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Here’s my favorite wedding venues in Virginia for the most incredible portraits, coming from a Richmond VA wedding photographer who knows that not only should your venue be a spectacular place for hosting a wedding but should also have equally spectacular features for your wedding day photography.

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Wedding photographer, Dunkin' enthusiast, and lover of all things romance and weddings.

MEET MONICA

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6 years, full time school/jobs, building a business, having two kids, a dog and a home later… we were FINALLY on vacation again! This year’s adventure led us to the Great Smoky Mountains & Pigeon Forge, TN.

Vicente and I started dating officially, in Japan. He and I both love traveling and seeing new places and experiences. We went to Washington DC together, we explored North Dakota, road tripped from North Dakota all the way home to our hometown in Virginia stopping in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Pittsburgh. We went to New York City Spring 2017, and that was our last getaway together since I was at the time, just a couple months pregnant with Luca. So for my 25th birthday, Vicente told me that he was taking us to Mount Vernon for a few days. So we found a good weekend to go, booked the hotel, and off we went!

A long overdue post but such an amazing walk down memory lane. Plus, this is where it started really. Spring 2015 I was in school, majoring in Visual Arts & Photography while Vicente (my not even then boyfriend) was stationed overseas in Misawa AB in Northern Japan. I know when people think of Japan, they […]

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