Nicole+Blake’s Reception

We took Nicole+Blake’s wedding portraits (including their first look) at Lake Johnson shortly after they were married. This weekend we were fortunate enough to reunite with them again to photograph their wedding reception in Fayetteville. Here are a few of our favorite black and whites from the evening (usually we don’t do all black and white posts, but why not, right?)! A huge congratulations to Nicole and Blake, and a big thank you to their amazingly kind family for being such gracious hosts!wedding reception in fayetteville (1) wedding reception in fayetteville (2) wedding reception in fayetteville (3) wedding reception in fayetteville (4) wedding reception in fayetteville (5) wedding reception in fayetteville (6)

 

We just met Cat and Mitchell in December (our first ever client meeting in a Waffle House) and we decided we liked them even before we met them simply for the fact that they wanted to meet in a Waffle House. They were a little nervous at first, but the truth came out later that they’re diehard Philly Flyers fans and were concerned about us being from Pittsburgh and possibly having an allegiance to the Penguins… not realizing, of course, that we’re completely indifferent to any and all kinds of hockey (sorry, southwestern Pennsylvania).

A wedding for this year at Starlight Meadow (an amazing venue) in Burlington was booked. An engagement session was then also booked. Tacos were eaten pre-session because tacos make everyone that much more relaxed in pictures. Pictures were then taken outside in Greensboro in 30-some degree temperatures which seems all well and good, but I’m pretty sure it was substantially colder than that given the wind… and none of us could feel our hands, or legs, or feet (3 out of 4 of us were wearing Converse Chucks which, although cool, don’t really provide any sort of adequate protection from, well, anything). We also shot some inside Longshanks, a pool hall where they had their first date and where resides the most amazing fake fireplace. We are looking forward to photographing their wedding this year because they promised us a bouncy castle.

The ever-popular companion piece to the “CSP Class of” post is here: the pictures of us embarrassing ourselves! See pictures we’ve taken of each other after working a 10+ hour day in 95 degree heat. See pictures of me doing yoga stretches during the reception, or more pictures of Geoff eating cake. See pictures of me happily petting lots of animals or wrangling lots of family members or Geoff making weird faces and holding bouquets. And for those of you who tuned in last year, you’ll find I still can’t make a decision about the length of my hair.