I had SO much fun laughing with these two all over Downtown Greenville. It was so fun to relive their engagement that happened with the help of Certus Bank Downtown. Enjoy Josh + Stephanie's perfect love story!
Can't wait to see them walk down the isle next year!
We are all counting down the days till we get to HUG Baby B for the first time! Enjoy some oh - so - sweet maternity photos with the Bargeron Family!
Hurrrrrrrry January! I can't wait to snuggle you Baby Braxton!
It was a gorgeous October day, in the beauty of fall in Asheville. Enjoy Grant & Jill's sweet love story at the beautiful Biltmore.
There are no words to explain how excited we are to be hosting our VERY first Thanksgiving TODAY! When I was a little girl my dreams were filled with what my dinning room tables would look like, and how I would decorate my house. Silly I know, but the most important thing to me has always been everyone together. The parade is on, the Turkeys are smoking, and the casseroles are all ready. Before everyone arrives I wanted to share some photos of our table. Mainly because I'm so excited I can't even stand it. When we bought our house in March we inherited ALOT from Bryan's family, as well as mine. I was really excited to get use it all together for the first time. The all pine, beautiful dinning room table, chairs, and hutch were sweetly given to us from Bryan's Mom- he still remembers growing up with that table around. I really encourage you to embrace your not always matching chairs, and find what YOU have to make your own. Get off pinterest and look around your house, you might really be surprised what you have around already, and your own creative ability to put it all together. What I love the most is that it's a beautiful reflection of Bryan's life before me, My life before Bryan and our life together. (Totally his idea to tie chalkboard gift tags as place cards EEEK, he's a good man!) EEEK Enjoy!
My sweet little man hiding under the table.
Hold the ones you love near, and enjoy your day. I am SO Thankful for YOU!
{Don't tell Mom, but we are TOOOOTALLLY going to have some Tur{keeeyy} before today is over! Gobble Gobble}
SUCH a joy to photograph this vow renewal Sixty years in the making. I ask a lot of my brides questions about marriage before they walk down the isle, so I found it fitting to ask these lovebirds what it takes to make it SIXTY YEARS. Their response was simple, "Never Stop Working". Love that, what great encouragement for us all.
Enjoy a glimpse into their SIXTY years of friendship, love and laughter.
Bryan, Indy and I were showered with LOTS of love and laughter in our NEW home! What a FUN weekend with family, friends, and neighbors. (We have the best neighbors EVER!) We also want to THANK my Papa for his beautiful Prayer over our home, I cried. a lot. Enjoy the Prayer and some fun pictures! :)
House Blessing Prayer
Creator God
Life is truly your gift to us and
Love binds us together as family and friend
To enjoy and celebrate primary moments in our lives.
We thank you for Emilie and Bryan
For the friendship they have formed
For their partnership which led to the purchase of this home
For their desire to seek Your blessing
For their life together
For the home they share
For their beloved Indy whose companionship is a special joy.
Bless this house and the land that surrounds it
Bless their life together and all who cross it's threshold
May their hospitality to family and friend reflect
Your providential care.
Let this home be a sanctuary for
Quiet rest
For comfort and renewal
For forgiveness and grace
For nurture and hope
Let this dwelling place be a place of
Health and healing
Of protection and welcome
Of shared burdens and shared purpose
Of sacred dreams and future promise.
For this we pray in the spirit of Christ our Lord. Amen.
-Nathan Brooks, July 5th, 2014
Such a sweet couple in one of my all time favorite places in Greenville, South Carolina.
Enjoy Kevin + Natalie's perfect day!
Meet Tony + Amy
THE sweetest couple to work with- they were so much fun. Buckhorn Creek showed us all it's beauty as a storm rolled in behind us. Enjoy their sweet simple wedding!
A few months prior to the wedding, the best man was tragically killed in a car wreck. His parents walked in his honor and stood beside Tony + Amy. The sweetest tribute I've ever seen, Rest in Peace Michael Logan.
My parents have lived in the SAME home for 21 years, the house Erick and I grew up in. Well the last several weeks they completely rebuilt their bathrooms upstairs. Ripped them down to the studs and built two of the most beautiful bathrooms I've ever seen!!
Enjoy their BRAND NEW bathrooms.
Hall Bathroom.
Master Bathroom.
This wedding means so much to be for many reasons, one being I grew up going to summer camp with my sweet bride. It's an honor to be anyones photographer, but it's really an honor when people who know and LOVE you for years hire you. This wedding also meant a lot to me because it was the last wedding I got to shoot with my Daddy by my side, due to his health concerns, and surgeries we haven't been able to shoot again since. Not to mention this wedding took place at the pictures-don't-do-it justice Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virgina!
First things first, they have the BEST wedding hashtag of all time, what a fun wedding to apart of. These two are SO. MUCH. FUN. Their love for the people around them, and each other is beautiful! Also, LOVE the Old Cigar Warehouse such a beautiful place.
Enjoy Mr. & Mrs. Foxx!
Stunning flowers by Frilly Bloomers.
Such a joy to be on Folly beach for the day capturing the sweetest wedding, this couple was SO much fun to share their wedding day with. Danielle Baker and I packed up the car and had such a fun day trip to Charleston, South Carolina.
