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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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September 10, 2015

Looking back months ago when Jess emailed me asking if I would be her wedding photographer, it always feels like a proposal! Lol! I was ECSTATIC! Especially since it was a destination wedding to one of my all time favorite beaches. 2007 was my first time coming to Corolla but I have somehow managed to squeeze […]

Alexandra reached out to me months ago regarding her husband’s upcoming deployment and her interest in capturing these current memories before he departed. I was absolutely going to make this work on my calendar! 🙂 Thank goodness his deployment was on time because we were able to make our schedules line up. I know that […]

September 8, 2015

I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend and hope you were able to spend it doing something fun outside! Cannot believe it is already September!!! We are really just around the corner from the Holiday season … Gosh, I don’t even want to think about that. Friday was spent with friends embarrassingly admitting […]

This post goes out to the girl or guy who wants that. That? You know, what you see on social media everyday … including on my very own blog. LOVE. We all see photos of two lovers crazy for one other … Who doesn’t want that? To love and be loved in return. Sometimes that’s what […]

A couple months ago, Kim from Kim Newton Weddings kindly introduced me to James and Natalie. Well, it was over the phone but we still hit it off. 🙂 Natalie and I connected so well because she is her own #bosslady. Not just that, but she is a wedding and portrait photographer based in California. I […]

It was a great weekend spent with friends and an EPIC wedding (as the vendors and I have been saying leading up to Matt & Brianna’s wedding day). Since Matt and Brianna had a Sunday wedding, I was able to take Saturday off and enjoy some time with friends. One of my best friends and […]

It’s always an honor when I have a wedding planner refer my name to their brides, but when it is the wedding planner’s own brother then it is beyond flattering. 🙂 Courtney from A Sweet Soiree contacted me months ago seeing if I was available to document this exciting time of Chad’s life. Well, of […]

August 26, 2015

I knew coming into Saturday that it was going to be one big celebration. Once nighttime came, oh my friends, it was definitely one big celebration! I wanted to join in on that dance floor so bad! That’s how much fun it was! Old House Vineyards in Culpeper, Virginia was the perfect backdrop for their […]

30 minutes until the engagement session and it was POURING cats and dogs where I live. I’m only just down the road from the session location so at this point I was getting nervous if we had made the wrong decision to move forward and take the chance. Kelsa reassured me that it was fine […]

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t counting on doing a blog post today because I was intending to have my feet sunken into the sand and sun bathing at the beach. Plans have changed and I am now having a “stay-cation”. 🙂 Really though, this stay-cation has turned into a normal work week without the obligations of […]

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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