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This wedding for me is beyond special to share with you. Katie and I have been friends for over 10 years! She was in my wedding 7 years ago and is a treasure and a gem. She’s one of those friends that no matter what happens in life, how many months (or years for that matter) go by, that when you get on the phone, you laugh just as hard as you did when you saw each other day to day.

When Katie not just told me she was engaged, invited us to her wedding, asked us to shoot it AND that it was going to be in Mexico, Patrick and I didn’t hesitate. Yes, Mexico is amazing, but guys, this was our first legit destination wedding outside the US so it was a pretty big deal for us. It was a bucket list item to be totally honest and we are so happy that we got to be alongside them. I jokingly told Katie that if she had a wedding party, I would have been in it. So I made us shirts to wear prior to the wedding and enjoyed every minute being able to be there, support her, help work out logistics, etc.

Cruising around Solomons island with these guys was a blast! We lucked out with the weather and Megan and Ryan showed me some pretty cool places! Like most our couples, these two started out unsure of the session and dominated. The camera and posing came so easily for these guys and we are so excited for their 2021 wedding!

I love this wooded engagement session for so many reasons! Zach emailed us earlier in the week to let us know that he would be giving Melinda a present. These guys loves Harry Potter and wanted some photos with their wands and books. Little did Melinda know, Zach had cut out and glued the pages of a book and hid a present inside. So creative and so thoughtful! Melinda loved it!

Megan and Justin became one of our amazing 2021 couples at the beginning of of Quarantine… like days in! We met them at the Turf Valley Bridal Show (one of our fav shows to do) and were so pumped to have them as one of ours!

When thinking about their engagement session, they told us that Cove Point Beach on Solomons Island was really special to them. It was a no brainer to do their session and drive the 1.5 hours to and from to get incredible memories and photos for these two. We met them at a family beach house in the cutest little neighborhood and literally ventured throughout the island. They were set on beach photos so not only did we get those for them but we also got them even more variety utilizing a pier, dunes, fence lines and of course an amazing lighthouse that was special to their grand mother. Even the beach umbrella you’ll see in the photos belonged to Justin’s grandfather with memories attached!

Anytime we shoot new locations, we get really giddy and excited. Our couples probably think we are nuts, cause we show up, hug them, and then propose our strategy for their session. As most our couples, these guys were like… yes please, we don’t know what to do. So we set out on an adventure through a new state park on the water across the bay bridge. We had no idea what we would find but I’ll tell you, we found SO much variety for these guys. I don’t have a favorite segment for this session because every time we walked a little further, we found more beauty. 

I’ve known Erin for 10 years which is crazy. She’s Patrick’s first cousin actually. I met Erin for the first time when I came to the Nolans 4th of July party when I started dating Patrick. Or maybe it was Christmas. I don’t actually remember. What I do remember though was that Patrick had beautiful cousins and they were single. What the… so over the years I got to know Erin and what a gem she is. It was at a wedding back in 2016 that Patrick and I were at the Chesapeake Bay beach club and about 10 minutes before ceremony was starting, guests were still coming in. In walks Erin and her boyfriend Chris. I had met Chris before but something this time stood out to me. We asked “wait, how are you guys here.” And Chris informed us that he was a cousin to our groom. Such small worlds! After that wedding, we’d see Chris and Erin at other family events and we knew something was brewing. I mean this is our world and we can see things progressing for a lot of our friends and family haha. When Erin and Chris got engaged we actually didn’t really react as we didn’t want to be the photographers like “hire us for your wedding!” We gave them space. But when Erin reached out, I was ecstatic! We were so honored they wanted us to shoot their wedding. 

Beach engagement sessions are some of our favorite. The salty air, the breeze that hits the dress and makes it do what only wind can do. Foot prints in the sand and wet feet. We love it all. Lindsay and Matt were champions. Our 2.5 hour engagement quickly became 4 (by accident) we were having so much fun and cruising all around a private golf course (by foot unfortunately, I love golf carts). These two never tired out… except at the end when we all realized we were starving and then went and ate the biggest chimichangas, enchiladas, and burritos. 

Sarah met up with Mallory and DJ for a surprisingly warm Sunday down in Owings, MD. These two cuties live on the Eastern Shore, but grew up near Owings and that’s where their parents still live. It was a wedding-packed weekend, with Mallory finding her dress that weekend, too. These guys had a beautiful session on Mallory’s parents’ property complete with water, a dock, and their sweet, fluffly Golden Luna. We had a ton of fun with their energetic pup and are so thankful for DJ’s mom for the beautiful handmade sign! 

Yah! Our first official shoot fo the new year! Alyssa and Sammy are kicking off our 2019 Wedding and Engagement season! We have a pretty big break between now and May with a wedding here and there and engagement sessions rare with this weather. 

We totally lucked out! January 6th, sunny, and beautiful. Cold, but could have been so much worst! Sammy and Alyssa are our super cute southern couple who live in Raleigh, NC! They came up into town for their session and to visit family. It was totally fitting to do their engagement session at a sentimental place. A park where they walked their dogs, and place visited often with family and pups. 

Our time with Alyssa and Sammy was special. We got to know them, learn ab

I’ve known Aubrie for like 8 or 10 years… something insane. We met through church and we have been great friends with her parents for years. When Aubrie got engaged I was like a giddy little girl… probably because Aubrie is like a little sister to me. She was in my wedding party 5 years ago. To be shooting her wedding is so so special to us.