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Up live on the blog today is Kathryn and Keegan’s beautiful Springfield Manor wedding! I’m excited to share this wedding for so many reasons.

One: I love the beauty of Springfield Manor!
Two: Kathryn and Keegan happen to be a super cute and sweet couple and they have the sweetest little boy Quinn! Maybe one of the cutest ring bearer toddlers we’ve ever photographed.
Three: The whole day went so smooth!

Everyone got ready on site at the venue. They shared a really sweet first look out at the stone fountain overlooking the fields. Kathryn also shared a really sweet first look with her dad in the bridal suite. Wedding party looked amazing and were great to work with. Family was on time which we always love. Once portraits wrapped up, we all headed to a beautiful ceremony at a local church in Frederick. We loved seeing their little guy Quinn walk down an aisle with the other flower children in the wedding. Possibly the most ring bearers we’ve ever had in a wedding. Once this guy said their ido’s, everyone cheered and our newlyweds cheered along with them!

Aww yah! Okay, so I’m just going to be straight to the point. I love this session for a lot of reasons.

1. They have a little guy named Quinn who I could just eat up he’s so sweet and cute! I love when couples include their babies and or furbabies!

2. Dinner afterwards was awesome… thanks Keegan for bearing with us as we navigated options! LOVED the thai food we got.

3. It was coooollllddd. Like not kidding, like we could not feel our fingers or hands. We had to all take thaw breaks. I didn’t love that…BUT what I LOVED was that the two sucked it up, did they session and looked sexy even in the cold. And baby Quinn, didn’t even cry.., what!!? What a champion baby!

4. And lastly, the outfits. I loved what outfits they choose!

Kathryn and Keegan, thanks for trusting us, with the day, your son, and even meeting your parents was so awesome! We can’t wait for your day!

Oh man, this wedding is so fun to share with you all today! First off, I met Lexi, mother of the bride years ago at the Cloisters at a bridal show. Lexi is a wedding planner here in Baltimore, who I’ve had the privilege of working alongside, educating brides with, and also building a friendship with. Super thankful for my relationship with her and just wanted to start off saying that. Prior to meeting Creason, I actually met her sister who I did senior photos for and once Creason got engaged, we were soo excited and honored when Creason and Caleb (and Lexi) asked us to be their wedding photographers! I’m always so honored when a vendor hires us for their daughter or sons wedding, considering she works with so many other talented photographers too.

The day was so full! And by full I mean non-stop for us. We knew going into the day that this wedding may take the cake for most organized photos ever. Like ever. But we were ready for it, and so were the families of our couple. The morning was awesome, relaxed and Creason got ready on site at Dulaneys Overlook. The bridal parties were awesome, friendly and full of laughs. Once dressed in her stunning gown, Creason did a dad reveal with her dad which was soo emotional for everyone… mom, dad, sister, Creason. Phew. Following the dad reveal, we headed out front of the manor house where Caleb would see Creason for the first time.

This wedding was one we have been looking forward to and waiting for! As one of our postponed couples, Jen and Sergio had waited long and hard to get married. We met them back in 2019 and had even done an escape room with them on a quadruple date! (And yes, we all won!).

How do I describe Jen and Sergio? Let’s just start with the fact that they too love Jesus, like we do. They love each other, their relationship is founded on deep trust, Jesus, the bible, and family. They met online swiping right, had an okay first date including going dutch on coffee, but Jen gave him another chance. Sergio already knew he’d marry Jen. It was a God thing… Jen knew to go on another date And I laughed so hard during their vows, when Jen said “Four years later, I forgive you, for not buying my coffee.” They’ve been inseparable ever since their second date.

Kaitlin and Justin are sweet, sweet, sweet. A rom-com girl after my own heart! You’ll see a great tribute to Sweet Home Alabama in their ceremony pictures. Kaitlin works in the wedding industry and it shows! She had all of her details stored in her “wedding planning box” that she started when she was just a teenager. All that planning paid off! A beautiful outdoor ceremony, gorgeous over-sized balloons, a barn reception, and an ice cream truck! Justin tied it all together with his cowboy hat and boots. It was the perfect wedding full of Southern charm. Thank you, both, for having us and congratulations!

Kim and Andrew’s wedding was our first one after the initial COVID-19 shutdowns! They both did an amazing job planning through such a rapidly-evolving time. I know it was stressful, but boy was it worth it! Their ceremony and reception ended up the beautiful Stone Manor Country Club – now featuring a stunning new ballroom that they just finished last year! Kim and Andrew celebrated in such a special way, by reciting their personal vows during their private first look.

I am so excited to share this session with you! Sara and Joey are one of the couples that we had to reschedule three maybe even four times for their engagement session due to Covid. When we finally got a date on calendar fully knowing we were able to shoot, we were so excited! Clearly there’s a lot of excitement on our end being able to shoot at all thanks to restrictions being lifted.

Sara and Joey did awesome during our time with them. We met up at Baker Park in Frederick to find that the park was vibrant, full of lots of people (haha) and beautiful weather. Thankfully not so packed that we could not shoot around people however Sara and Joey were so patient with us as we cruise to the park to find locations and new places to shoot.

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. 

I don’t even know where to start with this wedding and this couple. I’m 2015 we shot a wedding for Tim and Steph. There was this guy there who was in charge of the GoPro and he was just nuts. We didn’t care he had one we just knew the footage would be amazing from it (we’ve never seen it but can only imagine the goodness of it). Years later, Katie and Brandon reach out to us to get info on wedding photography. When we connected the dots we knew this would be one amazing couple and wedding. At their engagement session Brandon knew he would saber champagne and they love pizza so they incorporated both. If you missed it, go see it!

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.