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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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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 […]

  Have I mentioned how much I love my senior spokesmodels?!?!? Emery is one of my 2018 Senior Spokesmodel, and she joined me for a fun creative shoot today! Since the summer was winding down, and the air gets colder we decided to squeeze in one last warm weather shoot. This girl can rock the […]

WARNING: There are some incredibly old heavily instagramed filter photos of me and some of the first photos I took when starting my photography business!   During sessions with my Seniors we talk quite a bit about college, and my college experiences as well (though completely not normal and that’s a whole other post!) It […]

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Kathryn's Rose Hill Bridal Portraits

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Em & Nic Raleigh Union Station Wedding

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