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Lauren & Michael | Inman, South Carolina Wedding October 13, 2018 I met Lauren & Michael last November during their engagement shoot in Asheville! We hit it off right from the bat, even though it was a sunrise session and way too early to be awake. I was so excited when they wanted me to […]

  Carson & John I am so excited to share Carson & John’s engagement session today! We spent last Saturday afternoon hanging out around Fort Macon & Atlantic Beach getting to know each other! They were so much fun to hang out with, and I learned that John and Andrey share the same job, working […]

This July has been quite the busy season! It would be great, except for the fact that its 95+ degrees and add in the 800% humidity it’s been pretty damn hot around here! Funny enough the NC heat is exactly what Matt & Caroline are avoiding with their December Wedding, but we didn’t quite get […]

  We’ve been in the Raleigh area for just over two years now. Having moved my entire life, moving around has never always been great, usually within the first year I am able to find my people, my places and it feels like home. This never happened in Raleigh. In Ohio, I had a community […]

This past weekend, I got to back “home” aka Northern Virginia for Peter and Emily’s Wedding!!! Emily and Peter are one of the most in love couples I have ever met. The way Peter looks at Emily and vice versa is the absolutely sweetest, they are so in love and it is so evident to […]

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