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Great Gatsby Glam Wedding At The Sagamore Pendry In Baltimore || Karly & Ray

This glitzy-glam Great Gatsby wedding has a surprise confetti pop ending! // Sagamore Pendry, Baltimore, Maryland // Victoria Selman Photographer

Oh hot damn. I don’t know if this Monday can handle all of the glitz & glam in this post but IT’S COMING TO YA LIVE. Karly & Ray’s wedding this weekend at the Sagamore Pendry was one helluva celebration decked out in Great Gatsby class. With deep maroons, flashy golds, and rich textured blacks, […]

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I’m Victoria, a Maryland wedding photographer who loves cats, plants, minimalism, & the outdoors. I love working with unique, edgy, outdoorsy couples who love candid, documentary photography. If that sounds like you, let's chat more!

Mega Stylish Surprise Proposal In A Park || Karla & Jon

Oh this is so good. Let’s start from the beginning, shall we?! When I first chatted with Jon about photographing his proposal to Karla, my mind went in a million excited ways. We brainstormed locations, building a backdrop, how to make it perfectly fit their personalities, and of course ways to make it not-so-obvious. While […]

Surprise proposal during a portrait photoshoot! // Unique proposal ideas // Victoria Selman Photographer

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Industrial Chic Wedding at Monument City Brewing Co. || Evi & Oliver

Buckle up, you guys, because this blog post is coming at you with all the feels & joys of finding your forever person in a city you love. And some industrial chicness that’s Pinterest-bound. After getting ready in separate Balti row homes, Evi & Oliver met at the end of the aisle in the church […]

Unique Industrial Chic Baltimore Wedding at Monument Brewing Co. with Food Trucks // Baltimore, Maryland // Victoria Selman Photographer

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Greenhouse Wedding Vibes At Pleasantdale Chateau || Jillian & Chris

Wow wow wow the day has finally arrived! Nay, the YEAR has finally arrived for Jillian & Chris’ stunning wedding at the Pleasantdale Chateau! This has easily been my longest & most anticipated wedding yet. Jillian & I first started chatting about this day in November of 2016 — that’s right, TWO YEARS AGO. After […]

Greenhouse Wedding Day Vibes At The Pleasantdale Chateau // West Orange, NJ // Victoria Selman Photographer

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Earthy Winterthur Gardens & Estate Wedding || Megan & Craig

This post has been pure joy in the making. I’ve been anticipating Megan & Craig’s wedding day for quite some time now, getting to share meals with them throughout the journey & even meeting their precious cats Teddy & Penny. These two have thoughtful souls with a rare wit that makes you feel warmth on […]

Earthy Winterthur Gardens & Estate Wedding at the Reflecting Pool // Wilmington, Delaware // Victoria Selman Photographer

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Seattle, Olympic Peninsula, Portland, & The Oregon Coast || Our PNW Adventure

Man oh man this trip to the PNW has been on Hunter & my bucket list for QUITE some time. When we first got engaged four years ago, Hunter wanted us to go for our honeymoon but we went to the Dominican Republic instead. Every year since then we’ve tried to work it in to […]

Adventuring in the PNW // Seattle, Olympic Peninsula, Portland, & the Oregon Coast // Victoria Selman Photographer

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Foggy Oregon Coast Couples Session at Cape Kiwanda || Rose & Tyler

If you haven’t already seen on Instagram, Hunter & I trekked through the PNW for the last week & a half to finally cross it off of our bucket list. And ohhh how grand the adventure was. While I plan to get to our travel pictures & stories posted next week (🤞🏼), today’s blog is […]

Foggy Oregon Coast Engagement at Cape Kiwanda // Pacific City, OR // Victoria Selman Photographer

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Sedona Desert Elopement at Cathedral Rock || Taylor & Eric

An hour before Taylor & Eric’s elopement ceremony, Taylor read the note Eric left her earlier that afternoon (complete with an uncanny stick figure drawing) as we watched the Sedona desert become engulfed in a monsoon. With lightning striking erratically over the distant mountains we all felt strangely calm & confident that whatever the hour […]

Sedona Elopement at Cathedral Rock with Antlers, Cake, & Wine // Sedona, Arizona // Victoria Selman Photographer

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Playful surf session in Oahu, Hawaii || Tysee + Rick

I’ve been puuuumped to get this session up on the blog to share with you all because it entirely lit – me – up. Capturing the unique stories of the people we meet in this crazy world brings life into what we do. So when I crossed paths online with Tysee & Rick, a fearless […]

Playful Surf Honeymoon Session in Oahu, Hawaii || Victoria Selman Photographer

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Windy Elopement Inspiration on the Cliffs of Oahu || Mary & Travis

On the southeastern shore of Oahu you’ll find a swirled terrain of cliffs surrounded by crashing 20-foot waves. All-at-once you’ll feel the peace, awe, and power of Hawaiian nature and agree that it’s the ideal spot for an earthy elopement. Mary & Travis are true champions for adventuring through the cliff lines dressed in their finest – […]

