Happy Anniversary to the Brauers!

Wow! Can't believe a whole year has gone by. Congratulations to Sara and Jon who were married March 21, 2010 at Caffe Luna in downtown Raleigh.

A LOT has happened since then. Including a recent upgrade in editing software and a lot of learning on my part in the editing department! My gift to them; here are 12 Re-Edits from their wedding last year.

The Fried Family 2011

My friend Lauren from high school in New York just happens to live in the Triangle area (crazy!) and this year she had her fourth bundle of joy, Mia. I was so excited when she asked me to photograph her new little precious one and the fact that I could take Dylan along made it all happen. Here are some of my faves!!






It's so awesome to see the older ones all grown up from the last time I photographed them! I had so much fun jumping back into photography a little bit. ;)

Checking in!!

So yeah..Dylan is now 5 months and I plan on playing a little bit of catch up here after the weekend. Things are great! Dylan is cutting his first tooth already and getting lots of practice sitting up on his own. Amazing how time flies!!

Since Dylan has been born I have done 2 baby sessions for friends. Both little girls and both adorable! Mia is 2 months and Lily was 18 days. You can check out their sneak peeks on my FB page (banner to the left!) and I will blog some more of their photos soon!

Yup, I've been MIA again!

I am almost 32 weeks into my first pregnancy and I have to admit, photography is the LAST thing on my mind. Life has been super busy crazy working and trying to prepare for our baby. A few weeks ago I had to unfortunately cancel a bridal session due to rain. (bummer!!) :( and that was my last opportunity to shoot before the baby comes. I can't believe I have only TWO months to go!!!

So that being said, I am putting any outside photography on hold until further notice. More than likely I won't start shooting and pursuing photography until early 2011. I want to thank those of you that have inquired and really appreciate the interest!

I guess it's safe to say, I won't be out of too much practice since I plan on taking a gazillion pictures of my son. ;) He will be my first newborn session. ;)

Sara and Jon {Married!}

So last month I photographed my very first wedding at Caffe Luna in Raleigh. Life has been super busy but I'm so happy that I can finally post a few up on the blog!! Sara and Jon have been waiting so patiently and I can't thank them enough for everything. Post processing is tough, especially when you don't have a system down to where you can do it efficiently with quality number one in mind. One major road block was that we moved into our very first home a few weeks ago, so all of my photography stuff is still in boxes and I am without a desk at the moment. Not only that, but decorating this home, (baby room included!) unpacking, working a full time job on the night shift (Sara knows this well too!!) and flat out just being pregnant have really slowed me down.

I must say I am so grateful that I had the opportunity not only to photograph their wedding, but to really share in their special day. Sara and Jon seem really close with their family and friends from all across the US. I was so touched during the cake cutting...practically everyone in the entire room made a speech!! It really had me choked up at how much their loved ones cared so much about the two of them. There was never a dull moment during the entire evening. It was just beautiful!

So, without further interruption, here are a few highlights of Sara & Jon's wedding on March 21, 2010!

Sara and Jon {Married!} Sneak Peek

Oh wow! What a day. I just love weddings. Today definitely brought flashbacks of my own. Here is a quick sneak peek at Sara and Jon on their wedding day. It was hard to pick just one, but this is as "sneak peek" as I could come up with. Can't wait to really go through all of the photos and start editing. Sara and Jon were just glowing today and I can't wait to show them their photos.

The Thomas Family {Portraits}

Well I must say, Allison and her family have been super patient with me this past month. Life has brought me lots of changes in such a short period of time and I've been trying so hard to focus. Finally, I'm coming out of my fog (more on that later) and hallelujah, the blog post is finally up!!

We spent a few hours in Chapel Hill on UNC's gorgeous campus. Allison, Donald, Stephen and Charlie were such a pleasure to work with, including their little puppy Sylar. I promised a puppy and here he is!!


This photo makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside on a sunny afternoon.






I really wanted to debut my new watermark logo on these photos but I COULD NOT delay this posting any longer and I have been having some issues with format. So, I guess that will have to wait until my next photo shoot, which wouldn't you know it, is my first wedding next month!