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

Friends, Justin and Mary Marantz are two of those soul shaker, world mover type of people. They put together The Event with 9 industry leaders and fellow world shakers…just because. Because, who else would? I love that mentality and that’s the idea that went forth throughout all of the speakers too! You don’t need permission […]

It is really hard to believe that it’s New Year’s Eve. It feels like just a little bit ago I was blogging from this same hotel, in the midst of experiencing Radiate. In all honesty, it doesn’t feel like I’ve changed a lot. I had big hopes for 2015 and learning to breathe and endure […]

I won’t lie…it’s a little sad to be going through these photos because I MISS vacation :] We had the absolute best time on our babymoon and we don’t regret one bit of it! It was hard to skip Thanksgiving and miss the family time that we would’ve normally had, but it was also so relaxing. […]

Busy. I can’t tell you how much I loathe that word. It’s so often a barrier, an excuse, an easy way to drive yourself or others into isolation. SO often this is the answer when we ask someone how they’re doing, and lately, it’s the first thing that comes to mind when I think of how […]

Friends, I’ve been sitting on this blog post for quite some time now. Because we’ve known our baby’s name since we announced his gender :] But for some reason it didn’t feel really final until recently! So instead of making you wade through my text. The next image holds his name! That’s him :] Oliver! We have […]