Ryan contacted be back in January to schedule a surprise proposal for his beautiful girlfriend, Anna Holland.  We crafted up a secret plan to capture him proposing at the Virginia Beach oceanfront during their weekend getaway trip to the Patriotic Festival.  Can I just stop for a minute and give him a fist bump for being so prepared and excited enough to hire a photographer to capture it all?  What a catch!

Engagements, Most Recent, Portraits, Proposals

Virginia Beach Surprise Proposal | North End Virginia Beach

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.  

Engagements, Most Recent, Portraits

Sonya + Ryan | Virginia Beach Spring Cherry Blossom Engagement Session

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.

Destination Temple, LDS Temple Weddings, Most Recent, Washington DC Temple, Weddings

LDS Washington DC Temple Wedding Photographer| Tea Room at Gambrill State Park Reception | Emily + Cristian

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! 

LDS Temple Weddings, Washington DC Temple, Weddings

Blush and Sage Cypress Point Country Club Virginia Beach Wedding Reception | Kim + Stuart Part II

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!

Engagements, Most Recent

Brittany + Jared | Pleasure House Point | Virginia Beach Engagement Session

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 […]

Enagements, Engagements, Most Recent, Portraits

Richmond, VA | Tredegar Iron Works Classic Engagement Session | Leslie + Payton

Emily Gibby

Emily Gibby Photography offers wedding & portrait photography with a specialization in Temple Weddings in Coastal Virginia, East Coast, and beyond