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Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes one of your best friends in the world meets her soulmate, falls in love, and gets engaged. And sometimes, if you’re really really lucky, you are the people she turns to for her wedding photography. Sometimes, your friend decides she wants a rockabilly wedding on a decommissioned Battleship on the…
It may be a statistical improbability that EVERY SINGLE COUPLE we work with is amazing, and I’m sure our readers get sick of the adjectives that I can’t stop using in these blog posts (amazing, incredible, fabulous, phenomenal, crazy, fantastic, unbelievable… my internal thesaurus doesn’t go far beyond those), but I have to do it…
What do you get when you take a naturally beautiful woman with an almost otherworldly calming presence about her… add an energetic, silly, romantic, salsa-dancing Ecuadorian-American… throw in about sixty of their friends and family members, and put them on the beach at the Kitty Hawk Pier? You get something AMAZING, that’s what. Yeah, so…
Leslie and Gabe are from a small town in West Virginia. They’re teachers there; in fact, they met at the school where they both teach elementary aged kids. Somehow, when they decided to get married, they chose a tiny beach in southeastern North Carolina. If memory serves, neither of them had ever been to Sunset…
the most beautiful pictures!January 9, 2013 – 2:02 am
Well, I may be down with a horrific head cold, but at least it’s forcing me to slow down and post some pictures today, right? This wedding happened in early July, at the Watermark Marina in Wilmington, right on the Cape Fear River. If that sounds like an unbearably humid, hot location and time of…
For a slight change of pace (and you’ll thank me for this, I’m sure), I’ve decided to sit back and let the photos do the talking for the next few posts. See, I’ve got this cold that Mike gave me (yes, he gets all the blame), I’ve got a splitting headache, my nose won’t stop…
This beautiful bride popped up in my Facebook feed this morning… she’s home sick from work, and had a sniffly status update that happened to catch my eye. As soon as I saw her name, my brain was flooded with completely random memories of her wedding. Jenny and Paul got married all the way back…
I love this post! Thank you for these memories, some I never knew, like the whole hay fever thing! Sounds like my mom, slipping meds to those in need : ). The picture is especially precious since we without warning and in the blink of an eye lost my dad in August. It still seems like a dream. Thanks for sharing, we would definitely love some new photos soon : ) I can’t tell you how many compliments I receive on my bridal portrait. That was such a fun day with everyone gawking at us!December 6, 2012 – 11:50 am
Oh Jenny. I didn’t know about your dad, I am so, so sorry! He was such a fun, loving spirit – I remember how much JOY he took in every moment of that day. I know that you and your family miss him dearly!
I’m glad that you enjoyed reliving the memories with me 
. Let’s do more after that baby boy of yours shows up! XOXDecember 6, 2012 – 11:56 am
Steph and Mike’s last dance was to Harvest Moon by Neil Young. Go ahead and press play on the video so that you have the right soundtrack to this wedding – I don’t know that there’s a more fitting or beautiful song for this wonderful, genuine, REAL couple. Steph found me on facebook – a…
I love everything about this wedding, Charo. I feel like I know these guys now and am smiling all the way through the pictures. October 12, 2012 – 9:54 pm
Life is funny. Several years back, right around the beginning of the economic collapse, the wedding industry started drying up. It wasn’t DEAD, but it sure felt like it as I went from having chaotic, full years to having only a few weddings scattered throughout the year. They were tough bookings then, too – no…
Indian weddings have a tremendous following in photographic circles. Everyone wants to book one, and they’ll give their firstborn kid up for the opportunity. They’re legendary for the colors, the textures, the neverending dancing and the FOOD. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that level of celebration? We have been fortunate enough to…
You really are great at capturing the perfect moments. Love their expressions! Very innovative photography. Best wishes for this couple.November 21, 2012 – 11:36 pm
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Joanna King - No words seem enough to explain how thankful we are to have you both in our lives, how lucky we feel that you agreed to photograph the chaos that was our wedding, or how important and amazing these memories you captured are to us. No one could have done it better…No One. Thank you both from the bottoms of our heart. We are so fortunate to have you as part of our lives!February 23, 2013 – 9:35 pm
Jason "J-Ryze" Fonceca - OMG.
Charo & Mike… you rock.
Your fresh take on wedding photos makes me happy inside.
This battleship shoot rocks.
And I already know you’ll be the first words out of my mouth when the topic of wedding photography comes up.
P.S. I love the layout, design, and story on your about page.
Keep ryzin’!
-JApril 10, 2013 – 8:44 pm