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Downtown Yorktown Engagement Session | Yorktown Wedding Photographer | Jamie + Sydney

Downtown Yorktown Engagement Session | Yorktown Wedding Photographer | Jamie + Sydney

I met Sydney when I was about to graduate from college and she had just begun attending Virginia Tech. She, like all of us, wasn't sure what she would do in her education or her life. Fast forward to today, and not only is Sydney on the verge of earning her PhD., she is also engaged to the love of her life and ready to get married just a few weeks after she officially becomes a DOCTOR! It's amazing to me how time flies, and she is just another reminder of how far we have come since college.

Since they drove all the way from Blacksburg for their engagement session, we only had ONE date that worked...and that morning, when it started raining, we weren't sure what to do! Thankfully, between a cute bubble umbrella and a change in the weather as the evening wore on, we were able to have the most carefree, relaxed time together I could have imagined. These two couldn't stop hugging, kissing, and smiling as they explored historic Yorktown in front of my camera, and it truly was the perfect afternoon....

Yorktown Family Portraits | The Guerrero Family

Yorktown Family Portraits | The Guerrero Family

I have talked almost endlessly about my new church community and how much it has meant to me, and today I'm so excited to share portraits from a family I met after we joined! Catherine and I connected at a ladies' night because she was in the middle of a Whole30 and I am a little bit obsessed with helping people get through those. We only got to chat for a few minutes, but I was incredibly excited when she asked me about taking pictures for her - and getting to meet her entire family.

Taking family pictures in November is always a gamble, because the weather vacillates between being unseasonably warm and extremely chilly. The day we met in quaint downtown Yorktown was somewhere in between, with a cool wind making it feel like the perfect fall day. Catherine and Genesis were more than prepared with books and an attitude of letting the kids have fun - which always makes for the best pictures! We got plenty of nice family portraits, but some of my favorites are the moments when the family let loose a little and acted as they normally would at home...