The first time I met Jenny + Ty I totally put my foot in my mouth.  It was during a family session with Jenny’s family and they were so natural around each other I just assumed the were married!  Turns out, they weren’t even engaged at the time, but the next month, Ty popped the […]

I used to get bummed after a wedding day because I felt like it was all over.  I may or may not ever see that couple or their bridal party or families ever again, and I accepted it as an unfortunate part of the job.  Except that’s not what happens at all!  Most of our […]

We’ve been looking forward to Kristina + Lando’s engagement session for awhile now, and then had to be rescheduled because of rain and high winds… so when we finally met at Yorktown Beach with the most beautiful weather and golden sunset, it was a dream! With each session, I always have something I’m working on, […]

From the very first email with Allison, there was this excitement that shined through.  And sure enough, when I met her she’s exactly the same in person!  We met at The Vintager Inn for her + Ryland’s engagement session, which is also where they’re getting married next month!  They are so very sweet and hilarious together–  and […]

Sometimes I feel like I’m photographing movie stars.  For one, every couple I work with has this incredible chemistry.  I mean, they’re getting married, so I guess it’s expected, but it’s just so incredibly sweet!  But with Sarah + West, I felt like they were doing all the work and I was just hanging out […]

Can I make a confession?  Sometimes I still get a little bit nervous before a session.  It’s not often, but I just know that this is a very special day for each person in front of my lens.  Maybe it’s their wedding or engagement, or maybe they haven’t done professional photos in a year… or […]

Believe it or not, the engagement session is often our first time meeting a couple!  But with Kim + Derrick, that’s not the case for this power couple.   Derrick was one of the first people we met when we moved to Virginia 5.5 years ago and he quickly became a close friend.  In fact, […]

You guys are going to flip over Sarah + Tim’s engagement session!  They’re two laid back and fun loving people and I love their style!  We had perfect sunset lighting for their session– so perfect that we were able to shoot in all directions, which is pretty rare. After all the cold, gray days we’ve had this […]

People look at me kind of funny sometimes when I say our entire business runs off of referrals. It’s not that we set out to be that way, it just kind of happened.  We really focus on giving our customers a great experience and we work our butts off to provide them with a quality product… […]

Doing photo & video for a proposal is amazing.  It’s something we don’t get to do often, so when we do, we’re really pumped!  They’d talked about marriage quite a bit, but Lacey wasn’t expecting to see Taylor that afternoon since they were supposed to be in different states!  And then Taylor wasn’t expecting his […]