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You may remember Andy and Lauren from their beautiful Duke University engagement session last spring…I’d been looking forward to their wedding day ever since! Not just because they are an absolutely gorgeous couple and I knew their wedding was going to be beautiful to photograph, but because they are a military couple so they had to spend much of their engagement apart! I was so excited for them when the big day finally came…

I first met Andrew and Catherine for their engagement session in Charlottesville at Ash Lawn-Highland and immediately fell in love with their story and who they are as a couple…I love how they bring out each other’s silly sides and they don’t take anything too seriously…their wedding was a perfect reflection of them and I was so honored to get to capture it!

I knew this was going to be a beautiful wedding day when we drove up to the Aspen Wye River House in Maryland and there were perfect portrait locations in every direction! Just wait until you see the road of pink petals that took my breath away! It was such an incredible honor for me to be a part of Jennifer and Jay’s big day last weekend…Jennifer is the type of bride that every photographer hopes for and that every girl wants as a best friend.

Their paths first crossed when they were freshman in college and living in the same dorm…they started studying together and that was the beginning of a life long friendship! It wasn’t until years later that they realized their relationship might be something more…and they finally tied the knot last weekend in a beautiful church in Williamsburg, Virginia surrounded by family and friends!

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A glimpse into my daily life in Richmond, VA (and travels beyond) with my husband Ryan, our son Gray, and our disobedient puppy Lexie, plus the work, style and attempts at minimalism in between.