for REAL PEOPLE

portrait + Wedding photography

I'm Valerie. I'm an East-Coast based photographer who digs real moments.
I don't think professional has to mean stuffy or traditional. I believe in doing things your own way, being yourself and having some fun along the way. 

Ohhhh, you know… just an awesome style shoot put together by some of the best Hampton Roads wedding vendors where I got to pretend I was a Kellam Estate Wedding Photographer. Here’s the deal… if I shoot a style shoot… I need it to be with real people. We’re going to fake the whole day… […]

It’s that time again, friends. It’s a wedding photography giveaway! Don’t you fret… you non-engaged people… more giveaways are coming for you. This one is just the biggest… and takes the most time… so here we are. I always liked doing these giveaways… and I met some of my favorite people and favorite couples because […]

I have probably said a total of one thousand times already on my website and in blogs… but I am and will forever be an art kid. Anything that has anything to do with art museums will always make me excited, and finally being able to check Baltimore Museum of Art Wedding Photographer off of […]

Wildberry Farm is an insanely beautiful wedding venue in South Carolina where Jade and Cooper were married back in December. (Back when we could hug people and dance on crowded dance floors. Remember those days?) The weather held out. The colors were amazing. The light was killer. And Jade and Cooper were the most fun […]

Have you ever been a part of a moment that feels like a movie? That thing where time stops and it feels surreal and it seems like nothing else could possibly be happening at the same time in other parts of the world?  THAT was Liz and Shawn‘s ceremony where I was a King Family […]

I literally could not ask for more being a Seven Springs Wedding Photographer, than I got at Geoff and Lauren‘s fall wedding. The Hive Wedding Collective pulled out all the stops and with the help of Rhea at Photosynthesis with killer florals… their wedding was a sunset-colored rager and I am super stoked to have […]

Charlottesville has so many great wedding venues. Wineries. Farms. Historical locations. And I always love being a Charlottesville Winery Wedding Photographer. Courtney and Steven said “I do” among the rolling mountains of Charlottesville with the help of Colleen from CCS Events. They are the easiest, happiest, most in love people to photograph so this post […]

Tony and Caroline wanted a fun, dance-party-to-end-all-dance-party, laid back DC Wedding… and I think they nailed it. I knew it was going to be a blast when I shot their engagement session… and their wedding did not disappoint. As a Washington DC Wedding Photographer, there are a few places that I’m obsessed with. The Line […]