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First off let’s just make it very known that we met these guys on a cruise. And everyone reading this who is at the wedding knows how ironic and funny that is because many of the people at the wedding and family and friends know that Alyssa and Josh love to cruise. Patrick and I were on a cruise with friends for Patrick’s cousin’s baby Moon. One night Patrick and I went to the casino and met Josh and Alyssa I believe at a blackjack table. We asked them if they had a desire to be guinea pig models for us when we landed at the Bahamas in Nassau so that we could have a beautiful Bahama portfolio they would get pretty pictures. We were surprised they said absolutely yes. We gave them directions in an address for where to meet us in the Bahamas. So trusting of us and we so trusting of them. Crazy to think that that was back in 2016.

Who would’ve thought that years later when they would get engaged that they wuold ask us of all photographers in the nation to be their wedding photographers!! When Alyssa and Josh reached out via Facebook we were so excited! My response was “absolutely yes” we would love to. We were excited to make the drive up from Baltimore to spend time with our couple at their wedding and then at the after party. Seeing them that first moments the night before their wedding was as if we picked up where we left off at the bahama beach years prior.

EkkK! I’m soooo excited to share this session with you. First off, I LOVE when things just align when you least expect it. Patrick and I flew to Mexico back in January for a friends wedding that we were photographing. On the first day, we got to the resort, grabbed some food, and then were trying to figure out where everything was. So we found ourselves looking at a map, at the same time as another couple. Austin and Courtney were standing there too, I’m pretty sure we asked them a question and they couldn’t answer it either because they had just arrived as well. We talked a little bit, shared a little about ourselves and said “see ya later!”

Little did we know we would run into them a few more times. Once we saw them again I whispered to Patrick, “babe, we should see if they want some photos!” We of course were pumped about the idea of photographing these cuties… probably because we knew they would be so fun and up for a great adventure. Let’s just say, adventure was definitely part of it. We definitely got introuble and yelled at twice off property… our bad. Then we cruised around, tried some new verbal cues like “run and jump off that sand dune towards us” and our favorite… “sit down in the water and see what happens.”

This session is super special to me because Kellie is my COUSIN! I haven’t seen her in months, maybe even over a year, and it’s not too often that we see each other because we live in different states! But we had a family reunion a few months ago to celebrate our grandmothers life as she passed away earlier this year due to COVID and other health related things. Soon before our reunion, Kellie got engaged to Evan, a really sweet guy we were sooo excited to meet! Yah for more cousins (I only have 3 bios and now they all will be married!)

It was only fitting when we were together to take engagement pictures. It was also fitting because we happened to be spending the weekend all together at Britland Manor Estate for the reunion, which is also a wedding venue!

Super excited to share this wedding! When Katie and Carlos told us they were moving their DC wedding out to Leesburg VA, we were so excited and thrilled. We wanted them to have a beautiful wedding with all their people, and they did. That was their driving factor for moving their wedding out of the city and to the country.

So Jordan and Brett are a couple we also met on our cruise to the Western Caribbean! They are friends with the engaged couple, Kristen and Josh, you can see their pics here. When Kristen and Josh agreed to doing photos, we ended up asking Jordan and Brett if they wanted some too. They said sure and came along for the session to get some cute dating pics of their own! They were awesome in front of the lens and totally trusted us as we guided them through a lot of poses in a short amount of time. Jordan and Brett, thanks so much for venturing through Cozumel with us. We are pumped for your adventures to come!

Every time we take a trip, we try to meet or find a cute couple that would be willing to allow us to take photos of them for portfolio in exchange for giving them amazing photos to remember! We met Kristen and Josh on the spa tour the very first day of our cruise, actually we were still at port and walking through the ship to get to know the layout, what it had to offer and see if there were any specials going on. We talked just for a bit, found out they were engaged after talking about being wedding photographers and the stresses of our bodies to the spa lady haha. Anyway, we ran into them again a couple more times and decided to ask them if they were up for it sometime during the 7 days of being on the ship together. We ended up doing an excursion with them too which was really awesome. Sure enough, they said yes doing the session and we proposed Cozumel.

Baltimore is such a small place yet so big. Steph and Nate found us because Patrick saw that Nate had gotten engaged via Facebook and if I’m correct, Nate was looking for wedding vendors and Patrick reached out. Nate and Patrick went to Calvert Hall together and hadn’t seen each other in years. We met his gorgeous fiance Stephanie at our house for a consult and obviously talked about engagement session and they mentioned that they wanted to do some in Florida. We didn’t think that it was going to be an option because of timing but then Patrick had this awesome idea. At our consult, we told them we would be going on a cruise. Patrick asked, “well when will you be there next.” We all were in disbelief when we discovered that we all would be in Florida at the same time so we worked out the logistics and made it happen.

In April of 2017, Patrick and I were supposed to shoot a wedding. I ended up getting pregnant during summer wedding season of 2016 and gave our April couples the option to void contract with us since I was unable to shoot the wedding. All 5 of our April weddings kept contract and Patrick and Sarah (our associate team lead) ended up shooting all the April Weddings. Ally and Benny were one of them.

Ally and Benny’s wedding was gorgeous and I was so bummed I had to miss it. Patrick and Sarah dominated that wedding and I jokingly told them “you don’t need me anymore!” 

Benny’s sister Molly reached out earlier this year and asked us to photograph her wedding which made my heart so happy. I can’t even tell you how excited I was and honored to shoot a wedding for a sibling to one of our couples.

This destination wedding was amazing. Brittany and Darryl had such a packed full day. Some of my favorite highlights to this day included a double date first look, a cat that followed us EVERYWHERE (like I had to pick it up and move it across a field in hopes it left us alone), a ceremony that was sweet with vows spoken on the spot, and a band that had people dancing all night long. Oh and don’t forget the reception details… I loved them all, from lanterns, to a beautiful 4 tiered cake and mini macaroon cakes too on a beautiful antique server. Love love love!