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Aww yah! Will and Ashley’s session is live on the blog and we are so pumped. When we think of these two, two words come to mind. Sweet and Tender. Will is so funny, playful, and sweet to Ashley, and Ashley is tender, kind, and gentle. Watching these two interact during our time with them allowed us to really capture their personalities and their care for each other. 

Well, we’ve officially kept our kid alive for 1 year!! HOORAY! Okay, but really, we can’t believe that we have a 1 year old! Where did this year go!? 

We invited a friends and family to come celebrate Zeke a few days after his first birthday! If you haven’t been to our house, you should know that I’m obsessed with seashells, water, the beach, and sunshine. I mean, our guest bathroom/Zeke’s bathroom has boat oars, a Navy shiplap wall, and a boat wheel. We figured it would be fitting to do a Whale themed birthday party and incorporate boats, whales and seagulls for the BIG ONE!

Happy Birthday to the best boy I know. I love my little guy! Oh, and if you scroll to the bottom, we have proof that he isn’t ‘always smiles and giggles!

These guys opted for quiet waters park in Annapolis because that’s home for them. They both are military and Sarah is a naval academy grad! Their sweet sweet pup Scarlet did awesome! Stephen and Sarah, You guys rocked your session, even though it was cold cold!!! We can’t wait for your wedding day to come!

We can’t tell you how many weddings we’ve shot where we’ve photographed siblings, cousins, etc. We met James and Jessica through his sister, Heather, who was one of our brides. When James and Jessica said they wanted to hire us too, we were so so excited. Not just because they are sweet, fun, and beautiful, but also because we love their family, and can’t wait to see them all again. It will be like a reunion! 

We flew out to San Diego for a job we were hired to photograph. It was a special Bar Mitzvah for a very special kid. You can check out that awesome Ravens themed Bar Mitzvah here!

I’ve had something on my bucket list since I was a kid: Go to the San Diego Zoo. I still can’t believe that we got to go earlier this year. You’ll find our adventures here as well as pictures from the whole trip. We literally spent 2 days in San Diego. 

We had a 6 hour travel day become a 15 hour travel day, then shot a Bar Mitzvah, then went to the Zoo and then later that night took a Red Eye home. With my mom and Zeke too. I know, we are nuts. But it was so worth it!!

“It never rains in San Diego” they say. LIES. It rained almost the whole time… but we didn’t care, we said “we’ll make our own damn sunshine” and went on adventures regardless. We stayed at La Jolla Hilton, and walked down to the famous La Jolla Torrey Pines, and checked out the hotels down there… incredible. 

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9 years ago I was finishing up my victory lap of college (5 years!) and was home bound. I got a job in August teaching at a private locally and had my first ever real life job post college. I was an assistant kindergarten teacher at the McDonogh School. That class is so special to me as I become a lead teacher half way through due to unforeseen circumstances. Those students were and still are incredible. In that mix of kids was a super cute and mischievous kid named Matthew. He wanted to please yet was always up to no good. I know, a 5 year old. But 9 years later, Matt’s parents reached out and asked Patrick and I to photograph his Bar Mitzvah.

So today we are sharing the camera bodies and the lenses that we use on wedding days and are sharing the lenses necessary for shooting weddings. We hope you find it helpful as you grow as a wedding photographer. Feel free to check out our YouTube Channel too as we bring educational content!

Sara and Greg had a beautiful wedding at Valley Country Club in Towson on what was a gorgeous January day. Man did they luck out with the weather. It was an evening wedding with a gold and navy color palette. With their kids alongside them they said I Do under the canopy in the ballroom, where they all lit candles and brought their blended family together as one. Wait until you see their boys… what cuties and man can these little guys dance. 

We shot Jason and Liz’s Tabrizi wedding in 2015, which is crazy to think because of how time flies. When Liz reached out to me and shared with us that they are expecting this March, we were so excited that they wanted maternity and newborn pictures done! Photographing our past couples and seeing their families grow is probably one of the reasons that keeps me passionate about my job because I just feel so honored that our clients come back to us, years later, and include them in more of their pivotal and monumental moments in life. 

When we show up to a meeting and the bride has already decided she’s going to hire you because she loves your work, AND her fiancé said, “They snowboard and have the same vehicles? Hire them.” You gotta love it.