We celebrated Dakota and Parker’s engagement by cashing in on one of these random 70 degree days in August for their session in Gettysburg. Absolutely no one was complaining about the cool breeze, zero humidity, and I worry I might be jinxing us by even mentioning it *fingers crossed.* We had the best time together, […]

I made it to the other side of the May/June Wedding Stretch – this is different than the 7th Inning Stretch in that I worked my absolute tail off but similar in that I ate a lot of snack foods and the occasional hot dog. I have so many incredible weddings, engagements, and welcome parties […]

I’ve got a brand new Frederick, MD engagement session to share with you today – this time, Emily and Jake at historic Gambrill Mill! We are enjoying a jam-packed, super-fun season of life right now, I am living part-time at the ballfield and photographing incredible people on the weekends. Our homeschool year is winding down […]

What an absolute TREAT it is to share this Gettysburg engagement session with you today! When we first moved to Gettysburg five years ago, we didn’t know a soul. I was newly pregnant with Maguire and barfing like you wouldn’t believe, so Justin made a double batch of M & M cookies (a task I […]

All my festive holiday cheer has been interrupted by a poorly timed head/chest/throat/body ache situation I absolutely do not have time for. So far no one else in the family has gone down, and I write to you at 12:45 PM on a Wednesday, still in my pajamas and working on my third cup of […]

I’ve got two more weddings to go and then that’s a wrap on the 2024 season – but first! – a cheerful and romantic engagement session in Harpers Ferry, WV featuring Samie + Patrick! They’re gettin’ hitched next summer at Dulany’s Overlook and this was such a great warm up to the big day. They […]

I spent last Saturday night with Sydney and Jake for their Gettysburg engagement session and I’ve never been so happy to be a third wheel in all my life. These high-school sweethearts got engaged on the Hatfield-McCoy trails after graduating from the University of Alabama (I think I am legally obligated to add ROLL TIDE! […]

I write to you this evening from the Pit of Despair, a place where three of us have succumbed to a highly unpleasant combination of cold symptoms and the others are waiting to go down, too. I’ve been wearing the same cardigan for two days, and the pockets are stuffed with Halls (one pocket for […]

And I remember being younger and my mother told me the truthFind someone who grows flowers in the darkest parts of youTake heed when things get hard and don’t you ever turn aroundYou’ll find someone, someday, somewhere that grows you to the clouds Zach Bryan, Sun to Me Her sister-in-law messaged me just a few […]