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A vibrant, emotional The Inn at Fernbrook Farms wedding
A vibrant, emotional The Inn at Fernbrook Farms wedding

This Inn at Fernbrook Farms wedding was full of color, so much emotion, and BOTH a field of sunflowers + baby goats… you’re gonna wanna see this.

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Toni + John // a Humpback Rocks engagement session
Toni + John // a Humpback Rocks engagement session

Toni + John's winter Humpback Rocks engagement session was filled with amazing views & somehow, no other people at all. A truly magical day in the Virginia mountains.

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A Blue Ridge Parkway adventure elopement in Asheville
A Blue Ridge Parkway adventure elopement in Asheville

Patrick + Kiera scrapped their large wedding plans & began their married school bus van-life with a golden-lit Blue Ridge Parkway adventure elopement at Max Patch.

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Kate + Austin // a Richmond Black Pine in-home engagement
Kate + Austin // a Richmond Black Pine in-home engagement

Kate + Austin’s choice of Richmond engagement session backdrop was a rowhouse in Oregon Hill with incredibly rad gothic-inspired styling called the Black Pine and we had a blast in the super moody light.

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Haley + Chase // a brunch wedding at Woodend Sanctuary
Haley + Chase // a brunch wedding at Woodend Sanctuary

An emotion-filled brunch wedding at Woodend Sanctuary with a ceremony backlit by beautiful golden morning light through the trees.

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Sarah + Joel // a Barn at Edgewood wedding in the fall
Sarah + Joel // a Barn at Edgewood wedding in the fall

Sarah + Joel's fall wedding at the Barn at Edgewood was a perfect golden-lit day in the November sun… Complete with late-night tacos. What more could you ask for?

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View fullsize Weddings aside, I’ve also had about a dozen really lovely sessions since the weather started warming up. One of my favorites was just a couple weeks ago with Grace + Danny and coincidentally their wedding is tomorrow!! This session made me laug
View fullsize I find it kind of astounding that after photographing so. many. wedding. days, I still very often find myself at weddings thinking “this is one of the best.” It only seems logical that the magic would have faded by now, but it really hasn
View fullsize leeeeeet’s try this again 😅 Instagram had to go and make it weird yesterday but I loved these photos so much that I figured they deserved a second chance. the flowers on Nate + Lily’s day - both in arranged florals and the rolling field
View fullsize the season has truly only just started and I've already completely failed at social media-ing 😂 it's been a whirlwind couple weeks, but I really can’t let more time go by without sharing these. Nate + Lily had me up to a beautiful arboretum on
View fullsize Christel + Alex set the bar real high for my spring season last Saturday! A beautiful fusion South African - Filipino celebration full of awesome details set against the art + marble of the VMFA. I’ve wanted to photograph a wedding here for yea
View fullsize It’s about that time of the year where everything’s very quickly gone from 0 to 100 - multiple sessions a week and a stretch of weddings from here out to mid July. It’s been a much needed off season, but I’m excited to be back
View fullsize Had the immense pleasure of helping Guhan pull off an elaborate plot to propose to Shy in front of one of the most epic waterfalls in Shenandoah last week. Shy said yes, Clem was stoked to see her mom n dad get engaged (also to try to pick up every s
View fullsize Gettin a lil moody w/Riley + Nick at their engagement session recently. But it only lasted for half a second and then we immediately got back to the other 99% of the time we spent laughing. Swipe for proof. 😉 Sometimes I wonder if too many of my ph