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Winery at Bull Run Summer Wedding

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Happy Wedding Wednesday! Today I’m excited to share some of my favorite photos from Emily and Sam’s Winery at Bull Run summer wedding in Centreville, Virginia. Reunion I’m sure you remember Emily and Sam’s Georgetown waterfront engagement session from last summer. These two are pure gold in front of the camera! I was excited to […]

Autumn Potomac Point Winery Wedding

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Today I get to share about Anna and Dacian’s beautiful autumn Potomac Point Winery wedding in Stafford, Virginia! So excited for you to see these photos! Winery Wedding If you’ve been around here for a while you know how much I love winery weddings! So I was super excited to photograph Anna and Dacian’s autumn […]

First Look Benefits – Why First Looks Are a Great Idea

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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 […]

Romantic Bluemont Vineyard Wedding

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What a gift it is to be a photographer and be able to give my friends and family beautiful representations of their memories. My friend, Michelle, married the love of her life – her partner in adventure, Travis, at their romantic Bluemont Vineyard wedding this past Friday. You may  remember Michelle and Travis from their Baker […]

Blue Valley Vineyard Wedding – Steph & Nikki

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One of my favorite things about being a wedding photographer is getting to be present for special moments, getting to witness true love right before my eyes. And sometimes the day gets so busy those moments get away from me and it’s not until later that it all sinks in. Such was the case with […]

Keswick Vineyards Autumn Wedding – Kim & Mike

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I’m always excited to share wedding photos, but today are a couple extra layers of excitement weaved in! Kim & Mike’s Keswick Vineyards autumn wedding in Charlottesville, VA, this past weekend was so beautiful, so incredible, and so, so special. Kim & Mike put a lot of thought into all of the details on their […]