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Sarah & Carter’s Carolina Inn Wedding

admin — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:24:52 +0000

For those of you planning a spring wedding, here is a beautiful Chapel Hill wedding to enjoy! Thanks to these wonderful vendors who helped make this a perfect wedding:

Coordinator-A Southern Soiree

Venue- Carolina Inn

Cake- Cinda Creative Cakes

Florist- English Garden

DJ- Randy with Joe Bunn DJ Company

Officiant – Barbara Lodge

Hair/Makeup – Makeupforyourday –Jennifer House

Ceremony Music – Arioso Strings

Videographer – Inkspot Crow

Lighting – Showtime Events

Calligrpahy – Calligraphy by Carrie

Kristin & Kyle -Chapel Hill, NC Wedding

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:43:44 +0000

I’m excited to share this fun slideshow we created for this sweet couple!

Kristin.

Washington Duke Inn Wedding

admin — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:44:01 +0000

Enjoy a few favorites from last night’s gorgeous wedding at The Washington Duke Inn. Over the years, I have seen their staff continually delight wedding couples and their guests. These colorful flowers are from Ninth Street Flowers. Steve Stowe of the always fabulous Joe Bunn DJ Company kept the dance floor packed with everyone of every age until midnight!

Sneak Peek from Figure Eight Island Wedding

admin — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:31:15 +0000

Here are a few from Katherine & Jonathan’s wedding yesterday on the beautiful Figure Eight Island! Katherine’s first of 3 dresses was her Mom’s own wedding dress (more, including the other dresses, later!)

This was the perfect location…

We even had fabulous weather, so the happy couple enjoyed some moments on the beach at sunset…

We love beach weddings!

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:04:13 +0000

This time of year, I’m reminded why I love photographing weddings on the coast. Here are a few from a favorite beach wedding!

A Holiday Wedding

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:09:43 +0000

Here is a winter wedding we had the honor of photographing the week before Christmas last year. Wait until you see these details at The Highgrove Estate. Seriously. A huge thank you goes out to the fabulous Jameka Autry for shooting this wedding with me! Fresh Affairs created stunning bouquets for the wedding while Joe Bunn DJ Company kept everyone on the dance floor!

Chapel Hill, NC Wedding

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:14:34 +0000

Anna Katherine & Matt’s wedding was in the heart of lovely Chapel Hill, NC. Here are a few favorites from the ceremony at University Presbyterian Church on Franklin Street.

After the announcement of the new Mr. & Mrs. we headed across the UNC campus to a beautiful reception at The Carolina Inn. As Anna Katherine & Matt crossed Franklin Street…

…Matt took the perfect opportunity to carry his bride so she didn’t have to walk through dirt in her fabulous wedding gown and heels!

Off to the reception (and many more photographs to follow)!

Tornadoes? Thunderstorms? No problem!

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:28:16 +0000

On this day full of thunderstorms and tornado warnings, our studio is hosting bridal portraits in a controlled environment away from the worries of the outdoors. Of course, we can always do on-location shoots and we love those, too. But, on days like this, we are thankful to have a studio for you!

Rand-Bryan House Wedding

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:02:47 +0000

Here are just a few from this weekend’s beautiful wedding at the Rand-Bryan House. The fabulous Erin McLean Events planned all the details (more coming soon) and designed the perfect setting for the happy couple!

On the Today Show

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:47:51 +0000

You’ve probably read or heard about Rachelle Friedman and Chris Chapman’s touching wedding story in the news and online. What an incredible honor it was to be their photographer and donate my services to such an inspiring couple so they can have photographs of a wedding they’ve waited so long to have. More details to come, but for now please see their story on the Today Show, in which my photographs are featured…

The Today Show feature