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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 weekend … or should I say, month! August is over and now into September which is the transitioning month to FALL! I think all of us can agree that we are ready for fall?! I know I am since it is one of my absolute FAVORITE seasons!!! Soooo ready for the nice and […]

It was an early Sunday morning … 4:30 a.m. to be exact … when I woke up to meet these two in downtown Georgetown for their sunrise session. Now, this has been the earliest I have had to wake up in a long time and WHEW I struggled getting out of bed if I’m going […]

I met with this couple just about a year ago at Jessi’s brother’s wedding and man, time has FLOWN as Chad and Janice are about to approach their one year anniversary! Wow! 🙂 My first time at Sky Meadows park … and I LOVE it!!!! Gorgeous view with a fun couple! We ran around until […]

I’m surprised this was my first time getting the chance to photograph an engagement session downtown Alexandria! Most of my clients I guess are pretty centralized around where I live and not necessarily out towards DC. But I am SO glad I finally made my way out there because I love new spaces! Even though, […]

It was the day after Andrew and Ashley tied the knot when we met up right before taking off on their pre-honeymoon vacation! This might be one of my new favorite types of sessions! What I end up doing is changing up the bridal session into a day after session where the bride and groom […]

August 26, 2013

This weekend felt like the first weekend in a LONG time where I actually had the chance of doing a little business work on my downtime. Although I had four sessions, I did not have a wedding or any personal obligations … so catching up with a little work at a time has really satisfied […]

I cannot tell you how hard it is to schedule time away … away from technology and work. Sometimes I forget how to relax and enjoy time with my loved ones. So finally, I decided to not take sessions (exception of the one beach session) and RELAX for one weekend away with Kyle! 🙂 We […]

You might recognize these two from this past spring on the blog and they are featured again for their summer session! You see, this is the first time I have ever done something like this but I am pretty excited to see this in the big picture of their engagement! They are not just having […]

I’m not going to tell you how many hours I pondered over this office space … before I even moved into my new place, I was dreaming of what it would look like! And of course Pinterest took over my vision of what I hoped for it to look like. I mean, what girl would […]

To think where this couple and I started … their first meeting at Starbucks to their downtown engagement session downtown Culpeper to Turks and Caicos for Ashley’s brothers wedding to finally their very own wedding day … I cannot say enough how much fun this has been to get to know not just them but […]

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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