Destination Wedding – Ashley and Chris Got Married
Destination Wedding – Ashley and Chris Got Married Are you looking for a destination wedding photographer? We would love to talk to you. Contact us today! Indiana Wedding Photography As a wedding photographer, we love photographing in different locations. For most photographers this may be a challenge but for us, we thrive on it. We love the idea of being in a location that is unique to us. Indiana was one of those places. What seems so common for Indiana natives, is unique to others. Barns, prairies and cornfields really got us excited about Chris and Ashley’s wedding photography. Bride Getting Ready Photos We cherish the time that we get to spend photographing a bride getting ready. When we have mom involved in the process we love it even more. The time spent with a mom and daughter on a wedding day is valuable. Being chosen to be the wedding photographer is priceless. First Look Wedding Pictures Who doesn’t love a first look? Well, I can tell you as a wedding photographer we love it. We find that if a bride and groom decide to do a first look we get real emotion. The wedding day is a buzz and a first look seems to calm the soul. We find that during a first look a bride and groom get to really enjoy their time together, cherish each other and take a deep breath. While we are photographing the first look we stay rather stealthy so that we don’t interfere with the emotion. We position the groom facing away from where the bride will enter. We always choose an area where the groom will hear the bride approaching. The bride then will give the groom a little tap and when he turns around, the magic happens. We then are able to capture some private portraits of the bride a groom. Here are just a few of our favorites from the wedding. (click on image to enlarge) Wedding Ceremony Photos Here are a few of our favorite wedding ceremony pictures. (click on image to enlarge) Bridal Party Photos We love the time we have with our bridal party taking their photos. (click on image to enlarge) Wedding Day Photos We have so many favorite wedding day photos from this wedding, but we can’t post them all. We will leave you with a few more here. (click on image to enlarge) We are Virginia wedding photographers serving Virginia and beyond. Contact us today regarding your upcoming wedding! Learn more about all of our photography services.
Wedding Day Celebration – Molly & Eddie
Molly and Eddie’s Wedding Day Celebration Wedding Day Celebration There is nothing like the perfect wedding day and Molly and Eddie had just that. If you missed their first post, you can read more about the wedding here. There were so many favorites from there wedding day, that we just can’t post them all. Check out their slideshow that is an overview of their amazing day. Here are some more of our favorite images from the wedding day. Beautiful Bridal Party Bouquets (click on image to enlarge) Wedding Day Preparation Photos (click on image to enlarge) Bride and Groom Gift Exchange (click on image to enlarge) Bride and Groom Wedding Day Photos (click on image to enlarge) Wedding Day Celebration Toasts (click on image to enlarge) If you would like to learn more about our wedding photography or any of our photography services, contact us today!
Engagement Session | Jon & Melissa
Engagement Session – Melissa & Jon Are you getting engaged? Are you looking for a creative engagement session? Contact us today. Melissa and Jon are engaged. We were excited to photograph their engagement pictures. Jon’s family owns property in Urbanna, Virginia. When they asked if we could travel to do their engagement session, we were excited. We always love exploring new areas. We love photographing destination weddings and destination photo sessions. The property where these engagement pictures were taken, is where their wedding reception would be held. It is property located on a historic horse race track. Urbanna, Virginia Historic Race Track This historic horse race track. was the home of many Kentucky Derby race horses. It originated in the 1920s. Many horses were bred and trained here. One of the most famous race horses that was raised on this farm was Sun Beau. You can learn more about him here. The property was as amazing as Melissa and Jon. We love to photograph engagement sessions. When we photograph couples in an area that has history,we love it even more! The area was full of vacant horse stables. These structures were absolutely stunning. Almost as stunning as Melissa and Jon. Outdoor Engagement Session Photographing outdoor engagement sessions always offers a variety of backgrounds. This especially happens when you are on a farm in Urbanna, Virginia. We always are looking for a variety of back grounds and settings. This farm was full of creative back drops and scenery. Landscape Photography Scott’s background comes from landscape photography. He has a love for beautiful landscapes. When we are photographing an portrait sessions we are always looking for things that we can compose in the foreground. Adding interest in the foreground of your subject creates added interest in your images. It also helps our clients remember exactly where they were and how they felt at the time the shutter snaps. Pet Photography Many of our engaged couples are pet owners of some very special pets. We love to incorporate pets into our portrait sessions. Whether it is an engagement session, high school senior portrait session or family session, including your pet creates lasting memories. Meet Melissa and Jon’s beautiful Basset Hounds. They were like models. They did great on their first official photo shoot! Wait until you see their adorable wedding cake topper! It is a replica of these two precious puppies. Sunset Engagement Session We love scheduling our portrait sessions around the golden hour. In photography the golden hour would be one hour prior to sunset. By photographing a portrait session during that hour you are almost guaranteed great light. Great light is everything to creating a great portrait. Melissa and Jon have an amazing pier that sets on the river. As you can see, a combination of a beautiful couple, beautiful light and a beautiful setting creates beautiful portraits! We are excited to post images from Melissa and Jon’s amazing wedding. Check back soon to view that post. View more of our couples portfolio here. Here you can learn more about our photography services,
