Remember Caitlin and Andrew’s beautiful Blowing Rock Engagement Session? Remember the gorgeous mountain backdrop, the silliness, the laughter, and complete and utter sense of love? Their wedding was no different…well, except that whole natural, outdoorsy thing. Instead, I had the awesome urban backdrop of Uptown Charlotte, NC. The wedding took place in St. Peter’s Catholic Church followed by their sky high reception at Bently’s on 27th. We started out the day hanging with the girls at Salon on Selwyn. Now y’all have heard me yammer on (some might say harp on) about the importance of attention to detail in the room you get dressed in. Assign all you stuff to one corner of the room so it looks clean and tidy, a beautiful mirror to add...
I feel like I’ve been a world traveller this year and that is due in part, to this sweet couple. Katherine and Lynn had me come up to Chicago for their incredible E-Session and then we met back in Bermuda Run for Katherine’s bridal earlier this summer. (If you haven’t seen these posts, please go check them out!) There are too many personal touches on this wedding to list but here goes… By the way, Katherine works in the fine textiles industry and you can really see the impact of her expertise throughout the design of the wedding. Before we begin, I would like to thank everyone involved in making this event the staggering success that it was. Many thanks to my second photographer, Marissa Kaplan,...
Any time you get to travel to Asheville, NC, it’s a good thing and this wedding only made the trip all the better. Melissa and Brad are the sweet couple that met me at Jump-Off Rock in Laurel NC a few months back. Their wedding was sweet, gentle, and very family oriented. Plus they gave me some of the best vendors in the area to work with so there was no shortage of beautiful things to shoot. And then there was THAT sky at sunset. Glorious.
I had the rare pleasure of joining Treyci and Brandon for an Afterglow Session while they were honeymooning in Asheville, NC. Their wedding took place the week before in Greenville, SC and when Treyci called to ask me to come join them for the day, I was absolutely thrilled. Seriously, I adore this couple-take a look at their wedding blog post to see why. Brandon proposed to Treyci at the Biltmore Estate so it was the perfect place to spend the day. Marissa and I arrived with the hopes of brilliant skies but what we got were brooding clouds and thunderstorms. When the skies opened up, we hid out in the Biltmore Conservatory-a place of incredible beauty that should not be missed if you are near the NC Blue...
Treyci and Brandon were best friends for fourteen years before they finally realized they were meant to be together. Actually, Brandon loved Treyci from the very start but sometimes we have to wait for it. Their life is centered around faith, a touch of chaos, and a great sense of humor. They are playful, kind, and boisterously happy. To put it plainly, they are a joy to be around. I love this couple. Oftentimes when we are driving back from a wedding, Marissa and I will discuss how the wedding made us feel and not just how we did (although we do tend to obsess over that particular point). What was the highlight? What made us cry? What made us laugh? What...
I was recently asked by the fabulous Leigh Pearce of Leigh Pearce Weddings to be a guest blogger. She gave me a pretty wide open field (so long as it dealt with photography!) and I chose a subject near and dear to my heart – light. Light is everything to us photographers and I wanted to discuss how you can plan your day to optimize its fabulosity. So here’s the question we discuss: what is the optimal time to get married in order to get the soft buttery light that just makes a wedding sing? All of the images above were taken within 2 hours of sunset and you can see how gorgeous the light is. Bodies look longer and leaner, skin...
I have a deep love of the {Appalachian Mountains} – the romanticism of the peaks repeating and repeating until they fade in the distance, the way the mist clings to them like an embrace. As a child, my parents used to throw us in the car and take off for long drives down the {Blue Ridge Parkway} stopping at overlook after overlook and hiking through the laurel. This place touches a chord deep within me that sing “home” and I have been trying to {capture it} for years. Brad and Melissa are lucky enough to live in this beautiful landscape and we couldn’t have picked a more stunning locale for their E-Session. Brad and his kids have always hiked the {Jump Off Rock} area and it has become...
The backdrop for Jenny and Jeff’s beautiful fall wedding was a photographer’s dream! Think fall leaves, orange hues, pumpkin centerpieces and extravagant, historic locations. The ceremony took place at {Old Salem}, a beautiful Moravian living history village in {Winston-Salem, NC}. Communal buildings, shops, churches and houses showcase what the Moravian settlement was like during the 18th and 19th centuries. I’ve been to Old Salem on several occasions for school trips, afternoon wanderings, and for dinner at the {Old Salem Tavern} (go eat there now – its amazing!) but I have never had the honor of shooting a wedding there. We had fall leaves, cobbled streets, perfect light, and a crazy-in-love couple to work with. The results are simply magical. There...
When Lindsey first contacted me about shooting her wedding, I had no idea what I was in store for. She and Phil were gonna do this thing themselves and did they ever do it right. Lindsey wants to be a wedding planner and based on what she was able to do, I’d say she is well on her way. Phil, currently enrolled in culinary school, is dreaming of opening a restaurant or even better, a food truck in Greensboro, NC. I adore the idea and since he cooked everything at the wedding, I got to taste his fantastic traditional mexican fare. Seriously, he’d better get this food truck off the ground because the food was phenomenal! Phil, Greensboro needs you!
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