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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May 17, 2013

Workshop Tomorrow!

Yay! SO excited for this new adventure happening tomorrow! Sonya and I get to meet several enthusiastic photographers ready to learn! So funny, I NEVER would have thought to be apart of hosting a workshop … I am still new in the business industry buuuuttttt I have figured out great systems to help me keep sane in my business while having a full time job. It makes a huge difference keeping my stress level down and I am eager to show the attendees to help them out as well! It’s all about organization and staying on top of the back end of business. And when you have a happy office space/client management, the happier your clients will be! So, my part of the workshop is to teach these systems and talk about handling a full time job with a full time business. I KNOW I’m not the only one out there who struggled with this.

Sonya asked me a month ago to join her in doing a workshop in Northern Virginia this month and I could not turn it down! She has hosted several workshops/mentor sessions and has seen my business develop ever since starting out officially in June 2012, so I was so flattered for her to ask me to host with her! šŸ™‚ Never would I have thought about hosting a workshop this soon or even in the coming years … but with having Sonya there, it is going to be a fabulous experience as I get to know every one of the fabulous photographers!

Along with being in charge of talking about office management/organization (because I LOVE being organized), I’m in charge of the styled shoot and have already gathered an awesome team of vendors and a gorgeous wedding set up! šŸ™‚ SO excited to have photos to share from this weekend’s festivities! šŸ™‚

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and hope for NO rain/storms!!! And NO invasion of cicadas! …ewww, I’ve already found a TON of them on trees and my porch. šŸ™ They are comingggggg! I would post up a photo of how disgusting they are all over the trees, but I did not want to get close enough to them to see. Lol! So I’ll keep my blog pretty and not post any scary photos of blind bugs. šŸ˜‰

Here’s the inspiration board to Sonya and my garden workshop! šŸ™‚ So romantic! Found all of these wonderful photos via Pinterest! … of course!

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