February 10, 2014

Engaged in Durham

These two are the greatest of the great and we are so thankful that we were able to work with them! Angela and Terence live in Durham, but Terence is in the Marine Corps and therefore is often in different cities (currently Missouri), but they thankfully had a couple of weeks together recently where Terence was back home. :) Angela quickly set up an engagement session with us because they may not be in the same place together before their wedding in December and we were so excited because THEY were so excited and then even more excited when we learned about their cats (who kind of look like our cats)!

These two love video games (Angela has a Pokemon DS and Terence has a Zelda DS), their cats and American bulldog, and seem like they’re pretty solid at RockBand. They met through a party where Terence basically said, “Hello, I have a puppy” (paraphrased) and Angela was like, “Yes, puppies are cute, you must be a great guy” (paraphrased). Then they really did go play Rockband and are now going to live happily ever after. They’re getting married in December in South Carolina and we couldn’t be more happy for them or to have documented this awesome time in their lives. :)

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January 21, 2014

Cat+Mitchell Engaged in Greensboro

We just met Cat and Mitchell in December (our first ever client meeting in a Waffle House) and we decided we liked them even before we met them simply for the fact that they wanted to meet in a Waffle House. They were a little nervous at first, but the truth came out later that they’re diehard Philly Flyers fans and were concerned about us being from Pittsburgh and possibly having an allegiance to the Penguins… not realizing, of course, that we’re completely indifferent to any and all kinds of hockey (sorry, southwestern Pennsylvania).

A wedding for this year at Starlight Meadow (an amazing venue) in Burlington was booked. An engagement session was then also booked. Tacos were eaten pre-session because tacos make everyone that much more relaxed in pictures. Pictures were then taken outside in Greensboro in 30-some degree temperatures which seems all well and good, but I’m pretty sure it was substantially colder than that given the wind… and none of us could feel our hands, or legs, or feet (3 out of 4 of us were wearing Converse Chucks which, although cool, don’t really provide any sort of adequate protection from, well, anything). We also shot some inside Longshanks, a pool hall where they had their first date and where resides the most amazing fake fireplace. We are looking forward to photographing their wedding this year because they promised us a bouncy castle.

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December 16, 2013

Nicole+Blake // Married!

We had the pleasure of meeting Nicole for the first time several years ago when she was a bridesmaid at a wedding, and now we are so happy to reunite with her gorgeous self and her amazing husband Blake! They were married a couple weeks ago at the courthouse and are having a reception in January. Like a ton of our couples, they met online (we should start submitting commercials to Match.com, etc. to receive royalties) and had their first date with some friends at the Carolina Ale House where they instantly clicked. They were married a few months later and now both reside in Raleigh with their adorable dog Lily (despite living in North Carolina, Blake still adamantly cheers for the South Carolina Gamecocks, but begrudgingly agrees with that Lily the dog is an NC State fan along with her mother).

These were to be mostly their engagement photos with a few pre-wedding photos thrown in for good measure before the reception. We did a first look with them in their wedding attire after they changed (Blake hadn’t seen her wedding reception dress yet!) and couldn’t have asked for better weather for a girl in a sleeveless wedding dress. :) It was chilly but the sun was out, and there’s not much more you can ask for this time of year! Lake Johnson has special meaning for them so we happily joined them by the edge of the water for these pictures… and were photobombed by a heron. :) Congratulations to the new husband and wife team, and we’re excited to share their reception with you in a few months!

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