Arwen graduated! {College Senior Photographer!}

Arwen just graduated from Duke University. She is now a Doctor!! Crazy!! That means this girl is smart! So smart in fact that she wanted to celebrate with photos- the day before she moved STATES! She moved to Cincinnati, Oh for the next awesome part of her life. Congratulations Arwen!

Best photo ever!

Good luck with the next part of your adventure! Hope to see you out dancing soon.

a little preview for Arwen

Yay! More will be up soon but I didn't want to leave town without a little teaser for you. Good luck on your move tomorrow!

Im off to Birmingham to shoot a wedding. :)

Antonia | Raleigh Model Photographer

Antonia contacted me last week about updating her portfolio and of course I said yes. For a while she had really wanted do do a shoot with her furniture. Sometimes when people suggest to do things at their homes I'm leery but usually go with it, hey! it worked out here ;)

A lot of the furniture in her home was her grandmothers and it was all awesome. I wish I could have had such awesome heirlooms passed down.

These last three are my favorite!

Alicia the smouldering temptress

Alicia is another one of my best friends. She is awesome! I stayed with her in Orlando when I was there a few weeks ago. I was pretty glad to be able to shoot her while I was there. It rained ALL day and finally around 1:30am-ish it stopped and I thought, "lets go!" So we headed downtown. It was a lot of fun. There werent too many people out and about at 2am in the morning but more than I expected for a Monday night. Here are my favorites from that early morning.

This was the first photo I took and for some reason im in love with it. Sorry Alicia if you hate it ;)











There was another one I absolutely loved but for some reason its not loading for me. I guess it will just be a surprise for you Alicia! You da bomb! Thanks for being my model!!

Danielle | Orlando, FL Pinup Photographer

I love lindy hop. It allows me to meet so many really fantastic people. What's even more great is that for the most part were all interested in the same things. A majority of the ladies that are in the lindy scene love all things vintage. They have classes that teach you to make vintage hairpieces, vintage hairstyles a few months ago I even took a Burlesque class. It was awesome by the way. Anyway, I think that it is awesome that so many people are interested in their roots. Danielle is a lindy hopper down in Orlando. I was pretty excited that she wanted to work with me while I was there. I haven't shot too many models and I definitely needed the experience. She was fantastic to work with. Her venue choices were Rollins College or this place and Im glad she chose this place :)



















Yes, that is a wine cellar behind her.




She got this mink coat for Christmas. I'm so glad we were able to use this!!


Yay Danielle, Thank you so much for being my first model. Youre awesome. Hope I wasnt too too bad.

Week Wrapup: Orlando Florida

Wow. This has been a really fantastic week for me. It started off with my husband coming home for my birthday. Then two friends getting engaged(see my last blog post). Then on the 27th I turned TWENTY THREE! Yipee. Neil and I celebrated by a lovely dinner at Maggianos. Just as a FYI they give you $10 off your meal for your birthday just sign up with them. We finished out the night at the Durham Performing Arts Center watching the touring broadway MAMMA MIA! I absolutely loved it. It was awesome like all the other shows we have seen there. Neil got us season passes for our anniversary last August. Then the next day I started my 9ish hour journey to Orlando. I stopped in Jacksonville for some dinner with a friend and it was awesome seeing him. He's about to get stationed in Japan so it might be a while before we see each other again. Have fun Dave! I miss you already! I finally arrived in Orlando around 12ish1am.

I had a ton of fun while I was there. It was mainly a work trip so I worked a lot of it luckily I love my work. Luckily I was able to hit a few thrift stores and IKEA too. ;) Here's a little sneak peek for everyone.

Eileen's dress is gorgeous!

Eileen and her fiance Wade on a Disney beach

Danielle looking lovely, oh yeah and she did her hair herself. :)Doesnt it look awesome?!?

Sheila and Austin are a bundle of fun wrapped up in a cute little package with a big yellow bow!

It rained on Winnie and Sean's wedding day. They didnt seem to mind though.

Alicia(one of my best friends) is a smoldering temptress. Thanks for letting me crash at your house and your bed.


All of these sessions were fantastically awesome. I am so excited to start going through these as I'm sure you are too. They were totally worth not sleeping for. :)

Also, for my birthday my awesome husband bought me the 35 1.8! I came home to it yesterday! Yayyyyyyy. So expect a ton of shots using it shortly!