Durham Family Photographer

Carolyn Scott is a Durham family photographer. She specializes in candid and documentary at-home family photography in the Triangle area (Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Cary, etc). Carolyn’s work has been published in several popular books and magazines, including Apartment Therapy, BuzzFeed, and Fangoria. Locally, she’s been voted Best Photographer in Durham Magazine’s Best Of Durham and INDY Week’s Best of the Triangle. She lives in South Durham with her husband Geoff and three cats.

November 13, 2019

Sara+Jackson+Pippa // Durham Portrait Photographer

We photographed Sara and Jackson back in 2016 when they were freshly engaged and before I knew that Sara had a household full of plants. SARA HAS A HOUSEHOLD FULL OF PLANTS. They’re all wonderful. She’s a very good plant lady. The plants like her. She keeps alive plants I’ve killed many times. Likewise, her husband Jackson and dog Pippa are also still alive (I’m clearly running out of good transitions) and thriving alongside Sara. Jackson is still a paleontologist (YAY!) but is still not Ross from Friends (booooo) and still doesn’t spend his weekends in tan khaki shorts, wool socks, hiking books, and a safari hat digging up bones with little brushes in the desert (double booooooooo). It’s really disappointing but I still like him. Sara is currently completing her masters and just finished a complicated thesis! She was thankfully not hunched over a computer typing during the shoot but instead had that satisfying look on her face of “I’ve turned in a large paper and now there’s nothing left to do.” A wonderful feeling. Together, they live with Pippa, a VERY GOOD GIRL who does tricks and is exceedingly friendly but looks like we’re constantly embarrassing her (probably because we are). So they put her in a Christmas sweater and made guacamole and I photographed it.

Durham NC couple photos at home
Durham NC couple photos at home
Durham NC couple photos at home
Durham NC couple photos at home
Durham NC couple photos at home
Durham NC couple photos at home
Portraits with dog Durham NC
Portraits with dog Durham NC
Portraits with dog Durham NC
Portraits with dog Durham NC
Portraits with dog Durham NC
Portraits with dog Durham NC
Pet photography Durham NC
Pet photography Durham NC
Pet photography Durham NC
Pet photography Durham NC
Pet photography Durham NC
Pet photography Durham NC
Couple portrait photography Durham NC
Couple portrait photography Durham NC
Couple portrait photography Durham NC
Couple portrait photography Durham NC
Couple portrait photography Durham NC
Couple portrait photography Durham NC
Couple with their dog
Couple with their dog
Couple with their dog
Couple with their dog
Couple with their dog
Dog running
Dog running
Dog running
Dog running
Dog running
Couple holding dog
Couple holding dog
Couple with plants and dog
Couple with plants and dog
Dog sitting on deck
Dog sitting on deck with couple
Dog sitting on deck with couple
Dog sitting on deck with couple
Dog sitting on deck with couple
Dog sitting on deck with couple
Lifestyle at home family photography Durham NC
Lifestyle at home family photography Durham NC
Lifestyle at home family photography Durham NC
Lifestyle at home family photography Durham NC
Lifestyle at home family photography Durham NC
Lifestyle at home family photography Durham NC
Lifestyle at home family photography Durham NC
Lifestyle at home family photography Durham NC
Dog holiday card photos
Dog holiday card photos
Dog holiday card photos
Dog holiday card photos

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November 8, 2019

Sarah+Tim+Theo // Raleigh Family Photographer

Ohh, it was so wonderful to see these folks again! They’re the first in a long string of client reunions I’ve recently had and it makes me so happy. Sarah and Tim were married back in 2015 in Duke Forest and, after living in DC for a few years, they recently returned to Raleigh. And now they have the distinct pleasure of being the parents to the ADORABLE toddler Theo! So it was my mission to document them together as a family hanging around the newly renovated Moore Square. The new Moore Square is SO nice, especially when you have a Theo who loves to run, run, and then run some more (shortly before losing his shoes, which he did a lot). We spent most of the time catching him, cuddling with him until he would no longer tolerate it, then chasing after him again. When he’s not running, he loves busses, playing peek-a-boo near the Marbles balls, books, and animals of all kinds (there was a lot of high-pitched squealing when I presented him with a bat sticker and he seemed like he was working on subtly coercing his parents into adopting either a cat or a dog by saying the words a lot). He is an extremely happy-go-lucky toddler. Sarah and Tim hit the jackpot with Theo, and likewise Theo with Sarah and Tim. So glad I could see these great people again!

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November 6, 2019

Lindsay+Rishi // Chapel Hill Maternity Session

Lindsay and Rishi got married nearly 6 years ago (whaaat) and then they moved to Brazil for a while (heyyy!) and now they’re back in the States but living in Texas (yeehaw!) where we don’t get to see them, but sometimes they come back to NC for UNC’s Homecoming and then I get to do maternity shoots for them when they’re pregnant! HOORAH. They’ve also lived in Chicago and San Fransisco and, in general, I lose track of where they are globally. I do, however, keep constant track of their white cat Bogart who is an extremely handsome gentleman. They have a pup named Roxie as well, who is equally cute because she’s cat-sized and gets along well with Bogart, so I find their relationship quite enjoyable. Lindsay and Rishi have informed me that it’s Bogart who will now be the low-man on the totem poll once they give birth to their human child because he’s vocal at all the wrong times and easily the most annoying family member, but he won’t be low-man on the totem poll to me, his #1 fan (who has never personally met him). Lindsay and Rishi are going to be great, well-traveled, and extremely well-dressed parents, and I can’t wait to follow them along on this new adventure.