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The Crystal Press Holiday Gift #1: Photo Session with Halle Kennon

win a shoot with local Richmond photographer Halle Kennon

We are SO excited to kick off our holiday giveaway series! What better way to kick it off than with the girl behind the lens of so many of our photos: Halle Kennon!

We first met Halle a year ago, when we wanted to shoot some holiday content at the Quirk Hotel and the rest is history! She has captured so many of our favorite snaps, through Catherine’s pregnancy, some great brand collabs, quarantine, our Olsen Halloween and more. She gives great guidance, is stellar at editing and always delivers so many great photos. (Just search Halle Kennon from the side bar and you will find all the hits)

If you win this giveaway, you get either a portrait, lifestyle or couple’s session with Halle in 2021! Think: birthdays, anniversary photos, family portraits. And if you don’t win.. we encourage you should still book a session with Halle because she is the best and we love to support our local creators!

Follow the steps below to enter! The more you do, the more entries you’ll get! Giveaway will run through Sunday 11/22 at Midnight EST.

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Cathclaire Lifestyle Motherhood Rebecca Travel

Our Outer Banks Photo Journal

Late summer getaway in Corolla, NC

Catherine has been taking full advantage of her summer at her family’s beach house in the Outer Banks and to say I have been jealous of all of her weekends away is an understatement! Phoenix is growing into the cutest little beach babe and I was so thrilled to be able to spend a weekend at the beach with these two.

Our September trips in the past meant New York Fashion Week, events, shows, photo shoots and either air or train travel. Sure, we miss the energy of the city, but I think I speak for both of us when I say that our lives have changed for the better since the arrival of Phoenix and Catherine’s motherhood adventure. Let’s be clear, we still know how to have fun!! Beach days, bare feet and beer gardens made for a much needed girls weekend away.

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Mindfulness Rebecca Travel

Getaway Shenandoah : Relax, Recharge at Getaway House

Escape the city safely, to relax and recharge at Getaway House

John and I went to Getaway House for the first time last summer, right when he got out of school. It was the perfect way to kick off the summer. This year, we decided to go right before he goes “back to school” even though that will look different this year. We have both been working our butts off for the past month and the Getaway was MUCH needed.

Back in June when we were reminiscing about our 2019 visit, I thought this would be the perfect chance to escape the city and have a mini vacation during the pandemic, as long as they were up and running and using safe protocols. Sure enough, Getaway has adapted to the times and is using extra safety precautions when preparing for its guests. Naturally, the entire experience is socially distant, with the cabins situated apart from each other and if you don’t want to see anyone else during your trip, you definitely do not have to. (more…)

Fashion Lifestyle Richmond

Our 3 Go-To Photo Spots in Richmond, VA

Traveling to Richmond or looking for the best photo spots for your next photoshoot? Here are our most FAVORITE and (in our opinion) most photogenic locations used on The Crystal Press.

1 ~ Scott’s Addition – This is our #1 shoot location and has been since day one. Day one being when we bought our first DSLR camera with no idea how to use it. Peep this blogpost from 2015 with photos taken in Scott’s Addition….as embarrassing as it is, we had to start somewhere! We love to just wander around and start shooting when a location strikes our fancy.

2. Under Westwood Overpass – Our newest discovery near Catherine’s house is this spot underneath the Westwood Overpass. We love the moody vibes it brings out in photos!

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3. Monument Avenue 195 Overpass – This was one of the first places we took photos with Kaytee, almost 3 years ago! (See first photo below) These are still some of our favorite photos to date. Maybe because they’re nostalgic, but also because it is a favorite spot! We’ve also seen plenty of friends drive by while we are shooting here and give a good honk & jump. One of those moments captured below as well!

the crystal press blog richmond va — First photos with Kaytee – Fall 2017

Richmond is ever changing and we have thoroughly enjoyed rediscovering the city as we have built The Crystal Press over the past *almost* 6 years. We are always looking for new photo locations around Richmond, so feel free to send us your tips and tricks fellow Richmonders.

With love as always,

Rebecca and Catherine

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Lifestyle Rebecca Travel

Honest Review: Summersalt One Piece

edit * this suit is now sold out, but from what I understand all suits fit pretty similar, so the review still stands.

