autumn architecture.

greg, one of my closest and dearest friends from college, came to visit me last weekend from baltimore! we had such a fantastic time. greg is a brilliant photographer and has an amazing eye for just about everything. he’s getting a website set up to showcase his amazing photography portfolio and i’ll be putting the link up in my blog as soon as it’s ready. until then, he came down to visit and we went out on a photo safari down blount street in raleigh to take photographs of the historic homes. most of them are landmarks now although there are a few that are still inhabited (wish i could afford one of them!). here are some of the photographs i snapped on my side. they’re all fairly dark and creepy because, well, the houses are fairly dark and creepy. especially on an overcast day in november:

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raleigh wedding photographer in youngsville: erika+dustin

this gorgeous couple was married on october 31, 2009 at hill ridge farms in youngsville, nc. it was an absolutely beautiful day complete with yellow and red leaves, sun, and temperatures in the mid 70s. and i couldn’t have asked for a better couple to photograph! erika and dustin are very fun people and it was easy to capture their emotions on their wedding day. it was so much fun to watch the day unfold and witness the beautiful ceremony for two wonderful people. congratulations again, you two… you make a wonderful and adorable husband and wife!

as a side note, i didn’t repeat any photographs from the portfolio in my blog, so check out my favorites from erika and dustin’s day in my portfolio under weddings. :)

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raleigh bridal portraits: erika

i’ve been waiting for over a month to post erika’s bridal portraits! we couldn’t post them back in september because we would run the risk of dustin, erika’s fiancé, seeing them. however, the two were married this weekend in a beautiful ceremony and are now on their honeymoon in vegas, so it’s safe to post! :) i can’t wait to write more about their fantastic wedding after i’m done editing their photographs.

but anyway, back in september erika contacted me to do a bridal shoot that was fun and different. she was getting married at hill ridge farms in youngsville, nc and there were tons of places on that farm to take awesome shots. erika’s a lot of fun and was not afraid to run around a corn field, sit in some hay, or climb over a wall or two! (don’t worry – her dress was fine!) since hill ridge farms is a children’s farm, they had a lot of great “props” and different areas to take some really fun photographs. we had a blast and came away with adorable shots.

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