What a day at Glen Ellen Farm in Ijamsville, MD for Nicole and Colin’s wedding! I am just thrilled to share this beautiful, special day with you. These two came all the way from Iowa to celebrate. She’s from Chicago, he’s from Maryland, they met at PT school at the University of Iowa because not […]

Fall wedding season is officially upon us! I’m so excited for cooler weather, rich fall color palettes, and eating leftover soup while wearing my husband’s sweatshirt the day after a wedding, hunkered down in my house like a hooded, anti-social troll. But you have to earn your At Home Troll Day by working really hard […]

I have the sweetest, most intentional wedding at a Frederick favorite venue, Dulany’s Overlook, to share with you today so buckle up! I am currently feeling like the luckiest photographer alive to be in the thick of busy season during this random but totally welcomed week of fall temps – evenings in the 50s? In […]

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 […]

What a sweet day for a couple of West Point kids to get hitched! After a whirlwind 3-month engagement (because when you know, you know) Meghan and Briggs were married at Union Mills Public House this past weekend in downtown Frederick. From our first Google Meet, I just adored Meg’s gentle manner and open mind, […]

What a day at Walker’s Overlook for Sydney and Jake’s wedding! I have been looking forward to this one for so long – we had the best time at their engagement session last summer – and I knew their wedding would be just as wonderful. After a week of dreary rain, the warm sun and […]

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 […]

Despite needing three layers plus winter boots at the softball fields last night, I am presenting this beautiful session today as hard evidence that spring really is here! My endless sneezing is also a pretty good indicator that pollen abounds, and I’d like to thank the makers of Zyrtec and whatever likely-expired brand of antihistamine […]

I had my first wedding of the year this past weekend, a windy and love-filled day at Blue Valley Vineyard in Delaplane, VA, and it was such a nice way to break into the 2025 season. It’s been a bonkers-busy week chatting with 2026 brides, scheduling spring engagement sessions, and booking hotels for weddings on […]

It’s very trendy right now for photographers to gush about how much they’re missing wedding season. My Instagram feed is loaded with throwback images from last year’s celebrations with wispy captions about the magic of wedding season and wishing to return to it ASAP. They’re lying. We are all hunkered down in wool socks, catching […]

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 have welcomed the slower season with open arms and an extended exhale. I had my last wedding of the year this past weekend at the Mt. Washington Mill Dye House – a gorgeous November affair with black tuxedos, wooly coats, and a very on-brand backdrop, the Domino Sugars sign. I currently sit at my […]

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 am beyond thrilled to share Maddie + Marcus’s autumn wedding at Musket Ridge Golf Club with you! It was electric blue skies and vibrant fall colors all weekend long – and I’m so glad because these two deserve all the sunshine and more. Ya’ll already know I love police officers (so much I married […]

While you may never have pegged me as a quitter, I am, in fact, a grad school drop out. I am the proud owner of exactly 1/2 a Master’s Degree in Professional Writing from Towson University, the second half I dropped like a hot potato when Quinlan took up residence in my body. I quickly […]

Hello and welcome to the start of Epic Fall Wedding Season! I’ve got a gorgeous spring wedding at Bluebird Manor in Adamstown, MD to share with you. I’ve been in the thick of engagement sessions for 2025 brides, spending my evenings on Zoom with future clients, and shooting/editing autumn weddings. I also have all four […]

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! […]

Wedding (and pollen!) season is in full swing and it feels so good to be back. It feels not so good to be sneezing and wanting to claw my itching eyeballs out upon even cracking a window, but as my sister-in-law says, you can’t sneeze if you’re unconscious (thanks, Benadryl!). I’m headed to Stone Tower […]

I’ve been really lucky to work at Dulany’s Overlook in Frederick, MD a few times this year and Rachel and Andrew’s sun-soaked day was one of the best! I loved all the soft, lush bouquets, the blush, peach, and mint color palette, the soft candlelight reception in the barn – so many gorgeous details woven […]

I’m coming to you as a new resident in the Land of the Living, having spent the last 8 days in the pit of despair with our youngest who is currently the proud owner of two flaming red eardrums and a sinus infection, to boot. He is on the mend, thankfully, which means I’ve temporarily […]

Perhaps, like me, you are thoroughly waterlogged after four days of rain, and find yourself craving something sunny and warm. Maybe you also have a head cold that is proving to have Olympian-level endurance and you’re beginning to wonder how many boxes of Kleenex a person ought to go through before purchasing it in bulk. […]

I come to you today, September 20, to tell you about Hannah and Jonathon’s gorgeous, champagne and ivory wedding, but in writing this sentence, it also occurs to me that perhaps you are also in the thick of wedding season, possibly as a guest. You are likely inundated in a Summer of Love right alongside […]

I’ve had an absolute blast this summer second shooting for other local photographers – even after a decade in the wedding industry, it’s a joy to flex some creative muscle without the added pressure of running the show. Even timeline-obsessed, Type-A women like me need a break sometimes. 😉 I photographed Rachel and Hampton’s summer […]

What a gorgeous day this was! Shane and Morgan were married at Elmwood Farm Bed and Breakfast in Williamsport, MD – not too far from Hagerstown – and it’s an all-time favorite for me. Maybe it’s because Elmwood doesn’t have a bad spot – an open-air reception space, a gorgeous farmhouse, a field! of! alpacas! […]