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Racing the rain in Elizabethtown, PA | Caroline + Luke Engaged
Sometimes there is rain in the forecast, and we go for it anyway. This time of year, in mid-November can be tough. Rescheduling just means higher chances for colder and colder temps. It’s a rainy season though…
Moving into 2021 with a Plan
There’s a lot of talk going around right now. A lot of uncertainty in the air. It feels heavy. It feels a little scary even. The unknown. It has been a stressful year…a sad one too. I have four kids and they miss their grandparents. They miss their friends. I miss dropping the little ones off with my parents to run to the grocery store for a quiet, thoughtful trip. I miss stopping in at their house and tearing up their living room and the last-minute invites to dinner together in the kitchen I grew up eating in. I miss not breathing through a mask. I miss greeting my clients with a ginormous hug of excitement. I miss having a generous reschedule policy. I miss gathering. I miss community in person. I miss offering free events. I miss packed restaurants chattering with life.
A Fall Mount Gretna, PA Engagement Session | Sydney + Nick
It was chilly this day and the fall foliage that was left…was on the ground for their session. Even so, the sun danced through the trees in a teasing kind of way. It played in Sydney’s hair and competed for attention with Nick. We chased the sunset from location to location as it set making magic everywhere we went.
Summer-like Fall Engagement Session at Fort Hunter Mansion | Kathryn + Brian
We got lucky for this one. It was almost 80 degrees outside for this mid-November engagement session at Fort Hunter Mansion and Park.
The case for the 1/2 Updo
Choosing your hairstyle for your wedding day can be a difficult decision. I hope this helps you think it through a little more.
A Cathedral Wedding Ceremony Followed by a Fall Reception at Historic Ashland | Abigail + Walter 10.17.20
“You can’t make this stuff up people!” A recurring statement from Abigail throughout their Historic Ashland wedding day and the days, weeks and months preceding the day. Abbie posted jokingly on her pages the day before the wedding that the theme of this wedding had been, “Come hell or high water.” It couldn’t have been more fitting.
A Rainy, Fall Wedding at The Barn at Stoneybrooke | Kerri + Michael 10.16.20
“My dad is going to be my best man,” Mike told me during their engagement session. He explained just how much his dad meant to him. It speaks volumes about Mike himself but also right back at his dad. When Bruce approached the microphone for the best man speech,
Fall in the Hollow | Danielle + Paul Engaged
“We are also planning to bring Luna if that is okay. We don’t have anyone to bring along to help but we have a long leash and she’s pretty well behaved.”
“I Because I” and “You Because You”
In these moments that feel so out of control, the key is realizing the difference between the emotion and the need.
A Fall Engagement Shoot in Lancaster, PA | Erin + Adam
No one wants to reschedule for rain and it becomes an even more difficult decision the further away the drive is for the couple.
Zahra + Bijan’s Backyard Micro-Wedding 10.10.2020
“My favorite daughter is getting married today,” Zahra’s father said to me when I approached him for his first look with her. It was minutes before the ceremony.
Fall at Fort Hunter Mansion | Christina + Andrew Engaged
We rescheduled for Covid-19. We rescheduled for rain. And it was meant to be that we had the most beautiful weather and fall foliage anyone could possibly ask for.
What to do if You CRY After Your Makeup Artist Leaves
I consulted with my dear friend Andrea of Shades of Blush Studio and this is what she has to say about tears and makeup:
A Fall Wildlife Preserve Engagement Shoot | Anne + Alex
How am I so lucky to meet these amazing people I get to photograph? Sometimes I just have to sit back in awe of my job and who it brings into my life.
A Fall Marsh Creek Engagement Shoot | Christina + Jeff
Her makeup artist bailed on her at 1:00pm…the shoot was at 4:30 pm. Don’t panic, I said.
The Orange Story
The customary advice for wedding reception speech-givers is to say something nice, something funny, tell a story from the past and to end with a piece of advice for the future. I hear a lot of wedding speeches…2-5 at every wedding so I’ve heard a lot of marriage advice in my career (a perk of the job). Most of them start with, “When the inevitable disagreement comes up…” “When the honeymoon phase is over…” Then, the advice is given… “Remember this day” “Don’t go to bed angry” and many others.
I often think about what advice I would give during one of these speeches. What I think I would say isn’t
A Fall Backyard Wedding - New Jersey Style | Kristin + Nicholas 9.26.20
My reaction pulling into the driveway for this backyard, New Jersey wedding reminded me of my husband seeing our wedding venue to the first time:
A Backyard, Micro-Wedding COVID – Style in Perryville, MD | Lauren + Brandon
It was a wrap. I three hours of coverage for Lauren and Brandon’s immediate family, micro-wedding at Brandon’s family home in Perryville, Maryland. Everything went superbly. A few detail photos, then my favorite part…they helped each other get ready (it was the sweetest thing I had never photographed before!), ceremony, husband and wife photos and a quick cake cutting and that was it! I was packing up my bag and heard Brandon’s mom, Julie, call from the kitchen, “Megan! We need you outside for one more photo!”
Goodbye Summer Engagement Shoot at The Barn at Stoneybrooke | Annie + Nicholas
Sometimes even I am like, “Shut up. This is so gorgeous. I can’t even stand it!” Annie and Nick’s The Barn at Stoneybrooke engagement shoot was one of those moments….and processing pretty much every photo as well. I click on the next one…and gasp. Marc asks if everything is okay down there…and I yell up, “OMG these photos!” I can almost hear the eye roll through the floor….and then again minutes later as I click on the next one.