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 […]
This University of Richmond Engagement Session was so sweet. In some of our wedding packages, Gibby Visuals, and I team up for engagement sessions as well. We planned to meet M + S at their alma mater–The University of Richmond. With them living out of town along with overcast skies & rain forecasted, we still […]
My family and I recently went to a family reunion. We were on the road for 10 days, all over the state of Virginia. I already had a wedding scheduled at the Washington DC Temple so I made the most of it by scheduling 2 engagement sessions along the way. One was for Tona and Doug in Old Town Alexandria! This place is so adorable and we only got to explore a few streets before it started to rain 🙁 I had a blast getting to know them and getting all the details about their DC Temple wedding next month! Isn’t Tona’s hair to die for? So pretty!
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!
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!
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!
Megan and Ira were sealed at the Washington DC LDS Temple this past Fall. The day was sunny and surprisingly mild! The temple grounds were filled with the autumn colored leaves that I love so much! There was so much excitement in the air as they celebrated with their family and friends.
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 […]