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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!

DOCUMENTING LOVE'S UNSCRIPTED CHAPTERS FROM COUPLES & FAMILIES IN COLORADO + VIRGINIA

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As my couples and I go on our journey together, I have the privilege of getting to know them. When they build excitement, I’m right there excited with them … when they are crying, I’m right there shedding tears as well. It’s funny because I NEVER considered myself a sappy person, but this year I […]

Keeping my posting brief today as I run around and check off my to dos before Christmas next week (Hair pulling now?)! It’s all manageable as I was able to check a bit off my list yesterday. This morning I spent some time finally starting to wrap some gifts! Typically I just buy whatever cute […]

December 15, 2014

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 […]

I remember saying the beginning of this year that it was the year of refining. I love that and I believe I have made leaps through refining since the end of 2013. 🙂 Now, I’m challenging myself to upscale my business for this upcoming year! Last night I sat down and put together new design […]

We met on a pretty mild day for December at the GORGEOUS Snickers Gap Tree Farm. I was thankful that I didn’t have to wear gloves, but boy was I WRONG! Half way through the session the temperature must have dropped 20 degrees! We were FREEZING by the end of the session! They braved the […]

The Christmas season has to be my favorite from year to year! I love decorating and the activities during this festive time. 🙂 I was spending some time with my mom making Christmas gifts for my 2014 couples when she told me that she was reminded of me when she saw a blog post by […]

December 8, 2014

Welp! There are only THREE more of these “Weekend Recaps” for the year 2014! Cannot believe that 2015 is just around the corner. To make it even more of a shocker, there are only 17 more days until Christmas! AH! I just sat down last night to finalize my gift check list. I always do […]

I think it’s so interesting to compare photos taken on the same day, same direction, but at different times. As you know, I recently did a mini session day for those who were looking for a quick Christmas card photo. 🙂 I chose out this beautiful Christmas tree farm because of one of its beautiful […]

Kyle and I tell each other that it is important to travel while we are young. I have no idea how we are going to top off this year next year! We went to Jamaica with the purpose of getting away and relaxing. This vacation we decided to leave ALL technology at home (except our […]

I met this super sweet girl through my boyfriends family. So blessed with the wonderful connections through Kyle! Turned out that Emma will be graduating soon and needed some senior portraits before the weather turned unbearably cold. Well, we spoke too soon because the time her session came around it was FREEZING outside! I remember eating […]

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!

DOCUMENTING LOVE'S UNSCRIPTED CHAPTERS FROM COUPLES & FAMILIES IN COLORADO + VIRGINIA

@stephaniemessickphoto

find inspiration

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