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What an incredible wedding. Up on the blog today is Jenna and Scotts Bohemia River Overlook wedding! They are a power couple… Down to earth, genuine, fun, and honestly they deserve each other. Just amazing people. It was bittersweet for us because they were our last wedding of our 2022 wedding season. Typing that doesn’t even put words to it because we had such an incredible year! 

I’m pretty excited to share this gallery with the world today! Lindsay and Jay are one of our 2020 Covid couples who did not only reschedule their big wedding but also had a wedding with family and friends in the summer of 2020. I had the honor of meeting Karen and her daughter Lindsay and fiance Jay last summer when I went and did photos for them at their home. We knew we were in for a good time with this family.

The day started and ended at the beautiful Rosewood Farms in Elkton Maryland. We’ve had the honor and privilege of shooting at this venue multiple times and it’s definitely worth the trip every single time. The staff is always incredible and I think the feelings are mutual how much we like them and they like us.

Lindsay and Jay got ready surrounded by a beautiful group of bridal party members. I especially loved it they included their dog Bunny on their wedding day both in newlywed pictures and in her own little segment. Their bridal party was super fun and ready to party. The day flew by for us. Some of our favorite details and moments are the day are the sweet surprises from the brides parents. A champagne cart and a hotdog late night snack cart.

If there was one couple this year that I had to say was the most daring… it would be these two. The decision was made for an outdoor ceremony fully knowing that the radar was showing rain. Everything was wet and damp, overcast, a little gray, but you would never know from photos. You know why… because we LOVE a good partly cloudy, overcast day. It’s the BEST lighting for head to toe even light, a phrase and method we aim for with every wedding we shoot.

What I thought was so neat about this wedding was that this was a destination wedding for these two. No one in their families are from Maryland or even live in Maryland. In fact, most of the bridal party and family flew in or drove in for this wedding. We didn’t realize that until half way through speeches when we figured out that no one was from the area. These two were supposed to get married on the 4th of July but due to COVID decided to postpone the wedding. We were so excited to be alongside these guys along with our film team so we were pretty thrilled to go into this day ready and excited. Something else special about this wedding for us is that Kari, the wedding planner, is one of our past brides! SO that was really cool to be able to work alongside her. She knows how we roll and together we were able to help the day roll seamlessly and beautifully!

Patrick wins this wedding for sure. He not only creeped our couple out at a bridal show, but every wedding one of us wins best segments. And he won. Let me explain. Nate and Patrick played ball together and against each other years and years ago. Fast forward, out of touch.

Then one day at a bridal show, Patrick says to me “I know that guy.” Now Christine would 100% say because she did tell us this, that she looks over and sees this guy staring at Nate. She said she was a little freaked out at first but then when Christine and Nate came over, the stars aligned and basically some great friendship were sparked!

Every wedding has moments for me that say engrained in my head. The things that stick out the most for me for their wedding include a really amazing mother father and daughter reveal as well as Carly’s first dance with her dad as a married woman. Although Josh is a reserved groom he is so kind and so sweet. One of my favorite segments of the day was photographing Carlee and Josh with Patrick out in the field at sunset. Sunset was creeping up in the sky opened up for them with gorgeous colors. We are thankful that Josh and Carlee trusted us to steal them from reception to take them out into the middle of the field. They told us they wouldn’t have it any other way and all they cared about was gorgeous photos and time together. What a combo. The whole day was fun. The girls drove over in an RV motorhome that belongs to her Uncle. It was so cold and Carlee was so accommodating… We were outside so much of the day because the weather was beautiful, just chilly. As I tell all of our couples cold is still great weather. What I loved most about Carlee’s day is how much she trusted us to document a day full of moments and of people and family.