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For us, it’s the experiences, the travel, the connections, and the iconic fashion of weddings that we love. This blog is our inside edit of all those things and more.  

it’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. reflecting back, it has been an amazing year and i can’t wait to see what 2011 brings. i looked back at my resolutions for 2010, and i have to say i didn’t do too bad! for 2011, my focus will be on finding balance between […]

2010 reflections.

mylife

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Xavier was born 4 weeks early. Adrienne and Anthony, Xavier’s parent’s, had no indication that there was anything wrong up until this point. After his birth, X (as his family calls him) started experiencing seizures and was placed in the NICU for 32 days where he was finally diagnosed with Unspecified Cerebral Palsy. After numerous […]

inspiration through art:: baby xavier

lifestyle

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so i had a completely different blog post for today, but i had to put it off for another day because this is a day that i could not be more crazy, unbelievably, overwhelmingly proud of my friends. yesterday, FOUR of my friends got published. how cool am i to have four famous friends!! ;) […]

today is about them.

weddings

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it’s late.  i’m tired but it’s too hot to sleep and chris has officially taken over my side of the bed. it’s almost midnight and i am sitting at my computer with a couple candles burning, continuing my workday into the night. i still love that it doesn’t feel like work (most of the time). […]

nat geo. annie griffiths. simply beautiful.

mylife

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my couples are my friends. i have just as much fun at my weddings with the bride and groom as i am working my tailfeather off. i was reminded of this yesterday when i was emailing back and forth with a bride.  i realized as i was emailing her back that…hmm…maybe i shouldn’t be telling […]

have fun. dream big. be inspired.

mylife

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so. i had this crazy insane idea that i thought was brilliant at the time. yes, yes. i know…it wouldn’t be the first time. however, this time my idea was to do a bridal show. and although i have worked many bridal shows in the past, i have never actually done one of my own. […]

bethesda bridal showcase :: come say hello!

mylife

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it’s been pretty hectic lately in the Woltering household.  so hectic in fact that when chris and i stopped to think about it, we hadn’t gone out on a date night in over FOUR MONTHS. how in the world did THAT happen! date nights are usually a weekly occurance that somehow got swept away in […]

balance.

mylife

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this day was everything i never knew i wanted.  it was a fun day shooting with my favorite photographer girls….and we just played with light, experimented with new techniques, laid in hammocks…..and all around had the most amazing day. it’s one of those days that makes me instantly smile. i mean…..really….can life really be this good? […]

the perfect day.

mylife

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1. what has been the hardest thing about starting a photography business? wow…oh where do i even begin!! what has NOT been hard! in all honesty i have been extremely lucky in that i have many mentors and friends that have supported me and helped me along the way. but if i had to choose, […]

questions answered.

mylife

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good morning! back from boston- it was quite the weekend and i still haven’t caught up on sleep but well worth it for a great time with friends- haven’t laughed that hard for that long in a very long time! so….because i am behind and am catching up on 3 days with barely any sleep, […]

need. sleep.

mylife

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hi everyone! i will be boarding a flight to boston for the weekend here shortly, but i figured lets try something fun and different for the blog while i am gone…. in the last year, i have received various emails from different people having questions about all types of things- photography and life-related. everything from […]

something different.

business

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