Courtney + Avo | Citizen’s Ballroom Wedding Photos | Frederick, MD

October 21, 2026

Courtney and Avo‘s wedding this past Saturday was so joyous and fun, I’m thrilled to share the highlights on the blog today!!

The Couple

From the couple: “We met working in the TV studio at Riderwood Retirement Community, quickly becoming good friends and then realizing we were more than that right before Covid shut everything down. We spent a lot of our early relationship staying inside getting cozy, and we’ve tried to get some adventures in since then to make up for lost time. For our 5th anniversary, we went to Annapolis for a nice dinner. We got into town early to do some Christmas shopping (in 15 degree weather), and that’s when Avo proposed, at the end of the dock.”

The Wedding

Although I didn’t know Courtney and Avo before they inquired with me about their wedding, between our mutual friends, similar life paths, and just in general being weird and wonderful (am I allowed to call myself wonderful?) they’ve felt like friends and not just clients since the beginning. So needless to say, I’ve been really, really looking forward to being a part of their wedding. They are so wonderful both as individuals, and together they amplify each other’s awesome. Being the one to capture the joy and love surrounding them as they officially joined their lives together was such an honor. It’s days like this, for people like Courtney and Avo, that make me so thankful that this is what I get to do for a living. Here are just some of my favorites from Saturday, celebrating my new friends, Courtney and Avo.