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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December 15, 2014

Weekend Recap

I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoying this festive season!!! 🙂 I’m in my “slow season” and I’m constantly reminding myself to take advantage of this time “off” to do things I don’t typically do during the busy season. Even simple things as catching up with friends! I will absolutely admit that it is challenging to make time for even the simplest things during the wedding season … like doing laundry!

Saturday, I had a wedding with the super cute couple, Nate and Theresa! It only was appropriate to get married on 12-13-14. 🙂 Great that the date landed on a Saturday as I’m sure it was a super popular date this year even though it falls in the “off season”. I cannot wait to share this lovely day with you all this week!

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Can you BELIEVE we are now in our last full week before Christmas?! We can now say that Christmas is next week! Scary … right? I still have a lot to check off my list! This Christmas season, Kyle and I put together a little bucket list of things we want to do. One of my top things I wanted to do was go see the Nutcracker performed by the INCREDIBLE Ballet West! As I was growing up, it was a tradition to watch the Russian Nutcracker … on the old VHS. Lol! I remember seeing the ballet in person when I was little, but it has been a longggg time! FINALLY, Kyle and I made it happen last night and I was in AWE over the ballet performance by not just the dancers but by the musicians! FLAWLESS talent! Hands down! If you want to make plans for next year … you HAVE HAVE HAVE to see this performance! Here’s a photo of my man and I dressed up for the event. 🙂 I love his festive red & green bow tie! Definitely a night to remember. 🙂

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HAPPY MONDAY!!! So much I want to check off my list this week! Here’s to a productive week. 🙂

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