Washington DC and Baltimore Wedding Photography by Nessa Kessinger

I finally got to meet Katy and Parker just a few days before their wedding. We sat in a cafe for an hour or so talking about anything that popped into our heads; how they met each other in high school, wedding planning, local breweries. Katy was beaming as she spoke of her small 35 person wedding ceremony she had planned. A day or so later, we did their engagement pictures at sunrise on a farm near her grandmother’s land in Frederick, MD where the wedding would be. When the wedding day came at the end of the week, I was in awe of all of her plans coming together; her entire family chipped in getting ready for the day, putting ideas together, pitching in on projects. It was intimate and sweet farm wedding, with campfires and treats, and everything was beautiful and calm.

It has to be said that she recently started a blog called All Sorts of Pretty that I can’t get enough of! She talks about everything from fashion to food to design. She also wrote about her wedding and engagement photos and I loved getting to hear all about the experience through her eyes.

Also, their wedding was recently featured on Ruffled and it has a ton of amazing details if you’d like to drop by and see even more photos from Katy and Parker’s wedding day!

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When Kathy wrote me about her session location and her inspiration started with a list of restaurants, I was enamored. We ended on Easy Tiger for their amazing pretzels (and killer branding), but I trusted any restaurants they would’ve picked. Austinites know Kathy for her amazing life (and food) blog – http://kathyphantastic.com/. I can’t go to her site without getting hungry and she’s a must-follow if you’re living in Austin!

Getting to venture back to Texas for a few days to shoot this Austin engagement session and a wedding was a perfect way to spend some down time during busy season. Admittedly, my to-do list for Austin was essentially a list of restaurants. Hopdoddy, Home Slice, Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop, The Yogurt Spot, Spiderhouse, La Barbeque just to name a few. Thank you Texas for your awesome food, your awesome people, and your gorgeous locations. <3

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Dani K. - So lovely! Nessa, as usual, you capture such warmth and affection!

Amanda Hoffman - If I were to ever get married again, this is how I dream it would be. Blankets in a field and dancing with fire flies.

Sully - Yeah, shit, that is beautiful.

Jean-Laurent Gaudy - Love it!

Paul Marbrook - Nessa, these are totally more than fantastic! Some brilliant frames in the set and what an awesome setting and couple too. Stunning :)

Julie Harmsen Fitts - so lovely Nessa!

Serena Severtson - This is beautiful and amazing and dreamy and I love it so, so much! <3

Lev Kuperman - simply beautiful. well done!

All Sorts of Pretty - AWWW! I just love you. Thank you so (so!) much – for everything!

Kate Ann - Nessa these photos are fantastic! What an amazing couple! I love their warm vintage details. I am obsessed with the last image of the fireflies :)

Crystal Skrupski - Brilliant!

Will Kim - this is so beautiful.

oriana - Great and powerful images! congratulations!

Kaitlin Nëwman - I love all of these, as usual. You're so talented I can't even stand it. Great job! :)

Anja - Nessa, you rock!

Paul Rowland - This is awesome.