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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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To this day, Michael, Lauren and I joke around about their engagement session in March. It was absolutely freezing, and it took Lauren TWO hours to warm up after the session ended. No joke! She told me that even after the drive home, she had to take a hot shower, curl up with blankets and […]

Chris, Natalie and I go back years ago when they once lived in Richmond, Virginia. We connected then because they were on the search for a wedding photographer. 🙂 Little did we know that our initial email exchange back in 2016 would turn into a friendship that continued past their wedding day! We have enjoyed […]

I hope you had a great weekend! I’m ready for some sunshine … Anyone else?! Who knew that this year would be so rainy. There have been countless postponed sessions, but we are making it work!!! 🙂 I appreciate my couples’ patience and willingness to be flexible during this unpredictable season!! It’s also challenging on […]

It’s funny thinking back when Taylor, Katherine and I got together back in October for their engagement session. Richmond was their hometown and it seems like SO much has changed since then. Richmond has become a second home to me since Alex lived there as well, and I absolutely LOVE it!!! Since then, Taylor and […]

Finally, Virginia has sunshine! It only took two weeks and a lot of flooding for the weather to call it quits! Oh, and apparently, a lot of snakes? Ah! I won’t get into that… But while I was appreciating this amazing weather today, I couldn’t help but think about my trips down to Florida the past […]

There’s NO WAY I’m turning 3-0. No way. This was my mindset all last week. You see, turning 30 has been a big deal since I turned 20. I’m not kidding, for an entire DECADE I’ve been dreading this number. I remember making an original joke back then saying, “Oh my gosh, ten more years […]

I’m back after being out of the office for over a week of travelling/moving Alex into his new home in Florida. I would be lying if I said it was an easy past week… I’m not typically one to cry, but gosh, I had so many episodes because of the changes happening all around me. […]

I wasn’t sure how to start this blog post because I cannot come with the perfect verbiage to describe how much I adore Javi and Sarah. <3 These two … Goodness … will just pull on your heart strings EVERY. TIME. I remember the first time “meeting” Sarah and Javi and couldn’t help but laugh […]

Matt and Christina are absolute sweethearts! While photographing them, I saw that they share the same enthusiasm for life while photographing their cute giggles together. I love that! Although they have crazy schedules, we managed to work in a date for their engagement portraits. Boy, did we luck out!!! Thunderstorms were off in the distance […]

I hope you all are enjoying the long Memorial Day weekend. 🙂 I’m currently out of the office and helping Alex move down to Florida this week. I’m not going to get emotional now because that’s for later. 😉 But this past weekend was an incredible one worth sharing today! I anticipated taking Memorial Day […]

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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