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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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Happy Friday everyone! I’m sorry to be a little brief today, but today is Rob & Jennifer’s WEDDING DAY! Wohoo! I absolutely LOVE Friday weddings! One of the reasons? I have Saturday and Sunday to make personal plans! 🙂 The other bonus for the bride and groom is that they have the entire weekend to […]

Funny to think back and know it has been years since taking photos of Daniel. Then to realize that he is actually taller than me and has grown up SO much! In fact, Daniel and Andrew were some of my very first “clients” when getting into the business world. I’m now interested to compare photos […]

I remember the days of not giving a care in the world what I would eat for breakfast. Lucky Charms? YES! Captin’ Crunch? LOVE IT! Fruit Loops? ABSOLUTELY! Anyways, you get the point. They all have one thing in common … SUGAR. I will admit that I have a sweet tooth but doesn’t mean that […]

I’m BACK from my week long beach trip! Although, I’m not quite mentally back in my office today as I realized that I could not budge myself to get out of bed at 7 a.m. like I anticipated. A little readjusting to do this week for sure! Let me just tell you that this beach […]

Lol! I wanted to write a “no blog post” today because I’m finishing up my final day at the beach before heading home for tomorrow’s wedding day … but I cannot write “no blog post” because technically there is a blog post if I’m writing this at this moment! I guess it’s just an excuse […]

Ian and Jessi met with me a month prior to their wedding to discuss their final details so I know exactly what to expect for their wedding day. One thing they mentioned to me that caught my attention off the batt was the “salt ceremony”. I’ve never heard of this before so it sparked my […]

This starts a very exciting new tradition for Stephanie Messick Photography! It was only just 2 years ago I took on my first ever mud run. Now, let me be straight forward … I am NOT a runner. I do it to work out. But of course, a piece of me needs adventure in my […]

Dustin, Brooke and Brookes mom first met me in my office space months ago and I immediately fell in love with this bunch! Maybe it was the fact that they were excited to see Pixie? 😉 I could chat with them for hours and lose track of time easily! Dustin and Brooke have such a sweet […]

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! 🙂 This weekend was my first weekend “off” from weddings since March I believe? So instead of a wedding, I hosted a 5K Foam Run with my brides on Saturday!!! I cannot begin to tell you how much fun it is to hang out with them and go […]

All photos are edited, packaged, backed up and shipped out of my office! I made it a goal of mine to have everything completely done before taking off for the beach tomorrow and it looks like I’m just about there minus a few other tasks. But I’ll be honest … I am SO ready for the […]

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

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