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!

Enthusiastically capturing authentic connections IN COLORADO & VIRGINIA
since 2012.

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September 9, 2013

Getting to Where I was…

You have no clue how difficult it has been the past few months in my business … I have been fortunately steady with weddings and sessions … really, this is a BLESSING! But I have not been able to catch my breath with everything that is needed to run my business and balancing life and still working a graphic design part time job. Sooooo to resolve that, I decided to take a weekend off! Yep! Totally happened! šŸ™‚ A weekend off from sessions and weddings! These tasks are all things that are not seen from the public … like finalizing edits, packaging, emailing, album designing, etc. It is still a work in progress, but really having a weekend off has helped my peace of mind. I have a CRAZY month of October coming up and I just know that I need my sanity before then. šŸ™‚ My goal is to be completely “clean” of all edits, organization and updating by the end of the month. So my weekly goals notebook has REALLY helped me the past 2-3 weeks so far and I will do my best to keep track and achieve my goal! Actually, I have been able to COMPLETELY cross off my weekly “to do goals” every week for the past 2-3 weeks, including finishing up my to dos last night from this past week! šŸ™‚

Next month, I have six weddings … six sessions … a photography volunteer job … weekly client meetings … continuing to be 100% at my graphic design part time job … and the celebration of Kyle and my one year together! šŸ™‚ A busy, but a looking forward to month for sure!

For now, this is what will be featured for this week’s blog posting!

Megan Headshots

Jessica and Family

Ellie Bridal

Hope everyone has a wonderful and productive start to their work week! šŸ™‚

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