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When we finish a session and it didn’t feel like work, you know you found a dream couple. Stephanie and Trevor nailed their session. I know part of the ease comes from the fact that we’ve known these guys for a long time. Like over 15 years!!

When we arrived at the bridge, I see this cowboy. Plaid shirt and a beaver pelt hat. I knew it was our groom. Kaitlin and Justin are so sweet and so special to us. They love the outdoors, they are totally country, and they aren’t ashamed of it at all. In fact, our groom is a legit rodeo guy, and he loves trucks.

These two had such a killer session.. Wait until you see the sunset and the skies that opened up for these two. Talk about adventure. We all really didn’t know where our session would take us. Kaitlin had reached out to a few places for engagement session locations and just didn’t have any luck. So we decided to propose adventure and they said yes. We met them at the Union Road Red Covered Bridge in Frederick and stayed local. We went to a park close by and literally drove around and found beautiful spots.

When I met Tracey and Jason at a bridal show about a month ago, I knew there was something different about them. It turned out that they hired us, not just because of our photo skills but because we all have a similar passion and heart beat: Jesus.

These lovebirds are one of our non-millenials. Like us they are over 30 and madly in love. Tracey shared with me that she had been praying for her husband after years of waiting. I totally understood her in this because I too had prayed for years for my husband, Patrick. Kindred hearts, we both wrote letters in a journal for our future husbands, and what I think is so cool, is that she will gift that journal to him on her wedding day. I did the same thing.

The best part of this job is shooting special moments for friends and family, and shooting for special people that become friends and family. The longevity of this job is great! The families grow and you get to do maternity shoots, newborn pictures, family sessions, etc. In this case, this proposal was a special moment for an already great friend. Jon, aka “Munch”, was one of Sarah’s best friends in college, but it had been six years since they had seen each other! What a fun treat to get to document this super sweet moment for them!

We are excited to share this session with you for a few reasons. Mainly because Emily and Greg hired us a couple months ago and we did their session right away at one of my favorite engagement session locations: Brookside Gardens. They have such gorgeous variety and this couple is not only cute, but they totally trusted us as we cruised the property in search of beauty. I had seen on Instagram about 2 days before hand really pretty pink azalea bushes and I was determined to find them… and found them we did!

It’s become common for us to go to New York more than once in a year for our couples. Almost every year we either shoot a New York wedding or a New York engagement session. I’m going to put it out there into the Instagram world and Blog world that I’d LOVE to shoot an engagement session in Central Park at the Zoo! Yes please! So if you know anyone, send them our way! Oh and with some of the Plaza in the background please!!

Anyway, Marisa and Kris hired us for their Maryland wedding but being both from New York, it was only fitting to photograph these lovebirds in the state they met, at a GORGEOUS historic state park near Chris’ home.

When we scheduled our trip, we were also in the middle of planning Brittany and Juans session. These lovebirds live in West Virginia and we were trying to coordinate dates. Brittany had shared that she wanted a winter fell, in the woods, and I told her that Baltimore wasn’t getting any snow or any winter vibes. So then it dawned on us, why not do it while we are out in Deep Creek! We proposed the idea to these guys and they took us up on the offer.

Let’s just start with saying the dinner was the best part haha. We discovered during their engagement session that we all love Indian food and decided we should try a new place that none of us had been to. That way if we had a great experience, it would be a win, and if it was horrible, we’d had a good laugh and story. Kelsey and Chad, how much fun… you guys were so much fun to spend time with. If your wedding day is going to be anything like your session, holy moly, it’s gonna be awesome!!

This may be a sappy post but you better keep reading. Heather and Tyler are one of our 2016 couples. They got married on a beautiful September day. Within a year of being married, Tyler got diagnosed with cancer. He beat it once and we celebrated alongside them. 

Earlier this year it came back, in another part of his body. We stood alongside these two, prayed with them, spoke life over them, and declared healing, joy, and believed for the miraculous once again in their lives. 

Guys… yesterday, Heather and Tyler got the news from his doctor that the PET scan came back, and he is in complete remission! Thank you Jesus! I cried in the bathroom yesterday morning when Tyler text us on our group chat. 

O.M.G…. can we just stop and say…. Jenn and Brent got FALLLLLLLL engagement photos. As ya’ll know, this has been such a wet year and the weather is having an identity crisis. We had literally rescheduled Brent and Jenn a few times because of weather and other scenarios and we just lucked out with the weather and the coloration for their day! It wasn’t and shouldn’t have been so colorful, but it was and we aren’t complaining.

Jenn and Brent, we absolutely loved our time with you. It doesn’t help that we are biased towards these two for 2 reasons. Brent works for an amazing Ellicott City realtor and happens to know Patrick’s cousin pretty well. And Jenn works for us part time and is a killer dancer!