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Garden‑Inspired Wedding at the Washington DC National Arboretum

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Garden‑Inspired Wedding at the Washington DC National Arboretum

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Intimate Fall Patterson Park Engagement Session | Baltimore, MD

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Intimate Fall Patterson Park Engagement Session | Baltimore, MD

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Timeless Mt. Washington Mill Dye House Wedding | Baltimore, MD

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Timeless Mt. Washington Mill Dye House Wedding | Baltimore, MD

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True Chesapeake Wedding on the Waterfront | Baltimore, MD

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True Chesapeake Wedding on the Waterfront | Baltimore, MD

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Laurel Falls Wedding: A Mountain-Top Celebration | Asheville, NC

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Laurel Falls Wedding: A Mountain-Top Celebration | Asheville, NC

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Romantic Engagement Session at Loch Raven Reservoir | Baltimore, MD

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Romantic Engagement Session at Loch Raven Reservoir | Baltimore, MD

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Getting Ready Wedding Photos: Tips, Ideas, and Why They Matter

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Getting Ready Wedding Photos: Tips, Ideas, and Why They Matter

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Evergreen Museum & Library Wedding for Laid-Back Couples | Baltimore, Maryland

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Evergreen Museum & Library Wedding for Laid-Back Couples | Baltimore, Maryland

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Whimsical Garden Wedding at Terrain Gardens | Philadelphia, PA

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Whimsical Garden Wedding at Terrain Gardens | Philadelphia, PA

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Some couples give me one day to photograph.

Some somehow let me stick around for the whole story. 🤍

Engagement photos. Their wedding. Maternity. And now their newest little human.

There’s something pretty special about getting to watch peop

Coffee in the kitchen, a walk around the neighborhood, a drink to end it, your actual routine - we just bring the camera!

This is what an engagement session looks like when it’s not about the outfits or the location, it’s about the two

Some love stories are written on land. Theirs is being written on the water. ⚓️
These two traded the usual engagement backdrop for their boat, because that’s where they’re most themselves: sun on their faces, wind doing whatever it wants

You don’t have to wrangle the kids into matching outfits and drag everyone to a studio for good family photos. (Promise.)

An in-home session means we shoot right where you live! I love a kitchen table and your couch that’s seen a thousan

Home from Portugal!

We spent the trip catching up with family, wandering, working on the new house, and just... living. Slow mornings, long meals, sunsets, adventuring with my babe - it’s all good for my soul.

Coming back always cracks someth

Happy Anniversary weekend to these two who know how to throw a party!

It was going down at the Dye House!

Photos by Associate Lindsay
Edits by me

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This wedding at the Tabard Inn in Washington, DC, a little historic inn dripping in personality, was a day right up my alley!

Allison and Nick had every bit the eclectic, vibrant, colorful, and energetic vibe they wanted for their wedding day!

And

Pride Month may be over, but celebrating this kind of love? That’s a year-round thing for me.

Over the years, I’ve had the absolute honor of documenting some of the most beautiful, hard-won love stories, couples from the LGBTQIA+ communi

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