Sarah Shelley Photography

Best of Weddings (1x).

Northern Va, Washington DC area - but will travel

About this vendor

Sarah Shelley Photography is a professional wedding photographer based in Haymarket, VA. The head photographer, Sarah, captures beautiful images of couples’ most treasured moments on their wedding day. She serves weddings throughout Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC. Sarah’s photojournalistic style allows her to discreetly snap pictures of the genuine love and joy expressed between couples and their guests. She is also experienced in traditional photographic techniques and can capture refined portraits. Sarah aims to make her couples feel comfortable in front of the camera in order to alleviate stress during the occasion. Sarah Shelley Photography presents newlyweds with a collection of elegantly preserved memories of their special day. She highlights their personalities in her images, capturing the authenticity of each moment. Her photos have a timeless air that can be cherished for years to come. Sarah offers a variety of photography services and items to engaged couples. Her collections are fully customizable based on her clients’ individual needs. They are designed to cover all of the essentials couples may want for their special day. The Wedding Experience, Sarah’s standard package, includes an engagement shoot, a professionally printed album, and a disc containing all final images. Service plans can be upgraded by adding an additional photographer, extended time, portrait sessions, or print packages.

Details

Photo Shoot Types

Bridal Portraits
Engagement

Photo & Video

Digital Files
Drone
Photo
Printed Enlargements
Second Shooter Available
Wedding Albums

Photo & Video Styles

Classic

Wedding Activities

Getting Engaged
Rehearsals & Parties
After Party
Wedding
After Party

Awards and Affiliations

2018 'Best of Weddings'

out of 5.0

34 reviews

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Kate H

Sarah is an amazing photographer! We hired her for our wedding in October 2020 and her photos help us relive our special day over and over! We did our engagement photos and wedding...

day photos with her and she was super easy and comfortable to work with, she kept in contact with us through the whole process, and even met us at different locations for getting ready and wedding event photos. She was also very quick to get the finished photos back to us.

Katie S

Sarah is fantastic! Seriously, if you need a photographer for a special event, family portrait, etc. then look no further because Sarah is your gal! We hired her for our Wedding th...

is past November and naturally, as we surpassed our third month of marriage I sifted through our wedding album for likely the 100th time. I was reminded how incredibly skilled Sarah is and the reasons she was my number one choice for a photographer (lighting/angles/background). No joke -- she had her husband and staff member help block shadows throughout our first look -- illustrating a willingness to go above and beyond to capture the best shots. While it's clear she has plenty of experience, something I truly appreciated throughout the last year was Sarah's flexibility. It's not lost on us how difficult COVID made wedding planning and how it indirectly impacted the vendors we worked with (changed engagement photo dates, updated timelines the day of the wedding, altering guest lists, etc.). Every step of the way Sarah was easy and fun to work with! I truly hope we can work with her for some family portraits in the future!

Jenna B

Sarah did a wonderful job with our wedding back in September! We had three photographers cancel on us within two weeks of the wedding, then we found Sarah and after working with he...

r we realized she really should've been our first choice! She was incredibly professional and organized and captured beautiful moments all day. The finished photos that she sent over were absolutely gorgeous and I loved her editing style. We can't recommend her enough!

Gabi P

My hubby and I loved Sarah! She was absolutely wonderful! She is super friendly, easy to work with, and makes you feel comfortable. She is very passionate about what she loves (ca...

pturing special memories that will last a lifetime) and she goes above and beyond and her work reflects that. Highly Recommended. You won't regret it :)

Stephanie M

Sarah was absolutely amazing! She was super friendly and easy to work with. We had to postpone our reception and thankfully she was still able to be our photographer! We were on a ...

tight budget and she was willing to work with us to meet our needs and stay in budget while giving us high quality and beautiful pictures in return! I would absolutely recommend Sarah!

Sara G

Sarah is super professional and diligent. Very easy to work with and it’s obvious it’s not just a job for her, she’s passionate about her work. She’s genuine and down to earth and ...

really wants to make sure the experience is everything you want and more. She’s accommodating, patient and responsive for any requests/questions. Thanks so much Sarah for making this such a seamless process for us and helping us capture all the beautiful moments of our special day!

Bethany P

Sarah was very easy to work with and her photos were beautiful. We are still getting compliments on them, six months after our wedding! Highly recommend.

Alexis M

Sarah was amazing! Not only where our engagement photos incredible but I cannot stop getting compliments on our wedding photos! She was so flexible and willing to negotiate on pric...

e and package details. Our engagement photos were the first set of posed photos my husband and I had ever done together and she put us at ease!

Brianna N

We love Sarah! We hired Sarah for our wedding this past weekend and she was amazing to work with from the engagement photos to the big day. She was so responsive and professional a...

nd her photos are beautiful. We took so many photos, (getting ready, to the first look, the ceremony and the reception) and she was able to capture all the special moments throughout the day. She was even able to get photos of my three little flower girls. We highly recommend Sarah and we will be hiring her again!

