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In late July, Maggie and Joe said “I Do” in front of family and friends in upstate New York, in Albany. This beautiful teal and coral inspired wedding held at The State Room in Downtown Albany was just perfect. Not only do Maggie and my wife Maggie share a good name, Maggie our bride could not have been a better fit for us as wedding photographers.

Wait until you see the beautiful details from this wedding. The humor of the guests, the beauty in all the details, the kindness of the bridal party, the sweet Rolls Royce car, the beautiful Million Dollar Stairscase at the Albany capital, and of course our amazing bride and groom.

Congrats Maggie and Joe! Thanks for making this destination wedding so amazing for us! You and your family treated us like we were family (including swimming in your parents pool at the house after the wedding!). We can’t wait to see what is ahead of you both in the future. To Mr. and Mrs. Mulchahy, Cheers!

So this wedding we are SO excited to share because Melissa isn’t just one of our Radiant brides, she is one of my dear friends that has been with me since before I met my husband Patrick. In fact… Melissa is one of the first women who said “is he your boyfriend” and I denied because at that moment in time, Patrick was my friend and nothing more… yet. But Melissa knew, called it, and to this day, I think she’s really the matchmaker for Patrick and I. 🙂

Melissa and Will said “I do” at the base of the beautiful Havre De Grace Concord Point Lighthouse over looking the tip of the Chesapeake Bay. A beautiful day for a beautiful wedding with no more than 30 intimate friends and family witnessing this bond and union of two beautiful souls. We were honored to be there.

Melissa and Will, we hope and believe the best for your life and marriage, not just as our client but as our dear friends, cheerleaders of our own marriage, and so much more. Thank you for inviting us to be a part of your wedding day.

Maggie met Chrissy and Daniel at a bridal show in Towson earlier this Spring. The night we met Chrissy and Daniel together, we hung out, and afterwards, Patrick and Daniel bonded over car repairs at a local shop down the road. They hired us and we were elated! A few months ago, we attempted to do Chrissy and Daniel’s engagement pictures down at Mount Vernon in Baltimore City. But, we got hit with a monsoon… I mean like torrential downpour.

We are so thrilled and excited to share this engagement session with Collin and Erin up at Jerusalem Mills, Maryland. We met Erin at an Annapolis Bridal show and we just clicked with her. We know Collin must be pretty awesome if Erin was marrying him. We LOVE when we meet couples and we just mess with them.

Collin and Erin, we are so excited to not only be your wedding photographers, but we feel like we have new friends as well! We can’t wait for your wedding day next year! It’s gonna be amazing!

xo

Maggie & Patrick

Early in August, we had the honor and privilege of photographing Anna and Roman’s Wedding outside at the Mt. Washington Mill Dye House with a reception inside their amazing exposed brick reception hall in Mt. Washington, Maryland.

We met up with Anna and Roman at a Double T diner in Ellicott City after the place we were going to meet at had a concert happening we didn’t know about! We were a great fit and super excited to work with these two.

Anna and Roman decided not to have a bridal party and instead have their closest friends with them throughout the duration of the day! Anna had a beautiful pair of Kate Spade Gold Glittered shoes (my favs!) and Roman had a stunning Michael Kors yellow tie.

We love Anna and Roman’s engagement session… they went for a hike on Christmas day and when they got to the top of the mountain to the beautiful view. They sat down and ate some clementines and Roman seemed nervous. Roman proposed at the top of the mountain where Anna said yes! They went home and got Chinese food–a nice new tradition for Christmas day for them.

Congrats Anna and Roman on your wedding day and thank you for inviting us to be such an active part of your life and spend the day photographing your wedding day!

We are fans of the nations. We’ve been all over the world, and we are bilingual. And we couldn’t be more excited to have Kelley and Jose as one of our Radiant couples! Kelley thought Washington DC would be an ideal location for their DC engagement session at the Jefferson Memorial. We were so excited to photograph these two down in DC!

Kelley and Jose met in the Peace Corp when Kelley was in Paraguay.  These two are so flippin’ cute and we can’t wait until their January wedding!

So recently Patrick and I have had more work than we can handle. Some days that’s amazing, other days, we want to stay in bed, put my head under the covers, and go back to sleep in hopes we wake up and everything is back to easy! (Where’s the easy button when you really need it!?)

Work is exhausting, but Passion keeps you moving forward. We decided it was time to bring on another assistant because while we love what we do, we need some extra help here and there. Sarah first, now Jess. Thanks to the Stevenson University Job Inquiry Portal, Jess found us, and we are forever grateful and thankful for this woman. She fits our personalities and company so well, and we are better because of her!

Referrals are like ice cream flavors. When you try one out and love it, you tell everyone. This is what happens to us. Last fall I met a maid of honor in a wedding we were photographing. She loved the work we did and told her friend, Nichole. Now, because of a referral we got business… all because of relationships. Thanks Jessica for sending the Davis’ our way!

Nichole and Corey got married on a beautiful day, with the radar calling for lots and lots of rain. The rain held off long enough for us to get pictures outside, of the separate bridal party’s.

On June 20, Nichole and Corey tied the knot at Martin’s Valley Mansion, a wedding venue in Cockeysville MD. The ceremony and the reception were sweet and a ton of fun. Just by looking at their guests during the reception, you can tell that everyone was having a ball!

Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Davis… we wish you guys the best to come!

At some point or another the photographer gets tired of lugging all their equipment to every wedding. Light Kit, Flashes, Batteries, Cords, Extension Cords, Camera Bodies, and the good old lenses.

As a lover of Canon, Patrick and I definitely have our pick of must have lenses that every wedding photographer needs. These are our favorite lenses we use for weddings, but they are also totally the must haves if you have any for a wedding. 

Sometimes there are couples we meet that just fit us. We call it natural affinity. There’s people that we mesh with, that mesh with us, that we just feel like friends and not just wedding photographers for. Lindsey and Matt are one of those couples. Throughout their wedding day, you never saw anyone just watching… people were laughing, and never once did we see Lindsey and Matt not smiling or laughing. But here’s the thing… this is who they are. It wasn’t just for the day… it’s been throughout all the months leading up to their big day, ever since the day we first met them. As you scroll through their day, you can’t help but just see the joy in these families.