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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September 1, 2014

Weekend Catch Up

I have had the same question pop up over this past year … will I be offering a workshop or mentoring session of some sort? There are those who have a camera and would love to learn how to use it in manual and then there are those who are more experienced who just need a push forward and guidance when it comes to the business work. I would love to help those who are passionate about photography! I’m only offering this once this year and not making it a “big deal” because even though I have SO much to give to you all, I am also learning and growing as a business woman over my years. However, I am only offering this once this year so if you are interested please email me at info@stephaniemessick.com for more information and to reserve your seat! I have learned SO much over my years of photography and I would love to share with you all how I got to where I am today in just a short period of time! 🙂 I seriously cannot WAIT for this!!!

workshop announcement

As a business owner, sometimes you have to give up a holiday like today to work. It’s the sacrificing now that will pay off as I like to think! At least I was able to take yesterday off to go paint balling … in the rain! Talk about intense paint balling! 😉 It actually doesn’t hurt as much as you would imagine … UNLESS your own teammate is 20 feet behind you and accidentally shoots you in the back. Yes, this happened and now I have a decent size bruise/welt on my back. I promise it’s still fun, do you believe me now?! 😉

Thanks Keli for this photo!!! 🙂
paintball

Monday to do list:
* Blog post (check)
* Catch up with weekend emails
* Email October brides to set up final meetings
* Pay sales tax
* Package gifts
* Report monthly mileage
* Balance August finances
* Export Travis/Amanda and Evan/Ally photos and package
* Create session packages to ship out
* Pay September quarterly taxes
* Clean and organize equipment from Saturday’s wedding
* Birthday giveaway winner session this evening (hopefully the weather will work!)
* End the day with homemade banana bread! 🙂

A HUGE congrats to Fernando & Ally for their wedding on Saturday!!!! What a beautiful day it was! Their details were on point to who they are as a couple and I cannot wait to share their ideas with you all on Wednesday! 🙂

fernando_ally_webHappy Labor Day!!!

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