I first met Andrea when working with Big Dog Little Bed earlier this year and we clicked right away (of course, because Janice only works with the best people!). So I was very excited when Andrea asked me to come over to her and her husband Patrick’s incredible home to photograph them doing what they do best: cooking, playing piano, reading, and living in this beautiful space. But, most importantly, I was also there to document their time with their new adopted rescue dog, Daphne. :D Daphne and I also became fast friends – she is a friendly, spunky, food-motivated little lady who enjoys watching Patrick cook (because then she gets little treats), snuggling up with Andrea on the couch, and playing fetch in the yard. She follows them triumphantly around and seems to consider this her house that Andrea and Patrick are just crashing, and isn’t that really always the case? :) Big thanks to Andrea and Patrick for asking me to come out and document this new time in their lives with their first pet in their amazing new Durham home!

Geoff and I photographed Erin and Jessica’s wedding 10 years ago in 2015, which is so hard to believe! They’ve since had an AMAZING daughter, and this year I was tasked with photographing some multigenerational photos with Erin, Jessica, their daughter, and Jessica’s mom Elizabeth. We had an incredible time at Blackwood Farm Park in Chapel Hill. We took portraits, a picnic was packed, freeze dried mangos were turned into mustaches, and races were won and lost on a hill with a lone tree. Erin and Jessica have been in my CSP life for so long and I was feeling all the feels working with them again and interacting with their intelligent, hilarious, and kind-hearted daughter. She kept everyone laughing and on their toes. We exchanged photos of our cats. Love all these women and the joy they all brought to this photo session.

THIS CHILD. I have photographed Sara and Jackson several times but this is my second time photographing them with their son. He cracked me up the first time with his boy band looks and his tiny white tux, and quickly established himself into the CSP Photo Hall of Fame with his “Hey ya’ll” car from which I can only assume he’s picking up girls for the prom. Anyway – his hair is shorter now and he’s about a foot taller somehow and he was not in a tux this time, but the enormous smile and infectious enthusiasm for both life and stuffed animals remains! Not only that, but he’s an advanced birder as well, telling me that cardinals come to their bird feeders and incorrectly but enthusiastically misidentifying a crow as a vulture. I love it. Mad respect. Now he enjoys celebrating alongside his parents, so while they sipped on champagne to celebrate their 10 year houseiversary, he sipped on sparkling apple juice, quickly decided he hated it, and we had to switch to flat apple juice instead. There is zero alcohol in his glass despite him looking like he’s on that level of enjoyment. He is top notch in the entertainment department and I adore him and his parents.