The M Family | Greenville, NC | North Carolina Family Photographer

Wow. It has been a LONG time since this blog has seen any love from moi!!! You would think that this winter would have been filled with catching up on this piece, but no. This winter has been one for the books. Anyways, an announcement on that later, gators ;)

So, let me tell you a little bit about this family. First of all, they are awesome. Secondly, they are super tight. An thirdly, they are in LOVE with their new addition!!!!! I met mama 13-ish years ago during a really tough time in my life. She was the head DA on a case of mine where one of my best friends and I were hit by a drunk driver. Long story short, she kicked butt and he went to prison. Flash forward to the present and she is still kicking butt in the courtroom, married a really great guy, has had the good fortune of becoming a stepmom to two really beautiful gentlemen, and become a mama to one really sweet little baby boy :)

I hope that you all enjoy a little bit of sweetness from their session with me!

xoxo

A Woodsy Summertime Maternity Session | Greenville, NC | North Carolina Maternity Photographer

Remember when the summertime??? Sitting on your porch with a friend or a good book while enjoying some cold tea, driving down the road with the music blaring and the windows down while you pretend to be the best vocal artist ever, letting the kiddos run through the sprinkler after naptime??? Am I killin' some of you out there that aren't digging this cold weather?!!?!??! Weeeeeeeeeeellllllll, this session took place on probably the hottest day of the summer. We were sweating before we even started walking to our location! And while it was pretty muggy & buggy we kept our good attitudes and got some really gorgeous film and digital photos ... and some sweaty cloths ;)

Hope y'all enjoy few lovelies from this session and keep an eye our for their newborn session because I get to meet this sweet little fella in less than 10 days!!!!! 

xoxo

Flora | Duke Gardens | Personal Post

It's been a while since I've just gone out and photographed for myself. I either get in a creative funk or I just plainly don't have time. Recently, though, I got a Pentax 645N I have been pushing myself to photograph my pets and some prettiness ... because those are gonna make me smile the most when I see them on the walls in my home ;) I need to fall back in love with photography every now and then and this camera as well as the raw beauty of film has me falling quickly :)

Had a little bit of time the other day while in Durham and took advantage of the natural lightbox that is a cloudy day. It was awesome. Pretty sure that some folks were waiting for me to fall in the pond because I was hovering to get the most perfect composition that I could with a prime lens.

Anyways, the photographs below are SOOC (Straight out of Camera) except were I removed a couple of leaves here and there using Photoshop because they were really annoying me.

Pentax 645N | Kodak Portra 800 | 75mm f/2.8

Thanks to Peace Camera for the Portra and to ASAP Photo & Camera for the super quick developing!!!

Also, the highly suggested option to add film to your sessions is going to be available starting this week!

xoxo

Anne Stuart and Miles | Mommy and Me Session | Raleigh North Carolina Family Photographer

A couple of months ago (yup ... that's how far behind I am on blogging) I had the privilege of doing one of my fave sessions, the Mommy and Me, for an old friend who also happened to be expecting her second little boy. Well, if this second one is anywhere as cute as the first they'll have a couple of heartbreakers on their hands! As much as I LOVE color the black and white's towards the end of the session are my favorites! They just seem a little poetic to me :)

Hope y'all enjoy these portraits!

xoxo

This one is hilarious because Anne Stuart told me to turn around while I was posing her and Miles was silently emulating what I was asking her to do! Too cute!!!!