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Clark and Casey met in SAT class at their high school, Archbishop Spalding, in the summer of 2006. Little did Casey know the funny kid in the bright orange hat would turn out to be the love of my life!  Their first date was to Downtown Annapolis that summer, and since then they have had many, many more in that beautiful location! It will forever be a special place for them.  After high school they spent their college years on opposite sides of Pennsylvania, Clark at St. Vincent College, and Casey at York College of Pennsylvania.  They discovered that distance truly makes the heart grow fonder, and their love only continued to grow deeper. College came and went and the day finally came that they were both back in Maryland for good! Then, on October 29th, 2014, Clark popped the question, and of course Casey said yes!  As best friends they are thrilled to be spending life together… November can’t come soon enough!

ou will love these too. I’m obsessed with Heathers dress and Carlos’ tan suit. Can’t wait for this beautiful wedding to come! They will be a beautiful bride and groom!

I was asked earlier this year, “Do you ever second shoot weddings?”

My response, “I’m not sure, I have never second shot a wedding before.”

The response is always the same: “WHAT!!? How do you book 30 weddings in a year and you’ve never second shot?” Well, I never have, until a few weeks ago.

Today I’m sharing a little bit about my experience second shooting for the first time.

Steph and Brad met through mutual friends. These two absolutely love sports… especially the Orioles (I mean who doesn’t love our Baltimore Baseball team!?)… They bonded over their love of sports and quickly became inseparable. These guys live near us in Ellicott City and love being outdoors, watching sports, and relaxing with friends. Steph and Brad wanted their engagement pics at Centennial Lake, where Brad proposed to Steph while on a picnic. They are getting married at Turf Valley next year and we are thrilled to be alongside them as they throw the biggest party of their lives!

When I graduated from college in 2009, my first job was teaching Kindergarten at the McDonogh School in Owings Mills. I spent two years there, surrounded by amazing people, students, and families. As a Bryn Mawr grad who spent years on the Gilman School campus (I grew up living on campus) with brothers who attended Gilman, McDonogh was the arch enemy. But ever since I taught at McDonogh, my heart for that school has grown so big that I think I might love McDonogh as much as I love Gilman.

I’ll never forget the inquiry I got from Stephanie and Tim for the first time they reached out to us. When the question “How did you find us?” came up, Stephanie said “We just stumbled upon you!”

This couple is the kind of couple we hope for, pray for, and get excited to work with. Not just because they “stumbled upon us” but also because they are fun, adventurous, sweet, light hearted, and when you’re with them, you feel like you’ve been friends for years.

Laurie and Kevin had the cutest e-session at Patterson Park and in Old Ellicott City!

Yippee! We are throwing confetti for Nicole! I spent some time with Nicole, thanks to a mutual friend and client, Holley! Nicole is awesome and plans to be another amazing nurse.

Jessica and Jason aren’t just cute, their fun! They are getting married this fall at Baldwin’s Station so they wanted to take engagement pics there too. Unfortunately we won’t be photographing their wedding as they had already selected a photog prior to meeting us, but lucky for us, we got to do their e-sessions as they were the winners of one of our engagement session giveaways at a bridal show earlier this year.

We are kicking off our work week with a beautiful engagement session with Jillian and Chris. Jillian and Chris are one of our Radiant Couples, and one of the sweetest Baltimore couples we know. We are in love with this session at Patterson Park at the Inner Harbor, in Baltimore Maryland. We got to spend time with this couple and their sweet Border Collie, Camden (of course named after our beloved Orioles Baseball Stadium, Camden Yards).  Jillian and Chris, you guys were amazing! Maggie and I had a blast with you guys!