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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’m SO excited to share my own family photos!!!! Mckenzie Fairclough came to our home a month ago and photographed us all over our house. She did such an amazing job and we will seriously cherish these photos forever. It was really good for me to be on the other side of things and see […]

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Our Own Family Photos | Mckenzie Fairclough Photography

July 5, 2023

Thank YOU I am so excited to announce that this business I started building 8 years ago is officially going to be my full time job!!!  I actually can’t believe it and am in shock that this is the year I’m finally announcing this! It’s been a long time coming for sure. I owe it […]

Education, Engagement, Events, Family Portraits, Personal, Photography, Seniors, Travel, Weddings

Full Time Wedding & Portrait Photographer

June 23, 2023

Seriously where has the time gone?! I can’t believe I have a three month old and I really can’t believe it’s already time to go back to teaching after 14 weeks at home. Cue the tears! I am SO lucky that my mom is going to watch Annie at her house until June. Craig and […]

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Three months with Annie

January 16, 2023

It was an honor to photograph baby Mia, Chris, and Shivonne just a week after Mia was born! Shivonne reached out to me and sent me the sweetest email FROM THE HOSPITAL! From another momma that just gave birth, I was super impressed she was thinking about photos and that just shows how important it […]

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Harper Family | Newborn Portraits

November 22, 2022

I wasn’t sure if writing Annie’s birth story was something I’d do but now 3.5 weeks into this mom gig, I realize it’s a story that I may forget and want it to be captured somewhere forever. So writing this down is more for me but I decided to share because I always enjoyed reading […]

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Birth Story | Julianna May

November 7, 2022

River is excited to give you a tour of his new room…oh I mean his little sister’s new room. He thinks every toy and blanket is for him and tried to pose in every photo I took. This should be interesting when we bring her home! We have three bedrooms in our house and two […]

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Baby Girl’s Nursery

September 12, 2022

This post is just a little bit late but I wanted it to have a home here on the blog so I could look back on it and for anyone else planning on traveling to the Cape Cod area!  On my wedding day I wanted to gift my mom something nice since she helped me […]

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Massachusetts Travel | Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and Chatham

April 20, 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 […]

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2021 Bride and Groom Superlatives

December 30, 2021

Our honeymoon!!!!! Craig and I put this honeymoon together in 3 weeks! Our original plan was to go to Chattanooga, TN but our honeymoon treehouse canceled on us due to construction. Luckily, we just transferred the dates to go out to the treehouse next April. Unfortunately, both of us have expired passports so we picked […]

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Napa Valley, Carmel, San Francisco | Honeymoon

June 8, 2021

Hi guys!! Coming atcha a married woman, so crazy!!! Craig and I got married on May 22nd so things have been a little crazy over here but I’m so excited to get back into the swing of things. I have a bunch of wedding/honeymoon posts coming in the next few weeks so stay tuned. First, […]

Personal, Weddings

5 Reasons to Take Bridal Portraits

June 2, 2021