welcome to the blog!

This is the place I get to showcase all of my beautiful clients and the love they put into their sessions or weddings. I also love sharing tips and tricks on wedding photography planning, ideas to make your session fun, easy, and organized, as well as personal stories. Find the category you're looking for, or browse for hours! There's plenty to keep you entertained.

Oh my goodness, y’all! I’m so excited to share that Naina and Josh’s 2019 wedding has been honored with a Washingtonian Weddings feature! Naina and Josh’s power house wedding planner, Alana Futcher with Chancey Charm, submitted photos from their Hindu and Catholic wedding ceremonies for a Washingtonian Weddings feature. And this past Thursday, I woke […]

The circumstances of this year have inspired me to cherish each and every wedding celebration I capture that much more. This was true again this weekend when I had the honor of photographing Sarah and Eric’s late summer Tranquility Farm wedding in Purcellville, Virginia. They Got to Keep Their Date! Sarah and Eric’s original wedding […]

Oh man, am I excited to share Amanda and Nick’s beautiful, romantic, blush and white summer Woodlawn Pope-Leighey House wedding in Alexandria and Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, with you today! Get ready, because you are about to see *so*much*pretty! Garden Tie In I met Amanda and Nick last spring for their maternity photos at Bon Air […]

I’m excited to share my tips for getting a picture perfect wedding bouquet for your light and bright wedding photography! You might think I’m getting super specific here – and that’s OK! haha I take my job seriously and I’m always trying to think of ways I can help people really make their wedding photos […]

I’m finally doing it! I’m officially weighing in on one of the most controversial wedding day topics: the ‘first look’. I’m excited to share my wedding photographer, behind the scenes perspective on first look benefits. For those who may not know, a ‘first look’ is when the couple sees each other before the walk down […]

As a Washington, D.C. area wedding photographer, I’ve had the opportunity to observe lots of wedding days and the resulting images from the day. It’s let me see that there are three key investments for beautiful wedding photos. I’m excited to share some tips about that with you today! Weddings are big investments made up […]

I can’t decide – would it be magical to plan your wedding around cherry blossoms season? Or stressful? Either way, I think it’s a great idea! So much so that today I’m excited to share with you this Washington D.C. cherry blossoms wedding inspiration! I don’t want you to miss any of the cherry blossoms […]

I feel called to bring a little lightness to this heavy time, ya feel me? I know you do! Today I’m *super* excited bring the lightness in the form of some Washington D.C. cherry blossoms bridal inspiration! If this doesn’t give you all the warm and fuzzy spring feels, I don’t know what will! Cherry […]

You guys, there are so many elements that can come together to create stellar wedding photos. I could talk to you about it all day! But I won’t… today I’m going to focus on telling you why to wear a wedding veil on your big day. I used to think wedding veils were simply a […]

What’s the girliest thing about me? I love taking photos of diamonds and flowers! Makes sense I’m a wedding photographer, huh? I’m so excited that this post about how to plan for beautiful bridal details photos includes lots of pictures of pretty wedding details – lots of diamonds and flowers! One of my 2020 bride’s […]