Sanctuary Vineyard Wedding: Lizzie + Zach’s Outerbanks Wedding

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Lizzie and Zach’s Sanctuary Vineyard Wedding was a fairytale day that was a long time in the making! They met in college and quickly fell in love due to Zach’s efforts of asking Lizzie to lunch every Friday when she was new to the University! I remember Zach coming up to me at their friend’s wedding and telling me that … Read More

Natural Bridge State Park Engagement Portraits: Rebecca and Addison

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The Natural Bridge has been on my photography “bucket list” for a long time! When I heard that Addison proposed to Rebecca along the trail at the Natural Bridge I had to ask if they would go back there for their engagement portraits. It was such a joy marking off this bucket list location on my places to photograph at … Read More

Skyline Drive Adventure Session – Jay and Cindy

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Jay and Cindy had an adventurous proposal story on a hike along Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains! Cindy is a part of my hiking group, Her Hike Collective and when I started booking these Adventure Sessions she was one of the first to schedule one! Jay, Cindy and their daughter Oakley love hiking together. They met while on a … Read More

Wintergreen Resort Couple’s Adventure Session

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Jill and Esmel met me at Wintergreen Resort after we realized that the Blue Ridge Parkway was closed due to high winds from two days before. Apparently all of the wind made for a lot of downed trees on the road. Luckily this made for more to the story of their adventure session because being in contact, with patches of … Read More

Stony Man Mountain Trail – Her Hike Collective

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I will be honest I was pleasantly surprised by these hiking trails every corner that we turned. The reviews online mention the main viewpoint, but you will see through our hiking trip there were plenty of views and things to look at. I highly recommend hiking Stony Man Mountain Trail and doing the loop if you want more mileage with … Read More

Adventure Sessions with Jessica Ryan Photography

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Adventure Sessions showcase your love and story by doing the very activities that you love doing together! These sessions will always stay true to who you are as a couple, have a photographic lifestyle approach and photograph you doing things that you love to do together. You may have seen me talking about these adventure sessions through my Instagram and … Read More