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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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You may think I’m crazy … because I think that of myself at times … I did a wedding all day Saturday to only be waking up at 5:30 a.m. the following morning for an engagement session. But it is SO worth it when the weather is just right, which you will see below! 🙂 […]

September 16, 2013

What an amazing and BUSY weekend! Went from taking a weekend off to a full packed schedule. Those weekends off are exactly what I need to catch up, especially when I have weekend after weekend similar to this one. Today, is another catch up day as I will be editing a session, wedding and catching […]

I know we all don’t like to be superstitious, but sometimes we need to blame the day for when things aren’t going as planned. For instance… (oh boy, here we go! Lol!) I had a sunrise session this morning which was 1.5 hours away from me. So of course, I woke up at a little […]

You remember the gorgeous Ellie from her Mount Vernon Engagement session to her perfect rustic classy wedding at Murray Hill back in June! Ellie is one of the most kind hearted, sweet, God loving woman I have met and I am so honored to have gone through this journey with her through her engagement and […]

We met at dawn … and when I say that, that means that we woke up in the DARK. Yep! I woke up around 4 a.m. so I get on the road and make it to Maryland by 6:15 a.m. Whew! I’m not much of a morning person, but this will get me going! Haha! […]

We met in downtown Warrenton for portraits and I must admit that I was pretty excited to take her photos! I have known her for awhile now and so of course when she asked me to do her head shots, I could not imagine saying no! She is super down to earth, friendly, respectful and […]

September 9, 2013

You have no clue how difficult it has been the past few months in my business … I have been fortunately steady with weddings and sessions … really, this is a BLESSING! But I have not been able to catch my breath with everything that is needed to run my business and balancing life and […]

BJ and Bailey met me at my family farm for their engagement session and I must say by the end of the session, I was GUSHING over the lighting!!! It could not have been more romantic! We walked around and caught up with their wedding plans as they are currently preparing for their wonderful wedding […]

I had no idea when going into this wedding that I would absolutely fall in LOVE with the atmosphere! My mom and sister have been to this venue for wine tasting and came home RAVING about Morais Vineyard! Immediately, they knew that I would go crazy when I saw it in person … and they […]

It was a year ago when this sweet family met me at my family’s farm for a session. Now it has been another year and Liam is now three! How cow, how kids grow fast! It is so fun to see what growing up has been done from the previous family session to this time […]

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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