last weekend was a great start to spring and a perfect day for an engagement portrait session!

i first met tamyra and darius last year as they were searching for their wedding photographer and i am so happy that they chose me because they are just awesome.  this couple is so so fun, vibrant, and hilarious. they had me laughing the whole time.  we hit it off at the consult and i was excited to get to hang out with them during this shoot. needless to say, they’re absolutely adorable and totally in love. i can’t wait to photograph their wedding!

we shot at peace college in raleigh where tamyra goes to school. it was beautiful…and i gotta hand it to the campus for having the greenest grass ever.

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ladies and gentlemen, i just can’t make poses like this up:

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fantastic! congratulations, tamyra and darius! i can’t wait to see what the wedding brings. :)

lots of people have found my website lately through googling “white flowering tree in raleigh, nc.” well, ladies and gentlemen, the tree whose identification you’re seeking is the white cherry tree. my street is covered with them. sometimes i think it looks like it snowed, other times it just reminds me of popcorn…depending on how recently i’ve eaten. today was gorgeous, so i took a walk along and took a bunch of photos. think i’ll make a bunch of prints, mat them, and make a series out of these guys to hang in the office. it just screams “happy.”

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why 365?

my grandma is totally kick-ass (sorry to swear, gram, but it’s true). she watches all steeler games with her terrible towel, has a crush on george clooney, and makes the best pumpkin pie. happy 86th birthday, gram! you are totally the bee’s knees and i love you. :) <3

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*i’m watermarking it as my own seeing how it’s a family picture, but photo credit to whoever took this picture of my grandma back in the day.