The first weekend was architecture, which was quite alot of fun to shoot. The 2nd was shooting the employees and we saved the modeling photo shoot until last. It was really a great change of pace from weddings and I really enjoyed every aspect of the shoot.

As always, here are a few photographs:

While Kerri got ready in a beautiful suite in the Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh, Greg headed over to the church in downtown Raleigh with the guys and my 2nd photographer captured them doing their thing (Won’t be posting those, sorry guys – but I see there was a table harmed in the process). As Kerri got ready, it was very apparent how close everyone in the bridal party and family was. A big challenge for photographers on the wedding day is finding out the relationships between everyone so we can better tell the story. Well, with Kerri’s party, I couldn’t determine who was immediate family and who were friends – since they were all treated like family, I did the same.

The Sacred Heart Cathedral is beautiful and a great example of architecture in downtown Raleigh and following the ceremony, we were able to get a few quick photos in before everyone took a break. The reception picked up that evening at the Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh at North Hills and, with it being my first time there, I was very excited to check out the property. One words comes immediately to mind – beautiful! With the happy newlyweds and 100 of their friends and family celebrating, Kevin Majoros (Joe Bunn DJ) got the party rolling and, well, let’s just say a few pictures had to be censored for decorum purposes.

Congratulations to you both! I am always honored to be chosen to both document and create artistic imagery during a wedding day – so thank you for choosing me!

Wedding: Sacred Heart Cathedral – Raleigh, NC
Reception – Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh – North Hills – Raleigh, NC
Flowers: The Purple Poppy – Wake Forest, NC
DJ: Joe Bunn DJ – Kevin Majoros – Raleigh, NC

And on to the photos:

Beautiful Couple – Check
Beautiful Venues – Check
Beautiful Photographer – errmmm…
Beautiful Photography – Check

The day started out at the Washington Duke Inn where Julianne & Jason were both getting ready and having the reception. I love doing preparation photography and Julianne was an absolute angel to bear with me while I take shot after shot of just about everything in the room.  After we left the hotel and had the ceremony, the sky had decided to turn, well, dark.  This left me with a golden opportunity to use some techniques I have picked up using existing and supplemental lighting.  I hope you’ll agree that the effect is nothing short of breathtaking!

For those of you who have never been to or seen Duke Chapel, I highly recommend you go whenever you are in the area.  It is absolutely the finest area example of neo Gothic architecture in the area.

Now on to the photos!