San Francisco Wedding | Hayne Photographers
When we were called by Serena and Jason to shoot their wedding in San Francisco, we were thrilled. We are destination wedding photographers. It wasn’t a destination wedding for Serena and Jason who live in San Francisco. They simply loved our wedding photography and wanted us to shoot their wedding. San Francisco Wedding Photography San Fran was an amazing backdrop for their gorgeous wedding photos. Since the groom attended Stanford University, we made the short trip to the campus to photograph the bride and groom in a place that is special to them both. Serena and Jason rented the vintage car for the photographs. Props can make a huge impact in photography and we think this prop was well chosen! Serena really had some special touches at her wedding. She had handkerchiefs embroidered with beautiful sayings for her mother and grandmother. More details included the bride and groom’s “signature drink” during cocktail hour and a casino themed reception room. All of these details are forever memorialized in her beautiful wedding photography. Photographing Wedding Details (click on images to enlarge) Every detail counts! We try to photograph them all. We know that brides spend months of wedding planning to create the perfect ceremony and reception. Capturing all the details really tells the complete story of her wedding. The Ceremony Photos (click on photos to enlarge) Serena and Jason’s wedding ceremony site overlooked a reservoir; it was breathtaking and we took advantage of the scenery to get some impactful images. Even when we travel, we bring all of our wedding photography equipment. We have the latest camera technology, lenses, and editing equipment to get the dramatic images you see here. In addition to photographing the bride and groom’s wedding, they wanted an additional San Francisco wedding photography after shoot. An after shoot is a chance to get even more great wedding photography that wouldn’t be possible on the wedding day. (click on photos to enlarge) We traveled around San Fran incorporating landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge, Baker’s Beach, the stunning court house and theater into their wedding photography. This San Francisco wedding photography, is just one example of the many destination weddings we shoot. Our home is in Norfolk, Virginia. We are minutes away from Virginia Beach, a popular place for wedding photography. We hope you’ll visit our wedding photography portfolio for more great wedding photography ideas. Contact Us at 757-201-7973 to book your wedding (where ever it might be) today.
Bridal Portraits | Virginia Wedding Photographer
Bridal Portraits | Virginia Wedding Portrait Photographer Your bridal portraits should reflect your beauty. Anyone can take a photo. Capturing the essence of a bride is more takes an eye for detail. We know that when planning a wedding, you’re paying attention to every detail. We do the same for your bridal photography. That means using the best equipment available, skilled use of lighting and posing techniques, and perfectly editing your photos to enhance the mood we want to create. Contact us today to schedule your Bridal Portraits (click on image gallery to view images larger) You see it all the time in magazines – that sparkle in a model’s eyes that we all wish we could have in our photos. Your photos can have that sparkle! We shoot at just the right moment to get that perfect look. Sometimes people ask us if the brides on our site are models. No! We’ll admit, it’s even hard for us to tell that they aren’t when we see their bridal photos completed! (click on images in gallery to view larger) The bridal portraits in this blog post were taken at our Norfolk, Virginia studio. At our studio we have many beautiful backdrops and furniture props to enhance your photo shoot. We are Virginia wedding portraits photographers with a studio based in Norfolk. We not only photograph brides in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, but across the country and beyond. Take a look at our destination wedding photography page. Call us at 757-201-7973 to schedule your bridal portraits or wedding photography today.
Outdoor Maternity Portraits
Outdoor Maternity Portraits Contact us today to schedule your portraits! Outdoor maternity portraits are always beautiful. Especially when we are photographing in a destination like San Francisco. This couple is currently living in San Francisco and hired us to be their destination portrait photographer. They have follow our work for some time and knew that they wanted us to be their maternity portrait photographer. We were excited to be photographing in San Francisco and though we looked up many landmarks, it was great that they could direct us to some wonderful photographic backdrops. With outdoor maternity portraits, as well as any on location photography, it is good to know your surroundings and select unique backgrounds to make your pictures pop! Also, when photographing in a city like San Francisco, incorporating iconic areas will bring interests to your portraits. We started this photography portrait session on the stairs of city hall. We made sure that the location was identifiable so we framed the picture incorporating the wall lamps that are seen through out downtown San Francisco. Using a variety of lens choices from a zoom lens to a wide angles lens, helps us create a different perspective without moving the couple to far. Keeping your movement to a minimum is especially important to remember with your outdoor maternity portrait sessions. In this photograph we framed our subject in this large door. In order to capture the height of this oversized doorway, we choose to photograph this our a wide angle lens. Golden Gate Bridge Portraits Our last stop for our outdoor maternity session was the beach. No portrait session in San Francisco would be complete without incorporating, or trying to incorporate the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a very foggy day, but if you look closely you will see it! Are you expecting and would like unique maternity portraits or an outdoor maternity session? If so, contact us. See more of our portfolio here.
