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Ohh yah! Okay, so this is a really cold weather but beautiful session! Lauren reached out to me via Instagram and then we made our excitement a reality and Lauren and Nick booked me for their engagement session in Fells Point. These guys did awesome! While it was windy, chilly and hands eventually got too cold to do anything, these guys totally had fun together. Lauren and Nick, thanks for meeting me downtown and cruising around with me for your session. We are so excited for you and hope you enjoy every minute of this season!

Our last wedding of the year! I can’t believe we survived 2021 but we did and we did it next to the best couples on the planet. So excited to share this wedding with you all. Not only was this our last wedding of the year, but it was our 54th wedding of the year and there’s not another couple we would have wanted it to be.

Emily and Trevor, Congrats. Your day was full of so many sweet memories and moments. You both come from intentional, and beautiful families. The parent reveals were incredible, and watching Emily’s mom admire her daughter as she got dressed got me emotional too.

The whole day was full and fun. These lovebirds got ready at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, sharing a first touch and their vows on the Four Seasons waterfront. They actually rode together in the same vehicle to their ceremony but didn’t actually see each other until Emily walked down the aisle! Thanks for trusting us, for letting us get creative, and even letting us try something new. By new, these guys trust us to do a first touch followed by a photo looking at the camera… but without seeing each other. Talk about self control!

We are so excited to share Kayleigh and Clark’s beautiful winter wedding! Maggie and Patrick photographed their micro-wedding almost a year before, so I was thrilled to be able to document them celebrating their marriage with all of their family and friends. This was our first time shooting at Vignon Manor Farm, and I was so impressed by the gorgeous venue!

What a wedding! Hands down, this was the coldest wedding day we had in 2021. It actually is in our top 5 for coldest wedding in 10 years. But Corrine and Bradley and their families were soooo awesome.

They could have said no way and had indoor photos at Belvedere but Corrine wanted the water and the city feel. They trusted us to get through their shot list. They huddled together behind the scenes. We photoshopped hair flys, the pink/purple in hands, but they kept smiles throughout all the segments. The whole day was lovely. Corrine and her girls got ready at her parents house on the water, while the guys got ready at a hotel in Baltimore. They did a first look on the Baltimore waterfront. They trusted us when we had to switch locations of where to do a first look and where all their portraits would be. The Four Seasons waterfront was a wind tunnel… it would have been a shipwreck of hair and dresses. Everyone including us would have been miserable. But we found a spot that would still capture Baltimore, the Domino Sugar sign, and the feel of a city with a waterfront. We weren’t escaping the high 30 degree temps,, but we did escape the 20+ mph wind that day on the waterfront.

So this session is another one of our beloved Fells Point session and it’s so good! Brittany and Joe, what a duo. When we met these guys in person, we knew it would be a blast to cruise around town and also get dinner afterwards. Brittany is vibrant and full of joy… and Joe is calm, collect and sweet… we’ve always said we have the prettiest people on the planet, and I believe it, don’t you!

Joe happens to be one of our past groom’s (Fadi) best friend, so it was super cool for us to be able to work with him, while he’s seen us do our thing! Brittany and Joe, you guys did sooo good. Thanks for trusting us! Can’t wait for what’s ahead!

Aww ya! Another wedding with babies! In this case, 1 super cute ring bearer named Becket! But I have to back up a little bit before we talk about this wedding day. Patrick and I met Aubrey and Tim back in the summer when we did their engagement session that turned partially into a family session. We told them in our first meeting that we love it when couples include their furbabies and or their babies… they shared with us that they had a little boy and the coolest part… their Beckett and our Levi were born a month apart… so we knew exactly what season they were in and it was something we could relate too. These lovebirds live in California (and hopefully will move back here soon!) so we meet them in person at their session, where we crushed the property to capture their love story and family.

This was a bucket list wedding for us. We’ve lived in Baltimore our whole lives and as we’ve grown as wedding photographers, there’s a handful of venues that we thought would be iconic venues to shoot as Baltimore kids and photographers. Being able to photograph a wedding at the Four Seasons Hotel was special for us. We have been there for events, we even have been guests there before, but we hadn’t shot a wedding there yet. To be honest I was a little bit intimidated because I knew our caliber had to be on point and our professionalism not lacking at all. Cara and Brad had a beautiful day despite the weather that was handed to us for their day. Although we could not get outside for their bridal party photos or family photos we were able to sneak in a beautiful first look with a short segment of the Baltimore skyline for them.

These guys had a large shotlist for family pictures and wanted to have them all done prior to ceremony. So we definitely planned an incredible shot list and timeline with them alongside the amazing Celebrations Event team Lorin and Sharon.

Straight out of college I move back to Baltimore to start a job as a kindergarten teachers assistant. Many of you don’t know that I taught elementary education at the McDonogh school prior to moving into the marketing world, even before we were wedding photographers. My first year as a teachers assistant was with the beautiful Tammy R. How this ties into this wedding is that Tammy is the mother of my bride MJ.

About six years ago I did a reunion shoot for the race family and got to meet a handful of aunts uncles and cousins. Little did I know that we would be full-time wedding photographer shooting MJ’s wedding in the years to come. When they asked me to shoot their wedding Patrick and I were so honored and excited. Of course we said yes and would be happy to go wherever they wanted to tie the knot.

MJ and Keith decided to have their wedding in Luray Virginia at the beautiful Brenwood Lake venue.

Patrick and I drove down the night before to ensure we were able to see the venue prior to wedding day. We knew we were in for a beautiful ceremony in their outdoor space alongside the venue which felt like a rustic barn but updated for a great party.

We are so excited for Gemma and Sean’s engagement session to be live on the blog. These guys did amazing. They weren’t nervous and if anything they were excited to finally meet us in person. We were all excited to cruise around Baltimore city together. These guys were a three hour engagement session for us allowing us to do two locations with ample time to get them variety and beautiful segments. We started in Fells point up near Henderson’s Wharf and did the whole stretch in Fells Point ending up down past Bond Street! Before sunset we hopped in the car and headed over to Federal Hill starting at the marina at the Rusty Scupper where we would get classic Domino Sugar backdrops near the Ritz Carlton and then soon after get beautiful marina is with Baltimore skyline. We knew the sun was dropping fast so we headed up, and I mean we literally hiked Fed Hill from the bottom to get up to the corner. These guys are getting married at the Four Seasons next year so it was only appropriate to do a segment with the hotel in the background from Fed Hill. We finished their segment on the Fed Hill west side facing ravens stadium at the request of our groom. We’ve been getting the prettiest sunsets these days.

What a beautiful wedding that Megan and Ryan had! These guys had beautiful weather, and wonderful bridal party, and a reception that was so much fun!

The girls got ready at Megan’s parents house, and Ryan and his guys got ready and hung out in the morning while playing pool. They had a beautiful ceremony in a church in front of family and friends. As husband and wife, they were cheered on my all and everyone headed to Eagles Nest Country Club for cocktail hour and photos!

The night was full of super sweet moments, speeches, family dances, and of course wild party rock dancing.

Megan and Ryan, we are so excited for you! Thanks so much for trusting us and allowing us to be part of your day. We wish you the best!