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Talk about a cold engagement session… these guys were champs in the super super cold. We literally had Federal Hill to ourselves with Stephanie and Patrick as they rocked their session! Stephanie braved the cold with a gorgeous dress and beautiful fur wrap to both keep her warm but also to rock for fashion! 

The first hour of our job on a wedding day is to gauge the bridal party, access the details, and photograph all those GORGEOUS details that make up a huge part of the day. When we arrived at Beth and Justin’s home, upstairs hanging in their closet was a 1956 wedding gown. Purchased in 1957 from Hochschild Kohn’s department store for $150 by Beth’s great-grandfather. He basically bought her wedding gown. Her gown was worn by her grandmother, her mother, her aunt, and now by her. How incredible. Probably my favorite dress of the year!

Meet Stephanie and Keith. These guys are huge Disney fans. We have a lot of couples that love Disney, but these guys actually incorporated Disney into their engagement and their wedding day. Keith proposed to Stephanie on January 3, 2016 – one day before their two year anniversary – in Walt Disney World. He got down on one knee at their private beach at the Caribbean Beach Resort while it drizzled lightly and the fireworks lit up the sky. He carried the ring in his pocket through an entire day of Disney fun, including adventure rides and tours of Epcot and Hollywood Studios, before popping the question. At their wedding, their centerpieces were beautiful Cinderella gold Carriages, and the theme of their wedding was “Our Love Story” with elements of fairy tale, travel and baseball… Keith is a huge baseball fan. You can imagine the fun Patrick and Keith had at their engagement session talking all about baseball! I think one of the coolest reception pieces was the cake topper in glass. It’s over 100 years old with a story you can read about below. I love family heirlooms at weddings!!

We love photographing “sibling” clients. What that means is that we’ve had the honor of shooting more than one siblings wedding in one family. Years ago, patrick shot Morgan + Wayne’s wedding… way before we went full time when we were very very partirme, had tons of school debt, and trying to figure out life. 

Well, fast forward, we get an email one day from a super cute couple wanting to meet with us because they wanted us to shoot their wedding! We were floored!

I love this little family session! Nicole is a “friendor” friend! I know her because we shoot a lot of weddings at Turf Valley and Nicole is the Director of Marketing there. What’s so cool for me about this session is that I haven’t seen their little girl Niccolina since I did her newborn photos!! Just crazy how fast babies change and grow. I loved seeing her little personality… wait until you see it as you scroll!! 

Gah!! Everything about this wedding!!

Fadi and Stephanie said I Do overlooking the rolling hills of Musket Ridge!! You’ve gotta see their sunset portraits, I mean, I felt like we were in California!! 

We’ve become really good friends with these guys! They are so much fun and honestly so sweet!! We were counting down the days to shoot their wedding. 

As you scroll below you can’t help but smile. These guys shared a “first touch” during which they touched hands, didn’t see each other and read letters they wrote to each other. Fadi said “no, I’m not crying” as he wiped tears from his eyes. It was very obvious during the ceremony that Fadi was taken back by all of Stephanie. We LOVE his reaction to seeing his bride. 

Olivia and Alex are one of our past couples. We shot their wedding at Hunt Valley Country Club and since then have stayed good friends. They braved the cold cold winds for a Fall Anniversary shoot with their sweet pups. They too were cold! 

It’s so special when we get to photograph our past brides and grooms. Eva and Dave are one of our BMI couples and now they have a new addition! They asked us if we would take family pictures of them, Nora their new baby girl, and Nova their pup! Check out this super cute family session! Oh and can you tell… these guys are HUGE Villa Nova fans!! Love the color coordination!

Aww, I’m so excited to share this shoot mainly because Jayme is one of our “friendors.” I met Jayme all because she emailed me about an opportunity to do a styled shoot. It’s the only “real” styled shoot I’ve ever photographed and planned alongside some amazing vendors. That Snow White Inspired shoot can be found here. 

With colors of champagne, peach, ivory with splashes of burgundy and copper elements, you know it’s gonna be a really pretty wedding!! We met Erin and Alex thanks to one of our past couples, Daniel + Chrissy who got married at Gramercy Mansion. When these two lovebirds asked us to be their wedding photographers, we were so excited! The day was perfect… overcast skies with sunshine. The ceremony was sweet and special. We always feel like it’s pretty amazing when our couples have things in common. Both our bride and groom’s fathers had passed away and as a result, speeches were sentimental and emotional. Watching Erin and Alex throughout the day, you can just tell they love being together. From their laughs and “sweet nothings” these guys clearly loved their day! And their bridal party rocked it!