Engagement | Jessie + Drew

But I love your feet
only because they walked
upon the earth and upon
the wind and upon the waters, 
until they found me. || Pablo Neruda

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The drive to the Rappahannock River is a drive I love taking and I always welcome any excuse to take it. Especially on a beautiful mid October day that allows for rolled down windows during the scenic drive.
Jessie and Drew will be getting married in the same place and on the same day these were taken, next October.
Such a sweet little detail in their love story.
A love story I can't wait to continue documenting.

Lifestyle | The Wright Sisters

The Secret Garden was what Mary called it when she was thinking of it. She liked the name, and she liked still more the feeling that when its beautiful old walls shut her in no one knew where she was. It seemed almost like being shut out of the world in some fairy place. The few books she had read and liked had been fairy-story books, and she had read of secret gardens in some of the stories. Sometimes people went to sleep in them for a hundred years, which she had thought must be rather stupid. She had no intention of going to sleep, and, in fact, she was becoming wider awake every day which passed. || Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

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There's something irreplaceable and unchangeable about the bond of sisters.
The unconditional love and you-knew-me-when. The shared experiences from the very-most-possible-beginning of things. That built in best friend you'll never be without. 

Spending the afternoon with these two woodland fairies was the best possible reminder of why I love doing what I do. For it's this kind of photography, lifestyle photography, the capturing things just-so and as-they-happen, that's my favorite.
And I think this session with these two beautiful souls is going to be a favorite of mine for quite sometime. 

Engagement | Bethany + Chris

I hope you find someone who is brave enough to enter your storm, and respects you enough to love the size of your waves. I hope you find someone who will relish the calm you can have, and who is eager to set sail on the expanse of your mind. I hope you find someone that can’t escape the love they have for you, because now they have you in their very blood, always reminding them that you are the only sea worth exploring. || T.B. LaBerge

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This rainy day engagement session is one of my favorite to date I think.
My favorite weather and my favorite thing to do... Documenting two people in love.
I love people who are at a point in their story together that embodies both a certain kind of newness and yet familiarity. An almost-not-yet tension of excitement and anticipation. A story that only they truly know the telling of. Moments, conversations, experiences that are just for them and make up the history of "us".

Can't wait for your wedding day this winter Chris and Bethany, to continue the telling of this story of yours.
xo

Chris + Karli | A Rainy Rehearsal Dinner

A rainy rehearsal dinner on a humid summer evening before a beautiful and love filled wedding.
It's evenings like this one that reenforce the love and passion I have for my job and documenting people's stories. 
Chris and Karli and their family and friends were such a joy to be around during all of the festivities of the weekend.
I'm sharing a few of my favorites in black and white because, to me, they mirror the feeling and mood of the evening. 
Enjoy.

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Shot at Belle Grove Plantation

Molly of Covert of Rabbit Foot Fern | Portraits

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This sassy lady was so much fun to hang out with. She's a California native, recently moved to Richmond. I so loved getting to know her a bit while wandering around my beloved city taking these quirky and fun headshots for her paper design company, Rabbit Foot Fern Design. Go check out her work, it's lovely.

Film Is Not Dead

Due to a peak in interest, and because I so love shooting with it, I am now officially offering the option of film as an additional ad on for all weddings and portrait session packages! 
This includes Instax polaroids (pictured in two sizes above) as well as 35mm film. 

If you'd like to know more about how this works or are interested in adding some to your already booked, or soon-to-be-booked session, shoot me an email! 

My RVA | Yesterday's Heroes Vintage

And then sometimes good days are marked by leisurely bike rides to visit friends at work and peruse new and old curated finds (by which I mean I looked at the denim for forever because denim is my weakness...) and listen to a little Edward Sharpe on vinyl. 

This little shop here in Richmond is a good one, and if you haven't popped in for a visit before, I suggest you change that asap. So much wonderful vintage goodness. It's actually right down the street from this other favorite shop of mine. 

You can also find Yesterday's Heroes on Facebook.

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The Best of The Summer

August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time. || Sylvia Plath
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The Language of Queens

All women speak two languages: The language of men and the language of silent suffering. Some women speak a third, the language of queens. || Mohja Kahf, The Marvelous Women
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Lately I've been especially grateful for the various women in my life who speak the language of queens.
A rare and beautiful language it is. 

I Feel Most Beautiful In The Morning

Erica shot for Rosewood Clothing Co.
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The minimalist lifestyle so appeals to me, but I'm afraid I'm much too sentimental to truly live that way.

I feel most beautiful in the morning.

Contrary to the social norm, I more often than not rather like Mondays.

Nocturnal is one of my favorite words.

I've read four books in the last week and I feel like myself in a way I haven't in quite some time. 

Blue is my favorite color, perhaps because you can use it's name to describe a feeling and not just a color.

I am still learning that feelings are temporary.

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