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We met these lovebirds at a bridal show and they were the winners of the session giveaway. Kendria and Gladstone are getting married in the Dominican Republic (please take us with you) and it’s going to be beautiful! These two did great and Kendria’s dress was my favorite. The two of them together looked so incredible. I’m so excited for these two and the journey they are on!

It was so great to meet Laura and Kurt at the Living Radiant office a few months ago! They are the sweetest couple, their wedding to be focused on their family and friends. When it got time to plan their engagement session, Laura said she really wanted it to feel like fall! Well, fall came late this year and with all of the rain we had to reschedule until we could find a perfect day with the perfect colors! We met at one of my favorite places, Patapsco State Park. There is so much variety there, from bridges to the river to even train tracks. It’s always one of our favorites. Luckily, the weather was great that day and we were able to find some beautiful fall-like places to shoot! We even spotted a part of the track that was shared with a family of deer. Check out their pictures below and stay tuned for their wedding this summer! Can’t wait! 

Saboring Champagne and eating Pizza. I mean, seriously… what a great theme for an engagement session! When Brandon emailed me proposing this idea, Patrick and I were like, absolutely. Dress up, drink champagne (or pretend to) and totally sit with feet over the water eating a box of yummy Papa Johns Pizza… we were all about it.

When we pulled up to the house I was like, I love this place. Our engagement session with Brittany and Darryl was a family affair. Her parents invited us in, showed us around. For all the LOST lovers out there, the house used to be owned by John Locke. It was like a castle, meets […]

These guys picked a really cool venue for the engagement session because of their story. Their story begins in 2014 where they met through mutual friends. It wasn’t really until 2017 that they started talking and hanging out, and they really enjoyed time at Big Cork Vineyards both together and with friends. So it was fitting to do their engagement session at Big Cork Winery. What a really cool place.

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.

We are so excited to share this beach and champagne engagement session. Kaity and Tyler reached out to us about doing their pictures in Fenwick because it’s where they got engaged. The timing worked out for us because we would be down at the beach for a week and we’d love to see them and meet up for their session. 

We met Melissa and Jon on a beautiful wedding day in early October. Patrick and I photographed Melissa’s sisters wedding, and Melissa and and Jon were in their wedding party. It was an incredible day full of beautiful moments and I just remember thinking how much fun and how sweet this family was. We would have no idea that months later Melissa and Jon would get engaged and then ask us to be their wedding photographers! We can’t wait for their May wedding.

This session is super close to home for us, literally. But this couple is special to us because Danielle is the sister of one our our amazing 2017 brides, Meredith. Danielle and Shane live just minutes away from the waterfront in Columbia and felt it fitting to do their session there and capture a place where they already have existing memories. Let me just say, what a cool venue. We live 10 minutes from this place and it’s so sweet. There’s are gorgeous fountain, a pier that backs up to a lake, live concert area, and tons of restaurants. We spent our time with these guys getting to know them a little bit. We gave them a couple topics to talk about so that not only we could get to know them but they could get to know each other even better (you know, they are getting married so they obviously know each other super well!). We learned that Danielle and I both love our ballgame hotdogs lathered in either ketchup or chili cheese and chili. We learned that our men deck theirs out in everything. We also learned that they have two new kittens (man, we should have included them in the shoot!) and that if they had $10 to spend at Whole Foods, they’d clear out the Almond Croissants. They must be pretty good. 

When we were helping Katie and Daniel figure out a location for their engagement session, these guys had so many incredible ideas. They kept saying, we want something really unique. These guys opted for two locations which was so great, because 1) they have very different photos and feels at two locations and 2) we got to do something unique and something close to home for them.