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I met Leigha and Evan at the bottom of Grandfather Mountain for their engagement session this past fall. We had plans to shoot at two different locations along the parkway, but those plans changed pretty quick after we realized it was peek leaf season in the mountains of North Carolina when we did their engagement […]

Ally and Drew’s wedding was a beautiful fall day at The Heritage Barn in Conover, NC. The weather forecast was all over the place for their wedding day! The first of the week it said rain, then no rain! It ended up be a beautiful sunny day for their wedding. We had a little cloud […]

I met Brian more than 10 years ago when his family started showing goats with my brother in 4H. I was so happy when he contacted me about shooting his and Katie’s wedding this spring at Rex Allen Events. Katie and Brian are both from the Hickory area. Katie attended college at BYU and graduated […]

I had so much fun exploring on the Blue Ridge Parkway with Keelin and Ben for their engagement session a few weeks ago! We started at Moses Cone Manor and ended at Rough Ridge. We did a few photos on the porch of Moses Cone Manor and then went down the path from the house […]

Stephanie choose the Historic Harper House in Downtown Hickory for her bridal session. All the architecture both inside and outside the house and gardens around the house made it the perfect place for this bridal session. Her dress went perfect with the setting! We had the whole place to ourselves! Stephanie choose to do a […]

Kiersten and Jesse had their wedding planned for May at the beautiful Broken Arrow Farms. They’ve had a little change of plans due to our stay at home order for the Covid-19 virus. We shot their engagement session a few weeks ago here on the farm. They choose to bring their pup along to a […]

Tiffani and David were married at the gorgeous Sky Retreat in Purlear, NC. The day before they had a small family ceremony in a little hidden church in Blowing Rock where the weather was perfect! Saturday the forecast was clear of rain, but when I arrived to the venue the fog started to set in! […]

Tiffani & David were married at the beautiful NC mountains at Sky Retreat in Purlear, NC. We shot Tiffani’s bridals at the beginning of June before I went on maternity leave at the Historic Murrays Mill in Catawba, NC. When she got out of the passenger seat of her Jeep in her wedding dress I […]

Stephanie and I met and became friends years ago while in school at CVCC. She contacted me months ago about photographing her and Michael’s upcoming wedding at Warehouse 18 in December. We shot their engagement session here on the farm Memorial weekend on one of the hottest days in May! Michael’s kids tagged along for […]

Chalsey chose the gorgeous Providence Cotton Mill in Maiden, NC as the backdrop for her bridal portraits! I had been dying to do a session there and her bridals were just perfect! The weather was perfect on this Sunday afternoon! It rained a little before we got there and washed some of the nasty pollen […]