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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January 28, 2014

Best of 2013 Portraits

Excited to share this with you all today because I get to feature all of my lovely brides from 2013!!! 🙂 Tomorrow, I am sharing the lovely snow session I’ve been dying to share! For now, I am sharing these beautiful brides/friends of mine of 2013! I have had the privilege to get to know all of my lovely couples last year from their initial meeting to their engagement session to their final meeting to their wedding day! Before their wedding day, I feel like they are my friends just from our journey together. Each of them have a special place in my heart with their inspiring love story. I will never forget their special moments I witnessed and captured. 🙂 2013 was a break out year with having my first full time experience with weddings and then going full time with my business and leaving my graphic design position. I would not be here if it wasn’t for my brides! Words cannot thank each of you enough! Thank you for the memories, the smiles, the laughs and the tears we shared together. Love you all! xoxo

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Thank you all for a fabulous year!!!! xoxo

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