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Colleen & Joe’s Grove at City Market Wedding Here’s the second of the two weddings I had at The Grove at City Market this spring! These two couples also both had cocktail bar engagement photos! Here’s Colleen & Joe’s. Colleen is one of the first people to trust me with photographing her! We met in […]

wedding photos at The Grove at City Market | photo by Kivus & Camera

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The Grove at City Market | Colleen & Joe

July 15, 2023

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Whitaker & Atlantic: Nancy & Craig’s wedding reception Whitaker & Atlantic is an event space at Dock 1053 in Raleigh, NC. It’s a great, large space for couples interested in an eclectic and modern wedding venue. Since it’s an old loading dock, the vibe is industrial and warehouse-y, with the main room being open and […]

silhouette Wedding portrait at Hummingbird Raleigh | photo by Kivus & Camera

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Whitaker & Atlantic – Raleigh Wedding Venue

June 25, 2023

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Gina & Derek’s wedding day in downtown Raleigh Do you remember these rockstars from their engagement session? Well, they got married last month at The Grove at City Market, and I’ve got some awesome photos to prove it. But first, a little about the newlyweds. Gina and Derek met in college in New York and […]

creative wedding portrait by Kivus & Camera - silhouette of a bride and groom

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The Grove at City Market | Gina & Derek

June 14, 2023

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Amanda & Danny’s relaxed courthouse wedding I love a calm and cheerful courthouse wedding on a Friday afternoon! Amanda & Danny’s nuptials did not disappoint. With courthouse wedding ceremonies, I usually only hear from the couple with a couple weeks notice and this was no exception. But the great part about it was that I […]

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Relaxed courthouse wedding photos | Amanda & Danny

March 27, 2023

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Erin & Geoff’s emotional wedding photos When you hear emotional wedding photos, you might picture tears, and Erin & Geoff’s wedding certainly had beautiful photos with tears of joy, but tears aren’t the only way we express emotion. We laugh, we hug, we gently touch a hand, we react with surprise, we love with our […]

Emotional wedding photos from the Cotton Room in Durham, NC | photos by Kivus & Camera

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Emotional Wedding Photos at the Cotton Room

February 13, 2023

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Durham, NC Indian Wedding at the Cookery Part two of Sarah & Anirudh’s wedding was an NC Indian wedding ceremony at the Cookery in Durham. You might remember these two gorgeous souls from their intimate wedding last year. This year, they finally got to celebrate with the rest of their guest list and have the […]

Bride and groom at an NC Indian wedding in Durham, North Carolina

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Durham, NC Indian Wedding

December 10, 2022

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Award Winning Raleigh Wedding Photographer Y’all. I’m going to type that again, and not just because SEO, but because I’m still trying to believe it: I’m an award winning Raleigh wedding photographer, and this post is about three big news items! Rangefinder Magazine announced their prestigious 30 Rising Stars in Wedding Photography for 2022 on […]

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Award Winning Raleigh Wedding Photographer

December 9, 2022

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The most Elon wedding ever What is an Elon wedding you ask? Well, it’s a wedding where two Elon grads get married and invite half the people they graduated with. Ashlee & Rob met in college and their time at Elon University was significant enough that we did their engagement session on campus earlier this […]

Elon wedding - these elon grads got married at Melrose knitting mill in downtown Raleigh | photos by Kivus & Camera

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Elon Wedding at Melrose Knitting Mill

November 2, 2022

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October wedding at Melrose, a historic Raleigh venue What do you get when you add the first glances of fall with a historic Raleigh venue? A stunning October wedding like Amanda & Chris had! You may remember these two from their awesome skating rink engagement photos, but they met while they were both working for […]

Golden Hour wedding portrait at Historic Raleigh venue | photos by Kivus & Camera

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October Wedding at Historic Raleigh Venue

October 4, 2022

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Cadillac Service Garage – Greensboro, NC Ryan & Guillermo’s wedding at Cadillac Service Garage in Greensboro was so much fun and completely full of love. It also featured the most walking (aside from elopements in parks) we’ve seen at a wedding in quite a while. And you know we’re always shooting through transitional moments, so […]

couple in wedding attire walks hand in hand through downtown Greensboro, NC

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Cadillac Service Garage

September 29, 2022