TODAY IS THE DAY. After months of hard work, my new blog and website are LIVE!!!! Of course, though, I cannot take the credit for the hard work! Sam from Refresh Design did an INCREDIBLE job creating a wonderful experience for not just myself but YOU. I’m sooooo excited about this new online home for Stephanie Messick […]

Not only is fall is in the air (maybe not necessarily on this hot October day) … But for this blog post, LOVE is DEFINITELY in the air!! Looking through these photos may appear like young love, but they have built a beautiful friendship over the years as the foundation to their future. From the […]

Since the initial phone call with Amy, we have been amazed by our coincidental commonalities. Even to this day, I keep discovering funny things we can relate. For instance, I knew Amy showed cows growing up (as did I since I also grew up on a dairy farm), but I just realized that we had […]

Kids will do and say the darnest things. But that’s actually what I hope to document and embrace when I’m photographing families! It’s fun to think about the qualities I love about weddings and family portraits since they can be very different experiences. Wedding days are typically a controlled atmosphere. We follow a customized photo […]

I’m at it again with “Coffee Talk Mondays” and BOY I need a lot of coffee today! It’s the beginning of the October craziness, and it has officially begun. On the plus side, HAPPY OCTOBER!!! I’m excited for this month for many reasons. 🙂 1) I love fall because that means pumpkin everything! 2) It’s […]

WOAH. I believe you all are in for a TREAT today! There will forever be a soft spot on my heart for my hometown, especially when it involves photographing the sweetest of couples!! When Nathan and Mandi reached out to me about photographing their engagement and wedding day, I was ecstatic!! We all went to […]

Just when Matt and Christina didn’t think online dating was for them, that’s when everything “clicked.” Back in 2013, their love story began, and they fell for each other fast because they simply knew that this was it! Fast forward four years later, Matt (finally) popped the question in OBX on a chilly day surrounded […]

This year has been a great year for analyzing and strategizing the future of my business. I have family, friends, couples, and wedding guests all asking me what I’m going to do since there’s talk about going down to Florida at some point. I cannot really predict what the future has in store, but I […]

With a hurricane approaching the east coast fast and furious, and anticipated to hit over the weekend, I thought I needed to share how to prepare for a rainy wedding day since it can be a stressful situation. But it doesn’t have to be stressful!!! I have a wedding on Friday and Saturday, so it […]

We are in the middle of the “2017 Favorites” series, and today I’m sharing some of my favorite ceremony photos/moments from last year. 🙂 Even though I’m nine months late sharing some of my favorite photos I took last year, I’m enjoying reliving my couple’s celebrations! And looking through these ceremony photos below, I see […]