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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 have SO much to share with you about my 8-day road trip around California! The jet lag got the best of me today since I just got back yesterday, but I’m excited to get back into the daily grind. Check out all four blog posts about my California road trip here: LA/YosemiteSan Francisco/SonomaRoute 1/Carmel/MontereyThe […]

Tomorrow, Kyle and I will be taking off to California until the 19th! 🙂 Which means I’m actually going to step away from blogging and emails until my return. It was only a few weeks ago we were at Massanutten thinking about future vacation plans and thought … “Hey! Why not plan a road trip?!” […]

This is the final posting to end the month long series of “Best of 2013”! We have gone all over the grid from family portraits to engagement session to details to wedding photos. Be sure to check them all out at the end of this posting with links to the previous posts. 🙂 Today, I […]

Reception details really capture the characteristics and personality of the couple. Whether they want a country-rustic theme or winery classic or city chic or black tie … whatever it is, I always appreciate the thoughtfulness and artistic value that went into the set up. I know my brides have slaved over details, so why not […]

Receptions are all so different and unique. I cannot help but to laugh behind the camera from the crazy and fun dancing happening on the dance floor … I love my job! Seriously, I get to enjoy and capture the PARTY and celebration of the couple! How fun! And sometimes I may jump onto the […]

I have been going on with this series for a month now and going to be finishing up this week! 🙂 Today’s “Best of 2013”  features some of my favorites of the wedding party! I had so many favorites so this posting was a challenge! The brides of 2013 had a wonderful fashion sense when […]

February 3, 2014

Well, so much for having another snow day … not sure if it is snowing anywhere, but right now it is RAIN and we were anticipating 2-4 inches (as stated yesterday). I guess my car needed a car wash anyways. 😉 Unfortunately, after all the web data I used to rebuild my website, I have […]

HAPPY FRIDAY! I’m sitting at Panera right now as I realized last night that I have gone over my month’s allowance for internet usage from when I redesigned my website last weekend. That’s okay because places like this make me appreciate the free internet! 😉 Today I want to share the next project I took on […]

I’ll be wrapping up the rest of the “Best of 2013” next week! I thought it would be special to go through ceremony photos from pre-ceremony to the moment of departure. It’s important as a photographer to capture the unexpected and the expected moments … and because of that, every wedding uniquely the bride and […]

This posting came just in time for all of those with a snow day today! Currently, I’m at Massanutten ski resort trying to take advantage of the winter season. 🙂 I LOVE snow! I thought I would enjoy the snow more being in school and having the news report saying “no school” … but I […]

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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