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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. 

This wedding has to go down in the books as one of my all time favorites!! Michele and Tim did such an amazing job planning this wedding so that everyone in attendance had the best time. Michele and I met working in the English department at Atlee a few years ago. Her and Tim were […]

Weddings

Winter Wonderland Mt. Defiance Cider Barn Wedding | Tim + Michele

March 31, 2022

I’m so excited to introduce you to Richmond’s newest engaged couple! Proposals are such a fun thing to photograph because there is so much emotion involved!! There’s also something fun about being sneaky and catching the moment.  Will reached out to me about a month ago and told me his plan. Him and Brooke recently […]

Engagement

Will + Brooke | Proposal

March 15, 2022

My FAVORITE blog post of the entire year!!! I get to brag on all of my 2021 couples and let me say- this year will be hard to beat.  These 12 couples all went through planning a wedding (and some planning essentially two weddings) during a global pandemic which is NOT an easy task.  They […]

Personal, Weddings

2021 Bride and Groom Superlatives

December 30, 2021

There are only a handful of times that tears (happy ones!) have been involved in creating a blog post and today is one of them!  Morgan is one of my absolute best friends.  We are a college random roommate success!  We ended up living together all 4 years of college, we’re in each other’s weddings, […]

Family Portraits

Richmond In Home Twin Newborn Session | Dickinson Family

December 14, 2021

What an incredible engagement session!! When we scheduled these photos a long time ago, we had no way of knowing that the weather would be the perfect temperature or that they Fall leaves would be at their peak, we just got lucky!! Liv and Jackson were SO much fun and honestly so natural.  They laughed […]

Engagement

Church Hill Libby Hill Park Engagement Session | Liv & Jackson

November 21, 2021

I am so excited to share my very last big wedding for 2021.  I have a small wedding in December that will wrap up weddings for the year. These two were such an incredible couple to end on, can’t wait for you to see their Fall day! Savannah and Cody attended the same high school […]

Weddings

Fall Monroe Highlands Charlottesville Wedding | Cody & Savannah

November 17, 2021

This blog post is really full circle and so special to me.  Lindsey and I met in second grade at Cool Spring Elementary School and basically lived at each other’s houses throughout middle and high school.  Our favorite past time was biking through our neighborhoods that connected to go get McDonald’s and check out a […]

Engagement

Mechanicsville Backyard Engagement Session | John + Lindsey

November 14, 2021

Ashley and Eric had the perfect Fall evening for their engagement shoot!  It felt so strange meeting them at 3:30 because we weren’t used to the sun setting so early but the lighting was perfect!! Eric and Ashley’s first date was on the rooftop at Quirk so it only made since to do some photos […]

Engagement

Quirk Hotel & Libby Hill Park Engagement Session | Eric & Ashley

November 11, 2021

When Craig and I moved to Puddle Duck Lane (yes, we are obsessed with the name) we had no idea that the sun set in our backyard like it does.  I actually loved the office space in the house and thought that maybe one day, I could offer indoor sessions for senior drape pictures but […]

Engagement, Family Portraits

Puddle Duck Lane Photo Shoots | My backyard!

November 3, 2021

Nick and Leslie had such an AMAZING Fall wedding day a little less than two weeks ago. The day started at Leslie’s parents house and it was probably my favorite getting ready atmosphere ever! Her parents live in a gorgeous home in Crozier, Va and Leslie’s bridesmaids were her 3 younger sisters. They all got […]

Weddings

St. Bridget Catholic Church & Willow Oaks Country Club Wedding | Nick & Leslie

November 2, 2021