A Coastal Engagement Shoot at the Historic Cavalier Hotel Another session at the Historic Cavalier Hotel? Yes, please! This iconic landmark provides a stunning backdrop for engagement photos. It served as the perfect canvas for a beautiful couple, Elise and Tucker. Their wedding will be coastal inspired and they chose outfits that reflected that. Having […]
Maternity Session at Norfolk Botanical Gardens There’s something truly enchanting about capturing a maternity session at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens. Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting a maternity session for a radiant mom-to-be who embraced her pregnancy with grace and a touch of elegance. This Mom to be brought two beautiful dresses! Each perfectly […]
This Romantic Cavalier Engagement Session was so much fun! When Cody and Taylor showed up dressed to the nines I was so excited! A tuxedo, stunning red dress and Christian Louboutin heels? Let’s gooooo! Cue “Lady in Red” by Chris de Burgh please! It was the perfect match always elegant and timeless Cavalier Hotel! From […]
This Pleasure House Point & Chesapeake Bay Engagement Session was so much fun! I love it that Allie and Garrett incorporated their adorable golden doodle, Hercules, into their session! Isn’t he just the cutest? I always welcome pets at engagement sessions! During the prep emails I recommend that you bring a friend or family member […]
August weddings at the Washington DC Temple are usually scorching hot! For that reason, I met up with Tona and Doug for a hour before they needed to be at the temple for their sealing. That way it was cooler and the light was better. We were blessed with mid 70’s and a beautiful overcast sky. When there are clouds at the temple, the spires really “pop” and it creates the dreamiest light!
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.
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.
