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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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December 13, 2013

Last night, my living room was filled with amazing photographers from all over the area and it was an absolute BLAST! We filled on delicious Christmas appetizers including peppermint bark popcorn and peppermint cocoa! My kitchen was FILLED with cookies … no joke. After many laughs and games, we had a cookie exchange and hung […]

I would say that this weekend was a huge success with mini sessions! Even though due to the anticipated inclement weather, I had last minute cancellations I was SO pleased with the turn out I had during the blizzard! I only host mini sessions around this time once a year and had nooooo clue how […]

I hope everyone is enjoying this snowy season for those who have it outside … hopefully it’s not too icy as I woke up with ice covering my car! Needless to say, I was late to my dentist appointment. I need to look up on Pinterest quick solutions to melt ice on my car! If […]

Ohhhh how I LOVE this family!!! I feel so honored to have photographed them over the years! 🙂 Now 2013 is coming to an end and how perfect to photograph a lasting memory to mark off the year? And if photographing at the Hartlands Christmas Tree Farm was not perfect enough for this festive timing […]

December 9, 2013

I LOVE the snow! In fact, when growing up in Southern Fauquier County I always thought how awesome it would be to live in Northern Fauquier since I was always jealous of all of the snow they would get in the mountains. Now I live in Northern Fauquier County, so I was PUMPED for the […]

Oh it’s the most wonderful time of the year! I. LOVE. CHRISTMAS. And when it comes to decorating, oh I’m in heaven! This will be the first Christmas in my new place, so I realized on the way home from my Florida vacation last week that I need basically everything for Christmas since I have […]

Meet April! One of my dear college friends from JMU and the MRDs! We met in our flute/piccolo section back in 2007 and have stayed connected ever since! 🙂 After catching up at her session, it was a true testament as how fast time flies as they have now been married for 3 years! Now, […]

You remember the GORGEOUS John Marshall Hotel wedding Paul and Megan celebrated last month … gosh, I cannot believe it has already been a month! And really, I cannot believe that we are just days away from 2014! Before I know it, I’ll be starting to think about 2015 brides! WOW! Needless to say that […]

It is ALWAYS an honor to have another photographer approach me about doing their photos! This session would be my first time meeting the incredible Randi and I was thrilled and honestly scared at the same time! It can be intimidating honestly but as soon as I met her kind spirited family, I was immediately […]

Thanksgiving time is a wonderful occasion to bring family and friends together and I am SO fortunate to have been given a “vacation time” during Thanksgiving week! I put my camera away (I put my sister in charge of taking spontaneous photos with her IPhone, lol!), email away, blogging, Facebook, everything that’s involved in my […]

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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