June 7, 2011

Raleigh Event Photographer: Downtown Raleigh Alliance Ladies Luncheon 2011

Photographed the ladies luncheon for the Downtown Raleigh Alliance at Marbles last week! It was a pleasure, as always, to be among the immense talent of women in downtown Raleigh. This year’s theme was Women in Downtown Raleigh: Inspirations in Music and the Arts, and here are a few select photos of the day.

Moderator: Angela Hampton, Anchor for ABC11, WTVD Raleigh

Panelists:

– Sue McKeon – VP/Marketing and Audience Development, NC Symphony

– Lisa Grele Barrie – President and CEO, NC Theatre

– Sarah Powers – Executive Director, Visual Art Exchange

Performers:

– Leigh Stringfellow, Harpist

– Sandra Dubose-Gibson, 2011 Mrs. Black North Carolina, Dubose Entertainment

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June 3, 2011

Raleigh Engagement Photographer: Melanie+Eric

Yaaay, Melanie and Eric! :) These two braved the upper ninety degree heat for this session, and they were coming from Boston. :P They had lived in North Carolina previously, but moved to Boston a few years ago where Melanie works at a Community Health Center and Eric teaches preschool. We’ve been communicating about their wedding back and forth via e-mail for a long time, and this was my first time meeting them in person. They are so adorable and sweet! And I’m pretty sure Melanie and I could’ve exchanged wardrobes both because I like her style and because she’s the same size as me. ;) Geoff and I had a great time with these two lovebirds and look forward to their wedding in July at the Snipes Farm Retreat in Chapel Hill! Until then, be cool my babies.

Hellooo, JC Raulston Arboretum and your giant cacti collection!

JC Raulston Arboretum engagement session

This reminds me of fall. :) You know, that time of year when it’s not 95 degrees with 75% humidity. Remember that time?

Isn’t she the sweetest? :)

This is not selective color, I promise you. This is actually the natural selective color of the plant world, photographers! Who knew? Is it shunned by the rest of the plant community? Probably. But it’s a neat plant!

I love this session! It’s happy and summery and just very chill and relaxed. :) Hope you love them, Melanie and Eric! We can’t wait to see you again in July. :)

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June 1, 2011

Raleigh Engagement Photographer: Brittany+Garrett

Brittany and Garrett are a great couple! We had a lot of fun on their shoot this past Sunday. :) I first met them at Mary Ann and Daniell’s wedding where Brittany was a bridesmaid! So I knew we’d have a lot of fun. When Brittany and I spoke about where they’d like to do their shoot, they wanted to have some in a bookstore or a library as her and Garrett both write and are very into books (i love that people still read… and actual bound books!). Brittany went to school for creative writing and wants to be an author, while Garrett writes for recreation. But we were doing this shoot on Sunday evening, so I had to think about a place that would be open on both Sunday evening and on Memorial Day weekend and… of course… it was Reader’s Corner on Hillsborough! :)

They were only open for a half hour, so we took few pictures inside, and did the bulk of our shoot outside. For those who don’t know, Reader’s Corner is that store that has books outside all night. They are only a few cents, and you pay for them via a little slot in the door with all proceeds going to NPR. It’s really pretty rad. We took some pictures. Brittany and Garrett bought some more books. It was all good. :D

We then moved on to a pretty park behind their house that they walk to quite often. It was a gorgeous summer evening, but hot! But they were great sports and put up with the heat, mosquitoes, and our ideas. ;) And Brittany has the most gorgeous blue eyes!

The light was greaaat. Thanks, end of spring!

Yay!! We love this session and it already makes me go, “Ahhhh, summer” even though it’s still spring and I’m sure I wouldn’t say that if I weren’t inside the air conditioned comfort of my house. ;) Thank you, Brittany and Garrett! We had a wonderful time working with you and wish you the very very best on your wedding and married life!

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