Portraits in Raleigh: Renee+Daniel+Khia

See that little pup in the header above us? The one in the green grass? She’s back… and though older, she’s just as adorable and wonderful… as are Renee and Daniel. :) Renee and Daniel are one of my mom’s favorite couples of mine. Is that weird? That my mom has couples whom she’s never met but that she loves just from their pictures in my blog post? She always says, “They seem like such nice people.” And they are! What can I say, my mom’s a good judge of character. :P This is my third time working with them and my second with Khia, the most adorable Australian Shepherd in the world. They were all fabulous models, as usual! We had fun catching up and hiking around, and Daniel had a little too much fun throwing leaves at Renee. I hope you’ll all enjoy this couple’s post as much as I know my mom will. :P

Raleigh Family Photographer: Melissa+Jimmy+Harper+Frank+T-Bone

If this session doesn’t make you want to run out and buy a matching set of weiner dogs, I’m not sure what will.

Meet the McGuinness family! You might remember them as Melissa and Jimmy. :) Melissa and Jimmy had Frank, their first Dachshund, when Jimmy was stationed over in Germany. Frank unfortunately could not make it over to their wedding that I shot in October 2010. I was brokenhearted as I had been stalking Frank’s various outfits and adorableness via Facebook for some time. After they were married for a little while and moved back to NC, they adopted T-Bone, their second Dachshund (you’ll see that T-Bone is kind of tiger striped). Then, recently completing their big happy family, came Harper, their adorable baby girl and little sister to the adopted fur-children. :) I was so pleased to meet and photograph the new new additions, and it was lovely seeing Melissa and Jimmy again. Their family is beautiful. Harper is a little angel, and Frank and T-Bone are completely and utterly ridiculous… but in a good way.

Jimmy just recently left for a one year deployment in Afghanistan, and they wanted these pictures taken before he left. Jimmy – I wish you a safe and healthy deployment, and I hope these pictures bring you a little bit of comfort.

Raleigh Engagement Photographer: Sarah+Adam

Sarah, Adam, and myself had our first meeting about their wedding via Skype. Then we found out that we pretty much live across the street from each other. Then they found a perfect park for their engagement session over near Wake Forest, and it wasn’t until we were there that I realized we probably should have carpooled. ;) Sarah and Adam met on Match.com just like Taylor and Chris, the last wedding I posted. :) I also suggested that perhaps they should do a commercial in exchange for Match.com paying for part of their wedding. ;) Adam is originally from Pittsburgh like us (Go Steelers!) and Sarah is from Connecticut. They both ended up in North Carolina for school and met each other shortly thereafter. Their furry child is named Crosby after Sidney Crosby (Go Pens!), but she’s a girl. They had grand plans to adopt her brother and name him that, but he was gone once they got there… so they named his sister Crosby instead. Sidney can be a girl name too, right!? They’ll be getting married at All Saints with a Marbles reception next year and we are so excited to be photographing it for them!