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This December wedding you’re gonna LOVE! We met Allison and James through one of our past couples… actually a lot of our past couples. There’s this whole group of friends that went to Stevenson together and met because of a slip of paper under a dorm room door. We knew this wedding would be so fun due to the fact that we just got to see these guys in another wedding (LINK TO KORINNA) we shot earlier in the year. 

The day was amazing. It could have been REALLY cold and it wasn’t as bad as everyone thought. The fact that first look, all portraits, bridal party and family were outside for photos is amazing. And the backdrop at Thousand Acre Farms is absolutely beautiful. 

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!

When we met Mike and Nicole for the first time, our first impression was… in Patrick’s words… they seem like their pretty cool people. I mean, Mike did propose to Nicole in Portovenere, Italy at sunset at the top of the Church of San Pietro overlooking the Ligurian Sea the after a full day of hiking and exploring the Cinque Terre. How amazing is that!? Nicole knew what she wanted, from florals, to design, and color palette. And ultimately she wanted Mike. They met through work, and figured out how to make it work when they no longer worked for the same company. After being together long enough to realize they loved time spent together and weren’t getting tired of each other, they knew they had to get married and be together!

When I graduated from college in 2009, my first job was teaching Kindergarten at the McDonogh School in Owings Mills. I spent two years there, surrounded by amazing people, students, and families. As a Bryn Mawr grad who spent years on the Gilman School campus (I grew up living on campus) with brothers who attended Gilman, McDonogh was the arch enemy. But ever since I taught at McDonogh, my heart for that school has grown so big that I think I might love McDonogh as much as I love Gilman.

Cassie and Kevin are precious and their story sweet as ever. I asked Cassie to write up a blurb about their relationship (mainly because she can tell it so much better!). My favorite line “we are blessed to have found one another and know that is was simply by God’s sweet grace that we did.”  ughh… grab me the tissues! I’m a romantic by nature and fall in love over again with my own husband weekly. Knowing two people are completely and fully vulnerable to fall in love with another is amazing, a God gift indeed. It is by the sweet grace of God that he can hand pick someone for you.

Amber and Chris were so much fun to get to know. I met them at one of the expos last fall when their name was drawn as the winner. Amber and her mom, who was with her, were ecstatic. We unfortunately were already booked on their wedding day, but we still got to work with them for their free engagement session.

I’ve known Emily Williams back when I was in middle school and I was still a Hoffman, and she was a Meeks. Emily and I both have become wives, business owners, and friends, in that order. 🙂

Emily and her husband, Tom, have a sweet sweet family. Her little girls are precious… I’ve official been invited over by them for hot chocolate, I can’t wait! Naomi and Eliana are my new buds.

On a chilly, windy blustery day, we all ventured to downtown Baltimore for a Fells Point Photoshoot! Family style!! The girls were bundled, blankets and all, and their little guy, Xavier, was an absolute champ!

A few weeks before Christmas, we met up with one of our Radiant families, who wanted to get some pictures for their 2014 Christmas card. Belinda, one of my friends, is also expecting twin girls, and wanted to get a few maternity pics while we were out and about. When these beauties come out, Belinda and Ryan will have FIVE girls! Amazing! We couldn’t be more excited for them.

Bright lights on stage. The crowd below watching and waiting for the music to start. His band was getting ready. A few casual stares and looks. Christina’s heart fluttered. Eric was totally distracted. But the recording had to go on.

This is why we have the clients we have. We are picky. We chose couples who fit us as we fit them. We have amazing couples, with sweet stories, unique and full of adventure and romance.

Holley and Ray are personable, hilarious, and laid back. They love life and they love each other. We met them up at Rocks State Park for their engagement session.