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

Just your friendly neighborhood wedding photographer...

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Emily & John 
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 Gabriella & MAX 
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We may have done their engagement session a month from their wedding, but it was so good getting to know Sam and Max before their big day. It is definitely never too late to do an engagement session because it’s basically just a little practice before the wedding day AND our own little first date! Sam, […]

Sometimes you plan last minute day trips to Biltmore….and because your obsessed with photography you throw out to the universe that you would love to do a shoot there. The universe brought us Gina & Ian, and oh how perfect they were! First off, it may not look like it, but it was snowing almost […]

UNC Chapel Hill Proposal Color and Bright Wedding Photographer

  I got to shoot one of my FAVORITE things this weekend. A PROPOSAL!!! Alex has been planning this moment for months and had every detail planned for this very special question. Ariel and Alex met at UNC-Chapel Hill, where Alex played football. He is now a coach for the UNC football team, which is one […]

I LOVED HAWAII!!! I WANT TO MOVE THERE!!! I spent the whole month after we got home trying to convince my husband we should move to Hawaii. He has a branch in Honolulu, and weddings are pretty popular in Hawaii…just a little. People get married ALL week in Hawaii, it’s not just a Saturday (or […]

Rocky Mount Engagement Session Rose Hill Plantation NC Engagement Session

You might recognize these faces on the blog, that because they’ve been here before! What feels like forever ago in June, I captured Adam’s proposal to Sydney in Belhaven! So when Sydney asked me to be their wedding photographer, I was so excited! I love being able to follow love stories through the wedding day! […]

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