December 4, 2015

Engaged in Durham.

Durham engagement shoots are kind of our favorite thing and also we like Abby and Rachel a lot. We made them stand in a bunch of strange places in soggy wooded areas. We threw leaves at them (possibly containing centipedes). We made them do shadow puppet kung fu. We took an elevator downtown that literally had a puddle of pee in the corner of it so we all stood huddled together on the other side to avoid it. We made them sit on the ground of public sidewalks and cuddle. They giggled the entire time presumably because we were making them feel mildly uncomfortable (it’s what we do) and we all talked about television and Durham and our love of the pink penguins outside 21c. We’re shooting their wedding next year at the Haw River Ballroom (one of our favorite local venues!) and even though we may make them stand in more soggy wooded areas, at least we won’t have anymore peed-in elevators to contend with.

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December 2, 2015

Amelia+Cory // Engagement Session

Amelia and Cory are two awesome folks who were living in the north and moved to North Carolina not too long ago. They like to take walks with their pup Jax and go to various parks in the area. We met up with them at Bond Park on a seriously beautiful fall day. The only problem with it was the fact that it had rained for about two weeks straight and everything was muddy and also flooded. But! Amelia, Cory, and their adorable little dog (who is apparently a North Carolina type of wild dog – who knew?) were up for the task of photos in the swamp. Jax was also up for JUST HANGING OUT AND BEING THERE WITH HIS PARENTS, YEAAAAHHH!!! Seriously, Jax was probably the most enthusiastic client we’ve ever had in terms of sheer excitement, and also he did not get tired of smiling. It took a bit more work to get him to focus, but thankfully he loves tennis balls as much as he loves his parents, so he would pay attention to us briefly if we could distract him long enough between licking his parents’ faces. He is very excited to see them get married up in Michigan next year!

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November 24, 2015

Anne+Brian // Engagement Session

YAY! We love having the weddings of former bridesmaids and groomsmen and family members and stuff because that’s valid feedback that we did something right. We met Anne and Brian at Susan and Michael’s wedding where Anne was a bridesmaid (a wonderful and helpful bridesmaid!) and were so excited when she emailed us to ask about their own wedding next year! Then we got to do their engagement session here at the NCMA which they fell in love with, and got to spend some more time with them, mostly trying to convince ourselves that Jon Snow is still alive. We had a zero percent change of rain that turned into 100% chance of rain somehow and it rained but it didn’t much matter because we had a great time. We are very much looking forward to shooting their wedding next year, long after we all discover that Jon’s alive and well and not at all involved with Melisandre because she is evil and nobody likes her.

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Category: Couples