Wedding Couples of 2016

There is so much that I want to share about all of my couples and this year’s weddings! In fact, there is way to much to share for one blog post. Today, I am re-introducing you to all of my couples from this past wedding season! After this blog post I will be sharing different details or moments of everyone’s … Read More

Friday Recap: Finding Our Photographs

mom and bride vintage wedding day portrait

As a wedding photographer I remember a lot of my childhood scavenging for our family photographs amongst cardboard shoe boxes and albums. I was the teenager that created floor to ceiling collages in her room of photographs of my friends, family, famous people, and drawings. It had to be every few months that I would take out our cardboard shoe … Read More

Williambsurg Winery Wedding: Amanda & Jeremiah

williamsburg virginia winery wedding blush by hayley paige wedding dress

What a way to end Jessica Ryan Photography wedding season with Amanda and Jeremiah’s wedding at the Williamsburg Winery! They met in middle school but did not become friends until high school! Fast forward to college and Amanda and Jeremiah started dating one summer when they were home. According to Amanda’s Matron of Honor, who also knew them since middle … Read More

Friday Recap: Appalachian Trail and Paul’s Boots

hiking appalachian trail article from the blue ridge outdoors magazine

It is no secret that Cory and I love the outdoors, and love to hike whenever we can! What you may not know is that I have been reading the Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine lately. It is cooler than it sounds as I type this! They have bucket lists to do, brewery trails and winery trails, plus the best places … Read More

St. Augustine, Florida Engagements: Kathleen and Clark

st augustine engagement portrait florida photography

I never thought that growing up I would live states away from any of my cousins! When one of my cousin’s joined the Peace Corps and moved all the way to Africa for two years, I was sure that he would come back to the states after his time their had come to an end. Well, then he extended another … Read More

Alpha Xi Delta Graduates: Old Dominion University

I went to Old Dominion University and I was also in the sorority, Alpha Xi Delta while I went to school there. That is why I was excited when Amanda, contacted me do her’s and three other women’s graduation portraits! I have been out of college for awhile, I won’t tell you how long, so it was a lot of … Read More