About CECILIA

Cecilia is a film and digital wedding photographer based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her style blends the timeless honesty of documentary photography with editorial artistry, aiming to create art and capture your connections as you live them. Whether you are looking to celebrate your wedding day surrounded by everyone you know, or keeping it simple, you are in the right place.

Cecilia’s goal is to photograph you, your love, and your wedding day as it naturally unfolds. Her couples value the friendships and relationships of those around them and she understands how important it is to remember their presence. Focusing to document her couples in the joy they are experiencing and let that emotion shine through the images, rather than expecting them to pose or act in front of the camera. Stepping in to guide when needed and fade into the background when appropriate. Her approach is to find ways to serve every couple and meet their individual needs, as each love story is unique and personal – your photography should reflect that.

“My love for my sweet sweet husband is why I do what I do and why I love documenting couples and weddings. His tireless nurturing of us and those around him is my continued source of inspiration. I appreciate the enormous weight of this commitment and promise to always put a piece of my heart into every photograph I create.”

Photo by Alex Mari

Film by Rachel Rydalch

 FAQs

  • I’m an observer but will jump in when appropriate! My mission is to thoughtfully and artistically document your precious event that you have so carefully designed to celebrate your love. I aim to capture it in a way that feels wholeheartedly true to you, life, and natural to how events unfolded. I’m not chasing posed and unrealistic versions of you and I sure hope you do not feel pressured to be anything other than your truest selves.

  • Yes yes! While I shoot lots and lots of weddings in Virginia, I am very willing and excited to travel to where ever you are having yours. Having traveled for my own wedding, I understand what it is like planning such a monumental occasion from miles away. All travel costs are included in my wedding packages!

  • I’ve been a photographer for 10 years!

  • It varies depending on what we’re shooting, but I promise I’ll always include plenty of images of everything I capture and hold nothing back. I don’t like to give a number cap because I don’t believe in withholding any images from you to get you to pay more like some photographers do. These are your memories, I promise to capture them fully and give you more than enough images to remember this time in your lives!

  • The turnaround depends on how much I shoot, how busy I am, my travel schedule, and the holidays. Typically, for sessions it takes 4 weeks or less and weddings take 6 weeks or less. I try to get them back to you as soon as possible while making sure I give time to each and every image needs.