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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 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Kyle & Courtney! What a wonderful way to celebrate the big 1 year! So much to celebrate in this session, which is why I LOVE anniversary sessions! I believe in a solid love. Relationships that can make it through the years of marriage is worth celebrating! Marriage is a beautiful thing in […]

We sat down a month prior to their wedding day discussing all of their plans and details. One of the things I asked them was how they would describe their wedding “theme”. They thought about it for a second and came up with “Appalachian Chic”! I love that! Unique … different … yet, so them! […]

I love traveling, but I also love photographing at my roots in downtown Warrenton and my family farm! These two live in Chicago, but came “home” for a little bit for wedding festivities (food tasting, etc.)! Such a fun weekend for sure! And they surprised me with Chicago popcorn! Didn’t know that Chicago was also […]

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!! Cannot believe I’m already typing that it’s Memorial Day weekend … which means that summer is basically here! And I’m SOOOO not ready! Well, of COURSE I’m ready for a beach vacation but this only means that I have to put on a swimsuit in 2 months! AH! Time to hit it […]

Wow … I didn’t think this post was even going to be able to go up today! I had the convenience of having the power line people cut off my power early yesterday for 4 hours. When I finally had power, my internet was not allowing me to reconnect. Talk about a stressor! I had […]

I’m so fortunate enough to meet so many families in my “job”. The Turners contacted me back in February regarding a spring family portrait session. When I was looking through my May calendar, I could not believe to see really how time is passing by faster than I can grasp! This sweet family was a […]

First, I would like to acknowledge a vendor who really stepped up to the plate in time of need to make this wedding happen, Samy’s Rentals! It was Thursday night when that HUGE storm came through. I remember waking up around 2 a.m. with an alarm going off on my phone saying there was a […]

Poga & Cathleen … where to begin with these two? I have fallen in love with their love! From the first few minutes of photographing them, I knew this engagement session was special. Leading up to Friday, we were anticipating the huge rain storm to wash out our session. Fortunately, the flooding came a day […]

May 19, 2014

FINALLY! The rain is gone!! What a relief … just in time for this engagement and wedding last weekend! I have a story to tell you on Wednesday about how the rain effected the wedding prior to the big day. Definitely one of those “OMGSH” moments as a bride! Megan was fortunately so calm and it all […]

I was going to do a blog post on some sort of business related topic … but you know what? It’s Friday and the start of the WEEKEND and you haven’t seen Pixie on here in a LONG time since the infamous Birthday celebration that we all had a laugh over, so I think it is […]

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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