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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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Sorry to keep this post very brief, I have a BUSY day ahead of myself. 🙂 Kyle and I are hoping to take a beach mini trip this week … so between now and Wednesday, I’m going to work my booty off to get as much work as possible done! I hope everyone was able […]

I cannot believe that this year is already half way through! AH! There have been SO much inspiration the past 12 weddings I have shot this far into 2014 and I thought I would share some of my favorite details so far. 🙂 It seems like the biggest trend with colors has been one of […]

About a year ago, we met for the first time at their engagement session on the farm. This farm meant so much to Will and Caitlyn for many reasons and this would be the place where they would say the big YES to each other at the altar. We watched the weather for days prior to […]

I met these two at Justin & Lauren’s stunning blush and gold wedding back in March! Finally, it was their time for photos and we MADE it work. Originally, we had it set up for Wednesday … then the rain decided to come through so we postponed it to Thursday … then it rained again […]

It was only a couple months ago that Jacob and Felicia met me in my home office where we chatted about the wedding and our personal lives. Soon enough, it was time for their engagement session at the gorgeous Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia! Why did they choose The Homestead as their engagement backdrop? Because […]

I hope everyone had a great weekend with this amazing weather!!! It was wayyyyy to pretty outside to not enjoy it in some way or another! Last week was definitely as crazy as anticipated. With the driving around days in a row definitely called for a day off to rejuvenate! It was all well worth it […]

I’ll be the first to let you know that this week has been HARD in the office. Between the catching up I’ve been doing from taking off from my Birthday to partially a little of last Friday on top of all of the driving I scheduled for sessions this week has definitely set me back. […]

There are times when timing is out of your hands. Unfortunately, Monday was that day for me. I built in PLENTY of traffic time to head down there and after I thought I was right on time, I came to a halt. That one halt did not move for an hour! I felt trapped and […]

Emily and I go back since freshmen year of JMU … which now feels like an eternity ago! Really, that was 7 years ago … wow. It wasn’t long after that when we and two of our friends moved in together. First it was an apartment and then we upgraded to a house downtown where […]

We met at 5:45 a.m. last Wednesday and when I set my alarm for 4 a.m., I then remembered how often I did that last year. Whew! Not sure how I did it but it is always SO worth it! Less crowds, gorgeous lighting, less traffic (well, I like to think so) … we started […]

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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