I truly enjoyed working with this couple on their wedding day and for their engagement. What I think I enjoyed so much was just how laid back they were with not just myself but with everyone on their wedding day. They were so graceful and kept their focus on the main point of any wedding day – marrying your best friend! Thank you so much for choosing me to capture your wedding day – it was a privilege and I can’t wait to see how God uses you both for His kingdom in the years ahead of you!
Andrew + Alyssa
St. Agnes Church, Penn Oaks Golf Club | West Chester, PA
I love getting to share these videos with you all now! I’m honored to be partnered with Sonata 7 studios in Berks County to offer a video and photo package together to our clients. What I love most about this offering is that not only does DJ come and do a phenomenal job capturing your wedding day, but he also comes out to the Engagement Session to hear your story as a couple – how you met, how you fell in love, and how you got engaged. What your hopes and dreams are for the future. What you love about one another and what you can’t wait to experience together throughout the rest of your life. This is a time capsule that will be treasured for generations to come and it’s a privilege to help our clients and friends truly capture this time in their lives. Here’s our first engagement session together with Andrew + Alyssa – Check out the rest of their engagement session here.
I love this couple. Mike + Kaitlin were one of those couples you just cherish as a photographer. What I think I appreciated about these two is something that you don’t find as often these days in relationships – gentleness. I don’t know how else to put it, quite frankly. Kind, gracious, and loving, yes, but incredibly graceful with one another. I loved how Mike and Kaitlin interacted together as a couple and just how much in love they are – it made photographing their engagement and wedding day so simple. Not only that, but this was a small bridal party with an intimately-sized guest-list and everyone made me feel like I was just another friend celebrating the day and not just a hired hand. These are two genuine individuals and I wish nothing but the bet for them.
I don’t normally get so much time to spend with a couple and their bridal party in between the ceremony and reception but it made for the perfect relaxed atmosphere to shoot in. Intern Carli and I had a great time at this wedding and truly can’t say enough good about these two.
Thank you for choosing me to capture your wedding day! Here’s a couple of our favorites!
One of my favorite things about this stage of life is getting to see the friends that I’ve grown closest to experience real joy and real happiness. There’s nothing like it. Getting to see them smile in a way that they never will again on one of the happiest days of their lives is incredible. The day that Lauren and I married was one of the most important and joyful days of my life, getting to witness that day for people I love and care about is a privilege, and getting to capture those moments for them is an even greater honor. Here’s to two very special people to us: Nate & Daphne. I could share a novel about these two and their story, but I think I’ll just leave it at this. Nate, I’m so glad you finally have your Daphne and I hope the melodies never grow old for you two. You are wonderful people, the kindest and most genuine of friends, and no matter how much time passes between our visits you will always be important to us. I hope you guys enjoy your wedding photos. Thank you again for the privilege of capturing your wedding day.
So excited to share just a few photos with you of our dear friends, the Craigs. Jason and Emily have been friends of mine since I was a senior in HS when Jason played in integral role in leading me to Christ and mentoring me through some difficult seasons of life. Lauren and I cherish their friendship deeply and miss them immensely. They are missionaries in Ethiopia and have been doing amazing works there for the past 2 years. We were thrilled, though, when we heard that they would be spending the summer back in the states to visit with family and catch up with old friends.
I became friends with Jason and Emily when Emily was pregnant with their oldest daughter, Lauren, and I have been blessed to get to watch her and her two sisters, Anna and Sarah, grow over the years. The very first portrait shoot I ever did was for them. I offered a free shoot to try out my skills at portrait work. I posted some of those pics from that shoot back in 2008 first so you, too, can experience the joy of seeing how they have grown as a family 5 years later.
So happy to grab a couple family photos for you all while you were here this summer. We can’t wait till your return next year!
I believe I said this in their engagement blog post but I’m going to re-iterate this here: Mike + Anna love laughing together – they are truly best friends. If you catch Mike when he’s around Anna you’ll notice a specific look on his face – it’s called adoration. This guy is in love with his bride and these two are MEANT for one another. It’s obvious just spending five minutes with them. I love their personalities individually and as a couple and I love that they interact like a couple in love, but also as two best friends.
Intern Carli and I had a great time shooting this wedding out in Rockwood which is close to Pittsburgh. It made for a lot of driving and a long day, but the venue was worth it. They wasted no amount of energy on decorations and details for their wedding day and everyone had such a great time.
Thanks again for choosing me to capture your wedding day, you two! Loved it!
This was the second wedding of a double-header weekend. I had shot the previous night in MD, made it to bed around 1am and was up at 6am to shoot this wedding in Lancaster. As mentioned in the previous blog, both brides were friends of mine in HS. I was honored that they chose me to shoot their wedding day and what was unique about the experience was that it was a morning wedding – something that is very rare for me to shoot. The Inn at Leola Village is a beautiful and surprisingly intimate location to shoot at considering where it is situated. They do a great job of making their grounds feel set apart from the surrounding community. It was a bit of a challenge doing photos this close to noon but thanks to some passing clouds and some tight framing and angles, we were able to get some great shots.
Congratulations Frank + Stacey and thank you again for choosing me to capture your wedding! You were both so easy and fun and to work with and it was truly an honor to be part of the day!
This wedding and the next were part of a double-header weekend for me. Friday night and Saturday morning weddings. As incredibly exhausting as the weekend was, it was so much fun because they were both for friends from high school. This was the Friday evening wedding in Havre de Grace, MD at Swan Harbor Farm where I had just recently shot another wedding. Not only was the location beautiful, but the bride was stunning…and Matt looked pretty good, too, I guess… 😉 Erin and I went to HS together and she was a year ahead of me. She is currently an art teacher in VA where she an Matt live and with such an artistic eye, I was honored and humbled that she and Matt chose me to capture their wedding day. The pressure was on!
Erin, Miss Creative Pants, made it easy for me, though, as the amount of time she clearly invested in the aesthetics of the day were evident everywhere you turned. All I had to do was point my camera and shoot . We were almost completely deterred by some serious storms, but in the end it all bypassed us and we had such a fun (and dry) evening, capturing some of my favorite moments of the year so far.
Congrats to Matt + Erin! I’m so happy for you two and I was honored to be a part of your day.
A big shout-out and thank you to Elizabeth Licitra for second shooting. You’re the best!
