graylyn was the perfect location for emily and loren’s modern and elegant celebration.  we had crazy weather for their loveshoot and emily’s bridal portrait, so they were due for some good luck on the weather front!  the sun shone down on their big day and everyone had a great time!  there were so many great details from this wedding.  rebecca rose events did such a great job.  i love the pink and navy combo too.

venue:  graylyn

wedding planner:  rebecca rose events

band:  10 spot band

hair and make-up:  bella upstyles

happy friday y’all!  lets kick off the weekend with a blog post full of love.  the fun and energy between these two is contagious!  have a great weekend!

kendall and cam’s vintage inspired wedding was beautiful!  i am love with kendall’s vintage dress and all of the sweet little details that they had on their big day.

bow ties and suspenders…my favorite combo!

personalized cufflinks for the boys.

one last final toast before kendall’s dad gives her away.

kendall was so excited to see cam that she could not help herself from giving him a big hug after she walked down the aisle.

one of the groomsmen flipped a coin to see who said their vows first.

the spring showers made for some dramatic skies over revolution mill.

my favorite shot of the day!

my last wedding of the year was a sweet little celebration with the bride and groom and their immediate families at the grand bohemian hotel in asheville, nc.  we started off the day with a walk around downtown asheville for some fun loveshoot shots of erin and adam.  then we joined their families at the hotel for an intimate and elegant gathering to say their “i dos”.

i feel so blessed to have worked with so many amazing couples this year like carrie and nick.  there are so many photos in this blog post because there was just so much joy and happiness at this wedding that i had a hard time picking my favorites!  carrie and nick are so in love with each other, but the wonderful thing about their relationship is how they brought two families together.  carrie and nick’s families are friends….at times it was hard to tell who was related to who because everyone at the wedding acted as one big, happy family!

this was my first time photographing a wedding at autumn creek vineyard.  it is such a gorgeous location!

venue:  autumn creek vineyard

event planner:  leigh pearce weddings

hair and make-up: carla white

flowers:  the farmer’s wife

good eats:  the painted plate

cake:  bake me happy

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over the past few years we photographed one of amanda’s friend’s wedding and her sister’s wedding.  i was so happy to get the call from amanda saying that it was now her turn!  love like amanda and rasty’s is worth waiting for.  : )

amanda + rasty tied the knot on a beautiful fall day.  old salem was the perfect setting for their photos and reception with the golden fall leaves and the warm sunshine peaking through the foliage.

amanda + rasty spent a lot of time of the subway commuting back and forth to each other’s neighborhood while they were dating.  i love this shoe shot with the subway maps in the shoes!

it was a windy day!  this is right after amanda’s veil blew right off of her head!

amanda’s brother played the banjo for the ceremony music.

i love these sweet moments with her friend and sister and her dad right before she walked down the aisle.

gorgeous light!

i loved this wedding and these two people!  maggie + mackey are just plain old fun to be around.  their love for each other and their love for making everyday “the best day ever” is contagious!  plus, who does not love a groom with a handle bar mustache? the carolina yatch club is one of my new favorite venues.  it has it all….charm, a gorgeous view and lots of one of my favorite places in the world…a great covered porch with a view of the ocean.

awesome vendors = a beautiful and stress free wedding day!

Event cordinator:  Charyl H. Williams, Social Butterfly Events
Flowers in dining area and bridal party: Fiore Fine Flowers
Lighting: High Performance Lighting
Food: Pine Valley Market  (chicken and waffles at your wedding?!  yummy!)
Dessert: Sugar Island
Rentals: CE Rentals
Band: Adrian Duke Project (this is one of the best wedding bands i have heard and i have heard A LOT!  they know how to get funky!)
Photo booth: soapbox booths
Church: First Presbyterian Church
Dress: Lee Anne Butler from Traditions by Anna
Bridesmaids Dresses: lazaro

i do believe that there is one perfect person made for everyone.  mindy went all the way to costa rica to find her perfect!  fernando and mindy said i do in an amazing location, the king fisher society in laurinburg, nc.  mindy and fernando were wedding photographers in costa rica and now have a business here in nc.  i love working with other photographers!  check out their work here.

english meets southern at kasey and jaka’s wedding celebration at the revolution mill.  kasey and jaka met abroad and came back to the good ole USA to tie the knot before heading out on the most amazing honeymoon ever!  they are now somewhere near bali in a place i have never heard of.  globetrotting across the world for 4 months sounds like a pretty wonderful start to a life of love and adventure together!

did i mention how much i love photographing indian weddings?  the colors, the festivities, the energy , the food!  all of it makes for a grand weekend.