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

As the cell service ticked down on our phones, the anticipation rose, the mountains peeked out behind clouds, and glimpses of Irvine Estate solidified the excitement for the day ahead! Tom and Katie had to be feeling that same way! Their original wedding date was in April of 2020, so to say they’d been patiently […]

It was a sweet Virginia July day at Historic Tuckahoe. The sun was beating down through the trees, the venue a buzz with getting ready details and the grounds awaiting what would unfold later that day. Everyone was just so excited for Whit and Carmen. I’m not sure I met a single person who wasn’t […]

Sinkland Farms was already full of dancing when we arrived! A sweet kind of deja vu in the air because just four years ago, we were showing up for Jordie’s wedding day – but today, it was her little sister Ellie who was getting married! Ellie and her girls were bouncing off the walls excited, […]

Levi and Sierra had been waiting for their day at The Eighty Four for literally years. Their 2020 wedding day was pushed so that all of their favorite people could celebrate safely and wow, was it worth the wait! Sierra beamed in her Hayley Paige dress, flowers tucked into her stunning braid, her sweet niece […]

Ty and Ellie are the most magnetic, light-filled people and it makes the most perfect sense that they found each other. But, it wasn’t always so obvious. Especially to Ellie. After some awkward beginnings at JMU, Ty and Ellie spent more time texting, spending hours taking, and…having conversations at Chipotle together! But, Ellie kept voicing […]