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Yah!! Screw COVID! Stephanie and Nate were going to get married, COVID or not. These cuties were supposed to get married at M&T Bank Ravens stadium with an awesome reception but made the decision to do an intimate ceremony at the Pendry Hotel in Fells Point when they found out that their venue was not yet open for weddings. We were excited to be able to be part of their day and document it, but also because we hadn’t shot a wedding there yet!

Super excited to share this wedding! When Katie and Carlos told us they were moving their DC wedding out to Leesburg VA, we were so excited and thrilled. We wanted them to have a beautiful wedding with all their people, and they did. That was their driving factor for moving their wedding out of the city and to the country.

Marina and Christian have the cutest proposal story! He surprised her with a photo session that turned into a engagement while they were traveling in France! How sweet! It was so great to be with them for their wedding day. Their plan was to marry in the same chapel that her parent’s were married in years ago. And while due to COVID, that wasn’t possible, they still let us sneak in for some photos! After a beautiful Catholic ceremony in Marina’s family’s home church, we traveled to the water to Celebrations at the Bay to party on the water. More surprises in store as Marina and Christian did a swing dance for their first dance! So cute! It was a beautiful day and the weather was great. Thank you for sharing your special day with us!

YAH YAH! Brooke and Brad are MARRIED! This backyard wedding did not disappoint, and the indoor dining reception is absolutely beautiful!

When COVID happened, Brooke and Brad decided to move their reception to next year but have an intimate backyard wedding with grandparents and immediate families. Everyone contributed to making it beautiful and special, which I loved!

Megan and Justin became one of our amazing 2021 couples at the beginning of of Quarantine… like days in! We met them at the Turf Valley Bridal Show (one of our fav shows to do) and were so pumped to have them as one of ours!

When thinking about their engagement session, they told us that Cove Point Beach on Solomons Island was really special to them. It was a no brainer to do their session and drive the 1.5 hours to and from to get incredible memories and photos for these two. We met them at a family beach house in the cutest little neighborhood and literally ventured throughout the island. They were set on beach photos so not only did we get those for them but we also got them even more variety utilizing a pier, dunes, fence lines and of course an amazing lighthouse that was special to their grand mother. Even the beach umbrella you’ll see in the photos belonged to Justin’s grandfather with memories attached!

To date we’ve rescheduled 27 weddings in our company between all our teams which I just find insane. So much has been robbed from our couples from Covid and government restrictions. But I have to say, in the midst of the uncertainty and chaos, we seriously have the most incredible stories and couples. Here’s one of them.

We met Maria at the Four Seasons bridal show last year and knew that her and Shantanu would be one of our favorite weddings of 2020. They would have a beautiful 3 day Indian wedding on our calendar and we were pumped to shoot it. I told them at our engagement session that I may have been a little more excited about Indian food and culture because I spent a month in India in college and loved it. Over the last few months we’ve gotten closer to these guys.

This wedding was planned within two weeks. With about 20 people, Olivia and Matt said “I Do” in the presence of intimate family and friends. Olivia’s mom reached out to me two days before the wedding. I had to laugh because I’ve never been contracted for a wedding in under 48 hours and it was the easiest experience! Working with Olivia and her family was so sweet and easy. The day of the wedding it had stormed and poured…and it was torrential rains. Upon arriving to their private home the skies had totally cleared and the weather was beautiful and sun was out. Amazing favor for sure!

I got to do some getting ready segments for Olivia and Matt followed by an intimate ceremony. The reaction of a groom never ceases to amaze me… the first time of him seeing his bride whether in front of 20 people or 250, it’s always soo good.

We cannot even imagine or will we pretend to know what it’s like to reschedule a wedding. But what I can tell you is that the grace and flexibility of our couples is immeasurable. Clare and Zach are one of our 2020 couples that had to reschedule their wedding to next year but in the midst of Covid decided to still get married!

I can basically say that this was officially our third wedding of 2020. It’s amazing to me how many weddings have had to reschedule due to government restrictions and the pandemic.

Hannah and Mart were supposed to be one of our June weddings and unfortunately had to reschedule for 2021. Over the course of a couple weeks Patrick and I decided it would be beneficial to our couples to have a really amazing opportunity to still get married an offer many wedding packages.

Hannah and Mark reached out immediately and asked us to be part of a mini wedding with their closest family that was local.

I was absolutely thrilled to be available and desired to be part of their wedding day. To be totally honest I was super nervous. Not because of our couple but because of restrictions and limitations and things that way I thought may affect my shooting style and interaction with clients. Thankfully Mark and Hannah were incredible and upon my arrival greeted me like old friends.

We can’t believe it’s New Years Eve. We will be leaving in just a few hours to shoot our last wedding of 2019, in Annapolis on a boat, bringing in the New Year!

In 2019 we shot 42 weddings, 29 engagement sessions, 41 family sessions, 5 maternity sessions, and 8 newborn sessions. I still can’t believe this is our amazing life and we are so grateful and appreciative to all our family, friends, and clients for empowering us to do what we love! I haven’t always done behind the scenes posts just because of time and soaking up the Holidays with family, but I wanted to this year to see that at the end of the day, we are very normal, we love our couples, and we have a lot of fun doing what we love to do.

Happy New Year and Cheers to another amazing year!