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raleigh engagement photographer: mary ann+daniel.


this was so adorable and fun that i could’ve blogged all the images but i won’t in order to maintain page viewing sanity. :)

but first, story time! daniel was a coworker of mine when i was a pharmacy tech who turned into a great friend and bowling buddy. i met mary ann a while back after hearing about her all the time from daniel. i was so excited to meet her because we all our coworkers agreed that if she was dating daniel that she had to be awesome. and of course, mary ann turned out to be amazingly awesome. :) they’re both ridiculously adorable on camera and off, and i’m not just saying that because they’re my friends, but because it’s very true.

and to add to the awesome, mary ann’s father owns a large plot of land near several farms, and one of their neighbors was kind enough to let us shoot there. yay!

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jeep shots! daniel drives a wrangler that is kind of his daniel trade mark, so we had to take pictures in it. this was also my first time actually riding in the jeep (which doesn’t have doors when the weather is nice) and i was only slightly terrified!

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so important mary ann and daniel fact: they’re big new england fans. in fact, their wedding next year (which i am also happily shooting!) is patriots themed. that’s right, a new england patriots wedding, my friend. now… being hardcore steelers fans, shooting a patriots themed wedding basically goes against everything geoff and i believe in, but they want their guests to wear jerseys, so i’ll be there photographing in my [child's sized] steeler’s jersey #43. :D

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sooo stoked for their wedding (and for wearing my steelers jersey!). you two are the best.

raleigh wedding photographer in durham: rosalyn+patrick


meet rosalyn and patrick: two lawyers currently residing in charlotte. rosalyn is a north carolina native while patrick’s family lives in washington state. both sides of the family came together at the always lovely american tobacco bay 7 in durham for this gorgeous wedding. :) they’re a beautiful couple and we had a great time getting to know them and their family and friends. i’m so happy we were able to be a part of it!

so happy rosalyn chose wavelengths salon in durham to get her hair done! i love shooting there. great colors, great light, and a super accommodating staff. i told them that i’m slowly accumulating pictures of all of their staff members, hehe.

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wavelengths salon durham nc

she went veil-less and opted for the orchids in the hair! nice touch!

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she bought a washington state garter on etsy for patrick’s alma mater. :) cute!

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wine color bridesmaid dresses

the ceremony was held at st. philips in downtown durham, nc. very dark and lots of restrictions in terms of where i could stand, but a very beautiful old church and a great ceremony.

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st. philips church wedding durham

and now we’re on to american tobacco bay 7 for the wedding reception. such a neat place to shoot.

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american tobacco bay 7 wedding

american tobacco bay 7

are you ready for tons of reception pictures?! i loved this. not only is bay 7 neat looking by itself, but they had a lighting guy come in and string up some awesome white lanterns and market lights. it was adorable…so prepare for the excessive amount of reception pictures i’m blogging! aaaannddd GO!

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i was able to work with my friend brian mcguire of mcsound productions for this wedding reception. guy throws a great party!

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bay 7 wedding

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american tobacco bay 7 wedding reception

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goodnight, american tobacco! and congratulations, rosalyn and patrick! thank you for allowing me to be part of your beautiful wedding. :)

raleigh portrait photographer: derica+ian.


last month i held an end of summer contest to thank my blog and newsletter readers for referrals. the winner would receive a free session and 50 4×6 proofs. derica justice was the lucky winner! she wanted to use her session for new portraits of her and her hubby ian, who haven’t had pictures since their wedding a few years ago. i was super excited to work with derica as she is our fantastic invitation/program/thank you card designer for our wedding!! (pictures of our invitations and interview with derica coming soon).  we loved derica’s work and i thought it was cool that we got this chance to both sort of work with each other’s business. cool!

they wanted some fun and funky pictures downtown with their dog maggie, who was super adorable and well-behaved even though she is terrified to walk over grates, which i found adorable. :)

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they wanted their picture by the NC state logo which was sandwiched between duke and unc…and while duke got the cold shoulder, ian decided to take care of unc by positioning this hand over their logo. ;)

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successfully loitering!

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i had a super time out with this adorable couple and the pup! congratulations on the win, guys! and be looking out for derica’s upcoming invitation vendor interview soon!