Andrea, the team, and your vision work together to achieve your dreams. When you open up your life, and trust us to capture your most important memories, it’s so humbling and personal to us.
We always tear up at least once at weddings. (more like 10 times) There's nothing greater than watching this chapter of love play out right before our eyes, and forever captured by us for generations to see. Every team member will tell you that being able to celebrate with you and witness core memories taking place is truly a breathtaking privilege for us that we do not take lightly.
"Amative" (am-ah-tiv) comes from the same root as amorous, and means to be prone to love. So it's no surprise that there's nothing we like more than telling a good love story! (our 3-circle logo even represents weddings rings united by God's Love - hallmark-level sappy, we know)
The most important thing to us on your wedding day is to create meaningful, emotional, and powerful images that truly capture your journey and where your love has taken you so far. We are a team of creatives driven to curate a truly personal and luxury experience.
Amative
we are
Even though we've grown significantly, I've been intentional to always know each of our amazing clients personally. They each have my cell phone number, and we've shared thousands of texts and vision calls to ensure each wedding is crafted specifically to each couple's vision.
Beyond the wedding world, I have a Master of Fine Arts in Photography and teach other creatives how to pursue their craft. I've held a camera in my hand for over 20 years, previously worked as a corporate marketing director, and am a wife and homeschool mom to my two beautiful children, pursuing Jesus every day.
hello. I'm andrea.
welcome
When I started Amative Creative in 2016, I had the goal to grow the brand into a luxury photo & video team that would be able to serve clients all over the world. Today, we've more than achieved that goal, with over 300 glorious weddings, documenting in 7 countries and a dozen states, with a professional team of 20+ creatives dedicated to serving our clients with excellence.
Your wedding day may just be a day, but we are with you for life. Our photos are on your walls, and we never delete digitals... just in case.
Amative for Life
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We've been blessed to work with incredible couples with amazing hearts. Good people deserve great imagery & memories.
gorgeous from
the Inside Out
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Whether you met each other in high school, or maybe it was love at first sight 6 months ago, our couples have a story all their own.
a strong love story
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Amative Couples go together. Whether it's opposites attract, or great minds think alike, you might be an Amative Couple if you click.
a United Couple
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Amative Couples
The Amative
Experience
We take time to understand:
- Your aesthetic preferences
- The atmosphere you want your wedding to feel like
- Lighting environments and venue design
- Wardrobe styling and color palettes
- Emotional tone and personality
From there, we intentionally craft imagery that aligns with your vision.
Some couples want luminous fine art film tones with soft highlights. Others gravitate toward dramatic, editorial depth. Many prefer timeless natural color that will never feel dated.
There is no single “Amative look.” There is only your look — thoughtfully created.
This is why couples searching for a Richmond wedding photographer, Virginia wedding photographer, or destination wedding photographer often connect with our work when they want something deeply personal.
Customization Is at the Heart of Everything We Do
We Beleive
In True Love
1 Corinthians 13
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Every Year
Giving back
We believe in paying it forward. That's why we donate to local charities and ministries that benefit those impacted by poverty, sex-trafficking, domestic violence, hunger, and other humanitarian efforts. Thank you for your support and allowing us to keep helping!
Faq
Frequently Asked Questions
There are no travel fees anywhere in the United States of America! For many destinations we also offer no cost or minimal fees for travel. Please inquire about your specific location for details!
Depending on the season, most photo galleries receive a preview gallery the same week as the wedding, and the full gallery is delivered 6-8 weeks after the final edit style has been selected by the couple.
No! We believe you should always have access to your memories, so we never delete galleries on our end. There is also no limit on how many photos you can download, and no additional fees for family using your gallery. BUT, that said, I always HIGHLY encourage my couples to download the photos and videos in full from their online galleries. Since it’s a third-party platform, I cannot guarantee that those links will work forever, so it’s very important to download everything to a local drive for safe keeping just in case!
Absolutely. We're happy to share our COI with your venue, and also provide them with Additional Insured details on our $2M policy, if required. Many venues require this! Our drone pilots also carry the required commercial Part 107 Licenses from the FAA.
Of course! We have a great network of photographers around the world, and we're happy to help coordinate a session at almost any destination without travel fees. Local photographers will know the best photo ops, and we will personally edit the photos to match your custom edit style.
employment & internships
Join the Team!
Whether you're a student looking for an internship, or a seasoned professional wanting to join a dynamic team of creative, like-minded artists. Amative Creative welcomes everyone to apply to join our seasonal internship roles & longterm career opportunities! Use the link below to apply.
Open Positions
