Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Kure Beach Engagement Session

Although I am born and raised in North Carolina, there's a lot of this state that I have not seen. So for me, this trip to Kure Beach was a first! I was impressed with all of the colorful houses that have newly popped up along the shoreline. I also enjoyed walking on the mossy soft stones the waves crash against. I also had fun meeting and getting to know Brandy and Blake during our engagement session. We walked all over one end of the beach and Blake being the history buff that he is, told us all about the huge mounds that today look strange, but during the civil war were used as protection from the canon balls plunged at the confederate soldiers. Okay, so we did take a few pictures in the midst of all of this history and beauty! I picked out a few for you to see below.

Congratulations you two!







Thursday, August 17, 2006

Rainy Day Beauty

You never know when you'll meet your next bride. I met this lady at Lowe's home improvements a couple of months ago. We were (are) remodeling our house and so I visited Lowe's at least a couple times a week. (now it is only about once a week!) I was on the phone with a business colleague and she overheard me talking about photography. At the time, she was interested in a photographer for her sister who was soon to be married. Little did she know that her boyfriend would propose the day before her sister's wedding! I had the priviledge of photographing both of their weddings.
The wedding day started off pretty wet, but luckily the rain subsided during the festivities.
Congratulations Heather and Kenny!











Thursday, August 10, 2006

Football season is here!

Well football season is well on its way and after two years of being abroad, I am ready for it! I think everyone in this area are counting down the days too. I have done several fun, but HOT sports shoots. Here are a couple......




These kids were too much fun! Their dad is a coach and they even named the baseball press box after their grandfather! We ran all around the grounds of Bandys taking picture after picture. We were sweaty and nasty by the end of the shoot, and I think it was worth it.



And here is the rival to Bandys...the Blue Devils. This was just a short senior shoot. And again, don't let the long sleeves fool you...it was HOT!

Monday, August 07, 2006

Price Park

What a great Sunday I had! I went to Price Park with my family where we met our church. We all brought food and ate probably too much. But that was okay, because afterwards we played! There was volleyball, ultimate frisbee, playing in the creek and crawdad catching. Everyone had a great time and it was so refreshing to just hang out with everyone for the day. It is not so often that we can just sit around and talk and enjoy each other's company without feeling a bit rushed. Of course I couldn't resist the chance to take pictures, so here are a few from the day. Enjoy!






Thursday, August 03, 2006

Vacation is over

Well you may not believe this, but since writing my last post my husband and I have moved into a new house, been to the beach for a week, hosted a friend from Sweden, and celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary twice! Needless to say it feels nice to sit in our new home and do absolutely nothing! (Well, for about 20 minutes anyway!)
First of all the beach was absolutely wonderful! We went with about 15 people and laughed what seemed to be the entire time. It was such a great time and I am already counting down to next time. I have put together a little collage of SOME of the 100's of beach pictures taken.
Now that the vacation is over and we have said good-bye to our Swedish guest :( we are back to work. The photo sessions are going strong and I will post of few another day. I am working on a Christmas special that includes cards that you can send out over the holidays. I will keep you posted on that. There are also available weekends for weddings this fall but don't wait because they are filling up quickly! Look forward to hearing from you!
Until next time....