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Ashley Hesse Photography

Hi! I’m Ashley, a Virginia engagement and wedding photographer, and I have a soft spot for love stories.

Virginia Beach Engagement Session Every Pleasure House Point engagement session I’ve ever done is a hit. It has to be the way the sunset hits the trees and glows like crazy. Or maybe it’s because each time I go there I have a beautiful, and extremely fun couple to photograph! Could be a mixture of […]

Washington DC Cherry Blossom Last spring I got an email from a bride who had a horror story from her wedding day, regarding her photographer. After 6 months of cricket chirps, she had received an email from her wedding photographer that there was a camera malfunction and she would not receive her family portraits, bridal […]

Around the time that I met Sarah & Jon for their Yorktown Beach Engagement session, I was having major website issues. I was unable to post any blogs, and anyone who visited my site got a “warning” signal like they were about to get hacked or something. Turns out I let my security expire, but […]

Chrysler Museum Engagement You guys, this is probably the most exciting way I’ve ever started a wedding season. Pramod and Shaili fell into my inbox by a referral of a friend in the industry, who happens to be the artist behind Shaili’s makeup. I was so excited because this is my first time working with […]

It was a cloudy Pleasure House Point Engagement session until about halfway through, when the sun peeped out behind the trees just enough to create some magic! I had anticipated meeting Hannah and James for a few months, and when the day came I was stoked!! Pleasure House Point Engagement Photographer So I need to […]