Bini and Suchit are two of the happiest people I have ever met. They actually apologized for smiling too much. They are getting married in India, but wanted some engagements here, at Duke gardens where they went on their first date.
Katie and Eric are two of the nicest, most interesting people I've ever met. When they won the mini session I donated to our church youth program, I was excited.
When I found out they wanted me to REDO THEIR WEDDING PICTURES my excitement turned to nausea. I am not a wedding photographer. But Katie's baaaad wedding pictures have been haunting her for 10 (TEN!) years.
I figured if anyone can make me look good as a wedding photographer, it's Katie and Eric. And if anyone can look as good as they did on their wedding day, it's Katie and Eric.
Well, see for yourself...
Inspiration usually hits me last minute. I can brainstorm and research all the live long day, but my big ideas almost always hit me an hour or two before a session. Can someone teach me how to rewire my brain so I have a little more notice?
Today I bought a watermelon. As I sliced it open and smelled it's sweet smell, I thought of one thing:
summer.
I called Kim up and told her I had some ideas and we needed to change some things about our session tonight. Can I just say how grateful I am that (for some reason) people trust when I start throwing something together last minute? THANK YOU!!
We changed locations and I changed the vision I had for our session. All because of a big, juicy watermelon.
a little rocking chair,
bugs,
2 cute kids,
yummy overcast lighting,
and one, big, juicy watermelon.
Last Thursday I found myself emotionally and physically drained. A and I have learned that moving across the country is not for the faint of heart! (Have I mentioned I'm moving to NC? Well, I'm moving to NC in 3 months.) We have had some looong nights and busy days as we've tried to hammer out the logistics of moving across the country.
Thursday night I had a session with Kelcey and Ben. I secretly worried that I wouldn't be able to pull anything from my fried brain and I wondered if the inspiration would flow as usual. My work is very personal to me, and I usually come home from sessions mentally exhausted.
It was a tender mercy from God to work with these two for a couple of hours! 
Thanks you Kelc and Ben!!
I know. I KNOW! I started this gig swearing I would never do weddings. "High stress, big time commitment, diva brides, blah blah blah."
But then Scott called me.
Scott was one of my best friends in high school. We used to have looong phone conversations while he "worked" at a wrangler shop in a grocery store. Who buys their jeans at a grocery store? Apparently no one. Hence the long phone calls. :)
Scott introduced me to Christina a couple of weeks ago and I found myself kind of, sort of considering shooting their wedding. I couldn't help it! She was so sweet and nice and non-diva. And she's marrying Scott!
So here we are. Their engagement session. It was a dream. They were candid and so naturally in love. 
I was able to take pictures of Emily last weekend. We have been friends ever since 8th grade spanish class. These shots were TOTALLY worth getting stopped by a police officer for trespassing. Sorry for giving you a heart attack, Kevin!
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