Kristina Montuori Bridal Portraits

Last Saturday, Nov. 27th, Kate and I traveled up to Roanoke, VA for the GORGEOUS wedding of Kristina Montuori and Jon Hillman. I'm still working on the blog post for the event, but thought I'd go ahead and share some bridal portraits I shot with Kristina this October. As you can see, Kristina is an incredibly beautiful bride! More photos from the big day to come in the next day or so!  

Kristina and Jon were married at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Roanoke, VA.  

More photos from Kristina and Jon's wedding soon!! 

Hannah, The Bride (Lauren)

Lauren, here! I had a fabulous time with Hannah Strickhouser last friday, March 19th in Durham, NC at Duke Gardens. After some rainy days this week, we had a gorgeous day on Friday and Hannah was looking absolutely stunning!

We did the photos here at Duke Gardens because this was the location of Hannah's mother's bridal portraits (and Hannah's family lives in Durham). I'm going to be photographing Hannah's wedding to Dan Reese on May 15th at Claxton Farms in Weaverville, NC and I am so excited (even more so after meeting Hannah and shooting her portraits!)

Here are some highlights from Hannah's bridal portraits below:

Katie Monroe Trashes The Dress!!!!

This was absolutely the most fun I've had with a photo shoot YET! Early morning on Memorial Day, Katie Monroe and I headed out to Wrightsville Beach to get down and dirty for my first ever Trash the Dress session!! I've been hearing about Trash the Dress photography for a while now and have been antsy to give it a try for myself! Luckily Katie was ready and willing to go swimming in her wedding dress and be my trash the dress guinea pig!

Katie married Nate Monroe this past November (and Whitmeyer Photography was there to capture it) and Katie has more recently been doing some shooting with me. She helped me photograph the wedding of Cassie Olano and Robbie Kelley the day before this fabulous photo session! Here are some highlights from Whitmeyer Photography's innaugural Trash the Dress Session.

Even though we went out early in the morning, it was still Memorial Day so needless to say Katie and I got some pretty funny looks from the holiday beachcombers!! (see above!)

Thursday with Misty

I spent yesterday with my fellow tarheel (and bride!) Misty Holebrooks for her bridal portrait session at the Asheville Botanical Gardens on UNC-Asheville's campus. We had a fun time, despite the super hot weather and bugs/bees swarming after Misty!! And check out Misty's awesome "something blue" shoes! These not only follow the tradition of "something old, new borrowed and blue", but are just a small part of Misty and her fiancee Justin's "Tarheel blue" wedding (notice the bouquet is also tarheel blue!)--My kind of wedding! Misty and Justin are getting married here in Asheville on July 17 of this year. I met them earlier in the fall in Chapel Hill for their engagement portraits (see bottom photo). Below are a couple highlights of Misty's bridal portrait shoot!

Tuesday with Julia

I was able to spend this afternoon with Julia Holliday for her bridal portriats. It was the perfect day for portraits! Not too hot, not too cold and no call for rain! We started out the day at the Asheville Botanical Gardens on UNC-Asheville's campus and then moved on to the NC Arboretum to finish up. Julia was a super sport and walked all around the gardens in her high heels :) I'll be photographing Julia's wedding to John Rhoden on Aug. 8th of this year in Sylva, NC. I also photographed the couple's engagement portraits last fall (see final photo). Below are a few highlights from today's shoot.