Wedding Officiant Wedding Officiants

I worked with Sally this fall at the Woodstock Inn.She was friendly and professional.She followed up on my request for pictures from the ceremony with a disc.It was then I was able to see the beautiful work and great photos she creates.Wonderful!!

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Sally Carpenter Photography frequently asked questions

Sally Carpenter Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • High-Res Images
  • Toning
  • Digital Files
Sally Carpenter Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Toning
  • Digital Files
  • Prints
Sally Carpenter Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Contemporary
  • Film
  • Natural
  • Photojournalism
  • Traditional
Sally Carpenter Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
  • Wedding Portraits
Sally Carpenter Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Matted Prints
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Save the Date
  • Thank You Cards
Sally Carpenter Photography is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.
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