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It feels like these guys have been engaged forever… and it’s because they have been! After a nearly two year engagement and lifelong love (such a cute story of childhood sweethearts… kinda!), these two finally tied the knot this September. The weather held out for a beautiful day by the water. The boys even boated across from Maci and Kyle’s home to the venue! (And got pulled over by the boating police on the way haha). This wedding was full of fun. A boat trip. An outdoor ceremony by the water. Cute kids. A packed dance floor. A beautiful sunset. It was a great day! Thank you so much for having me, guys! I’m so glad to be able to relive your day again and again through your photos and film.

What a fun session! Maci and Kyle invited us over to their home in Sparrows Point for this session on the water! We went out on their boat and drove to a beautiful lighthouse on the water. It’s amazing to see how the state changes just a short ride from Baltimore! We were able to get some beautiful shots of their boat, named after Maci. We celebrate their wedding in less than a month! We can’t wait to see you again at the end of September!

This wedding was one for the history books. The couple – crazy fun. My bride – easy going, trusting, and of course beautiful (I say it all the time… I have the prettiest brides on the planet, inside and out)! And our groom, fun AF.

The venue was so cool to shoot at, it was our first time here as wedding photographers, but my second. During COVID my extended family actually rented Brittland Estates for a family reunion to honor the passing of my grandmother. I fully knew we would see it converted in 2021 for Alex and JD’s wedding! It is so elegant and spacious!

The vendor team… amazing and fun! Some of our favorites to work with!

Alex and JD are kind, fun, good people. Crazy for sure, just the kind that we love. We went into this wedding knowing that the priorities were people, photos, and dancing. I think dancing was the highest priority and it was evident by our groom and his bride and their guests! This also may have been one of the weddings in which guests felt the most free, wanting to be apart of something fully, without restriction, without limitation, and this is exactly what it was.

We are always honored when other skilled photographers hire us to shoot their wedding. When we first met Nicole and Ray, I remember driving home from our time with them, after eating ice cream curbside. I told Patrick “I really like them.” I was intimidated initially by Nicole. She’s beautiful, fun, spontaneous. I wasn’t used to being around a bride at an engagement session who was so confident and fun, treating me like a friend I’ve known forever, right off the bat. Most couples go into their engagement session nervous, and a little closed off.

Nicole and Ray got married at a venue we had never shot before and what a beautiful venue Kylan Barn is! New venues are so fun for us. We have to figure out how we are going to light it for reception, where portraits will happen depending on lighting situations day of.

The morning of the wedding, we pulled up to Kylan Barn and I immediately said, this is going to be awesome.

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!

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!