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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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What a beautiful way to end the year! A pink classy Christmas inspired wedding! Not to mention with a gorgeous couple!!! Seriously, they are absolutely gorgeous inside and out! I had the privilege of getting to know Kaye through JMU’s Marching Royal Dukes (Go Dukes!) as we were both in the piccolo section together … […]

Christmas is over?! What?! All of this cheerful time I had with the music, family, friends, food, games … and now the festive time is done. However, I refuse to tear down the decorations … well, not until January 6th (Epiphany). So I guess I have a few more days left to relive the festive […]

December 27, 2013

Taking the week off of blogging to enjoy time with family and friends! šŸ™‚ I hope everyone has a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! And of course, Pixie and I decided to have a photo shoot in the snow … This photo is definitely GRUMPY CAT worthy!!!! Lol!

I have known this family …. well, it seems like as long as I can remember! But of course, time flies and Kateland connected with me regarding a family session as a present to her parents. They recently celebrated their 27th Anniversary and what better way that to celebrate with your loved ones? When I […]

December 23, 2013

Seriously?! Christmas is really just a few days away?! This year has to be the fastest flying year on record! Really. The presents are wrapped under the tree (including a little gift to Pixie … hey, I was good this year about thoughtfulness!) … house fully stocked on fresh cookies … decorated inside and out […]

I cannot believe that this session concludes the final season of their collection! If you do not recognize these two already, we have done a spring, summer and fall engagement session! Now, we just completed the final session and now there is a BIGGER and more EXCITING photo shoot coming up for them … their […]

Before I dive into the cute session, I wanted to do a quick write up during the season of giving. šŸ™‚ As I mentioned in yesterdays posting, during this season I’m donating 5-10% of my years profits to local charities/organizations, one of them being the Boys and Girls Club. Last September, McKinsey Development learned that […]

We are officially a week out from Christmas! Eeep! SO excited! Kyle and my family were discussing plans yesterday and it looks like we are combining our families together for Christmas dinner! šŸ™‚ And it looks like I’m just about done with my Christmas shopping … just have to wait for a few more shipments […]

So funny to think how fast time really does fly … I remember emailing back and forth with this couple planning out their timeline and figuring out logistics for the day and then … POOF! It was here! I have to say that all of Brock and Caroline’s planning was so worth it because the […]

Let me start off by saying … 9 MORE DAYS!!!! So excited but also wondering where did this Christmas season go?! I’m still trying to finish vendor and friend gifts while I’m pretty much done with family gifts (except for wrapping and receiving half of them in the mail). I hope these next few days […]

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

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