When Jasmine and Jindu chose the Glasbern Inn as the location for their Lehigh Valley engagement session, I was beyond thrilled!  The Glasbern Inn’s 150 acres provides plenty of space and awesome little nooks to sneak away for amazing portrait opportunities. Not only is it a gorgeous bed & breakfast, but it’s also a working […]

Ashley and Jarett contacted me last December about their upcoming Bell Gate Farm wedding.  Ashley excitedly shared with me how Jarret proposed at Magnolia Market at the Silos while on a trip to Waco, Texas.  We instantly bonded over our mutual love of all things Joanna Gaines and Magnolia Farms! As we got chatting more about their […]

Congratulations, you’re engaged!  Getting a ring for that finger is the very first step on the journey to your wedding day–how exciting!  You’ve shared your happy news with everyone, you may be settling into the idea that you have a wedding to plan and may be thinking, “Now what?!” I know it seems like there’s […]

Carly and Chris’s Trexler Nature Preserve engagement session could not have come on a more beautiful day!  After almost a solid week of pouring rain and flash floods, we ended up having to reschedule their first engagement session date.  However, our patience was rewarded because were gifted with the most incredible sun-soaked evening for their […]

    Alannah and Brett are just two of the sweetest people you could ever meet.  They are just so easy to be around! Their Glasbern Inn engagement session was the first time we had met in person, but upon greeting them at the start of the session, it was like hanging out with two old […]

Some tips, tricks and considerations for bringing your dog to your engagement session.

Alright, ladies, we know it can be pretty agonizing to decide what to wear for your engagement session.  One of the awesome perks of being a Hope & Stay Couple is exclusive access to my super-detailed Engagement Session Style Guide, but this post is for everyone; we all need a little help, right? 😉 I always […]

Jonna and Dom contacted me last fall about photographing their upcoming Lehigh Valley Wedding.  Jonna fell in love with another engagement session I had photographed at Burnside Plantation, so we knew when it was time for their engagement session, we had to go to back to Burnside.    The apple orchard at Burnside is just […]

You’ve set up your hair and makeup appointment, had your ring cleaned, gone shopping and found the PERFECT coordinating outfits for you and your honey; all that is left is to find an EPIC LOCATION for your Lehigh Valley engagement portraits.  Right?  Well, not necessarily. Guys!  Stop panicking about WHERE to have your Lehigh Valley engagement […]

Spring has been so slow to come here in the Lehigh Valley; it seems like we have been stuck in an eternal winter.  I mean, I can’t remember the last time we had snow so late in the season! All of the cold weather has put a major delay in the arrival of the spring […]