Jamie+Jon // Raleigh Anniversary Session

Happy birthday, Jon! This session was Jon’s birthday present from Jamie, and we hope we delivered. :) Jon is super into photos, and he found us a couple years ago when looking for a wedding photographer, but unfortunately we were already booked for their date. So they hung around and continued to follow us and we were super happy when they returned to us this year for his bday photos! They looove pictures and we love pictures and we also love people who love taking pictures. They also love and are very discerning about ice cream, which is important. We, too, consider ourselves ice cream connoisseurs, so we were thrilled when they introduced us to Treat in downtown Raleigh (in City Market facing S. Blount) and even more thrilled when they had chocolate peanut butter ice cream (because yessss). We had a super seriously fun (and tasty) time photographing these guys and wish them both a wonderful, slightly early happy 2nd wedding anniversary!

Anne+Brian // Wedding in Raleigh, NC.

Anne and Brian!! It feels like we’ve known them forever, but that’s probably because when we’re not talking about weddings we’re messaging each other about Game of Thrones or Neku Atsume. These guys are possibly the nicest people on Planet Earth. We met Anne when she was a bridesmaid in Susan+Michael’s wedding. And I’m pretty sure Brian was there too, but we didn’t meet him then. But we LOVED Anne for her super kindness and gentle and wonderful demeanor, and we were SO excited when she emailed us about her wedding. And then we met Brian, who is ALSO some sort of kindness superhero and our hearts exploded. Anne sent us a Jon Snow Christmas card last year which we subsequently framed because yes, and Brian surprised us with dessert when we were at Sitti with other clients for dinner because there literally aren’t nicer people in this world. And because they are so nice, the rain gods decided to smile on them this day which was supposed to be entirely rained out, but only ended up sprinkling a bit at the reception (yay!). So we ended up with a beautiful ceremony at All Saints Chapel and then a tasty, tasty reception at Sitti. Because if you can’t tell, Anne and Brian have really good taste as evident by 1.) marrying each other, 2.) collecting cats via a cell phone app, 3.) providing us with a ton of garlic whip at their Sitti reception, and 4.) thinking that Jon Snow is way too good for Daenerys (there, I said it). Also, 99% of their wedding reception playlist was Prince, sooooo.

  • Date: June 5, 2016
  • Ceremony Venue: All Saints Chapel // Raleigh, NC
  • Reception Venue: Sitti // Raleigh, NC
  • First Dance Song: “I Only Have Eyes For You” – The Flamingos
  • Anne’s Occupation: English Professor
  • Brian’s Occupation: Service Industry
  • How You Met: Through a mutual friend at The Pit (and with a little help from Leonard Cohen!)
  • Interesting Fact: Anne and Brian love to travel; she’s been to Paris 6 times and he’s been to 21 countries!
  • Honeymoon: Negril, Jamaica
  • Vendor Credits: Officiant – Julie Mayberry, Friend Extraordinaire. DJ – Chico Scott. Florist – Fallon’s. Cake – Will Fredes of Decadent Desserts. Caterer – Sitti. Hair+Makeup – Makeup For Your Day. Videographer – Chase Colburn. Coordinator – Julie Mayberry.