i'm kaitlyn phipps, a wedding and family photographer located in southwest virginia.

Justin and Hollyn have a whirlwind of a story. After a chance meeting online, they navigated through plans to meet in person. And when they did meet? Hollyn’s friend casually invited Justin to their church the next morning…the church where Hollyn happened to be leading worship! She was mortified and so, so nervous. But Justin […]

EEK! I feel like SO much has happened since our last feels! Namely, we bought a house! And now I can finally share about it :] I mean I suppose I could’ve before, but I had an irrational fear that things were going to fall through so I wasn’t quite ready to share publicly until […]

Well it took me FAR too long to blog this, but hey, it’s busy season! AND I think I may still be in a little bit of denial that we ever had to leave California in the first place! But seriously, we had the best time and it went by so quickly and we’ve been […]

September is just the craziest! I wish I could tell you all why, but there’s only so much I can share :] It’s been just plain LIFE busy aka weddings and travel and david’s high school reunion and CRU start up. BUT there’s been something else taking up our time as well! You can tag […]

It was an absolutely perfect September day. A slight chill in the air with lots of sunshine. And there was anticipation. The barn had been decorated, the ceremony had been set, and all that was missing was the bride and groom. Ellen arrived smiling, wearing Brandon’s shirt, and looking beautiful as ever. As her girls […]