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Samantha & Ben are married! Jerusalem Mill Elopement, Maryland Wedding Photographer

February 4, 2015 · 1 Comment

I absolutely love when my love of photography allows me to reconnect with old friends! Ben and Samantha and I all attended the same school growing up and now they are married!! I was SO SO thrilled when I first got her message about taking photos of their ceremony, especially because this was such an intimate ceremony. A beautiful elopement ceremony in fact! Ahh I feel so honored to have been a witness to their sweet vows and to get to spend the afternoon with them and their sister and another high school friend! Even though the weather was looking like it might rain for much of the afternoon, mother nature was kind and held off for us and we had an amazing time after their ceremony taking photos of the two of them, and also the four of them! If you can't tell already, I am so excited to share these photos and Sam & Ben's sweet wedding story now!

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so thoughtful! They gave these beautiful necklaces as gifts

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So happy!!

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time to celebrate! oh wait how do we open these things?... haha

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081-SBM-Elopement-9092 082-SBM-Elopement-9108 083-SBM-Elopement-9121 084-SBM-Elopement-9134 085-SBM-Elopement-9141 ahh I love Sam's ring!! such a beautiful shape, I love the hexagon style! 086-SBM-Elopement-9145 087-SBM-Elopement-9146b 088-SBM-Elopement-9149 089-SBM-Elopement-9152 090-SBM-Elopement-9157 091-SBM-Elopement-9175 092-SBM-Elopement-9201 093-SBM-Elopement-9177 094-SBM-Elopement-9193 095-SBM-Elopement-9197 096-SBM-Elopement-9191 097-SBM-Elopement-9167 098-SBM-Elopement-9206 099-SBM-Elopement-9214 100-SBM-Elopement-9211 101-SBM-Elopement-9216 102-SBM-Elopement-9219 103-SBM-Elopement-9250 ahh and just when we thought we were all wrapped up, we decided to snag just a few more shots before departing ways (And letting this awesome group go get some celebratory dinner! hehe) we stopped in this field and got some of my most favorite shots ever! so glad we snuck aside for just a few more photos!!

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ahh congratulations again you two! absolutely perfect day, thank you SO much for having me along on such a special day! :)

   

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