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Happy new year! This wedding was so eventful and exciting as it was our first wedding of 2021. While it may have been a small wedding with only 20 people it was a full wedding day for us. Our team as long with our cinema team spent over 10 hours with Kayleigh and Clark and their families. We were so excited to work alongside Social Graces Events planning team for the first time and their work did not disappoint. With a beautiful design aesthetic in place Kayleigh and Clark definitely had a winter wonderland. I think one of my favorite parts of this wedding was the fact that they closed out and ended their wedding with the last song being all I want for Christmas is you. Everyone was rocking out on the floor, parents, siblings and the bridal party that was in attendance. With the dusty blue beautiful color palette the details were gorgeous. The ceremony install was one of my favorites to date as well. Kayleigh and Clark, you guys were our first 2021 couple and we are so glad you were. If you remember, you were also the first engagement session we shot after months of being shutdown. We shot their engagement session only about a week or a couple days after the restriction was lifted and the streets of Fells Point were very empty. We were so pumped these guys still got married on their original wedding date despite all the unknowns of the pandemic. Kayleigh and Clark we are so excited for you guys in your future. We hope that this year is full of life, joy, and success!

This proposal is one for history. Scott and Patrick have known each other for so so many years. They played ball together. I had the honor of meeting Scott years ago and was so excited to have him in our wedding. Soon after we would meet Aaron. What a babe and sweetheart. When Scott reached out to Patrick about her photographing the proposal I was so bummed because I would not be able to be there. I had another issue that I had to fulfill them and as a result could not witness this amazing event. Scott and Aaron have been dating for a few years and we couldn’t be more excited for them.

We met Candice and Nick at a bridal expo at Rosewood Farms in late 2019 right before anyone knew a pandemic was headed this way. Candice and Nick are a genuine, sweet, and just down to earth couple that we could easily find ourselves staying friends with for years to come. Candice and Nick postponed their June 2020 wedding to December 2020 and decided to have their wedding regardless of people count. They knew they just wanted to be married, have family and friends present, and they did.

This December wedding was so fun and so memorable. To start, we had never met the couple in person prior to the wedding, which we thought was so crazy. I think because I had talked to Rachel so many times over the phone and via email, when we met in person that morning, it just felt so normal and so right and so fun. The whole day was a day full of surprises and anticipation. There were details woven in that were subtle but intentional. A rosary around Rachel’s bouquet that her mom identified as her grandfathers the morning of. Plaid pashminas that made this day feel wintery and like Christmas was upon us. Their reception venue was their families home and a backyard of memories turned to wedding ones.

Ekkk! This proposal is so exciting. We met Steve and Megan through one of our 2016 couples and now dear friends Heather and Tyler! When Steve reached out via IG, we were like yes! We were so excited to witness and capture this proposal because we knew or rather had an inkling that we may shot this wedding too! Patrick shot the proposal and had a beautiful experience watching Megan say yes! Weeks later they would ask us to be their wedding photographers and we can’t wait!!! Congrats Steve and Megan!! Enjoy this season ENGAGED!!

We met Heidi and nick at a 2018 wedding and we remember how excited Heidi was about photography, modeling and weddings. Little did we know that years later, nick would reach out about hiring us for their proposal! We of course said yes and we’re soo excited about it. Patrick and I couldn’t get childcare which worked in our favor as I was able to use the kids as a distraction… would she remember me and our kids? Patrick was hiding and I was hunkered down eating chicken nuggets with zeke on the fells pier with a camera hidden in the stroller! Watching nick propose to Heidi was so awesome, she was sooo surprised, and couldn’t believe we were there! Congrats to you both, we are so excited for the future for you guys!

Cruising around Solomons island with these guys was a blast! We lucked out with the weather and Megan and Ryan showed me some pretty cool places! Like most our couples, these two started out unsure of the session and dominated. The camera and posing came so easily for these guys and we are so excited for their 2021 wedding!

We had beautiful weather in November and this wedding takes the cake for prettiest lighting of the year! Alex and JP had an incredible day. We were so excited that they could get married and have a lot of their friends and family present. The day was surreal for many reasons. The decor and details of the day was gorgeous. The vendor team was amazing and the couple was a dream. JP was nothing short of the best groom you could imagine. A week before his wedding, he lost his mom to cancer. Her presence was felt there as the day went because the joy I heard she had was unparalleled and the day was nothing short of joyful. We loved watching the joy and sweetness our couple had for each other. From a sweet first look, to an Uber fun bridal party to a super fun reception, we felt like we were in 2019 again shooting weddings! Covid or not, these two were going to make the most of their day even with certain restrictions in place.

JP and Alex, thank you for including us in an amazing day! We can’t wait for what 2021 has for you and the years to come!

It’s kinda crazy to think and learn where couples find us. Lindsay’s parents live in our neighborhood and one day Patrick was out doing what he does in his free time – some project on the property – and a couple introduced themselves and told him their daughter was getting married and they had seen our logo on our car and the sign in our yard haha. Fast forward, these two set a date and reached out to us and we literally hung out on our patio for our first meeting then headed over to her parents house because I hadn’t met them yet. They told us at that meeting that we’d be their photogs and we were so excited! Lindsay and Jesse are such a fun couple and we had so much fun and their engagement session is evidence of it. They trusted us as we cruised old Ellicott City and Centennial Park and we literally chased daylight until we had none. They crushed their session and we are pretty excited to be shooting their 2022 wedding!

Sierra and Dan came to us because of a string of other past couples that hired us for their wedding. Sierra and Dan are great friends with the Risers and Strotts, two of our past couples and sisters too! When Sierra and Dan reached out, we were like “ANOTHER COUPLE that is friends with Amanda and Melissa!?” We honestly are so thankful that they keep sending friends our way and they hire us haha. We love what we do and being able to capture amazing moments and people is the best. If there was ever a session to showcase some cute dogs, it would be Sierra and Dan’s session. Their pups did awesome even though Sierra wasn’t sure if they would cooperate… well, they did and did awesome! Sierra and Dan, great job! We are so excited for whats to come and can’t wait for your wedding!