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.
Sometimes you have pretty awesome friends who get married and decide on a mashup of roaring 20s circus things and you get to wear your best flapper outfit and party it up. And sometimes you get to take a few photos for those friends. AND SOMETIMES… they’re related to the awesome Kelly Balch and they’re […]
Norm and Candice | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart | The John Marshall Ballrooms | Creative Richmond Wedding Photographer Richmond, Virginia // November 18, 2017 And a little advice for my fellow wedding photographers while we’re at it… So, it’s kind of convenient that Candice and Norm’s wedding was the next up on the list […]
Kristina and Travis | Creative San Francisco Bay Area Wedding Photographer | Club Los Meganos Wedding Photographer I couldn’t even decide what photos to post from this shindig. I literally created this blog post by (no shit) rolling my scroll wheel and randomly stopping on an image in blogstomp. I couldn’t decide… so I let […]
Melanie had two requirements for her wedding… it had to be outside… and she had to wear boots. Other than that… Berend and Melanie wanted the most laid back wedding you could have. Board games. Cornhole. Fire pits. No bridal party. No official first look. No first dance. Or anything traditionally “wedding”. Tons of dancing. […]
Ryan and Kristine | Brookside Gardens Wedding | Washington DC Documentary Wedding Photographer I say it all of the time… but I really do have the very best clients. AND I always leave their weddings wishing I was a part of their inner-friends circles… Kristine and Ryan are definitely some of those people. (As if […]
Alex and Mireille | Virginia Science Museum Wedding | Creative Richmond Wedding Photographer Alex and Mireille spent their first date doing a scavenger hunt at Libby Hill… so it was only fitting that they spent Labor Day weekend saying “I do” in the very same spot followed by a huge reception full of Minute-To-Win-It games, […]
I don’t even know where to begin with this one. It’s too good for it’s own good. Jeff and Paulyn know how to throw a wedding and throw a wedding right. Just about 60 people. Everything RVA-inspired. Plenty of portrait time. Enamel pins as favors. Ice cream breaks. Libby Hill Park AND Quirk Hotel. AND […]
Three events. Two Days. And just about 1,000,000 moments of happiness. Sarah and Ankur married at Castle Hill Cider in Keswick, Virginia… actually, technically, they married twice. One part Indian Wedding Ceremony… One part Western Family Ceremony… and TWO nights filled with HUGE GIANT DANCE PARTIES. I love a good dance party… and this was […]
