Megan is a good example of how my brides so oftentimes become my friends. Megan and Jacob are high school sweethearts (aww!) and we actually all went to the same high school together. But I’m not going to lie- we weren’t exactly friends ;) But after I captured their engagement pictures this past October, we started wondering why we’d never hung out before. Before long, we were hanging out on a weekly basis and by the time the wedding rolled around, I could honestly say she was one of my best friends :)

Megan and Jacob, I love you guys. And it was such an honor to capture your wedding day!

To say Jacob’s dogtag means a lot to him would be an understatement. I considered it crucial to incorporate it into their wedding somewhere. In memory of Jacob’s best friend, Justin Blaylock, who played a huge role in getting these two together.

Finally catching up on some editing and therefore, blogging….

Why helloooooo beautiful! :)

Can’t wait to share the rest of these images! Linda made a stunning bride.

In the meantime, I promise to blog more often. Coming up, an entire wedding on the blog with images of a very awesome couple. Hang tight :)

I shot a lovely, intimate wedding yesterday at the Biltmore Estate (my first one at America’s Largest Home– yeahh!) and I just couldn’t resist posting a few on here first. I was so excited for Diana and Blake, they booked me so long ago so I feel like we’ve been planning this day for forever…not to mention, it was quite heavenly since they had a whopping 29 guests on their guestlist!

AllieMarie’s energy is both amazing and seriously contagious. Her contact email to me went something like this….

“I get butterflies just looking at your website and realizing how much I love your style. You seem so jovial!

It is rather exciting. I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE HOW EXCITED I AM! And when we make this happen, we

will have to find a field because I belong with the sun and the flowers!”

And that’s exactly what we did.

It’s no secret that high school seniors are one of my absolute favorite sessions. Particularly this one. AllieMarie is t h e most bubbly girl I’ve ever met. What could possibly make this better? She’s beautiful (inside and out) and she’s a photographer. I would only give her the slightest direction…to which her never failing response would be, “Oh yeahhhh! I know where you’re going with this!”  Oh, and her cuuuute(!!) boyfriend got to come along too! A few words from AllieMarie about Kevin:

“He is such a great little model because he’s confident enough to stand up straight,

but humble enough to let everyone tell him how to stand/pose. You’ll love him!”

And that I did  :)  Okay enough reading. IMAGES!

And yes, just fyi. The camera in the images below…AllieMarie actually knows how to use  :) She’s a Canon girl!  :D

Okay, so I know I’m committing a photographer cardinal sin by posting both the color and b&w versions of this image…but I just couldn’t help it! I can’t decide, maybe you blog readers can  :)

AllieMarie saw a shot from Melanie & Shawn’s engagement session that she fell in love with and asked me to recreate something similar for her and Kevin. Miss AllieMarie…you got it!

AllieMarie and I will be working together again to help build her Miss USA Teen Pageant portfolio! SO excited.

AllieMarie- Thank you for allowing me to capture such an important time in your life. You are absolutely precious and I hope these are everything you wanted and more! See you soon  :)

xoxox-