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

I’ve got a soft spot for college love stories. Maybe because I have one. But maybe it’s also because there’s something especially special about finding your forever in college. It’s a time of rapid growth and learning who you want to be as a person, and sometimes, you notice that someone is growing in the […]

Someone had to point out to Ashley that Matt was in love with her. She just genuinely didn’t know. Their friend groups visited  each other often and the long drives back and forth from JMU to Salisbury proved worth it. Because even though Ashley didn’t…Matt noticed her that very first visit. They built a solid […]

Oliver and Kelly are college sweethearts. They’ve been together for years now, going through the transitions of graduation, real world jobs, and moving to Roanoke together. From the beginning, Oliver was smitten. All it took was a visit to Smith Mountain Lake with friends. And all it took for Kelly was Oliver making the visit […]

Alex and Nicki are a classic story of artists falling in love. Nicki came into the summer as a dancer at Theatre West Virginia and had no intentions of dating, quite the opposite in fact. Meanwhile, Alex picked her out from a crowd right away. Nicki saw Alex from across the room in his TCU hat and […]

What a whirlwind of a week! It’s been so exciting to finally reveal what we’ve been up to behind the scenes and maybe even more exciting to hear how all of you have responded! So many people who have been reading the blog since it was *gasp* a tumblr quite a few years ago have […]