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Super excited to share this November wedding with you! Melissa and Kevin first off are probably some of the most easy going clients we’ve had all year, and that says a lot because most of our couples are that way. But these guys, holy moly. I’ll give you lots of examples. First example… their engagement. Seriously one of the coldest days of 2019, and it was a sunrise cherry blossom session… they smiled the whole time, while melissa couldn’t feel her toes, her hands, her smile, anything. But her laughter is contagious, allowing the rest of us to just have so much fun. 

A black bridal jacket, gorgeous flowers, and a rockin’ band, this wedding was so so good. Marisa and Kris had such a cool wedding. We were really excited to photograph at the Winslow, a newer wedding venue in Baltimore City. Earlier this year, we drove up to Long Island New York for their engagement session. It included a classic club car and lots of laughter and adventure! We couldn’t believe how fast their wedding came up on us. We felt like we had just driven to New York when we shot their wedding.

I always tell people “Anyone can go to the top of Federal Hill, it’s free!” But here’s the thing… when it’s your home or your backyard, heck ya, you shoot there! 

Krissy and DJ found us online, maybe google, maybe IG, but there’s one thing that’s for sure, when we met these guys, there was no denying this would be such a great match. When we meet with couples we try really hard not to make it like an interview, because it’s awkward for all of us… just like the start of all our engagement sessions. 

Every wedding has moments for me that say engrained in my head. The things that stick out the most for me for their wedding include a really amazing mother father and daughter reveal as well as Carly’s first dance with her dad as a married woman. Although Josh is a reserved groom he is so kind and so sweet. One of my favorite segments of the day was photographing Carlee and Josh with Patrick out in the field at sunset. Sunset was creeping up in the sky opened up for them with gorgeous colors. We are thankful that Josh and Carlee trusted us to steal them from reception to take them out into the middle of the field. They told us they wouldn’t have it any other way and all they cared about was gorgeous photos and time together. What a combo. The whole day was fun. The girls drove over in an RV motorhome that belongs to her Uncle. It was so cold and Carlee was so accommodating… We were outside so much of the day because the weather was beautiful, just chilly. As I tell all of our couples cold is still great weather. What I loved most about Carlee’s day is how much she trusted us to document a day full of moments and of people and family. 

Stone ridge Hollow is a beautiful venue we had never shot there. We were so excited to shoot there because we had heard so many great things about the property. So much variety so many places to take killer photos of our couple. Some of my favorite moments of the day was Trevor seeing Stephanie for the first time. I got emotional when Stephanie’s dad walked in for the first time and saw her fully complete head to toe and again as a bride.

2 words: Smoke + Confetti. Literally this is how I’ll forever remember these guys. And that’s not to make you feel bad, we are sooo in love with this session! We had never done smoke bombs before and we were so excited to try them. And then there’s that confetti ya’ll bought thats the finest confetti we’ve ever photographed… and I must say, I found some in my car last week. So yah, I’ll really remember your session for months and years to come haha. 

A couple weeks ago, we got to photograph a really cute engagement session, at sunrise in Fells Point. You know, we are NOT morning people at all, but there’s something about the lighting and the quiet streets in Fells Point that doesn’t make it so bad. We met Katie and Greg right as the sun was coming up, but since it was overcast, we didn’t get any killer skies. We did however get THE BEST lighting for our couple though and could shoot in any direction we wanted because the sun wouldn’t be harsh at all.

My 2020 couples are blessing me with new locations and experiences and I’m so thankful! For Clare and Zach’s session we went down to Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis and traversed the land! It is such a beautiful park: gazebos, trees, fields, high grass, and water! My favorite part (besides hanging with these two cuties!) were seeing all the fluffer puppers!!  Even at the brightest part of the day, we were able to find some open shade and get some fun photos. 

I love when history merges with real life present time. Prior to going full time back in 2014, I used to work for a marketing and branding agency in Towson. One of our clients was right in the heart of towson. Paige was on staff, so technically, she was my client back in 2011-2013 in another life.. We kept in touch on social media. Fast forward to a couple months ago, I get an email from Paige through our website and I was sooo thrilled. I was probably more honored that out of all the amazing photographers in town, she choose us.

These two are CUTE! I loved meeting Olivia and Sean for their downtown Fells engagement session this fall! I love having sessions down in Fells because there is so much history (and cobblestone!) and so many beautiful storefronts! While we were shooting we saw TWO bridal parties taking photos, too! You could tell that Olivia and Sean were visibly excited watching these two bridal parties have so much fun. Your time is coming!!