Love & Adventure Photography is a wedding photography company based in Washington, DC, that creates epic portraits of your wedding day. Owner and lead photographer Kathy is not a cookie-cutter wedding photographer and does not do corny poses. She is creative and innovative when working with couples on such a special day. She specializes in capturing couples and how you are together and with your loved ones. Kathy is an award-winning photographer who has been shooting weddings for more than 10 years.
Services Offered Love & Adventure Photography creates photos that will take your breath away using a mix of contemporary, traditional, and photojournalistic styles. Kathy uses the environment to help document your day while making you laugh along the way. She can capture the traditional family portraits while still getting you to the cocktail hour and reception on time. Her photos are not like anyone else's, and on wedding day, she can travel to multiple locations, stay extra time, and provide a second photographer. Kathy shoots engagement photos, boudoir photos, wedding portraits, and trash-the-dress photos. She also loves to travel and has worked destination weddings in Antarctica and even on a boat. The final high-resolution images are available in the following formats:
Kathy is the absolute best! My fiancée and I had our engagement shoot and from the beginning of the process to the end we were in great hands. Kathy did a Zoom call with us when we reached out and immediately put us at ease, getting the details of our story and helping us pick out the best locations (plural!) for our shoot. We took some pics at Gravelly Point Park in DC – the site of one of our first dates – with a classic shot of an airliner flying right over our lovestruck heads. Then we headed to Annapolis for some downtown shots and what we planned would be some sunset shots on the beach. When it suddenly started downpouring, we ended our session and agreed to try to find another day to come back. As we were driving away, the rain slowed and the most beautiful full rainbow appeared in the sunset’s glow. Kathy called us to tell us to turn around and meet her at a cute little waterfront park with an absolutely BEAUTIFUL backdrop of a double rainbow dipping into the bay. She even got down into the water to capture our love from a perfect angle. Our pictures looked like a postcard.
When my fiancée mentioned that the rain stopped us from wearing a couple of the outfits we had brought, Kathy agreed to meet us at another park a few days later for another session. She knew exactly where to get the best pics, and how to use lighting and nature to bring out our best features.
The whole time, Kathy was friendly, fun and just easy to talk to. We enjoyed every minute of our session – and LOVED the pictures when we got them a couple days later. Thanks Kathy!
Sent on 08/31/2020
Hannah Safford
· Married on 06/06/2020
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Kathy is a delightful magician of a photographer
Cannot say enough good things about Kathy!!! We stumbled across Kathy's photography when we were browsing wedding venues, and though she was a bit outside the price range we had hoped for we fell in love with her work...and we're so grateful we bit the bullet on price! We had originally scheduled our wedding for June 2020, but because of COVID changed it to a small family-only backyard event in September 2020. Kathy was phenomenal every step of the way. She took the time to get to know us both as individuals and as a couple well before the wedding, was immensely supportive as COVID upended our initial plans, and was flexible to change her timeline as we adjusted our date and run-of-show. We didn't have a wedding planner, but Kathy has so much experience with weddings and offers such great advice that we felt like we did. The day of the event she made us feel safe (even despite the pandemic), relaxed, and happy. She knocked our family photos out and focused in on the fun stuff—and doing a photo shoot with Kathy really is fun! She makes you laugh while she's shooting you, and she somehow manages to capture all of your best moments without ever feeling invasive. And the photos themselves...wow. Just take a look through her gallery and know that your photos *will* be that good. Plus she turned ours around in less than three weeks! If Kathy has availability for your date, book her immediately.
-Hannah & Anna
Sent on 10/06/2020
Marisa M
· Married on 10/13/2019
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Truly Wonderful!
Choosing Kathy was the best decision we made during wedding planning! Her photos are so creative, unique, and truly capture us. She's super easy to work with and has such a great sense of humor. We joined her in Yosemite for our engagement photos, and my husband and I were both sick. Kathy was super flexible-- we still had a great time, and no one believes we were sick looking at the photos! Kathy is very laid back, but is great at navigating family dynamics and coordinating large groups. We felt so calm on our wedding day because of her. She's awesome!!
