Wilmington NC Engagement Photographer

When Matthew asked me how I felt about Star Wars in our emails leading up to our first meeting. I knew we would get along fantastically 😂

As I suspected, we hit it off and I quickly fell in love with both Kate & Matt. The things that drew them to my work are the same things I put the most work in developing. And so I had a ton of fun developing this set of images below. I hope you love them as much as I do ☺️

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Destination Wedding in an Awesome Place

While I primarily service North Carolina, occasionally I’ll have somebody ask about flying me out to a place like Toronto, Colombia, or in this case Ohio! I had to say yes especially cause Cory is a fellow creative and a friend. I love being in a new place and responding to the environment and seeing how that affects me creatively. Enjoy!

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An Engagement Session in Topsail Beach

Stephen and Joanna are very much in love and it shows. When I asked them about how they met, Stephen made it clear… He was mesmerized from day 1. He found out later that she was pretty interested too ☺️

We made some pretty 🔥 photos, so be sure to comment and let me know which one’s your favorite!

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Wrightsville And Wilmington NC Wedding Photographer

In light of the hurricane we just went through, we’ve been left without power. So here I am at my parents house that we “evacuated” 5 minutes to, sitting at my little workstation editing and blogging away. We have been so incredibly fortunate not to have not been affected by the storm as so many others have. I’ve seen photos of Wrightsville beach and Downtown with sections completely flooded. I was on instagram looking through stories and mu friend gabby posted this one for reference:

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Nisha & Thomas' Chapel Hill Double Wedding

It's not every wedding, where I get to shoot two ceremonies in one day! Nisha and Thomas' wedding was awesome because they did both an American and Indian ceremony, except both had feminist core values interwoven through them, so that both Nisha and Thomas were seen as equal giver's, receiver's and participants in their matrimony. 


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Lindsay & Stephen are Charlie's Angels

Lindsay & Stephen went from clients to family almost instantaneously, we had so much fun running around wilmington making art and cool photos and talking about pad thai and movies. Also by happenstance Linsay is a writer, so I pitched her the idea of writing for their own blog and she graciously agreed!!! 

So here is a beautiful written and humbling take on our session from the other side of the camera:

My fiancé and I are running late. We hate being late, so we’re very stressed out. When we finally do arrive at Crystal Pier in Wrightsville Beach (visiting from Charlotte), the two of us are frazzled to say the least - not a great state of mind to be in when we’re about to take our engagement photos.

Thankfully, Michael turns the corner to greet us both with smiles and warm hugs. He is unfazed by our tardiness and immediately makes us feel comfortable and excited for our shoot. He quickly takes in the scene, looking for where to place us. He’s ready.

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Destination Wedding Toronto, Canada - Rima & Darren

What can I begin to say about Rima and Darren? It's so hard to play favorites with clients, because its as if they're all my favorite, but the story with these two is unique because we actually met on a mission trip in Brazil. When they found out I was a photographer and saw my work it was arranged and they flew me up to Toronto for one hell of a wedding! I didn't feel I could do the images justice without sharing a ton, so please, grab a coffee and enjoy Rima & Darren's story with some music.

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