• Windy Day at Dungeness Spit | Washington

  •   Dungeness Spit is located on the Olympic Peninsula in the town of Sequim. Its a small park that juts far out into the bay. Actually, I say its small, but there is a fair amount of hiking available here. There is a lighthouse at the very tip of Dungeness Spit you can hike to . It’s 10 miles round trip over [...]
  • Rainy Day at Lake Crescent | Washington

  •       The first day back from Seattle after our engagement session, we decided to have a little look at Lake Crescent. We had heard a few people say really good things, and the photos online looked really pretty, so we figured why not check it out? We started our hike from the Lake Crescent [...]
  • Camping on Olympic Peninsula | Washington

  • As you’ve probably figured out by now, we made it to Washington State! We had a backcountry skiing engagement session planned with our couple Kim and Kevin just outside of Seattle, so we used this time off as an excuse to take our camper along the West Coast. While in Washington, we chose to camp just outside of Ol [...]
  • Shelley's Top Wedding Day Tips

  •     Having spent some years photographing weddings, I've learned a thing or two about what works well when planning for your wedding day. I feel it would be a disservice not to share some of this advice. Here are a few of my most helpful tips in making sure your wedding photos turn out great: &nb [...]
  • Melanie + Alex | Homestead Engagement

  •   Melanie and Alex met up with us this winter for an engagement session at Alex’s family homestead. They live and work in California, but came back to North Carolina to visit family for the holidays. Their awesome wedding planner, Sarah Shumay of Sweet Sarah Bell connected us and we are just so [...]
  • Asheville-Seattle Cross Country Road Trip

  •   Here it is: the grand voyage. The big trip that I had been looking forward to since this summer. Making a cross country road trip in the middle of the winter may not be everyone’s first choice, but as wedding photographers- its the time we have off. Though we had an engagement session in the Cascade mountains [...]
  • Greenland Wedding Photographer

  •   Hello there! Are you planning a wedding or elopement in the beautiful country of Greenland? The worlds largest island where its always winter and where glaciers and mountains surround every corner. We've created this post because we would love to pay this country a visit. We'd love to photograph your w [...]