This day had it all!
A beautiful couple, an adorable puppy in a fly bow tie, sunshine through the Spanish moss and palm trees, pizza picnic, rosé all day, and even matching jean jackets with embroidered hearts and their wedding date! J+B are high school sweet hearts and have been inseparable since! Brian proposed on a beautiful boat ride in Fort Lauderdale! These two have hearts of gold! J is going to school to be a speech pathologist! We laughed and talk about food, dogs, and their upcoming wedding!  I loved frolicking through the fields, prancing with the puppy, ad setting up an Instagram worthy picnic that made the near by teenagers super jealous. I love that they let their genuine selves shine through! SO excited to document their wedding day, love y'all! 

Mary and Eric are the coolest! They met at a mutual friend's wedding in Raleigh 4 years ago at the very end of the night. But, like every good fairy tale, it was just the beginning! They went on a date a week later and the rest is history! Mary was actually throwing Eric a surprise 30th birthday party this past May where they rode the Great Raleigh Trolley before reaching the destination of the party where their family and other friends were waiting. At the halfway point of the trip Eric proposed to Mary on Boylan Bridge! It was perfect because little did Eric know that they were going to be seeing all of their friends and family shortly after at his surprise party! So of course we had to go back to the Boylan Bridge for photos! I had the best afternoon visiting the most beautiful downtown Raleigh spots and talking about soccer, jobs, and their upcoming wedding! 

I've know M+K for years! They were some of my very first photography clients when we lived in North Carolina and I'm forever grateful for their trust in me all those years ago! We first met through mutual friends and they've since moved to Atlanta and are pursuing their doctorate degrees! They love seeing new places and M's sister joined the adventure. So I was able to capture all three of them as we explored Miami's downtown bay front museum park! I love the white tiles, the palm trees, the city views, and the water front. I've been wanting to photograph here for a while, so of course my adventurous friends were up to check it out with me! After all these years, their love is still joyful, infection, and overflowing! Thank you three for such a fun afternoon and I can't wait until next time! 

Chelsea and Tuck are from my home state, North Carolina. And, in fact only live a few minutes from our hometown Raleigh! Chelsea is a fellow wedding photographer in the Triangle and her wife is a police officer in Cary. We met through a mutual photographer friend and I couldn't have been more excited to document these two love birds! I always love photographing fellow artists because we speak the same language! We talked business and I got to hear some amazing stories from brave Tuck. These two are really just so special and give so much to their community! They were in town on a photography job and decided to make a vacation out of it! They love the beach and palm trees so this hidden beach key was the perfect spot! They eloped in the Dominican Republican surrounded by palm trees and the water, so how perfect to relive that and celebrate their love! 

Thank you both for such a beautiful afternoon chasing seagulls and frolicking through the ocean with me! 

Rita & Ezequiel's in home engagement was a dream! I love when couples want their genuine selves celebrated and documented. They love spending days cozied up at home playing all sorts of games! They broke out the coolest looking Harry Potter board game and with Aria curled up at their sides. It was almost Christmas so the twinkle lights added a bit of magic to their living room as a map of the Lord of Rings world hung in the background. We then made our way to their proposal spot on South Beach and caught sunset and watched the cruise ships leave on Miami Beach. 

What also made this day special was having my friend Jordan Baum film this beautiful day! Scroll to the bottom to see her masterpiece and hear R+E tell their love story and watch the day unfold! 

I can't wait to celebrate their wedding day and loved this beautiful, homey, magial engagement!!

Chris and Paul found me in The Knot's magazine while waiting to walk through a wedding venue. I was, and still am, SO touched and humbled that they loved my photos enough to reach out! They met in NYC and in the massive city, ended up only living around the corner from each other! They moved to South Florida recently and are loving the warm weather life! I so loved walking around this gorgeous park with them and getting to know them and their story. We then headed to the beach for a wine and cheese picnic where they helped me talk through different job opportunities Drew and I were faced with. Instant friends! They're both so caring, and is clear that they're the kind of people who worry, in a good way, and care for their loved ones fully and genuinely. I loved being able to make them feel handsome and beautiful and special! Drew and I can't wait for their Miami wedding in a few months and are stoked to celebrate with these two wonderful souls! 

Miami Beach Botanical Garden is one of our favorite wedding venues because the gardens are so beautiful and peaceful! Bianca & Luis were the chillest couple ever on their wedding day! They had so much fun getting ready, enjoying that time with family and friends, and soaking up the day! Their first look was really special. They got time to just be together and be present in the moment. Lu & Bi are both runners, so they laced up the trainers and we took a jog and a jump in front of the newly finished Miami Beach Convention Center! We captured so many perfect candids, classics, and goofy moments! Their wedding ceremony was stunning with the most gorgeous flower circle arbor in the whole world. Lu really wanted a wooden circle for the ceremony, so the florist built one for them! It was the first time that I had seen colorful eco-friendly felt pompoms thrown at a ceremony too! I love that those are made of natural fibers and are easy to pick up! They had their first dance under the bistro lights outside followed by a super fun night of dancing, conga lines, maracas, limbo, amazing food, a custom "L&B" neon light, and of course the now famous and trademarked Cat Walk dance celebration. 

Drew and I love working together because we for real have so much celebrating with couples and Lu + Bi's wedding was such a fun fiesta! They are so kind, so welcoming, and have a beautiful future together! Best wishes you two on your big move soon and we hope you love these memories as much as we do :D 

Michelle and Paul met while working at a restaurant and it was love at first sight! Paul took Michelle out for a fun kayaking first date and right after, Michelle told her family that he was the one! I loved spending the afternoon walking around this gorgeous state park chasing the sun. The hanging Spanish Moss and air plants glowed in the golden hour and the beach's blue waters were on perfect display. There was a wedding and an 80th birthday going on at the park so there was super fun Miami music blasting through this serene backdrop. Of course we had to break into a little salsa, or I had to and they had a good laugh at my moves haha. We had such a fun time talking about jobs, travel, and their upcoming wedding! Can't wait celebrate with these two in February!