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It’s time for a little M&S blog article bring back with one of our most popular blogs to date with our sweet past M&S bride, Lora, is a dog trainer who loves and adores her sweet pups! After you say yes to your (now) fiancé, the wedding planning officially begins! As Lora says, “Suddenly everyone […]

A Country Chic Starlight Meadows Wedding, Burlington NC, Outdoor wedding, blush wedding bouquet, vintage couch, gray vintage couch, bridal party photographs, bridal party, navy blue bridal party

After photographing over 100 weddings in the past twelve years (almost thirteen years), I (Michelle) have seen a lot of wedding trends that have come and gone. However, some of our couples have broken that mold and wanted to add that unique element to their wedding! After gathering these ideas, we thought it would be […]

As past brides AND wedding photographers, we understand why every couple should have an engagement session . . . but you may be wondering why you should have a session and why it is so important! Well, we are excited then you stopped by!! An engagement session is so much more than having your photographs […]

Hello to you, the beautiful bride-to-be, who happened to just find our blog and this article in particular! We truly love writing articles dedicated to giving you a lot of wedding education. Wedding planning can be hard to navigate through, so we want to help you as much as possible! Along with wedding photography, selecting […]

Michelle and I have been really excited to create a lot of amazing new educational pieces for our bride to be readers! Now, blushing bride, you are dedicating a lot of time to reading blogs upon blogs to figure out you desire for your dream wedding! You have been planning away and don’t worry, your […]

Summer weddings are gorgeous, can last long into the glowy sunset evening, and can make for stunning memories. Yet, there are a few things that you must be cautious about when planning an outdoor summer wedding! Today, Michelle and I are going to share some of our top tips on how to create a perfect […]

Brides and Grooms-to-be, you have a lot of details to plan out to create a beautiful wedding day! You’re getting ready to enter into a beautiful new roll in life as a husband and wife. On your wedding day, you want to have butterflies in your stomach and feel the excitement in the air!  You […]

We believe that this is a subject that we, as photographers, do not talk about enough! Why Printed Photographs, even in such a digital age, are still so important to have. Before we dive head first right into it, we wanted to push the pause button and say: this is a subject that’s been pressing […]

When it comes to planning for your engagement session, the first question that’s typically asked of us is “what location should we use?” It is such a great question, but it has felt like we needed to address something. When it comes to photographing your session, remember that it is about the two of you […]

Sara and I are so excited to finally see that album season is coming back around!!  A goal that Sara had set since 2017 is to arrange and organize her personal photographs on her computer! While doing this, she is creating albums to keep those memories in more than just digital form! Sara’s created a […]

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