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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April 28, 2014

Weekend Recap

I’ll admit I feel like I got a GOOD workout this weekend … and it wasn’t from the gym! From a farm wedding at Hermitage Hill Farms to a DC engagement session on top of running around, my legs are so sore! Maybe I became weaker over the winter time?! Maybe I need to be more active at the gym now to really strengthen for this season? Probably both and I guess it doesn’t help that I skipped the gym this morning because of my “exhausted mode”. 😉

I want to give the BIGGEST shout out to my momma!!!! Today is her BIRTHDAY! I’m meeting up with her later this morning for a girls afternoon of nails and lunch. Cannot wait!!! Tomorrow, I’m creating a lovely dinner birthday meal for her and the family at my place! It’s going to be amazinggggggg! Happy Birthday mom! 🙂

It looks like this week is going to be a WET one for sure … so this might be a great time for photographers to get together for a movie night and editing! Not sure if anyone is down for this … but I’m possibly thinking Wednesday night?! If you are interested in joining, let me know! We may have to throw on a chick flick comedy and some popcorn!

It’s only now just hitting me how things really do happen for a reason. Back in October, when I went full time in my business, I was SO scared. I wasn’t ever in doubt about it, I was just nervous financially not having a consistent paycheck coming in … ESPECIALLY going into the “slow season” of winter. God provides though!!! He knew I could not keep on living the life I was last year. Working a full time job on TOP of working a full time business … it wasn’t fair to ANYONE. My boss. My clients. My family and friends. My love. No one. I am SO much happier now that I can commit myself 100% into my business so I can be timely and stay on track! With this, I’m able to make time for others and actually DO stuff … like hiking, a movie night with Kyle (whenever I can get him out of the house), or shopping! Instead of staying up until 4 a.m. and getting up at 7:30 a.m., I’m able to get a full 8 hours of sleep now. What a difference that makes! I’m pretty sure I was shortening my lifespan all last year. So far this season, I have hit my weekly goals EVERY week with my one week turn arounds for weddings and portraits. It’s REALLY crucial that I do this way because with a wedding practically every weekend, there is NO room for “getting behind”. It’s all about getting into the mindset to push and exceed expectations … more importantly, knowing your balance! If it wasn’t for last year, I wouldn’t realize there were things to improve and figure out. Figuring out a balance in life is HARD and I still struggle with it, but it is looking bright in the near future! Keeping my Sundays cleared and only taking in 2 (3 tops) sessions a week has made a huge difference to my work schedule and COMMITMENT to my couples/clients. I want them to deserve the love and attention they deserve. Cheers for 2014 and for always trusting Gods ways! 🙂 Looking forward to 2015 for even more improvements!

Here’s a preview of what is to come on the blog this week!!!

Jennifer from MayJune Events | Head shots + Family Portraits
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Brian & Tara | Hermitage Hill Farm Wedding
hermitage_hill_farm_wedding_photographerJim & Emily | DC Engagement
… I’ll admit that I “broke my no Sunday sessions rule” but this was an excuse because I caught the Norovirus back in March when this was originally scheduled … then the second rescheduling, there was a horrible tragedy they went through, so I’m glad that the third time is a charm and we were able to make this happen. <3
dc_engagement_thomasjefferson_memorial_photographerI hope everyone had a wonderful weekend with this GORGEOUS spring weather!!! I can get use to this. 🙂

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