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

It’s been awhile since I did a post for the bride! Today’s topic is one of the questions I get asked via email all. the. time. And it’s one of my favorite questions to answer at a new client meeting or during the booking process with a bride and groom. Engagement Sessions. What’s the point? And why […]

Their ceremony started with a story. Ryan and Emma’s love story was told to all of their treasured family and friends in the middle of a forest. Ryan’s youth pastor and long time mentor’s words rang out through the trees as he recounted the way they met, fell in love, and fell more in love […]

Alex and Nicki have quite the love story. Two dreamers, living in New York City together, and on June 25th, they finally tied the knot. As we walked into Rust Manor House, we saw Alex first. And he was ready. He’d been ready. Since the beginning of the day and for quite awhile now. He […]

Oliver and Kelly are best friends. They’ve been together for so long now that I don’t think it was a surprise to anyone in attendance just how much they were waiting for this day. It was finally here. The girls room was bustling with excitement and mimosas as hair and make up progressed. It felt […]

It rained on their wedding day. And when I say rained, I mean poured. The heavens opened and the sky fell, several times. But Jason and Hayley could not be bothered by it. See, they believe in the story, in the fact that they’ll look back on those rainstorms in 10, 20, 50 years and […]