November 3, 2025

Durham Newlywed Portraits

Ahhh, it’s been 6 years since I last shot a wedding, so it was a fabulous walk down memory lane to photograph people in wedding outfits again, freshly post-courthouse, with a dog and bouquet in tow. :) I had the BEST time with Adair and Andrew, who are two Durham-loving peas in a pod. They were married at the county courthouse that morning, and we met in the evening to photograph them walking around the city where they met and now call home. Nola, their sweet, and calm doggo, joined us. She was accompanied and handled by Katie, a beloved mutual friend of both mine and Adair, when she wasn’t looking extremely adorable while posing for little treats in the photos. We had a lot of fun talking snacks, scary movies, and their upcoming family wedding in Florida. They handled my incessant getting-to-know-you questions and my posing of them in bright, hot sunlight like champs, and I’m so glad that I got to meet them and document the first few hours of their newlywed life together. A huge congratulations to Adair and Andrew!

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October 29, 2025

Andrea + Patrick // Durham, NC Couple Portraits

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!

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January 24, 2025

Zan + Michael // Raleigh Fashion Photo Shoot

We photographed Zan and Michael’s wedding ten years ago (!!) when we became fast friends and have loved them ever since! I work together with Zan a lot for shoots at Gilded Bridal, so it was so much fun to finally get them in front of the lens for this super fun fashion shoot with them and Michael! They wanted something dark and voguey, so we set up shop with one of Gilded’s backdrops inside of the store and went to work. As usual, we listened to a lot of U2 (we are all U2 dorks) and had an amazing time! I am obsessed with the beautiful emerald dress that Zan had custom designed and created for them, as well as Michael’s amazing dark green floral blazer. And I don’t work with backdrops all that much, but I actually have a great time being forced to create inside the confines of one. You can focus on the posing and the mood of your subjects without the distraction of the background or lighting (and we all know I’m very easily distracted by those things). I had a wonderful time celebrating my friends and their love for each other through ten years of marriage and over twenty years together. Hair & Makeup by Wedded Kiss!

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Category: Couples