the blog

I finally got around to sharing this! About 2.5 months ago, my family threw me a really incredible baby shower and I was literally showered with gifts and baby goodies. At the time I just thought how awesome is all this stuff… now two months later I have a 2 month old and putting most of it to good use.

Most of the weddings we photograph are couples who are 20 something and 30 something year olds. Well this where we love our job even more because love knows no age. Atena and David are one of our amazing couples, and they aren’t millennials. But they are madly in love. 

Atena and David had a beautiful ceremony on the 4th floor of the Legg Mason Tower overlooking Baltimore’s waterfront. Atena always wanted to get married in a little chapel in New England, but family, friends, and career is here in Baltimore. So, they brought the chapel to Baltimore and to their wedding venue. They stood in front of their guests, sealed a box of “spirits” and all their guests prayed over them and their marriage towards the end of the ceremony.

Where do two people who love trains get married? Well of course, a train museum! But these two didn’t get married just anywhere… they said yes to forever in front of family and friends but also surrounded by an audience of massive historic trains. If you’ve never been to the B&O Train Museum, you’ve gotta go! It’s a pretty incredible site to see.

Morgan and Max incorporated a few really awesome things into their wedding day. Morgan’s mom handmade the bouquets, the girls carried in lanterns instead of bouquets, and the groomsmen were given multi-tools as gifts. Their guest book was a giant antique map where guests could sign and  “claim territory” like the olden days! Our favorite part of the day was our portrait time with Morgan and Max. Having so many historic trains to choose from to take pictures with was awesome, and Morgan and Max were so pumped to jump from train to train (no pun intended!).

Anyone in need of wedding invitation ideas? Today is your lucky day because we are talking all things wedding stationery with our featured vendor and guest blogger, Basic Invite. If you are engaged and planning a wedding you have to check them out! But first, let me tell you all about them.

We loved every detail of this wedding day! From the beautiful florals from My Flower Box, to the shawls and the fur cape of the bridal party, to the Baltimore stationery and more!! Wait until you see the details for yourself! 

You’d think that at some point we would get snow… but we still haven’t. But, we’ve definitely gotten some pretty cold and pretty windy days! Jackie and Justin had a windy windy engagement session in December, just a month before their wedding… and boy was it cold. But that didn’t keep these two from loving on each other, smiling, and enjoying their time together. 

We loved that they wanted to incorporate two locations historic to Baltimore. The Baltimore Museum of Industry as well as Fort McHenry. 

A couple weeks ago, we (Patrick, myself, and our Assistant Sarah), ventured out to Colorado to meet up with one of our couples for their engagement session. Allison and Benny met us here in Colorado, booked us for their Maryland Wedding via skype once they had moved out to Colorado. We were so excited to be able to photograph these guys not only where they live, but also in our favorite second state in the US.

We flew in on Friday, and photographed these guys on Saturday in one of our favorite mountain towns, Breckenridge, Colorado. The morning before meeting them we scoped out some locations and couldn’t wait to meet up with them and take them on what became a 3 hour excursion. We even saw a MOOSE! In my whole life I’ve only seen 3 in the wild and so that was a pretty awesome thing to be with them and experience that. 

In 2016, our team had a January 1st New Years Day wedding, and a December 31st 2016 New Years Eve Wedding. What are the chances!!!

We are so excited to share this beautiful Herrington on the Bay New Years Eve Wedding. Brittany and Steve said I Do in the evening, just a few hours before the clock struct 12 and a New Year begun.  The balloons fell, folks kissed and cheered, even Patrick and I kissed (well afterwards haha). We were so honored to start a New Year doing what we absolutely love with one of our amazing couples! Folks danced until it was time to go and rows of sparklers sent our couple off to a New Year together as husband and wife!

Congrats Brittany and Steve! Cheers to a New Year and to your marriage! We wish you guys the best!

How sweet are these two!? Jenna and Robert had the sweetest morning session with us two days before Christmas in downtown Baltimore. Robert had just flown in from Japan, where he is stationed, to spend time with family and friends, and in the coming days drive across the nation to what will be their new home in California.

Maggie has known Jenna since they both were kids, in middle school. Maggie was friends with her old brother Thomas from school and church. Crazy to think that so many years later that Maggie and Jenna’s paths crossed again and we are honored now to be their wedding photographers. 

Earlier this month, Emily and Joe celebrated a beautiful wedding at the Columbus Club of Arlington. The ceremony was at St Aloysius Church in DC on the Gonzaga campus where Joe went to High School. We absolutely LOVE this wedding for a bunch of reasons. We LOVED the color palette… mainly because we love Christmas and the Holidays. This winter wedding made us with we would have done a winter wedding! The white fur capes against the beautiful red dresses are amazing! Patrick especially loved the florals, the tuxedos, and Emily’s dress… just stunning!