YOUR VIRGINIA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
As Virginia wedding photographers, Jes + Meg document authentic connections with a blend of candid portraits and delicately directed moments. We are masters at showcasing your personalities, telling your love story, and capturing your love in a way that makes you feel like Noah and Allie in The Notebook. We provide style guides, hands on support, and a beautiful wedding magazine to help you prepare for every part of your Virginia Wedding photography experience. Get ready! This is just the beginning of something extraordinary.
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Together, we document love stories from Pennsylvania to Virginia, bringing an eclectic set of skills to your wedding day. Our goal is to provide you with an experience that allows you to be present, make memories, and develop true connections with your loved ones as we capture every moment along the way. As your photographers, we follow your lead throughout the day, documenting moments as they happen, but still supporting and guiding you through portraits so you have candid and beautiful photos that make you
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BESPOKE
Our initial conversation provides us the opportunity to get to know each other and secure your date. Your coverage can be unique to you and range anywhere from 8 hours to a full weekend of fun. Each proposal is tailored to your vision and needs.
TIMELESS
In generations to come, our timeless approach to capturing your love story won't distract you with trendy edits or discolored skin tones. We are here to capture images and video with longevity and relevance, showcasing true to color tones with an extra dreamy quality.
DELICATELY DIRECTED
There are times during your wedding day where we capture what unfolds before our very eyes. Documenting the smiles, cheers, and happy tears without interrupting the moment. During portrait times, we will be there to delicately direct you into sharing moments that create memories to last a lifetime.
our method
JOYFUL. TIMELESS. ROMANTIC
A desert girl with a heart that will always partially reside in Maryland. I am stoked that you landed on this tiny space of the world wide web, and I hope that you stick around a bit! Since you stopped on in to get to know us, I will hop right to it. I am a mamma, wife, and story teller with a general obsession for puppies and food. I started this journey of photography looking through old photo albums with my grandmother and playing with the hundreds of disposable cameras we had. Even though it has always been a passion of mine, photography wasn't my first career. With a background in education, I come to every wedding day with a teacher's heart, compassion, patience, guidance, education, management, love, HUGS & fun (plus the occasional ninja move, of course)!
jessica
jWOOD@maewoodCOLLECTIVE.com
Phoenix wedding photographer
THE DETAILS MATTER | We pay very close attention to the little details so you don't have to. Whether it be fixing your hair, adjusting your necklace, temporarily removing salt + pepper for your table detail photos, or asking your great aunt to sit her purse down for family photos, these are things we notice.
WE CREATE TIMELINES WITH YOU | We work together to create a timeline for your wedding day to eliminate stress and ensure we capture everything you dreamed of while staying present with your lover, family, and friends.
IN-HOUSE EDITING | Editing is meant to be done by the artist. If we outsource our editing, how can we properly tell your story? As your Virginia Wedding photographers, it is our job to cull and curate the best photos that we know will mean the most to you and edit them true to color to accurately tell your story.
ONE-WEDDING WEEKENDS | If we capture multiple weddings in a weekend, there is no way for us to be our best for you. That's one we only work one wedding a weekend.
WE ALSO CAPTURE VIDEO | Jessica's husband, Michael, is our creative videographer, creating unique wedding films for each of our couples.
WHAT MAKES US ONE OF THE BEST VIRGINIA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS?
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VIRGINIA WEDDING VENUES
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PIPPIN' HILL | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
The best of the best, Pippin Hill has a variety of options for your wedding day experience. From the Granary to the Veranda and over to the Main Lawn, you have picturesque locations everywhere you look. Pippin is a year round venue with an endless view of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
GREAT MARSH ESTATE | BEALETON, VA
The renowned Georgian Mansion, with restored period features and illustrious heritage and charm, is set in over 121 acres of lawn and woodland. There is a luxury bridal suite and groom’s lounge, designed with you and your guests’ needs in mind. The Stables reception hall has been a part of the estate since the mid-1800's but has been fully modernized with a spacious covered patio, elegant bistro lighting, and a firepit area for guests to gather.
THE CLIFTON | CHArlottesville, VA
With breathtaking views, modern elegance, and historic charm, The Clifton has become one of the most iconic wedding venues in Charlottesville, Virginia. It is available for your entire weekend wedding experience, starting with a pool day to unwind, a rehearsal dinner and celebration, and then your big day followed by a safe stay and Sunday brunch.
DOVER Hall | Manakin-Sabot, VA
Dover Hall is an English Tudor-inspired estate, a refined and luxury wedding space in Virginia. The 38,000-square-foot estate sits peacefully on 55 private acres in Goochland County’s equestrian country. It is a mixture of grandeur of days past with modern and abundant amenities in a sophisticated and serene atmosphere.
IVY ROSE BARN | ROCKY MOUNT, VA
The Ivy Rose barn was developed by a luxury wedding photographer, creating the perfect backdrop for your entire wedding experience. Sitting on 70-acres of a working flower and honey bee farm, The Ivy Rose Barn is a floor-to-ceiling white wedding venue, it’s a blank canvas that you can completely customize to fit your unique style.
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The MaeWood Collective specializes in providing photography and film services for ROMANTIC couples and families who cherish STORYTELLING THROUGH timeless, joyful, and REFINED art. We have a documentary style where we delicately direct you to make memories and capture your love.
LOCATION:
PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, DC,+ VIRGINIA
email:
jwood@maewoodcollective.com
myohn@maewoodcollective.com
We can't wait to get to know each other and capture this special season in your life. - Jessica + Megan
