I’m Stephanie, a wedding + lifestyle photographer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Warrenton, Virginia. Whether I’m by the mountains of Colorado or Virginia, my soul feels at home, surrounded by rural living and the raw beauty of nature. I genuinely love what I do, and feel so passionate to share the enthusiasm and joy of these celebrations with you!

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July 19, 2013

Brian & Tara Engagement | Manassas Battlefield, Virginia Photographer

Gosh, I am SO sorry guys … when I thought I had this post all ready to go, the internet bombs out the night before. 🙁 Now that I just got home from my vacation at the beach and out to Jeremy and Hope’s wedding today (YAY!), I finally can show ya’ll Brian and Tara’s lovely session!!! I will be back to work on Monday to responding emails and catching up with edits. Thank you for your patience! 🙂 It has been such a fabulous vacation week and so worth it!!! … although, have been getting sick so now I guess is the time to start downing Vitamin C!

Tara and I have honestly tried to schedule their session three different times due to weather … so of course when the day looked bright and clear, I was STOKED to meet these two! So much anticipation and talk amongst their wedding day! Tara and Brian were exactly how I pictured them to be, happily in love! 🙂 As soon as the session came to an end, I became SUPER excited for their wedding next year!!! Seriously, cannot wait! We had a blast running through the Manassas Battlefields and downtown … not to mention without the cicadas! We were raving about that fact because the battlefields were covered when we first talked about doing the session there. So maybe there is a purpose to rescheduling sessions due to bad weather after all! 🙂

Thank you Brian and Tara for a fun and great session! Cannot wait for your April wedding day!!! xoxoxo

  1. Lisa says:

    AWWWW!!!! These are SO GORGEOUS! Simply because your love is so gorgeous! Could not be any happier for you two!!!! Love You BOTH!