Kim G

Sarah was an amazing photographer to work with from start to finish. We first met her when she took our engagement photos a few months before our wedding. She was friendly, profess...

ional, and took so many beautiful pictures of us which she got back to us less than a week later! Leading up to our wedding Sarah asked us what we wanted and helped us with a timeline. We wanted to take all of our bridal party pictures and family pictures prior to our ceremony in order to enjoy time with our families. Sarah made it happen. She kept on our timeline and made sure we got all the pictures we wanted. The pictures Sarah took of us are GORGEOUS. I've gotten so many compliments on them from our friends and family. We started getting pictures back from Sarah about two weeks after our wedding. It is now about six weeks post wedding and we already have all of our photos! I was so happy with Sarah and would absolutely hire her or recommend her to friends and family!

Lauren H

Sarah was amazing for our engagement photo shoot and the day of! She was with us for 13 whole hours and was such a trooper! We have gotten great photos of all of our family and fri...

ends and she was right there in the moment with everyone the day of! She also had her husband come along for a portion of the day so we could get multiple angles and the photos from the first look and as I was walking down the aisle with both shots were so beautiful!

Kendall D

Sarah is an amazing photographer! She is very detail oriented and wants every picture to be perfect. She is very creative and tries her best to capture all of the special moments...

. She is very friendly and makes everyone feel at ease. She does everything in her power to make your day perfect.

Noel C

Sarah is AMAZING! Everyone has complimented my wedding pictures and also mentioned how it’s great that she got such amazing shots but they never felt like she was in the way. She i...

s super professional and knows what she’s doing. The pricing is also extremely reasonable. So glad I chose Sarah!

Katrin N

Sarah is a dream to work with! She is so sweet, and all of her pictures are stunning. We are thrilled with both our engagement pictures and our wedding pictures. Not only are the s...

hots beautiful, but Sarah puts you at ease right away. In addition, the turn around time is fantastic! She makes a great effort in getting you a few shots the next day, and then the rest follow shortly. I would highly recommend her!

Julie Y

Sarah was great to work with! She knows how to pose you, and even lets you do some of your own poses if you had something special you want to do. I had her do our engagement photos...

and wedding as part of a package. She was timely, patient, and kind in everything she did, even when I was running late! I would definitely recommend!

Kelly S

Sarah is amazing! Her pictures came out beautifully and I’ve gotten so many compliments on them. She is so sweet and incredibly nice. She captured every special moment and so much ...

more! I highly recommend!

Erica H

Sarah was a pleasure to work with! Not only was she willing to work with us to create a package within our budget, but she was also very patient as we tried to plan our engagement...

shoot around our work schedules. Sarah was easy to get ahold of to answer any questions we had and our pictures turned out great! I look forward to working with her for our maternity shoot coming up!

Cassidy G

Sarah did a fantastic job with our wedding! She captured amazing pictures that we can't stop looking at and we are so thankful to have had her as our photographer. She worked with ...

us to create a photography package that fit our plan and a beautifully designed album to relive our wedding day.

Annie G

Sarah was fantastic to work with! I would recommend her to anyone looking for a wedding photographer. She is so sweet and just puts anyone at ease that works with her. We did our e...

ngagement and wedding photos with her and I'm so glad we did. She made us feel so comfortable on our wedding day. Her turn around time with the photos has been so quick as well. We are so happy with the photos we have received so far! I can't recommend Sarah enough!

Jesse C

Sarah was amazing through the entire wedding process from start to finish.

Jackie B

Sarah was amazing! I am a German National so planning the wedding was a challenge in general but Sarah was so easy to work with and very flexible in meeting up with us! The picture...

s are amazing and we love the ideas for photos she had and how the ones we wanted turned out! We enjoyed having Sarah as part of our wedding! :)

Kodi D

Sarah is awesome! Pricing was great! She is so nice and so is her husband. She had to stay late at our wedding which she did with no problem at all. She came to me for engagement p...

hotos too! The photos are turning out great! We got married 3 weeks ago and already got most of the pictures. Very fast turn around time. I would recommend her for everyone!

Sarah R

Sarah was so amazing to work with! She made me and my now husband feel so comfortable during the whole process. Our pictures all turned out beautiful. I love that we have access to...

all of the photos and can get them in any resolution we need. The pictures came back (hundreds of them) in such a timely manner! I have heard horror stories of people having to wait weeks for photos, but we had the best ones before we even got back from our honeymoon.

Mia L

Sarah is literally the sweetest person! She is super creative, and comfortable to be around. Our pictures turned out amazing and I'm so glad we went with Sarah as our photographer!...

