Well…when you get engaged, the first thing that EVERYONE wants to know is exactly how the proposal happened! Today, AJ and I are celebrating our fifth dating anniversary. I hope our dating anniversary is a day we will continue to celebrate even after we have a wedding anniversary! So, here it goes… I’m spilling all […]

This past weekend, I made a trip up to the Raleigh area to do some graduation portraits for a lovely lady who is graduating from NC State. I decided to prolong my stay and catch up with some of my amazing friends from both high school and college!  I met my friend Kendall in downtown […]

One of my favorite things to sing during worship is The Doxology, and this version gives me chills and makes me smile every single time. I have been singing this short, sweet hymn for as long as I can remember. Worship communities are very important to me, and the relationships that bloom from them are […]

I can’t believe I haven’t shared Shelby & Justin’s engagement session until now! I met up with these two in downtown Kannapolis, North Carolina, and we took photos all around downtown and the NC Research Campus. I always love shooting there because there are so many gorgeous spots around the campus! Shelby and Justin have […]

I’m so excited to be sharing Lauren’s gorgeous Senior Session on the blog today! When she told me that she wanted to do her Senior Session at the Botanical Gardens at UNC Charlotte, I couldn’t have been more excited about it! This was my first time shooting there, and goodness gracious was it beautiful or […]

This stunning bride was married this past Saturday! I have been waiting anxiously to share her beautiful bridal portraits! I had the immense joy of meeting Christina and doing her bridal portraits one Tuesday morning in May, and doing her and CJ’s engagement photos the same evening!  We did Christina’s bridal portraits at The Inn […]

“I choose you. And I’ll choose you, over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I’ll keep choosing you.” I am SO excited to be sharing Christina & CJ’s Blue Ridge Parkway engagement session on the blog this morning! These sweethearts were engaged at Rough Ridge, another absolutely stunning hike not […]

One year ago, The Rising Tide Society was born.  It is an online community that was born out of the desire for community over competition in creative industries. Just in this one year, I have made so many amazing connections with fellow rising tide members. I have met people not only through the Charlotte, NC and […]

I am SO glad I got to do a grad session with sweet Jamie and her super cute little boy, Aiden! We walked all over East Campus at Appalachian State University and explored one of my favorite spots on campus, Durham Park, during their session! When I was first culling through this session, I literally had […]

“She turned her can’ts into cans and her dreams into plans.” I LOVE doing Senior Portraits. It makes me so happy that more and more people are doing College Senior Portraits–it is such a milestone in our lives, so why not document it?! You’ve worked so hard for four years (sometimes more ;)) chasing a […]