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A & B’s Wakefield Barn May Wedding The first Saturday in May is always a great day: it’s Derby Day & it’s a popular wedding date (that’s when John & I got married). May 1 of 2021 was no exception: we had a wonderful spring wedding at Wakefield Barn and that’s featured here. As always, […]

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Wakefield Barn Wedding

May 6, 2021

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Elyse & Brian’s Durham Elopement The tiny wedding trend of 2020 (brought about by COVID of course) has continued into 2021. Our latest wedding was a small and sweet Durham elopement for Elyse & Brian. They were married by Magical Weddings by Carly in the backyard of a big Durham farmhouse, with just half a […]

Durham Elopement and mini wedding

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Durham Elopement

February 2, 2021

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Victoria’s Raleigh bridal portraits I promised these when I shared Victoria & Bryant’s wedding last month, and here they finally are! The stunning Victoria’s Raleigh bridal portraits. This was my first time shooting anything at the Hall & Gardens at Landmark and I was devastated to see that they’ve closed in the few months since […]

Raleigh bridal portraits at the Hall and Gardens at Landmark

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Raleigh Bridal Portraits – Victoria

January 19, 2021

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J & K’s rainy elopement in Durham Everyone knows rain on your wedding day is good luck, but do you know why? I got to share the reason at this rainy elopement in Durham this past weekend. The reason is that you’re tying the knot, and, as any good sailor knows, a wet knot is […]

Rainy elopement in Durham, NC

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Rainy Elopement in Durham

January 11, 2021

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M & H’s NCMA Elopement in December I can’t share that much about this private NCMA elopement from just before Christmas, but I did get approval from M & H to share a few of my favorites from their ceremony and wedding portraits. I can also share the fact that the ever wonderful Magical Weddings […]

NCMA Elopement at Askew

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NCMA Elopement in Raleigh, NC

January 5, 2021

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Surprise snow for Victoria & Bryant’s Christmas Wedding! I think Victoria & Bryant somehow knew we’d all need a little bit of Christmas wedding magic this year. And they delivered Santa & snow. So yeah, Christmas wedding dreams come true. They’ve been planning their Cotton Room wedding for a while and while Covid has derailed […]

Dramatic and colorful wedding photography in Raleigh, NC

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Christmas Wedding in Durham, NC

December 21, 2020

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Liesl & Caitlin’s NC Mountain Elopement Give me all the mountain elopement fun please! This weekend we met Liesl & Caitlin in Banner Elk for some amazing wedding portraits. They actually had their official magistrate wedding earlier in the fall, but Saturday was the day for official wedding portraits. And mother nature did not let […]

Two brides at their NC Mountain elopement

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NC Mountain Elopement

December 14, 2020

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Josh & Lisa’s backyard winter wedding What’s intimate and maybe a little bit cold but full of love? A winter wedding in a backyard!! Remember these two from their engagement session with the adorable Josie last year? They tied the knot this weekend for wedding celebrations part 1. They’re still planning on having a big […]

bride and groom have their first dance in front of an outdoor fireplace at a backyard winter wedding

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Winter Wedding in the time of Covid

December 7, 2020

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Eric & Angela’s covid wedding at the Old Murphey School My last wedding of a three wedding weekend was a short and sweet couple hours at the Old Murphey School in Durham. Though 10/10/2020 (the most popular wedding date ever) ended up a grey and rainy day in NC, Eric & Angela had a lovely […]

Covid wedding at the Old Murphey School

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Old Murphey School Covid Wedding

October 13, 2020

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Katie & Paxton’s Belt Line Station Wedding Friday’s Belt Line Station wedding was one of the first days I was able to more or less forget that a pandemic is going on. Katie & Paxton, like just about every other 2020 couple, had to adjust their wedding plans because of Covid, but their day still […]

Belt Line Station wedding in Durham, NC

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Belt Line Station Wedding

October 12, 2020