Beautiful, fine art wedding and boudoir photography for the modern and wildly romantic
Serving Virginia & the Mid Atlantic.
Beautiful, fine art Virginia Beach wedding and boudoir photography for the modern and wildly romantic.
Serving Charlottesville, Virginia, the Mid-Atlantic, Washington D.C, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York & destination weddings.
Our wedding style is modern, wildly romantic and greatly inspired by fashion and beauty. Our artwork has graced Italian VOGUE, the iconic Louvre Gallery in Paris, France and been featured with numerous wedding publications including The Knot, Vow Bride and Magnolia Rouge.
We adore documenting couples who are joyful, romantic and utterly in love. Curating your engagement and wedding day imagery with a refined elegance and an editorial flair. Full of emotion, tenderness and unfolding like a modern day classic love story.
I was born and raised in Southeastern Canada and travelled abroad and to my surprise met and fell in love with an American. We now happily call Virginia home with our three children and our rescue pup, Rugby who likes to think of herself as my shadow and follows me everywhere.
meet malie
about the artist
OUR BRIDE
she has a deep appreciation for beauty, fine art and old world architecture.
she greatly values beautiful and emotionally tender wedding day photos.
A MODERN CLASSIC, and elegant in every way.
loves fashion & longs for her photos to possess a timeless and editorial aesthetic. HIGHLY CREATIVE and wildly PASSIONATE for people and things she cares most for.
if this sounds like you, let's chat beautiful!
We know that were many choices and we are honored that you chose us as your fine art wedding photographer.
from the moment you inquire with us, we want you to feel valued, well cared for and excited for your upcoming engagement, boudoir and wedding photography..
We guide you every step of the way, from wardrobe, locations, styling and how to pose for the camera that ensures you looked beautiful, relaxed and authentic. We want to capture your joy and your unique connection.
we are more than just wedding photographers, we help you create gorgeous save the dates and thank you cards, interactive guest books, boudoir albums and of course beautiful wedding day albums.
the couple experience
On your wedding day we will hold your hand, wipe your tears and expertly bustle your gown all the while, we are also capturing your most beautiful wedding day moments that are unfolding around you. We are experts at the details. We will happily show Mom or your Maid of Honor how to delicately place the veil without harming your gorgeous updo.
We love to guide and document your wedding day with a calm presence that is both joyful and detail oriented. We believe that love is always in the details.
We are excellent at curating bridal party photos that are effortlessly chic and full of laughter.
We create elegant and heart warming family portraits.
We will always take that extra moment or two to have these special moments with Mom & Dad.
We will guide you every step of the way so that you both can have the most joyful, relaxed and amazing wedding day that you both have dreamed and obsessed over all these months.
THE WEDDING EXPERINCE
We take great joy in creating a beautiful experience for our beloved couples. And this always begins with our thoughtfully curated luxury engagement and wedding style magazine that we mail to you as part of your welcome gift for joining our MVP wedding family. Every page artfully details the full process of creating authentic and editorial inspired engagements, bridal portraits, bridal boudoir and your wedding day photography. We love to guide you with lots of inspiration for styling, selecting the ultimate locations, wardrobe and crafting the perfect wedding timeline.
When your wedding day arrives, we document you in an intimate manner, full of emotion, detail and of course beautifully curated and authentic to you as a couple. We understand how important your wedding day imagery is and therefore love to work alongside our couples and their wedding stylists to create the ultimate wedding photo inspired timeline, to ensure that we have set aside time for all those important and meaningful moments that unfold on your day.
EXPERIENCE
featured
THE LOUVRE MUSEUM | PARIS, FRANCE | VOGUE ITALIA
ART BASEL | MIAMI | SCOPE |ART TAKES MIAMI
SEE ME | TIME SQUARE, NYC
ART EXHIBITIONS | MILAN | PARIS | HONG KONG
THE KNOT | VOW BRIDE GLAMOUR & GRACE
zola | magnolia rouge grey likes wedding reverie gallery
THE CAROLINA'S WEDDING MAGAZINE
invest in your love story
1. Our wedding style is modern, wildly romantic and greatly inspired by fashion and beauty.
2. All of our wedding collections include a complimentary two hour engagement session, a lovely ENGAGEMENT STYLE GUIDE AND WEDDING DAY MAGAZINE to help our couples best prepare for their photos, a two hour bridal portrait session, a beautiful twenty page 10x10 luxe handcrafted artisan album (proudly made in the U.S.A) with your choice of Luxe album covers and fine art papers and the digital wedding day image collection and online gallery where you can view, share and post to your favorite social media sites. Our galleries also allow your guests to simply and easily order gift prints and wall art directly from the gallery and shipped to them, eliminating the need for your guests to contact you directly to order their artwork. All of your wedding imagery will be fully retouched to ensure that you both look beautiful in your wedding photos.
3. I have been a fine art wedding and boudoir photographer for over a decade. And I have photographed well over 150+ weddings.
4. Of course! We understand that due to many factors, wedding timelines change, please just contact our studio and reach out to us at least 14 days prior to adding wedding coverage and we are always happy to add artwork to your collection. Investing in your own love story is something we are very passionate about.
5. We know that our couples are so excited and eager to see and share their wedding day images with their friends and family, that is why we always share a few wedding day preview images via social media, (Instagram & Facebook or if you prefer, we can email them directly to you first, then post online) within 72 hours of your wedding night and we kindly request that you allow us 4-6 weeks to deliver and retouch your full wedding gallery to you. Remember, perfection and luxe retouching does take time and we want to ensure that your images look absolutely beautiful! Engagement sessions are within 7-10 days!
