Every time I take portraits of Josh and Joy I think to myself that “This is my new favorite session…” and then we meet again and that becomes my new favorite. First there was their engagement session in Bald Head Island, then there was Joy’s bridal portraits under the most glorious oak tree with Spanish […]

Somewhere over the course of a decade shaping wedding collections, I started adding complimentary engagement sessions across the board for every. single. client. Now, years later, this is still one of my very favorite parts of the photography experience! The value of getting to spend an hour or more with the future bride and groom […]

Before Jamie’s wedding earlier this year, we photographed her bridals in the heart of Airlie – acres of picturesque grounds that boast a century of gardens by the sea. Its far-reaching history played homage to beauty that only grows more profound and valuable with time, which made it the perfect setting as she prepared to […]

Lukas and Kalla came all the way from Canada for a babymoon here on the coast of North Carolina… and just in time to be welcomed by a forecast of tropical storms! 😅 We’d planned to meet days into their vacation, but as we both watched the looming weather predictions ahead, we decided just hours […]

When you say your vows on your wedding day, you don’t know what your life together will look like, as much as you may try to imagine or plan. You don’t know the curve balls that will be thrown, how the road ahead will twist and turn in the most unpredictable, beautiful and challenging – […]