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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. 

Holly Field Manor in the Heat Brittany and Tucker had a beautiful Hollyfield Manor wedding on one of the hottest days of the summer! They had such an amazing attitude about the heat and were just so excited to get married. I was so incredibly happy this whole day, I honestly didn’t really think about […]

Weddings

Hollyfield Manor Wedding | Brittany & Tucker

July 10, 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 […]

Engagement

Belle Isle & Tredegar Engagement Photos | Blaine & Valerie

May 28, 2024

Backyard Wedding I have been telling anyone and everyone that will listen that they need to have a backyard wedding like Nikki and Ben!!! It was the most intimate, beautiful celebration. Nikki and Ben recently bought a home out in Montpelier and when I pulled in the driveway, I immediately thought to myself “Why isn’t […]

Weddings

Backyard Montpelier & Bartizan Wedding | Nikki & Ben

May 7, 2024

We planned this engagement session date months ago and we couldn’t have picked a better day if we tried!! The trees were in full bloom and everything was beautiful. A little backstory- we had planned to take most of their engagement photos at Maymont. When I arrived a few minutes early, I saw a sign […]

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Monument Avenue Fall Engagement Session

October 30, 2023

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 […]

Engagement

Virginia State Capital Engagement | Brittany & Tucker

September 24, 2023

Mechanicsville Newborn The Bissoon family is the absolute sweetest and come to find out, they only live a mile from me! Baby Benjamin was born six weeks ago. I typically do newborn sessions within 2-4 weeks of babies being born but this ended up working out PERFECTLY! Benjamin was so alert for photos- he’s already […]

Family Portraits

Mechanicsville Newborn Session | Benjamin

August 21, 2023

I’ve done so many newborn sessions this wedding off season and it’s brought me so much joy!!! I have so much to share and lots of posts to catch up on but I wanted to share baby Preston while it was fresh on my mind. I had the honor of taking Kelsey and Jay’s maternity […]

Family Portraits

Richmond Newborn | Preston

March 6, 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 […]

Personal

Three months with Annie

January 16, 2023

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 […]

Engagement

Maymont & Monument Avenue Engagement | Ellie & Gray

November 30, 2022