2024 Year in Review

Since we’re a third of the way into the third month of the year, let’s take a look back at 2024. All the Kivus & Camera followers voted on the best of over on instagram, but let’s go ahead and do a proper blog post with all of my favorites from the weddings, engagements, and more that I photographed last year. Let’s get right into it.

bride holds back tears during mountain wedding ceremony

couple shares first kiss at their NCMA wedding

group photo of everyone left on the dance floor at the end of a 40th birthday party.

groom dips and kisses bride during sparkler exit

bride and groom's first dance at the Cotton Room in Durham, NC

woman in a wedding dress is lifted in the air

bride sips on a mimosa as her hair and makeup are being done

wedding guest gets low on the dance floor at the reception

bride and groom share their first kiss - their guests applaud in the background

guests cheering on the flower girl at wedding reception

bride holds a lightsaber at her wedding reception

bride. and groom laugh in middle of dance floor

couple embraces at Pullen Park engagement session

groom holding a lightsaber at his nerdy wedding

photo of a man and woman's hands held together, detailing their watches and the woman's engagement and wedding rings

bride and groom dancing at a wedding in Durham, NC

couple runs hand in hand through coker arboretum with their dog

bride and groom stand back to back. bride is laughing at something the groom is reading from a vow book.

man and woman sitting on a couch laugh as they try to pose for a portrait with two cats and two dogs who are not behaving

groom in a Marine uniform smiles as bride is escorted toward him by her father

photographer Elyssa Kivus poses with a mitzvah client

Thanks to all the wonderful people who trusted me to document their wedding, engagement, graduation, etc. in 2024! Especially the amazing young man I’m with in that last photo who specifically requested a photo with me be in his mitzvah gallery

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