Charlotte Wedding Photographer
A couple weeks ago I had the privilege of photographing models for Erin Ashley Makeup. Erin has impeccable taste in the makeup and each girl looked gorgeous! Thank you to Jesse, Kirsty, Savannah, Rachel, Olivia, Michelle, and Emily for being the models and thank you to Katy Barbour for doing hair. You can view Erin’s website at Erin Ashley Makeup.
Another spring engagement session for you today. I will say this now Tristan and Jessica are hilarious, just hilarious. They both exude energy and kept each other laughing through the entire session. Nothing gets their mood down. Even when Jessica’s feet were aching from the heels she was wearing Tristan picked her up and piggy-backed her. They both are so full of life it is contagious. I can’t wait for their wedding in June at Bonamanzee in Madison, NC.
I am so excited that Spring has come and boy has it come with a vengeance. It is wonderful that the trees are blooming and green is the dominant color again. With Spring comes allergies and I’ve been itching to shoot some more engagements. Luckily I was able to settle that and bring you this engagement session.
Jeff and Amanda are two of the most wonderful people I have ever met. Their love and affection towards one another translated so easily to the images. They have a solid, calm, and steady feeling about them. Jeff truly cherishes Amanda and she adores him. Quite the pair, don’t you think?
Dan Myles is owner of Hoss Leather out of Chapel Hill, NC. He has been leather working since his early college days when he lived in Australia.
Our good friend Sarah Pohlig recently allowed me to photograph at her shared workshop in Chapel Hill, NC. Within the last couple months she has started The Good Child’s Leather to expand her passion for leather working. She learned everything she knows about leather from Dan Myles (Another blog post for him to follow).
The workshop is owned by Dan and she utilizes the space for her creations. “I love working with leather” she says “I love the feel of it, the smell, the long life and the history behind it. I would love to learn everything there is to know about leather working. The purpose of Good Child’s Leather is, currently, to make beautiful things. I sell bracelets and cuffs to afford more leather so that I can make more beautiful things.” Sarah says that she would have joined Dan in his business but she prefers the more feminine look where “delicacy meets durability”. “I like intricate and detailed, I like finished edges and the glisten of bridle leather, I love the dyes and stains, the different stitches, the hundred or so braids in Dan’s outback book. Currently I’m playing with the line between leather and jewelry.”
Sarah is excited that her work will be available at a new Carrboro market hosted by Erin Griffin from 10am to 5pm on April 14th. The market itself should run every second Saturday of each month, more details can be found here: http://www.carrborocraftmarket.com/index.html
For a photographer it is incredibly important to challenge yourself. Give yourself something to think through and plan out from scratch. Personal work gives me a chance to work through ideas and challenge myself with lighting. I generally do not use harsher, direct light, but tend to lean towards the softer, all illuminating light so this shoot was a bit more stretching. It was great to get out of the usual thought process and give myself more options to work with. I am also very pleased to say that I burned through several rolls of Kodak Portra 400 with my Mamiya 645 AFD and hope to get those developed and up on here as soon as possible. A huge thanks to Larissa for working with that direct sunlight in her eyes and giving me such grand photos.
-Nathan
I can’t tell you how fantastic these two are. They are so warm and welcoming that I felt like part of the family. If I didn’t know better I would say they were already married the way they are just the best of friends. They chose to start the shoot in Kannapolis near the Gem Theater, which they have frequented since childhood. From there we moved to Historic Gold Hill and grabbed some shots before the sun went down. I am so excited that they chose us to be their wedding photographers – September cannot come fast enough.
Wednesday I was just in the mood to shoot. I have my new Mamiya 645 and I wanted to run the first roll through it (I’ll post those after I get them developed). Erin kindly obliged and met me up at the Urban Barn in Charlotte. It could not have gone better.
-Nate
Here is one of our favorite couples: Erik and Kaite! We had so much fun on this shoot in uptown Charlotte and cannot wait for Katie’s bridal session or their wedding this upcoming July. Enjoy these beautiful photos!
The hardest thing about bridal portraits is waiting weeks to share them with the world. Fortunately, with Althea’s Charleston bridal portraits, we only had to wait a little over a week. Untimely alterations, lent for a last minute portrait session. Thankfully it’s January and our schedule allows us to be more flexible.
Althea and her mom flew up to Kleinfeld’s in New York City to find this beauty of a dress. Enjoy!