6. We LOVE to help our clients have an incredible and empowering boudoir experience and that begins the very moment that you contact our studio, once we have confirmed your session we will confirm your makeup & hair styling with our Glam Squad and provide you with our lovely Boudoir Style Guide that shares all the lovely details about preparing and what to expect and how to get the most out of your boudoir experience. We dedicated an entire page in our magazine to OUR FAVORITE PLACES TO SHOP FOR LINGERIE AND DRESSING FOR YOUR BOUDOIR SESSION. As your photographer, we love also adding the roles of wardrobe stylist and posing coach for you! Throughout our session, we will guide you and walk you thru every step to ensure you look and feel beautiful in front of the camera. If you ever have any questions or would love a second opinion on your lingerie choices, we love to help in any way we can!
7. I adore creating art that unfolds like a story, has depth and exudes romance. My photographic approach is soulful and tender, candid yet captivating. I love to curate a beautiful collection of photos for our clients that are rich in detail and unique to them. Documenting their love story in the most beautiful, romantic and artistic manner. As a formal model (in my teenage years) I learned all about posing, direction and editorial / fashion campaigns and that has served me well in my wedding| boudoir photography career. It inspired much of my imagery today. My fine art work has been featured across the globe to include the iconic Louvre Gallery in Paris, France, featured on the largest billboard in Time Square, NYC and in private gallery exhibitions including Art Basil in Miami, Hong Kong and Germany.
8. Absolutely YES! Once we have sent you your engagement, bridal and wedding day imagery, you can easily download and save your imagery to your computer, external hard drives and flash drives. We also provide you with a copyright release. We offer a special discount pricing to all of our couples for your gift prints, thank you cards, stationary and parent albums as well as any wall art and fine art prints. Our fine art prints and stationary is absolutely stunning and of the finest quality and only offered through a professional photography lab/studio. For any questions or pricing, please inquire with our studio.
answers
8. Do we own our digital wedding + engagement images?
7. What sets you apart from other photographer's?
6. I've never done a Boudoir session and I'm very nervous, can you recommend or assist with wardrobe, styling & posing?
5. What is the turnaround time for my engagement / wedding day photos?
4. Can we include additional hours or artwork to our collection?
3. How long have you been a wedding photographer?
2. What is included with your wedding collections? and Can we create a custom collection?
1. How would you describe your photography style or aesthetic?
frequently asked questions
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"I cannot even put into words how much I loved Marie Violet Photography for our wedding.
When we first met, we chatted with Malie her studio for over an hour. It was like we had known her for years! Our photos are beautiful + flawless (and just to add she was very prompt with getting them back to us). She wasn't just a photographer, she treats you like a friend and we had the most amazing time
with her. We are forever grateful for the amazing photos we will have for the rest of our lives!"
Deanna + Javier
"OUR WEDDING PHOTOS ARE BEAUTIFUL."
Love Notes
I am so pleased with the wedding photos. Malie was an absolute delight to work. Her charisma instantly convinced me to hire her. My husband hates taking photos but Malie had him smiling widely throughout our engagement and wedding photos. She was organized and professional. She was easy to communicate with. She clearly has years of experience photographing weddings and couples. Taking all the photos on our wedding day was pretty draining but she made the process joyful and light-hearted. Ultimately, our photos are GORGEOUS. There are so many incredible photos we’re overwhelmed! My family is so grateful to have the day captured so beautifully. I feel like I managed to find the perfect photographer for our wedding, and I’m so grateful.
LILY + KEVIN
"OUR photos are gorgeous!"
Love Notes
"I can not say enough about how wonderful it was to work with Malie.
Our photos are more beautiful that I could have imagined possible.
She is so incredibly talented as well as sweet. She has such a great eye.
We Love, love, love her!"
Jennifer + Van
"Our photos are more beautiful than we could have imagined."
Love Notes
"Malie was not only my boudoir photographer but also my wedding photographer and I had this session as a gift to be soon to be husband on our wedding night. She made me feel so comfortable in front of the camera. I've never felt more beautiful. We had a wonderful time together and both my boudoir and wedding images turned out absolutely beautiful. She has an eye for detail and captures the most stunning images."
Elizabeth & Justin
"I've never felt more beautiful."
Love Notes
If you happen to cross by the stunning and amazing work of Marie Violet Photography, then I cannot recommend her enough. From our initial conversations, I knew Malie had to document and capture our big wedding day. Her quality of work, her fun personality, as well as how she makes you feel your best in front of the camera- it has been a true joy to work with Malie. When we met for the first time for our engagement photos, it felt like we had known her for years (including steaming my dress in her hotel bathroom before photos!). Our engagement photos were incredible- as well as the overall experience. We looked like models! She knew exactly the look and vibe we were going for and nailed it! All of our family and friends are obsessed with our photos! They are honestly draw-dropping gorgeous. We are so excited for our wedding day and cannot wait to work with Malie again. I know those photos will be amazing too. Malie is so passionate about her craft. It comes across when speaking with her and watching her work. This passion is reflected in her keenness and attention to detail, as well as how much fun she has when working with you!
Thank you, Malie! Xo
PAULA + ROB
"OUR ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS WERE INCREDIBLE."
Malie was incredible. We have gotten so many compliments on the quality of our wedding pictures! I’m so happy I didn’t settle for another photographer. Malie is friendly and bubbly. She was able to make us feel comfortable in front of the camera, even though our engagement shoot was a first for us. We LOVE our photos!!!
Thank you, Malie! XOXO
MEREDITH + NICO
