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Today I’m sharing Becky and Ryan’s perfectly detailed and stylized Merry Hill farm wedding.

(By the way, I’ve been the absolute worst at blogging our amazing weddings this year, but I’m going to make up for it in the next few weeks. Rest assured all of these awesome couples got their photos ages ago, and I did manage to share some of my favorites on our Facebook page. I miss writing about our fantastic couples though, so I’m belatedly blogging weddings from earlier this year.)

Right off the bat how adorable are these two?

Stay tuned for more peacock feathers below (on peacocks!)

Merry Hill is a gorgeous venue in Mebane, NC – not too far from Raleigh and Chapel Hill. The farm house has an upstairs that’s perfect for bride prep and a “groom’s shack” for the fellas to get ready in.

Story time: Ryan got all his groomsmen bowties as a groomsmen gift, except Ryan was the only one there who knew how to tie a bowtie. Hilarity ensued. Tying bowties is complicated y’all.

I love matching or coordinating robe sets for bridesmaids! The pink peacock ones match Merry Hill perfectly.

Isn’t Becky a stunning bride? If you want to see more of this beauty, stay tuned for when I share her bridal portraits from our Raleigh session. In the meantime, check out their N.C. State engagement session photos!

I love when couples decide on a first look. It’s such a sweet moment, always full of emotion. I think Becky & Ryan’s personalities and love shone through during their first look on the balcony at Merry Hill.

Merry Hill is such an awesome venue, y’all. Among your wedding guests will be the resident cat (he’s very fluffy), wandering peacocks, and beautiful horses that will come up to the fence for some attention. The farmhouse makes for a gorgeous ceremony backdrop too. I love the porches and the columns.

His face when she walks down the aisle 🙂

For a summer North Carolina wedding, the weather could not have been more beautiful!

Becky & Ryan’s wedding favor for their guests were these awesome sunglasses with their names and wedding date printed on the arms. Not only did the glasses come in handy for guests during the ceremony, but it gave Becky & Ryan an extra level of awesome to work with in some quick portraits.

Time to talk about their amazing details. These two were planning their wedding while preparing for Ryan’s graduation from N.C. State and subsequent move to Florida for his first Air Force assignment. Needless to say they were pretty busy and didn’t have a lot of time to spending on DIY items themselves. Their family and friends came to the rescue in fantastic fashion though and one family friend in particular took on a huge amount of the wedding planning. I told her she needs to be a coordinator, because look at how precious all of these details are!

Changing into NC State red chucks for the reception! Dancing shoes!

Don’t think I forgot about the peacocks! They made an appearance at the reception, and even crashed the cornhole tournament.

Merry Hill has a great bonfire area, where Becky & Ryan had set up the ingredients for their guests to enjoy s’mores! We also used the bonfire for some pretty sunset portraits of the newlyweds:

The last dance and a sparkler exit! LOVE LOVE LOVE

Thank you for having us you two! John and I had a blast at your wedding. We are grateful that we got to be your photographers.

We believe that love is bright and colorful and your wedding photographs should be bright and colorful too.

Kivus & Camera are Raleigh Wedding photographers who create bold, colorful, magical memories of your wedding day with beautiful, artistic portraits AND enthusiastic, genuine moments. Your unique love story deserves to be told through unforgettable, breath-taking photographs that stand out from the crowd. Kivus & Camera love creating that magic. After all, as past bride Courtney says, we’re photography sorcerers.

Also, while we call ourselves Raleigh wedding photographers, we definitely photograph Durham weddings, Chapel Hill weddings, Cary weddings, etc. We’re all over the Triangle area, and we’re happy to head to the beach or mountains and even to places outside of North Carolina! Just let us know where your love story is headed. 

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