Just the four of us, such a great day in the most beautiful place. :)
Beautiful flowers by: Adina at Frilly Bloomers
Happy Wednesday, I've been going through photos from my portfolio and I thought I would start sharing them with you :) No promises since we all know how good blogger I am ;-) Enjoy this BEAUTIFUL wedding the ceremony was at Queens collage in Charlotte. It was an honor to photography their beautiful day!!
Can't believe Indy is already 5 months old, she's getting SO BIG! Enjoy some fun moments, with our crazy wild 5 month old puppy!
How the photographer takes family photos, thank you reflection! ;-)
Indy's First Kiddie Pool.
She might kill me for this, but I have to give my writer a HUGE shout out, and thank you. If you follow me personally, you know I struggle to spell my own name right sometimes. For me having someone in my court that is talented where I am not, is the key. Ruta has been such a joy to get to know and work with both as a writer and as my client. More about her below!
I wanted to share my BRAND NEW bio, and actually the only one that's ever been written about me. It's crazy to read this, especially this week when I am packing up my very first office. Life happens while you are busy living it, and it's a good business practice to have moments where you sit and relish in it. Not everyday is perfect or beautiful, but those days make BIG moments that much bigger.
From an intimate wedding on Folly Beach, SC to a ceremony in the countryside of Lisbon, Portugal, EmilieCarol has photographed people at their happiest moments. The 25-year-old photographer has only been in business as a professional photographer for three and a half years but has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments. Her easy-going manner puts people at ease, and it’s the reason that she’s able to get the best out of her subjects who unabashedly love her portraiture.
Her commercial work spans several industries including bridal, real estate, hospitality, and special events. After being based in Greenville, SC for two years, she recently relocated to Raleigh, NC to expand the business and pursue new clients.
EmilieCarol has worked with entertainment personalities such as nationally known opera singer David Daniels and up and comer Erick Nathan, an award winning, internationally respected dancer and choreographer. Her work has also appeared in a variety of publications including Anderson Life, Upstate Business Journal and The Greenville News. She prides herself on being able to shoot in locations as diverse as the USS Yorktown harbored in Charleston, SC to the historic Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, VA. Former clients include Keller Williams Real Estate, The Cliffs at Valley, Tablefields Restaurant and the Commerce Club of Greenville, SC.
She is passionately concerned with giving back, and has donated portrait sessions to various charities including the Ronald McDonald House in Greenville, SC, the South Carolina Heart Gallery, where she photographed kids in foster care who are up for adoption, and the Beach Ball Foundation that supports non-profit organizations focusing on children in Greenville and the Upstate.
She attended Western Carolina University in North Carolina, where she received a degree in social work. “I feel my background in social work makes me able to really empathize with people. I believe that if you take care of the people, the pictures will take care of themselves.”
Contact information for EmilieCarol:
Email: hello@emiliecarol.com
Website: www.emiliecarol.com
Twitter: @emiliecarol
Instagram: @emiliecarol
Meet the writer
Ruta Fox has a 15 year career that spans several industries including advertising, public relations, marketing, publishing, branding and copywriting. A former freelance writer for several editorial clients including Vanity Fair, Self, Health and Marie Claire magazines, she also co-founded and developed a publication that was successfully sold to Fairchild, the publishers of Women¹s Wear Daily. Additionally, she worked for Saks Fifth Avenue.com and Bloomingdales, New York where she was the Senior Copywriter in the fashion department.
Fox was also a former Associate Creative Director for G2, a branding agency and a division of Grey Worldwide Advertising, working on such accounts as Olive Garden, New York State Lottery and British American Tobacco.
For the past seven years she has been Founder, CEO and President of Divine Diamonds.com, a jewelry website. Fox successfully created the first and only diamond ring designed and marketed to single women -- The Ah Ring. She has appeared on television on CNBC¹s The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch, and EXTRA! She has garnered over 150 media placements in print, radio, and the internet including coverage in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Harper¹s Bazaar, In Style, and USA Today and many others.
Last weekend I got to chance to shoot this beautiful family, at Furman. Mothers was pretty special even though I was miles away from my own Mama. They have one of the coolest testimonies, and such a story of unconditional love.
It's been an honor to watch them grow right in front of my camera.
Enjoy their beautiful, fun loving family photos!
I am all about people who are sold out for something, and I have to give MAJOR props to my sweet Bride Chelsea and her soon-to-be husband. NOT only did she rock the ice rink, she did it in STILETTOS and he suited up in full goalie attire. Pretty impressive. Thank you again to the Pavilion Ice Rink for allowing us to take over the ice for a little bit!
Enjoy James + Chelsea's oh so sweet ice rink Engagement session!
Then we packed up and headed downtown to beautiful Falls Park!
Getting to know Zach & Amanda was such a joy. It's amazing to think all the milestones I've captured in my career, but this one has to be one of my favorites. They the sweetest love, the love you know has stood strong through a lot. Today, is 1 year Amanda has been CANCER FREE. So help me celebrate Amanda, and her courageous fight against cancer, in this oh-so-precious photo shoot!
