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What does it mean to search for value when pricing wedding vendors? What is “value” anyway? “Value” means the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. “Price” means the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something. How value and price are different. Value, while often referred to in monetary terms, doesn’t always […]

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Ahem…the REAL guide for how to choose a wedding photographer and videographer. Because here’s how it normally goes: “‘Hi! My fiance and I are getting married on June 4, 2022. Are you available for that day? If so, what is your pricing?’ ‘Hi! Congratulations! Yes, I am available on your wedding day. Attached, you’ll find […]

bride and groom smiling at Toftrees Golf Resort wedding in State College Pennsylvania

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We pulled up to Speedwell Forge Lake in Pennsylvania for Renee and Brad’s engagement session, and the only car in the parking lot was a pick up truck with two green kayaks loaded up in the bed. If Renee hadn’t told me what to expect, I might’ve assumed these two hadn’t arrived yet. But, those […]

Engaged Couple Standing by Canoes

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Colyer Lake, Pennsylvania. A pristine place for an engagement session. What a GORGEOUS spot, and to think it was almost lost several years ago due to expensive dam repairs (if history interests you, you can read more about the history of Colyer Lake here). Thankfully, the PA Fish and Boat commission, along with a group […]

Couple sitting on pier

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College. Matchmaking since…well…since college was a thing. Tessa and Tyler both attended Lebanon Valley College, and when they met at a party their junior year it was the beginning of everything. Soon after making their relationship “official”, they attended the Fire and Ice Festival in Lititz, PA–a free festival with live music, a carnival, and […]

Bride and groom on pond dock at Tussey Mountain

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Hugging her mom was all Shelby needed to let the tears flow down her cheeks Saturday morning. Weston’s letter kept them rolling, and they threatened to spill over right up until the moment this sweet couple said “I do.” Nerves and excitement for such a big day are so common, and for Shelby, there was […]

Bride looks over shoulder as she and groom walk under pergola at White Chimneys wedding

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I’ve never seen a bride so darned GIDDY to marry her man. Rachel was quite literally bouncing up and down with joy, and Cody couldn’t help but smile and laugh with her through his own blissful tears. Saturday may have been an August day, but the weather fooled us all into thinking it felt like […]

bride and groom joyfully walk through Pennsylvania forest

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“Well YEAH, she can come to brunch!” Those were Robie’s dad’s words when Susan, Robie’s mom, pointed to Danielle from across the room and asked if she could “bring her friend from Bible study” to brunch with the three of them. Both parents were likely thinking the same thing. Dani was a great match for […]

snowy Pennsylvania wedding at Above the Valley by the Jepsons

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There are some couples who you just KNOW are going to be great. Troy and Laura are one of those couples. “This has been a decade in the making.” “Finally.” “It’s about time.” “We all saw it coming.” “She insisted he was ‘just a friend.’” All of these were comments from friends and family on […]

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I think we all could have overflowed the banks of the pond at Fern Hill with the happy tears that flowed freely on Mandy and Kevin’s wedding day. Mandy’s mom’s eyes welled up when she took in the sight of her little girl ready to meet her groom, dressed in her lace wedding gown and […]

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