Worth every penny. 😊

Monique J

Fantastic photos from our wedding. Sarah was amazing with lighting and positioning. She captured some stunning photos. I love her attention to detail and her ability to suggest and...

create flattering poses. She also got some great candids!

Meredith H

Sarah was fantastic to work with and we are so glad that she was able to photograph both our wedding and engagement pictures! She was always very professional and prompt to respond...

to any emails or messages. Having a large wedding party and family, she really managed to keep everyone in order so that we were able to get all the pictures we wanted in a short amount of time before our reception. We would definitely recommend using a second shooter and her husband was just as wonderful to work with. My husband and his groomsmen had a great time taking their group pictures before the ceremony. All of our pictures were gorgeous and we especially loved that they were uploaded to an online gallery so we could view them as she was still editing others. We would highly recommend Sarah!

Amanda V

Sarah did a great job capturing all of the details of our day. We picked her because of the brightness of her photos and the thought and detail she put into her shots. The photos t...

urned out beautiful!

Jenny C

sarah photographed our wedding in early september 2016 and we couldn't be happier with how they turned out! we found her through our venue (bristow manor) and she gave us a discoun...

t for using her through them, which was awesome since we were trying to stay within budget. she is super friendly and easy to work with and truly made the process go smoothly and stress free. she accommodated all our needs and was open to any ideas we had and any shots we wanted to capture. but we really didn't need to say much cause sarah literally captured every moment and asked if we wanted any last things before she left so she's super attentive for sure. she'll provide teasers for you shared on social media pretty quickly and then create online albums for the rest of your photos so you don't feel like you're waiting forever for them. it was a fun experience and definitely can't wait to get our photo album that comes with our package :)

Mary B

I can't say enough great things about working with Sarah! She did an amazing job at our wedding (it was like she wasn't even there - but got every picture I wanted!!)... it was nic...

e not to feel like I was being pulled and pushed around on my special day (while I wanted to remember it perfectly, I wanted to enjoy it too!). My family and I also did a family session with her and the pictures were amazing. We did both posed and impromptu shots and I am so happy with the results. She is super nice, cheerful, and very professional. You will not regret using her!!

Anonymous

I absolutely loved working with Sarah! From our engagement session in November to our wedding day in August, she was so easy and fun to work with. I really liked that since she's a...

former teacher, she offered a teacher discount (I teach first grade). All of our photos turned out absolutely beautifully, and I don't really consider myself photogenic! She really had a great sense for posing/arranging my husband and I, as well as our families and our wedding party. She was very timely in providing us with "sneak peek" photos, and our full album of several thousand photos was ready less than a month after our wedding. I loved being able to see, and show friends and family, something other than cell phone pictures the DAY after our wedding! I can't wait to have an album and prints made - the only hard part will be deciding which photos to choose! Thanks to Sarah, we will be able to look back at all of the beautiful details from our wedding forever!

Anonymous

We have hired Sarah for 2 occasions. The first was our wedding and she was absolutely SUPERB. She was a true professional. She captured all of the important moments at the wedding ...

and so much more. Having her at the wedding was like having 3 photographers there, she never missed a beat. She was also quite personable and got along with all of our guests. The second occasion was for family portraits. We went to the Battlefield and she was terrific with her direction and has a fantastic eye. All of our pictures were beautiful and they came back so quickly. I highly recommend hiring Sarah as your photograher.

Liz M

Sarah was the photographer for our May wedding and also did our engagement pictures. From the start, Sarah was very responsive and accommodating to all of our wishes. She was qui...

ck to respond and very helpful throughout the process. For our engagement pictures, she understood that we did not want all of our photos to be traditional, so she met us at a baseball field instead. She was very understanding when we had to move the date due to rain. After the shoot, we quickly received our photos to use for our Save the Dates. Then came the wedding.... I was freaking out about the weather (rain) and Sarah assured me that it would be fine and we would find a way to get our photos outside. Sarah and her husband were both great with our individual shoots prior to the wedding and made sure that we did not see each other. Sarah ensured that we got all the photos we wanted after the wedding (and outside!). During the reception, Sarah was not intrusive but captured amazing moments. After the wedding, Sarah had a great turnaround time with wonderful photos. Sarah did an amazing job editing the photos too. The pictures are everything we could have hoped for and more and we would highly recommend Sarah!

Anonymous

Sarah photographed our wedding two years ago and we could not have been happier with the pictures or with her! She was great to work with in every aspect!

Anonymous

If I could give more than 5 stars I will def do it!!! Sarah was awesome, our wedding pics are gorgeous!! She listened to all my requests , took her time with each pic and made them...

beautiful!! She was super early on our big day to catch every single moment, thank you Sarah! I will def recommend her to all my friends!

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Haymarket, VA | Northern Va, Washington DC area - but will travel