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Leslie & Sean’s engagement photos: house divided Earlier this year, I, Elyssa, your favorite diehard Tar Heel, ventured into enemy territory to photograph Leslie & Sean’s Duke campus engagement session. Leslie is a Carolina grad like me, and thus far has been unable to convince her fiancé to forsake his Duke allegiances. Sean is clearly […]

UNC v. Duke engagement photos on Duke Campus | photos by Kivus & Camera

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Duke Campus Engagement Photos

April 13, 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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Creative engagement photos for Hannah & Will at NCMA When you’ve got a couple who loves art so much they’re getting married at an art museum, you’ve got to give them creative engagement photos. And so, I present to you Hannah & Will. When these two first reached out, they explained that they want their […]

your engagement photos should be something that suits you as a couple - do them at a museum if that's your thing! | photos by Kivus & Camera

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Creative Engagement Photos at the North Carolina Art Museum | Hannah & Will

March 2, 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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Corinne & Ian’s anniversary photos at Joyner Park Do you remember Corinne & Ian from their Cotton Room wedding last year? We got to hang out with them at Joyner Park a few weeks ago for an anniversary session AND we got to meet their sweet pup! Some favorites from our session: Maybe the best […]

Joyner Park Couples Photos | photos by Kivus & Camera

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Joyner Park Couples Session

October 18, 2022

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Gina & Derek’s engagement session: Aunt Bettys and Downtown Raleigh This summer, the Kivii spent a lot of time in downtown Raleigh (helps that we live here haha) and Aunt Bettys was one of the new bars we got to visit. When Gina & Derek suggested doing some of their engagement photos at the speakeasy […]

Aunt Bettys Speakeasy gin bar in downtown Raleigh was the perfect location for this engagement session | photos by Kivus & Camera

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Aunt Bettys + Downtown Raleigh Engagement Photos

October 11, 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