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My 2020 couples are blessing me with new locations and experiences and I’m so thankful! For Clare and Zach’s session we went down to Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis and traversed the land! It is such a beautiful park: gazebos, trees, fields, high grass, and water! My favorite part (besides hanging with these two cuties!) were seeing all the fluffer puppers!!  Even at the brightest part of the day, we were able to find some open shade and get some fun photos. 

Olivia and Tim were seriously such a sweet couple for us. The morning with them all was a whirlwind. Olivia was so cute when she said all she wanted was to marry Tim and dance so much. Though the morning was a super tight timeline due to the time we were all allowed on site, the girls rocked it. Olivia never showed any signs of stressed. I think she just decided she was going to have the most amazing day along side her fiance Tim who would become her husband that day. 

We met Erin years ago at a Bridal Show. Fast forward to 2019, Erin emailed us, told us she was engaged and asked us to shoot her wedding. She knew she wanted us way back in 2015 or 2016 which is incredible that years later she remembered us and asked us. I felt like I was getting proposed to haha. We were absolutely thrilled when she asked us. We were excited to meet Brian and since all of us are business owners, there’s just this deeper level of understanding that we all get with each other. 

Lauren and Dan… What can we say??? You guys were so much fun to work with! Your wedding day was really special. We absolutely loved that you had a small and intimate wedding party and a small guest count. Intimate is the word I would use for your wedding day. The love you guys have for each other is so evident, I mean look at your photos. The laughter you cause each other to release is what we wish for our couples for years to come! Even when you came to our house for your gallery reveal, we felt like we were with friends, not just one of our couples. You even cozied up with each as you look through photos!

I’ll never forget when Heather sat at my kitchen table in our new home and told leaned over to KC and told him she was going to have to cancel their next meeting. As in they had planned to meet another photographer that night after us, and decided not to. They booked us at our table that night and the rest is history! The only thing that could’ve made this wedding day better was if selfishly, we had done an engagement session with them because we didn’t feel like we had enough time with them on wedding day! These guys had a ton of guests, an awesome timeline, and were covered head to toe in love.

We talked a lot about where they’re from. University of South Carolina is a big deal for these guys. Upon showing up to the Airbnb where they were getting ready flags hung outside and trees and on the building. At reception the flag was brought out and half their guest count were in a photo. These guys lacked no fun at their wedding and Alyssa danced the whole time! I have no doubt that their wedding was the best night of their life. They did not do a first look which I thought was going to be super stressful for the amount of people they had… we were definitely put to the test. 22 total. 11 on each side. What a feat. I had 10 on each side when I got married so I loved this group of attendants! Their wedding party was so much fun!

I’ve known Jason for what I think is almost 10 years. Patrick has probably known him longer! His sister heather is one of my best friends and his sister Sam and her husband Andrew are one of our 2017 couples. As a result I have gotten pretty close to their family so shooting this wedding was super special. When we met Lauren for the first time I knew she would be so much fun to work with. Her and Jason are so sweet together and their families are incredible. 

When you show up on a wedding day to the brides getting ready Suite and are welcomed with the biggest hug, you know it’s gonna be a good day.

Gene and Caras wedding was one for the books. We made a killer timeline for these guys, one that is a little rare for us. No first look but 3 hours between ceremony end and cocktail hour start. The morning was sweet with an amazing dad Reveal followed by a traditional Greek ceremony. After our couple recessed down the aisle as newlyweds (woot woot) we dominated family photos followed by an adventure to the inner harbor. Cara wanted photos with Gene in front Baltimore’s historic constellation so we did even better. We got them by it as well as Baltimore skylines and really awesome Baltimore culture in the backdrops.

Tom and Caitlin had a classic and elegant wedding downtown in Fells Point! They had an intimate ceremony in Catonsville at St. Hilda’s Episcopal Church (formerly St. Timothy’s) where Caitlin’s mom got married at years ago! We were even able to recreate her parents’ favorite wedding photo at the church’s door. 

What we love about referrals is that we have relationship with many of the folks at the weddings we will shoot in the months to come. Melissa is one of my friends and bridesmaids and she married a really stellar guy named Alex. I was In their wedding which was super special. When Katie and nick came to our first meeting in our home, we knew this would be a neat wedding to shoot as Nick is Melissa’s brother in law, the brother of Alex. We already knew their families and knew we’d see other familiar faces too. 

Katie and Nick spent the morning with their bridal parties at private homes. They kept a traditional ceremony so Nick seeing Katie for the first time and seeing all smiles was a pretty surreal moment for them. They had a service as St Marks in Catonsville and following the ceremony, all guests were invited to the quaint but beautiful Overhills Mansion. With photos around the house of Katie and nick through time and candle themed centerpieces, this simple wedding was quite classy and just right for our couple.