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destination destination wedding film Weddings

danny and rena – autumn wedding at belle haven on the james

wedding at belle haven in scottsville virginia

it’s always special to photograph a former co-worker’s wedding…

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film kodak tri-x out of state Personal travel

pilgrimage no.1

california summer road trip vsco

life is either a great adventure or nothing – helen keller

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destination film Personal travel

pilgrimage to the west [teaser]

yosemite National Park is seriously the most perfect place to shoot with films that are larger than 35mm…more to come!

medium format MF kodak tri-x self developed orange filter polarizer dark sky clouds half dome yosemite national park glacier point

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fuji superia Personal

happy first day of summer!

it’s finally here.

film look daisies summer flowers

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Senior

natalie – senior

virginia senior portraits in woods autumn and spring film look with vsco

throughout the fall of 2012 and spring of 2013 i was able to capture a few senior portraits of aneila’s sister, natalie. all of these images were made on family property, right up against the border of the shenandoah national park. enjoy, and congrats to natalie on her recent graduation!

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Weddings

Cody and Danielle – Wedding in Staunton [teaser]

SOOO happy that I was able to work for Cody and Danielle! Congrats to them both. Keep an eye out for their wedding on the blog in a few weeks!

bride and groom love green shade fuji vsco
bride and groom love green shade fuji vsco

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Weddings

cody and anna – wedding in staunton [teasers]

Congrats to Cody and Anna! I can’t wait to share the images from their beautiful wedding in a few weeks!

bride and groom love green shade fuji vsco
wedding ceremony bride and groom the kiss fuji vsco

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Engagement

kim and jess – washington d.c. cherry blossom engagement

couple kissing in the cherry blossoms in Washington DC on the Tidal Basin

For the past few years, I’ve really been meaning to make the trip up to D.C. to witness the amazing cherry blossoms during their peak. Kim and Jess gave me a solid reason when they contacted me about their October wedding. After discussing possible locations and themes for their e-session, I met up with them in Washington D.C. for a session surrounding the monuments and cherry blossoms, with a little

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food Personal

mocha cupcakes – valentines day

vsco portra 400 cupcake making on valentines day

For Valentines Day this year my wife and I made cupcakes together…well, my wife made cupcakes, and I helped a little, and made lots of photos of the process. The recipe we used was from My Baking Addiction. It calls for fresh brewed coffee in the batter as well as the icing…(can life get better than that!?) Of course, we used fresh ground whole bean for our brew. Also, we topped our cupcakes with chocolate shavings instead of coconut, because we don’t like to follow directions all the way. Too bad I can’t email a sample to everyone who reads this… 🙂

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Engagement film fuji 400h kodak tri-x portraits

kevin and nicole – classic love-letters engagement session

fuji 400h military couple in uniform with letters they wrote to each other 1950s farmhouse engagement photo shoot

In early January, we were able to meet up with Kevin and Nicole to capture their love story. Upon receiving Nicole’s story, I knew right away that this shoot was going to be classic. Kevin is in the military. Twice in the past two years, he has been away for an extended period of time, reducing their communication to handwritten letters.