Ben & Lauren | The Saltaire | Duck, NC | International Wedding Photographers
This sums up amazing-ness for a wedding day. Perfect couple, perfect family, perfect surroundings, perfect location, perfect timeline, perfect theme….perfect. What a blessing it was to capture Ben & Lauren’s wedding day and to forever be a part of their memories.
The Palace at Somerset Park Wedding | Destination Wedding Photographers
The Palace at Somerset Park is an amazing backdrop for any wedding, but add a beautiful couple with a beautiful family, with a beautiful church and an beautiful sense of taste and then you get an exquisite backdrop for an amazing wedding. Andrea & Godfred did just that under the coordination of Marie Danielle of A Votre Service Events. Here is a glimpse into the fairy tale wedding of Andrea & Godfred.
Vy & Giang’s Vietnamese Tea Ceremony and Traditional Wedding | Destination Wedding Photographer
What a day. We wish that you could have experienced what we did at Vy & Giang’s amazing wedding day. Imagine, 2 times of preparation, 2 ceremonies, a traditional Vietnamese Tea Ceremony and a full Vietnamese Catholic Mass and 1 amazing wedding reception. If you can’t visualize that, we hope that we can help you. Meet Vy and Giang:
Jimmy & Devon | Historic Williamsburg Lodge Wedding | Destination Wedding Photographer
Wedding Aftershoot | Brooke and Peter | Charleston WV Capital | Destination Wedding Photographers
What do you get when you have 2 beautiful people, they get all dressed up in the wedding attire and they choose an amazing location for their aftershoot?….you get this… Brooke and Peter wanted to go over and beyond just beautiful wedding portraits. They wanted the chance to put back on their wedding dress and suit and Brooke wanted the chance to have her hair and make up done. After all of that, we spent a couple of amazing hours touring and photography them on location at the Charleston, WV Capital. With all the marble, columns and the amazing dome ceiling it truly sets the background for amazing photography. Have a look at a beautiful on location aftershoot with Brooke and Peter.
Bridal Portraits at the Homestead | Mary | Destination Wedding Photographer
Ah…what can I say…The Homestead. Does luxury and relaxation get any better then there? A beautiful setting with a beautiful view, with natural springs and, well, you name it and they have it. We had the amazing pleasure of shooting Mary’s bridal session and her wedding at the Homstead. Shooting Mary at the Homestead is like stepping back in time. Here’s a glimpse into Mary’s Bridal and the Homestead Experience.
Couples Beach Portraits | Destination Portrait Photographers
We love it when we get the opportunity to do an outdoor photography session, especially when it is a destination couples session. We had the opportunity to photograph Dan and Jennifer on the beaches of Tampa St. Pete. What a beautiful area of the country. It was also an honor since they are fellow photographers. We love the opportunity to photograph other photographers! Well, give us a beautiful couple, on a beautiful beach, match that with a beautiful sunset and…. here ya go. Meet the amazing Dan & Jennifer! We love it when we get the opportunity to do an outdoor photography session, especially when it is a destination couples session. We had the opportunity to photograph Dan and Jennifer on the beaches of Tampa St. Pete. What a beautiful area of the country. It was also an honor since they are fellow photographers. We love the opportunity to photograph other photographers! Well, give us a beautiful couple, on a beautiful beach, match that with a beautiful sunset and…. here ya go. Meet the amazing Dan & Jennifer!
Wedding at The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia – Mary & Patrick | Wedding Slideshow
Just a quick note about Mary & Patrick. They rock their own worlds and ours too. That about sums them up! Here, you can see for yourself –
Wedding at the Homestead, Hot Springs, VA – Mary & Patrick | Wedding Photography
Just so you know, the Homestead is in the middle of nowhere which makes it cool to me. Whipping through the mountain passes and poof! all of a sudden there is this awesome resort hotel staring at you in your face. Bizarre yet awesome at the same time. A perfect place for a wedding I’d say! Mary & Patrick sure thought so and I can’t think of a better place myself. You may recognize Mary from a previous post HERE but alas! you’d be oh so wrong. We recently photographed her twin sister’s wedding with (imagine that!) the same results – killer pics of a stunning couple. This was Mary & Patrick’s day and it turned out glorious with cool breezes and trees showing the beginnings of their fall colors. We had a terrific time meeting Patrick’s family for the first time and Mary’s family again after just a few weeks apart. Her dress from Pure English Bridal was perfect for her and the ambiance of The Homestead. The flowers by Country Garden Florist had the Homestead look and smelling delightful. Here’s a few other folks who made the day spectacular: DJ: Richard Green Entertainment Lighting & Decor: Posh Event Firm Hair & Makeup: Onyx Premier Hair Salon Linens: BBJ Linens Cake: The WildFlour Here’s a few shots from their spectacular day!