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I love this wooded engagement session for so many reasons! Zach emailed us earlier in the week to let us know that he would be giving Melinda a present. These guys loves Harry Potter and wanted some photos with their wands and books. Little did Melinda know, Zach had cut out and glued the pages of a book and hid a present inside. So creative and so thoughtful! Melinda loved it!

Yah, this wedding!!! We are so excited to share this wedding probably because they were Patrick and mine FIRST wedding full day in the midst of COVID. I know, crazy. These two cuties are one of our Dallas couples and we are so pumped that they had a wedding that they wanted at two beautiful venues.

Kristina and Vincent pulled off the ultimate surprise! They convinced their family to come to Historic London Town and Gardens for some updated family photos and surprised them with a wedding!! They had a really sweet ceremony overlooking the water, complete with a broom-jumping ceremony, and their first dance! It was a great way to make-up for their Caribbean wedding that they were originally planning. Thank you both for having Living Radiant join in on your surprise!

This session is super special to me because Kellie is my COUSIN! I haven’t seen her in months, maybe even over a year, and it’s not too often that we see each other because we live in different states! But we had a family reunion a few months ago to celebrate our grandmothers life as she passed away earlier this year due to COVID and other health related things. Soon before our reunion, Kellie got engaged to Evan, a really sweet guy we were sooo excited to meet! Yah for more cousins (I only have 3 bios and now they all will be married!)

It was only fitting when we were together to take engagement pictures. It was also fitting because we happened to be spending the weekend all together at Britland Manor Estate for the reunion, which is also a wedding venue!

This mini wedding had me sooo excited to share! Kathy and Rob reached our just a week before their tent wedding at their home and I of course wanted to be there and make some photo dreams happen for them!

Upon arriving at the farm, I was shocked by how beautiful everything was! Sometimes when I’m hired last minute, I just assume it’s a small event, little details and planning, but this one definitely surprised me and pleasantly it did if I may say.

I loved the details, especially the ones including horses, which is fitting as they have horses and stables. Kathy and Rob were a pleasure to work with and their guests were so kind.

Kathy and Rob, I’m so excited for you… what a beautiful 2020 wedding and we are so happy to have been the ones to photograph it for you! We wish you the best!

Kaitlin and Justin are sweet, sweet, sweet. A rom-com girl after my own heart! You’ll see a great tribute to Sweet Home Alabama in their ceremony pictures. Kaitlin works in the wedding industry and it shows! She had all of her details stored in her “wedding planning box” that she started when she was just a teenager. All that planning paid off! A beautiful outdoor ceremony, gorgeous over-sized balloons, a barn reception, and an ice cream truck! Justin tied it all together with his cowboy hat and boots. It was the perfect wedding full of Southern charm. Thank you, both, for having us and congratulations!

Super excited to share this wedding! When Katie and Carlos told us they were moving their DC wedding out to Leesburg VA, we were so excited and thrilled. We wanted them to have a beautiful wedding with all their people, and they did. That was their driving factor for moving their wedding out of the city and to the country.

Yah!! Screw COVID! Stephanie and Nate were going to get married, COVID or not. These cuties were supposed to get married at M&T Bank Ravens stadium with an awesome reception but made the decision to do an intimate ceremony at the Pendry Hotel in Fells Point when they found out that their venue was not yet open for weddings. We were excited to be able to be part of their day and document it, but also because we hadn’t shot a wedding there yet!

Marina and Christian have the cutest proposal story! He surprised her with a photo session that turned into a engagement while they were traveling in France! How sweet! It was so great to be with them for their wedding day. Their plan was to marry in the same chapel that her parent’s were married in years ago. And while due to COVID, that wasn’t possible, they still let us sneak in for some photos! After a beautiful Catholic ceremony in Marina’s family’s home church, we traveled to the water to Celebrations at the Bay to party on the water. More surprises in store as Marina and Christian did a swing dance for their first dance! So cute! It was a beautiful day and the weather was great. Thank you for sharing your special day with us!

Kim and Andrew’s wedding was our first one after the initial COVID-19 shutdowns! They both did an amazing job planning through such a rapidly-evolving time. I know it was stressful, but boy was it worth it! Their ceremony and reception ended up the beautiful Stone Manor Country Club – now featuring a stunning new ballroom that they just finished last year! Kim and Andrew celebrated in such a special way, by reciting their personal vows during their private first look.