The lovely Ms. Lori and I did her bridal portraits a few months back! Since she was married last weekend I can now post a few of my favorites… :) Look for her wedding soon!
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It’d be much more accurate if I titled this post Raleigh Engagement Photographer: Taylor+Chris+Wynnie… mostly because it really is an engagement between the three of them. :) Taylor being a fabulous girl who works in a psychiatric office and used to be my sister-in-law’s roommate. Chris being a wonderful boy who does web-related work for the American Kennel Club. Wynnie being the sweetest (and softest) Golden Retriever on the face of the planet who has a general distrust of water fountains and whose hair gets a pristine 80s crimp when it gets wet. Taylor and Chris’s love for Wynnie is very evident. So when they became engaged, it was obvious we were to include Wynnie in the pictures.
Most of the time when dogs are included in engagement pictures, they are in about 10-30% of the shots, depending. This is usually due to the fact that it takes a much longer time to pose people with their dogs and get the dogs settled down and looking in the proper direction. Wynnie is in about 95% of their pictures. A lot of this has to do with the fact that she was just one dog as opposed to two or three, but most of it has to do with the fact that Wynnie is just so ridiculously sweet. She never barked, they never yelled at her, and she did whatever we wanted. Just a totally chill dog. A lot of this has to do with the fact that you could tell the three of them are just happy as can be. :) Wynnie is thrilled that her parents are tying the knot… and while this post is mainly to celebrate the engagement of Taylor+Chris, it’s also about the adoption of Wynnie. :)
Photos taken at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) where Taylor used to go a lot as a child.
We’re photographing Taylor and Chris’s wedding on October 23rd – our one year wedding anniversary. :) What a great way to celebrate it!
This was my very first couple’s boudoir session. A few select anonymous pictures are posted below with permission of the couple. I chose to keep their faces out to respect their privacy. However, if you’re looking for a larger selection in preparation for possible doing your own boudoir shoot, please contact me and I’d be happy to arrange that.
Boudoir photography sessions can range from very mild and sweet to borderline scandalous, depending on which direction the couple or person is going. This might seem like it would be totally awkward for the couple/person and/or the photographer, but it’s really not… and we spent most of the time laughing hysterically.
Some people ask why women (or couples) would do a boudoir shoot. There are a couple different circumstances (e.g. as a gift for a military partner who is going overseas, as a gift for a partner for Valentine’s Day or a wedding present), but perhaps the biggest reason to do a boudoir shoot, in my opinion, is this:
You will quite possibly never look this good in your underwear again, so you might as well have someone document it.
