As a Durham newborn photographer, I haven’t had the pleasure of getting to photograph a session like this before: three brothers!

Sam and Savannah decided to plan their anniversary photo session at the Raleigh Rose Garden, near downtown Raleigh, NC. Their session had to be postponed because of COVID, but despite that, they enjoyed a beautiful evening together with their dogs present!

If you are planning a wedding, you may have noticed pictures of illustrated wedding maps floating around Pinterest. There is no doubt that these maps are an intricate and beautiful paper detail, but how exactly can you use them for your wedding? Read below for four ways you can use a custom wedding map for […]

One of our beautiful weddings this year was to take place at The Parlour at Manns Chapel, an intimate wedding venue in Chapel Hill, NC. Unfortunately, it has been postponed to next year, so we decided to visit it virtually through an editorial we shot there a few years ago. We invited Yvette and Aimee, […]

From the beginning of our time in the wedding industry, it has been really clear to us that having a wedding planner is essential to a wedding day going smoothly. That’s why we asked our friends at Amanda Blair By Design what they wish you knew about working with a Raleigh wedding planner on your […]

From letterpress to calligraphed details, beautiful stationery can wow your guests AND your photographer! We asked our friend, Dominique, of Dominique Alba Paper and Design to share the things that wedding stationery clients often don’t know when starting to think about their invitations and day-of paper items. She is a wedding stationer located in Raleigh, […]

Since quarantine began, we were worried that we wouldn’t be able to keep our scheduled family photo sessions during COVID. This broke our hearts because regardless of the fact that the world feels like it’s come to a stop, our babies are still growing up! We didn’t want families to miss the chance to have […]

As more and more large events are COVID-canceled, many couples are reconsidering big wedding celebrations in favor of more intimate affairs with their closest family members. Need help planning your Raleigh micro wedding?

You know what’s hard? When you’re supposed to be enjoying a fun activity with your family but you know the photos of that activity are going to be AMAZING so then you just spend all of your time taking photos and not actually staying present with your family. Can anyone relate?!

From terrible tans to overdone bronzer, we know that wedding hair and makeup can make or break your bridal look, so we wanted to provide some helpful tips when you’re ready to book your artist!