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Brooklyn Arts Center Wedding Photography | Rachele & Will

Rachele and Will were married just over a week ago, at the Annex at the Brooklyn Arts Center in downtown Wilmington, NC. I absolutely loved hearing about their love story, involving these two meeting in Topsail Island where Will bartended, and Rachele ...

June 5, 2017
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4 Ways to Choose Unique Portrait Locations | Wilmington NC Photographer

Planning your engagement photos is a relatively stress-free project, unlike the madness of planning your wedding day. The only decisions you really need to make are where, when, and what to wear. So I’ve put together a couple simple ideas to help ...

May 22, 2017
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Why You Should Hire a US Photographer for your Elopement Abroad

As a human who is OBSESSED with adventure, exploring new countries, and gaining new experiences in foreign places, I’ve done my research on wedding photographers abroad. If I could change one thing about my business, it would be that I’d ...

May 15, 2017
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Bringing Your Dog to a Photo Session | Wilmington NC Photographer

Bringing along your fuzzy little best friend to your engagement session or photo shoot is more popular than EVER these days! And I am ALL FOR this trend. As a new dog mom, I couldn’t be more supportive. I believe that a dog is just as much your ...

May 8, 2017
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Choosing Your Wedding Colors | Wilmington NC Photographer

Choosing the main colors of your wedding can be a tricky thing. You want your wedding and all the photos to stand out from everyone else’s, but you also don’t want to do that by going neon or anything too wild – unless that’s what ...

May 1, 2017
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7 Ways to Feel Comfortable in Front of the Camera | Posing for Professional Photos

One of the most common things I’m told as we start a photo session is that they’ve never done this before and they’re going to need my help with posing. Well, I’m here to tell you, that’s why you hired a professional! No ...

April 24, 2017
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Wrightsville Beach & Fort Fisher Wedding Photography | Kristin & John

As a wedding photographer, you go into every wedding feeling the same thing: excited to start the day and hopeful that everything goes smoothly. But when it’s above and beyond what you could’ve hoped for, you really know you’re ...

April 10, 2017
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Don’t Let Pinterest Shot Lists Get in the Way of Capturing Candid Wedding Photos

We’re all guilty of it, let’s just admit it now. Pinterest has become a huge part in planning a wedding day. I think it can be an absolute gift sometimes, that something like Pinterest exists. However, it can also be the bane of a wedding ...

April 3, 2017
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Wilmington Wedding Photographer | 8 Tips for Lighting Your Reception

When it all comes down to it, photography is light. Cameras are only able to function because of light, so really, light is everything. For about 3 years, I noticed that I would get absolutely bored when editing reception photos. Photo after photo of the ...

March 20, 2017
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Burgwin Wright House Wilmington Wedding Photography | Romantic Southern Spring Workshop

I went to my first styled shoot/photographer workshop in downtown Wilmington the other week. It was put together and styled by Jacksonville photographer, Nicole of Darling Today. We set up shop at the Burgwin-Wright House on Market Street, which is an ...

March 13, 2017
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