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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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I look at my calendar year in disbelief of how fast time is flying by. We are almost half way through 2015 already!? May is my busiest month of this year and will continue to be one of the busiest months as the flowers bloom and everyone wants to celebrate the warmth we all dreamt […]

I hope everyone is having a not so bad start off to their work week! This week starts my CRAZY schedule which is why I named the subtitle for this blog post, “The Calm Before the Storm”… I think you’ll see why on my social media over the next couple of weeks. 🙂 Basically, I’ll […]

I started the “What’s in my Bag Series” a couple weeks ago and today is the first in depth post regarding macro! How do I get those close up ring photos? With my Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G! I know that Canon’s primary macro lens is the 100mm f/2.8L so Nikon and Canon don’t play by the same rules. Before […]

I have been anxious to post these photos since finishing up the edits yesterday! This ethereal themed wedding at the jaw dropping Oxon Hill Manor in Maryland was the perfect match for Clayton and Gigi! Kim from the wonderful Kim Newton Weddings connected me with this awesome, laid back and loving couple last year and […]

May 12, 2015

It was a Friday evening when we planned to do her senior portraits in downtown Richmond. After realizing that I would be driving through rush hour on I-95 (dun dun dunnnn), I had to figure out how I was going to make it to Richmond in a timely manner. THANK GOODNESS I followed my gut instinct […]

What a weekend it has been! My feet were literally exhausted from all of the running around Friday/Saturday but it was all worthwhile. I had to resort to nice sandals for this past weekend’s events because I took off my nail polish last week to discover that my flats gave me bruised toenails from Sean […]

It was a little over a week ago I received a text from my dad saying that his fields were COVERED in yellow flowers. Oh he knows me well. I have tried to photograph in those yellow flowers every year and want to make it a tradition because they make my heart swell with joy! […]

As I am writing this blog post, I cannot help but to sing numerous Beyonce songs. Not good while proof reading. 😉 Haha! I remember riding in the car with Sean and Zari after finishing up with their classy DC engagement session last year. In that short amount of time, I really got to know […]

Donald and Sarah are a joy to photograph! We met in Downtown Warrenton at the courthouse and as they were walking towards me, I heard laughter from a distance. It continued throughout the session which made it obvious how much fun they are together! If there was this much happiness during their engagement session … I […]

HAPPY MAY everyone!!! This sunny weather has me in an energetic mood and I’m excited to go to the gym today to run off this energy. I realize I need to go when I feel that motivation … who is with me on that? This past weekend was pretty awesome but also super busy. All […]

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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