Yaaay, Melanie and Eric! :) These two braved the upper ninety degree heat for this session, and they were coming from Boston. :P They had lived in North Carolina previously, but moved to Boston a few years ago where Melanie works at a Community Health Center and Eric teaches preschool. We’ve been communicating about their wedding back and forth via e-mail for a long time, and this was my first time meeting them in person. They are so adorable and sweet! And I’m pretty sure Melanie and I could’ve exchanged wardrobes both because I like her style and because she’s the same size as me. ;) Geoff and I had a great time with these two lovebirds and look forward to their wedding in July at the Snipes Farm Retreat in Chapel Hill! Until then, be cool my babies.
Hellooo, JC Raulston Arboretum and your giant cacti collection!
This reminds me of fall. :) You know, that time of year when it’s not 95 degrees with 75% humidity. Remember that time?
Isn’t she the sweetest? :)
This is not selective color, I promise you. This is actually the natural selective color of the plant world, photographers! Who knew? Is it shunned by the rest of the plant community? Probably. But it’s a neat plant!
I love this session! It’s happy and summery and just very chill and relaxed. :) Hope you love them, Melanie and Eric! We can’t wait to see you again in July. :)
This picture absolutely cracks me up. So – for those of you to do child portraits – you know that you’ll spend most of the session making goofy faces and sounds and pretty much standing on your head. Will and Ryan could see through my antics and the below picture shows them questioning the particular circus show I was performing at the time.
Ryan modeling his Blue Steel face.
True story: The bear below is none other than Snuggles. Yes, like from the dryer sheet commercials. When I was 5 years old my family took me to some Family Day type thing at the park, but you could enter your name into a contest to win prizes. However, the prizes were totally random (maybe they weren’t… I need my mom to help fill in some of these details), but long story short – I won… a hammer. Yes, the city officials gave a 5 year old a hammer as a door prize. Needless to say, I cried. A lot. Because what I had really wanted was Snuggles… and because what was I going to do with a hammer. So the officials gave in and traded the hammer out for Snuggles, and happily home I went. 20 years later, Snuggles now lives with us in North Carolina and has been re-purposed as a hand puppet for small children I photograph. He’s happy with his new job, and the kids love him. Way to go, Snuggles!
Vogue it, boys!
