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

Sometimes I just sit back and wonder how the chaos and loveliness that is my life became MY life. I feel like the last few years have been this crazy adventure. And it’s exciting and kind of exhausting, but mostly it’s really thrilling to see all these things I never expected to happen, happen. And […]

Sometimes, in the wake of client sessions piling up and a busy schedule, my personal photos get left in a folder somewhere. They get left unedited and not even sorted through! So obviously during a slower season like this it is so fun to get to go back and look at some of the things […]

Friends, birthdays are real nice. They’re like a little reminder: “Hey, you’re loved.” “Hey, you’re doing just fine.” “You made it another year.” That feels a little naive to say at only 25 years, but even though I didn’t do much to get there, I felt like 25 was an accomplishment. It was another year […]

One week ago, we were right in the middle of Radford’s spring retreat. But if you’ve been following along on instagram, you already know that! And you probably saw my slew of emotional posts about how thankful and wonderful my job is and how much I love college students. And today’s post is a long […]

After the workshop I attended on Monday, I am itching to get back to shooting weddings! I just love the summer wedding season and learning new tips and tricks make me want to try them all out! But one of the upsides of it not being wedding season, is the time I have to take […]