Originally, Sarah and I weren’t able to work with Stacie since we were already booked for her wedding day, but luckily plans changed and gave us the opportunity to work with Stacey and her, now, husband Stephen. Stacey is an awesome bride and was game for just about anything we wanted to do. We used the Governors Club in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for her Bridal portraits and couldn’t have had a better place to shoot. It is an absolutely beautiful location and lots of variety.

Keep an eye out for her wedding pictures coming soon!

When Kristen asked us to take her bridal portraits we were pumped to find out they were at such a cool location. There was a pond, western style saloon, old Chevy truck, and beautiful landscaping. Even though it was a bit toasty, the weather was beautiful and the sun gave us a great backlight. Kristen’s boots were pretty sweet too. You’ll see more of those when we post Kristen and Nick’s wedding day, coming up very soon!

We took Emily’s bridal portraits at the JC Raulston Arboretum on NCSU campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. Emily is very down to earth and the gardens made for the perfect setting. She looked beautiful in her flowy dress which made for some great spinning shots. We got really luck when the wind blew, blowing the flowers from the crape myrtle trees where we were standing. It was quite a fun photo shoot.

The last of the shots is the one she used as her bridal portrait.

Stacie’s family has a long line of beautiful traditional bridal portraits. We were honored with the opportunity to help continue the tradition. When she came over for her photo shoot, she brought a very small bouquet. Sarah has two bouquets made from fake flowers on standby for brides who don’t have one. We used one of ours, which had white flowers, and mixed them in with hers to make a full bouquet. I photoshopped the white, fake flowers, red to match the real red roses.

Sarah and I are very excited to finally show Crystal’s bridal portraits. We just photographed Crystal and J.R.’s wedding yesterday and can finally reveal her pictures. Crystal is a very unique bride. She was willing to hike through Raven Rock State Park in her wedding dress for her bridal pictures. We hiked 4 miles that day and, amazingly, didn’t get her dress dirty! She is an amazing subject to shoot, her energy is as good as it gets which always makes for great images. We got all kinds of looks and questions by those who passed by. It was quite the adventure!

And we can’t forget the bright pink shoes!!!

You ROCK Crystal!