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{Guashauna + Ed} Kiss Me – Duke Gardens

Guashauna & Ed are just sweet and adorable and loving together.  I’m so incredibly fortunate to be documenting their wedding in April.  I have such awesome couple’s for 2010, I just can’t wait.  We had really great weather for their Kiss Me session at Duke Gardens - that perfect blend of not too hot, not too cold, nice overcast – left that perfect light to make everything beautiful.  Thank you again guys!!

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{Little K} Family Session – Duke Gardens

I had the sweetest session on Saturday morning with the most adorable little two-year girl.  She quickly warmed up to me (lucky me) and we had the best time at Duke Gardens.  While it was a really overcast day, it gave us the most gorgeous light, it was an absolutely perfect morning for checking out all the gorgeous flowers (everything is very lush right now, especially with all the rain we’ve had).

Thank you again to a very wonderful family!

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{Holly + Paul} Kiss Me – Duke Gardens/Chapel Hill Aqueduct Conference Center

I met Holly & Paul at Duke Gardens on Sunday afternoon for their Kiss Me (Engagement) session.  Their wedding is quickly coming up this November and it’s sure to be fantastic.  It’s going to be at the Chapel Hill Aqueduct Conference Center.  A new venue for me, so I’m super excited to be there to document their day. 

Holly & Paul really love the outdoors and while we explored a lot of the “normal” parts of Duke Gardens, we actually ventured into new territory for me - parts of the gardens I’ve never even been to.  The gardens are just huge and given how much I’ve been there, I’m not surprised there are areas I’ve never seen.

Thanks again Holly & Paul, I can’t wait for your wedding!

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{Baby S} Little Ones – Duke Gardens

I had such a really nice time with Baby S and her mommy and daddy late last week at Duke Gardens.  The weather was just perfect that morning for our session.  She is the cutest little baby and so content.  She’s surrounded by incredibly loving, doting, happy parents, she’s very very lucky.
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{Morgan + Clint} Wedding – Sister’s Garden

Morgan & Clint had a fantastic, huge wedding on May 16.  Definitely one of the biggest weddings I’ve had the opportunity to document in a while which made it a lot of fun.  Their beautiful ceremony then led into a reception that sometimes felt like a concert.  The Craig Woolard Band, was absolutely the best band I’ve seen to date.  They had the kids up on stage dancing, sang a great mix of dance music, it was seriously fantastic!  And as always, Sister’s does a great job!

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And a very huge thank you to my very dear friend, Penny Noell who was my second shooter that day!

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{Leiana + Stewart} Wedding – Life & Science Museum

Saturday’s wedding of Leiana & Stewart was so truly magical.  I knew I was working with top-notch vendors, the lovely ladies at TreBella flowers and the reception was going to be held at the Life & Science Museum in Durham (where Leiana works).  Her dad made the cake which left me speechless it was so beautiful.  While it was a hot day (for late April), it was such a day filled with love and happiness as their beautiful wedding occurred.  Please enjoy….

This time, I’ll start with not one, but 3 pairs of beautiful shoes.  The very cute hot pink flats Leiana wore for the reception.

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Leiana’s nieces were _adorable_!  And they wore really really cute little dresses as well.
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And the lovely detail of Vera Wang…
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After a beautiful Catholic ceremony…they are married!
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Afterwards we had some time before the reception so we went to Duke Gardens for the family & bridal party portraits.  This is by far my favorite from that session.
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Afterwards we headed over to the reception at the Butterfly House at the Life & Science Museum.  It made for such a beautiful, fun & unique backdrop for the reception.  It was such a beautifully warm evening, absolutely gorgeous weather for this outdoor reception.
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{Meredith} Bridal – Duke Gardens/Haywood Hall

On Friday, I got back together with Meredith (and Christopher) and photographed her bridal session.  This was actually a ton of fun as we did this (obviously) a week after her wedding.  The original plan was to have her bridal completed before her wedding but her dress wasn’t ready in time (but really, it took a lot of stress out of keeping the dress clean).

We went to the always beautiful Duke Gardens.  Fortunately while the weather is getting very warm there are a lot of great options at Duke without having to walk all over the gardens for amazing photos.    Thanks so much again guys for being so great about everything!

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{Liz & Tomas} Kiss Me – Fearrington Wedding

I just can’t wait for Liz & Tomas’ wedding.  It’s in 2 weeks at the gorgeous Fearrington Inn.  They are such an amazing couple that just exudes love and romance, it’s just so much fun to be around them.  We’ve been trying to get together for weeks to do their Kiss Me session but our schedules between the 3 of us were just not meshing.  So finally, we were able to get together at Duke Gardens and had a great time.  Afterwards we went to dinner at Tyler’s for one last meeting (which I do with all my couple’s)…it was just a fun, nice afternoon.  Can’t wait to see you guys in 2 weeks!!

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