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I wish I could share all of the wonderful sessions and weddings I’ve photographed, but it seems like there’s never enough time. Instead, I’ve included particularly inspiring ideas that may help you with planning your own wedding or session. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Enjoy!
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Historic Downtown Swansboro, NC has many beautiful textures that make great backgrounds for a senior portrait session. The variety of buildings, brick, old wood, and docks provide simple but interesting settings, all within a
This young family of three decided to capture this unique moment in their daughter’s life during their family beach vacation. Mother and daughter wore matching colorful dresses that had a nautical detail perfect for
Sheer flowing maternity dresses are perfect for the glowing light of a beach protrait setting. This maternity session even offered a pink and blue sky to add the ultimate backdrop. By going down to
Family beach portrait sessions in the winter are not typical. However, that may be the only opportunity get to make these family pictures. If you don’t get together often, then it’s too important to
Samantha and Jonathan wanted a private ceremony on the beach in December. By using a ferry service, they were able to hire a boat to take them and their guests to the back side
Although most beach portrait clients think they want pristine portraits of their well-groomed children smiling sweetly into the camera, I think there may be a different kind of portrait that will be even more
I would love to share these images of a Croatan Senior High student, Megan, who wanted to show her love of ballet and dancing as part of her senior portrait session. We did the
Lindsay and Dan had a coastal engagement session on and amazingly warm day in December (We were so blessed!). Lindsay was so creative and designed and built the save-the-date banner. We started the session
I was teaching a small group from the Professional Imaging Group of Eastern North Carolina by demonstrating with model and bride, Candace Dooley. The day had been stormy, and we didn’t know if we
Although I don’t advertise much for senior portrait photography, I absolutely love those sessions. More than any other, there is a push to be creative and show the personality of the seniors. We usually
Before Megan’s bridal portrait session, I ripped out inspirational images from several magazine ads in Weddings Unveiled. We had great fun thumbing through them and picking out new things to try. We started the
I received one of my biggest honors in 2008. Professional Photographers of NC president Chuck Hardison chose my image to grace the cover of our statewide magazine. He saw the image during our annual print
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