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Lauryn & Elliott’s engagement session at the North Carolina Museum of Art The park at the North Carolina Museum of Art, or NCMA, is the perfect backdrop for a couple who wants a little nature and a little architecture in their engagement photos. The grounds are essentially sprawling meadows with trails passing through and sculptures […]

North Carolina Museum of Art park is perfect for engagement photos

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North Carolina Museum of Art Engagement Photos

April 21, 2021

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Taylor & Laura’s Chapel Hill Engagement Photos Laura & Taylor are the sweetest humans y’all! They brought so much happy energy to their Chapel Hill engagement session and I couldn’t have picked a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon. It doesn’t hurt that Chapel Hill is my happy place (even though every time I […]

Coker arboretum is a beautiful location for Chapel Hill engagement photos

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Chapel Hill Engagement Photos

October 7, 2020

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Katie & Paxton: Woodlake + Belt Line Station Engagement Photos These two get married at Belt Line Station in less than a month!!! We joked about being on Plan Q or so. This was my first time getting to meet them in person, because Covid kept us from an initial meeting over drinks, but they […]

Creative Portrait at a Belt Line Station Engagement session in Durham, NC

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Woodlake + Belt Line Station Engagement Photos

September 16, 2020

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Megan & Taylor’s Durham Brewery Engagement photos What do you do when you start your engagement photos at a brewery outside but rain is threatening? You move to *another* brewery that has better cover. And thus, a Durham brewery engagement tour was born. We’d always planned to start Megan & Taylor’s engagement session at Ponysaurus, […]

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Durham Brewery Engagement Photos

July 19, 2020

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Sarah & Abe’s Nerdy Engagement Photos at the Eno River Q: What kind of engagement photos should nerds aim for? A: Nerdy engagement photos! So that’s what we did for that couple you see above playing Nintendo Switch! Granted, Sarah & Abe are also nature lovers, so you’ll see plenty of that too because West […]

Engaged couple plays Nintendo Switch during their nerdy engagement photos

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Nerdy Engagement Photos at the Eno River

July 12, 2020

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Rebecca & Ashley’s Disney World Engagement Photos You guys from now on, I’m only shooting Disney World engagement photos. It’s combining my favorite things. Okay, I’m not actually limiting myself to that, especially because we live in North Carolina, but I *am* at Disney World a lot, so hit me up!  My sister Rebecca, & […]

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Disney World Engagement Photos

February 9, 2020

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Josh & Lisa’s Raleigh Engagement Session The smiling lady you see up there was a bridesmaid in Claire & Greg’s wedding last fall. In 2020 we get to hang out with her and Josh again for their own wedding! I love when members of previous wedding parties reach out to us about their own nuptials. […]

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Raleigh Engagement Photos – Lisa & Josh

December 11, 2019

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Allegra & Joe’s Raleigh Engagement Session Continuing our tradition of photographing UNC Law grads, I hung out with Joe & Allegra for Raleigh engagement photos on Sunday. We started at their house, which is GORGEOUS, so we could get puppy photos! (Yes, their dog is a full grown adult dog, but still PUPPY!) While in […]

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Raleigh Engagement Photos

November 12, 2019

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Chris & Allison’s Colorful Raleigh Engagement Session I had the best time hanging out with these two Thursday for their engagement photos. We started at their apartment (less than a mile walk from our place! I love living downtown), and then hit up an awesome John Prine mural, Moore Square Park, and Boxcar before ending […]

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Colorful Raleigh Engagement Session

October 19, 2019

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Julia & Kurt get their License to Wed On Thursday, I joined Julia & Kurt as they went to pick up their license to wed for their ceremony this Saturday. It was such a fun use of a portrait session. I want all of our couples to keep in mind that one size does not […]

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License to Wed

October 8, 2019