This little “SWEETIE” is getting ready to turn TWO!  Her Mama Toni reached out to me wanting to do a Donut Grow Up theme for her 2 year old portraits.  Noelle loves sweets, especially donuts!  This was such an adorable theme for a photo session! Her mom, dad brother and Gaga (her grandma) all came […]

Noelle Turns Two|Do nut grow up theme portrait session|Morganton, NC

This brother and sister are working together at a real estate company,  EXIT and needed some new headshots and marketing pictures.  They will be working as a team serving the Morganton to Asheville areas.  We got together and not even two minutes into our session, it began to pour the rain!  That didn’t stop us and we […]

Brother and Sister Teams are the Best!|CJ and Jess|Professional Headshots|Morganton,NC

So far this has been the hardest blog post for me to write because it is so different from what I normally do and I don’t want to leave anything out.  I recently had the pleasure of photographing a wedding for Saraah and Bilal.  Both Bilal and Saarah have a Pakistani heritage so they had […]

Bilal and Saarah|Wedding| Morganton Community House

Jason gets “Husband of the Year”!  He surprised his wife, Jenni, with a photo session for her birthday. (What girl /woman wouldn’t love that??  As long as she has her hair and makeup on, right? )  This was such at thoughtful idea,  and talk about a gift that keep on giving!  Jenni, will have this […]

Jenni Tuck |A Birthday Surprise

This little cutie just turned two!  This is Abigail ” Abby” and she has so much personality and spunk!  Abby is the “baby ” and has 3 older siblings so needless to say she has everyone wrapped around her little finger!  This was Abby’s birthday session/family session.  One thing I noticed very quickly was how […]

Abigail Rose Turns 2|A backyard portrait Session

My kids and I had the opportunity to visit the Washington, DC recently with my friend Buffie and her son Mitch.  Her husband and other son were out-of-town and so Buffie and Mitch decided to visit DC for a few days and asked us to tag along.  Michael was not able to go with us […]

Washington, DC |What to do in Washington DC on a budget in 4 days

Meet Madison, owner of MH Woodburning Designs.  She is such a smart, motivated, and talented lady.  She is a full-time teacher and operates her wood burning business on the side.   Madison is recently engaged to Patrick (a family friend of ours) and they are the perfect couple together. Madison offers custom woodburned signs and […]

Madison Hopper| MH Woodburning Designs

Introducing Madison Rose!  8lbs ,7oz, 22 inches long at her arrival! Sam reached out to me and said she was being induced in a week and thought she and Steve may like to have hospital pictures or what I like to call the Fresh 48 (pictures taken within the first 48 hours of birth).  Normally, […]

Madison Rose|Fresh 48| Hospital Session

Meet Bella(the Labradoodle) and Coco (the Dachshund). They are the best of friends.  Bella is just precious and does whatever Coco wants.  Coco is the small but bossy one.    They look like partners in crime to me.  I look at this first picture and smile (because they are adorable) but I also get a […]

Bella and Coco

Meet CJ.  He just became a realtor with a company called  Exit Realty.  He is based in Asheville and serving the market of Asheville to Morganton .   For the last several years CJ has been a stay at home dad.  This new career will allow him to continue to serve his family well and […]

CJ Short| Professional Headshots

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