Over the past year or so, my body has been changing. I have gained weight in places I never had weight before and it has been a difficult thing to get used to. My new body. At the beginning of the summer I absolutely dreaded having to get into a bathing suit, and if you told me I would be posting a blog post in a bathing suit, I would have told you to kindly stfu.

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Rebecca Travel

Anniversary at Four Seasons at the Surf Club

Catherine shared her baby moon at our favorite Four Seasons property with you guys already, but here’s a photo diary from our trip last year! Day dreaming of this hotel on the daily and can’t wait for us to go back together.

John and I are coming up on our five year anniversary, which took me down memory lane to our anniversary last year.

Catherine and I had planned to go to Miami Swim Week and then stay a night at Four Seasons at The Surf Club, just north in Surfside, BUT! she found out she was pregnant the week before the trip. { *It was SO hard to keep this secret when everyone was asking why she wasn’t going with me anymore!* } So, I asked John if he wanted to go with me instead. Surprisingly, it took a little bit of convincing, but once I suggested celebrating our anniversary a few weeks early, and reminded him *AHEM* Four Seasons, he was on board! After our few days down in South Beach (See our Miami photo diary here), we caught an uber with a seriously charasmatic ex-tennis coach and checked into Four Seasons at The Surf Club.

~ what i’d shop for if we were going on vacay! ~

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Rebecca Travel

Four Seasons Austin

John and I are heading back to Austin in 10 days and staying at Four Seasons again. The upcoming trip prompted me to peek at my camera roll to revisit our trip last year! I get to tag along with John on SXSW Edu conference for the second year in a row and hands down the best part is getting to stay at Four Seasons.

Last year, our stay at FS Austin was John’s first Four Seasons experience and he finally understood why we love the hotels so much. From the second you walk in, you feel like family, and know that you are getting the best of the best service. John’s favorite part was returning from the conference a few times a day and having the door opened for him, with the door men saying “welcome back!”

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Rebecca Travel

Reb’s Tips: Packing for A Ski Trip

OK SO. This is a super niche post, but after years of traveling & packing for ski trips across the country, I felt I had to share what we’ve learned. If you are an avid skier and have your own equipment, these tips are for you!

Before we get to the packing, let’s briefly talk about ski trip essentials.

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Rebecca Travel

Where To Stay in Steamboat: The Steamboat Grand

make sure you make it through the whole blog post – there’s an epic Valentine’s giveaway at the end!

We have been traveling to Steamboat for as long as I can remember and each trip seems better than the last! Over the years, we have stayed at different places on and around the mountain and a place that we keep coming back to is The Steamboat Grand. It is the perfect place to stay if you’re traveling with a smaller group, as they have great options for units that have two bedrooms with a shared living room and kitchen area!

We always go to the grocery store on the first day and get breakfast fixins, beer, wine & snacks so that we can spend as much time together in the Grand as possible. They have a shuttle that will take you anywhere you want to go and when you take your grocery run, they have bins on the van for you to put your groceries that they will then deliver to your room. Talk about service!

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Cathclaire Travel

Cathclaire’s Babymoon at Four Seasons at The Surf Club

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When anyone asks me how our baby moon was, I am at a loss for words in the best way. All it takes is a quick glance at photos of the Four Seasons Surf Club property, just North of Miami Beach, to see how beautiful this destination is. From the design choices of the iconic Joseph Dirand – adding his book to my list of coffee table books for our new house!– to the history of The Surf Club (it was a playground for the rich and famous in the 1930s), this hotel oozes beauty at every turn. True life: every square inch is photogenic – like, hard to not have my phone out every second photogenic.I could go on and on and on about the beauty of the Four Seasons Surf Club but our baby moon was amazing for more reasons than just that.

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Archive of ‘Travel’ category

The Crystal Press Holiday Gift #1: Photo Session with Halle Kennon

Our Outer Banks Photo Journal

Getaway Shenandoah : Relax, Recharge at Getaway House

Our 3 Go-To Photo Spots in Richmond, VA

Honest Review: Summersalt One Piece

Anniversary at Four Seasons at the Surf Club

Four Seasons Austin

Reb’s Tips: Packing for A Ski Trip

Where To Stay in Steamboat: The Steamboat Grand

Cathclaire’s Babymoon at Four Seasons at The Surf Club

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