Nate + Catherine

Virginia Winery Wedding | Virginia Wedding Photographer

Weddings ~ June 29, 2011

I woke up and the

skies were overcast…. and I was excited!! What does that mean? Well let me tell you! It means I could shoot anywhere I wanted for Nate and Catherine’s First Look! FREEDOM!!! Woohoo! I love overcast days so much! The colors are brighter, the light is awesome and it’s not as HOT! This day was starting perfectly and it continued to get better and better. I started with the girls in an adorable country cabin down the road from the venue. I knew most of these girls from CNU and so I had been looking forward to this time with them for a while! Catherine casually walked around the little cabin with her hair and makeup done, not stressed at all. She is the epitome of a simple, classy bride. Her style was so HER

 

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Ryan + Annamarie

Virginia Center for Architecture Wedding | Richmond Wedding Photographer

Weddings ~ June 23, 2011

Have you ever heard

the term “eye candy”??  Well you’re about to experience some “Eye Candy” in about 30 seconds after you read this and view Ryan and Annamarie’s post! Oh. my. gosh. What as gorgeous day!! From beginning to end! The locations, the details, the people…. it was wonderful! I knew Anna was detail oriented and we had talked about some of her ideas but I had no clue how everything had come together! I loved it ALL!! Ryan and Annamarie were married last Saturday and I have been looking forward to this one ALL YEAR! People have actually asked me, “When’s the TEAL TRUCK couple’s wedding”?! (Referring to their engagement session!)

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coral and blue wedding

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Jordan + Katy

Historic Beacon Theater Wedding Photographer

Weddings ~ June 16, 2011

My roommate Britney

worked in the admissions office at CNU and one day she came home and said “You know Katy Ray right? Well she LOVES the blog!”.  What?! I was so excited! At that time… not many people knew about the blog and even fewer followed it! So when I heard Katy loved what I was doing, I was thrilled! Katy graduated, moved to Florida and worked for Disney and then met a boy, fell in love, got engaged and guess what…. she was STILL following the blog!! Yesssss. She emailed me with tons of exclamation points and capital letters and I was SO excited when I knew I was officially her wedding photographer!!! It’s so wonderful to photograph couples that

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Alex + Nikki

Green Backyard Wedding | Virginia Wedding Photographer

Weddings ~ June 14, 2011

I’ve been working on

this post for HOURS. Every time I blog a wedding I tell myself “narrow down your images Katelyn! You can’t blog them all!”.  I’m seriously trying to work on it. I’ve found a little trick that is helping me blog fewer images but I’ll share that later on the in post! So this past weekend was my first double wedding weekend of the year! Whew! My feet are still recovering! However, I have never felt more loved than I did at these two weddings.  So many guests and family members were so encouraging and very excited to see these images! That’s so amazing for me. It’s a great reminder that what I am doing is such a huge part of the wedding day

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Chase + Sharon

Rustic Backyard Wedding | Smithfield, VA Wedding Photographer

Weddings ~ June 9, 2011

This could have

very easily been a Part 1/Part 2 post! I originally selected 244 images to blog…. WHAT?!! Gracious! It was just a beautiful day. From beginning to end. I knew it was going to be one of my favorites this year because I knew I would be spending ALL day with Sharon and I seriously love this girl. She’s so beautiful and joyful! I was so incredibly honored when she asked me to shoot her wedding last summer. You see, Sharon is a photographer and has a great eye…. and so I know how it is to be a photographer and then have a wedding of your own. You have HIGH expectations for your images. It’s the MOST IMPORTANT part of the day… besides marrying your best friend. So when Sharon

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