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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March 2, 2015

Weekend Recap

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I hope everyone had a wonderful and warm weekend! This weather has given me the spring blues, but I have to say that I enjoyed photographing a wedding in the snow. 🙂 Now that my next wedding isn’t until April, I have a bit of time to sit down and crank out the remainder of my winter to do list. It is looking more and more realistic as I cross the list off! 🙂  I had about 30 projects/tasks I wanted to complete before the wedding season kicked in full throttle and so far I have already crossed off more than 20! That’s on average 10 projects/tasks a month since I started this list the beginning of this year, so it looks like I’m on track. 🙂 I didn’t include personal projects on this list so I am hoping that I will be able to sit down and work on some fun sewing projects soon. Last night, I practiced calligraphy with my new book, Modern Calligraphy by Molly Thorpe! My mom took a calligraphy course back in college so fortunately she had the equipment for me to play with. Definitely a fun challenge! If you are wanting to learn calligraphy, I highly recommend this book!

There’s something to say about pressure. Naturally, I put stress on myself for this upcoming wedding because Kristin works with weddings quite often and does fabulous work! I have to say though that as an artist it is important to feel a little bit of pressure before every wedding so you have a driving force to do your absolute best. I’ll be diving a little more about this when I feature their beautiful day at Stevenson Ridge this week! Cannot wait! For now, I have these sneak peeks until I can share more. 🙂

Don’t you love that they have snow on the ground?! A true winter wedding!

Stephanie Messick | Stevenson Ridge, Virginia Sam and Kristin Wedding Photographer Sneak PeekStephanie Messick | Stevenson Ridge, Virginia Sam and Kristin Wedding Photographer Sneak Peek

Happy Monday!!!

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