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Richmond Capital Engagement Session

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I remember walking into high school every morning around 7:32 and having about 9 minutes to get to homeroom before being marked tardy. It never failed that Michael would be hanging out in front of the air conditioner at the end of the hall with his friends. They loved getting to school like 45 minutes early just to hang out! It baffled me! But the more I got to know his friends, the more it made sense to me. Michael had awesome friendships in high school and one of those friends was Philip!

I have so many great memories of Michael and Philip from our teenage years. In some ways it seems like those memories were from just a few years ago and now we’re a part of Philip’s wedding!! Time flies by so fast after high school and college! It has been such a fun season these last few months getting to know Meghan and seeing a lot of these two! Double dates are becoming our specialty… especially after rained out engagement sessions!! :)

I’ve been excited to share this shoot since last week! RVA’s Capital looks amazing and so do Philip and Meghan! Enjoying getting to know these sweet friends of ours today!! And get excited to see them again VERY soon! They’re getting married in AUGUST! Yay!

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Oh how I love this one!

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Am I the only one that LOVES this spot?!

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Oh I love how “RVA” this looks!

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FAVORITE!!!!! wow you two!!

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Thanks for reading!

— Katelyn

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