We just had the most awesome maternity session last week! Alexandra and James were so wonderful! I am thrilled for them; I just can't go on enough about how great it is to photograph such a sweet couple. Our goal was to convey their love for one another and for baby Magana through their photographs!

John photographed Chris last week at Atlantic Beach. They had planned to photograph in downtown New Bern until John found out that Chris likes to surf. I love these portraits because Chris (or his parents) didn't try to change who is he for the photo session! He dressed in his normal clothing and brought along his surfboard... senior parents take note... it's okay to choose one dressy outfit for your child, but please, please, please let them choose the others. After all, don't you want a portrait that captures who your child is right now and reveals the essence of his personality?

Our newest engagement session... Jennifer & Oz! We had a fun time photographing in downtown New Bern and are so excited to also be photographing their wedding this October. We stopped in at Almond Tree Cafe on Middle Street for some ice cream and great photo ops (of course we were mostly all just excited about the ice cream) and kept photographing into the evening.

John and I have noticed that it seems to be the standard to photograph babies in a studio; however, we have photographed all of our baby daughter's sessions outside and LOVE THEM! We would like to start photographing all baby sessions for our clients outside... trust us, you'll love them too! Here are a few examples from Caroline's 9 month session in downtown New Bern.

I am so very, very glad spring is finally here! Beach season here we come!!! One of our favorite activities is going to the beach, so what better job could we ask for than one where we actually get to work on the beach? Seriously, it does not get any better! I am posting a few of our favorite beach portraits from years past and looking forward to some wonderful new ones this year!

Here is a short custom video from our day with Ashley and Stephen at Ocracoke, NC. Comments are welcome! We'd love to know what you think.

Last weekend we had the pleasure of photographing Ashley and Stephen at Ocracoke, NC. Since Stephen proposed on Ocracoke, we spent the day there for their engagement session and had a blast! Here are a few of our favorites... (we have so many faves, it was extremely hard to narrow down to just these)!