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When we met Caity and Michael, we had just come from a pumpkin patch with our son Zeke. He was a few months old and we were so appreciative that they would be okay with us bringing him with us. As soon as we met them we knew their wedding would be special.

I had never heard of the Tidewater Inn until I was asked by a friend in the industry to shoot a wedding alongside her. I was so excited because we had just booked Caity and Michael’s wedding and I would get to see it before shooting there for one of our couples. Little did we know that it’s sister venue is one of our favorites, the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club!

Caity and Michael found us through a sibling of our past October couples, Fadi and Stephanie, and their families. They shared with us their story, my favorite being that Michael’s son would play a key role in the wedding day. When the day actually came, this guy was honestly, so sweet. Oh… and can he dance. A few special moments of the day for us was watching him give a gift to Caity and Michael, and also the sand pouring during ceremony representing becoming a family of 3.

When we pulled up to the house I was like, I love this place. Our engagement session with Brittany and Darryl was a family affair. Her parents invited us in, showed us around. For all the LOST lovers out there, the house used to be owned by John Locke. It was like a castle, meets […]

These guys picked a really cool venue for the engagement session because of their story. Their story begins in 2014 where they met through mutual friends. It wasn’t really until 2017 that they started talking and hanging out, and they really enjoyed time at Big Cork Vineyards both together and with friends. So it was fitting to do their engagement session at Big Cork Winery. What a really cool place.

This wedding for us was a real example of love through thick and thin.  Both Lauren and Alex had lost a parent but our couple made sure they were not forgotten. Lauren wanted a lot of color. Nothing trendy, just beautiful and what she wanted. She had a charm, a photo of her dad wrapped around her bouquet. Alex’s mom had passed away so both our bride and groom have once experienced great loss so this marriage was a symbol of unity, love, and memory.

Today we are sharing another beautiful Springfield Manor wedding with Caty-Betz and Kyle! Caty-Betz is a nursing school friend of our Assistant Sarah so it was a ton of fun to see her as a bridesmaid at this wedding! Caty-Betz and Kyle met in college at Randolph Macon in Virginia. Kyle is from New Jersey and Caty-Betz is from Virginia, but they landed in the middle and recently bought a home on the Eastern Shore in Maryland.

I get this email from this bride that didn’t even hesitate to book us. She said we came highly recommended by one of her bridesmaids. Little did we know that our assistant Sarah and scheming to make sure Caty-Betz and Kyle asked us to be their wedding photographers. Honestly, it was a match made by Sarah… Sarah, you officially match made us haha.

We met Courtney and Ryan at her sister’s wedding reception and then ran into them at a Bridal Show at the venue her sister got married at. It was so special with Courtney asked us to be their wedding photographers, secretly because I get to be with her awesome family all over again.

We woke up on Sunday and looked at the weather once more. Rain was a definite. But we had a smile on our face because we know, Ashley and Will were the perfect couple for a rainy day wedding. Upon arriving at the AirBnB where the girls were getting ready, I walked into a house. I heard Laughing coming from the second floor, so I knew, it was going to be an awesome day.

Out of all our rainy day weddings this year, Ashley and Will dominated their day. Their attitudes were incredible. They wanted gorgeous pictures to the point that her expensive shoes were left indoor, umbrellas were grabbed and flipflops on and out the door she went at the venue for her first look, her portraits, and her wedding party pictures.

In July we were part of the 4th of July parade in Catonsville. We did a giveaway and got to spend time with one of the winning couples, an amazing and power duo, Frank and Erin. These guys have such a cool story. They are best friends, and Frank owns a gym in Catonsville called Frank’s fitness. Spending time was so cool as I got to learn about body building, fitness, and competitions, a world I don’t know or have ever been a part of. These guys had so much fun, and it’s obvious that they have a blast together!

Megan and Seth hands down get the award for best more improvised and classy first dance, oh and a rocking bubble send off too.

The morning started at the 4 seasons hotel while the guys got dressed at their home in downtown Baltimore. Megan read a love letter from Seth that made her cry and us too without even knowing the contents of the letter.

If you’re here it probably means you saw our post on Instagram and Facebook. If you didn’t but stumbled upon our site, let me share a little bit about our story and why this post exists. 

On Sept 7 I left a card for Patrick on his night stand to share with him our awesome news. We were pregnant with our second child. We hugged and rolled around in our bed with excitement. He kissed me a few times and we were like, awesome, let’s not tell anyone just yet! But in just 3.5 days, our joy turned to fear, sadness and mourning as I started experiencing every symptom of miscarriage. I even shot an entire wedding on the worst day of the miscarriage, smiling in front of our couple and their guests while my heart grieved and even physically my body ached.