Shawna + Erik | downtown Raleigh engagement session

Shawna and Erik met up with me in Raleigh’s city market for an engagement session on Sunday that included their sweet dog Gertrude who is such mellow girl. She was happy to be included in the photo session and did lots of sitting in exchange for dog biscuits. Shawna and Erik are getting married next month in Raleigh–looking forward to it, you guys!

Shawna has a really great smile.

Hilary + Mark’s downtown Raleigh wedding

ceremony: First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh
reception: Burning Coal Theatre Company
catering: Catering Works
cake: Catering Works
flowers: Catering Works
transportation: Raleigh Rickshaw Co.

I loved the team effort here, getting Hilary into her dress.A very cool mode of transportation! Raleigh Rickshaw Co., hooked me up with my own ride so that I could shoot along the route.

Hilary and Mark, you could easily be the two nicest people on the planet. I loved getting to know you and your family and friends. Thank you so much for including me in your amazing, beautiful day!

Duke Gardens Bridal Session | Hilary

Hilary and Mark are married! Their wedding took place yesterday in downtown Raleigh. While I’m putting together a wedding post for you, here is Hilary in all of her gorgeousness at her bridal session last month in Duke Gardens. You absolutely cannot tell from these photos, but it was a super-hot day! I was sweating buckets, but it didn’t phase Hilary:

Jenny + Jeff’s Kill Devil Hills, NC Wedding

Jenny and Jeff, along with their closest family and friends, traveled from Ohio for Tuesday’s wedding in the Outer Banks. The ceremony took place in the sand outside The Pearl, an ever-so-yummy Kill Devil Hills restaurant on the shore.

Raleigh wedding planner, Erin McLean, helped pull together the lovely details.

Jenny, thank you for being an amazing, bubbly, easy-going, joyful bride. I’m so happy that you and Jeff chose to get married in North Carolina and am so grateful to have been there to document your day.

Jenny’s ‘ohmygoodness, I hope it fits’ moment.

Beautiful.

One of Jenny and Jeff’s five too-cute flower girls


Angela + Jeff’s Hudson Manor Wedding

Angela and Jeff were married on Saturday at The United Methodist Church in Louisburg, and their reception was held at The Hudson Manor. It was a great way to kick off Memorial Day weekend!

The room where the girls got ready at The Hudson Manor was so pretty–and it was the perfect room to show off Angela’s gorgeous dress.


I love that Angela and Jeff chose to see each other before the ceremony, and that her girls were there to help her with that amazing dress.

Angela and Jeff, I’m so happy that I was there with you to document your beautiful day!