21C Museum Hotel | Downtown Durham Wedding.
Jesse + Angela
21C Museum Hotel // Durham, NC
Ceremony: Sarah P. Duke Gardens | Reception: 21C Museum Hotel | Planning & Design: La Fête | Florist: Tre Bella | Hair & Makeup: LULA hair + makeup | String Quartet: Arioso Strings | DJ: VOX DJCO
Duke Park | First Birthday Portraits.
Charles Turns One
Duke Park // Durham, North Carolina
I met Charles + his parents at Duke Park playground on a quiet Sunday morning for his first birthday portraits. They brought along a few of his current favorite things (*one of them being a very awesome bubble machine) + we strolled around singing, playing, and making a whole lot of funny faces. The entire session felt beautifully relaxed + all about documenting this little snippet of time. In short, it was lovely.
City Club Raleigh | An Intimate Downtown Wedding.
Michael + Danielle
City Club Raleigh // Raleigh, NC
Ceremony: Edenton Street United Methodist Church | Reception: City Club Raleigh | Florist: Meristem Floral | Band: Melted Butter Band
The Merrimon-Wynne House | Raleigh, NC.
Allaire + Kyle
The Merrimon-Wynne House // Raleigh, NC
Venue: The Merrimon-Wynne House | Florist: Flowers on Broad Street | Dress: BHLDN | Styling Direction: Forage + Film | Design: Happily Ever After | Hair + Makeup: Lula Hair + Makeup
West Point on the Eno | Engagement Session.
Katie + Doman
West Point on the Eno // Durham, NC
Katie + Doman's engagement session made me extra, extra excited about photographing their wedding next Fall at Chatham Mills. Not only did I get to meet their cats + talk to them for too long about ramen, but I also got watch them make each other laugh for about two hours straight. Seriously. These two really know how to crack each other up + it is the best.
Engagement Session | North Carolina Museum of Art.
Gabby + Zach
North Carolina Museum of Art
Gabby + Zach's engagement session was pretty much just the perfect afternoon. They had the best ideas for where they wanted to take photographs + as a bonus, they were all places that were new to me. So I got to get the grand tour of Raleigh, while also hanging out with them & photographing their cutie pie faces.
To begin I met them (& their pup!) at Trophy Brewing on Maywood for a couple of pints. (*Sidenote: They oh so appropriately ordered Trophy Wife + Trophy Husband for their first round.) Then we made quick stops at the Raleigh Farmer's Market & their new home, before heading over to the North Carolina Museum of Art to catch the last few moments of sunset.
It. was. great.
(Now I just have to contain my excitement to photograph their wedding this coming fall at The Parlour at Manns Chapel, but I know that that'll be magic, too.) x
An Intimate Wedding at Piedmont Restaurant.
Piedmont Restaurant
401 Foster St. // Downtown Durham
When Max + Rosalinda contacted me to photograph their intimate wedding celebration at the beloved Piedmont Restaurant in Downtown Durham - well, let's just say I was very excited.
With its giant front windows + open balcony, Piedmont is an ideal space to work in as a photographer. It's central location in Downtown Durham was also perfect for whisking away the newlyweds to a secret sunset portrait session in Durham Central Park while their guests settled in around long, candle-lit tables to enjoy a menu created for the occasion by chef Greg Gettles.
The entire evening felt like one warm, dreamy dinner party and I truly never wanted it to end. Max + Rosalinda's beautiful wedding reminded me that all you ever need to celebrate is good food, good wine, & good people - and all of those were oh so very present.
Hello Tenfold | Durham-based Wedding Invitation Studio.
Hello Tenfold
A Stationary Design Studio // Durham, NC
I recently had the honor of photographing my incredibly talented & dear friend Ellie Snow when her work was featured on the Etsy Blog. Ellie is not only one of the kindest + smartest women that I have met since my move to Durham, but also an incredibly talented wedding invitation designer with a studio that is located right here in downtown Durham. If you are looking to keep your wedding local, I highly encourage you to check out her stunning wedding invitation suites (or at the very least to read a few of her recent articles like 10 Wedding Invitation Mistakes to Avoid or 5 Reasons to Hire a Small Studio for Your Wedding Invitations.) I truly cannot sing her praises enough. She's the sweetiest. x
“Ellie has of way of creating a moment with wedding invitations. She helped us see what it would feel like for our guests to open our invitations and experience the first glimpse of our wedding. Working with Ellie was a joy and a pleasure and she really made us feel like she was just as excited about creating these amazing pieces of art for us as we were to have her create them.”
Ariana | First Birthday Portraits.
Ariana Turns One
Home Session // Chapel Hill, NC
It was so, so lovely to spend a Wednesday morning documenting this sweetheart's very first birthday. The whole session felt natural, relaxed, and (most certainly) sentimental. It was a truly beautiful way to mark her first 365 days on Earth & to take time noticing just how much growing she has done in them.