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Welcome to the blog

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From the moment I first met Laiken at PIEtech, I knew we’d become great friends! She manages to laugh at all of my jokes, has the best outgoing personality, and even has an interest in the wedding industry! Fast forward a few months and I met Bruce at work. The more I got to know […]

Business, Wedding

November 19, 2018

The Barn at Timber Creek Engagement | Bruce + Laiken

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Picture this: you’ve been busy planning the wedding of your dreams and you finally book your photographer. You line up your engagement session date + everything is hunky dory… until Monsoon Season hits. It rained for days. And by days I mean DAYS. It got to a point where we never thought it would end […]

Business, Engagements

June 4, 2018

The Hunt at Selma Engagement Session | Ryan +Anna

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Cue- The Notebook. There was a soft rumble of thunder off in the distance. The trees were slowly blowing in the wind and you could hear the frogs quietly croaking. The storms were slowly moving along the James River + we decided last minute to move up North + Taylor’s engagement session (because who really […]

Business, Engagements

June 3, 2018

Cartersville Engagement Session | North + Taylor

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We love ADVENTURE + we LOVE photographing in new locations! And let me tell you, Shelton + Brooke’s engagement session is one for the books! When we first started planning their engagement session it was completely evident that they were adventurers (which of course we love!) We knew we wanted to pick a location that […]

Business, Engagements

May 30, 2017

Big Meadows Engagement Session | Shelton + Brooke

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There’s something truly magical when two people you’ve known since junior high ask YOU to be their photographer and we couldn’t be more pleased to welcome Daniel + Lacey to our 2017 wedding family! Living in Powhatan, we’ve always dreamed of photographing at Historic Belmead, but figured our dreams would never become a reality.. BOY […]

Business

October 25, 2016

Historic Belmead Engagement Session | Daniel + Lacey

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Matt + Mila met while working on two separate teams in the same department while traveling to Texas for business. Prior to the trip, they had worked just TWO rows away from one another..on the SAME floor, and had heard each others voices in the open air while working with a lot of the same […]

Wedding

September 13, 2016

Mount Vernon Inn Wedding | Matt + Mila

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We spend 75% of our business getting to know our clients. We ask TONS of questions to make sure every single couple is the right fit for us. So we thought it’s about time we flipped the tables. Every Friday, we’ve decided to step up our Friday Introductions Game! We will be answering anywhere from […]

Business, Personal

August 19, 2016

Getting to Know Your Photographers

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Picking a location for your engagement session can be EXTREMELY difficult. There are so many questions that run through your mind all at once… Will the lighting be great? Do you think who we are come through in the photographs? Will our outfits look good? Will there be great contrast? And the list goes on […]

Engagements

August 17, 2016

Fredericksburg Engagement Session | Harry + Katie

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Words don’t even begin describe how much we LOVE our couples!! This is especially true for Wil + Austin! They’ve been together for what seems like forever + you can totally tell their love shining through their entire engagement session! And I couldn’t think of a more perfect location for an engagement session than the […]

Engagements

August 15, 2016

Church Hill Engagement Session | Wil + Austin

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From the moment Michelle contacted us this past fall, we just KNEW we were going to have a BLAST getting to know them, and meeting them for the first time was no disappointment! We arrived at the Virginia Capitol Building on a gorgeous Sunday evening just as golden hour was starting to set in. Within […]

Business, Engagements

July 20, 2016

Brown’s Island + Capitol Engagement Session | Kyle + Michelle

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