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

There are not many brides who would want to stage a proposal during their reception! But Joy is just not “any” bride. For months she’s been sharing little details about her wedding and by FAR the one she was most excited about, was her brother Jeffrey’s proposal to his girlfriend Jett. From the beginning, I […]

Something I am absolutely loving this season is meeting new people! This business has been “official” for a year and a half now, so of COURSE, most of my clients were friends and friends of friends! I loved that season. And I loved going to a ton of weddings this summer that were full of […]

These two are so fun together. Kyle’s got this special smile that only appears when he’s looking at Colleen. And Colleen just softens when he’s looking at her. We laughed together all morning. I sighed continually about the way that they gazed at each other and then I wondered how I was going to make […]

Something about college campuses make you fall in love. I’m convinced. You’re figuring out who you are as a person and all of the sudden you notice there’s this person who’s growing into somebody that you could maybe love one day. And then it just all snowballs from there. People are all about high school […]

I remember the night that Joy first noticed Luke so well. It was our first Cru meeting of the year and we were shocked as 200 plus people piled into our little room, overwhelmed by the numbers. Joy and Krysta and I were squished in the back by the powerpoint, watching in awe as everyone […]