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

It was a dreary January day. A forecast of heavy snow, ice, and rain had just cleared out. There was indeed going to be a wedding! As the afternoon went on, guests at the Winery at Bull Run were bustling around, participating in wine tastings, and slowly but surely, the venue was being transformed to hold […]

Our little boy turned 11 months old yesterday. And parenthood just continues to be a surreal experience. Time’s moved so quickly on us and we still look at each other with “can you believe we’re parents?” eyes. Ollie is such a great source of joy in our lives! He’s a really, really good baby. He’s sweet and […]

What a week! We’ve been on “winter break” for a month now and we’re craving some routine and normalcy. We spent the last week at home doing lots and lots of business-y things, and then promptly packed up for our first wedding of the year. That’s right! We’ve officially kicked off our 2017 season! Never […]

I’ve known Alex since we were one years old. Our moms met each other in the driveway of our daycare provider while Alex was deeply and emotionally protesting her car seat. My mom stopped to say hi and the rest was history. We’ve gotten to grow up together! We went through childhood, awkward preteen years, and […]

If you’ve been around the blog for awhile, you’ve heard a lot about our job with Cru and probably about the conference we go to every New Years. This year was our ninth Winter Conference (formerly Radiate) with Cru and we truly don’t know how to do NYE any other way. What we would do […]