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YAH YAH! Brooke and Brad are MARRIED! This backyard wedding did not disappoint, and the indoor dining reception is absolutely beautiful!

When COVID happened, Brooke and Brad decided to move their reception to next year but have an intimate backyard wedding with grandparents and immediate families. Everyone contributed to making it beautiful and special, which I loved!

Megan and Justin became one of our amazing 2021 couples at the beginning of of Quarantine… like days in! We met them at the Turf Valley Bridal Show (one of our fav shows to do) and were so pumped to have them as one of ours!

When thinking about their engagement session, they told us that Cove Point Beach on Solomons Island was really special to them. It was a no brainer to do their session and drive the 1.5 hours to and from to get incredible memories and photos for these two. We met them at a family beach house in the cutest little neighborhood and literally ventured throughout the island. They were set on beach photos so not only did we get those for them but we also got them even more variety utilizing a pier, dunes, fence lines and of course an amazing lighthouse that was special to their grand mother. Even the beach umbrella you’ll see in the photos belonged to Justin’s grandfather with memories attached!

Bridal Shows are one of those things that we LOVE to do from a marketing standpoint and relationship standpoint. The ability to meet a lot of people in a short period of time is thrilling but also allows us to meet some pretty amazing people. Nikki and Pat were a couple we met through the Bohemia River Overlook show. I actually forgot how tall they are, but something that we remember talking to them about what how height and weight plays a part in photography and posing people based off physical dynamic and those factors matters.

Nikki and Pat also ended up being the winner of our engagement session giveaway so when they chose us to be their wedding photographers too, we were thrilled! These guys met through the University of Delaware but actually met in another state thanks to Volleyball. Pat is a surfer and volleyball guy, and Nikki is a physical therapist for athletes. They wanted to do their session at their Alma Mater, so we drove up and met them and cruised campus. We did over 15k steps and got such cool variety… the university has so much photo “treasure” as we call it, places to take photos, spots and the lighting was awesome. My favorite location… the kissing arches. Supposedly it’s like divine intervention, that if you kiss under the arches, you’re destined to that person for life! Now that I think about it… I should have kissed Patrick while we were there!

To date we’ve rescheduled 27 weddings in our company between all our teams which I just find insane. So much has been robbed from our couples from Covid and government restrictions. But I have to say, in the midst of the uncertainty and chaos, we seriously have the most incredible stories and couples. Here’s one of them.

We met Maria at the Four Seasons bridal show last year and knew that her and Shantanu would be one of our favorite weddings of 2020. They would have a beautiful 3 day Indian wedding on our calendar and we were pumped to shoot it. I told them at our engagement session that I may have been a little more excited about Indian food and culture because I spent a month in India in college and loved it. Over the last few months we’ve gotten closer to these guys.

What a session for the records! If there’s a couple who rocked their rainy day engagement session, it’s these two!

First off, I’d like to say that there wasn’t any rain in the forecast, or rather it was like 10% and not even on the radar, literally. Miranda and I made the call that we would go through with the session! We met them at the Pagoda at Patterson Park. We used to do sessions there ALL.THE.TIME… like in 2015… but for the last couple years none of our couples chose that location. We were pretty excited to return to that gem in Baltimore because 1) we obviously have gotten better over the years but 2) it meant something special to our couple.

Their dog Piper did awesome and although didn’t find the camera too friendly, she rocked her segments nonetheless.

This wedding was planned within two weeks. With about 20 people, Olivia and Matt said “I Do” in the presence of intimate family and friends. Olivia’s mom reached out to me two days before the wedding. I had to laugh because I’ve never been contracted for a wedding in under 48 hours and it was the easiest experience! Working with Olivia and her family was so sweet and easy. The day of the wedding it had stormed and poured…and it was torrential rains. Upon arriving to their private home the skies had totally cleared and the weather was beautiful and sun was out. Amazing favor for sure!

I got to do some getting ready segments for Olivia and Matt followed by an intimate ceremony. The reaction of a groom never ceases to amaze me… the first time of him seeing his bride whether in front of 20 people or 250, it’s always soo good.

We cannot even imagine or will we pretend to know what it’s like to reschedule a wedding. But what I can tell you is that the grace and flexibility of our couples is immeasurable. Clare and Zach are one of our 2020 couples that had to reschedule their wedding to next year but in the midst of Covid decided to still get married!

I can basically say that this was officially our third wedding of 2020. It’s amazing to me how many weddings have had to reschedule due to government restrictions and the pandemic.

Hannah and Mart were supposed to be one of our June weddings and unfortunately had to reschedule for 2021. Over the course of a couple weeks Patrick and I decided it would be beneficial to our couples to have a really amazing opportunity to still get married an offer many wedding packages.

Hannah and Mark reached out immediately and asked us to be part of a mini wedding with their closest family that was local.

I was absolutely thrilled to be available and desired to be part of their wedding day. To be totally honest I was super nervous. Not because of our couple but because of restrictions and limitations and things that way I thought may affect my shooting style and interaction with clients. Thankfully Mark and Hannah were incredible and upon my arrival greeted me like old friends.

Caleb and Creason had a really awesome session up in Havre De Grace! We rarely photograph in that part of town and it’s quite a treat when we do! The variety of locations that downtown Havre de Grace has to offer is amazing. From piers, to rocks and water, to woodsy areas and street and park, we find that the final gallery for our couples gives them so many options.

I am so excited to share this session with you! Sara and Joey are one of the couples that we had to reschedule three maybe even four times for their engagement session due to Covid. When we finally got a date on calendar fully knowing we were able to shoot, we were so excited! Clearly there’s a lot of excitement on our end being able to shoot at all thanks to restrictions being lifted.

Sara and Joey did awesome during our time with them. We met up at Baker Park in Frederick to find that the park was vibrant, full of lots of people (haha) and beautiful weather. Thankfully not so packed that we could not shoot around people however Sara and Joey were so patient with us as we cruise to the park to find locations and new places to shoot.