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Yah! A wedding is up on the blog today and it’s a beautiful Main Street Ballroom couple, Abbie + Ryan! We got to work with Lauren Corrigan and a wonderful team of vendors.

The day was perfect. Hot, but that didn’t stop anyone from having fun or popping champagne. It did rain but the timing was perfect and happened after all the portraits were done… but you can tell in the photos… the lighting is bomb!

What is super super couple and wedding day! Christy and Tom had a beautiful wedding at the Turf Valley Resort. Amazing weather day with overcast skies, big puffy clouds and sunshine.

Upon arriving to Turf Valley and the suites, there was nothing but smiles. Patrick found the guys laughing and joking around, while Maggie found the girls giggling and giddy for what would come throughout the day. The girls looked incredible! Fun details and a killer makeup/hair team, Christy was show stopping.

Patrick and I got our couple ready for their first look out in the gardens. The encounter was epic… Tom was so pumped to see Christy and she just beamed. After a handful of photos, the bridal party and family would shortly meet us to cruise the property and do some great segments. We had our fingers crossed that the water wouldn’t come on while we were out on the course taking photos! Thankfully they never came on!

Oh gosh, this wedding I’m so excited to share, and I think it’s because I got to check off a bucket list wedding item: Photograph a Rainy Ceremony OUTDOOR, and our couple was the dream couple to do this with!

Sara and Joey had an incredible wedding day, wet, yes, but honestly, it was some of the prettiest lighting we’ve had all year with overcast skies but then moments of soft light. They get an award for trusting us with difficult weather and allowing us to call needed audibles day of!

There were so many cool details of this wedding that I have to mention. From an intimate first look, to a really special gift from Sara to Joey. He has a favorite actor and Sara got a recording from the actor to Joey on his wedding day. It was so cool, so special and Joey was definitely moved by it. I’ll never forget that Sara said that she wanted to get married outside. There was a 50% chance of rain, so we took all 30 of our umbrellas out to ceremony, set a bunch, gave some to family, and went full mode into what we were pretty sure would become a rainy ceremony. Sure enough, as soon as Sara walked down the aisle, the skies clouded over and the rain started to come. I’ve never interrupted a ceremony before but I was not about to allow my bride to be drenched, covered, soaked. The ceremony continued with umbrellas in hand by all and smiles too. I do’s were said and all cheered as our couple recessed out as husband and wife!

Yah! A turf valley wedding! I remember in our first couple years of business, Turf Valley was bucket list for us. I wanted to be their friend, wanted to shoot weddings there. Well, let’s just say… they’ve become one of our favorite venues. Not only do they refer weddings to us, but we have the honor of photographing events there, even their spa and pool. Patrick got to be a model once to lol. Anyway, we love Turf Valley and this wedding was our first there this year!

Stacy and Ryan are such a bomb couple. They truly are some of the most genuine people we’ve had the honor of photographing. They are sweet, kind, down to earth, and were just a joy to be around their whole wedding day. They even let us steal them at sunset and walk literally like 100 yards to chase the sun!

This proposal is one for history. Scott and Patrick have known each other for so so many years. They played ball together. I had the honor of meeting Scott years ago and was so excited to have him in our wedding. Soon after we would meet Aaron. What a babe and sweetheart. When Scott reached out to Patrick about her photographing the proposal I was so bummed because I would not be able to be there. I had another issue that I had to fulfill them and as a result could not witness this amazing event. Scott and Aaron have been dating for a few years and we couldn’t be more excited for them.

It’s kinda crazy to think and learn where couples find us. Lindsay’s parents live in our neighborhood and one day Patrick was out doing what he does in his free time – some project on the property – and a couple introduced themselves and told him their daughter was getting married and they had seen our logo on our car and the sign in our yard haha. Fast forward, these two set a date and reached out to us and we literally hung out on our patio for our first meeting then headed over to her parents house because I hadn’t met them yet. They told us at that meeting that we’d be their photogs and we were so excited! Lindsay and Jesse are such a fun couple and we had so much fun and their engagement session is evidence of it. They trusted us as we cruised old Ellicott City and Centennial Park and we literally chased daylight until we had none. They crushed their session and we are pretty excited to be shooting their 2022 wedding!

You know, there’s people that you just wonder if you met them in person somewhere else. When we met Emma and Thomas for the first time, it was virtual because of Covid but we knew we’d have fun. It wasn’t until we met in person that I was like… oh my gosh… Emma is like a best friend from another life haha. She and I are so alike in so many ways but we also have so much in common like DIY projects and food! She’s officially going to be my Cricut Mentor and her and I are going to take on the etsy world with projects haha. But enough about us, let’s talk about her and Thomas. These two rocked their session and were so teachable and willing to try things with us that we hadn’t done in a while. Specifically motion blur with a train and some other cute poses. Emma and Thomas, thanks so much for allowing us to be creatives while having so much fun.

Yah! Cara and Brad had an awesome session and we are so excited to share it with you today! These two cuties wanted to do photos at the beautiful Cylburn Arboretum… we’ve been shooting a lot there recently! These guys let us get creative with lighting, location, and more. They wanted to incorporate some champagne and so we attempted to teach a champagne explosion… good thing they have until their 2021 wedding to perfect it! They are really sweet together and to be honest, my favorite part of our time together was dinner at Petite Louis in Roland Park. We sat and talked so much about life, wedding and more. Seriously, can’t wait to be with them in 2021 for their wedding… we are going to have a blast!

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!

I’m always amazed at how connections are made and how clients find us. Months ago I got an inquiry from a new business in town that needed a photographer for their ribbon cutting and business launch. They found us through a wedding venue coordinator we work with often. I shot that event, met a lot of people and got to celebrate in incredible business. On that day I met Scott, having no idea he was engaged OR that he would soon be in need of a photographer for his stateside wedding.