Claire & Mason traveled all the way from Florida with their beautiful newborn son to visit family in Charleston, West Virginia for a few weeks at which time we decided was perfect to also do their engagement photos! Originally we had planned their session for earlier in the week but due to a 100% chance of rain, we thought it best to reschedule. Thankfully we were able to do that within the time they were still visiting and the weather for our new session was incredible! We started our session on Capitol St. where downtown Charleston is always buzzing. The architecture and streets created a beautiful backdrop for these photos. We headed toward the bridge by the carriage trail for wonderful views of the city and the waterfront. Overall we could not have asked for a more prefect session.

Jen & Mark were a pleasure to work with for their engagement photos. After going through a few locations together, Jen & Mark finally decided on Dolly Sods as the place where they wanted their engagement photos taken. We started the session at the Bear Rocks Preserve where we were met with beautiful views and perfect weather. The evergreen trees surrounding the rocky cliffs were one of my favorite things about this location. We explored around, taking photos along the way and the results were amazing.

Quinn & Michael are actually some good friends of mine that were visiting me and my roommates in Fayetteville, West Virginia. I asked them if they would be my models for the evening and they agreed! We hiked up to one of my favorite overlooks of the New River Gorge Bridge and took some amazing shots with this wonderful couple. Here are the results!

Matt and Emma were a joy to work with for their sunrise engagement session at the New River Gorge. I first talked with this couple around the end of 2020 and we connected instantly. I could tell from their laid back personalities and the love that they shared for each other, their engagement and wedding day was going to be epic. After much deliberation, we finally decided on a sunrise session at Endless Wall Trail in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. The week before their engagement session we all were watching the weather like crazy since rain was in the forecast for that Sunday morning. The day before, I checked the weather report again and it finally showed no rain for 7:00am on Sunday and I was ecstatic. I woke up at 5:30am to get ready for Emma & Matt’s session and my drive over to Endless Wall was very foggy so I was a little concerned it would be all fog at the overlook. We met up and began our hike in, taking photos along the way. Once we made it to the Diamond Point overlook, half of the scenery was a wall of fog but the other side was only New River Gorge views which worked out great! The foggy background made some magical photos and we still got that awesome gorge view too! I couldn’t have asked for a better morning engagement session with these two. I can’t wait to photograph their West Virginia wedding June 5th!