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Hi! I'm Mary Sarah

 I'm a Jesus follower, mac 'n cheese lover, and travel enthusiast. I specialize in wedding, high school senior, and lifestyle photography in the Frederick, MD area but am always down to travel. I'm a mama to two, married to my high school sweetheart, and am passionate about authentically telling love stories through photography and eating as much dark chocolate as I can. Stick around awhile to view the latest love stories I've had the privilege of capturing.

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10 Secrets to Gorgeous Getting Ready Wedding Photos

Education, Weddings

10 Secrets to Gorgeous Getting Ready Wedding Photos After months of planning, your wedding day is finally here and it’s time to get ready! If you’ve spent any time glancing through real wedding blogs, you may be under the assumption that the getting ready process is always smooth and relaxing.  Tell me if this sounds […]

A Spring Morningside Inn Wedding

Weddings

A donut cake, first glance, beautiful pastel bridesmaid dresses, and scientific flasks for vases made for one beautiful and unique spring Morningside Inn wedding! Gregory and Gen met through OK Cupid and describe their first date as a “comedy of errors.” Despite that, Genevieve found herself liking Greg so much she didn’t want the night […]

Morningside Inn Wedding

Spring Brookside Gardens Engagement Shoot

engagements

I have dreamed of doing a spring Brookside Gardens engagement shoot and Genevieve and Greg finally made my dream come true! When we first scheduled their Brookside Gardens engagement shoot for the end of April we were afraid that all of the spring blooms would be gone.  Our worries were in vain because thanks to […]

Spring Brookside Gardens Engagement Shoot

DC Cherry Blossoms Photoshoot

engagements, Personal

It certainly doesn’t feel like spring today, but this weekend was gorgeous! We went to see the DC cherry blossoms and every time I go I find myself thinking how blessed I am to live so close to our beautiful capitol! We had a lot of fun walking around the whole tidal basin and checking […]

DC cherry blossoms photoshoot

Frederick MD Engagement Shoot – Kevin & Michaela

engagements

When Kevin proposed to Michaela, he knew he was going to have to work very hard to keep it a surprise. The premise was pretty straightforward: Kevin’s birthday was coming up so he told Michaela that he would like to meet up with a few friends and coworkers for a small party at Il Porto […]

Frederick MD Engagement Shoot

Sykesville Maryland Engagement Shoot

engagements

Kat & Jeff’s engagement shoot was one of my favorite to date! The weather was perfect, the fall colors and lighting were gorgeous, and Kat and Jeff have such a natural chemistry between the two of them that it made my job so easy! About one minute into my consult with them, I knew that […]

Sykesville Maryland Engagement Shoot

Catoctin Hall at Musket Ridge Wedding Pictures

Weddings

When Brittany applied for a job at Sabor de Cuba, she never thought that it would lead to her meeting her soulmate. Mike’s brother, Nick, is the owner of Sabor de Cuba and Mike worked for him as a server. Brittany was hired as a hostess and after working together, the two realized there was […]

Musket Ridge Wedding Night Rain Picture

Hotel Monaco DC Wedding

Weddings

Stephen and Michelle are seriously just the nicest couple and their Washington DC and Hotel Monaco DC wedding was stunning! Their romance started at Catholic University during a campus ministry retreat.  They both were assigned to work together on presenting a 20 minute speech on their faith journeys, and during their preparation they started to […]

Washington DC Wedding Hotel Monaco

Paris Engagement Shoot {Destination Wedding Photographer}

engagements

This summer I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Paris for a five day photography workshop with renowned photographer Scott Robert Lim.  I had never done anything like this and found myself both excited and incredibly nervous as the course crept up.  As soon as I stepped into the apartment where we met every morning […]

Paris Engagement Shoot

Phil & Laura Beth: Downtown Frederick Engagement Shoot : Star Wars Engagement Shoot

engagements

April shower bring May flowers and beautiful engagement shoots. When the weather started forecasting rain, rather than getting upset Phil and Laura Beth decided to embrace the rain in hopes to get more unique photos. They ended up getting the best of both worlds; as their shoot started out with a light drizzle only to […]