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Preparing For Your Cake Smash Session

Cake + Smash = Yes, please! The cake smash session is absolutely the best way to celebrate your little one turning ONE! It’s not only adorable, but it’s fun for everyone and really celebrates all those huge milestones that your little one has learned over the last 12 months. Whether you’re finishing up your first […]

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Choosing A Theme For Your Cake Smash Session

You did it, your baby is almost ONE! They’re moving and grooving and getting into everything! The cake smash session is absolutely the best way to celebrate your little one moving into toddlerhood, and designed just for them! It’s not only adorable, but it’s fun for everyone and really celebrates all those huge milestones that […]

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Links at Gettysburg Wedding | Brooke + Brett

Brooke and Brett’s relationship was like finding a fish in the ocean, because if you ask her girlfriends – there’s “plenty of fish” out there and she was ready to find hers!! Their POF matchmaking skills ended up with the most gorgeous June wedding. Brooke and Brett exchanged vows in an outdoor ceremony overlooking the […]

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Preparing for your Studio Newborn Session

Preparing for your newborn session can become quite overwhelming, fairly quickly… But is doesn’t have to be that way!

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Antrim 1844 Winter Wedding | Becca + Ben

Becca and Ben’s Antrim 1844 Hotel wedding in Taneytown, MD was the perfect way to start my 2021 wedding season! What better way to to start your year, than by marrying your best friend on New Year’s Day! Their day was filled with so much love and emotion, and I was once again reminded of […]

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Piney Branch Golf Club Wedding | Jessica + Josh

Jessica and Josh are finally OFFICIAL! Piney Branch Golf Club was the beautiful scenery of this rustic and intimate wedding. I could just rave to everyone about this venue, with 200 acres of rolling countryside. It was exactly the look and feel this couple wanted for their special day, simple yet elegant. Cabernet and navy blue […]

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Gettysburg Battlefield Maternity Newborn Photographer

I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am for these two! Brittany was on the fence between an outdoor session and a studio session, so we divided her session into half for each! Studio maternity is new for AUP, and I’m so excited to offer it moving forward. We started their session at […]

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COVID-19 Precautions & Studio Policies

– Updated January 2022 – Unexpectedly, COVID-19 has completely turned our lives upside down. As I begin to reopen my studio doors, I am doing all I can to ensure your safety during these challenging times. With the unknown of when things will return to “normal” or even a version of that, there are a […]

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every little detail was perfect.

"Ashli was very patient with the baby and made sure 

Everyone was blown away by the quality and perfection of the pictures. We are so glad we made the choice for her to capture the sweet little blessing in our life." - Amber

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