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Raleigh, NC 

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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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Lindsey & Michael
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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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The military holds a special place in my heart. My Dad was in the Air Force was 26 years. This was my first time on the other side of the homecoming, and it still made me cry!Tiairra and Quentin were married in August of 2015 and after being married for only a few months Quentin […]

Our second day in Charleston, South Carolina we explored more of Charleston and then headed over to Boone Hall Plantation to explore one of the beautiful places where not only they filmed part of The Notebook, but also where one of my favorite couples, Blake Lively + Ryan Reynolds, got married! I can only dream […]

I don’t know even where to begin with this shoot. I have never met such an amazing group of people, and I spent the day laughing and creating friendships. This shoot was the brain child of Alex of Eaglet Photography and Sarah of Sarah Kehl Photography! They created such a beautiful shoot and brought together […]

We’ve been in North Carolina for about 2 months now, and one of the things that I’ve learned is that the weather here is unpredictable. It is all over the place, and this week was not an exception. It was a cold and windy day in Downtown Raleigh, but Kyri still rocked it. When I […]

A couple weeks ago, I drove up to Fredericksburg, VA to see Hope Taylor of Hope Taylor Photography! We talked about business, and also headed out with Faith and Daniel for a combined senior and sweetheart session.  Though my best friend attended college in Fredericksburg, I had never explored it that much. I regret that […]

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Kathryn's Rose Hill Bridal Portraits

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Em & Nic Raleigh Union Station Wedding

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