This past November (almost a year ago!), the weekend after Thanksgiving, my family and I were at a local tree farm to cut our Christmas tree. As we made our way in, we passed the Hoover family, on their way out. I have know the Hoovers almost my whole life and have connections with them on many levels – most recently my oldest daughter Ellie works with Catherine at a local orchard farm. Catherine was excited to tell Ellie that she had just gotten engaged and she introduced us to Daniel, her new fiancé. They were clearly over the moon!

A few weeks later, I received an email from Catherine and Daniel inquiring about wedding photography. We got together at a cozy coffee shop and they proceeded to tell me the story of how they met at a party and spent the whole night talking and how they stalked each other on social media for a bit (quite cleverly  I might add) until finally Daniel asked Catherine to be his girlfriend. It’s a long, romantic story and they are great story tellers – it was a match made in heaven! I was hooked and just hoped they would pick me to be their photographer. And they did!!

Fast forward to a warm spring day – May 19 – and I was so honored to be at the lovely Dulany’s Overlook  capturing all of the joy and excitement of this highly anticipated day. Catherine was surrounded by an amazing team of people helping turn her dreams into reality. From her gorgeous hair and make up styling to the stunning flowers, the amazing venue, beautiful music, delicious cocktail hour….it all came together so perfectly. And what I especially love is that almost every vendor or helper at the wedding were long time friends of Catherine and her family.

You will not find two people more excited or happy to be married! Daniel and Cat could not keep the smiles of delight off of their faces. They kept looking at each other like “I can’t believe this is really happening!!” It was also so special to hear Cat’s father as he handed his daughter’s hand over to Daniel – he expressed so much thankfulness, joy and trust. There were some tears throughout the day, but mostly just unbridled joy. As these two left amidst a haze of sparklers…off on their honeymoon to Italy (so fitting and romantic), I had no doubt that this was the beginning of something very beautiful indeed. Daniel and Catherine, THANK YOU for the privilege of being the one to capture these precious moments for you.

Venue | Dulany’s Overlook       Flowers | Sylvie Somerville + Nancy Royer + Heather Cook

Hair  | Bethany Smith      Make Up | Lindsey  Woodrow      Dresses | Various       Tuxes | Generation Tux

Videography | Silverstreak Media           Catering | Carrabba’s        DJ | Michael Valenti

Photography Assistance | Annette Senio Photography