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Iā€™m Stephanie, a wedding + lifestyle photographer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Warrenton, Virginia. Whether Iā€™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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Kaye and I go back years ago when we met during the brutally hot days of MRD camp! I can say that I’m glad those days are over, but of course I miss the MRDs soooooo much!!! It really felt like a GIANT family … no matter the year throughout college! I am determined to […]

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, […]

Matt, Shannon and I met bright and early Sunday morning to finally have their engagement session! I have had to reschedule so many sessions this summer due to thunderstorms in the evening time last month and the month prior. It does make it tricky to reschedule, but my clients and I always find a way […]

It was Bethany Beach where Clint, Alexis, her family and I met at the wee hours of the morning for a beach sunrise session. I absolutely LOVE the beach … and obviously I LOVE photography … so those two put together equals a fabulous session! šŸ™‚ Too bad the beach has to be so far […]

This session … a session I won’t forget! Let me just start off by saying that I try to be fully under control from beginning to end, but there came a moment in Kenny and Natasha’s session where I just freaked! We were in a field when I asked them to lay on the ground […]

Gosh, I am SO sorry guys … when I thought I had this post all ready to go, the internet bombs out the night before. šŸ™ Now that I just got home from my vacation at the beach and out to Jeremy and Hope’s wedding today (YAY!), I finally can show ya’ll Brian and Tara’s […]

Where do I even begin with this couple … I have known Emily since freshmen year of college back in the JMU years. We became roommates with two other beautiful ladies from sophomore to senior year and have fortunately been able to keep in touch when possible. šŸ™‚ And I can say that when Chris […]

As you know, it is summertime … which means, beautiful greenery backgrounds with full trees and flowers. But it also means a LOT of rain and thunderstorms. I have unfortunately have had to postpone some sessions due to evening weather. This session, they were calling for storms all day long so in that type of […]

We met at the earliest time … in history. Lol! Just kidding … but really, it was pretty early that we all had to wake up in order to make this session happen. During this time of year where the summer days are long, that means sunrise happens in the weeee hours of the morning. […]

It was just about time for the sun to peak over the foggy horizon when Craig, Erica and I met up. Getting up at 5 a.m. sounds painful … but really, by the time the session starts, you forget that you had to wake up super early. And gosh, the lighting is just amazing at […]

Iā€™m Stephanie, a wedding + lifestyle photographer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Warrenton, Virginia. Whether Iā€™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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