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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January 8, 2014

Most Inspiring of 2013

We continue the series “Best of 2013” with todays posting “Most Inspiring of 2013”. A year ago, I was approached by Craig and Erica to do a series of engagement sessions to showcase them in each season. We live in the perfect area where the seasons have so much personality! I fell in love with this idea!!! What a beautiful way to celebrate love with Gods surroundings of every season! So the seasonal engagements started with spring and it seemed like it was only a week after the session before we discussed the following seasonal session … this made time FLY!

Here are some of my favorites from each season! Enjoy!!!

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Silly sweaters?! Of course it calls for a silly photo!

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I wish I could continue to photograph your love over and over again! I cannot wait for your big day! xoxo

If you are interested to see the full collections of their seasonal engagements, here are the links below:
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter

  1. Andrea Pesce says:

    What an awesome idea! Definitely inspiring 🙂

  2. Cutest. Idea. Ever. And of course, all of these images are just beautiful!!

  3. Erica says:

    You are the best! Loved doing these sessions with you and I CANNOT wait for the Love and Magic you will capture on our big day. <3