I have been looking forward to this wedding for SO LONG now!! Kristen and I go way back, like high school days! She was a class younger than me but we had orchestra together and went on a few trips with that group! Facebook has let us stay in touch but nothing compares to being […]
Aug 30, 2016
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The sweetest. The words I keep circling back to for this day with Erica & Joe and their closest of close friends and family. It was hard for me to keep it together when in the room, Erica glanced at her sister and they just started crying. As a sister, I totally get that moment. […]
Aug 22, 2016
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Happy tears, that’s what this day was full of. From letters before the ceremony, to dances and toasts to those who couldn’t join the celebration: Megan & Chuck’s wedding was full of happy tears. It was such an honor to be the one there to watch these three become a family! I think it’s safe […]
Jul 29, 2016
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Today I celebrate 11 years with Kenny (dating) and these two celebrate 6 days married! 😉 Brook & Robert got married at the Half Moone Cruise & Celebration Center in Norfolk on a Saturday that the weather man PROMISED rain and not a drop. After meeting on the job, they’re both Norfolk police, they quickly […]
Jun 10, 2016
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I just can’t even tell you how many people I asked about this topic. I’ve had an idea in my head for months now for a styled shoot. One done my way, my vision, just something to stretch my wings and challenge the concept of “pretty”. Yet every time I asked someone who has done […]
Dec 28, 2015
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Ali & Drew’s day has been one I’ve looked forward to since their engagements earlier this year. After spending time with them I knew this, he makes her laugh and just adores her. All through the planning, Ali would send me updates on decor, her wedding dress, and picture inspiration! I LOVED it! I love being […]
Dec 21, 2015
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There is something about a light misty rain that could make anywhere seem romantic, but a light misty rain in the gorgeous Maymont Estate in Richmond? It wasn’t just romantic, it was magical! Kristen & Marques are two of the sweetest people I’ve met. I knew Kristen back in high school and saw her again […]
Nov 9, 2015
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I drove down a driveway of tress on fire, these maples saturated in the most gorgeous reds and oranges, and I said to myself “Is this real life?” As I walked into the most amazing bridal suite I’ve been in. I say suite but it was really three separate rooms on the second floor of […]
Oct 28, 2015
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There is always the joke in Hampton roads that the weatherman is wrong. The days leading up to this gorgeous Woman’s Club of Portsmouth wedding, the forecast was clear! Ideal for an outdoor ceremony on the back deck under an arbor with blue and green lanterns and a fall sky. Yet, when we showed up […]
Oct 22, 2015
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After two weekends of awful weather, with flooding and winds and more flooding, the forecast threatened rain Friday evening. Instead, it turned into the most gorgeous day with a nice breeze and a perfectly shaded back deck come ceremony time. I arrived to the Woman’s Club of Portsmouth and Allie was completely calm. Gemma her […]
Oct 14, 2015
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I wish I had more words to describe what this meant to me, but I said it all here I think! I realize when I was looking at the other attendees blog posts, which are all gorgeous!!, I took significantly less images. I really made it a point here to listen to Amy direct Kelsey […]
Sep 18, 2015
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Oh my goodness I am SO excited to share this wedding! When I arrived and saw a chandelier hanging from a tree I squealed out loud, then I spotted the biscuit and jelly bar, and saw the tent with the tree inside and naked tables…I kinda died! This wedding was so much more than I […]
Sep 9, 2015
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Oh man ya’ll…this gorgeous girl said I DO Saturday and I am so excited to share her bridal session with you! All day forecast, no rain. I show up and BAM sprinkles. It actually poured her whole session and we stood under one spot for the majority of it while it rained all around us. […]
Aug 31, 2015
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Oh this wedding. This bride and groom, this L O V E. Their beachside engagement session was so gorgeous, I could not wait for their big day! I can honestly say I have NEVER cried at any wedding nearly as much as I have this one. I need to back it up and say that […]
Jun 15, 2015
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Oh these two…..they are the kind of love I WANT to photograph. They are the the finish each other sentences, own which one is dirtier and the better cook(ahem Danny), steal glances at each other, joke about ginger babies kinda love. The most sincere and authentic love there is, the kind that makes me cry […]
May 8, 2015
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We emailed alot. Thanks to my busy life as a working mom to two chasing my passion and hers as a bride planning a destination wedding while in school, email was the best way. It’s not like I don’t know Melissa. We went to high school together and although she was a year older then […]
Nov 27, 2014
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It would be so easy to go on and on about these two. High school sweethearts, he took her back to the Chemistry class they met in to propose to her. She’s been next to him as he climbs his way and fights to stay there in the Crossfit world. It was a perfect October […]
Oct 28, 2014
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I could really go on and on about Heather and Jerry. I feel like we have known each other forever and that made it even more exciting to spend their special day with them. A little over a year ago I captured their proposal so I was thrilled when Heather contacted me about capturing […]
Oct 9, 2014
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It’s really incredible to me to hear how people meet. I love knowing little details about a relationship and how it formed. Kevin and Tiffany’s first “date” was at Target to pick out a walker for her daughter, Kynlee. No nearly 3 years later, Kynlee walked her little basket of flowers down the aisle to […]
Oct 2, 2014
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Most brides I meet spend months, maybe years thanks to Pinterest, planning their wedding day! Tori, spent a couple weeks! Her and Wayne have been together for years and have the coolest son together, Keaton. So when they decided to make it official, they decided why wait?! Quickly they put together a backyard private ceremony […]
Sep 9, 2014
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