the blog

Our first engagement of the 2020 year has happened and we are sooo glad it was Shannon and Rob! I jokingly said, “we’re a little rusty” because it had been 3 days since our last wedding of 2019. We all laughed. 

Shannon and Rob are the cutest! They really didn’t have a set location they wanted to shoot at so we proposed a few ideas and we ended up heading into Baltimore the first week of January into Harbor East to rock their session all around the Inner Harbor. We cruised and covered so much land in a short amount of time. Shannon’s outfit was soo cute (LOVED the black dress) and the weather was supposed to rain so the overcast skies allowed for some beautiful backdrops and lighting. 

Shannon and Rob, you guys crushed it… AND even though you tota

How fun was this day! What a way to step out of your comfort zone… for all of us! Gloria and Roger opted for a really unique engagement session in DC at the National Gallery of Art! It was a rainy day, so we had crowds to compete with, but they were both super flexible and were go gracious as we mazed through the museum! I loved how creative this session became and how much fun we had exploring. I can’t remember the last time I was at this museum, it’s definitely been over 10 years! These cuties are a lot of fun, I met them first at Lina and Jake’s wedding in March of 2019. I can’t wait for their wedding this September!!

Mandy and Chris just moved back from Annapolis to Baltimore! Welcome home! We did a cute homecoming engagement session downtown Baltimore and got some of my new favorite shots! We went to Locust Point, Fort McHenry, Under Armour, the American Visionary Art Museum, and Fed Hill! Take a note from these two and be flexible and you’ll end up with gorgeous photos! 

2 words: Smoke + Confetti. Literally this is how I’ll forever remember these guys. And that’s not to make you feel bad, we are sooo in love with this session! We had never done smoke bombs before and we were so excited to try them. And then there’s that confetti ya’ll bought thats the finest confetti we’ve ever photographed… and I must say, I found some in my car last week. So yah, I’ll really remember your session for months and years to come haha. 

A couple weeks ago, we got to photograph a really cute engagement session, at sunrise in Fells Point. You know, we are NOT morning people at all, but there’s something about the lighting and the quiet streets in Fells Point that doesn’t make it so bad. We met Katie and Greg right as the sun was coming up, but since it was overcast, we didn’t get any killer skies. We did however get THE BEST lighting for our couple though and could shoot in any direction we wanted because the sun wouldn’t be harsh at all.

I love when history merges with real life present time. Prior to going full time back in 2014, I used to work for a marketing and branding agency in Towson. One of our clients was right in the heart of towson. Paige was on staff, so technically, she was my client back in 2011-2013 in another life.. We kept in touch on social media. Fast forward to a couple months ago, I get an email from Paige through our website and I was sooo thrilled. I was probably more honored that out of all the amazing photographers in town, she choose us.

These two are CUTE! I loved meeting Olivia and Sean for their downtown Fells engagement session this fall! I love having sessions down in Fells because there is so much history (and cobblestone!) and so many beautiful storefronts! While we were shooting we saw TWO bridal parties taking photos, too! You could tell that Olivia and Sean were visibly excited watching these two bridal parties have so much fun. Your time is coming!!

Emily and Kevin had a beautiful engagement session at the Naval Academy and in downtown Annapolis. After Emily and Kevin hired us, they had a few ideas of where to go and we proposed some and we all agreed on Annapolis. Upon arriving it started to rain. We all were like NOOOO…. This isn’t going to happen. Patrick and I started to think strategically about where we could go and how to shoot despite the rain. Basically these guys had to trust us as none of us (including them) wanted to reschedule the session due to schedules, etc.

I am so excited for this fall 2020, Living Radiant has some beautiful weddings coming up! For me, I can’t wait for this October wedding because my groom, Jon, is a friend from college! We went to Towson University together almost SEVEN YEARS ago! Oh, how the time flies! While we both stayed local to the area, luckily, and I was so thankful he called when he wanted to propose to his super sweet girlfriend, Alex! You can catch that sweet moment here!

We met Erin years ago at a Bridal Show. Fast forward to 2019, Erin emailed us, told us she was engaged and asked us to shoot her wedding. She knew she wanted us way back in 2015 or 2016 which is incredible that years later she remembered us and asked us. I felt like I was getting proposed to haha. We were absolutely thrilled when she asked us. We were excited to meet Brian and since all of us are business owners, there’s just this deeper level of understanding that we all get with each other.