Iā€™m Stephanie, a wedding + lifestyle photographer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Warrenton, Virginia. Whether Iā€™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. šŸ™ 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! šŸ™‚ 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! šŸ™‚ 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! šŸ™‚

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!