Chris + Matt | Durham Hotel Engagement
- Chris and Matt will be getting married next month. In planning their engagement, we came up with grand ideas of heading into the mountains and hiking to waterfalls. Then, life happens and plans change. But really, things always work out the way they should. Chris and Matt made a last minute decision to sw [...]
Casey + JD | Eno River Engagement
- Casey and JD came to this Fall engagement session ready to have some fun! These two are planning a wedding for next spring and we are so happy be their photographers. They chose to do their engagement session at Eno River State Park in Durham, North Carolina. The fall colors were at their peak and the weather was just [...]
Elaine + Matt | Engagement at the NC Zoo
- Elaine and Matt are so much fun. These two are getting married this summer at the beautiful Merrimon Wynne in downtown Raleigh and we could not be more thrilled to spend more time with them. Both Elaine and Matt are veterinarians who studied at University of Pennsylvania. Matt is specialized in animal radiation and onc [...]
Ruchal + Steven | Curaçao Destination Portraits
- Josh and I feel incredibly blessed to be able to share our love of travel and photography together. These two things go hand in hand, and its just so romantic to explore places unknown with your spouse. This February, our friends Ruchal and Steven brought us to one of their favorite travel spots for a week-long escape [...]
Chelsie | Boho Portrait Session in Downtown Raleigh
- Chelsie is a California girl who came to North Carolina to visit her best friend Camie. Camie is one of our previous brides, and when Chelsie saw her wedding portraits she wanted to have the Hartman Outdoor Photography experience for herself. Am I ever glad that she did :). This girl's style is just so awesome and bohe [...]
Maggie + Jimmy | Elon Engagement
- Could Maggie and Jimmy be any more adorable?! These two met at Elon University where they shared a psychology class and have been inseparable ever since. Maggie heard about us when we photographed her sister’s wedding, and her sister heard about us when we photographed her friend’s wedding. It’s such an honor when our [...]
Whitney + Derek | Horse Farm Engagement
- Whitney and Derek are planning a wedding this January in the beautiful state of Kentucky. Derek owns a mixed martial arts gym where Whitney works out. Listening to their love story, its obvious that these two hit it off right away. Unfortunately for Derek, much of their engagement was spent apart as Whitney served for [...]
Rebecca + Christian | Adventurous Autumn Pittsboro Engagement Session
- Rebecca and Christian are so much fun! These two are planning a backyard wedding at Christian's house for next Spring in the North Carolina countryside. Christian lives on a beautiful plot of land in the Pittsboro. In planning their engagement session, it seemed natural to do their pictures at the house. For their sess [...]
Sulene + Grayson | Lake Lure and Chimney Rock NC Engagement
- We LOVE Sulene and Grayson! Josh first photographed Grayson a few months back while competing in a mountain biking (and unicycling) competition at Crabtree County Park in Raleigh. Josh captured the speed of the race in Grayson's photo. Plus, he made a lasting impression on anyone who saw him mountain unicycling on the [...]
Stephrod +Cale | North Carolina Mountains to Sea Engagement
- I have known Steph (aka Stephrod as I call her) since my freshman year of college out at Northern Illinois University. We have been coworkers, roommates, and most of all, very good friends. I remember the very first time she introduced me to her friend Cale and I immediately thought to myself that he was "the one" for [...]