it was so much fun to take these pics of my beautiful friend and fellow-photographer anne liles along with her handsome lil’ man jaws and sweet fur baby stella… happy birthday jaws!

this is the sweetest group of siblings!  seriously….there is so much love in this family.  it made my heart happy to photograph that big, big love!

it was a bit windy in the outer banks and we did not get to take our sunset loveshoot cruise on the water as planned, but it was still a great afternoon hanging out with sydney and lee and their pups on the beach!

tara is amazing!  i met her a few years back when i photographed her beautiful wedding at the carolina inn in chapel hill.  she is full of life and love and never slows down for a minute!  tara does amazing work with the SPCA and rescue dogs of all kinds.  she is a news anchor, but also has her own photography business that specializes in lifestyle pet photos, in between the blinks.  i love sharing what i have learned over the past 9 years of running my own business and supporting up and coming photographers.  tara and i spent the day being complete photo nerds and wrapped up our mentoring session with a fun photo shoot of her and her two favorite four legged friends, lily and baxter.