Simonson Family | Wrightsville Beach Family Photographer

1 Jul 2024•Family Portraits

I don’t shoot a whole lot of family portraits anymore, but I do try to squeeze them in when the schedule allows. It just so happened Kevin and Courtney, who’s wedding I shot in California a few years back, were in town visiting family this summer so we linked up for a quick family session at Wrightsville Beach, NC. The weather was great and we managed to knock out some great photos of Courtney’s side of the family. If you’re vacationing at one of the surrounding beaches, you’ve got to reach out to schedule a family session to document your time here!

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Christine | Bridal Session | Brooklyn Arts Center / The Annex

7 Aug 2017•Bridal Portraits

I’ve been caught up in Spring wedding season for the past few months, I’ve worked with some super awesome couples and captured some amazing moments, and I’m super excited to start sharing some of this year’s (and some last years) weddings. I started off the year with a Bridal session with Christine, my April 1st bride, at the Brooklyn Arts Center & the Annex. I really love the way these came out, as well as their wedding images, which was pretty incredible in its own right. The Annex and BAC is such a great wedding venue, much thanks to Rich, the director for opening the doors to us late on a monday for this session. The Annex is a fairly new venue, which is attached to the Brooklyn Arts center, and I’ve yet to shoot a wedding there so I was super stoked to get in there and check it out.

Kayleigh + Jaime | Wilmington Maternity Photographer

1 Aug 2016•Maternity

I met up with Jaime and Kayleigh at Castle Hayne park earlier this year for some maternity photos. She was 34 weeks at this point. Their son, Zye, was born just a month after we took these! These guys have been friends forever, and they are already proving to be awesome parents! Congrats guys!

Stephanie | Maternity | Fort Fisher, NC Photographer

24 Jun 2014•Maternity

The only downside about wedding photography is you get to know all these amazing couples, but as soon as the wedding is over, you loose touch. That’s not the case with these guys! I shot Bill & Stephanie’s wedding at Halyburton Park in June of 2012 and I shot Stephanie’s brother’s engagement and wedding photos and now I got to shoot Stephanie’s Maternity as they’re expecting!! Hopefully when Keith (her brother) and Heather plan on having kids they’ll give me a shout! Ha. Stephanie’s awesome parents joined on this shoot at the always fantastic Grove at Fort Fisher. Here’s what we got! Congrats guys!

Kayleigh | Boudoir Calendar Shoot

21 Jan 2013•Portraits

We had this boudoir-style session earlier last year. Kayleigh wanted to be sure her fiance Jaime remembered her every month of the year. She coordinated 13 different looks (1 for each month, 1 of the cover) to complete this project which was printed on a spiral center-fold calendar. Contact me if you’d like to set up a similar session of your own (it would make a great Valentine’s gift for that significant other)!

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The Mann Family | Family Portraits | Wrightsville Beach, NC Photographer

7 Jan 2013•Family Portraits

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years! I have a few sessions from before the holidays that will go up on the blog in the next few days. Here’s one I shot for the Mann Family down at the North End of Wrightsville Beach near Shell Island Resort. Our main goal for this shoot was to get them a new Christmas card portrait, I believe we succeeded!

Josh+Meredith | Maternity | Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, NC Photographer

5 Nov 2012•Maternity

Josh, Meredith & I got these Maternity photos the other week down at Greenfield Lake Park to document their growing child. Meredith is 32 weeks in these photos, so only a few weeks away until they meet their little boy! Congrats guys I know you’ll be wonderful parents!

Hauser Family Beach Portraits | Holden Beach, NC Photographer

19 Jul 2012•Family Portraits

Had another fun session down at Holden Beach, NC a couple days after the last one. It’s kind of funny because I was referred to them by the people staying next door, who I was shooting portraits for a couple days earlier. It’s always good to get referrals. It’s quite a trek down to Holden from Wilmington, so making the drive couple days apart made me feel like I should just get a hotel room. But it is a fun drive and I enjoyed making it. This was a large and lively bunch, with a lot of fun ideas, like the human taco that you’ll see below. We shot some group shots and a bunch of various combinations. Here a few of those. I have a wedding this weekend then I’m heading to Cali for a couple weeks for the US Open of surfing and to explore Big Sur and Southern Cali. So the blog will be on a brief hiatus until I return.

Can’t forget the pooch!

TACO! O-LAY!