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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 was SOO happy to be back at Alturia Farm for Taylor and Adam’s engagement session! These two are getting married here next May and we are all counting down! This was our second try at their photos, they were such troopers! This whole summer, I feel like it’s either been 100 degrees or pouring […]

Engagement

Alturia Farm Engagement Session | Adam & Taylor

August 5, 2024

I had such a great night with Valerie and Blaine downtown for their engagement photos at Tredegar and Belle Isle! We met up the Monday after Riverrock festival so I was expecting it to be dead out there. Instead, we walked across the bridge and the water was so high, only two rocks weren’t under […]

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Belle Isle & Tredegar Engagement Photos | Blaine & Valerie

May 28, 2024

Spring Maymont I actually can’t believe we almost rescheduled this session!! Grace and Lewey live in Wilmington, North Carolina and were only in town for the weekend. The forecast for Friday night showed extreme gusts of wind so we discussed moving the session but decided it was best since they were only in town for […]

Family Portraits, Uncategorized

Spring Maymont Engagement Session | Grace & Lewey

April 17, 2024

12 Years Later Brittany and Tucker’s Capital engagement session was extra special because these two have been together over 12 years!!! They grew up in the same town and met as kids. Tucker even proposed to Brittany at the putt putt course they had their first date, so adorable! You could tell they had been […]

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Virginia State Capital Engagement | Brittany & Tucker

September 24, 2023

Growing up I was obviously the one that made sure that all our family memories were captured and a certain someone did not always agree with me wanting to take photos. This same someone got engaged at the end of October and has since had me photograph the proposal and now engagement photos and I […]

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Belle Isle Engagement Session | Steven & Mikayla

December 23, 2022

I am so excited to share Ellie and Gray’s Richmond engagement session with you today! When I saw the forecast was saying the high temperature was going to be in the 40’s, I texted Ellie thinking they would cancel. I’m SO glad they didn’t because we had the most beautiful light and it really wasn’t […]

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Maymont & Monument Avenue Engagement | Ellie & Gray

November 30, 2022

Rachel and Ryan are getting married on December 17th of this year at the Williamsburg Inn. I’m so excited to photograph them at the beautiful Inn when it’s decorated for Christmas!! I was equally as excited when they chose to have their engagement photos done here in Mechanicsville at their home and the Kings Charter […]

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Mechanicsville Manor House Engagement Session | Ryan + Rachel

May 18, 2022

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 […]

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

November 11, 2021

I feel like I start every engagement session blog post saying this but I really can’t wait for this wedding!! Michele and I have worked together at Atlee for the past 3 years and don’t let a good happy hour, concert, or festival pass us by. Tim is a firefighter in Northern, Virginia and joins […]

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Tim + Michele | Engaged

February 7, 2021