This was my first time photographing at the Annapolis Wedding Chapel , a small wedding venue in Maryland. This venue is great for couples planning a meaningful and straightforward ceremony without the stress or cost of a large traditional venue: micro-weddings, elopements, and more tiny wedding vibes with a smaller guest count. When K + N came to me with the idea of using this venue for their ceremony, I helped them brainstorm how to make the most of their time there and disc

The quick short answer to this question is: No, but experience matters more than the label! Elopements and more traditional weddings ask for different skills. Elopement often moves at a different pace, and you are able to decide what to spend the most time on. They require a photographer who's comfortable adapting on the fly, guiding you while also letting quiet moments unfold naturally during the elopement. More traditional wedding days are more structured, with more concret

Photographing proposals is among my favorite types of sessions to be part of. This proposal also fell on the first snow of the year! What amazing timing. And I was able to use that occurrence to pad out my story. Usually, when someone reaches out to tell me that they are proposing to their partner, the plan is that I am hidden in plain sight and wait for the moment to happen before popping out and letting the couple see me. BUT with this session, we had to do things a bit dif