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Hi there, I’m Ashley Edmunds and I photograph weddings all over the world but my heart is in Virginia.
I grew up in Richmond, lived in the heart of Shenandoah for 7 years, and then found my way back to Richmond. Once you get to know me, you’ll see I’m a little Richmond obsessed. I can help you find the best restaurant, park, or brewery for any part of this wonderful city. I love photographing weddings here at home, in Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, DC, and beyond! When I’m not photographing weddings I’m most likely chasing River, my yellow lab trying to get a shoe out of his mouth, teaching my high school kiddos, or traveling with my amazing fiance Craig. 

I hope everyone is doing okay cooped up at home.  Luckily, I have had these amazing pictures to work on and edit the past week.  Matt and Mackenzie are such a fun couple!!! These two met at JMU, got engaged at JMU, and Mackenzie is a teacher, so I knew it was meant to be […]

Engagement

Matt + Mackenzie | Engaged

March 24, 2020

Hii friends, I hope everyone had a great weekend!! I wanted to write a little bit about some house updates I’ve done lately because a lot of people had questions on facebook and instagram.  I’ve lived in my house now for a couple weeks short of 3 years, crazy!! I decided to use some Christmas […]

Personal

House Updates

February 24, 2020

This is a special post for me because I have worked with Erica for four years now!  Erica is an amazing Spanish teacher at Atlee.  I was so happy for her when she met Matt.  Erica and Matt are getting married next November in Richmond and their reception will be at The Boathouse at Rockett’s […]

Engagement

Matt + Erica | Engaged

January 13, 2020

It’s time again for my favorite post of the whole year- Bride and Groom Superlatives 2019!!!  This is my fourth full year photographing weddings and I’d love for you to go back and check out 2016, 2017, and 2018 superlatives.  This year was by far my best year in business.  I had an absolute blast […]

Weddings

Bride & Groom Superlatives 2019

January 2, 2020

I took the opportunity to take photos of some of my Christmas decorations the one time my house was clean- right before my Christmas party!   I haven’t shared much about my house on the blog because there’s so much I want to do with it, but why share when everything is perfect? I bought my […]

Personal

Christmas on Jeffrey

December 24, 2019

This past weekend was my last busy weekend until my January 11th wedding weekend!! Also, I can’t believe I’m posting this because I still have Christmas wrapping and a tad bit of shopping to do, anyone else?!? This past weekend started off with a little bit of a rough start.  I ate something funny on […]

Personal

Weekend Wrap-Up #11: Christmas Break

December 23, 2019

With Thanksgiving today, I thought I’d take a second to appreciate the things that come with being a wedding photographer.  This job and business was not something I ever dreamed I would be doing.  I didn’t start taking photography classes until I was out of college.  Ever since I got into the wedding industry, I […]

Personal

A Photographer’s Thankful List

November 28, 2019

With Thanksgiving tomorrow I thought this would be a special shoot to share.  About two months ago, Craig’s best friend George reached out to me and told me about the biggest secret I’ve kept to date- that he was planning on proposing to his amazing girlfriend Rachel.  One of the best parts of dating someone […]

Engagement

George & Rachel | Proposal

November 27, 2019

I don’t even know where to start with this wedding because it was honestly so wonderful.  This was my last wedding of 2019 and wedding season officially went out with a bang.  My 2020 wedding season starts in January instead of May or June this year, which I’m excited about.  Ally and Daniel got married […]

Weddings

Daniel + Ally | Married

November 26, 2019