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

Stephen and Chloë met at a wedding, of course. They were catering the same event and had an instant connection. They each tried to impress the other, slyly claiming to do “cool” things that were quite far from who they actually were. But it was when their walls were let down that there was real […]

Mike and Adrianne were wed in October of last year. It was a beautiful day that so reflected the love they share. And even more important than that singular day, it was just the beginning of their life together. It was the beginning of the two of them, as a family, navigating their way through […]

Friends, today is gloomy. The sky is grey and the leaves have fallen and it’s looking pretty brown and mushy outside. And it’s dark outside. But once again, I’ve got a lot of pretty sunshine and people on my laptop to get me through the daylight savings slump :] If you’ve been anywhere online in […]

Continued from last week. Let me defend David a little bit. Yes, it’s true. He did not want me to be his girlfriend…YET. And he did in fact come clean a few years into us dating…maybe even once we were engaged…to say that the answer to my “am I your girlfriend?” question was not yes […]

The tears started as soon as Casey walked into Shadow Creek. They welled up in her eyes because this day was finally, finally here. She’d planned for months, upon months. And it was here. The day she’d get to marry Brian. Every new revelation brought fresh tears and waves of emotion. Vendors bustled around completing the vision […]