It's so easy when planning a wedding to tell yourself a story about all of the things you should do because that's the way everyone else does it. I'm so glad Sarah and Ian listened to their hearts instead and tuned out the worldly wedding chatter and found their very own perfect wedding story - a Baltimore backyard wedding with just the closest of family - their most exuberant cheerle[...]
The weather forecast promised relentless rain and zero percent chance of sun. They chose the venue for it's incredible mountain views and wide open spaces. And in the end, that soft, cloudy, rainy light made it all seem so dreamy and magical. Natalie and Jeff's Musket Ridge wedding photos might have all happened under two generous awnings, their ceremony serenaded by the sound of rain drops t[...]
For any wedding, it's easy to show how pretty the day was - especially when the backdrop is a beautiful Annapolis hotel and an US Naval Academy wedding. What's less easy to show is how beautiful the people getting married are on the inside. You'll see it in their smiles, sure, and the way they look at each other. But the inner beauty that shines through in the little everyday parts o[...]
I want to just wrap these two in a hug every time I look through their photos. I love Chesapeake Bay Beach Club weddings, and this one definitely didn't disappoint. I love how Katie and Danny embraced their Irish heritage by ending their lovely ceremony with an Irish blessing, and that Katie's dress was reminiscent of Irish lace. Katie and Danny are just darling in my book. When they told m[...]
There are a hundred things that make Katie + Joe's Irvine Nature Center wedding story one of the sweetest ones I've heard. Like the fact that Katie is an artist (which is super cool). And that she swam the English Channel, solo and unassisted. And that Joe's journey led him into the Peace Corp, and they met, bonded, and fell in love on a pool deck coaching a kids club swim tea[...]
We stayed in an airstream and took photos in the mountains until wayyy past when the sun went down. There were beach cruisers and sushi and some sketchy uber rides and really, really good tacos. All of it fed my soul. It was so fun adventuring with this beautiful girl in Santa Barbara. This is what photographers do on *vacation.* I'd go back to dreamy California to make photos any day[...]
I will forever love the song that Ben and I first danced to at our wedding, The Luckiest by Ben Folds. This is one of the verses: What if I had been born fifty years before you In a house on the street Where you lived Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike. Would I know? Every time I hear this, I think of the house my parents almost bought right across the street from Ben's ch[...]
Bright, warm sunshine and beautiful colors will always be the ways to my heart. Which is why I'm so in love with these colorful downtown Annapolis engagement photos. The morning of Jenna + Billy's Annapolis engagement session was so perfectly spring-like; I couldn't help but feel immensely grateful to see the sun rise over the water (for the first time in what felt like months) and le[...]
A year changes everything. Around this time last year, we were dreaming of a new space to call ours. It wasn't to be. I love re-reading that post because I remember the heartbreak of it all and feeling like everything I was looking for was an impossibility. That we'd have to give up one thing (being close to family) to have another (a dreamy + bright modern house). I don't know how t[...]
Flashback to fall, with fiery orange and red all over the ground and foggy mornings that seeped into the skin, warning of winter to come. These were busy, busy days. In the midst of moving there were so many sessions, and they still wait to be shared. My mornings were filled with people in love, people I love, and yet maybe because the weather was brooding, or because I was, my photos[...]