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

Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl who met on the school bus. They would meet up at the guardrail between their houses and walk the neighborhood, falling more in love as time carried on. Either they were meeting at the guardrail or chatting on AOL Instant Messenger..so it was only […]

It’s my favorite, favorite post to put together: best of weddings, 2016 edition. Yes, it’s February and a little late to be doing a year end wrap up post…but I can make the rules on my own blog, right? :] Really, I was just waiting to share until the new website went live, but even […]

It was a dreary January day. A forecast of heavy snow, ice, and rain had just cleared out. There was indeed going to be a wedding! As the afternoon went on, guests at the Winery at Bull Run were bustling around, participating in wine tastings, and slowly but surely, the venue was being transformed to hold […]

Brandon had had a plan for months now. He’d been looking forward to this for even longer. Almost a week before he actually proposed he strung up twinkly lights and pictures in the shed behind Ellen’s house, knowing he’d only have to wait a little longer. A week later, Ellen had a feeling that something was […]

It’s hard to believe we’ve wrapped up another wedding season! We’ve been through three jam packed seasons at this point and we just love it more and more as time goes on. We genuinely have so much fun on wedding days. Yes, because we get to work together, but really because we’re working with such […]