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Traveling the world, photographing couples in love & wrangling two little ones!

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Emily & John 
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 Gabriella & MAX 
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Get a taste of wedding days with sneak peeks of my favorite images, tips from local vendors, updates about your favorite photographer, and as always lots of pretty pictures!

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This was proposal was several months in the making! Jonny contacted me about proposing to his girlfriend Carly while they were visiting Biltmore for her birthday! It is so thoughtful how much planning Jonny put into his proposal. We walked through Biltmore on google maps and picked the perfect spot for him to propose, and […]

Sometimes things don’t go as planned. I wish every Saturday was a beautiful glow worthy day, but you can’t control the weather. Just like on wedding days, you get what mother nature gives you, and sometimes you just gotta roll with it! I stalk weather every week, watching the days I have sessions, and a […]

I was eagerly anticipating this session for months! The NC State Fair was a tradition in my family, we used to come down every year when we lived in Boston and D.C. to go for my Dad’s birthday! Alyssa and Chris are such a fun couple! They were up for anything so we had a […]

Basic Girls Night Out The first thing my husband asked me was, what are you going to wear leggings, uggs and drink pumpkin spice lattes? Close (it’s wayyyy too hot here in North Carolina to wear uggs at this time of year)…. Caitlin and Amanda took it to the next level. It was a perfect […]

This weekend was quite a whirlwind! We headed out to Grandfather Mountain for an AMAZING engagement session with Kate and Justin. They drove all the way from Indiana for a visit to their venue in West Virginia, and we were lucky enough to be able to meet up with them for an engagement session before […]

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Kathryn's Rose Hill Bridal Portraits

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