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

The weather was calling for rain and wind. A hurricane quickly sweeping up the east coast. The sky was dark gray the morning of Bob and Megan’s wedding. But you’d never know that once you entered the bridal suite. The sun seemed to shine out of Megan’s smile. She was beaming. Undeterred by the less […]

The rooms at the Jackson Park Inn were bustling with people getting ready. And buzzing with excited energy. Jonathan was all smiles when we knocked on his door. Jaelyn was darting around her hotel suite, finishing up last minute things, taking deep breaths as her sister finished her make up. It seemed like the morning went by in […]

Kerry was nervous. Butterflies in her stomach, anxious energy, type of nervous. The day she’d been counting down to for so long had finally arrived! And Jonathan was just the same when we saw him an hour before the ceremony. Nervous. Excited. Ready. The morning stretched on up until a sweet moment for a prayer […]

I couldn’t believe it when Tyler and Samantha shared how they met! He just happened to be in her city, states away from his own home, and happened to stumble into the venue that her dad’s friend’s band was playing. And he asked her to dance. And the rest was history. They’ve spent over a […]

We pulled up to Yellow Sulphur Springs, and everything was bustling. But it was a different kind of bustling. Because Yellow Sulphur Springs was Alley’s home. She’d grown up there climbing trees and running around the property. She gave me a tour of her home as the day started, pointing out a picture of her […]