this sweet “down on the farm” inspired maternity session just makes my heart happy.  erin and joel are so in love and so excited for the arrival of their baby.

we photographed liz’s sister, erin’s, wedding a few years ago and have had the opportunity to see their little family grow from two to four when we see their family for portraits each year.   we were thrilled when we found out we were going to get to work with erin’s sister, liz, on her big day!

liz and dave are such a great couple!  they are so sweet with each other.  they said “i do” at in intimate ceremony in erin’s back yard in pinehurst.

Wedding day coordinator: Crystal Blue of Southern Pines
Flowers: Sabrina Andisco   the flowers were amazing!  sabrina is liz’s friend.  what a good skill to have in a friend when you are getting married!
Wedding party flowers:  Crystal Blue
Make-up artist: Heather Anderson  heather is also a family friend.  liz has connections!
Hair: Denise from Beautopia Salon
Cake: Acorn Bakery
Caterer- Sweet Feed
Dress:  Elizabeth Fillmore
Shoes:Aldo
DJ: DGEntertainment 

sister love.

dave and his sister.

the first look.  we love it when we get to do a first look because we have so much more time to create beautiful photos of the bride and groom!  liz and dave were hesitant at first about doing a first look, but due to the late ceremony time they agreed to a first look.  i wanted to share a bit from an email from liz that she sent right after the wedding.  she said, “The best decision we made was doing the pictures first.”  check out the gorgeous shots of this super-cute couple that we were able to get during the first look.

erin + mitch’s little guys.  how cute are they?!

the first dance.

i absolutely love that klei showed up for carmen’s maternity shoot in his pirate costume.  : )  and i love that carmen is the kind of mom that embraces her son’s creativity.

carmen looks absolutely beautiful as she and her sweet family gets ready to welcome another baby to the world!

the grove park inn was a fabulous setting for lucy and chris’ big day.  there was a threat of thunderstorms, but the clouds blew by and the sun smiled down on the patio overlooking the blue ridge mountains where lucy and chris said “i do”.

venue:  the grove park inn

good eats:  the grove park inn

flowers:  bloom

dress: betsy robinson bridal

shoes:  lulu townsend bridal valissa pump

hair: lindsay owen, theory salon

make-up:  melissa markis, adelaide spa

music:  the crystal clear band

cake:  cakes by jane

ceremony band: allegro

wedding director:  evelyn gerdes

the grove park inn

multitasking at its best.

lucy’s dad married them.  so sweet!

lucy + chris and their crew were a blast to work with.

i love the connection in this photo.

jump for love!

the dance party at the reception was epic!  “if you ain’t sweating, you ain’t dancing!”  all of the groomsmen had shirts with this little gem of a slogan printed on them.  the band even turned it into a song.  the crystal clear band rocked it!  there were some awesome dance moves going on.  : )

heather and i went to high school way back when.  it was so much fun to meet her husband and their little sweetie pie.  little MB has the most beautiful big brown eyes.  

kate and renato had a gorgeous celebration at the cairnwood estate in bryn athyn, pa.  everything was perfect.  a beautiful estate, a beautiful couple and a beautiful day!

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millie holloman is one of my favorite photographers and a super great girl!  check out her amazing work here.

with a family full of photographers someone is always behind the lens, so i had the privilege of photographing the whole holloman clan.

it was a lovely evening in wilmington as we tooled around town and snapped some photos along the way.  here are some of my favorite family shots featuring millie, the lady behind the lens.  ; )

congratulations to amanda and evan!  they get the award for being the most fun couple to embrace wild weather that rained down on their wedding day.  their wedding was the first wedding that we photographed where the guests sang party songs at the top of their lungs when the d.j. had to stop and relocate to a slightly more protected area,  where the d.j. had about 10 umbrella’s covering him so he could play through the storm and where the bride ran through torrential rains to cut a rug on the dance floor with her guests.  the crazy weather could have put a damper on the evening, but instead it just ramped up the energy at the celebration! (oh and they also get the award for the first air guitar duet by the bride and groom!)  it was a great night.

venue:  the belmont house

flowers:  johnson’s florist and antiques and just priceless

yummies:  sweet basil’s

dj + video:  k2

cake:  simply scrumptious

rentals:  partymakers party rental

coordinator:  leigh pearce