I met Stacie a few years ago during my first official wedding season. She was a bridesmaid in a wedding I photographed and kept me in mind until she got engaged this past summer. She began emailing me during the very early stages of wedding planning and even sought out venue ideas from my mounds and mounds of wedding adventures. I love when a bride gets friendly and involved from the very beginning. Not to mention “stoked”, which was a word Stacie used often once we scheduled she and Steve’s engagement session.
Knowing that Stacie and Steve would drive a few hours to meet me for their session and that Stacie was beyond excited for us to work together was such a huge compliment, and had me super ready to get them in front of the camera (Stacie and I had been talking about their engagement session for months beforehand, too!). So on a somewhat dreary Garrett County morning, we visited my neighbor’s farm, a nearby abandoned house and roadside corn shack, and captured some beautiful moments for these soon-to-be newlyweds. 🙂
First stop, the farm! We were greeted by one of the farm cats…and it just didn’t want to go away, so we snapped anyway!
We attempted the no-smile look with Stacie early, and she handled it well. 🙂
Now the abandoned house! I pass by this house on my drives from Maryland and West Virginia and I always knew it would make a good photo spot. 🙂
Fall may have been a little blah in surrounding areas, but Garrett County was beautiful as always!
Stacie’s got some striking eyes! Beautiful!
Ah, aren’t they cute!? And didn’t they do such a good job!?! Thanks a million for coming to the other side of Maryland for your session, Stacie and Steve! I had a great time with you guys and I hope you enjoyed your time in Garrett County. 🙂 Happy wedding planning to ya! Less than a year left now!!!
Scenes and thoughts from deep creek
Well hey now! I thought for sure it had been more than seven months since I blogged last! Wish I could do it more…and plan to as soon as the new JFP website comes out.
I’m not sure I’m starting anything consistent here, just sharing some random thoughts and scenes from Deep Creek on this random Wednesday…
- Dani
Jessica is amazing and she made us feel so comfortable! Having her capture our wedding was like having my best friend with me for every moment! Jessica's photos are fun, whimsical, and sophisticated!
We are not a stoic couple and did not want posed (or trying-too-hard) photos! Jessica was able to capture our personalities and the elegance of the day! I can't stop looking at our photos!
- Jessica and brandon
The best decision I could have made for my wedding was hiring Jessica Fike as a photographer! I was in a wedding prior that she was a photographer for and seeing how organized and easy and strategic she was to work with is what convinced me! She makes you feel so comfortable and helps teach you how to pose and smile and look so natural! She keeps you on schedule throughout your day and captures so much emotion in her photos. She is worth every penny plus more!
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Jessica, you have really captured Stacie’s bubbly personality.The pictures are beautiful. can’t wait until Rachel and Shawn ‘s wedding and the photos from that. You are very talented.