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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.

Ekkk! This proposal is so exciting. We met Steve and Megan through one of our 2016 couples and now dear friends Heather and Tyler! When Steve reached out via IG, we were like yes! We were so excited to witness and capture this proposal because we knew or rather had an inkling that we may shot this wedding too! Patrick shot the proposal and had a beautiful experience watching Megan say yes! Weeks later they would ask us to be their wedding photographers and we can’t wait!!! Congrats Steve and Megan!! Enjoy this season ENGAGED!!

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!

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!

Sierra and Dan came to us because of a string of other past couples that hired us for their wedding. Sierra and Dan are great friends with the Risers and Strotts, two of our past couples and sisters too! When Sierra and Dan reached out, we were like “ANOTHER COUPLE that is friends with Amanda and Melissa!?” We honestly are so thankful that they keep sending friends our way and they hire us haha. We love what we do and being able to capture amazing moments and people is the best. If there was ever a session to showcase some cute dogs, it would be Sierra and Dan’s session. Their pups did awesome even though Sierra wasn’t sure if they would cooperate… well, they did and did awesome! Sierra and Dan, great job! We are so excited for whats to come and can’t wait for your 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.

Aww man, this session just got me. Melissa and Brian are one of our “special” couples because Melissa has been alongside us working with us on wedding days. She is one of our associate photographers and she is incredible. She’s talented and beautiful and being able to photograph her and Brian was really special. I have a hard time photographing photographers because I know it’s hard when photographers photograph me. But Melissa let us do our thing and capture her and Brian and their amazing connection.

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!

We LOVE shooting weddings and engagement sessions for siblings of past couples! We met Katie and Mitch 2 years ago at Megan and Seth’s wedding! What an awesome and fun wedding that was! When Katie and Mitch got engaged, they told us we were one of their first decisions…we were so excited to be the ones that get to be alongside their wedding day!

Yah! This session finally happened! Haylie, Chris, Patrick and I had been anticipating this session for months, no joke! Originally their session would have been earlier this summer in June, but we all thought it wise to postpone it until we could have the session we all wanted for these two!

We spend our time together cruising the National Mall in DC, the place where these two met and fell in love. It was only fitting to go to all their favorite places, which were beautiful backdrops and scenary for their session. Their session would only be complete with their sweet pup Snoops! He did awesome. As Chris said, the session was A+ but Snoop got an F. lol. Not really, Snoop aka Dragon did awesome and we got what we could with all the amazing distractions that dogs love.