Lauren and Joe have the best love story, like ever! So Joe and Lauren are both police officers, and so is Lauren’s mother. Joe walked into Lauren’s mothers office one day, and noticed a photo of Lauren on her desk! He asked about her, and basically the rest is history! How cool is that? I […]

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Allie and Yale, oh my goodness am I so happy and grateful for these two beautiful souls. When I met up with them in Maryland at Yale’s childhood family farm for their session, I instantly told them, “You guys are amazing, and we’re going to be friends, for like, ever.” HA, seriously though, these guys […]

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When I drove up to Maryland to meet these two beautiful humans, I knew I was going to love them just by the interaction we had had over the phone, and I was stoked to finally get them in front of my camera! When I asked Dave what caught his eye about Caroline the first […]

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I drove up to meet Katie and Joe a couple of weeks ago in Richmond, VA where the two have been going to college studying dentistry! We met up at Katie’s apartment close to Monument Ave. (my FAVORITE street in Richmond) to take advantage of the adorable homes, nooks and crannies we found, and afterward […]

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I’ve known Amber for a number of years; We go back all the way to Kindergarten!!! (I wont age myself…..)  Like, I grew up with this gorgeous lady!! She recently became engaged to the love of her life Jason, in Mexico, and I was SO, SO happy when she asked me if I would be […]

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I met Dani at The Art Institute of Virginia Beach when we both had a computers class together. While we small talked in school, we never really became close until after graduation. This girl is amazing, and such a fun ball of energy…. I met Andy for the first time when I photographed a wedding […]

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      Lauren & Martin! Oh gosh, where to even begin with these two!!! I met Lauren when I photographed her sister, Kristen’s wedding!! When Lauren got engaged, I squealed with excitement about going to NASHVILLE for her!!! YA’LL! My DREAM come TRUE!!! ITS NASHVILLE!!!! I probably screamed in my car for a good […]

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Believe it or not, in almost 7 years of business, THIS was my first EVER engagement session during The Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C.!!! I fell SO in love. I plan on taking a couple back every single year, ya’ll! Seriously! It was so, so pretty! That is where I met Joëlle and Lorenzo […]

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Nick and Nicole are from the Navy side of my life, and its so cool to have met them, because they worked at the same command I did, after I had already left. Pretty neat! We had a lot in common! These guys were great, and REALLY good at loving on each other for my […]

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I remember when I first talked to Rachel about her Costa Rican wedding last year, and I was SO SO SO excited to get back down to CR, I could seriously hardly contain myself! I LOVE it there, I mean L.O.V.E. it in Costa Rica! Its amazing, and if you’ve never been, you need to […]

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