hi! I'm Abby,

How it started... GAMEBOY CAMERA.

Yep. My photography journey kicked off 25 years ago with that glorious little grey square of pixelated joy. What I wouldn’t give to hold that tiny masterpiece again. Pure thrill.

From there, it was the cheapest point-and-shoot I could find—dragged it everywhere, took blurry “artsy” photos, and pretended I was edgy and mysterious (weren’t we all?).

My real education started in a darkroom in high school, where I first fell in love with the process—the magic of watching an image slowly appear in a tray. That passion took me to college, where I studied not just the mechanics of photography, but the art of composition and storytelling. I earned my BFA in Fine Art from Marymount Manhattan College in 2010, studied at the International Center of Photography in Manhattan, and I’m a proud member of the Professional Photographers of America, where I’m always learning and evolving with this craft.

My love of photography often spills into creative projects and artistic experiments, but my true passion belongs to real, unfiltered, beautifully human moments.

I’m not the “fly on the wall” type. I’ll play, laugh, sing, dance (badly), and make your kid giggle-snort—whatever it takes. I don’t micromanage, but I do guide with intention. My goal is to create space for connection, so you can actually experience your moments—not just pose for them.

Photography, for me, is about telling your story in a way that feels honest, joyful, and completely you.

Booking with me will be interesting. The dad jokes will be heavy. I will fall at least once (but better me than you). You will all be deliriously happy after leaving me, and then fall effortlessly into your beds and sleep for five days. You will wake up to an emailed sneak peek, and you will cry, and then I will cry, and then in (3-4-5) weeks you will cry again when you receive your full gallery. The cycle then continues the following year when you hire me again. 

Who is she?

Just your neighborhood spooky-loving, cold brew–chugging baby whisperer.

When I’m not editing photos of your sweet babes on my MacBook, I’m knee-deep in 80s slashers, rocking out to the Violent Femmes (or Cèline depends on my mood), or vibing with my VHS collection of cult classics. Fangoria mags? Got 'em. Stephen King? Obsessed. Trashy thrillers? Yes, please.

I’m an art-loving, music-blasting, shower-singing, car-concert–throwing lady who will 100% sing to embarrass my kid—or yours, just to get that perfect smile.

Married to a talented Scenic Painter, and mama to an equally amazing little human who’s completely reshaped how I see the world. I find inspiration in the art of life—the weird, the wild, the wonderful—and try to sprinkle a little bit of that magic into everything I do.

PS: If your newborn suddenly gets ravenously hungry while I’m around… that is actually me. I did that, and I don't know how to stop it.

Abby E. Haight Sole Owner and Sole Operator of Love Haight Photography