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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June 13, 2014

Recent Spring Features | Virginia Wedding + Portrait Photographer

I’ll be the first to let you know that this week has been HARD in the office. Between the catching up I’ve been doing from taking off from my Birthday to partially a little of last Friday on top of all of the driving I scheduled for sessions this week has definitely set me back. I am not afraid to admit when I’m struggling because know what? I’m human. I am by no means perfect. I strive to push myself in this business but it’s never easy! So for today, I’m hoping to finish up my “to dos”. And since I’m saving Jacob & Felicia’s Homestead engagement for Tuesday, I thought I would share some recent features. 🙂 This is something I wanted to do better with this year but have slipped a little bit with the season in full swing. And my season won’t die down until November, so I’m hoping to catch up so I can REALLY put forth the time and effort to do this at LEAST once a month. This year is my “refining year” after all. 🙂

So incredibly honored to have Randi and her lovely family featured through Denim + Grace Posebook Magazine!!! You can see more from their session HERE.
2014PosebookDGcover_webToday, The Learned Bride featured one of my sweet couples, Greg and Alyssa! I love that The Learned Bride features college engagements/weddings so this was the perfect fit for this engagement since these two love birds found their soul mate at our beloved school, JMU! Go Dukes!
learned_brideThank you to Denim + Grace and The Learned Bride for featuring!!! It means so much to my clients and I! <3

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