I first met Sonya back in 2013 when I photographed her older sister’s wedding.  Flash forward 4 years later and she emailed me about photographing her own wedding!  I loved working with their family so of course I was excited when she contacted me.  

I spent a BEAUTIFUL spring day at the Washington DC Temple with Emily, Cristian and all of their closest family and friends.  The temple was very busy on this day with weddings.  We quickly did all of their family portraits near the front temple doors to allow extra time for Emily and Crisitian’s couple’s portraits.  They will traveled one hour to Frederick, MD for their same day wedding reception.  They had an intimate and small DIY reception at the The Tea Room at Gambrill State Park.

Kim and Stuart’s Washington D.C. LDS Temple post was so full of gorgeousness that I knew their reception would need its own space on my blog.    Temple Wedding Fact:  There are 155+ operating temples for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints throughout the world.  Some regions have many within a short distance, while other areas require members to travel long distances to attend.  The state of Virginia does not have a temple, so when members of the church are looking to get married (or sealed as they call it)  they travel to The Washington D.C Temple in Kensington, MD.  It is 3.5-4 hour drive from Virginia Beach depending on traffic.  Once it even took me 8 hours to get home because I-95 was a parking lot–yikes! 

I was so excited for this wedding!  Not only was it at my favorite place, The Washington D.C. Temple, but I’m so crazy about this fun couple!  I knew when I met Kim and Stuart that they were my kind of people!  They were so fun at their engagement session and I knew their wedding would be just as awesome as they are!  They were sealed as husband and wife on a Wednesday.   We had the entire temple grounds to ourselves. 

Brittany and Jared met while working at the same elementary school with young children.   A friendship at work, soon turned to text messages, long phone calls and even the occasional get together.   They bonded over coffee, religion and board games!  After a year-long friendship, the next summer Jared had plans to go on a vacation.  During his trip, it hit him, HE MISSED BRITTANY!

Krystal and Paul….where do I even start with these two!?  They are amazing and oh so funny!  I met up with them at the beautiful Norfolk Botanical Gardens.  After hearing how Paul, proposed, it makes total sense why they wanted to do their engagement session here.

Leslie and Payton were sealed for eternity on a chilly December day at the Washington DC Temple.  When I first met them at their Richmond engagement session, I instantly fell in love with them.  They are such a sweet couple and have so much love for one another.  Their family welcomed me with open arms and I immediately felt so at home with them.

Today I’m putting out a list of my LDS Temple Photography Bucket List. 

Venue:  The Pond House Inn Photography:  elovephotos Videography:  Gibby Visuals Bridal Gown:  Ava Clara Bridal   (WattersToo) Bridesmaid Dresses:  Rent the Runway  (Badgley Mischka) Groom & Groomsmen:  Men’s Warehouse Hair & Makeup: Welsy at Elle Style Studio   DJ: Amanda Pearl with Fat Cat Productions   Florist:  Norfolk Florist  Invitations:  MagnetStreet Catering:  De Rican Chef Cake: […]

I’m am striking gold with all of my couples this year!   I met up with Leslie and Payton at the Historic Tredegar Iron Works in downtown Richmond this past August.  Every thing about this session was perfection!  The outfits, the location, the chemistry…….    I’ll let their pictures do the talking 🙂   Their […]