Windy Elopement on the Cliffs of Oahu, Hawaii || Victoria Selman Photographer

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Peaceful Sunrise Elopement in Oia, Santorini || Brittany & Joe

Our adventure stirred at 4am, waking up before any rays of sun touched the morning dew on the Greek Isles. While crowds had gathered in the legendary romantic city of Oia, Santorini the night before, Brittany, Joe, Hunter, & I were the only crazy oddballs going for sunrise. On the way there, Brittany & I […]

Santorini Sunrise Elopement Locations // Victoria Selman Photographer

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Love On The Rocky Shore of Mykonos || Areti + Nikos

While traveling the Greek island of Mykonos in the windy summer, Hunter & I met Nikos & Areti one night in a white-pebbled town overlooking the Mediterranean sea. We started chatting about our lives in different countries & instantly made plans to meet for sunrise the next day for a photo adventure. Celebrating 6 years […]

Hip & Stylish Engagement Session on the Rocky Shores of Mykonos by Destination Elopement Photographer

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Foggy Mountaintop Elopement Inspiration || Ruffled Feature

TODAY IS THE DAY. I’ve been dreaming of the day this shoot would go live on my blog after its feature over on Ruffled (check out the feature here!). This mountaintop elopement inspiration is full of total earthiness – organic linens, deer antlers, rocky cliffs, and two of our gorgeous friends celebrating their 1 year […]

Foggy Mountaintop Elopement in Maryland with Macrame || Victoria Selman Photographer

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Mountain Hike Session with Her Grandfather’s Binoculars || Lauren + Kevin

Wholly mamma jamma. This session is all kinds of goodness to me. It’s rare that I create a vision of a photoshoot in my head and see it come to life. Thanks to some rad friends, this session inspired my creativity and just really pumped me up. It was either that or exhaustion from climbing […]

Hipster Mountain Hike Engagement Session with Grandfather's Binoculars || Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland || Victoria Selman Photographer

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Cozy Winter Emerald Green & Fur Wedding || Laura + Jim

With the holidays nigh, Laura & Jim’s emerald green & fur wedding will hopefully find you in your living room, cozied up on your couch with a roaring fire and a boozy hot cocoa. Or at your desktop computer at work #sorryitstuesday. Laura & Jim are our newest instant-friends. You know the kind: you went […]

Cozy Winter Wedding with Emerald Greens & Pinecones || Eastern Shore, Maryland || Victoria Selman Photographer

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Adventuring in Greece || Athens, Mykonos, & Santorini

GREEEEECE. The day has finally arrived that Hunter & I have enough photos swaddled together to share with you! We haven’t even been home for a week – meep! One day I’ll put together an itinerary like I did for Iceland because inspiring adventure is my jam, but today is about p-h-o-t-o-s. Weee! If Greece […]

Travel to Oia, Santorini || Victoria Selman Photographer

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Honeymoon Session at an Icelandic Waterfall || Taylor + Coyle

THESE PHOTOS. Blow my mind. That’s why you see them everywhere – like on our home page! Set in Iceland, this honeymoon session has everything that we believe in – great people, simplicity, nature, & adventure. When Taylor & Coyle first reached out about photographing their honeymoon adventure in Iceland, Hunter & I were pumped. Obviously. Taylor even brought her own […]

adventure-filled iceland waterfall svartifoss elopement location by destination wedding photographer

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Iceland Wedding Anniversary on Snæfellsness Peninsula || Kristin + Spencer

Yessss. Iceland. What a crazy // beautiful // weird place. If you’re ever wanderlusting to go, check out the itinerary Hunter & I used to travel the Ring Road in 10 days here. Now that it’s not peak wedding season, I’m finally posting this anniversary shoot that was published over on Magnolia Rouge – this time with more photos! In […]

Iceland Anniversary Session on the Snaefellsness Peninsula || Victoria Selman Photographer

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Iceland Bridal Session in a Geothermal Hot Spring || Taylor

Ohhhh you guys. This is one heck of a moody bridal session. Hunter & I met Taylor and her husband Coyle in Iceland for a shoot during their honeymoon – they had just gotten married days before. For Taylor’s bridal session we found this abandoned geothermal hot spring as we were driving over the tops of snow-capped mountains. We saw […]

Iceland Bridal Session in a Geothermal Hot Spring By Destination Elopement Photographer

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The Only Iceland Itinerary You’ll Ever Need || By A Photographer

You’re planning a trip to Iceland hoooraaaay! So what’s next? Let’s get you set up with everything you need to know – from car rentals to abandoned geothermal pools to the best bar in Reykjavík. And of course, we’ll add in tons of photos!     What To Expect Epic-ness. Srsly. This was the best trip Hunter […]

The Only Iceland Ring Road Itinerary You'll Ever Need || written by a photographer!

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hey!

I’m Victoria, a Maryland wedding photographer who loves cats, plants, minimalism, & the outdoors. I love working with unique, edgy, outdoorsy couples who love candid photography. If that sounds like you, let's chat more!

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