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adam & brittney get married- the ceremony
Ok, so I know I’m super late on these, but life just has a way of getting IN the way. So here’s the second installment from their wedding, the ceremony. Held inside because it started raining juuuuust in time for the ceremony to have to be moved off the beach. But it was still beautiful, emotional, heartfelt and shoeless!
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jack graduates wake forest
So today, Jack graduates from Wake Forest University. Just like everyone else on this planet who is graduating from anything this year, this is not the celebration we had in mind. We would’ve all been at Wake to celebrate but instead we are going to be watching a virtual graduation at 7pm tonight. All these changes suck (those of you who know me know I don’t do well with change. “change is bad. we fear change.”) and are very disappointing for Jack I’m sure, but he doesn’t seem to mind all that much. I think he’s more disappointed in not being able to spend the rest of his “senior” year with his friends and taking his actual in person classes. They have rescheduled real, in person graduation to October and if that doesn’t work, to next May. So we’ll just hold onto that I guess.
I tried to make it as special as I could here without going too insane.
And despite all of the changes and let downs caused by the pandemic, it can’t dull how totally proud we are of Jack! Graduating in THREE years, with honors. He’s super motivated, smart and has a bright future ahead. Love that kid!! (he let me take some pictures, reluctantly because photographers kids syndrome, but at least there will be a few to remember this craziness).
Balloons: Maria’s Touch Events
Banner: designed by me, printed at MinuteMan Press in RVC
Cupcakes (not pictured because we ate them and they were so good!): The Cake Don
Cap, Gown & tassle in school colors: Amazon and Amazon
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catie & austin’s engagement party
Before the world exploded and we entered into the era social distancing, I shot this wonderful engagement party for this great couple. It’s my last shoot for who knows how long (summer? fall? next year?- it’s all possible) so I included more pictures than I probably normally would here. Catie & Austin are such an “in-sync” couple and are so happy together, it’s the best possible way to end my forseeable shooting schedule. Catie’s family, who I have photographed for a number of years now, welcomed Austin right into their family- in fact, Catie’s mom says all the time that he’s her favorite child now! It was a really, really cold day but they braved the outside for a few shots before the party which I was very appreciative of! Congratulations Catie & Austin!
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adam & brittney get married- getting ready
My “nephew” and his new bride asked me to photograph their destination wedding and of course i said YES!!!!!! The wedding was so emotional for me as Adam was my “first son” as his parents are our BFFs. It was so awesome getting to be behind the scenes as not only Aunt Beth but as the photographer too. They waited a while for me to get them edited, I hope they think it was worth the wait. The wedding was at a private mansion in South Florida right on the beach. Unfortunately, the weather was not at all cooperative and it rained most of the day so we had to work around that and shoot inside for most of the day/evening. No one (besides me- I had such good ideas for beach shots, etc) really seemed to mind and everyone was so happy and excited for the big day. Here’s a bunch of shots from the “getting ready” portion of the day, stay tuned for more soon.
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catt & wes get married- the portraits
Still editing like crazy over here and finishing up all of the holiday craziness. In between all of that, I’m finishing up Catt & Wes’s wedding. We had a gorgeous evening and juuuuust enough light to get all of the portraits in before the sun set and everyone went in for the cocktail hour and reception. They are all gorgeous and so photogenic, it made things easy and fun for me!
