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

This right here, these next six weeks are the craziest part of my year. That span from the first week of school until our annual Fall Retreat means crazy busy exhaustion, that is oh so worth it. My freshman year, my heart was won over to the Lord in the first six weeks of school, […]

Just when you thought I was done being weepy and sentimental about moving…here we are again. Happy Thursday friends! Before I get all sappy, let me say, we love our new house! It is not super productive or efficient settling in when we’re gone every weekend and working all day, but we live here! Now […]

Ahhhh…moving. I’ve mentioned this before, but here we go again. Confession: I’m overly emotional and sentimental. We officially have one full week left before we need to be completely out of our house and it is stressful! There is so, so much to do and we’re shooting a wedding this weekend and out of town […]

I love the beach. Always have, always will. My family has been going to the beach every year since I was born practically with the same group of families. PB&J’s and a beach chair deep in the sand surrounded by good people was always something to look forward to. But, college started and schedules got […]

Guys, my dad has been thrifting DECADES before Macklemore. Not that he doesn’t love singing along to Thrift Shop, mind you. Growing up, most Saturdays with my dad were spent driving through neighborhoods looking for yard sales, learning how to haggle, and of course, at the Goodwill. My dad just loves thrifting. When the Goodwill […]